Gundam Assemble New Models: Complete 2026-2027 Release Guide

Bandai officially launched Gundam Assemble in October 2026 as a competitive tabletop miniatures game, and the company wasted no time building an ambitious release calendar. Gundam Assemble new models have been arriving at a pace that resembles a trading card game more than a typical model line, with more than 30 total items planned worldwide within the first year. The October 2026 launch wave delivered five products simultaneously, and mid-2026 reporting already detailed six additional products landing across January, February, and March 2027 alone.

What sets these new models apart from traditional Gunpla is their dual purpose. Each miniature functions as both a display piece and a tactical game component with a matching card defining its battlefield capabilities. The models pull from across the entire Gundam franchise rather than one series, meaning classic Universal Century suits can fight alongside mobile suits from shows that aired decades later.

The October 2026 Launch Wave

Bandai’s initial release showcased the breadth of the Gundam Assemble new models lineup with products spanning three price tiers. Five items released simultaneously that October: Starter Set 01, Expansion Pack 01, Expansion Pack 02, and Deluxe Set 01, alongside accessories like the Nero 1 paint pack for players starting from zero hobby experience.

Starter Set 01: Six Cross-Era Mobile Suits

Starter Set 01 launched at a $35 MSRP as the format’s complete on-ramp. The box contains six miniatures that deliberately span eras rather than sticking to one series: the RX-78-2 original Gundam from the Universal Century’s One Year War, Char’s Red Commander Type Zaku II, Wing Gundam Zero EW and Gundam Mepphyon from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz, and Gundam Vidar and Barbatos Lupus Rex from Iron-Blooded Orphans.

The set includes everything two players need for a three-on-three skirmish: six matching unit cards, 18 tactics cards, 10-sided dice, a game map, game tokens, cardboard terrain pieces, a handbook, and a quick reference sheet. Two teaching scenarios walk new players through the rules before they branch into building custom squads.

Expansion Pack 01: The Unicorn Series

Expansion Pack 01 released around October 31, 2026 at a $40 price point. This pack marked the first set to pull mobile suits from one specific series rather than the mixed era approach of the starter box. The three miniatures include the Unicorn Gundam, the Delta Plus, and a third unit from Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn.

The pack arrives with three matching unit cards, nine tactics cards, and game tokens sized for those three units. It contains no board, dice, or terrain of its own—it’s built entirely to plug into a starter set a player already owns. Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn itself originally aired as a theatrical OVA series set decades after the original One Year War in the franchise’s internal Universal Century timeline.

Expansion Pack 02: The Witch from Mercury Suits

Expansion Pack 02 released in the same October to November 2026 window, pulling its roster from Mobile Suit Gundam The Witch from Mercury. The pack brings in Gundam Aerial, Gundam Pharact, and Gundam Darilbalde at the same $40 price point and the same three miniature, nine tactics card structure as its sibling pack.

Where Expansion Pack 01 leaned on a classic Universal Century spin-off, this pack is explicitly built around suits specializing in long-range engagement. It introduces new token-based strategic options that weren’t present in the base Starter Set 01 rules, meaning the mechanical toolkit for the whole game keeps expanding with each release. Mobile Suit Gundam The Witch from Mercury finished airing in Japan in 2023, making it the most recent source series represented in the October 2026 launch wave.

Deluxe Set 01: The Battle of A Baoa Qu

Deluxe Set 01 is the premium entry at a $100 price point, built specifically around scaling the base game up to a full five-on-five battle. The set contains 13 miniatures in total, including the Witch from Mercury cast—Gundam Aerial, Gundam Darilbalde, and Gundam Pharact—dropped into a scenario themed on the battle of A Baoa Qu, a Universal Century engagement from an entirely different era.

The box ships with a full set of unit cards, tactics cards, game tokens, two scenario objective cards, two separate game maps, cardboard terrain objects, a dedicated set of 10-sided dice, a handbook, and two quick reference sheets. The headline five-on-five scenario centers on two battleship-class units squaring off against each other. Its release slipped from October to November 2026 at several retailers, suggesting Bandai prioritized getting the cheaper starter set into new players’ hands first.

The 2027 Wave: Six New Products

Reporting from mid-2026 detailed six products landing across January, February, and March 2027. The wave includes four more $40 expansion packs, a $170 Deluxe Set 03, and the format’s first-ever $55 scenario pack. Bandai has committed to a release cadence with monthly follow-ups planned after the initial October 2026 launch.

Scenario Pack 01 represents a fairly unusual move for a plastic model company. Treating scenarios as their own standalone products sold apart from any new miniatures suggests Bandai sees the storytelling layer of Gundam Assemble as valuable on its own, independent of whichever suits happen to be in a player’s collection that month. This scenario-first structure is part of what separates Gundam Assemble from a pure competitive ladder game—narrative-driven matches recreating iconic anime battles sit right alongside open build-your-own-squad play.

Model Specifications and Assembly

Every unit in Gundam Assemble finishes at about 5 cm or roughly 2 inches tall. This represents a jarring contrast for anyone used to Bandai’s Master Grade or Perfect Grade Gunpla kits, some of which are large enough to loom over a display shelf. The kits still ship unpainted and unassembled exactly like standard Gunpla, so players are expected to snap or glue the parts together and paint them before ever playing a match. There’s no pre-built option anywhere in the line at any price tier.

Goonhammer’s early hands-on with a batch of card game pack-in miniatures singled out the Tallgeese as the standout sculpt of the whole range. A later review of the TP07B Zaku II release found the plastic itself heavy-duty with chunky runners noticeably cheaper than comparable Games Workshop miniatures, though not quite as crisp in the finer sculpted detail. Real mold lines along the legs require sanding sticks over a standard hobby knife for cleanup. That same Zaku splits into six pieces during assembly.

The consistent thread across early coverage is that cleanup and painting here is genuinely rewarding hobby work in its own right. Gunpla veterans in particular will feel instantly at home with the build process, even once the drastically smaller scale takes some adjusting to.

Gundam Assemble New Models Release Timeline

Product	Release Window	Price	Miniature Count	Series Focus
Starter Set 01	October 2026	$35	6	Cross-era mix
Expansion Pack 01	October 2026	$40	3	Gundam Unicorn
Expansion Pack 02	October-November 2026	$40	3	Witch from Mercury
Deluxe Set 01	November 2026	$100	13	A Baoa Qu scenario
Four Expansion Packs	January-March 2027	$40 each	3 each	TBA
Deluxe Set 03	January-March 2027	$170	TBA	TBA
Scenario Pack 01	January-March 2027	$55	0	Scenario content only

The Card Game Crossover Models

Gundam Assemble’s link to Bandai’s separate Gundam card game predates the standalone tabletop game by more than a year. The very first Gundam Assemble miniatures ever released shipped in 2025 inside a set called ST 01 Heroic Beginnings, bundling the TP S-01 Gundam, TP S-02 Guncannon, and TP S-03 Guntank alongside a ready-to-play 50-card deck.

Later starter decks kept the formula going. The Wings of Advance set shipped with three more Gundam Assemble miniatures still on their original sprue runners: a Tallgeese, a Leo armed with a rifle, and a second Leo armed with a beam cannon. Those miniatures could be snapped together, painted, and then placed directly on the deck’s token cards during a match, letting a painted mobile suit model physically stand in for what would otherwise be a flat cardboard counter.

That crossover has continued well into the standalone era with products like the premium card collection Gundam Assemble Set themed around Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans, sold through the card game’s own official storefront rather than the miniatures game’s retail channels. Selling that collection specifically through the card game storefront suggests Bandai deliberately kept two separate purchase funnels running side by side.

Squad Building with New Models

Once players move past the starter scenarios, most of the game opens into building a custom squad pulled from across the available Gundam series and factions. Beginner guides distill squad construction down to a simple framework: pick one unit that creates threat and forces an opponent to react, one unit that helps keep your formation and positioning under control, and one unit that gives flexible options to cover mistakes or support a play already in motion elsewhere on the board.

Because expansion packs are explicitly designed to plug straight into an existing pool, that same three-job logic carries over once a player starts mixing suits across boxes. A Unicorn series unit from Expansion Pack 01 filling the threat role next to a Witch from Mercury support unit from Expansion Pack 02 is exactly the kind of cross-series squad the whole system is built to encourage.

Because the format’s baseline is a minimum of three units per side rather than the dozens common in bigger miniature games, every single model in a Gundam Assemble squad carries real tactical weight. Losing one unit is a far bigger swing than losing one model out of 30 ever would be in a larger-scale war game. That smaller footprint is framed as the format’s core beginner hook: fewer models to learn, fewer models to paint before a game is even playable, and a squad that can realistically go from sealed box to finished tabletop army in a single weekend.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Gundam Assemble models have been released so far?

The October 2026 launch wave included 22 miniatures across four products: 6 in Starter Set 01, 3 each in Expansion Packs 01 and 02, and 13 in Deluxe Set 01. Additional models shipped earlier in 2025 as pack-ins inside Gundam card game starter decks.

What scale are Gundam Assemble miniatures?

Every unit in Gundam Assemble finishes at about 5 cm or roughly 2 inches tall, significantly smaller than standard Gunpla Master Grade or Perfect Grade kits.

Do Gundam Assemble models come pre-painted?

No. The kits ship unpainted and unassembled exactly like standard Gunpla. Players are expected to snap or glue the parts together and paint them before playing. Bandai sells a dedicated Nero 1 paint pack accessory bundle for players starting from zero hobby experience.

How many models are planned for 2027?

Mid-2026 reporting detailed six products landing across January, February, and March 2027 alone, including four $40 expansion packs, a $170 Deluxe Set 03, and a $55 Scenario Pack 01. More than 30 total items are planned worldwide within the first year.

Can I mix models from different Gundam series in one squad?

Yes. The game explicitly encourages cross-series squads. A classic Universal Century Zaku can fight alongside a suit from a show that aired decades later, and expansion packs are designed to plug straight into an existing pool regardless of era or faction.

What’s the difference between expansion packs and deluxe sets?

Expansion packs contain 3 miniatures, matching unit cards, 9 tactics cards, and game tokens at a $40 price point. They contain no board, dice, or terrain and are built to plug into a starter set a player already owns. Deluxe sets are premium releases with more miniatures, complete game components, and larger scenario content at higher price points ($100-$170).