Thursday, 7 June 2012

Transforming Gundam Cola Cubes

(Edit in progress) From way back in 200x these are 7 Eleven redeemed puzzle items? Stylised designs inspired by 4 signature mobile suits from the original MSG 0079 anime show. Cute retro looking and very easy to "transform". Minecraft - block like character designs. They have a Coca Cola branding on the back. Probably the sponsor for some promotional event. They have a hole you can use to thread the matching coloured tag that comes included. I've shown the green Zaku II Cola Cube but have since acquired the RX78-2, the GM and Char's Custom Zaku II making a complete set. Other than the printed adornments, they are all pretty much the same mold and share the same transformation. Only the command antenna of Char's custom and the Gundam's V fin being  minor physical differentiators. The coloured plastic cube is a simple blank canvas with variations in their colourful patterns printed on them. To the artist's credit, these caricatures definitely work since you can easily tell exactly what iconic MS each block is trying to represent.
They are well made. No paint chips on mine so far and the hard plastics seem pretty sturdy. Something odd for the collection. If these were ever made available outside of Hong Kong let me know.

1 comment:

  1. The Zakube II that or the Za^3 is what this makes me think of. I love theme naming ^_^

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