BANDAI SPIRITS Company's HOBBY Division in Japan recently announced that the new Gunpla product, "1/144 RX-78F00 HMT Gundam High Mobility Type", which will be sold exclusively at the life-sized moving Gundam exhibition facility "GUNDAM FACTORY YOKOHAMA" in Yokohama, is expected to go on sale in July 2022.
The "RX-78F00 Gundam" standing at Yamashita Pier in Yokohama features significant design differences compared to previous original Gundam designs. In contrast to the Odaiba Gundam, which relatively restored the original settings, the Yokohama Gundam has a miniaturized head and backpack. It also incorporates suggestions from director Yoshiyuki Tomino, resulting in a visually more slender physique, closer to new Gundam models released in recent years. Bandai sets the backstory of the RX-78F00 as follows: after the One Year War, Amuro Ray's long-lost mobile suit, the "RX-78-2 Gundam," was discovered by Earth Federation-related facilities in the Far East Asian region (which is the original Gundam previously displayed in Odaiba). Extensive wreckage found near "GUNDAM FACTORY YOKOHAMA" was used for research, analysis, and reconstruction, ultimately leading to the completion of the "RX-78F00 Gundam."
This latest design combines the RX-78F00 Gundam with the image of the RX-78-1 Gundam Prototype. The molded parts' colors have been replaced with the prototype's characteristic black, white, and red scheme. New parts recreate the prototype's distinctive ankle armor, along with a set of HIGH MOBILITY TYPE (High Mobility Type) equipment that pays homage to the "High Mobility Type Gundam" which appeared in the game "Mobile Suit Gundam: Gihren's Greed: Zeon's Independent War." The High Mobility Type equipment includes additional armor, a backpack, auxiliary thrusters on both legs, and the "Twin Beam Rifle" weapon, all of which can be detached at any time to switch forms.
1/144 RX-78F00 HMT Gundam High Mobility Type
Reference Price: 2,530 JPY (tax included)
Expected Release Date: 2022/07
Product Specifications: 1/144 scale plastic model kit
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