BANDAI SPIRITS new brand "ULTIMAGEAR" will be launched in August 2021! The first model is a plastic model of "Sennen Puzzle" from "Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters"!

It was announced that a new brand "ULTIMAGEAR" will be launched in August 2021, which will ultimately reproduce the most attractive settings of items in the play using techniques only available in plastic models. As the first product, "Sennen Puzzle" from "Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters" will be released.

BANDAI SPIRITS Hobby Division, which has been commercializing plastic models in various categories by utilizing its unique technology, announced the launch of "ULTIMAGEAR," a new plastic model brand that allows customers to experience the world of the work by "building items from the play.

ULTIMAGEAR" is a new brand of plastic models that thoroughly pursues items that have appeared in popular anime, manga, movies, etc., from the viewpoint that they are plastic models. The structure, gimmick, texture, etc. can be felt in the hands of the modeler, who can "experience" the world view of the work by "building" it.

ULTIMAGEAR" is a new brand that uses techniques unique to plastic models to reproduce the most appealing settings of items from the play in the ultimate way.

1. Thorough pursuit of the ultimate point
For each product, the "Ultimate Point" is set as the ultimate reproduction point that can be experienced only with plastic models.
Using the design, molding, and production techniques cultivated by the BANDAI SPIRITS Hobby Division, the appeal of the items in the play has been thoroughly reproduced using a plastic model approach in terms of structure, gimmick, texture, and other aspects. By assembling the product, you will be able to "experience the characters as they appear in the film", which can only be experienced with "ULTIMAGEAR".

2. Understanding by building
Through the experience of "assembling" the product, which is unique to plastic models, you can learn more about the settings and structures of the items that appear in the film. We aim to create a brand that allows customers to "discover new things by building" and "feel a supreme moment of authenticity".

ULTIMAGEAR Millennium Puzzle," a reproduction of the "ultra-high difficulty puzzle" from the movie, will go on sale in August 2021.

The first product in the "ULTIMAGEAR" lineup is the "Chikunen Puzzle" from "Yu-Gi-Oh," which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, as the "ULTIMAGEAR Chikunen Puzzle.

What is the Sennen Puzzle?
　It is a very complicated three-dimensional puzzle found in the ruins of Egypt. Yugi Muto, the main character of "Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters," received this puzzle from his grandfather Sugoroku. In the movie, it took Yugi eight years to assemble the puzzle, making it extremely difficult to solve.

Ultimate Point: "Reproduction of the ultra-high difficulty puzzle

The Ultimate Point of this product is the "Reproduction of the Super Difficulty Puzzle", which allows you to experience the setting of the Super Difficulty Puzzle that took Yugi Muto eight years to complete.
Although this product is a plastic model, the "order of assembly to completion" is not described in the instruction manual until the very end. In order to complete this product as a millennium puzzle, after assembling the parts as a plastic model, it is necessary to derive the correct procedure by oneself from the myriad of piece combination patterns that exist.

◆The "Millennium Puzzle" is completed in a two-step process

This product has a two-step process. The first step is to make the puzzle pieces of the Sennen Puzzle as a plastic model. First, the puzzle pieces are assembled from the runner state. The assembly procedure for this process is described in the instruction manual. Even at the stage of assembling the puzzle pieces, you can make new discoveries such as "the shape of Sennen puzzle pieces" and "division of the puzzle as a puzzle.

The second step is the process of completing the "Sennen Puzzle" as a puzzle. The puzzle piece state is a total of 33 pieces. The completion procedure of the second step is not described in the instruction manual. It is necessary to complete the "Millennium Puzzle" by oneself.

◆The difficulty of "the completion procedure is not described in the instruction manual.

There is a correct procedure to complete the millennium puzzle. The instruction manual does not describe the correct procedure or hints. Just as in the movie, the puzzle is designed to be completed by relying only on one's own strength. The puzzle requires not only the combination of the shapes of the pieces, but also the inspiration to slide and rotate the pieces.

The "no step-by-step instructions for completion" is a specification that has never been used in previous plastic models, and requires the creator's inspiration to complete the puzzle.

About the development of "ULTIMAGEAR" after the second version

ULTIMAGEAR" will continue to commercialize various items that have appeared in popular anime, manga, movies, etc., thoroughly pursued from the viewpoint that only plastic models can do.
The information on future products will be updated on the Bandai Hobby website as needed.

Product Information
Ultimagear Millennium Puzzle

Release date: August 2021
Suggested retail price: 3,850 yen (including 10% tax)
Ages: 15 and up
Product length: approx. 10cm (after assembly)
Sales channels: Hobby and anime stores nationwide, toy stores, hobby and toy sections of electronics and mass merchandisers, Internet shopping, etc.

Copyrights: (C) Studio Dice/Shueisha, TV Tokyo, KONAMI

The product image shown in this document is a prototype under development.
The product images shown in this document are under supervision.
*The product images in this document are current as of March 19, 2021.