{"id":14316,"date":"2022-07-25T16:01:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T07:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=14316"},"modified":"2022-07-25T16:01:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T07:01:42","slug":"20220725-14316","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220725-14316\/","title":{"rendered":"Trails of Cold Steel\u2019s Valimar model kit is now available for pre-order"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>Pre-orders are now open for Good Smile Company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodsmile.info\/en\/product\/12941\/MODEROID+Valimar+the+Ashen+Knight.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MODEROID Valimar, the Ashen Knight<\/strong><\/a>. Initially announced in January, it is a ready-to-assemble plastic model kit that costs $47.99 and is expected to ship in January 2023. Pre-orders opened on July 21 and will continue until September 7.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010\u521d\u30d7\u30e9\u30ad\u30c3\u30c8\u5316\uff01\u3011MODEROID\u300a\u7070\u306e\u9a0e\u795e\u300b\u30f4\u30a1\u30ea\u30de\u30fc\u30eb \u767b\u5834\u203c\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6dwJjqHwL7o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Valimar, the Ashen Knight is a Divine Knight featured in <em><strong>The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel<\/strong><\/em>, a game in Nihon Falcom\u2019s popular RPG series. Valimar is piloted by Rean Schwarzer, the main protagonist of the <em>Cold Steel<\/em> sub-series. The model kit measures around 165mm (6.49in) in height and comes with fully articulated joints and interchangeable parts. The model\u2019s parts come pre-painted, and assembly is simple, making it easy for fans to build and display the mecha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the popularity of <em>The Legends of Heroes <\/em>games, there have only been a few figures and model kits based on the series. This may be starting to change; however, as in addition to Valimar, there have been more figures announced recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week Kotobukiya <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kotobukiya.co.jp\/figure-blog\/figure-blog-281434\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> a figure of Renne Bright based on her appearance in the upcoming <em>Trails into Reverie<\/em>, and also showed prototype images of the Rixia Mao (<em>Trails to Azure<\/em>) and Crow Armbrust (based on his <em>Trails of<\/em> <em>Cold Steel IV<\/em> look) figures that were announced in February.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"661\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220725-14316-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220725-14316-002.jpg 840w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220725-14316-002-600x472.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220725-14316-002-380x299.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220725-14316-002-768x604.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220725-14316-002-150x118.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220725-14316-002-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220725-14316-002-696x548.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220725-14316-002-534x420.jpg 534w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"840\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220725-14316-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220725-14316-003.jpg 590w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220725-14316-003-267x380.jpg 267w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220725-14316-003-150x214.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220725-14316-003-300x427.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220725-14316-003-295x420.jpg 295w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>There are also new figures by quesQ that were on display at the Wonder Festival 2022 Summer which took place on July 24 (JST). These figures are based on the <em>Trails of Cold Steel II<\/em> versions of characters Altina Orion and Alisa Reinford.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u672c\u65e5\u958b\u50ac\u306e\u300c\u30ef\u30f3\u30c0\u30fc\u30d5\u30a7\u30b9\u30c6\u30a3\u30d0\u30eb 2022\u590f\u300d<br>\u30ad\u30e5\u30fc\u30baQ\u3055\u3093\u306e\u30d6\u30fc\u30b9\u3067\u306f\u3001\u300c\u9583\u306e\u8ecc\u8de1\u2161\u300d\u304b\u30891\/7\u30b9\u30b1\u30fc\u30eb\u30d5\u30a3\u30ae\u30e5\u30a22\u4f53\u306e\u539f\u578b\u304c\u5c55\u793a\u3055\u308c\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3088\uff01<br><br>\u30a2\u30eb\u30c6\u30a3\u30ca\u30fb\u30aa\u30e9\u30a4\u30aa\u30f3\uff08\u9583\u306e\u8ecc\u8de1\u2161\uff09<br>\u30a2\u30ea\u30b5\u30fb\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3\u30d5\u30a9\u30eb\u30c8\uff08\u9583\u306e\u8ecc\u8de1\u2161\uff09<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WF2022S?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WF2022S<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E9%96%83%E3%81%AE%E8%BB%8C%E8%B7%A1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u9583\u306e\u8ecc\u8de1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E8%BB%8C%E8%B7%A1%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u8ecc\u8de1\u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30ba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qqECDfKau3\">pic.twitter.com\/qqECDfKau3<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u65e5\u672c\u30d5\u30a1\u30eb\u30b3\u30e0 (@nihonfalcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nihonfalcom\/status\/1551017074168074240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>The Legends of Heroes<\/em> series will likely continue to gain more popularity in the West with <em>Trails from Zero<\/em> coming out in September and two more games coming in 2023. Fans will also have the opportunity to put their favorite characters on display with these new figures and model kits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those in the US can pre-order MODEROID Valimar, the Ashen Knight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodsmileus.com\/product\/moderoid-valimar-the-ashen-knight-8444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>, while those in other countries can use <a href=\"https:\/\/goodsmileshop.com\/en\/CATEGORY-ROOT\/Plastic-Model\/MODEROID\/MODEROID-Valimar--the-Ashen-Knight\/p\/GSC_WD_04388\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pre-orders are now open for Good Smile Company\u2019s MODEROID Valimar, the Ashen Knight. Initially announced in January, it is a ready-to-assemble plastic model kit that costs $47.99 and is expected to ship in January 2023. Pre-orders opened on July 21 and will continue until September 7.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":14321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-14316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trails of Cold Steel\u2019s Valimar model kit is now available for pre-order - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220725-14316\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trails of Cold Steel\u2019s Valimar model kit is now available for pre-order - AUTOMATON WEST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pre-orders are now open for Good Smile Company\u2019s MODEROID Valimar, the Ashen Knight. 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