Gundam's Training Mecha Gets the ROBOT Spirits Treatment
Gundam's TGM-79 GM Trainer is getting a new ROBOT Spirits figure from Bandai.
Bandai is turning the TGM-79 GM Trainer, the Earth Federation Forces' pilot-training unit, into a collectible figure. The ROBOT Spirits
The figure includes various weapons and effects parts—the kind of detail that keeps collectors happy. The GM Trainer itself is a practical choice for a figure line: it's a workhorse machine designed to teach Federation pilots the basics, which means it sits at that sweet spot between iconic and underrated. The ROBOT Spirits line specializes in articulated, poseable figures of mobile suits, so this should deliver on both accuracy and playability.
The Gundam franchise, which launched in 1979, has spent nearly five decades sprawling across TV series, films, OVAs, manga, novels, games, and model kits. Each new figure release is another thread in that web—a way to keep the universe present and buyable. A training mecha might seem like a side character, but in a universe this dense, even the support units get their moment.
Source: Anime Anime
