Bandai announces Robot Damashii
GA Graphic posted a brief report giving minor details about the new Bandai robot line: Robot Damashii (Robot Spirits). This new toyline will feature 12 cm ABS/PVC figures with POM joints. The lineup will include mecha from Gundam 00's second season, Macross F, Code Geass, and Eureka Seven. According to Hobbystock's blog, it seems that Robot Damashii will take up the mantle of the MSiA and Offshoot In Action figure lines from here on. One of the things that differentiates it from the previous iterations is the use of 3D data modeling in the design. The new brand's name is said to come from a phrase uttered by Hajime Katoki, who tells people when things "need more robot spirit" (GA Graphic's report says it was "I don't talk to people who don't have robot spirit"). Tamashii Web has a small
Robot Damashii page up. Guests included Bandai president & Chief Gundam Officer Kazunori Ueno, Gundam 00 mecha designers Kanetake Ebikawa and Takayuki Yanase, Bandai Collectors Division's Planning & Development Team Leader Hiroaki Tanaka, and Gundam UC author Harutoshi Fukui.
Robot Damashii No. 0001 00 Gundam - October, 2,625 yen
Robot Damashii No. 0002 Arios Gundam - October, 2,625 yen
Robot Damashii No. 0003 Graham's Union Flag Custom II - November, 2,310 yen
Robot Damashii No. 0004 Cherudim Gundam - November, 2,940 yen
Seravee Gundam - price and date not set
Turn X - exhibit only
Shinkiro - exhibit only
Guren Mk-II Flight Enabled Type - Winter
Zangetsu - exhibit only
Gawain - Winter
Nirvash Type Zero - exhibit only
VF-25 Messiah - exhibit only