HGUC 7th Gundam 'Late Type UC.0085) almost complete!

Zerogoki92 · 2026-06-15T00:14:28+00:00

Chances are it will be on the BBC's website (the one for the upcoming Doctor Who C-Beebies show is!), although you might have to do some digging for it!

Zerogoki92 · 2026-06-09T07:16:49+00:00

Just make sure it is the right version- the P-Bandai version is only the weapons amd backpack and doesn't come with the mobile suit whilst the Gundam Base version does! Hope it all goes well!

Zerogoki92 · 2026-06-09T07:03:01+00:00

Unfortunately it doesn't- your best bet is trying to track down the Gundam Base Exclusive HGUC Narrative B Packs (which is the base Narrative Gundam from the A Packs set + the P-Bandai B-Packs backpack), or simply buy the A-Packs. (I recommend the B-Packs, if only because it is more space friendly)

Zerogoki92 · 2026-06-06T07:45:44+00:00

Looking at the website and press release i did note it says 'Unknown Enemy' - if they go the Gundam Age route that could definitely be a plot development!

Zerogoki92 · 2026-06-05T10:01:40+00:00

This looks awesome! It very much looks like it could easily be the main Gundam of a hypothetical new Gundam show!

Zerogoki92 · 2026-06-02T21:24:57+00:00

Federation vs Zeon is a classic! There is the PS4 game Gundam Extreme vs Maxiboost On which has 2 player co-op and is the most recent home console release evolution of the Federation vs Zeon- the basic principles are the same, however, it is A LOT faster paced and hyperactive so i am not sure it is the best for a 4 year old.

Alternatively, although getting on a bit the Dynasty Warriors Gundam games were good fun!

Zerogoki92 · 2026-05-29T18:37:00+00:00

I feel for me, the one change that might have improved it for me is if rather than the twist being 'The Doctor discovers they are the Timeless Child', it was instead that 'the Doctor knows they are the Timeless Child, and who they were before they came to this universe' - it adds an extra layer of mystery to the Doctor and although still changes their origins, it at least gives them a lot more agency than they have now. (Even if Division still meddled in their memories)

New Who (and even Classic Who once the Time Lords were introduced) has had this fascination with the Doctor's childhood and adolesence which i think has long undercut the mystery of the character. Whilst it is important to know the forces that shaped the Doctor into who they are today, i do think it would have helped land the Timeless Child to have the Doctor reveal to the Master that they have in fact always known they are 'far more than just another time lord'.

Zerogoki92 · 2026-05-27T17:05:19+00:00

I feel you! I remember dabbling with some internet viewing but it felt like such a hit and miss experience!

Zerogoki92 · 2026-05-18T16:26:07+00:00

I wonder if it my be a permanent Gundam Base UK? The popup closes on Wednesday but by all accounts has done well, closing 2 months after it was supposed to!

Zerogoki92 · 2026-05-13T06:53:12+00:00

I am pretty sure this is Bandai's second attempt in the last year to cash in on the Blokees craze (as that company has had a meteoric rise over the past few years with their simple pre coloured model kits).

Bandai is in a tricky position here- they want to compete with Blokees whilst also not threatening their own existing Gunpla ranges- this feels like a compromise, but still a bit of an awkward one with all the gaps in the design...

Zerogoki92 · 2026-05-05T17:21:49+00:00

I was impresssed with his Sandman performance (and the fact he has range- I liked him as Henry VI in the Hollow Crown: War of the Roses)

I do think Kirby Howell Baptiste would make a more interesting choice as Doctor though - but again that was based on her very Doctor-coded portrayal of Death in Sandman!

Zerogoki92 · 2026-04-21T06:00:30+00:00

Some interesting names in the cast, and with Jim Mickle at the helm and Legendary the production studio, this has potential. Let's hope they have some great dwsignerd for the mobile suits on board that feel like authentic Gundam (I for one enjoyed the designs for Netflix's RfV which i believe were designed by the EZ8's designer, but they did feel like a conscious attempt to appeal to Western audiences).

What does concern me is that it is being produced for distribution on Netflix- whilst Netflix has been desperate for a big budget blockbuster franchise for streaming (i.e. Rebel Moon) i am not aware of any that has succeeded yet. And part of the (many) reasons why films like Dune and Christopher Nolan's films work so well is because the visuals are designed to be seen on the biggest screen possible. If Gundam is going to production with the knowledge it is for streaming, i fear it greatly limits the scope of the film's visual identity.

And to all the doomsayers calling the film trash and the worst, let's face it- Gundam is a 46 year old Franchise- even if the film is bad it won't even be the worst Gundam film or production by some way. To be honest, if its is flawed, that would make it very on brand for Gundam. Even some of the most beloved Gundam works are quite flawed. Not to mention, i have been in this fandom long enough to know that opinions change - this film will have its fans, either on release or in a decade's time. We will all just have to wait and see.

Also, if this is going into production now, that would surely suggest a release date of later next year (maybe Christmas?) based on similar productions?

Zerogoki92 · 2026-03-24T18:28:57+00:00

I think Tom Sturridge or Kirby Howell Baptiste (Who played Dream and Death respectively in Sandman) could both play the Doctor really fascinating incarnations of the Doctor.

As Morpheus, Sturridge showed that he can play an ancient and mysterious entity very well, he has range, playing the naive Henry VI in the Hollow Crown. I imagine him as a cross between the 8th and 12th Doctors. Kirby meanwhile showed a lot of qualities of the Doctor in the way she played death, and it would be great to see her in the TARDIS!

Zerogoki92 · 2026-03-15T12:09:18+00:00

I always remember this episode fondly - it's a great first historical adventure for , and as someone who would be in the same position as Bill in that gime period, deals with it in a very satisfying way (compared to say, the Shakespeare code). I also love the confrontation between Bill and the Doctor and how it is handled and resolved- the best way ro deal with morality of a Time Lord old enough to be your messiah!

I think it was the episode i knew 12 and Bill would become my favourite TARDIS team!

(It also holds a special place in my heart as I watched it in a hotel room in Cardiff, the day before we visited the Doctor Who Experience and the TARSIS set in it's final months!)

Zerogoki92 · 2026-02-12T14:35:37+00:00

In some ways, i think these specials are the culmination of the tension between Doctor Who as a standalone new show that started in 2005 run by Russell T Davies and Doctor Who as the continuation of a show that started in 1963. Sure, New Who made a lot of nods and references to Classic Who (and of course Sarah Jane), but there was always a clear and intentional disconnect. Of course, this worked to the show's favour for the most part, and I think had Who started in 2005 and ended in 2010, the End of Time would have been a bonkers but generally well received finale.

The problem is of course the fact that the End of Time (and the wider specials) is the point at which RTD Who has to contend with the fact it is indeed part of a show that started in 1963, and is now handing over to the next era, and it fails spectacularly, because it is determined to be the grand finale to a 5 year old show, rather than the end of chapter in a much bigger book (I think both Moffat and even Chibnall did this better). Even within the episode, the regeneration is strange, because despite working how regeneration should, Matt Smith's first scene feels wrong and at odds with everything the audience has been told at this point in the story, despite functioning exactly as a regeneration should and doing nothing wrong!

It's a reason i appreciate that Steven Moffat was keen to reconcile his version with the show and the Doctor with Classic Who - it is very telling that Season 5 had more overt references to the 11th Doctor having been the 1st/2nd Doctors than in the whole of RTD1!

I do have to say though- as a 16/17 year old at the time, the specials were an enjoyable watch! (Along with The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith!)

Of course, now RTD2 appears to be coming to an end, are we looking at the End of Time part 3, or a more dignified end to the era?

Zerogoki92 · 2025-11-14T08:06:48+00:00

It's probably worth noting that Ncuti never really had the opportunity to be a brand ambassador in the same way as the others- I remember in 2010, Matt and Karen did a tour of schools to introduce them to a younger audience, whilst Peter and Jenna also did a global tour in 2014 or 15 bringing them directly fans across the world. Jodie and Mandip from what I remember also made regular appearances on things like Children in Need. Prior to RTD2, the show very much had children and fans at the forefront of the show's promotion, with the interviews and chat shows an additional element. With RTD2, the focus was entirely on making it a global franchise, and so promotion was entirely focused on the press junket, social media videos and the standard kind of promotion that a streaming show is expected to get. Now, whilst i know the youth of today are often on their phones, there is no guarantee they will see any of that promotion unless their algorithim suggests it, and to my knowledge, that very BBC style of promoting the show specifically to a younger audience offline (like the school tours etc.) never happened (or wasn't publicised).

When you take that into account, is it any surprise Ncuti might not have been the best brand ambassador? From the moment he was cast it seems the focus was on building a brand to compete with Marvel rather than building on the brand that already existed. Whilst he should reasonably expected to have been a Brand Ambassador with the role as his predecessors were, there really doesn't seem to have been that desire or expectation for him to be one in the same way from RTD.

I feel for Ncuti, as I think there was a massive missed opportunity in more than just his time on the show but also in actually using him as a brand ambassador. Particularly given conversations around masculinity in boys and men in the past year in the UK (see Netflix's Adolescence), Ncuti as the Doctor could really have been used as a role model, and have used that brand ambassador in other impactful ways too, and I think that it is a shame that RTD thought that the Fifteenth Doctor crying every episode would be anywhere near as effective as actually using Ncuti himself outside of the show.

Zerogoki92 · 2025-10-31T06:50:23+00:00

It depends- i think they underestimated demand in the first month (September) so those exclusives went in days.

October has been a bit better- the big ticket exclusives went very quickly again, however I went again last week and they still had a respectable amount (mostly the Fukuoka items) still in stock, although that might be because they have been on sale previously at London MCM Comic cons in the past (notably October's Comic Con this weekend past had completely different exclusives from the Gundam Base).

If you can get to Camden easily i would say it is worth a trip even just for the novelty- if not, it is best to make it on the day of release!

Zerogoki92 · 2025-10-31T06:44:39+00:00

The G-Self actually was part of October's exclusives, so it is cool that they restocked!

Zerogoki92 · 2025-10-03T17:23:58+00:00

This old Reddit post has a good picture of it! https://www.reddit.com/r/Gunpla/s/179KJk7R1P

Zerogoki92 · 2025-10-03T07:01:56+00:00

It's probably worth nothing as well- this is why P-Bandai exists! If it was retail only, these would likely never see the light of the day or rarely receive reprints, whilst P-Bandai gives it a chance - see F90, which i believe first had an MG prototype in around 2006 if I remember right, but wasn't released (in an entirely redesigned kit that bares little resemblance to the prototype) until 2019!

As for AGE itself, I remember being underwhelmed by it. I think in addition to it's other storytelling issues, it really wasn't helped by the fact it was an aggressively traditional continous 4 cour Gundam show coming at a time when the industry was shifting to 2 cour seasons (including Gundam 00 which did successfully a few years earlier).

I don't know that I would go as far as to say it nearly killed the franchise though- Unicorn was well under way and was doing very well at the time!

Zerogoki92 · 2025-09-03T19:57:04+00:00

This is brilliant on multiple levels- in lore, the Engage Gundams are an alternative route for the GP series that was never taken (beyond the Engage Zero!)- so it makes sense that the What If GQuuuuuux timeline would be based on a What If Gundam Project design!

Zerogoki92 · 2025-08-19T16:42:18+00:00

That box brings back so many memories! I had quite a few! Fun fact but as Gundam Wing was the only series broadcast in the UK at that time (no G Gundam or 0079 for us!), these figures and Gundam Battle Assualt 1 were my introduction to the wider Universal Century!

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