{"id":30835,"date":"2024-05-14T17:47:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T08:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=30835"},"modified":"2024-05-14T17:47:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T08:47:13","slug":"armored-core-6-is-causing-a-war-among-model-kit-companies-leaving-fans-with-too-much-merch-to-handle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/armored-core-6-is-causing-a-war-among-model-kit-companies-leaving-fans-with-too-much-merch-to-handle\/","title":{"rendered":"Armored Core 6 is causing a \u201cwar\u201d among model kit companies, leaving fans with too much merch to handle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Launching in August last year, <strong>Armored Core 6 <\/strong>provided gamers with the valuable sustenance they can only get from a FromSoftware mecha game. But Armored Core is a title that keeps on giving \u2013 in the form of plastic model kits, it would seem. Recently, so many merch brands have announced upcoming Armored Core 6 model kits that Japanese fans are comparing the situation to the conflicting corporations in the game\u2019s story. At the same time, people are definitely not complaining. Here\u2019s everything you should be looking forward to:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March, Bandai Spirits\u2019 beginner-friendly brand 30 Minute Missions announced model kits for Raven\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/30mmissions\/status\/1770370905778340064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">30MM RAD CC-2000 Orbiter<\/a> and V.IV Rusty\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/30mmissions\/status\/1770373831758364728\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Schneider Nachtreiter\/40E<\/a>. Both kits are planned to go on sale in September 2024. 30MM was the first brand to announce an Armored Core 6 line, having <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20231030-22652\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revealed a teaser<\/a> as early as October 2023.\u00a0<\/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\">\u2015\u2015\u3053\u306e\u60d1\u661f\u3092\u713c\u304b\u305b\u306f\u3057\u306a\u3044\u2015\u2015<br><br>\u300eARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON\u300f\u3088\u308a<br>\u300cROBOT\u9b42 \uff1cSIDE AC\uff1e IB-07: SOL 644 \/ Ayre\u300d\u304c\u5546\u54c1\u5316\u6c7a\u5b9a\u3002<br><br>\u4e00\u822c\u5e97\u982d\u306b\u30662024\u5e749\u6708\u767a\u58f2\u4e88\u5b9a\u3002<br>\u305d\u306e\u4ed6\u306e\u8a73\u7d30\u306f\u8fd1\u65e5\u516c\u958b\u3002\u7d9a\u5831\u3092\u5f85\u3066\u3002<br><br>\u25bd<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ROBOT%E9%AD%82?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ROBOT\u9b42<\/a> \u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30ba\u7279\u8a2d\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lg40ANwIIx\">https:\/\/t.co\/lg40ANwIIx<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/t_robot?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#t_robot<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ARMOREDCORE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ARMOREDCORE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oNb4FhtKOz\">pic.twitter.com\/oNb4FhtKOz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u9b42\u30cd\u30a4\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u30ba\u516c\u5f0f (@t_features) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/t_features\/status\/1780400823601901759?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This was followed by the announcement of a high-end Tamashii Nations <a href=\"https:\/\/tamashiiweb.com\/item\/14879\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">model kit of Ayre\u2019s IB-07: SOL 644<\/a>, also scheduled to hit retailers in September this year. In addition, an SMP (Shokugan Modeling Project) plastic model kit and PVC figure were <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/candytoy_c\/status\/1788010961062011337\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> on May 8, although details have yet to be revealed.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While all of the brands listed so far are affiliated with Bandai Namco Entertainment, the publisher of Armored Core 6, the model kit \u201crace\u201d was abruptly joined by Kotobukiya and Square Enix, who announced new products simultaneously on May 8. Kotobukiya will be releasing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kotobukiya-hobbyshow.com\/shizuoka-hs2024\/plastic_model_kits\/15222\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Schneider Nachtreiter\/40E Steel Haze model kit<\/a>, the preview photos of which have been causing Armored Core fans to water at the mouth ever since the reveal.\u00a0<\/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\">\u25e5\u25e3\u30b9\u30c8\u30e9\u30af\u30c1\u30e3\u30fc\u30a2\u30fc\u30c4\u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30ba\u306b<br>\u30a2\u30fc\u30de\u30fc\u30c9\u30fb\u30b3\u30a2\u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30ba\u304c\u53c2\u6226\uff01\u25e2\u25e4<br><br>\u8a66\u4f5c\u539f\u578b\u3092\u9759\u5ca1\u30db\u30d3\u30fc\u30b7\u30e7\u30fc<br>GSI\u30af\u30ec\u30aa\u30b9\u30d6\u30fc\u30b9\u3001\u30b3\u30c8\u30d6\u30ad\u30e4\u30d6\u30fc\u30b9\u306b\u3066<br>\u73fe\u7269\u5c55\u793a\u4e2d\ud83d\udc40<br><br>\u4eca\u5f8c\u306e\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3\u30ca\u30c3\u30d7\u306b\u3082\u662f\u975e\u3001\u3054\u671f\u5f85\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\uff01<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%82%B3%E3%82%A2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30a2\u30fc\u30de\u30fc\u30c9\u30b3\u30a2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%84?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30b9\u30c8\u30e9\u30af\u30c1\u30e3\u30fc\u30a2\u30fc\u30c4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tzmiWojtHQ\">pic.twitter.com\/tzmiWojtHQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SQUARE ENIX Official Goods (@SQEX_MD_GOODS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SQEX_MD_GOODS\/status\/1788034531855065182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, Square Enix Goods has revealed an upcoming Armored Core 6 Structure Arts series that will include 8 different units (seen in the post above), four of which have been revealed to be Chrome XCA-00 ANFANG, Nineball, Zio Matrix ZCL-XA\/2, and Emeraude ECM-XR00.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bandai Spirits, Square Enix and Kotobukiya have overwhelmed Armored Core 6 fans with a wave of upcoming plastic model kit announcements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":30840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-30835","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 - 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