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In today’s 620th edition of our ‘Let’s Talk Gunpla’ post, we’ll take a slight detour from our Shizuoka Hobby Show discussion to discuss the latest HGGQX release announcements from the retail side. Yes, amid the Shizuoka Hobby Show reveals, we have another HGGQX release announcement made in the same week, and it is one that we are sure Gyanko would approve of.

So, without further ado, let us get into it, shall we?

HG 1/144 MS-15/H Gyan (Exabe Custom) (HGGQX)

Release Date: July 2025

Estimated price: JPY 2,860 (MYR 84.52* / USD 19.82* / EUR 17.50*)

*The price is subject to change, depending on the situation

Honestly, we were planning to release another Shizuoka Hobby show discussion blog post, since there is still a lot to go through. However, we figured we needed a change of pace (since we are still recovering from being collectively sick last week) and instead shifted our focus to discuss one of the Retail side’s latest Gunpla release announcements.

Like we mentioned at the start of this post, the kit in question is a HGGQX kit that has been announced while we are still talking about releases from the Shizuoka Hobby Show.

Honestly? We are quite surprised that they announced another new kit while people are still hyped about all the reveals from the Shizuoka Hobby Show. It is even more impressive to know that they still have something up their sleeves that no one knows about.

Well, to those that haven’t watched the GQuuuuuuX anime, that is.

However, what really impressed us was how awesome it looked.

Yes, we’ve seen a lot of awesome Mecha designs from this series, but we honestly think the Gyan redesign here is probably one of the best ones we’ve seen to date.

Admittedly, there are better-looking MS redesigns from the episode that this Gyan debuted in, but strangely enough, we haven’t heard anything on the other two. So we reckon we might see Bandai announce them in the upcoming Hobby New Item showcase.

Anyways, let’s talk more about why we like this kit, shall we?

There is a lot to love about this release. For one, we finally have a Gyan redesign that will be able to attract newbies. Yes, even though we have developed a further appreciation for the OG Gyan’s design over the years, let’s be honest here, the OG Gyan’s design isn’t something for everyone, despite Bandai’s best effort to make more people fall in love with the Gyan’s design.

Well, that is until we got Khara’s design team to redesign the Iconic MS in the Gundam series, that is.

The best part about this redesign is that they didn’t just give the Gyan an awesome makeover; they even went as far as to redesign its iconic Beam saber into a cooler and sleeker look. But the thing that we love the most about this kit is that Bandai even gave this kit a HUGE and badass rocket lance.

We might not know what the use of this HUGE lance is for since we haven’t watched any bit of the GQuuuuuuX show yet, but just its inclusion alone was enough to convince us to want to get this awesome thing. Plus, it is not every day that we get a kit with a huge handheld weapon like this.  

What’s more, we like Bandai’s confidence in the strength of HGGQX Gyan’s joints that they even include a promotional picture showing us that you can have the HGGQX Gyan pose in its iconic stance with the HUGE Rocket Lance without having to utilize the stand that is included with it. However, we suspect that wouldn’t be such a good idea if you are thinking of displaying the kit long term.

But the best thing about this redesign is that, unlike the other HGGQX Redesigns, this is the one that looks almost identical to the original version.

Admittedly, it’s not 100 percent the same, since you still get the same GQX mecha design themes here and there. What we mean by this is that the MS designs still do not have proper skirt armor like the other Gundam series, the Gyan also looked a lot more humanoid, and yes, it still looked like a Temu version of the Rebuild of Evangelion’s Evas.

It’s not like it’s a bad thing; at the end of the day, we still get a really good-looking kit. Although the more we observed the redesigns and some of the original designs Khara has done for the GQX series so far, we wouldn’t be surprised if they revealed the GQuuuuuuX to have more EVA-like nature.

And yes, we are looking forward to getting this one, just because we are a fan of that HUGE lance.

This concludes the 620th edition of the Let’s Talk Gunpla segment. It’s nice that we are finally able to cover this one. We have been itching to write about this one ever since Bandai revealed it while we are still working on the Shizuoka Hobby Show Gunpla reveals.

Although we have a feeling that we might see more HGQX releases soon.

Anyway, we will be back soon with a new blog post! So we do look forward to seeing you guys then!

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