P-Bandai makes a lot less money than a retail run since those operate on the scale of thousands to tens of thousands of kits being bought by the retailers compared to a couple hundred sold through PB, so Bandai wants to make everything retail that they can, but they require a retail chain (or more realistically, multiple retail chains) to be willing to place those bulk orders, and with the RG God underperforming and the Death Army being absolute shelf warmers, I imagine that no retailers were ready to take that risk.
@@mj2005gundam i mean i sorta get the demand for limited kits among collectors and for supply/demand issues but honestly we haven't gotten regular, non-g witch in more than one at a time since the IBO stuff last year was it?
My man, you never disappoint. I been waiting for a review of this kit. I’m waiting for mine. I don’t have any G Gundam kits but something about this made me order it. Great review.
P-Bandai makes a lot less money than a retail run since those operate on the scale of thousands to tens of thousands of kits being bought by the retailers compared to a couple hundred sold through PB, so Bandai wants to make everything retail that they can, but they require a retail chain (or more realistically, multiple retail chains) to be willing to place those bulk orders, and with the RG God underperforming and the Death Army being absolute shelf warmers, I imagine that no retailers were ready to take that risk.
Rather, be angry that Bandai doesn't love whatever country you live in. Meanwhile, in America, I'm able to have as much P-Bandai stuff delivered directly to my house as I want.
@@mj2005gundamthey kinda owe it to the Rose since it was the worst of the original NG lineup from '94. That thing was awful! Great to see they did so well here.
George De Sand is not the only anime red head who has rose themed abilities in G Gundam. Kurama from Yu Yu Hakusho also has rose/plant themed abilities and he's a fox demon named Yoko Kurama who was reborn as a human. ROSE WHIP!!!
It is not on Bandai tho. P-Bandai makes a lot less money than a retail run since those operate on the scale of thousands to tens of thousands of kits being bought by the retailers compared to a couple hundred sold through PB, so Bandai wants to make everything retail that they can, but they require a retail chain (or more realistically, multiple retail chains) to be willing to place those bulk orders, and with the RG God underperforming and the Death Army being absolute shelf warmers, I imagine that no retailers were ready to take that risk.
@@mj2005gundam I could see them making deals with Target, Hobby Lobby, and so on to have retail exclusives, then have PBandai both as a universal catch-all for all exclusives and for really niche non-new-mold stuff.
Not happening. Even RG God underperformed to the point of going on sale within weeks of release in Japan, we're lucky if we get any G Revive that isn't Shuffle Alliance, Spiegel or Devil
for anyone who wants to know, theres a few rumors floating around on why this is peeb 1. HGFC kits arent the best sellers and even the RG God Gundam hasnt done so well in Japan so Bandai didnt have much confidence in other G Gundam kits doing well on the retail market 2. Being Peeb allowed the kit to have better detail and quality and color seperation since let kits would have to be printied if it was retail
Ut's mostly the former; P-Bandai makes a lot less money than a retail run since those operate on the scale of thousands to tens of thousands of kits being bought by the retailers compared to a couple hundred sold through PB, so Bandai wants to make everything retail that they can, but they require a retail chain (or more realistically, multiple retail chains) to be willing to place those bulk orders, and with the RG God underperforming and the Death Army being absolute shelf warmers, I imagine that no retailers were ready to take that risk
I wish the latter point was universally applicable to PB kits. I mean, look at the White Rider which have similar design elements. Even disregarding the sensor and venting stickers, the fact that the cape trim were stickers on that, but not on the Rose would just be enough to shoot down the inconsistency
2 is definitely not the case, majority of pband aint even that great.... for some reason, what bandai means as premium is not the same as what premium universally means....
3:50 great review but I don't understand why you demonstrate the bended knee pose in general. I guess it's good to be thorough with all the articulation, but gunpla designs that can pull this off AND not look awkward are far and few in general. Although many G-Witch kits can actually pull off that pose and look good fairly well by foregoing side skirts altogether.
The taking a knee pose demonstrates lower flexibility, since if the kit can't kick far enough forwards, or the knee couldn't bend far enough, it will look awkward as a result. And since the kit would probably be kicking forwards for aerial poses anyway, might as well demonstrate it
P-Bandai makes a lot less money than a retail run since those operate on the scale of thousands to tens of thousands of kits being bought by the retailers compared to a couple hundred sold through PB, so Bandai wants to make everything retail that they can, but they require a retail chain (or more realistically, multiple retail chains) to be willing to place those bulk orders, and with the RG God underperforming and the Death Army being absolute shelf warmers, I imagine that no retailers were ready to take that risk.
@@Blockio1999 Shame cos HGUC was pretty damn dry last year with just the Shenlong. I want at least ONE retail release this year, it doesn't matter what.
@@austinreed7343 Mostly cos all those series had dedicated lines. SEED did too but has HGUC releases cos they're THAT old. 00 could do with Revive kits as those old HGs used a lot of stickers and had clear beams.
It is kinda normal but its still bad. Like, yes, you will see them but preferably they would not be there. But yeah id say its pretty normal for non PC kits. I bought a justice knight and his ankle snapped on me from the stress
Those in the past do tend to do that, but modern ones like the G-Witch kits and this one right here don't suffer from that issue. Either way, there wouldn't be any harm to the integrity of the socket
@@mj2005gundam my zowort did gain a stress mark on the socket so i have tried to ise plastic cement or super glue to harden it, until it broke to yhe point i need to make an incision
@@koweedate apparently exceptions? Still, there shouldn't be anything to worry about for those stress marks since they won't stress so much as to break
Unlikely, since the gates aren't designed for any special finish, especially not the hat. If they do a full gold version of this kit, it will not turn out well
the kit is beautiful.. yet it is p bandai.. and it is so hard to find in malaysia.. with limited quantity and once out of stock, you will not find it anymore
I am not familiar with G gundam but is there like a final battle version of these ms i feel like that would be the go to for the regular release or maybe a 4 pack set regular release of the suits
P-Bandai makes a lot less money than a retail run since those operate on the scale of thousands to tens of thousands of kits being bought by the retailers compared to a couple hundred sold through PB, so Bandai wants to make everything retail that they can, but they require a retail chain (or more realistically, multiple retail chains) to be willing to place those bulk orders, and with the RG God underperforming and the Death Army being absolute shelf warmers, I imagine that no retailers were ready to take that risk. You can argue about what a kit should or shouldn't be, but the fact is that not enough people bought the previous releases; it was PB or no release at all
@@Blockio1999 Wait the RG God is underperforming? I have seem so many pictures if people building that and so many praising reviews that I was expecting it to be a big seller. Regardless I am not fond of P-Bandai as it makes it impossible to get a hold of these kits as a central european unless I am willing to give enourmous ammounts of money to resellers.
In all honesty, either the Hyper Mode version of this or a full HG Gundam Versailles (as unlikely as that is) are the ones that should be PB, not the Rose
In your tequila-induced drunken state. But with the way the HGFC line is going, I won't be surprised they'd actually go through with the biggest memes from the series
Was Gundam Rose always able to use its cape as shield bits? Also... weird question but... are the joints able to be transplanted to the HG Shinning and Burning Gundams by chance?
I mentioned that the cape bits are part of the model kit's original gimmick. And no, you cannot transplant the joints to the Shining and God, they're literally built differently
Nuts, I was hoping I could use them to fix the elbows. The Cape gimmick is interesting however due to the implications for the other kits down the line. Wonder what they'd come up with?
P-Bandai makes a lot less money than a retail run since those operate on the scale of thousands to tens of thousands of kits being bought by the retailers compared to a couple hundred sold through PB, so Bandai wants to make everything retail that they can, but they require a retail chain (or more realistically, multiple retail chains) to be willing to place those bulk orders, and with the RG God underperforming and the Death Army being absolute shelf warmers, I imagine that no retailers were ready to take that risk.
I think the most annoying part about this, and this is very minor and nit-picky, is the core fighter screen being a sticker. Thats all. One won’t see it anyways but just my minor gripe. Overall this looks great, and the fact that it has a frame, or at least some of the frame if it is missing some bits, either eludes the fact that we’re gonna have some kind of build fighters like gundam kits(as in the series, the model kits have a frame inside the model kit. Do correct me if it’s wrong) and this may also elude that bandai may include a frame for some kits. Maybe, maybe not. I thought it was interesting that they went all this way to give a frame to a high grade that isn’t a IBO or WfM kit
Well, I say "frame", it's just for the joints and whatnot, so it's not exactly HGIBO levels of inner frame, but rather following in the recent HGAC kits' footsteps. The core lander sticker is a bit annoying, but negligible at the end of the day. I just hope that the future HGFC kits would be good since they'd most likely be based on the same frame the Rose used
This should've been a retail release with the bit effects coming with a Hyper Mode PBandai that came with a Jack of Diamonds Action Base
I won't mind a Hyper Mode version of this being in PB, regardless of how the gates were placed. That action base idea as well is great too
this actually makes me angry that a kit this good is limited to p-bandai.
P-Bandai makes a lot less money than a retail run since those operate on the scale of thousands to tens of thousands of kits being bought by the retailers compared to a couple hundred sold through PB, so Bandai wants to make everything retail that they can, but they require a retail chain (or more realistically, multiple retail chains) to be willing to place those bulk orders, and with the RG God underperforming and the Death Army being absolute shelf warmers, I imagine that no retailers were ready to take that risk.
@@Blockio1999 okay so retail shop can request Bandai relesed HG Wing Bois in normal released but not G Bois
I concur. Meanwhile all the mediocre stuff that isn't G-Witch gets fed into the retail market
@@mj2005gundam retail market has some duality
@@mj2005gundam i mean i sorta get the demand for limited kits among collectors and for supply/demand issues but honestly we haven't gotten regular, non-g witch in more than one at a time since the IBO stuff last year was it?
My man, you never disappoint. I been waiting for a review of this kit. I’m waiting for mine. I don’t have any G Gundam kits but something about this made me order it. Great review.
It's majestic, that's what
Just sad and angry that it is pbandai
I dont understand why people hate P-Bandai
@@kaigen999 it's hard to get
@@arthurpendragon8768 what's hard to get? The kit? I never have issues getting the pbandai kits I want.
P-Bandai makes a lot less money than a retail run since those operate on the scale of thousands to tens of thousands of kits being bought by the retailers compared to a couple hundred sold through PB, so Bandai wants to make everything retail that they can, but they require a retail chain (or more realistically, multiple retail chains) to be willing to place those bulk orders, and with the RG God underperforming and the Death Army being absolute shelf warmers, I imagine that no retailers were ready to take that risk.
Rather, be angry that Bandai doesn't love whatever country you live in.
Meanwhile, in America, I'm able to have as much P-Bandai stuff delivered directly to my house as I want.
1:07 The Nether peaking into frame! XD
Gotta meme it up, since the Gunpla community did that already
I need an MG Nether
I hope Daban start releasing this kit cause I'm sure as hell that the scalpers are gonna triple their prices with their inventory..
Hope some third-party manages to replicate it and not get shut down
I understand why it's PBandai. That colour separation though. Really nice
That colour separation is just unheard of from an HG, even by G-Witch standards
Also got the Maxter and built it today. Demnnnn Bandai really showing that G gundam line pbandai hg kits are definitely premium in quality
Finally they're putting their money where their big fat mouth is
Wow I’m surprised to see how great this kit is
Same here. I thought it'd be half-assed in just ticking a box and nothing more. But damn, the engineering is way better than I'd have expected
@@mj2005gundamthey kinda owe it to the Rose since it was the worst of the original NG lineup from '94. That thing was awful! Great to see they did so well here.
George De Sand is not the only anime red head who has rose themed abilities in G Gundam. Kurama from Yu Yu Hakusho also has rose/plant themed abilities and he's a fox demon named Yoko Kurama who was reborn as a human. ROSE WHIP!!!
A custom Gunpla needs to blend those elements together
Welcome to Neo Bandai, every cool kit is PBan
It is not on Bandai tho. P-Bandai makes a lot less money than a retail run since those operate on the scale of thousands to tens of thousands of kits being bought by the retailers compared to a couple hundred sold through PB, so Bandai wants to make everything retail that they can, but they require a retail chain (or more realistically, multiple retail chains) to be willing to place those bulk orders, and with the RG God underperforming and the Death Army being absolute shelf warmers, I imagine that no retailers were ready to take that risk.
Every risk they didn't want to take in Japan, is worth taking on the overseas markets
@@mj2005gundam
I could see them making deals with Target, Hobby Lobby, and so on to have retail exclusives, then have PBandai both as a universal catch-all for all exclusives and for really niche non-new-mold stuff.
TEQUILA
GUNDAM
NOW!!!!!!!!
please not p-bandai tho...i want one....
Not happening. Even RG God underperformed to the point of going on sale within weeks of release in Japan, we're lucky if we get any G Revive that isn't Shuffle Alliance, Spiegel or Devil
Inner frame check, now we just need the outer armor
That JonTron gag X3
Gotta take the piss out of Bandai making the mistake of using HGAC in the initial promo material for the kit somehow
I have hopes for a bolt Gundam or Spiegel
Same here. I'd kill to have a HGFC Gundam Spiegel
This video makes me want this kit more than I should...
IKR? It's literally charming
Give us the windmill, Bandai.
We must have le windmill
The first AU MS to use a Funnel system.
While it did abuse the bits, at least the output was weak individually, and they were used in more creative ways than just beam spam
for anyone who wants to know, theres a few rumors floating around on why this is peeb
1. HGFC kits arent the best sellers and even the RG God Gundam hasnt done so well in Japan so Bandai didnt have much confidence in other G Gundam kits doing well on the retail market
2. Being Peeb allowed the kit to have better detail and quality and color seperation since let kits would have to be printied if it was retail
Ut's mostly the former; P-Bandai makes a lot less money than a retail run since those operate on the scale of thousands to tens of thousands of kits being bought by the retailers compared to a couple hundred sold through PB, so Bandai wants to make everything retail that they can, but they require a retail chain (or more realistically, multiple retail chains) to be willing to place those bulk orders, and with the RG God underperforming and the Death Army being absolute shelf warmers, I imagine that no retailers were ready to take that risk
@@Blockio1999 Which is stupid because the RG Burning is fucking POINT!
I swear, people just don't know treasure when they see it.
I wish the latter point was universally applicable to PB kits. I mean, look at the White Rider which have similar design elements. Even disregarding the sensor and venting stickers, the fact that the cape trim were stickers on that, but not on the Rose would just be enough to shoot down the inconsistency
2 is definitely not the case, majority of pband aint even that great.... for some reason, what bandai means as premium is not the same as what premium universally means....
3:50 great review but I don't understand why you demonstrate the bended knee pose in general. I guess it's good to be thorough with all the articulation, but gunpla designs that can pull this off AND not look awkward are far and few in general. Although many G-Witch kits can actually pull off that pose and look good fairly well by foregoing side skirts altogether.
The taking a knee pose demonstrates lower flexibility, since if the kit can't kick far enough forwards, or the knee couldn't bend far enough, it will look awkward as a result. And since the kit would probably be kicking forwards for aerial poses anyway, might as well demonstrate it
Give me a tequila Gundam!
We have a viable inner frame for it, so let's hope it'll happen
Still bummed this is P-Bandai when HGUC has been starved of retail releases.
P-Bandai makes a lot less money than a retail run since those operate on the scale of thousands to tens of thousands of kits being bought by the retailers compared to a couple hundred sold through PB, so Bandai wants to make everything retail that they can, but they require a retail chain (or more realistically, multiple retail chains) to be willing to place those bulk orders, and with the RG God underperforming and the Death Army being absolute shelf warmers, I imagine that no retailers were ready to take that risk.
@@Blockio1999 Shame cos HGUC was pretty damn dry last year with just the Shenlong.
I want at least ONE retail release this year, it doesn't matter what.
They just threw everything into PB nowadays...
@@fishpop
HGUC has also not added anything after Seed to the lineup.
@@austinreed7343 Mostly cos all those series had dedicated lines.
SEED did too but has HGUC releases cos they're THAT old.
00 could do with Revive kits as those old HGs used a lot of stickers and had clear beams.
Did you see the announcement for the HGFC Gundam Maxter?
Yep, and I am gonna get it one way or another. Thankfully, I have connections in America and Hong Kong
I've got this on preorder. Really looking forward to it coming in after seeing this review!
You'll definitely enjoy it, I'm sure
just to ask, for non-polycap kit, is it normal for some sockets for ball joints to have a stress mark?
It is kinda normal but its still bad. Like, yes, you will see them but preferably they would not be there. But yeah id say its pretty normal for non PC kits. I bought a justice knight and his ankle snapped on me from the stress
Those in the past do tend to do that, but modern ones like the G-Witch kits and this one right here don't suffer from that issue. Either way, there wouldn't be any harm to the integrity of the socket
@@mj2005gundam my zowort did gain a stress mark on the socket so i have tried to ise plastic cement or super glue to harden it, until it broke to yhe point i need to make an incision
@@koweedate apparently exceptions? Still, there shouldn't be anything to worry about for those stress marks since they won't stress so much as to break
Part of me wants to say "Dont worry about grabbing it now, it'll eventually come out in an all gold coloring with the rest of the G Hyper Modes"
Unlikely, since the gates aren't designed for any special finish, especially not the hat. If they do a full gold version of this kit, it will not turn out well
@@mj2005gundam If they do release a gold version I expect something like ReRising, where its that less than stellar mustard injection gold
@@lupuspallidusyuck!!!
That look reminds me of Camus of Suikoden 2...
All that's missing from the character is a hat
You definitely noticed it... He doesn't wear one though... 😁😁
Waiting for Windmill Gundam
Same here. We have a frame they can abuse, now all they have to do is abuse it
So we are closer to Tequila and/or Nether Gundam?
At least we have a decent frame they can abuse for them
Who would win, this or the Gyan?
They're equal I'd say. One launches a barrage, the other swarms with Rose Bits
the kit is beautiful.. yet it is p bandai.. and it is so hard to find in malaysia.. with limited quantity and once out of stock, you will not find it anymore
Unfortunately not. I struggle to find one at a reasonable price over here in Hong Kong, with ample PB availability
I am not familiar with G gundam but is there like a final battle version of these ms i feel like that would be the go to for the regular release or maybe a 4 pack set regular release of the suits
Not in the anime series, but in the manga adaptation, George de Sand traded in the Rose for the GF13-009NFII Gundam Versailles.
another kit that should not be Pbandai
Nothing should be p-bandai
P-Bandai makes a lot less money than a retail run since those operate on the scale of thousands to tens of thousands of kits being bought by the retailers compared to a couple hundred sold through PB, so Bandai wants to make everything retail that they can, but they require a retail chain (or more realistically, multiple retail chains) to be willing to place those bulk orders, and with the RG God underperforming and the Death Army being absolute shelf warmers, I imagine that no retailers were ready to take that risk.
You can argue about what a kit should or shouldn't be, but the fact is that not enough people bought the previous releases; it was PB or no release at all
@@Blockio1999 Wait the RG God is underperforming? I have seem so many pictures if people building that and so many praising reviews that I was expecting it to be a big seller.
Regardless I am not fond of P-Bandai as it makes it impossible to get a hold of these kits as a central european unless I am willing to give enourmous ammounts of money to resellers.
In all honesty, either the Hyper Mode version of this or a full HG Gundam Versailles (as unlikely as that is) are the ones that should be PB, not the Rose
So....
Can it also ride the 1/144 Fuunsaiki? Ahehehehe.
Any HG can. Just gotta have the action base hole for it
It's a real shame this has to be P-Bandai otherwise I'd snatch it up in an instant
I agree. They should've taken the risk of making this kit retail
So *TWO* Nobel gundams and a *HORSE* are retail but one of the *FIVE PROTAGONIST GUNDAMS* are PBandai?
#justice4GGundam
Unfortunately that's true
Bandai probably sees “she-Gundam” and “HONSE” as draws.
I need the tequila Gundam
In your tequila-induced drunken state. But with the way the HGFC line is going, I won't be surprised they'd actually go through with the biggest memes from the series
It's kinda mini full mechanics
It sort of is yeah. I can't wait to see what they'd do with future HGFC kits
I want a full release of this it's hard to get
Curse Premium Bandai
I'm hoping that they choose to sell the Rose without the base as a regular retail release someday.
I need it.
A kit that no G Gundam fan should miss, for sure
1:38 Why does he look like he's smiling at us?
More like being judgemental
@@mj2005gundam Look like a smug smile to me but eh, people see different things.
Somehow I got the feeling these kit will get along perfectly with Livelance heaven and helios 🤔
Or is it just my feeling?
🤔🤔🤔
It's just your gut telling you, but it doesn't hurt to try
Was Gundam Rose always able to use its cape as shield bits?
Also... weird question but... are the joints able to be transplanted to the HG Shinning and Burning Gundams by chance?
I mentioned that the cape bits are part of the model kit's original gimmick. And no, you cannot transplant the joints to the Shining and God, they're literally built differently
Nuts, I was hoping I could use them to fix the elbows.
The Cape gimmick is interesting however due to the implications for the other kits down the line.
Wonder what they'd come up with?
I was very dissapointed and pissed that this is a pbandai
P-Bandai makes a lot less money than a retail run since those operate on the scale of thousands to tens of thousands of kits being bought by the retailers compared to a couple hundred sold through PB, so Bandai wants to make everything retail that they can, but they require a retail chain (or more realistically, multiple retail chains) to be willing to place those bulk orders, and with the RG God underperforming and the Death Army being absolute shelf warmers, I imagine that no retailers were ready to take that risk.
Same here. I'd be kicking myself had I not been able to get this
I think the most annoying part about this, and this is very minor and nit-picky, is the core fighter screen being a sticker. Thats all. One won’t see it anyways but just my minor gripe. Overall this looks great, and the fact that it has a frame, or at least some of the frame if it is missing some bits, either eludes the fact that we’re gonna have some kind of build fighters like gundam kits(as in the series, the model kits have a frame inside the model kit. Do correct me if it’s wrong) and this may also elude that bandai may include a frame for some kits. Maybe, maybe not. I thought it was interesting that they went all this way to give a frame to a high grade that isn’t a IBO or WfM kit
Well, I say "frame", it's just for the joints and whatnot, so it's not exactly HGIBO levels of inner frame, but rather following in the recent HGAC kits' footsteps. The core lander sticker is a bit annoying, but negligible at the end of the day. I just hope that the future HGFC kits would be good since they'd most likely be based on the same frame the Rose used
Is it shorter than other hg? 😂
Oh, it is 😂😂😂😂😂
In the millimeters, but yes it's shorter than average HGs
Why bandai?! Why! U released the model so late?! I already to much collection.
Because screw G Gundam, but out of obligation to complete another boyband since they completed the Wing one
i really love and enjoy G gundam series, but damn shame its pband....
It's stupid, it's ridiculous, it's overly-stereotypical. But hey, it's all in good awesome fun, until they locked this behind the premium paywall
G-gundam is hella weird though
Weird in the sense that it's fun IMO