The Bonkurasu Brigade

From the Tokyo Toy Show comes more news on the 2 new SD Gundam series.
Well, I’m quite disappointed actually.

Ok, lets start from Sangokuden first.
The new series is called Sangokuden Gaiden Buyuu Gekitou Roku(三国伝外伝　武勇激闘録 roughly translated, Sangokuden Sidestory: Heroic Clash Chronicles). From Kentarou Yano’s(the mangaka of Eiyuu Gekitosu Hen) blog we know that it is a close up clash record of episodes that involve various characters that are not featured in the main story. The story is set before the Red Cliff battles, beginning around the time Keishuu comes under Sousou. The story consist of 12 episodes that chronicles the battles of Ryuubi’s adopted son, Ryuhou(劉封) and Shuutai(周泰), Kyocho(許?), Bashoku(馬謖) plus other heroes.

First reveal in one of the hobby magazines

He also talked about Kouseki(項籍) Turn X having another true identity.
At first I thought it might be Ryuubi but given the setting, maybe not.
My next guess is Ryofu but the yellow eyes of Turn X…
Sonken and Sonsaku both have green eyes.
Nice, a mystery.
(For those who got the first release Ryuubi kit with the big manga poster, Kouseki is in the last frame)

The mysterious Kouseki

Yup, storywise its pretty interesting to me.
Whats disappointing are the kits.

Kiryuu compared to standard Sangokuden kit (Souhi), loss of the interchangable play the main series had.

The first 2 kits of the series Ryuhou and Shuutai are remolds of 2 older kits, Kiryuu Gundam(1995) and Shinsoumaru(2003). Remolds are not new, the Transformers series has a lots of remolds. But this is the first time (I believe) for a Musha Gundam-type line to consist majority of remolds.

Ryuuhou and Shuutai

Ok, maybe from another point of view one can say that the remolds’ characters are from the bloodline of the former character of the mold?

Full cast picture(?) of Sangokuden Gaiden (chapter 1? :P)

Some guesses of the remolds to come:

My guess:
last row:
BB208 Musha Mark-IV, ? , BB254 Soutenmaru, BB205 Musha Blue Gundam
one row down:
BB247 Bakimaru, BB201 Musha Turn A Gundam, ? (BB205 Musha Blue Gundam?)
one row down:
? , BB256 Kaijyumaru , ?(BB205 Musha Blue Gundam?)

A more accurate guess from a japanese blog:
last row:
BB208 Musha Mark-IV, BB159 Jyuuha Gundam, BB151 Blade Gundam, BB205 Musha Blue Gundam
one row down:
BB247 Bakimaru, BB201 Musha Turn A Gundam, BB249 Bushimaru
one row down:
BB77 Bushin Gundam, BB256 Kaijyumaru, BB206 Musha Gebara Gundam

Remolds to cut cost and cash in? 12 episodes to test the market?
Hope there will be a proper manga version of the story.

Next is the lastest entry for Sengokuden. The new series is named SD Sengokuden Bushin Kourin Hen(SD戦国伝 武神降臨編, roughly SD Sengokuden Arrival of the War God Chapter). Touched on this a bit in a previous post. The Sengokuden series take place in Ark(天宮) a continent separated by sea from Abram(past name of Mirisha) and Albion (a map). The Sengokuden series stopped in 2007 with Musha Banchou Fuuunroku, the old continued series stopped in 1999 and the series that follow slowly gave more of an alternate century feel but later an official timeline is published to connect them. Ok I think I’m going on too much here.

Seems like not much information of the story is out yet but I expect something like Sengoku Basara? The main title “SD Sengokuden” kind of suggest a reboot of the Sengokuden series to me. Maybe most probably set in a future Ark like the case of Sangokuden?

The first 3 rehashed heroes with their accessories, somehow the boxes look bigger then their ‘previous life’s’

From the next 2 announced, the series is still using rehashed Musharetsuden kits. At least its all from Musharetsuden which kits have a pretty nice proportion and articulation compared to the kits used by Sangokuden Gaiden.

Ok onto the new stuff from Tokyo Toy Show. Joining Takeda Shingen Gundam, Uesugi Kenshin Gundam and Naoe Kanetsugu Gundam are Sanada Yukimura Gundam(真田幸村頑駄無) and Oda Nobunaga Gundam(織田信長頑駄無) which are rehashes of Ryuujin Doushi Nu and Gundam Daishougun Gundam Evolve version.

Sanada and Nobunaga coming in September.

Also read that the story may be that the souls of past heroes come onto the characters from Musharetsuden but with Rekka Musha Gundam as Shingen and Nobunaga?(Expansion of that concept back in 1991?) The series title kind of have that possession suggestion also.

Disappointed, but more with the kits though.
With this I end another one of my SD rambling posts :P

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- Hobbystock
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