Release Date: April 2023
Price: 12,760 Yen
INITIAL RELEASE
Release Date: February 2020Â
Price: 12,760 Yen
Premium Bandai US announces the reissue of the RG 1/144 Unicorn Gundam 03 Phenex from the Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative in order to celebrate the anime film's TV edition airing via 28 MBS/TBS stations in Japan, nationwide!Â
The kit is presented in three different types of gold plating, provided with clear blue inner framing. This version also comes with two Armed Armor DE Ver. NT featuring the tail-like stabilizers, which are the same molds shared from the RG 1/144 Unicorn Gundam Perfectibility that came from the Blu-ray box set release of the Unicorn Gundam series.
Here's hoping that they release a regular retail ver. with that puke gold.... I want a RG Phenex without the absurd price
ReplyDileuI think it's bit more of a bronze gold
DileuUnlikely, seeing how they completely left the puke gold out of the equation even for the HG Phenex Unicorn mode...
DileuWouldn't mind the aweful gold on regular release I can paint 'em myself lol
ReplyDileuThis shall be expensive. My poor wallet ...
ReplyDileuI would have been willing to purchase this even for the price if it were that disgusting puke gold color instead of this plated crap
ReplyDileuSince its first being released as Pbandai, theres no hope for any regular release with or without the paint.
ReplyDileuI want an RG Phenex.
ReplyDileuBut I also don't want to drop more than 11,600 on a small figure.
Holy !! Look at that gold !!!
ReplyDileuLook at that price !!!!
RG Banshee Norn's suggested MSRP is 4,320 yen. How is 1 additional shield, (maybe) 1 additional rifle, and the little stabilizer tails worth an additional 7280 yen? Or is this another lamp version, is that's what's going on?
ReplyDileuGold Plating. Very expensive.
Dileuwe can say it's banshee gold coating, so is it worth adding 7280 yen more for gold coating?
DileuYou forgot the most important added cost, P-Bandai Exclusive. Also the Master Grade Phenex costs $116 market price and is a Gold Plated regular release. Narrative P-Bandai Exclusive being around $200.
DileuSo this price is more than fair to me for a stable and solid Phenex.
Easy answer, gold plated.
DileuEven if it's P-Bandai, P-Bandai kit's aren't that much more expensive than regular releases. I don't think these kits are actually gold-plated, they're painted with golden chrome paint which while it does add an extra cost, it should not add such a drastic extra cost to the kit. Even if this is the way they treat exclusive metallic coated kits (because non-exclusive metallic coated kits or ones that are more widely available are actually significantly cheaper), there's no way that price is justified.
Dileu@HumaHumi No one in our (you and me) country would be crazy enough to buy this. Unless he's "sultan".
DileuHow can Rg phenex be more expensive than the Mg?
ReplyDileuIt's gold plated
DileuMg phenex is cheaper than this one
DileuSimple. This is better than the MG and it's a PB.
DileuIt was just a matter of time for Bandai to make this. At least now people can get the RG and or PG Unicorn series in its entirety since we all know the HG and MG versions are not that great. Well the PG version is missing the Perfectibility one, but I guess we can expect that to get a PG P-Bandai. Bandai loves Unicorn too much. I guess between RG and PG, RG is the best choice in terms of cost, quality, and completeness. Though that RG Perfectibility is super expensive since it's only available through that ¥65,000 BluRay boxset. Though I've seen it online for not quite that much, but still a lot for just the kit itself. Still I think it's better than if we got a PG version which I think would be like ¥150,000 or something crazy. I think Bandai should make a normal P-Bandai release for RG Unicorn Perfectibility. Maybe include water slides with it a P-Bandai release and make a new cover art for it?
ReplyDileuDude, I'm pretty sure you're literally just trolling here. You do know about the troll who makes wishlists (like the one here) right?
Dileu@MasterofLEGOS100 Yeah, that's actually him. No more, no less.
DileuStill can't understand how can this be so friggin' expensive, when the price of the MG is a "mere" 12k yen...
ReplyDileuWhy can't people understand it is the P-Bandai price mark up. Not to mention this is a better gold plating than the Master Grade on a much smaller and complex scale.
ReplyDileuThere's no price markup from p-bandai itself. It's the seller that always markup the price for services.
DileuRG Narrative gundam please!
ReplyDileuThe price is so high because this kit uses 3 types of gold plating (RG multi-tones) and gold plating itself is really expensive. Being p-bandai doesn't make the kit more expensive. P-bandai kits customers don't get retail discount as normal release, and have to pay shipping fee, that's all the difference. While the it was marked up overseas, p-bandai price is just normal for customers in Japan.
ReplyDileuHow can you tell? Besides using the RG Unicorn and Banshee as references, the differences in the gold here are super SUPER subtle, nigh indistinguishable to the human eye
DileuIf you look closely, you can see different of gold they use in this one.
Dileu@Mystic2760 You can read that on the Japanese p-bandai website.
DileuThe shiny gold is very lovely on the RG Phenex.
ReplyDileuIs that a 2 tone gold? lol
ReplyDileuNo. Just no.
ReplyDileuJust ordered this and I just realized this was more expensive than the RG Sazabi Special Coating ver.
ReplyDileuWow the mold for that v fin looks like puffy hot garbage.
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