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Sentinel
Sentinel is a Japanese toy and figure maker whose near-term slate is the Fighting Armor Rescue figure and the RIOBOT Raijin-Oh, both announced with 2026 release windows. Its most recent product event is the Black Limited Edition Hulkbuster, whose preorders opened July 15, 2026.
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Sentinel is a figure and toy maker whose coverage in this cluster is almost entirely product announcements. Across June and July 2026 the company opened preorders for three separate items: the RIOBOT Raijin-Oh from Super Robot Wars OG, the Fighting Armor Rescue from the Iron Man franchise, and the Fighting Armor Hulkbuster (Black Limited Edition). Each has a confirmed price, height, and release window, and each is tied to a licensed property rather than an original design.
The distribution pattern is consistent. The Raijin-Oh figure is sold only through the Sentinel Store, while the Hulkbuster Black Limited Edition is a color variant of the largest figure in the Fighting Armor series. The Rescue figure, announced via Dengeki Hobby Web, is the line's first supporting character from the Iron Man franchise rather than a central hero. Sentinel's announcements arrive through retail preorder windows rather than a single event, and the products are spread across the second half of 2026.
The name Sentinel also appears in unrelated stories about a Bandai Spirits Gundam kit, a Cyberfang Studios game, an ABC Inc. AI agent, a Vanillaware veteran, and digital store sales. Those are different entities and do not describe this studio.
Key facts
- Latest figure preorder
- Fighting Armor Hulkbuster (Black Limited Edition) preorders opened July 15, 2026 ↗
- Hulkbuster release and price
- Scheduled for September 2026 at 29,700 yen, approximately 260mm tall ↗
- Hulkbuster features
- Gloss black and gold finish, die-cast parts, clear reactor parts, movable fingers, missile launchers ↗
- Fighting Armor Rescue
- Announced via Dengeki Hobby Web with die-cast parts, drone and effect accessories, preorders open, November 2026 release ↗
- RIOBOT Raijin-Oh
- Preorders opened June 8, 2026 at the Sentinel Store only, approximately 280mm tall, October 2026 release at 47,300 yen ↗
Timeline
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Facts
- Noted
- Sentinel launched on September 4, 2026 · 2026-09-04
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- Sentinel monitors financial markets in real time · 2026-09-04
- Noted
- Sentinel tracks roughly 100 indicators · 2026-09-04
- Noted
- Sentinel delivers 5 to 10 automated reports per day via Slack or email · 2026-09-04
- Noted
- Sentinel pricing is USD 20,000 per month before tax · 2026-09-04
- Announced
- preorders opened for Fighting Armor Hulkbuster (Black Limited Edition) · 2026-07-15
- Announced
- Fighting Armor Rescue action figure · 2026-07-11
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Sep 4
ABC Inc. began selling Sentinel, an AI agent that monitors financial markets in real time, on September 4, 2026. The service tracks roughly 100 indicators including interest rates, FX, stock indices, credit spreads, and fiscal data, and delivers 5 to 10 automated reports per day via Slack or email. Pricing is USD 20,000 per month before tax. The company also publishes a free report every Monday morning on its official X account.
Sep 2
Game music composer Yoshimi Kudo announced on August 30 that he opened a YouTube channel. He will upload tracks he wrote for Shingetsu Doukou, a game that ended service on July 23, 2026, with the developers' permission. Four videos are already published. Kudo's credits include Unicorn Overlord, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, and Elden Ring.
Jul 17
Bandai Spirits has opened a second round of preorders for the MG 1/100 Ex-S Gundam/S Gundam (Task Force Alpha Ver.) reissue on Premium Bandai. Orders began at 11:00 a.m. JST on July 15, 2026, and the kit is scheduled to ship in December 2026. Priced at 16,500 yen (tax included), the Master Grade kit reproduces the color scheme of the Alpha Task Force version from the "Gundam Sentinel" side story. It includes new parts and new water-slide decals, and can be assembled as either the Ex-S Gundam or the S Gundam through part selection. The kit features a transformation mechanism that allows it to convert into G-Cruiser mode by replacing some parts. Armaments include a beam smart gun with interchangeable barrels for normal and rapid-fire configurations, two beam sabers, head incom, two reflector incoms, and beam cannons. The beam sabers can be stored in the knee boxes, and the thigh beam cannons have flexible axis movement. Assembly requires a Phillips screwdriver, which is not included. The kit is a Premium Bandai and cannot be purchased at plastic model retail stores.
Jul 16
Cyberfang Studios announced a Japanese localization for the pixel-art run & gun platformer Project Sentinel - Zero Tolerance, releasing a Japanese trailer and Steam page. The game draws from cyberpunk works like AKIRA and Ghost in the Shell, and classic arcade shooters. Players control a cybernetic officer who can arrest suspects using a Cybernetic Roar or protect civilians. Active Gaming Media handles the localization. A PC release on Steam is planned.
Jul 15
Sentinel has opened preorders for the Fighting Armor Hulkbuster (Black Limited Edition) action figure, a color variant of the largest figure in the Fighting Armor series. The figure stands approximately 260mm tall, features a gloss black and gold finish, extensive die-cast parts, clear reactor parts, movable fingers, and missile launchers. Preorders began July 15, 2026, with a release scheduled for September 2026 at a price of 29,700 yen.
Jul 11
Dengeki Hobby Web reports that Sentinel has announced a new action figure in the Fighting Armor line: Rescue, the armored partner of Iron Man. The figure features die-cast parts, drone and effect accessories, and an articulated design meant to mimic human movement. Pre-orders are open now, with a November 2026 release.
Jul 11
Sony Interactive Entertainment launched the PlayStation Store SUMMER SALE on July 15, 2026, immediately following the end of the July Bargain Sale. The new sale runs through August 12 and offers discounts of up to 80% on select PS5 and PS4 titles. The event is split into two phases: the first runs from July 15 to July 29, and the second from July 27 to August 12, with some titles changing between phases. Featured discounts include Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice at 50% off (4,180 yen), Hogwarts Legacy at 85% off (1,481 yen for PS5), and Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon at 50% off (4,345 yen). The Nintendo eShop is also running concurrent sales, with titles like Triangle Strategy at 60% off (3,072 yen) and the Nier bundle (Nier: Automata and Nier Replicant) at 60% off (4,840 yen) available until July 15. Several titles, including Metaphor: ReFantazio and the Caligula series, have reached their lowest recorded prices on the PlayStation Store during this promotion.
Jun 16
Yoshio Nishimura, who led background art at Vanillaware for over twenty years, left the studio during the pandemic and moved to a village of 1,200 people in Nara Prefecture. He spent six years developing Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle under his own label, Digitalis Publishing. Studio head George Kamitani framed the departure as a "graduation" and the first case of a planned strategy to let senior creators open their own shops.
Jun 8
Sentinel announced the RIOBOT Raijin-Oh action figure from Super Robot Wars OG. Pre-orders open June 8, 2026 exclusively at the Sentinel Store. The figure stands approximately 280mm tall, uses die-cast parts and click joints, and is scheduled for release in October 2026 at 47,300 yen.