{"rewrite":{"id":"r_e20f9e913d87baf12b36e535","clusterId":"c_f46c65bfc532d4f736bce414","slug":"sen-ti-nel-plans-gm2i-ixpel-kit-with-swappable-ground-and-air-forms","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Sen-Ti-Nel Plans GM2I Ixpel Kit With Swappable Ground and Air Forms","summary":"Sen-Ti-Nel will release a plastic model kit of the Ixpel, the player ship from the 1984 arcade shooter Formation Z, in August 2027 at 8,800 yen. Kanetake Ebikawa refined the design from the home console port's package art. Part swapping switches the roughly 15 cm kit between ground and air forms. Takanobu Terada is producer, and molded colors plus stickers handle most of the coloring.","whyItMatters":"The kit routes a 1984 Jaleco shooter through a new Sen-Ti-Nel brand and a designer known for Gundam 00, a sign the company is treating game mecha as a kit line rather than a one-off.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eTerada, producer on the Super Robot Wars series, joins the project alongside Ebikawa and Takayuki Yanase. The kit uses clear parts for the head and canopy, and pull-out joints at the elbows and hips to widen posing range. Sen-Ti-Nel lists the completed set as the ground form body, a left hand part, the 105mm beam cannon, a right hand for the cannon, air form replacement parts, and stickers. Design is credited to Unitec.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Kanetake Ebikawa rebuilt the Ixpel from the console port's package art, not the arcade original, so the GM2I kit preserves a version of the ship most players never piloted.","twitterPost":"Kanetake Ebikawa's Ixpel design traces to the console port's package art, not the 1984 arcade original. The GM2I kit sells that version back.","threadsPost":"Kanetake Ebikawa's Ixpel refinement draws on the home console port's package art rather than the 1984 arcade release. Sen-Ti-Nel's GM2I kit reproduces a version of the ship tied to a different edition of Formation Z than the arcade players remember.","newsletterBlurb":"Sen-Ti-Nel has dated its GM2I Ixpel kit for August 2027 at 8,800 yen. Kanetake Ebikawa refined the Formation Z ship from the home console port's package art, and part swapping covers both ground and air forms. Takanobu Terada is producer on the kit, which is about 15 cm tall.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Dengeki Hobby Web\",\"url\":\"https://hobby.dengeki.com/news/3187020/\",\"title\":\"KANETAKU EBIKAWA REFINES THE IXPEL, THE PLAYER SHIP FROM THE STG \\\"FORMATION Z\\\"! SEN-TI-NEL RELEASES THE \\\"GM²I IXPEL\\\" PLASTIC MODEL KIT! PART-SWAPPING TRANSFORMATION REPRODUCES BOTH GROUND AND AIR FORMS\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4791,"outputTokens":632,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792732028,"createdAt":"2026-10-23T05:01:30.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-23T05:06:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T05:06:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_f46c65bfc532d4f736bce414","canonicalTitle":"STG『フォーメーションZ』の自機「イクスペル」を海老川兼武氏がリファイン！千値練より「GM²I イクスペル」のプラモデルキットが登場！差し替え変形で地上・空中両形態を再現","representativeArticleId":"a_316105c7ee7e494bd8d01d27","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Formation Z\",\"GM²I Ixper\"],\"studios\":[\"Sentinel\"],\"people\":[\"Kanetake Ebikawa\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"figures\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-23T03:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-23T03:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T05:06:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Dengeki Hobby Web","url":"https://hobby.dengeki.com/news/3187020/","title":"STG『フォーメーションZ』の自機「イクスペル」を海老川兼武氏がリファイン！千値練より「GM²I イクスペル」のプラモデルキットが登場！差し替え変形で地上・空中両形態を再現"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Formation Z","GM²I Ixper"],"studios":["Sentinel"],"people":["Kanetake Ebikawa"],"type":"announcement","domain":"figures","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}