Bandai/Bandai Spirits -New for 2024

[EpicRaptorMan]

Tubuca arcuata looks interesting but I already know it's going to be a figure that requires assembly

[bmathison1972]

Tubuca arcuata looks interesting but I already know it's going to be a figure that requires assembly

Not sure. There is no indication assembly is required, but they are articulated.

[bmathison1972]

These were originally posted in 'New for 2023' but with an unknown release date, but a Bandai website now says February 2024

A re-release or delayed release? @Fembrogon @brettnj

[Fembrogon]

These were originally posted in 'New for 2023' but with an unknown release date, but a Bandai website now says February 2024[/url]

Huh... I do see that Bandai Namco's Gashapon Online page lists February 2024; however the basic item page on the Gashapon website lists the set as scheduled for this past September (week 5, specifically). Perhaps there was a discrepancy between in-store and online availability? That seems like a big gap, though.

[BlueKrono]

@bmathison1972 I already had mine ordered a couple months ago through a Japanese auction site.

[bmathison1972]

Thanks all; I'll remove it from the OP

[Halichoeres]

Incoming: some nice-looking beetles.

[bmathison1972]

Crap, just when I think I can take a break from these big Bandai beetles LOL. Two of them are totally new as toys/figures!!!!!

@Halichoeres - do you have an ETA?

[Halichoeres]

Crap, just when I think I can take a break from these big Bandai beetles LOL. Two of them are totally new as toys/figures!!!!!

@Halichoeres - do you have an ETA?

Just says "mid-January."

And as if that weren't enough:

[bmathison1972]

Thanks. Can't quite tell what the species are but looks like:
1. Rhaetus westwoodi kazumiae
2. Cyclommatus elaphus, green
3. Cyclommatus elaphus, bronze
4. Lucanus maculifemoratus
5. Prosopocoilus zebra

@Beetle guy - any thoughts?

EDIT: I got the names!

[bmathison1972]

A couple planned for April 2024

Advanced Japanese Tree Frog Vol. 2:



Diversity of Life on Earth - Beetles Vol. 6:
1. Chalcosoma atlas
2. Golofa claviger
3. Trigomphus lunicollis
4. Mecynorhina ugandensis (blue)
5. M. ugandensis (orange)

[bmathison1972]

Giganotosaurus Plannosaur:

[bmathison1972]

Megahouse Kitai T. rex anatomy model:

[Saarlooswolfhound]

Is that a mullet?   

[bmathison1972]

Diversity of Life on Earth Blue-tongued Skin and African Fat-tailed Gecko

[not sure which species of Tiliqua the skink represents]

Expected April 2024

[Fembrogon]

The Repti series is cute and all, but I wish we got more lizard diversity in the Advanced line instead.

[bmathison1972]

Diversity of Life on Earth - Mini Amphibians:

ETA May, 2024

line-up:
1. Andrias japonicus
2. Dryophytes japonicus (green)
3. D. japonicus (blue)
4. Bufo japonicus
5. Odorrana ishikawae

[bmathison1972]

Diversity of Life on Earth - Iguana and Crested Gecko (expected May 2024)



Diversity of Life on Earth - Advanced Tonosama Frog (Pelophylax nigromaculatus) (no ETA)

[bmathison1972]

Diversity of Life on Earth Premium Dynastes hercules lichyi (ETA July 2024):

[bmathison1972]

Dinosaur Desktop Models Vol. 2

Flagging @brettnj - I won't be able to email it for a while