Some time ago - I don’t exactly remember when - one of my local malls got some official Bandai Gashapon machines. Initially they had one machine dedicated to Gundam gatchas, but by the time I got to go and see it for myself, they were all sold out.
And then it was replaced with some other product. And then another product. And then another product. Until finally they restocked it with more Gundams.
To be specific, the machine was (and once again is) stocked with toys from the Gashapon Senshi Forte line. You can view the website here to see all the different Series they’ve released over the years. I think most of them look pretty great, except for Series 8, which is almost all mecha from Gundam SEED (as well as Command Gundam just to tease me).
Guess which series was in the machine … ?
But hey, beggars can’t be choosers, and I’ve been begging to learn what these Gundam Gatchas are like. So I pulled the trigger, and while I didn’t get my beloved Command Gundam, at least I got what is by far the best of the SEED Mecha:
Yep, it’s the Freedom Gundam.