Gundam (Wing) fever

Two weeks ago I missed the preorder for limited edition 1/144 RX-78-2 Gundam Japan Pavilion Expo 2020 Dubai. I checked 2 hours after the email came in and the item was already sold out. I checked Premium Bandai facebook page and missed another batch of preorder few days later. Thank goodness they opened another batch which is still available until today so I bought two sets.

In another email today, there are new batch of Gundam Wing goods. Previously I bought the Tricolor set. Unlike previously when I was so eager to buy the moment I saw the merchandises, this time I was hesitant because of the monochrome white theme which I find boring.

Honestly I am rather tempted with the towel but it is not really worth buying just one item because of Premium Bandai's shipping. Sadly the shipping for these items is in November. If only they are also in  January 2022,  I will definitely get the towel since I can combine the flat shipping fee with the Gundam Japan Pavilion Expo.

Because of searching more information about this set, I discovered that I missed out so many Gundam Wing stuff from Gundam Cafe. When I could travel frequently to Japan in the past, there was never Gundam Wing collaboration. In the midst of COVID-19, suddenly Gundam Wing collaboration keeps appearing. Huhuhu...

Gundam Wing Night Oct 2019

I was not aware of this when I went to Japan in December 2019. However, I managed to get the acrylic sets when my friend went for honeymoon in Japan in February 2020. I am not usually into acrylic stands but I am such a sucker for Gundam Wing. Out of all the merchandises, acrylic stands are the only ones most worth keeping as collectibles. Lol.

Gundam Wing Gundam Cafe Tokyo Dinner Show Jan 2020

Gundam Wing Christmas 2020

Heero and Relena for New Year 2021

I tried to search for the merchandises from these 3 events in Yahoo! Auction Japan and Mandarake. The Christmas 2020 merchandises are the only ones available. Sadly the prices were crazy. Somehow I ended up in Mercari which had one reasonably priced. I have never used Mercari before and decided to use Buyee as the forwarder. There is another item from a different seller which I decided to skip since the consolidation and service fee would make that item too pricey.

Sadly my happiness was short lived. After receiving the confirmation order email, I somehow checked the facebook link in the email. Just half an hour before I registered for Buyee, they posted a link on facebook for 2000 JPY coupon for new registration. Darn!! I am upset that I just lost 2000 JPY although prior to this it would never cross my mind to check facebook for coupon code. Sigh.. I registered with another email to get the other item that I skipped earlier since I can use the coupon. Still, it would be awesome if I could save another 2000 JPY for the earlier order.

I will still be waiting for confirmation if the purchases for these two items would go through. Meanwhile I have to get ready to hunt for the next set. Yes.. this is still hot from the oven for Halloween 2021. The pre-order in Premium Bandai Japan is still open but all except Wufei standee is already not available. Haiz.. even when I am not late and theoretically can still pre-order this through proxy, the items are already sold out.

Gundam Wing Halloween 2021

While browsing further, I saw this watercolor set. This was already released before the monochrome set but sadly Premium Bandai Singapore never brought this in. If they bring in this, I will definitely buy everything except the T-shirt. This set is even better than the Tricolour set. I really like the colors and the illustration style for this set. The style of the acrylic sets is also very unique.