zeke8
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Post by zeke8 on Apr 6, 2015 12:51:27 GMT -5
Does anyone know what happened with the Z-Knight line? Is it officially cancelled, unofficially cancelled, on hiatus, delayed, etc?
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Post by Xehn on Apr 6, 2015 18:20:27 GMT -5
in a line as slow-moving as HMM it's a bit early to assume anything. Both revealed kits came out when they were supposed to. And though I haven't gotten a Marinekaiser, Z-Knight himself is a fantastic kit...
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Post by Hanyoutai on Apr 6, 2015 19:19:15 GMT -5
I think it was cancelled and Marine Kaiser not actually released? So, unofficially cancelled.
Marine Kaiser had a cancellation of pre-orders notice given due to 'production issues.' There were a couple of sites that stated a month later that it was still scheduled to be released but I've not seen a single example of one owned by a consumer. I searched twitter for the Zăă¤ă tag and it contains no non-stock images either.
Amiami lists the item as 'sold out' but I didn't hear of anyone actually getting their orders for it. All mention of it has been removed from the official Kotobukiya website. The search no longer returns results for it and it's not listed in the HMM section. We saw Gojulas images for a year before its release so I'm reluctant to think they'd remove it because of delays.
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Post by Xehn on Apr 7, 2015 22:03:50 GMT -5
...Really? Hm. I was actually not aware of this. I'd intended to preorder it but never actually got around to it. Unfortunate. Was looking forward to it.
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Post by Snowflake on Apr 8, 2015 12:00:32 GMT -5
man how does something get canceled before it even has a chance to sell poorly?
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Post by Maethius on Apr 8, 2015 12:18:08 GMT -5
Low to nonexistent pre-sales.
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Post by imateria on Apr 13, 2015 10:07:54 GMT -5
I think we can officially say that the Z-Knights is now a failed experiment on Koto's part and they'll be switching back to Zoids now.
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Post by Snowflake on Apr 13, 2015 12:08:54 GMT -5
Sad. I thought they looked cool. But I guess with my aversion to HMMs I wasn't going to support them..
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Post by Xehn on Apr 13, 2015 21:55:46 GMT -5
It's a shame. The Z-Knight was an AMAZING kit. I've never built a kit that felt so solid and sturdy. Not even anything gunpla.
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zeke8
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Post by zeke8 on May 11, 2015 14:28:23 GMT -5
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Post by Hanyoutai on May 11, 2015 15:20:46 GMT -5
I got mine from AmiAmi and it did not come with the silver plated shield. I'm assuming it was sold separately or with Kotobukiya Direct orders only.
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zeke8
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Post by zeke8 on May 11, 2015 17:07:30 GMT -5
I got mine from AmiAmi and it did not come with the silver plated shield. I'm assuming it was sold separately or with Kotobukiya Direct orders only. Yeah, I'm going to order directly from kotobukiya. I posted links to pictures above from their website showing the customize part set. Just wondering if the pictures or page say anything about whether they're shipped with your order or if they come separately. |
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Post by Falcarius on May 11, 2015 22:09:44 GMT -5
Yep, it's a "Kotobukiya Shop limited" that is included with the Z-Knight if you buy it from any Kotobukiya store. It does say that they'll stop once stock of the shield runs out, but I'd hope that they'd have taken down the ad on the side of the Z-Knight page if they had run out of shields.
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zeke8
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Post by zeke8 on May 22, 2015 11:41:35 GMT -5
For anyone interested, I just got mine in today that I ordered through from kotobukiya through a proxy site. It does indeed come with the parts still!
So get it now while you still can if you're interested. Considering it's the only Kotobukiya Z-Knight and only Customize Parts that seemingly will ever be made for the line, I felt compelled to own the "entire" collection. So I now have a regular Type-K and a type-K with customize parts. What a huge collection! /s
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