Bandai Confirms April 2026 Gunpla Release Schedule
Bandai Hobby has officially announced the upcoming April 2026 release schedule for its popular Gundam model kit line.
The impressive lineup of Gunpla for this month will feature the HG 1/144 Alyzeus, a new HG 1/144 Xi Gundam, a water slide decal set, and an exclusive expansion kit for the HG 1/144 Red Gundam.
The Mobile Suit Gundam franchise continues to dominate the plastic model industry by translating complex mecha designs into highly articulated kits.
The Hathaway’s Flash series, in particular, has garnered immense praise for its mature storytelling and incredibly intricate mobile suit battles.
Set in the Universal Century, the story follows Hathaway Noa as he leads the anti-Earth Federation organization Mafty.
The mecha designs from this era are notoriously large and complex, making their transition into the 1/144 High Grade scale a significant engineering feat.
Let’s take a closer look at the Gunpla kits and accessories that are set to be released in April 2026!
- HG 1/144 Alyzeus
- Price: 13,200 yen (approx. £69 GBP / $87 USD).
This massive kit features an entirely new mold and boasts the highest level of reproduction in High Grade history regarding size, color separation, and articulation.
Builders can transform the machine into four different configurations: MS Mode, Flight Form, Half-Destroyed State, and a separated Mass Production Nu Gundam.
The package includes a dedicated display base to support the heavy transformations, alongside beam sabers, a prototype beam rifle, and extra armor components.
- HG 1/144 Xi Gundam (Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe Ver.)
- Price: 7,700 yen (approx. £40 GBP / $51 USD).
This updated version of the iconic mobile suit includes new armaments designed to accurately recreate thrilling final scenes from Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe.
The kit offers a selectable Gundam face part, a new beam rifle barrel holder, a battle-damaged shield, and specialized manipulator hands.
Fans can easily swap parts to transform the robot between its standard MS Mode and aerodynamic Flight Form.
- Gundam Decal No. 143 HG 1/144 Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway’s Flash General ②
- Price: 550 yen (approx. £3 GBP / $4 USD).
This specialized sheet of water slide decals provides builders with authentic emblems and caution marks to add incredible detail to their High Grade kits from the series.
- HG 1/144 Red Gundam Expansion Set
- Price: 2,200 yen (approx. £11 GBP / $15 USD).
This add-on kit is designed to enhance the retail release of the HG Red Gundam from Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (base mobile suit sold separately).
The package includes four Bits, a standard Bazooka, a Zaku Bazooka, newly sculpted joint parts, dynamic effect pieces, and a weapon display base to recreate mid-air firing sequences.
The standard retail kits, including the Alyuzeus, Xi Gundam, and the decal sheet, will be available at hobby shops and major retailers starting on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
The HG 1/144 Red Gundam Expansion Set is an exclusive release being handled through the Premium Bandai Hobby Online Shop, with shipments scheduled to begin in April 2026.
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