Kotobukiya Official Online Shop Launching Tomorrow!

Source: Kotobukiya FB - Good news for the US fans! Kotobukiya official online shop will be launching few more hours in the US! According to the news, when you guys order directly from Kotobukiya, there will be bonuses and exclusives! Look out for more information!

Personal Opinion:

While this might be good news for US fans, I’m curious about the potential impact on other retail businesses. If I were a reseller, I wouldn’t be too thrilled about this development coming from Kotobukiya. After all, customers will likely flock to the official shop to take advantage of exclusive offers (discounts) and limited-edition items, much like the offer in Japan.

This situation reminds me of what happened with Hasbro in Asia. Many retail shops were frustrated with Hasbro's pricing strategy and stock cut, as the competition from their official online store undercut local prices, availability and offered attractive discounts. Retailers were left struggling to compete with these direct sales channels.

Let's see how their US customers relation handling these new development.

All Japan Model & Hobby Show 2023 Sept 2023

The All Japan Model & Hobby Show 2023 has kicked off today! So many plastic models and action toys are announced at the event. The only thing I am happy about is the announcement of the Super Robot Wars Huckebien MKIII from Bandai and the stupid PB AM Gunner.

Kotobukiya showcases a lot of new products, especially Hexa Gear and their newly announced series, Megalomaria Unlimited Universe. Nacchin series is doing rather well and announced a collaboration with Armored Trooper Votoms themes.

• Kotobukiya event product page
• Tag Hobby
• Dengeki Hobby - Koto 1
• Dengeki Hobby - Koto 2

Busou Shinki:

• TYPE DEVIL STRARF REPAINT COLOR VERSION

Frame Arms Girl:

• FRAME ARMS GIRL GOURAI with FGM148 TYPE ANTI-TANK MISSILE
• FRAME ARMS GIRL KONGO Destroyer Ver.

Hexa Gear:

• Zenith Reveal
• Nadir Rebirth
• BULKARM "LUX APE"
• RAYBLADE IMPULSE [Reloadead]COLLECTORS EDITION
• RAYBLADE IMPULSE [Reloadead]
• GOVERNOR VIRGINIA EARTHCLINE
• GOVERNOR ARMOR TYPE: PAWN A1 CUSTOM
• GOVERNOR ARMOR TYPE: PAWN A1 Ver.2.0
• GOVERNOR PARA-PAWN SENTINEL Ver.2.0

Megalomaria Unlimited Universe:

• METAMORPHOSE UNIT EX ARMOR WHITE NURSE
• Ruby Eye
• Mephisto
• Novice
• Seeker
• Ghillie Dhu
• Nights Superior

MEGAMI DEVICE:

• BUSTER DOLL KNIGHT

M.S.G Weapons:

• Heavy Weapon Unit 38 Holonic Arms
• Heavy Weapon Unit Gunblade Lance 2
• Heavy Weapon Unit Mega Slash Edge 2

MUV-LUV ALTERNATIVE:

• GEKISHIN

Nacchin Series:

• JGSDF Type 07-III Tank Nacchin [SCOPEDOG Ver.]
• JGSDF Type 07-III Tank Nacchin [EX Ver.]
• Nacchin Append Parts Set

ZOIDS (HMM Model):

• RZ-002 GUYSACK
• RZ-045 SALAMANDER
• RBOZ-003 GOJULAS MARKING PLUS Ver.

Kotobukiya Collection 2023 Winter News Update #1

Kotobukiya collection started the Winter 2023 update for their upcoming pre-orders, new products and in-development news. First, I would like to begin with VFS 02 Garudagear [Diablo]. There are a lot of new armour design parts and melee weapons even effect parts introduced for this set. I can't wait to see the final product. The second is the new heavy weapon unit 36, Laser Cannon, which has a more futuristic design and felt a bit more towards the Hexa Gear theme.

Speaking of Hexa Gear. Fans are going wild with the series and finally, we are seeing the redesign of Rayblade Impulse. Not sure if the spelling is correct, my guess is 'Reloaded'. As expected, Kotobukiya going for an exclusive release with a popular V-Thor & bundle with Pawn X1 Night Stalkers into the set with a special water decal only at Kotobukiya Shop Limited.

You can check out the rest of the photos on the official website or check out Dengeki Web Hobby coverage. Looks like Kotobukiya may be interested in entering the market and selling building plastic models. Their 70th Anniversary 1/300 Kotobukiya Building Plastic Model looks promising and I do hope they do more in the future because not many of us are good at stretch building.

Start shopping Kotobukiya store at Amazon US!

New Products Annoucement:

1. 70th Anniversary 1/300 Kotobukiya Building Plastic Model
2. Frame Arms Girl Durga Ⅱ
3. Qpmini Innocentia
4. AUV Amaterasu Regalia
5. Type Angel Arnval Repaint Colour Version
6. Ritsuka Saeki [Swim Style]
7. Heavy Weapon Unit 35: Orbit Circle
8. Heavy Weapon Unit 36: Laser Canon
9. Virtuous Style 03 Pole Weapon Set
10. Hexa Gear: Rayblade Impulse Reloaded
11. Hexa Gear Exclusive: V-Thor & Pawn X1 Night Stalkers set
12. Hexa Gear Booster Pack 011: Biting Scissors
13. Hexa Gear Booster Pack 012: Multi-Lock Missile
14. Hexa Gear Booster Pack 013: Ornithopter Wing
15. Hexa Gear: Gertrud (Build fron booster pack 11 + 12 + 13)
16. JGSDF Type 06-Ⅲ Tank Roku
17. MAMORU

In Development:

1. Frame Arms Girl: Gourai-Kai with Exosuit Gourai
2. Frame Arms Girl: Exosuit
3. Frame Arms Girl: Wilber Nine
4. Frame Arms Girl: Shigen
5. Frame Arms Girl: Kagutsuchi
6. Cross Frame Girl: Gaofighgar
7. Cross Frame Girl: Goldymarg & Stealth Gao II Parts Set
8. Evangelion Test Type-01
9. Emma Koishikawa [ST. IRIS GAKUEN GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER CLOTHES]
10. Bukiko Kotobuki [WAKABA GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL WINTER CLOTHES]
11. Bukiko Kotobuki [WAKABA GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL WINTER CLOTHES] Modeler’s Edition
12. Hexa Gear: Bulkarm λ
13. Hexa Gear: Blockade Ivy
14. Hexa Gear: Governor Lat Solid [Prime]
15. Hexa Gear: Governor Lat Solid [Cradle]
16. Variable Frame System 02 Garudagear [Diablo]
17. TITANOMACHIA: Gail Hound
18. Muv-Luv Alternative: Gekishin
19. Ace-Combat:  ADF-01 
20. HMM ZOIDS: Green Horn AB
21. HMM ZOIDS: Customize Parts Attack Booster Unit

Kotokore Online Event - First Announcement Information

Kotokore - First Announcement Information (Plastic kit with colours) Listing:

• Frame Arms Girl Kongo
• Frame Arms Girl Gourai QPmini (mini-sized deformed plastic model)
• Hexa Gear Wierd Tails Night Stalkers Ver. (*Troop Chapter Decal is included)
• M.S.G "Heavy Weapon Unit 34 Wing Edge". (Expandable wing unit and high freedom movable arm unit)
• New update colour and mod parts for M.S.G:
• Gigantic Arms 06 Rapid Raider 
• Gigantic Arms 07 Lucifer's Wing.

Announcement for new plastic kit planning:

• New M.S.G Variable Frame System 02 - Garudagear [Unit No.02]! More blade weapons!
• Muv-Luv Alternative - Gekishin
• M.S.G sword with scabbards set, size compatible with Hexa Gear (*waiting for more information)

For more photos, be sure to check out the official website.

KOTOKORE PLASTIC MODEL DAY & Evoroids Official Website Launched!

TOMORROW IS #KOTOKORE PLASTIC MODEL DAY! /

Kotobukiya Collection is finally out tomorrow!

特Special site (OPEN 11AM on the 16th)

https://www.kotobukiya-collection.com/

ショーPlastic Model Talk Show (Broadcast starts at 2:30pm on the 16th)

https://youtu.be/UyRrDSmd0PQ

There's more! July 18th (Mon/Holiday) is Figure DAY! New releases on the special site at 11! In addition, on the Kotobukiya YouTube channel, we will introduce the popular products in a video.

https://www.kotobukiya.co.jp/event/kotocolle2022summer/

Also, big congratulations to Evoloids Series Special Site Finally Open! Full of highlights for serial comics, video content, blogs, and more where you can get all the latest updates on evoroids.com!

Kotobukiya Announcement - Price Changes (Increase) for Reproduction Items

Dear Valued Customers,

Thank you for your generous patronage and support.

We are writing to inform you that in light of current events with the rise of oil prices and shipping costs, the impact of lockdown measures in our centre of production, China, as well as the sudden decrease in the value of the yen, the manufacturing costs for Kotobukiya products have increased.

While we have given our utmost efforts to reduce expenses and production costs to prevent changes in product pricing, we were unable to absorb the extra expenses to maintain current prices.

Therefore, we regret to inform you that changes will be made to the prices of offered reproduction products going forward.

We would appreciate your understanding and support in this regard and as always, will continue to strive to provide high-quality products that will satisfy everyone’s needs.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our Kotobukiya support team at the Support Center listed below.

Official Post

Product Released Delay Update News #1

Kotobukiya has announced an update for VFS01 - Garudagear [Beluga] and Megami Device Magical Baselard both have been pushed from May to June release. Megami Device Chaos & Pretty Alice will be pushed from May to July.

The reason behind this is due to the lockdown around Dongguan City, China, where their manufacturing base is located including the distribution base in Shenzhen City. I am actually okay with this because I will have one extra month to save before the release of Beluga. 😁

Kotobukiya Collection Online 2022 [Winter]

Kotobukiya's new product release event "Kotobukiya Collection" will be held from February 10th* - 12th

Friday, February 11 @ 6 PM PST

• New plastic model information released on the event's special site

Saturday, February 12 @ 6:30 PM PST

• New figure information released on the event's special website
• New video content available on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/kotobukiyatv

Official Website: https://www.kotobukiya-collection.com/

*The talk show broadcast live on YouTube on February 10th will be in Japanese only

Kotobukiya Collection Online 2021 [28-29 August 2021]

Event Overview

Event name: Kotobukiya Collection ONLINE 2021 [Natsuyasumi! ]

Date and time: 2021, Scheduled for Saturday, August 28, 10: 30-21: 00, August 29 (Sun) 10: 00-

Contents of the event

• August 28 (Sat): Plastic model talk show YouTube Live live distribution
• August 29 (Sun): Announcement of new figures and plastic models on the special event site, distribution of recorded programs

Entry fee:

Free * Communication charges for participating in the event will be borne by the customer.

Various URLs

Event special site https://www.kotobukiya-collection.com/

Kotobukiya official YouTube channel "KOTOBUKIYA TV" https://www.youtube.com/user/kotobukiyatv

End of May Digest

Hey everyone! I hope that you guys around the world are in great health during a difficult time dealing with CONVID-19. My country did not issue any stay at home order because the spread is thin and working together practicing hard on good hygiene including keeping self-distancing. This means I get no chance to stay at home spending more time clearing my boxes and unpacking some M.S.G for a photoshoot. 

Titanomachia by Naoki

Naoki has been long known to design mecha and showcase his Gunpla work in Gundam Hobby Life etc, especially his involvement in redesign work in the Gundam universe. Now he has a new announcement at the event called Titanomachi. His mecha (1/48 scale) will be produced by Aoshima and Exoskeleton characters (1/12 scale) by Kotobukiya.

Kotobukiya Announced Rockman X 25th Anniversary Plastic Kit

Kotobukiya has announced they will be releasing Rockman X plastic kits next year.

Zodiac Decal Present Campaign 2018

Kotobukiya US - Model Kit Giveaway September 2018

To all plastic model kit fans and those interested in getting started! We have 5 model kits to give away! This giveaway starts NOW and runs until 9/21 at 11:59PM EST/UTC-5. All you have to do is FOLLOW us on @Kotobukiya_EN and RT this post to enter!! Good luck to all!

Wonder Festival Summer 2018 - Kotobukiya Booth Details Announced

Kotobukiya has revealed and updated it's information's for the upcoming Wonder Festival booth exhibition next week. Here are the breakdown pieces of information:-

• Square Enix "Starwing Paradox" collaboration exhibition
• Radio frame Arms · Girl Reform
• Figure Road Special Talk Show PVC Figure
• Megami Device Talk Show
• New plastic kits exhibition: White tiger, the origin of the shadow tiger

Source: More images can be found at Kotobukiya

Kotobukiya is Creating 1/1 Plastic Model Project! Border Break!

Image: Inside jp

More images and news can be found at Inside (Japanese game website). I won't post the images here because of the copyright issue but what I can tell you is that according to Kotobukiya, this is the largest plastic model in the history!!! 👏👏 Check out the video below!!!

Kotobukiya x Sega - New Products Exhibition 2018 in Akihabara (New Images!)

Still waiting for more images to come in...

New Border Break Kits Coming

Good news to Border Break fans! According to the Youtube Live!, Kotobukiya will be producing new Border Break toys (plastic kits). Are they going to used the same Frame Arms Architect body or complete new mod? We will find out soon and I am quite confident Kotobukiya might be reissuing all the previous kits so better look out!

Re Arm, Boot, Contruct!!!

More details can be found here. It is quite likely confirm that Kotobukiya going to release these girls so stay tune next year very soon for more news or check out the Twitter!

Hexa Gear Voltrex - Defective Parts Discover

Kotobukiya has issue notice regarding defective parts found in recent released Hexa Gear Voltrex product. If you are one of them who pre-order, check with your sellers how to get the parts replacement.

Here is the translate message:

Dear Sirs 

I would like to thank you for your continued understanding and prosperity. I would like to express my gratitude to you for your continued patronage. 

This time, we have discovered that part of the parts is defective in kit block "Boltrex (Hexagia)" we have shipped from August 29, 2017. 

We are sorry for the inconvenience caused by the customer, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. I am sorry.

I will report the contents of the trouble here and I will let you know about future correspondence. 

Applicable product
Kit block
"Voltrex" (Hexagia)
Product number: HG004, JAN code: 4934054-108008, manufacturer's recommended price: \ 4,800 (tax not included)

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