Char’s Zaku II on Prize Stickers and Why Zeon Endures

GQuuuuuuX Zeon Die-Cut Sticker Set, Bandai Spirits Ichiban Kuji Prize G

A Die-Cut Sticker Set From an Official Prize Lottery

This set was issued as Prize G in a Bandai Spirits Ichiban Kuji run themed around the Zeon forces of the Universal Century Gundam universe. The brand name GQuuuuuuX covers the product line, and this release is identified as vol. 2, meaning at least one earlier lottery ran under the same theme before it. Die-cut stickers are trimmed to follow the exact silhouette of a character or mobile suit, so each sticker has a shaped edge rather than a standard rectangular border.

The set includes six different designs in total. Each package comes in a clear polybag with a header card, carries a “MADE IN JAPAN” mark, and bears the official Sotsu/Sunrise copyright credit — the two rights-holders who have jointly managed the Gundam property since the original television series launched in 1979.

Char’s Zaku II, Challia Bull, and the Zeon Universe

Mobile Suit Gundam premiered on Japanese television in 1979, produced by Sunrise. It established what became known as the “real robot” genre — mechanically plausible giant robots placed inside a war story that treated both sides with moral complexity. The original series follows a conflict between Earth’s government and the Principality of Zeon, a breakaway space colony nation. The franchise has continued across television series, theatrical films, video games, and model kits for more than four decades.

Among the designs in this sticker set is the MS-06S Zaku II in red — the personal mobile suit of Char Aznable, the iconic rival character of the original series. The red coloring is bound to a famous in-universe detail: Char’s unit was said to move at three times the speed of a standard Zaku. That detail became one of the most repeated facts in the Gundam fandom, and the image of the red Zaku has developed into a cultural reference point well beyond anime circles.

The set also features Challia Bull, a Newtype pilot in the Zeon military who flies the large mobile armor Braw Bro alongside Lalah Sune. Newtypes — humans with heightened intuitive perception — sit at the philosophical center of the original series. Challia Bull has a smaller footprint in the wider merchandise landscape than major characters like Char, and goods focused specifically on him are uncommon even within Japan.

How Ichiban Kuji Works and Where This Prize Fits

Ichiban Kuji is a licensed lottery system operated by Bandai Spirits, the collector-oriented subsidiary of the Bandai Namco group. It occupies a distinct category from gashapon capsule machines, food toys, or standard retail releases. Each run is packaged in lots — typically 60 to 80 individual pulls — and distributed through convenience store chains like Lawson, as well as hobby shops and toy retailers. Buyers can draw single pulls or purchase an entire lot at once.

Prizes are organized in tiers from A (the top prize, generally a large figure) down through multiple lower levels. Prize G sits toward the lower end of that structure, which typically means several copies are included within a single full lot. Die-cut stickers appear frequently at these mid-to-lower prize tiers across Ichiban Kuji runs. The items are officially licensed, produced in Japan, and not available through ordinary retail channels — they exist solely within the lottery distribution network, which is what leads collectors outside Japan to seek them through import sources.