Nah, Bandai will eventually release FA Unicorn OVA ver. This is like what the 5th unicorn MG? That frame has been milk kau kau by Bandai and it'll be milk even further with the eventual MG Banshee and all its variations (Full Armor Banshee anyone?).

Well, whether there is or isn't a variation or appear in any novel/animation/games, that has not stop Bandai from making a model kit of it. RX78 ver Ka is a fine example (and up until recently wing gundam ver ka has been a model specific suit apart from some lineart from katoki himself. Only recently via Glory of The Loser has that design appear in a novel.) Not to mention the Banshee in the novel doesn't have that claw thingy and the weird gun thingy. Seeing how popular Gundam UC is in Japan + a the possibility of the anime having its own original ending, i can see those novel fanboys would want a Banshee in its original interpretation. If that is the case then Banshee ova edition and Banshee novel edition has a high probability of coming out. + bling bling ver of banshee is just so irresistible in the eyes of Bandai.

As for FA Banshee, who knows. Maybe a year or 2 after the conclusion of Gundam UC ova, they may want to revisit that unicorn frame and those nostalgia fanboys would buy it regardless + having the possibility of spurning out even more unicorn side stories (ala Glory of the Loser and Frozen Teardrop). + price wouldn't really matter anyway since we already have a 7500 yen (if im not mistaken) unicorn cage, another 8000 yen kit is not a problem. Just release it in December and ppl would buy it as an excuses for Christmas gift; Bandai marketing at its finest.

I think i nid to clarify this, I don really care whether Bandai wants to milk or not, infact I think its good for them. If the kits sells and they got $$ out of it, this means the franchise as a whole is doing well and could keep on going and growing despite the current economic downturn. If the business is strong, then they will in turn use the profit to make more kits, anime, etc to sell and eventually they will come out something that will tickle ppl's fancy. I dont mind if they go ahead and milk the unicorn frame 20 more times if it will eventually land me a MG V2 (u listening Bandai). Infact I plan to buy this FA Unicorn and because I know Bandai would eventually release this, I hold off buying any of the previous Unicorn kit and focus my $$ on this.

The whole point of my post is just to show nazrul90 that Bandai COULD make a Banshee variation and that they are not bound to weather it appear b4 on any animations/games/linearts/novels/mangas/etc with MG RX78 ver ka and MG Wing ver ka as an added example for my view point.

Beside "milking" is just a term to describe a company reusing a previous product (with or without enhancement) and releasing it to the market and re-branded as new goods to maximize profit with the least amount of effort. Its a common business practice and various other companies do them not just Bandai. Milking as a whole is not a bad thing. It just turns into a bad term by angry butthurt fanboys when they realize that there is a new (and possibility improve) product that they had brought previously re-releasing again (rendering their old stuff useless from their point of view). Milking to me is not a bad thing at all, besides if it doesn't sell (no demand), there wont be any milk to be milked. Its just from these butthurt fanboys that milking = lazy company trying to gain more $$ with minimal effort and creativity to fill up their pocket, where in fact "milking" is just business 101.

This post has been edited by sigmabreaker: Jan 5 2012, 11:36 AM

True dat but then again if Bandai really wan to, they can just ask katoki to draw 1 and then after several months or year to test its popularity via side stories or just release it to the internet to gauge fanboy reaction, then Bandai could then make it. Another possibility is to go to Sinanju Stein/musha route. Make it game exclusive > manga/novel side story > model kits. I already seeing sometime in the future a Sinanju Stein.....

Then again, because the OVA haven finish yet, by epi 6 or mayb a compilation movies down the line, it could appear. But this route is unlikely. Not 0% probability but highly unlikely since epi 4 deviated abit from the novel chances of having an ori ending has been increase. But lets not talk bout FA Banshee its just a little theory and prediction of mine. We can discuss/argue/debate all we like but it amount to nothing since its neither exist nor confirm.

Im not 100% sure bout this but isn't Sinanju ver ka exactly the same as the ova and novel version? (apart from all those decals of cos). If its exactly the same then there is no reason to release an ova ver. (for now)

1 thing i still dont understand is why do they make 2 version of unicorn? If they can follow Sinanju design 100% from novel to anime, why cant they do the same for Unicorn? The only real difference is the head vulcan anyway.(I dont count the knee stuff since that is a fix not a real difference in terms of appearance).

As for MG, it seems that they follow a specific formula. If its in UC universe 90% of it is gonna be made including obscure grunt suits. While AU only the main character is release. There is not much grunt AU MG to be honest. So far only from 00 and AGE has been release/confirm (I still want a LEO or Serpent godamit).

Yes the famous waist problem. Its too week to support all those upper body weight. Mine snap in half. But those are technical design fault just like Unicorn knee unable to bend much and week v fin, but those doesn't warrant an entirely new kit by itself cos the actual fix is just some small replacement parts. Couldn't Bandai just release the fixed part as a separate product rather than an entirely new kit. They even go as far as making a new box art for it.

Sinanju problem also could be fix with just some new parts not even half a plastic tree worth and new decals. Surely that doesn't warrant an entirely new kit, could they?

Dont they offer postal service? Don remember is it time machine or gamers arena or grafity toys. If its too far, chances are even if you go thr personally, cost of fuel + parking + toll(if applicable) is already equals to the postal fee. Might as well go through postal.

Seeing how "successful" v gundam was, i think bandai decided to put it on hold atm. Since this year is 10th aniversary seed, those will come 1st, then continue with wing since the frame is already there just color swap and add some plastic mold, then it will b unicorn since this year will air the last epi. Not to mention the currently running age, i think it'll be a while b4 V2 is release. If im not mistaken, last i heard was they were trying to fix all the problems of v b4 making v2.