Gundam Sentinel

, did not manage the copyright well enough, during the period of Sentinel's concept and creation. This gave Bandai a hard time, whenever they try to use Sentinel units in any official release. One example would the "Gundam War Collectible Card Game", where the release of the 4th Edition and onwards prevented Sentinel units from appearing.

This has also created difficulty in creating garage kit models for fan modelers to be sold at hobby shows, since the "one day copyright release" must be obtained from both Bandai and Model Graphix, separately, making costs to acquire them to become expensive. Most of modelers would choose to build cheaper copyright Sentinel models in a super-deformed scale, instead, since Bandai charges less, in this case, for a copyright release.

Trivia

*The name "New Desides" is a motif, referencing the "Shinsengumi". As the characters "Shin" (新) translates to "New", and "Sen"(撰) is transmogrified into the hybrid word "Desides", it reflects the group's rebellious nature. Also, its officers are also a homage to the Shinsengumi officers as well:
**Brave Cod => "Isami Kondō"; "Isami" is translated to "Brave", and "Kondo" is shortened to "Cod".
**Tosh Cray => Toshizō Hijikata; "Cray" refers to the last name "Hijikata" (土 meaning "earth", thus a play on "Clay") and "Tosh" is a shortening of "Toshizō".
**Josh Offshore => Souji Okita; "Josh" is westernized phonetically from "Souji". "Offshore" refers to the last name "Okita" (沖 means "offing" or "offshore")
**First Side => Hajime Saitō; "First" refers to "Hajime", and "Side" is westernized phonetically from "Saito".

*In addition, the name Ryu Roots may be a reference to the activist and prominent enemy of the Shinsengumi, "Sakamoto Ryoma", where "Ryu" is the first kanji of "Ryoma", meaning "dragon", and "Sakamoto" translates directly into the "origins of a hillside", hence, "roots".

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