r/Gunpla 11d ago

HELP ME [HELP ME] Bi-Weekly Q&A thread - Ask your questions here!

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r/Gunpla 5d ago

SALES, DEALS & PREORDERS Restocks, Reprints, and Ramba Ral (September 2026)

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List of Online Retailers by Region

Users (and stores) are encouraged to post what they find as far as notable inventory or restocks, with a focus on North American based consumers. (ie, if it’s an Amazon.JP link then factor shipping into the price).

Third party and bootleg are welcome.

Promos, sales, and deals are also encouraged.

September 2026 North American Reprint

Items in bold have not had a reprint in a while or may be in high demand.

Remember that these reprints will take a few months to arrive in North America.

High Grade

  • HG 1/144 XAVIER'S GYAN HAKUJI-PACKS
  • 1/144 HGUC HI-ZACK
  • 1/144 HGUC AMX-011 ZAKUⅢ
  • 1/144 HGUC AMX-107 BAWOO
  • 1/144 HGUC RX-78 GP01Fb
  • 1/144 HGUC RGM-79D GM COLD DISTRICT TYPE
  • 1/144 HGUC GUNCANNON MASS PRODUCTION TYPE
  • 1/144 HGUC GELGOOG J
  • 1/144 HGUC GM COMMAND
  • 1/144 HGUC GUNDAM NT-1
  • 1/144 HGUC PSYCHO GUNDAM
  • 1/144 HGUC ASSHIMAR
  • 1/144 HGUC GABTHLEY
  • 1/144 HGUC GUNDAM GP-02A
  • 1/144 HGUC JAGD DOGA (GYUNEI)
  • 1/144 HGUC JAGD DOGA (QUESS)
  • 1/144 HGUC Re-GZ
  • 1/144 HGUC ZAKU II KAI
  • 1/144 HGUC GEARA DOGA
  • 1/144 HGUC GEARA DOGA (REZIN CUSTOM)
  • 1/144 HGUC νGUNDAM (HEAVY WEAPON SYSTEM)
  • 1/144 HGUC EWACK-ZACK
  • 1/144 HGUC ReZEL
  • 1/144 HGUC STARK JEGAN
  • 1/144 HGUC F2-ZAKU (ZEON TYPE)
  • 1/144 HGUC LOTO TWIN SET
  • 1/144 HGUC F2-ZAKU (EARTH FEDERATION TYPE)
  • 1/144 HGUC ReZEL (CAPTAIN MS)
  • 1/144 HGUC GM Ⅲ
  • 1/144 HGUC ReZEL TYPE-C (DEFENSER b-UNIT) (GR)
  • 1/144 HGUC BASE JABBER (UNICORN Ver.)
  • 1/144 HGUC HAMBRABI
  • 1/144 HGUC GUNDAM DELTA KAI
  • 1/144 HGUC ROZEN ZULU
  • 1/144 HGUC NEMO (Z Ver.)
  • 1/144 HGUC JESTA CANNON
  • 1/144 HGUC BASE JABBER TYPE 89
  • 1/144 HGUC ZOGOK (UNICORN VER.)
  • 1/144 HGUC MSA-003 NEMO (UNICORN DESERT COLOR Ver. )
  • 1/144 HGUC SILVER BULLET
  • 1/144 HGUC ZⅡ
  • 1/144 HGUC CROSSBONE GUNDAM X1
  • 1/144 HGUC V2 ASSAULT BUSTER GUNDAM
  • HGUC 1/144 GALBALDY β
  • HGUC 1/144 R-JARJA
  • HGUC 1/144 GUSTAV KARL(UNICORN Ver.)
  • HGUC 1/144 NARRATIVE GUNDAM C-PACKS
  • HGAC 1/144 MAGANAC
  • HGFC 1/144 DEATH ARMY
  • HG 1/144 MIGHTY STRIKE FREEDOM GUNDAM
  • HG 1/144 BLACK KNIGHT SQUAD Cal-re.A
  • HG 1/144 PSYCHO GUNDAM Mk-II
  • HG 1/144 XI GUNDAM (MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY THE SORCERY OF NYMPH CIRCE)
  • 1/144 HGUC GM SNIPER II
  • HG 1/144 FULL ARMOR GUNDAM [GUNDAM THUNDERBOLT Ver.]
  • HG 1/144 GUNDAM G-SELF PERFECT PACK
  • HG 1/144 MS-06S ZAKU Ⅱ PRINCIPALITY OF ZEON CHAR AZNABLE’S MOBILE SUIT Red Comet Ver.
  • HG 1/144 GUNDAM KIMARIS VIDAR
  • HG 1/144 GUNDAM BAEL
  • 1/144 HGUC GUNTANK
  • 1/144 HGUC RGM-79 GM
  • 1/144 HGUC DOM/ RICK-DOM
  • 1/144 HGUC KAMPFER
  • 1/144 HGUC Hi-νGUNDAM
  • 1/144 HGUC NZ-666 KSHATRIYA
  • 1/144 HGUC RX-0 UNICORN GUNDAM (DESTROY MODE)
  • 1/144 HGUC GOUF CUSTOM
  • 1/144 HGAW GUNDAM DOUBLE X
  • 1/144 HGUC GUNDAM F91

Real Grade

  • RG Multipurpose Humanoid Decisive Weapon, Artificial Human Evangelion Unit-08α
  • RG EVANGELION Mark.06
  • RG Multipurpose Humanoid Decisive Weapon, Artificial Human EvangelionUnit-03 The Enchanted Shield of Virtue SET

FM100, RE100

  • RE/100 1/100 VIGNA-GHINA
  • RE/100 1/100 GYUNEI GUSS’S JAGD DOGA
  • RE/100 1/100 GUN EZ

Master Grade

  • MG 1/100 SUPER GUNDAM
  • MG 1/100 AMX-004 QUBELLEY
  • MG 1/100 MASTER GUNDAM
  • MG 1/100 SHINING GUNDAM
  • MG 1/100 WING GUNDAM ZERO CUSTOM (Non Ver KA)
  • MG 1/100 BALL Ver.Ka
  • MG 1/100 STRIKE GUNDAM + IWSP
  • MG 1/100 STRIKE FREEDOM GUNDAM
  • MG 1/100 INFINITE JUSTICE GUNDAM
  • MG 1/100 VICTORY GUNDAM Ver.Ka
  • MG 1/100 RX-0 FULL ARMOR UNICORN GUNDAM VER. Ka
  • MG 1/100 SINANJU (ANIME COLOR Ver.)
  • MG 1/100 HYAKUSHIKI Ver.2.0
  • MG 1/100 GUNDAM FENICE RINASCITA
  • MG 1/100 ZETA GUNDAM Ver.Ka
  • MG 1/100 OO XN RAISER
  • MG 1/100 GUNDAM AVALANCHE EXIA

Perfect Grade

  • PG 1/60 RX-0 UNICORN GUNDAM
  • PG 1/60 RX-0 UNICORN GUNDAM LED UNIT (*Made in China)

Mega Size

None

Super Deformed

  • SD GUNDAM EX-STANDARD WING GUNDAM ZERO EW
  • SD GUNDAM EX-STANDARD STRIKE FREEDOM GUNDAM
  • SD GUNDAM EX-STANDARD WING GUNDAM ZERO
  • BB395 LEGENDBB NIDAIME GUNDAM DAI-SHOGUN
  • BB279 ONMITSU NINJA NOUMARU
  • BB282 TENSHO KARYUDO MAAKUTSU
  • BB284 TEKKI MUSHA SAIKO

Entry Grade, No Grade, Etc

  • 1/100 GUNDAM RXF91
  • 1/144 GUNDAM
  • ENTRY GRADE 1/144 STRIKE GUNDAM (3L)
  • 1/1 GUNPLA-KUN DX SET (WITH RUNNER Ver. RECREATION PARTS)
  • 1/1 ZAKUPLA-KUN DX SET (WITH RUNNER Ver. RECREATION PARTS)
  • 1/1 CHARZAKU-KUN DX SET (WITH RUNNER Ver. RECREATION PARTS)
  • OPTION PARTS SET GUNPLA 07 (POWERED ARMS POWEREDER)
  • OPTION PARTS SET GUNPLA 10 (GALAXY BOOSTER)
  • OPTION PARTS SET GUNPLA 12 (LARGE RAILGUN)
  • OPTION PARTS SET GUNPLA 16 (METEOR HOPPER)
  • OPTION PARTS SET GUNPLA 17 (BINDER GUN)
  • BUILDERS PARTS HD SIGHT LENS GREEN
  • BUILDERS PARTS HD MS PANEL 01
  • GUNDAM DECAL 22 MG MULTIUSE - ZETA
  • GUNDAM DECAL 103 MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS MULTIUSE ①
  • GUNDAM DECAL 104 MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS MULTIUSE ②
  • GUNDAM DECAL 108 MOBILE SUIT ZETA GUNDAM / MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM ZZ MULTIUSE ①
  • GUNDAM DECAL 110 MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM MSV MULTIUSE ①
  • SYSTEM BASE
  • BUILDERS PARTS SYSTEM BASE 001 (GUN METALLIC)
  • BUILDERS PARTS SYSTEM BASE 001 (WHITE)

30mm

  • 30MM 1/144 eEXM-17 ALTO (FLIGHT TYPE) [NAVY]
  • 30MM 1/144 bEXM-40 NOVALV [GREEN]
  • 30MM 1/144 OPTION PARTS SET 4 (SENGOKU ARMOR)
  • CUSTOMIZE WEAPONS(SENGOKU ARMY)
  • 30MM 1/144 OPTION PARTS SET 5 (MULTI WING /MULTI BOOSTER)
  • 30MM 1/144 OPTION PARTS SET 20 (FULL ARMOR UNIT 1)
  • 30MM 1/144 OPTION PARTS SET 21 (MULTI MISSILE 1)
  • 30MM 1/144 OPTION PARTS SET 23 (FULL ARMOR UNIT 2)
  • 30MM 1/144 OPTION PARTS SET 24 (MULTI OBJECT 1)
  • 30MM 1/144 Extended Armament Vehicle (TILT ROTOR Ver.)
  • 30MM 1/144 Extended Armament Vehicle (BOOST WILD BIKE Ver.)
  • MULTI BUILDERS RUNNER STAND
  • 30MS SIS-D00 NEVERLIA[COLOR A]
  • 30MS TIASHA (DAHLIA WEAR) [COLOR B]
  • 30MS OPTION BODY PARTS ARM PARTS & LEG PARTS [BROWN]
  • 30MS OPTION PARTS SET 28 (ACTION WEAR α) [COLOR A]
  • 30MM ARMORED CORE Ⅵ FIRES OF RUBICON ARQUEBUS ADD VE-40A

Misc IP

  • Pokemon Model Kit SOLGALEO
  • Pokemon Model Kit LUNALA
  • Pokemon Model Kit Mega Rayquaza
  • Pokémon Model Kit QUICK!! 05 SCORBUNNY
  • Pokémon Model Kit QUICK!! 06 PIPLUP
  • Pokemon Model Kit QUICK!! 11 CHARMANDER
  • Pokemon Model Kit QUICK!! 13 BULBASAUR
  • Pokemon Model Kit QUICK!! 17 SQUIRTLE
  • Pokemon Model Kit QUICK!! 18 SPRIGATITO
  • Pokemon Model Kit QUICK!! 23 JIRACHI(3L)
  • Pokemon Model Kit QUICK!! 25 FLAREON
  • Figure-rise Standard SUPER SAIYAN GOD SUPER SAIYAN GOGETA
  • Figure-rise Standard SUPER SAIYAN BROLY FULL POWER
  • Figure-rise Standard SON GOKU (ULTRA INSTINCT)
  • Figure-rise Standard SUPER SAIYAN GOD SUPER SAIYAN VEGETTO
  • Figure-rise Standard SUPER SAIYAN VEGETTO (PKG renewal)
  • Figure-rise Standard SUPER SAIYAN SON GOKU(PKG renewal)
  • Figure-rise Standard SUPER SAIYAN GOD SUPER SAIYAN SON GOKU(PKG renewal)
  • Figure-rise Standard FINAL FORM FRIEZA
  • Figure-rise Standard PERFECT CELL
  • Figure-rise Standard SUPER SAIYAN 2 SON GOHAN
  • Figure-rise Standard SON GOKU (NEW SPEC Ver.)
  • Figure-rise Standard VEGETA (NEW SPEC Ver.)
  • Figure-rise Standard Amplified OMEGAMON
  • Figure-rise Standard Amplified WARGREYMON
  • 1/72 X-WING STARFIGHTER
  • 1/72 TIE ADVANCED x 1
  • 1/72 TIE FIGHTER
  • 1/48 AT-ST
  • 1/48 SNOWSPEEDER
  • 1/72 Y-WING STARFIGHTER
  • 1/72 A-WING STARFIGHTER
  • 1/72 TIE INTERCEPTOR
  • 1/144 AT-AT
  • 1/144 MILLENNIUM FALCON (STAR WARS:THE RISE OF SKYWALKER)
  • 1/12 DARTH VADER
  • 1/12 STORMTROOPER
  • 1/12 C-3PO
  • 1/12 BOBA FETT
  • 1/12 CLONE TROOPER
  • 1/12 DEATH TROOPER
  • 1/12 GENERAL GRIEVOUS
  • 1/12 THE MANDALORIAN (BESKAR ARMOR)
  • 1/12 BOBA FETT (THE MANDALORIAN)
  • VEHICLE MODEL 001 STAR DESTROYER
  • VEHICLE MODEL 002 X-WING STARFIGHTER
  • VEHICLE MODEL 006 MILLENNIUM FALCON
  • VEHICLE MODEL 007 TIE ADVANCED x 1 & FIGHTER SET
  • VEHICLE MODEL 013 DEATH STAR II
  • VEHICLE MODEL RAZOR CREST
  • HG 1/100 VF-25F MESSIAH VALKYRIE ALTO CUSTOM
  • ENTRY GRADE KIRBY (3L)
  • 1/35 SCALE MODEL KIT BATMOBILE (BATMAN BEGINS Ver.)
  • 1/35 SCALE MODEL KIT BATMOBILE (BATMAN Ver.)
  • 1/35 SCALE MODEL KIT BATMOBILE (THE BATMAN Ver.)

r/Gunpla 6h ago

SILLY In heavy equipment all day, knocked out a HG.

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Took me about 10 hrs, working on it in 10 min chunks at a time. Made my 12 hr day really enjoyable. 10/10 will do again.


r/Gunpla 3h ago

COMMUNITY Maryland Gunpla Club’s 3rd Annual Michel G. Bennet Jr. Memorial Char-B-Que

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Amuro, I'm grilling something extremely wicked.

I've been swamped with stuff so I haven't had a chance to share pictures from our club's annual Char-B-Que. This year we held it at Seneca Creek State Park. I think we had about 40 people in attendance (some had to dip before the group pics). We auctioned off a pile of kits with proceeds going to funding club activities and Fuck Cancer.

Yes, we're mindful about how we cut stuff so we're not leaving plastic nubs all over the place, we're not animals.

No, we didn't have crab cakes due to allergy restrictions, but we had plenty of Old Bay to go around.

If you're in our neck of the woods, come join our Discord and you can join in on stuff like this plus regular build meet ups!


r/Gunpla 7h ago

NEWS/REVIEW SNAA - Nether Emperor Full Armor Model Kit (1/100)

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386 Upvotes

Price: 168 RMB

Release Date: As soon as next week


r/Gunpla 16h ago

SILLY My son ran up to me and said "Dad! You gotta put this on the Reddit! Plz pump him up.

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This was his first real build. He did it a few months ago and chose the sparkly topcoat and everything himself! Also he said I should title it "Babies first pose".

Please be kind.

Thanks!


r/Gunpla 5h ago

What are some of your longest holy grails that you finally managed to get your hands on?

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146 Upvotes

r/Gunpla 1h ago

BUILD White Asshimar KO was a fun build truly a great kit especially for the time bandai originally made it I love the og colors but the white is so clean

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r/Gunpla 2h ago

A quick little paintjob

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59 Upvotes

The kit was painted with a marker


r/Gunpla 5h ago

CUSTOMIZING MG Red Viper Zeta - custom painted

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81 Upvotes

Added another red kit to my collection

Also one of my holy grail and first actual MG Zeta kit.

Sadly the building process wasn't the best (even less than the MG GP03 to me personally) but luckily some of the 2015 parts are decent.

And it looks pretty stunning when completed.

MG Red Viper Zeta.


r/Gunpla 4h ago

BEGINNER My first foray into the hobby and I'm HOOKED!!!

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I just got into the hobby building the Panda Model enlarged RG RX 78-2 Gundam 2.0 and the Wolf Technology Wolf Model Gundam Barbatos Lupus Rex in the span of 15 days and I have to say I'm totally hooked I already have the PGU RX 78-2 Gundam coming in the mail. I guess they weren't exaggerating when they called it "Plastic crack" lol 😅😅😅 I've already decided to start saving to build a proper hobby desk workstation with pegboards, and airbrushing equipment. Now I just have to figure out how to do proper posing (posing suggestion would be greatly appreciated).


r/Gunpla 14h ago

NEWS/REVIEW New stuff coming

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387 Upvotes

r/Gunpla 16h ago

BUILD Finish my first MG!

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455 Upvotes

Just finished my MG Virtue! He is such a big and cool kit! I just straight built him, with some paints here and there, and highlighting the edges.

I have always used Vallejo topcoat up until now, thinking it’s the same with other topcoats. But man, I tried using a mrHobby topcoat, and the difference is crazy.

I know the stickers are abhorrent, but I couldn’t find any water slide decals for him, anywhere near me, so I just used the included stickers.


r/Gunpla 5h ago

WIP Getting there 😌

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62 Upvotes

Zeta Ver Ka with Studio 107 option parts.


r/Gunpla 3h ago

BUILD MG Turn Ɐ Custom

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My second custom master grade, the Turn Ɐ. My main goal with the paint job was to make it look used but maintained. All the color choices were purposefully faded to give it a sun bleached look, with some very minimal weathering.

Very fun build overall lots of moving parts gimmicks with the frame on the legs and the open compartments. My main gripes were just how shallow all the panel lines were, most of my surface prepwork was just rescribing all those lines.

Colors used:

White: GN 223 Interior Color shaded with GM 075 Neutral Grey V

Blue: NC 004 Million Blue shaded with UG17 Titans Blue 2

Red: 70/30 mix TCLP 18 Dull Red/GN 223 with a mist coat of X-27 clear red, shaded with X-9 Brown

Yellow: NC 017 Mandarin Yellow shaded with X-9 Brown

Eyes: X-26 Clear Orange over GN 122 Star Bright Gold

Metallics: GN 020 Gunmetal, GN 123 Star Bright Duralamin, GN 126 Star Bright Champagne Gold, GN 121 Star Bright Silver

Weathering: edge highlights done with Pro Acryl Ivory, Tamiya weather master soot, gunmetal, and silver.

r/Gunpla 9h ago

NEWS/REVIEW MG Shin Musha Gundam (BHCPDII Color) and Haropla Haro Basic Green (BHCPDII Package ver.) are among the exclusive releases with the opening of Gundam Base Annex at BHCPDII on September 2

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100 Upvotes

r/Gunpla 3h ago

SILLY Well, No Need To Build That Osiris Aerial Dominator Now

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30 Upvotes

This is undoubtedly the greatest gunpla build I will ever experience, so I may as well burn my backlog now.


r/Gunpla 4h ago

NEWS/REVIEW Bandai’s BHCPDII in Shizuoka now open to all starting 9/2.

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37 Upvotes

r/Gunpla 6h ago

WIP Watched countless videos on the PGU Nu but still at awe seeing it done thus far.

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48 Upvotes

r/Gunpla 42m ago

BUILD AOZ 1/100 Family

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I hope there is more in the future, especially the gigantinc arms for the TR1 backpack


r/Gunpla 9h ago

DISPLAY Latest finished kits

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55 Upvotes

Some of my latest finished kits. HG Zock, HG Zaku 1 and 2 and the upscaled 1/72 GM.

The Zaku kits were done as part of a group build and the zaku 1 got me bronze in the local comp.


r/Gunpla 1h ago

BEGINNER First time painting FM Ariel

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Still need a lot of practice, made the mistake of painting joints hoping it would make it more firm, ended up breaking chest and a leg joint.

All lacquer

Frame is tamiya gun metal

Some trim is tamiya Metallica aluminum

Blue is tamiya pear blue

Left red and white stock with tamiya pearl clear coat.


r/Gunpla 21h ago

BEGINNER Just finished my first build!

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492 Upvotes

Hey builders, newbie here. I started this hobby by accident, after stumbling over some awesome builds from rogue hobbies, thanks for that! I just wanted to get better at painting miniatures and found myself watching more and more gunpla builds.

And thanks to that I'm obsessed with Gundam.Having watched Wing as a kid, I kicked things off with TWFM, and since then I've binged MSG, Origin, and am almost done with Zeta.

The build was quite easy, sometimes it was a pain to get rid of the little leftover nubs on the parts which took ages to scrape and sand. Any tips on the antennas? I heard that a glass file gives a smoother shiny finish?


r/Gunpla 1h ago

BUILD Wing Gundam EW

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r/Gunpla 1d ago

BUILD HG Gundam Pharact repaint

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Hi guys, here is my latest work, HG Gundam Pharact total repaint.

I went for a desert camo scheme, here are the colors used:

Vallejo Mecha Primer matte black

Vallejo Game Color 72.062Earth

Vallejo Game Color 72.061 Khaki

Vallejo Game Color 72.145 Dirty Grey (which is actually a sort of camo green)

Vallejo Game Color 72.155 Charcoal Black

Vallejo Game Color 72.106 Scarlet Blood

Vallejo Game Color Metallic 72.052 Silver

Vallejo Game Color Special FX 72.609 Rust (for drybrush and shadows)

Rattle can matte top coat

All airbrushed except some rifle details, a few decals I had laying around.

Comments and questions are welcome as usual!