Kemono Friends" kit also available!　Plastic Models and Mechanical Movable Figures ── Report of Wonder Festival 2017 [Winter] Part 2

Wonder Festival 2017 [Winter]" ( # ) was held at Makuhari Messe on Sunday, February 19, 2017. It is a festival of three-dimensional objects where many modelers, both professional and amateur, gather.

Since so many three-dimensional objects are gathered at this event, we can't tell you everything about it here at ......, so we'll be dividing this issue into several parts, focusing on popular works among Akiba Research Institute readers and Anipota users, as well as new product information from the corporate area.
In this second installment, we will focus on plastic models, resin kits, and mechanical movable figures.

⇒ "Galpan" and "Frame Arms Girl" - a lot of hot topics!　Wonder Festival 2017 [Winter] Report Part 1


Shadow Flare", 1/24 injection kit, scheduled for release in 2017, price undecided. Shadow Flare" will be the third item in the "Blue Knight Belzerga Story" 1/24th injection kit series (Volks).

'ATH-14-WPC Snapping Turtle'; 1/24 color resin kit; scheduled for release in 2017; price undecided. The "Blue AT" driven by Epsilon from the anime "Armored Trooper Votoms" Kumen will be sculpted (Volks).

Soltic HT128 Bigfoot, 1/72 plastic model, to be released in summer 2017, price undecided. Bigfoot will appear as a new model in the company's "Fang of the Sun Dougram" kit series (Max Factory).

Ryujinmaru." Non-scale plastic model, released June 2017, price undecided. Kit of the Demon God piloted by the main character Wataru from the anime "The Demon God Hero Den Wataru" (Max Factory)

Wataru: The Evil Toramaru". Non-scale plastic model, release date and price TBA. Display of the Demon God ridden by the Tiger King from "Wataru: The Legend of the Magus Gods". Reproducing the form of a fierce tiger (Max Factory).

The "minimum factory VF-1 Valkyrie" is a 1/20 plastic model with an undecided release date and price. VF-1 Valkyrie from "The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Me?

Minimum factory Alfin"; 1/20 plastic model; release date undecided; price: 2,963 yen (tax not included). The heroine Alfine from "Crusher Joe" will appear as a plastic model (Max Factory).

Kei and Yuri from "Dirty Pair" will appear in "minimum factory" (Max Factory)

The same "minimum factory" series was also announced for the popular "Kemono Friends" series. "Friends will appear one after another!" (Max Factory)

The "Oneamis Kingdom Air Force Fighter No. 3 Stiladu"; 1/72 plastic model, to be released in July 2017. Price: 4,500 yen (excluding tax). Kit of the fighter that appeared in "Royal Space Force - Wings of Oneamis" (PMOA)

Evangelion-2 TV Ver. Non-scale plastic model, release date and price undecided; reproduction of Evangelion-2 that appeared in the TV anime "Neon Genesis Evangelion" (Kotobukiya).

Garland SF-03 (Hayato)". Painted finished product, release date and price undecided. The Garland SF-03 from the OVA "SAGA" will appear in the Variable Action Series, a lineup of vehicles from "Neon Genesis GPX Cyber Formula" (MegaHouse).

Augustus II (for ordinary soldiers)". Movable figure, release date and price undecided. The "Augustus II (for ordinary soldier)" from "Augustus" appears in Variable Action High Spec. This item will follow "Orguss" and "Orguss II Olson Special" (MegaHouse).

E=X Garland". Movable figure, release date and price undecided. E=X Garland from "MEGAZONW23 III" was on display (FREEing).

1/24 Garland die-cast model. Movable figure, released in 2017, price TBD. From "MEGAZONW23" the main character aircraft, Garland, will be on display as a die-cast model (Arcadia)

1/24 Proto Garland Diecast Model (tentative name). (Arcadia) "1/24 Proto Garland Diecast Model (tentative name)", movable figure, release date and price undecided. This is the Proto Garland from "Megazone 23 Part II" (Arcadia)

Black Salena". Release date and price are undecided. From "Mobile Battleship Nadeshiko -The prince of darkness-" comes the popular Black Sarena from the METAMOR-FORCE series (Sentairi).

Mospeita". Release date and price undecided. Mospeeda from "Kikou Genesis Mospeeda" appears in the RIOBOT series. Transformation into Lido Armor is also realized (Sen-Ti-Reri).

EZ-049 Sturmturan and RZ-029 Storm Soder, 1/72 plastic models, release date and price undecided; the latest HMM series items announced at an event at the end of 2016 attracted a lot of attention (Kotobukiya)

'Raftclans Aurn'. Non-scale plastic model, release date and price TBD. Plastic model of popular aircraft from the game "Super Robot Wars OG Moon Duelers" (Kotobukiya).

Twin Bee". Non-scale plastic model, release date and price undecided. The Twinbee from the game "Twinbee Rainbow Bell Adventure" is made into a kit. An ambitious work that has been reproduced in fine detail (PMOA).

Hatsune Miku. A prototype of Hatsune Miku from the Figure-riseBUST series was on display for reference (Bandai Hobby Division).

Arnval" and "Strahf," 1/1 scale plastic models with release date and price undecided; coloring samples of Arnval and a prototype of Strahf from the TV anime series "Busou Shinki" were on display (Kotobukiya)

NEXATE FIORE Primula. Non-scale injection kit, released in early summer 2017, price: ¥4,500 (excluding tax); coloring samples of the "Blockers" female prototype released in 2016 are on display. Also shown in the photo is an example of a combination with existing "Blockers" (Volks).

A panel announcing the decision to develop a second "NEXATE FIORE" (Volks)

The "DARG ADDVENT" series, titled "alphamax x saitom x Maki Asai". Non-scale plastic model, release date and price undecided (Alphamax)

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