METAL BUILD Strike Noir Gundam Gets 20th MEMORIAL COLOR
The Strike Noir, the lead machine of the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E.73 -STARGAZER- side story, is being reissued in METAL BUILD for the work's 20th anniversary with a black-dominant color scheme and reworked set contents, which puts the side story back in Bandai's premium figure rotation rather than leaving it as a two-decade-old offshoot of the SEED line.
Reporting from 1 source: Dengeki Hobby Web.
Bandai Spirits will open preorders for the METAL BUILD Strike Noir Gundam (20th MEMORIAL COLOR) on Premium Bandai on Friday, September 25, 2026, at 16:00, with shipment set for March 2027. The figure stands about 180mm, is made of ABS, PVC, and die-cast parts, and is priced at 39,600 yen including tax, with shipping and handling separate.
The announcement lands under the SEED C.E.73 -STARGAZER- 20th anniversary banner, and the paint scheme is the point of the release. Bandai Spirits changed the coloring so the machine reads as it did in the series, with the firearms mainly black, matching the "Noir" in the name.
The set adds reworked contents and newly sculpted hands with expressions for the Beam Rifle Shorty, so the figure can be posed with the compact rifle in hand. It also retains the Noir Striker loadout, and the Sword Striker and Launcher Striker combinations return as Sword Strike Noir and Launcher Strike Noir.
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