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Good Smile Company published a third report on the unauthorized access to its official online shop on October 29, 2026. It has newly come to light that a malicious program was installed on the credit card payment page from 1:55 p.m. on October 21 until 7 a.m. on October 23, and for the 2,800 people…
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The Good Smile Company Official Shop was hit by unauthorized access from a third party, and members’ personal data was viewed without permission. The access window ran from just after 3 PM on October 19, 2026 to around 10 PM on October 22, and the data covered names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, order details,…
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Premium Bandai’s Hobby Online Shop is opening orders on a new MG and an MG reissue an hour apart on Thursday, October 22, 2026. At 11:00 a.m. it’s the Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam MSV entry MG 1/100 Hyaku Shiki Kai [Reissue] (US$77, tax included), and at noon it’s MG 1/100 Superbia GN-X (US$40, tax included)…
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THE GUNDAM BASE SHIBUYA, a store carrying Gunpla, apparel, stationery and more, opens on Friday, November 20, 2026 on the 5th floor of Shibuya PARCO. The address is 15-1 Udagawacho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, hours run from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., the floor space is 51.57 tsubo (roughly 1,830 square feet), and admission is free. Within…
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RG Star GaoGaiGar opened for pre-orders at Premium Bandai’s Hobby Online Shop at 12:00 on October 16, 2026. It’s priced at $72 (tax included), with shipping scheduled for February 2027. This is the space-spec version of The King of Braves GaoGaiGar — Star GaoGaiGar, the form created by combining with Stealth Gao II — rendered…
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Hasegawa is turning Kaine Wakaba’s machine from Metal Armor Dragonar, the Dragonar-1, into a 1/72 scale kit. It’s all-new tooling, catalog number CW29 in the Creator Works series, priced at $56 (tax included; $51 before tax), with release planned for around December 25, 2026. This is the kit whose sample caused a traffic jam in…
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The secondary market for Pokémon cards is finally being cut into from the platform side. LINE Yahoo is strengthening its partnership with The Pokémon Company, and listings of Pokémon Trading Card Game product by the sealed case, along with listings of empty boxes and empty packs, will be banned on Yahoo! Auctions and Yahoo! Flea…
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Lieutenant Matilda Ajan from Mobile Suit Gundam is getting a painted, fully finished figure in MegaHouse’s GGG line. It was built from a new illustration drawn by Tsukasa Kotobuki and supervised in detail by the artist himself, priced at 22,000 yen (about US$144, converted at 153 yen to the US dollar) including tax, with shipping…
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A Gawk-mode kit in 1/72 scale. And not just any Gawk, but Shin Kudo’s machine with a Ghost booster strapped to its back. Hasegawa has released finished-sample photos of VF-0A Gawk w/Ghost “Macross Zero” 1/72. The numbers first. The price is 7,150 yen (about US$47, converted at 153 yen to the US dollar), the length…
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The release month and price for the HG 1/144 Gundam ZERO are locked in. It arrives in April 2027 at a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of 2,750 yen (about US$18, converted at 153 yen to the dollar), tax included. The announcement came at the BANDAI SPIRITS booth at the 64th All Japan Model & Hobby…
