Kotobukiya News Roundup - Rockman 11 Ver. Release Date, New X Series Model Kits and More!

Hot on the heels of the recently released Blade Armor X kit, Kotobukiya is back with news of upcoming Rockman model kits with their Rockman Plastic Model Talk Live. Hosted by Kotobukiya's Rockman X model kit planner Bachi (Shohei Chiba) and Ryōtarō Okiayu, the voice actor for Zero and Proto Man, this hour-long broadcast showed not only the release details for Rockman 11 Ver. Rockman, but several reveals!

Find all the info after the break!

Before showing anything new, the latest release, X's Blade Armor, was re-introduced. Someone on the team got to flex their creative muscles here because they used their sense and skill to create a neat combination of the Blade and Third Armors. 

The show kicked off with the re-reveal of the Second Armor Double Charge Shot Ver. This was our first look at the kit in-hand, and I have to say, the effects look amazing, even with no paint; the two colors used for the included Shoryuken effect really pops. As for the Double Charge Shot itself, it looks really good! We get to see that the swirling energy on the pink shot can be easily moved for a bit more variety.

At long last after its initial reveal, we get to see a colored Rockman 11 Ver. Rockman, and he looks fantastic. The scale for this seems to be 1/10 like the older Classic series kits. The color of the blue plastics are really nice and help the figure pop. Special attention was shown to the chest and wrist articulation. We also got a release date for this guy; he's coming out October 2023. Rock will come with a head without his helmet as well as a charge shot effect.

We got another look at Axl, now in a more completed state. The last time we saw him, he seemed to be a mock-up statue, but today, we got to see what a fully posable Axl looks like, and it doesn't disappoint. At long last, we can complete the Maverick Hunter trio!

Next we got what is likely the biggest announcement of the presentation: X's Falcon Armor from Rockman X5 and Rockman X6. With this kit, we will have representation of the first 6 X series games, and that is fantastic. During the show, we get to see the Armors all lined up, and they look great together. As the hosts were reading the live chat, we got a verbal mention of the Gaea, Shadow, and Glide Armors, so be sure to make your voices heard with what you want to see next from the line!

The most unexpected announcement of the show came next with the reveal of the Third Armor Triad Thunder Ver. I certainly didn't expect another recolor for the Third Armor before a recolor for the First Armor, but this is still a welcome addition. There was no word whether or not we would be seeing a base X in the Triad Thunder colors, but time will tell. We get a brief look at the Triad Thunder effect piece, and it is huge! This one will definitely help your shelf to pop.

This next one has been a long time coming, we finally get a reveal for Black Zero! While we did not get a look at the actual kit, we did get to see what he may be coming with. Black Zero will include a Rakuhoha effect piece, as well as a separate neck and abdomen piece for Zero to hit more dynamic poses (the new pieces are shown blue for demonstration purposes). It was also stated that this kit will come with optional parts to create Fake Zero from Rockman X2! It is currently unclear whether or not it will just be an optional forehead gem or all of the silver parts.

While there was no word on the previously announced Roll.EXE, we got plenty to savor. As stated by Kotobukiya themselves, with all the main armors from X1-X6 out, there are still plenty of characters and armors they still want to do, so let's keep cheering them on!

It seems that the reveals may not be finished quite yet. A splash page at the end of the presentation urged the audience to stay tuned for more details for the 30th Rockman X anniversary as well as the 5th anniversary of the Kotobukiya Rockman X line.

So, what was your favorite reveal? What else do you want to see from the line? Sound off and let it be known!

For more images, check out these officially released shots: X Series, Rockman 11.