23 January 2006

 

DX4 Lineup Revealed? [Updated x2!]

Posted by A at 11:18 PM | View All 7 Comments | Post a Comment

I stand by my "What, DX4 already?!" from before, but nevertheless the TinWoodMan has posted the lineup for DX4. Here is the translated list, with special thanks to Babelfish and Mark Simmons for their help:
  1. Strike Freedom Gundam from SEED Destiny, with "launching" DRAGOON pods
  2. Destiny Gundam from SEED Destiny with "Wings of Light" extended
  3. Zaku II with Samson trailer
  4. Xeku Eins from Gundam Sentinel
  5. Gundam Mark V from Gundam Sentinel with "element standing" (?)
  6. Psycho Gundam Mk. II
  7. Gundam Mk. II with "flying armor"
  8. Marasai with ballute
  9. Byalant from Zeta Gundam with "element standing" (?)
  10. G-Fortress from ZZ Gundam
  11. Victory Gundam with "bottom fighter"
  12. Victory Gundam Hexa with "top fighter"
  13. Nu Gundam from Char's Counterattack with "launching" funnels
  14. Sazabi from Char's Counterattack with "launching" funnels
[Second Update] I have attached a picture of the lineup from Dengeki Hobby magazine that was posted to the ToysDaily forum. Dengeki Hobby also confirms the March release date. We can from the picture that the funnels are "launching" as Mark suggested, though I still don't know what the TinWoodMan meant by "element standing"... Thanks to faithful reader akum6n for the link.
    Comments:

  1. Posted by Anonymous Anonymous at 1/24/2006 3:56 PM:  

    A couple of notes on these...

    1. TinWoodMan's list describes the Strike Freedom as "DRAGOONs launch(ing)" rather than "DRAGOONs detachable." I expect it uses clear parts to show the thruster flares of the DRAGOONs, as with some of the toys and kits.

    6. That should be the Psyco Gundam Mark II. Hopefully it's not a midget version like the original Psyco Gundam, but I won't get my hopes up.

    13. and 14. Like the Strike Freedom, these are described as "funnel launch(ing)," which probably means more clear-parts effects. I can't imagine detaching individual Sazabi funnels at this scale, anyway. :-)


  2. Posted by Blogger A at 1/24/2006 9:44 PM:  

    Thanks for the help, Mark. I imagine you are correct about the DRAGOONs and funnels, they'll probably be like the "bits" with the Qubeley from DX2.

    As for leaving the "Psycho" off Psycho Gundam Mk. II... how's that for a typo?? ;-)


  3. Posted by Anonymous Anonymous at 1/25/2006 2:49 PM:  

    ToysDaily has someone's photo of Dengeki Hobby with the new DX4 lineup:

    ToysDaily thread on Gundam Collection DX4


  4. Posted by Anonymous Anonymous at 1/26/2006 2:10 PM:  

    Judging from the pictures, it looks like the "element" character in "element standing" is being used in the sense of "naked, bare, or simple." Pronounced su, this is used in compounds like sude (barehanded) and suashi (barefoot), and evidently this combination means "simply standing there." I guess this interpretation hadn't occurred to me because I couldn't believe the Byarlant, of all things, wouldn't get a flying display stand. :-)


  5. Posted by Anonymous Anonymous at 2/06/2006 1:52 AM:  

    "su(素）" means plain, simple, basic; is a word borrowed from Chinese.

    "元素”means element ("元"also borrowed from chinese）；元气(genki) means "healthy"

    therefore "element stantding" should be "plain standing pose". it is very funny as last time most of the Gundam Collection figures are in plain standing mode( or we should say stand still with the pose of a MS at the hangar ) but recently more and more GC figures comes with a rod stand to allow them pose a flight pose. So nowadays they have to specify that certain figures are stand still particularly, as majority of the other figures come with a rod stand :)!

    p/s:where to find the original japanese character that leads to "element standing"? i can't see it on the pictures....


  6. Posted by Blogger A at 2/06/2006 12:39 PM:  

    Thanks for the translation help, guys. I only know Katakana, so I have to rely on the rather unreliable Babelfish for Kanji translations. The original phrase is from TinWoodMan's site: 素立ち (http://www10.plala.or.jp/furumi-hiroshi/lineup/lists-dx4.htm)

    I guess he really was just trying to say the figure is "just standing there..." ;-)


  7. Posted by Anonymous Anonymous at 2/24/2006 3:46 AM:  

    There are two kanji in :素立ち. Kanji means chinese word. those first two charactor "素立" means stand still, or simply stand there. :) hahaha never thought we are going to have language relevant discussion in this kind of blog. :P





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