What Happened To Reborn One-Hundred?
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
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The lack of new RE/100 kits of the last year or so has been really bugging me, and Bandai not even bothering to reprint the existing kits has me even more concerned. I'd love to see the RE/100 line come back, but I don't know if Bandai's planning to return to it at this point.
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I’m hoping they start pushing more of these more “obscure” mobile suits out as master grades. Would love to see the Bawoo resurrected!
It's gotten ridiculous how expensive some of these RE1/100's have gotten on the resale market. Still looking for an Efreet, Bawoo and Hamma-Hamma my self. But there is some good news on the horizon. The GP04 IS being reprinted this year, I know this because the reprint list for early fall has already been given out to shop owners and I know a few. Hopefully that means the full line will be reprinted throughout next year.
That IS good news, I sold my GP04 the other year not knowing the state of Re100 because my local shop seemed to always have a couple in stock at any given time. I'm already on a waiting list with them to get one set aside, along with other RE100's, so I'll be making sure not to sell it off again.
RE-100 line unfortunately seems to have had a lukewarm reception during its run. There were some real stinker kits with the start of the line, but Bandai definitely started to learn from their mistakes towards the end. The Zaku 2 FZ and Shokew were both great kits that were going in a promising direction.
The hands were as bad as the average hg on those though. I expect hands to look more like rg hands then moder hg hands
Look at Real Grade and even MG. Both lines are far more Premium releases than new ones for the last couple of years. Throw in, Bandai is likely considering some new line for re-releasing old MG kits instead of the Version 2.0 or 1.5 ones. Marketing and keeping those monies coming in is their concern.
@Nobody comments are not funny you troglodyte I have no problems with recolours, but charging premium bites.
@@barryelverson9486 they dont charge premium the price of p bandai kits are similar to other kits of the same grade the reason you end up paying more has nothing to do with bandai it has everything to do with where you buy them from if that place is a non bandai source such as a proxie buyer service you pay a mark up fee for the service if you buy it directly from bandai you dont pay the extra fee literally anything that is not exported from a country you dont live in is going to have a similar fee and shipping cost added to it its just the way the world works only way around added fees like this are to either go to the country and buy it in person or make a friend in that country that would be willing to make the purchase for you and ship it
@@paktahn please read your reply and recognize how you proved me right. Limiting from the largest venue to the smaller one costs more. Also, limited window for purchase. What they’re doing is manipulating demand and generating higher revenue.
Interesting take, I always thought the "Full Mechanics" line was reserved for 1/100 kits with a complete but rudimentary inner frame while the RE/100 line was for structurally similar to HG (e.g. still using polycaps, not necessarily having a full inner frame) but with MG level surface details. But the Calamity you're right it kinda changes my perception a bit. It's a shame if Bandai totally abandons the line, I've been kinda hoping for reprint of the Gerbera but oh well.
Another possibility is that the later offerings weren't really received all that well and Bandai just scrapped the idea of releasing obscure MS in RE/100 and just decided to rebrand with the FM line. While you're right that RE/100 might not have been envisioned as a UC only line initially, moving forward perhaps Bandai decided to treat it like the "Revive" series, limiting that label for UC only and just going forward with other labels for AU "Revived" suits.
Yeah this makes me really sad that I sold my completely unopened, still-in-wrap GP04 last year thinking, "Eh, I'll just buy it again later when I actually want to build it." - How I wish I had even a moment of foreseight...
the "MG" Zaku Warrior Lunimaria Hawke custom obviously started its life as a RE/100 and was spruced up a little bit (not enough) and sold as a proper MG (which it was not)
I only own the 1/100 RE Gun EZ. Pretty fun little build, got loose over time :/ I do hope we get more RE 1/100 kits. The other thing is how freakin high the secondary market is for RE 1/100 kits that haven’t been reprinted for a long time.
As a lover of the RE100 line (I have and have built every non-PBandai in the line) this was a fascinating watch, even if it is mostly conjecture.
I wouldn't mind more popular designs in the line, just so long as they have the outer detail and remain as customizable as other REs I will be happy. Here's hoping for reprints!
(Oh and glad to have you back 2S, we've missed ya bud.)
Keep them vids coming I'm really hyped that you are back
My only RE is the Bawoo and i can fully understand why it's a favourite of yours.
It's a bloody good kit!
I typically don't buy 1/100 kits, outside of some exceptions, but i'm glad i got this Bawoo after the MS was added to GBO2. It's a damn good-looking kit and does a better job at the Bawoo's transformation than the old HGUC kit does.
Solid points on the RE-1/100 line. and the new mg's that we got fit too well into the RE line. Very suspicious!
The 1/100 IBO kits haven't seen any reprints in years either. They'll put out the 4 FM 1/100 kits from Season 2 at least once a year, but stuff like the Graze Kai or Khimaris have been extremely hard to come by.
it really sucks that theres pretty much no reprints of the re100, it has some really cool kits that id love to get like the gp04,bawoo, and mk3
Right now what I'm terrified of is Bandai not releasing the HGAC Shenlong just like how the left Leopard out from the HGAW line
I’m no market expert, and it’s kinda hard to speculate without market data, but I agree with your theory. Maybe when Bandai created the re/100 line, they weren’t confident these kits would sell at the price they were listed so they targeted the older fan base that would pay a higher price on these kits to see if it was profitable. I’m guessing they were profitable so they shifted their focus from a niche older fan base, to a more general one by rebranding as the “Full Mechanics” line and making more popular suits that looked great but were easy and quick to build .
There's also the theory that it was abandoned wholly when the Zaku Warrior MG came out, since it was very, very similar to an RE, from molding to joints and more, and could have just been an uptooled RE. There's also a budget constraint that we probably don't know about whether it being that they were somehow losing money on the engineering and production of them compared to cost, or just simple distribution due to the increased overseas demand.
My guess is that not many people bought them. Just look at the re/100 gun-ez's on Barnes and Noble that are almost always in stock
I don't even want new kits I just want a restock
Other than the Gun Ez and the Nightingale, I haven’t seen any other restocks of RE anywhere.
the Gun-ez's at barnes and nobles are always overpriced and also they made way too many of them.
The thing to consider is that, to Bandai, those kits were already sold. They only care about outlets buying them, NOT whether the store sells what they get in. Now, if a retailer is sitting on kits that no one is buying, then they may cut down their orders on what they order after it, but a store sitting on tons of inventory doesn't mean that it didn't sell well to Bandai.
I hope they at least do a limited reprint of the older ones to see the **current** demand for what they already have molds for. I'd really like to get something that isn't hiked up by people who bought them just to resell at double price.
This was very interesting to watch and honestly makes a lot of sense. But I wouldn't say that Re1/100 is "dead" more or so EVOLVING. From RE1/100 to the new Full Mechanics line and the Yokohama Gundam and Freedom Gundam. But what I would REALLY like to know, what is the fate of HiRM kits or... "Kits" if you will.
its an odd case however seems like bandai have shifted their focus to a different way of doing releases.
even the old MGs are kinda falling into the same pile. I'd be fine with it provided we get more purchasing options.
Jagd Doga should’ve been an MG. My RE1/100 is hopelessly floppy
Amen to that. Theres already an MG Geara Doga so it shouldnt have been hard. I love mine but I hate how it just flops around and the lack of decent hands greatly displeases me.
True. I like the look of the RE Jagd Doga but it's really floppy.
I was literally just wondering the other day about whatever happened to this line. It's like you read my mind haha. Great video, and great points too
5:44 Well well well this aged like fine wine.
Tbh, I'm not sure if I'll miss the Re100 line as a line, but I sure do miss a lot of the kits from it. As stated, I wish kits like the Hamma Hamma and Dijeh would be reprinted so I could build them, but I just can't seem to find them at retail.
Still, I remain hopeful that the suits in that planning board, especially the Kshatriya and Xi Gundam, get a MG at this point. Given the overall success of the MGEX Unicorn, I'm certain they would sell, even at a premium price
The UC "exclusivity" feels more like a biproduct of the age of the series and how much supplemental material was made for it from MSV to Videogames and manga. It lets a lot of designs become eulogised as something that we'd be blessed to ever see turned into such an accessible injection kit. Never in all my years would've expected anything from MSV-Z either being made outside of b-club let alone in 1/100 or getting a massive complex suit like the Hammahamma, yet here I am with them proudly on display
I have noticed the lack of new RE/100 kits. Although they are still producing variants for P-Bandai, just no NEW molds.
I do think the new Full Mechanics Calamity Gundam is basically a RE/100 in all but name so perhaps that is where the line is evolving towards. I feel I should mention the MG Zaku Warrior as many reviewers said its construction felt similar to a RE/100 and perhaps it was originally meant to be one but for whatever Bandai upgraded it to a MG.
I do wonder if the line is dead. I would hope not but I suspect it may be. I think the choice of obscure MS may have been a bit too obscure to get good sales. I also think the general pricing of the kits wasn't doing the line any favors as for only a little more, you could get a MG kit of a more popular suit.
I think Bandai planned RE/100 as an experiment from the beginning. Functionality it served the same purpose as the Limited Model line. Bandai probably thought "Let's see if we can get people to buy 1/100 kits without inner frames again. Well let's sell the most obscure MS. If people buy them then we know they would buy any 1/100 design in this quality." There isn't anything saying that Full Mechanics wouldn't incorporate UC and the rest of the AU.
Pretty sure youre both not doing this on purpose, but I like the recent trend of releasing video essays about Gundam/Gunpla by you Channel2S and ZakuAurelius. Really bringing forward the real questions that need to be asked.
I don't think it's just the RE/100 kits that are out of stock right now. Whenever I take a look at HLJ, it's always the same few Master Grades that are available while everything else is sold out. Freedom 2.0, a few Unicorns, Wing Zero, Barbatos, Sinanju, 00 Raiser. Seems like Bandai is still having some production and distribution problems.
I imagine that, like a lot of other markets, they've got an overabundance of customers with disposable income that they didn't spend on holidays or nights out, so they're concentrating on producing the most popular kits to meet demand for them, leaving behind the thousands of others. It's just not worth setting up the machines to produce other kits if Unicorns are still going to sell out whenever they hit shelves.
Except for the Reborns Gundam, everything else that was under planning could be classified as "UC" in the way that the HGUC line also extended to the After Colony, After War, Future Century, Cosmic Era and Correct Century timelines.
Glad to see you upload bro
Pretty sad to see RE 1/100 line go. I love my Shokew as well as Gun-Ez/Blastor and I was ready to get the rest of the Zanscare lineup. Hopefully it's just the coof slowing down production and not the death of the line. Same goes for the SDCS.
the 1/100 No Grade Gundam 00 kits are still great despite their age.
I think you have a good point.
Since the UC proably sells some of the most kits thats proably why the RE/100 kits at least the ones we got where UC to test to see how much people would want this new line
Gonna be sad that Re:100 dies without us ever seeing the sights of a Re/100 Reborns or Gaia Gundam like we were promised.
Also, really need for them to reprint the Gun-EZ and Bawoo.
I desperately *NEED* Reborns and Bawoo.
Full Mechanics
I feel like the same thing with hi res models i enjoy getting a big size gundam withhout the price and the hi res line was really great looking but kind of expensive
I find the discontinuation of the Re/100 line to be pretty disappointing. I absolutely adore the lineup (I tend to favor more obscure/overlooked designs) and the Re/100 line was pretty much made for it. While I've heard that some kits of the line have questionable quality, the ones I have bought were excellent and are among my favorite kits- and I include MGs and RGs. The fact that the Shokew was P-Bandai disappointed me as I was unable to get one in time- but it had been retail I would have definitely picked one up (hopefully it gets a reissue...)
The line being replaced with more mainstream kits (I do like the Calamity... but not as much as most of the Re/100 lineup) is just sad to me for I feel those designs will now either not be made or fall in the increasingly large roster of "Premium" kits. I find it pretty infuriating that only two kits this past year have been retail and nearly a dozen has been Premium.
Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for premium kits- but since they're so much harder to acquire and so much more expensive I find myself not doing any custom builds with them since I fear I won't be able to get another one of them.
Is the new Full Mechanics 1/100 going to replace the RE/100? We'll see how things with the Calamity turn out.
Re 100 is for UC releases only. Enjoying the new 1/100 Seed kit? It's basically a re 100 you're welcome. Re will be back when they get around to another UC release
Worse than that, all sorts of new mold model kits of ANY scale of ANY GRADE are getting locked to Premium Bandai EN MASSE. While various kits are just that popular and commonplace, locking those kits to P-Bandai is eating away at all of the Gunpla collectors all over the world.
I really like where the re100 was going. There are so many suits that are suitable for re100. I want 1/100 full armour 7th gundam
Oh, he's still alive!
It's kinda sad because a lot of people that got into the hobby during the pandemic never got to try these.
I just feel 1/100s are being sidelined in general this year. It really is a drought for most kit but especially master grades. Hell I doubt we'll be getting a ver ka this year.
I'd just be happy with more 1/100 kits period. The 1/144 are just too small and finicky for my quickly aging fingers, and the MG are too much of a time sink with a few exceptions. So I'd love to have what is basically 1/100 HG.
I think some of the points in this video could also have happened to the HiRM line especially the point saying "they are experimententing on the market"
But I could be wrong
I love RE100 kits, they looks so good, but so far I only have vigna ghina and guncannon detector.
my wishlist: hamma hamma, efreet custom, bawoo, zaku II FZ, jagd doga and nightingale
Well, non grade 1/100 scale always have a special place in my heart.
They have many simplicity aspect from HG, but in the size of MG. And the recent 1/100 kits are really well build, proportion and mechanical wise. I still hope RE line will returned someday...
I might be completely wrong but I believe a lot of the strange decisions from Bandai recently could be a result of them trying to avoid getting hit too hard due to problems caused by the global cough and possibly problems with international distribution of their products.
Though it would be wonderful to hear that it's all just Bandai being typical weird Bandai.
Now i want a 1/100 model of the white skinny ms in gundam x.
I'd love to see a RE100 Kshatriya. Or honestly, anything more detailed than the HGUC.
Having an mg with die cast metal would be amazing if it could happen.
Having an mg with die cast metal would be amazing if it could happen.
Welcome back dude, you've been missed
honestly I really like the concept of RE100, I love MG for their external details and panel lines and their size for me its a perfect middle ground, RG are just too small for my taste and PG too big, but I never really cared for the internal or inner frame details that much in MG, I mainly just focus on the external details so RE100 seems like the perfect fit for me, too bad they discontinued it.... would've loved a 1/100 Zaku 1 Sniper or Geara Zulu, doesn't matter if it's MG, RE100 or Full Mechanics
They're probably having a debate on whether they should keep the RE/100 branding or rebrand them as 1/100 Full Mechanics, seeing that the new 1/100 FM Calamity Gundam's engineering is more like a RE/100 than the 1/100 FM IBO kits 🤷🏻♂️
The issue with the new full mechanics kits is that they're pretty much mg price for less than mg quality....... Seing the mg mk V still hurts though, at least if it was a bad re 100 pbandai kit it wouldn't have hurt so much to not be able to get it
I have a feeling that Bandai saw the success and the demand as a greenlight to make them full Master Grades rather even with limited internal structures. I know a lot of people think the Zaku Warrior is totally an aborted RE100 and I believe the JINN is the same. Both were meant to be RE100, but by adding a few items, Bandai could make them MG and collect more $$.
I hope they make 1/100 scale mark 4 but that will probably be p Bandai.
It's not failed, it's just taking a nap
I was gutted when I found out they ultimately wouldn't be making 1/100 Gaia and Reborns Gundams, as the 1/144 are just too finicky for me, and I've always wanted them in my collection.
I really hope we get a rewave of the GPO3 I want one but not enough to spend $100+ on a non-MG kit
RE/100 1/100 GUNDAM LINDWURM just went up on PBandai
Just came across this video on discord. And I think you're missing a very simple point here.
The world is still in lockdown from covid. Because of that, more people than ever have picked up the hobby, increasing demand.
Bandai is STILL struggle to keep up demand of even the most popular kits. So I believe that once things get back to normal, the RE 1/100 line will come back.
Guess we'll see in the next couple of years.
I hope you’re right. I loved the RE 100 and am hoping for more.
This man knows too much time to give him more gunpla so that he won't be talking about this
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Or perhaps with Covid and stuff effecting development and a limited printing capability the RE line can't really be justified outside of small exclusive print batches. The Calamity can because it's Seed and a Gundam...
Not gonna lie I really miss RE/100, part of me wish Bandai would stick closer to the "grades" they make instead of making a million different variants. RE/100 was a great way of getting kits for suits I really liked and never thought we would get, but alas. Some people might attribute it to the MS choice, others the quality of the suits, but I think there could've been a lot more done with it.
I just hope with the SEED FMs, we keep getting spiritual successors to the line, ones that take what the company learned from RE/100
I also hope they keep doing re line . A tons of good design.
I personally believe the RE is not totally dead it will take a few years before there no release etc just my take there no counter part to match what they release eg bawoo hamma hamma with MG ZZ ver ka, vigna Ghina with MG F91 ver 2.0 & Zaku II FZ with gundam Alex NT1 ver 2.0 I might be wrong this is just my own theory
Aren't we getting Quess' Jagd Doga? Or do you not count P-Bandai releases? Also, yes, I know it's mostly a recolor of the green Jagd Doga.
To release kits that would not make it to Master Grade... Gundam MK-III. And then years later they released a P-Bandai MG Gundam MK-V, a much bigger kit than MK-III
The P Bandai release is on track to outnumber the regular release every year
they forgot to put verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry fragile on the box
I rather liked the RE line and was disappointed that its been basically discontinued. Although seeing the FM Calamity made me hyped, it did confuse me as to why they would introduce a line that was basically the same as RE. I'm fine with either one, so long as one or both stay open and consistent.
Hi Resolution Model
SDCS
RE100
For some reasons we aren't getting any release recently.
I've been incredibly sad that Bandai chose to go with the SDEX line rather than SDCS for the latest Sazabi and Nu releases. Makes me think they're foregoing the SDCS line altogether for SDEX like they did with the BB Senshi line which sucks.
@@paolovillanuevamd I really dislike SDEX kits too since they're designed to be so cheap. I really love the SDCS line since they really feel higher quality (and I don't mind paying a higher price for them.)
@@supergeno128ds agreed. Hollow spaces everywhere and sticker hell. SDCS was the way to go but apparently Bandai thinks otherwise 🤦♂️
Cant believe I missed GP04 and MKIII sucks and hard to find kits because of how great they're made
After experiencing the Bawoo; i kinda want to get the rest of the RE/100 kits.
Too bad they're rare and have inflated prices...
I'm mainly an HG collector so having some RE MS finally get HGUCs, Mk 3 & Nightingale, i can just buy those instead. The latter even does more than its RE version as it has functional sub-arms in the skirts.
Kind of irritating that the HGUC Mk 3 is P-Bandai though... Especially since both of its pre-tools, Seltsam & Tertium, were retail releases.
The Zaku Kai and Efreeet Custom have HGUCs already. The former made years ago, before even the Unicorn, and the latter as a P-Bandai release some time around the release of its RE counterpart. Too bad the HGUC was pretty sicker heavy...
The Dijeh got an HGUC too which i'm thankful for as it helped get nearer to a complete HGUC Zeta MS collection. All that's missing are the two Baund Docs that've been released/announced, and the Bolinoak Sammahn, Hizack Custom & Psycho Mk 2. The Psycho 2 has been appearing regularly in various side anime like the Build anthology and the current SD series so maybe its HGUC kit is on the horizon...
The other RE kits: GP04 Gerbera, Hamma Hamma, Guncannon Detector, Vigna Ghina, Gun-EZ, Vigna Ghina II & Shokew, would be nice to see in HGUC somewhere down the line.
Half the reason i want those RE kits is BECAUSE they have no HGUC kits so the REs are the only model kits of them available. That's partly the reason i have some of the Master Grades i own.
I really hope they continue cause I’d like to get another gundam gerbera and customize it to have a cleaner look and an orange color scheme.
pretty sure pbandai has a jagd doga re/100 up for sale right now...
I have been looking for a gp04 for a while with no luck
*Sigh* As my hopes for an official 1/100 Kshatriya fades away yes again.
Still want a copy of the rebawoo and gp04
Non-Grade/Full Mechanics/Reborn-One Hundred = High Grade (1/100) for me. Only matter is the technology and approach of each line. :)
I just want them to be reprinted for retail. I want the 1/100 Dijeh but I'm not willing to pay 100+ usd to get a big high grade, essentially.
2020 was just not a good year for obvious reasons, plus these days they just do pairings with reborn kits, and there hasn't really been a lot of mg release.
They are making another kit of the vigna gina 2 with new equipment
Cool theory
LOL imagine if they just end the normal release and just makes everything P Bandai........O.O
That would piss almost everyone off if bandai did something like that.
@@leorojas6390 i may be wrong in this but im seeing more pbandai releases than normal releases these past few years.
I don't know what the hell is on bandai's mind(s). I mean, they do work on a BUNCH of merchandise other than Gunpla to learn from but the disappearance of the RE/100 line, I cannot make sense of.
I have never bought a P-Bandai or a RE/100.
The RE/100 came out after I stopped buying Gundam models and started dying out when I got back into them in 2019.
I also do not buy 1/144 because they are too small for my declining vision
RE 1/100 maybe just upscaled HG
But it's good for building when you are'nt in the mood buildin' frames
Don't stop uploading vids.....
I feel like bandai is trying to make this hobby some kind of premium/elite.
Around 2000 we got a new hguc kit each month and now only 7.
What next re 1/144
bro is that your watch I can hear the whole vid that thing is loud.
all i want is to own a re/100 mk iii
I think it time we demand Bandai use better stronger plastics on their Gunpla kits. How is it my 5 year old can’t break a transformers toy but my Gunpla snaps in half if I sneeze on it?
I wouldn't care if it was p bandai or not IF I CAN ORDER THEM DIRECTLY FROM AUSTRALIA!!
I need a 1/100 blue destiny unit 1
Honestly it seems that mg releases are disappearing too at this point.
HG isn't better quality than no grade. Except the very old HG (UC timeline but not marketed as HGUC at that time) that have similar scale no grade released earlier, HG is the new "no grade" / default grade of the UC timeline product line (and also say compare vanilla HGUC quality to RXF91 to no grade vanilla gundam seed 1/144, despite HG Seed did somehow "a bit" better ), and it is almost 99.9% focus on 1/144 too, while it differentiate the product line with MG, which is bigger (1/100) and more detail as the new de facto "HG".
The start of Re/100 is they want to make HG but in 1/100 scale. Is it "inferior" than HG? No. Sometimes due to size it may sightly better in color separation piece.
The product line stop is because the whole gunpla market thing. Same as almost no MG release, but a lot of robot spirits releases.