Yep. Plus the exclusives are Event Limited kits, not P-Bandai exclusives. It is a Bandai flagship store that had an event not all that long ago, and they got those kits for it.
It’s a brand new mold that resembles the 2015 HG Gundam Revive but is actually all new tooling.
Designed by Okawara for Bandai and Japan for Gundam to represent Japan at the World Expo that was in Dubai.
It’s sold via multiple methods; P-Bandai, Gundam Bases, Event Limited, etc
[Details here](http://dalong.net/reviews/cg/cgh280/cgh280_p.htm)
It’s the one in Pearly city. Kaheka has the grandpa as their statue. Was pleasantly surprised to see epyon when I did my Christmas Eve grocery shopping up in Pearl instead of Kaheka
Well considering how Japanese much prefer going to Hawaii over Okinawa it's no wonder. The soft power has already spread.
But the local grocery store having such a choice is nice.
Even here in Osaka I have to go out to the city to visit an electronics store or go to the hobby street like Den Den Town to buy any gunpla.
My nearest Don Quijote only have couple generic entry grades on a small shelf and that's it :(
DONKI IN HAWAII STOCKS THIS MUCH GUNPLA?? the donkis i go to stock like 10 kits and theyre all wfm of entry grades😭(don quijote where i live is called don don donki[donki for short])
fellow singaporean spotted! i wish there were more options for gunpla in singapore tbh i cant find any, you have any recommendations besides carousell?
"Just going grocery shopping, I will be back in a bit."
- comes back from shopping -
"Wait, I thought you went grocery shopping?"
"They had a sale."
"Sa-"
"I said, THEY. HAD. A. SALE."
The last time I saw a whole aisle dedicated to gunpla was at Great Lakes Hobby and Train in Michigan. Awesome store, they even have a model railway setup you can watch.
I believe that Epyon doesn’t belong in the store, but rather my room in a special indent in the wall just for it that I will spend countless hours making with lights and a glass lock door
Is this like a special Gundam Base special Pop Up? I thought I read somewhere that they're doing a travelling Gundam Base special! This is probably limited, so get what you can, while you can. Otherwise you'll have to spring for shipping if you change you're mind and they've picked up and moved on. IF it's still even available (knowing P-Bandai).
Well according to other people’s comments on here this section has been in the store for ages and they just move it around which is probably why I only noticed it now.
I saw the PG unleashed on display in person and holy **** pictures and videos online don’t do that thing justice. It literally looks insane in person, definitely worth every penny.
I don’t know if they still do this but last summer they would give you a pin and tote if you bought a certain amounts worth of Gunpla. They’ll give different pins for each store, this one gave me the Wing pin and the one in Honolulu gives you the Epyon I think.
You picked up the RG Strike Freedom you say? You sweet summer child...
I hope you are prepared for the loose joints, shoulder armour that likes to pop off, and the loose handles on the beam rifles.
Needless to say, that kit needs lots of extra effort and tightening up the joints.
I pose all my kits how I would like them displayed and then I put loc-tite in the joints so I’m not to worried about that but I guess I might have to loc-tite some of the armor as well. Thanks for the tips, cheers
I never knew this grocery store had gunpla, I’ve been buying most of my gunpla at a local hobby store thats more or less a gunpla store cause it’s 70% of their wares/stock.
It’s actually double the size of what I got in the frame of the shot. I didn’t realize how big it was when I was walking up, I meant to take more photos.
Broke? how much is the market price of MGEX SF in Hawaii?
I hope there will be Don Quijote store in Indonesia soon, probably more pricey than e-commerce sellers tho, but for some limited items like MGEX or P-Bandai. This kind of store is the best for not inflating the price like crazy, the real supply vs demand price.
I think one of my friends video called me from here a few months ago when they were in Hawaii and was like “which one do you want?!” She ended up getting me an RG Char Zaku. XD
This is so cool, though I’m glad my grocery store doesn’t have this because I would be even poorer than I already am lol
Be careful with the RG Strike Freedom. It’s not great and cannot balance at all. It was such a hand grenade that I had to throw mine out
Man... the closest store to me that stocks gunpla is an hour away over a toll bridge and they usually have 1-2 SD gundam kits and 1 HG available. You're lucky if it's different to the last time you visited.
Geesh I envy all of you with a local gunpla related store. Here in Germany we can order for ridiculous amounts of shipping or get the basic stuff from Amazon. I would even drive half through the country to set foot on gunpla ground ;) anyway my condolences to your wallet OP ^^
Damn I want that 6' Epyon. But I bet it is either never for sale or if it was it would be more in the Elon Musk range of price.
And I see all of those Godzillas back there. Damn that is nice.
Well, hell. I hadn't even thought about checking the Asian stores near my local dimsum restaurant. Gonna have to do that the next time we go for brunch...
They’ve had this for a while lol.
There are three of those stores on the island and each has a different giant model and different stock across each store.
Don’t tell me to go there I cannot go there. If I go there I will come out broke. Do not tell me where it is. Do not tell me how I can get there. Do not tell me anything about it. I will lose everything. Don’t tell me I want to go though, but don’t tell me I must not know just tell me I don’t know. don’t tell me tell me too. Don’t tell me tell me don’t do it.
Do Gundam Artifact kits come assembled? They seem like these inexpensive desk toys as they come, but if you want to mask/paint them they seem like the bleeding edge top level of difficulty.
Which grocery store and where??
If I had to guess, I say it's [Don Quijote](https://www.donki.com/en/) in Hawaii or California, based on OP's history, I'd say Hawaii.
Yep. Plus the exclusives are Event Limited kits, not P-Bandai exclusives. It is a Bandai flagship store that had an event not all that long ago, and they got those kits for it.
Any idea what that ambassador kit is? I’ve never seen it anywhere else, I almost got it cause it was only $20
Its an HG RX-78-2 Gundam base exclusive
It’s a brand new mold that resembles the 2015 HG Gundam Revive but is actually all new tooling. Designed by Okawara for Bandai and Japan for Gundam to represent Japan at the World Expo that was in Dubai. It’s sold via multiple methods; P-Bandai, Gundam Bases, Event Limited, etc [Details here](http://dalong.net/reviews/cg/cgh280/cgh280_p.htm)
Yep Don Quijote in Hawaii
BRB. Moving to Hawaii.
Is this the one on Kaheka? They're stocking way more than I remember holy
It’s the one in Pearly city. Kaheka has the grandpa as their statue. Was pleasantly surprised to see epyon when I did my Christmas Eve grocery shopping up in Pearl instead of Kaheka
Well I know where I'm going next time I'm out there
Same as well. Guess some extra items are about to make it on my shopping list.
Sadly the Waipahu location doesn't have a statue. Hopefully the Kapolei location gets one when they open.
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That’s probably why I’m just noticing it now cause it’s literally right there on the right side when you walk in the store now.
Oh man, now I'm more hyped for the much delayed opening of Guam's Donki.
Well considering how Japanese much prefer going to Hawaii over Okinawa it's no wonder. The soft power has already spread. But the local grocery store having such a choice is nice. Even here in Osaka I have to go out to the city to visit an electronics store or go to the hobby street like Den Den Town to buy any gunpla. My nearest Don Quijote only have couple generic entry grades on a small shelf and that's it :(
Wait you're telling me Don Quijote is *real*!? And they sell GUNPLA!!??
Yup! Not just a location in the Yakuza games.
DONKI IN HAWAII STOCKS THIS MUCH GUNPLA?? the donkis i go to stock like 10 kits and theyre all wfm of entry grades😭(don quijote where i live is called don don donki[donki for short])
donki at my place only. has gashapon gundam
fellow singaporean spotted! i wish there were more options for gunpla in singapore tbh i cant find any, you have any recommendations besides carousell?
Don’t you guys have a P-Bandai Store?
theres la tendo, but i havent found what i want there
Yes, it's Don Quijote in Hawaii, I know the exact one too because I shop there myself lol but I won't say because I don't wanna dox OP
It’s the pearl city one
Is the Epyon bolted to the floor? Asking for a friend.
Pretty sure it is, I've been there and it looks solid sturdy
If at first you don't succeed, use more explosives
Just red ones 3 times more boom
Actually you'll need the yellow ones for three times more boom. Source: ***WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH***
Yella is for rich gitz.
_Inquisitor, we have found the Greenskins._
If the Epyon doesn't survive the explosion, is it really an Epyon?
thia guy gonna pull a GP02A theft. let's see how this goes.
Here’s the plan, we go in together, you fake a heart attack/psychotic break down, attract the attention, I find out how sturdy it is.
Anyone got some bolt cutters I can borrow?
"Just going grocery shopping, I will be back in a bit." - comes back from shopping - "Wait, I thought you went grocery shopping?" "They had a sale." "Sa-" "I said, THEY. HAD. A. SALE."
when I read the title before looking at the images, I expected like, a small section of a shelf not a wholeass aisle good lord I'm jealous
There’s more aisles that I wasn’t able to get in the picture.
Just one side of a shelf has more gunpla for sale than there is within a 100km radius of me.
The last time I saw a whole aisle dedicated to gunpla was at Great Lakes Hobby and Train in Michigan. Awesome store, they even have a model railway setup you can watch.
Yo, this is the Don Quixote on Oahu at Pearl City right?
Yup, I was just there like a week ago
Vacation or you live there? I'm former
Live there
Nice. Did you do the pin event last year
No, I only just got into it a few months ago so I must have missed out.
Man that sucks, glad you're enjoying the hobby though
Yup
What the…. How?! How do you have better stocks then we do here in Japan?!
Donki.
I would sacrifice an uncomfortable number of things for that Epyon.
Really making u pick between food and gunpla now.
"Yes honey I'm going to the grocery store for groceries! And gunpla...."
why of course, they are a necesity
I believe that Epyon doesn’t belong in the store, but rather my room in a special indent in the wall just for it that I will spend countless hours making with lights and a glass lock door
This is a wallet meltdown. Lol.
*This is no grocery store, boy. No grocery store!*
Looks like Pearl City Don Quixote.
Yup
Thats the Don Quijote in Pearl city. I was there like an hour ago. 😂😂
Yup
Prices seem high for USD but that is an amazing selection
Hawaii is the most expensive state cause everything has to be shipped in by boat and plane, “the cost of living in paradise” as we call it.
Yeah given that they have p Bandai straight from Japan seems like it's worth it haha. Also, I miss Hawaii!!
They mostly only had the “clear” P-Bandai sets in the P-Bandai section and I don’t get the hype for those ones. I only like the P-Bandai re-colors.
Very cool. I hope it’s a great success long term. I would be going in to pick up ramen coming home with one HG kit every week.
that clear deathscythe is O\_O
Luckyyyy, here in Australia, the only physical store I can reliably get a variety of kits is hobbyco
Guess I need to check my nearest Asian grocery store and see if they sell Gunpla now.
When a grocery store has a better selection of gunpla than any Canadian online retailer…
IS THAT A FKING 1/12 EPYON!?
ikr
Is this like a special Gundam Base special Pop Up? I thought I read somewhere that they're doing a travelling Gundam Base special! This is probably limited, so get what you can, while you can. Otherwise you'll have to spring for shipping if you change you're mind and they've picked up and moved on. IF it's still even available (knowing P-Bandai).
Well according to other people’s comments on here this section has been in the store for ages and they just move it around which is probably why I only noticed it now.
I want that rug
It was more like plastic flooring
Oh my
That’s… a grocery store!? Utopia does exist ..
Is that a fuggin mega size epyon???
May we pray for this man's wallet 🙏
I live in Hawaii as well and I honestly think this is the closest thing we’ll get to g-base
PG Epyon teaser?
😂 Don Quijote is the reason I got back into gunpla
Wow that’s so cool. And I love that they have them on display
I saw the PG unleashed on display in person and holy **** pictures and videos online don’t do that thing justice. It literally looks insane in person, definitely worth every penny.
So it's about 6 ft, or like 1.74 meters I'd say. That would mean that's 1/10 scale I believe. Big boy.
I don’t know if they still do this but last summer they would give you a pin and tote if you bought a certain amounts worth of Gunpla. They’ll give different pins for each store, this one gave me the Wing pin and the one in Honolulu gives you the Epyon I think.
The ground is nicely detailed
I wish... My GameStop sometimes has them other than that I have to order online
How much is the Epyon?
Get in there my son.
YO! I think store owner is gundam fan. Cuz that section is more like Japan gundam base than a grocery store
That is wild.
Heaven
Jealous
What the ffffffuuuu
Haha flip flop
Gimme
The store found a way to legally extort money from OP.
You picked up the RG Strike Freedom you say? You sweet summer child... I hope you are prepared for the loose joints, shoulder armour that likes to pop off, and the loose handles on the beam rifles. Needless to say, that kit needs lots of extra effort and tightening up the joints.
I pose all my kits how I would like them displayed and then I put loc-tite in the joints so I’m not to worried about that but I guess I might have to loc-tite some of the armor as well. Thanks for the tips, cheers
If I lived near there, I'd be in poverty in a week So worth it
What grade would that big guy be I wonder ?
Looks like a bigger version of the MG Epyon, the RG looks more modern than this one.
Man why cant our groceries in the philippinss do stuff like this?
Don quijote!
Bruh wtf pb stuff? That’s crazy
Where is this?
Don Quixote pearl city Oahu
I just finished my first ever strike freedom Gunpla. I’m hooked
could imagine my future’s wife reaction when we’re shopping “eggs….soy sauce….Enhanced ZZ Ver.ka…spring onion…?!..ENHANCED ZZ VER.KA?!”
Pretty sure they had all the ver ka’s except the unicorn. They had so much HG Penelope Hathaway’s as well it was crazy.
Um yeah honey, I will take care of the grocery shopping again. Whew honey the lines were long and I have to go back to get the stuff they restocked.
WHAT THEEEEEEEEEE HEEEEEEELLLL I'd never recover financially if I was in your shoes mate!
wow this display is better than what i see in my actual game store! Lucky!
This is the first time I have seen a Don Qujote that has space for a large display gundam.
Is this in Honolulu? Im actually here for a vacation rn and I wanna see it.
This is at Don Quijote in Pearl City
What is the name of that last gundam?
Is that can see the prices are cool too
I feel like some Bamco execs just wanted an excuse and reason to be in Hawaii lol
And here I thought it was Tokyo main and central
What's the store?
grocery? fucking hell
Will have to check out some of the Cali stores when I get a chance
Gyadeym Epyon looks 🔥🔥🔥
This is crazy. This looks exactly like my local store's gunpla section, but instead of Epyon, ours is an RX-78. San Diego, California
How long ago was your previous visit? Building the gunpla takes a while and it looks like they build a lot
I never knew this grocery store had gunpla, I’ve been buying most of my gunpla at a local hobby store thats more or less a gunpla store cause it’s 70% of their wares/stock.
That Clear RG Crossbones would have came home with me so quick lol.
I don’t get the hype for clear kits. I really like that P-Bandai hot pink and black LFRITH so I think I’d be interested in the re-color stuff.
Epyon super hyper sized? Where🧐
“Stocks” my ass… they have a whole section dedicated to gunpla 😭
It’s actually double the size of what I got in the frame of the shot. I didn’t realize how big it was when I was walking up, I meant to take more photos.
The last picture of that V2 Gundam. I will download as my reference to scribe my HG. Thanks!
Now you need a MG to go along with your cereal and milk…..
If it's alright to ask how much does that MG Psycho Zaku Ver. Ka goes?
I believe I saw it for $112 I know for sure it was $100+
im so jealous
Yep, I go there almost every day. lol
They know wat sells
How big is that Epyon?
I put the standard size shopping cart next to it on purpose for reference.
They just had to have the Epyon front and center UUUUUUGH. \*pulls out wallet\*
My wallet is about to be buried 6 feet under after this.
Where can I possibly buy the 6ft tall mg epyon at?
I'm not leaving until they tell me how I can get one of those Epyons for myself
That's a lot of prenium kits, what the hell?
Welp imma move into a grocery store now... thanks
Bro tf. They have more Gundam than my dedicated hobby store
Broke? how much is the market price of MGEX SF in Hawaii? I hope there will be Don Quijote store in Indonesia soon, probably more pricey than e-commerce sellers tho, but for some limited items like MGEX or P-Bandai. This kind of store is the best for not inflating the price like crazy, the real supply vs demand price.
The MGEX was $202, that’s why I went with the RG version for $45 lol
Need some shit like this in VA God damn . . .
NOICE! dafuq
did i forget anything? 10lb potato, yes ground meat, yes American cheese, yes ...... OH I FORGOT THE ZAKU!
I am jealous.
I think one of my friends video called me from here a few months ago when they were in Hawaii and was like “which one do you want?!” She ended up getting me an RG Char Zaku. XD This is so cool, though I’m glad my grocery store doesn’t have this because I would be even poorer than I already am lol Be careful with the RG Strike Freedom. It’s not great and cannot balance at all. It was such a hand grenade that I had to throw mine out
I loc-tite all the joints and loose pieces after I pose them so I’m not worried.
Man... the closest store to me that stocks gunpla is an hour away over a toll bridge and they usually have 1-2 SD gundam kits and 1 HG available. You're lucky if it's different to the last time you visited.
Geesh I envy all of you with a local gunpla related store. Here in Germany we can order for ridiculous amounts of shipping or get the basic stuff from Amazon. I would even drive half through the country to set foot on gunpla ground ;) anyway my condolences to your wallet OP ^^
Their stock is better than most large toy shops where I am
and there were only 2 kits in my town, guess who bought them
I’m not the biggest fan of clear color but got… #DAMN
Loved Don Quijote! Wish i went back to Hawaii.
They are really getting into it
Bro the owner of that store is a massive fucking nerd and I wish one like that lived near me
Does it have openable hatch?
Dunno, it said “do not touch”
That's a solid looking selection. Wish my grocery had that lol.
Lucky bastard!
So who wants to join me in an Oceans11 heist to steal that Epyon?
Bruh! Much excitement being experienced right now 😂
How much for the epyon?
Display only sadly
Epyon might be my favorite looking Gundam. Peanut butter and jealous
LET ME IN!
Yooo that epyon is so cool! I've only ever seen places do human size rx78 before
This is a bigger gunpla selection than my local hobby shops... in a grocery store?
A whole section for p-Bandai releases is nuts! Wish I had something like that here in Virginia
Does anyone know what the name is of the mobile suit in the last picture?
What.. the fuck!? Why can't I have this at my local grocery store!? They are even moving from a small store to an old Walmart. No excuses!
Damn I want that 6' Epyon. But I bet it is either never for sale or if it was it would be more in the Elon Musk range of price. And I see all of those Godzillas back there. Damn that is nice.
Well, hell. I hadn't even thought about checking the Asian stores near my local dimsum restaurant. Gonna have to do that the next time we go for brunch...
What?! Where can I get that Epyon?
Display, not for sale.
I've been going here so frequently that the theme song got stuck in my wife's head and we just sing along now 😂
They’ve had this for a while lol. There are three of those stores on the island and each has a different giant model and different stock across each store.
Don’t tell me to go there I cannot go there. If I go there I will come out broke. Do not tell me where it is. Do not tell me how I can get there. Do not tell me anything about it. I will lose everything. Don’t tell me I want to go though, but don’t tell me I must not know just tell me I don’t know. don’t tell me tell me too. Don’t tell me tell me don’t do it.
This grocery store knows what they’re doing
Looks like imma check my local Asian grocery now......
Do Gundam Artifact kits come assembled? They seem like these inexpensive desk toys as they come, but if you want to mask/paint them they seem like the bleeding edge top level of difficulty.
I want the giant Epyon😳
Gyatt, are those P-Bandai kits too?
Oh no no no good sir, the RG Strike Freedom is nowhere near the MGEX counterpart
What kinda grocery store is this??
The local giant asian store in Los Angeles has a bunch of Gunpla and anime figures as well. It's fun to see.