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Post by Ben-Ohki on Oct 6, 2008 12:51:52 GMT -5
Haven't seen anybody post this so... Looks like Yamato is working on releasing a 1/24 scale Ingram. eng.yamato-toys.com/dev/cont_052/index.htmlAt 1/24 scale, this thing should be taller than the old MG kits by Bandai (which were 1/35). If the scale is accurate then the cock-pits would be just under the 3 inch mark (see any common 1/24 scale die-cast model car; or of course, a Binaltech Transformer). Holy smokes! Could this be the ultimate "masterpiece" rendition of Ingram I've been waiting for? When I finally got my hands on a CM's Brave gokin Ingram late last year I was underwhelmed (it wasn't near as cool as I hoped). Maybe this one will satisfy my Patlabor fanboy-needs.
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Post by megatroptimus on Oct 6, 2008 13:07:14 GMT -5
Wow.
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Post by Omni Existence on Oct 6, 2008 13:22:35 GMT -5
Saw that yesterday I think... didn't give it too much notice.
Looks good, and the whole size and die-cast frame thing makes this toy sound like a great purchase.
But...knowing Yamato it's going to cost an arm, a leg, and your sister. Ugh... Yamato's prices are ridiculuous!
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Post by xiombarg on Oct 6, 2008 14:46:21 GMT -5
I'm not sure what I think about this. Generally it doesn't seem to offer much more than CM's. It is bigger but also more expensive. I'm sure the sculpt will be nice by Wave. My complaint would be that there is no diecast on the entire outer shell. It's fine that the inner skeleton is metal and all, but I would rather have it be the other way around with the inner skeleton being plastic and the outer parts being metal.
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Post by megatroptimus on Oct 6, 2008 19:30:22 GMT -5
Plastic inner skeleton would be begging for breakage, no?
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Post by quinjester on Oct 6, 2008 19:46:32 GMT -5
Plastic inner skeleton would be begging for breakage, no? Even though it's Ya-"we make expensive stuff that breaks"-mato, with the size a plastic frame would probably be able to overcome any potential weakness. Knowing yamato, the "die cast" interior will be minimal either way, with maybe a few joints summing up the "die cast" content. ... what can't be fixed are the absolutely abysmal proportions of this figure. The chest is huge (but squashed), the legs are way too skinny, and the figure just looks wrong overall. I'll be happily sticking with my exceptionally heavy and lovely CM's Ingrams, which are far more shelf friendly and nice looking, and are stuffed full of nice, cold, diecast.
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Post by xiombarg on Oct 7, 2008 0:30:00 GMT -5
I think quinjester is right. Plastic works fine if a company does it right. When was the last time you had joints break on a Transformer? True that metal is generally going to be stronger than plastic, but then again 99% of what we call "die cast" figures have plastic joints and/or plastic skeletal frames, and I think quinjester is also right in pointing out that having a metal skeleton is probably a cheap way of labelling something die cast.
I think this figure is ok, but it's really pricey for basically a plastic figure. I'm just not sure what Yamato was thinking? It's hard for me to really think of this as anykind of step up from the CM version, and in some ways it's actually a step down. The metal frame is fine and all, but it's still not like having a real die cast figure.
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Post by Ben-Ohki on Oct 7, 2008 9:31:11 GMT -5
Realistically, die-cast metal does 2 things: gives a model heft and makes us fanboys go nuts. If it's used on the outside, then it can be painted to look cool.
But for myself, I prefer the "heft" part of the equation. Done right, a metal endo-skeleton can make a toy do things that it otherwise could not - pose in unusual positions. By distributing the weight properly you can accomplish some pretty neat poses with a gokin (if it's joint have the range, of course). The Max Factory GoDannar is one such figure - people went nuts because it had a plastic outside... but it turned out to be a very cool figure.
This is not to say you can't do cool poses otherwise. My favourite figure in my collection for poses isn't even a gokin... in fact it's a G-Gundam Master Grade. It's designed with really heavy rubberized feet. He's bottom-heavy so he won't top over even with he's posed standing on one foot doing the crane stance! Crazy.
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Post by quinjester on Oct 8, 2008 14:33:35 GMT -5
From Toy-World.com.hk 28000 yen. Fission Mailed.
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Post by DangardAce on Oct 8, 2008 15:50:44 GMT -5
That faceplate is sexy.
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Post by tanrover on Oct 8, 2008 20:05:43 GMT -5
great detail on that. makes me want to watch the show.
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Post by Chen on May 2, 2009 10:44:34 GMT -5
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Post by Nyonk on May 2, 2009 11:54:28 GMT -5
i really want to forget this figure... its waaayyyyy to expensive...
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Post by tragichero on May 2, 2009 13:13:10 GMT -5
This Patlabor is going to be as tall as Danguard Ace.Wow!I will wait for the review & if it is positive , I may get it.
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Post by Kidchuckle on May 2, 2009 16:01:06 GMT -5
wow that patlabor is the bomb!!!! holy crap is that thing awesome!
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Post by todd77 on May 2, 2009 16:11:11 GMT -5
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Post by mechamasterj on May 5, 2009 7:41:15 GMT -5
hmm i am almost tempted by this
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Post by tanrover on May 5, 2009 10:30:41 GMT -5
very nice little features.
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Post by roboto on May 12, 2009 7:41:17 GMT -5
Did anybody order this Yamato 1/24 scale Patlabor? It's sold out even before it hit the shelves of toyshops here in Taipei. I saw the box placed at a toyshop's shelf. It had a price tag on it, but when I picked it up to pay for it, the manager said that it's already been sold. "Then why did you put it on the shelf with the rest of the goods for sale?" I asked him. Damn!
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Post by tragichero on May 12, 2009 8:54:39 GMT -5
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