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Post by treatment on Feb 20, 2015 20:52:25 GMT -5
hoping theyre using the milk money to generate new SRCs ans SOCs... of yet-another-series-of-Mazinger-repaints...
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Post by S_Gokin on Feb 20, 2015 23:05:16 GMT -5
what happened to it any way ? its since what 2012 ? and the project went in the dark sadly the are milking mazinger to every drop that possible and not focusing on new projects, basically the playing it safe Safe? I don't know.. how many people are going to buy, yet again, another SRC Mazinger Z? Bandai has the Soul of Chogokin line. Many people want to see other classic super robots in the line. And Bandai keeps delaying and delaying and delaying. Giving us Mazinger Z and Hello Kitty repaints instead. Is this playing safe? yes my friend its safe, because Mazinger Z always sell no matter what he have strong fan base and huge demand , some collectors on Instagram have every Mazinger Z in both SOC line & SRC thats much over a dozen i agree with you i love Mazinger Z too hes my favorite, but its time to do other super robot or at least do an R version of the old gokins the did
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Post by magengar on Feb 23, 2015 15:30:34 GMT -5
As in "Iron Castle" edition? .....Where on Earth did they get that idea from! Seriously, what inspired THIS? From what series or episode scene?
I don't see anything "safe" or even fair about Bandai releasing yet another Mazinger Overly Taxed Homage Release From Untold Kaleidescopic Repaints.
We need classic robot characters, which have Not Yet been made, in both the SOC and SRC lines. The SRC line is owed a Weapons Pack 2 for the SRC Mazingers (Maz and GrtMaz)... make it and get it over with.
Bandai wonders why hobbyists go underground to make their own bootlegged versions of acessories and figures that will never see daylight. And I totally agree with the underground movement. Shyeisse, I would go that route as well!
I love Maz, that robot is my homie, my bruh, main sh*t-stain. But when a robot character toy collectable item has been so done to death it's time to move on.
I can understand if this were a new company offering their own shot at Mazinger. I can understand if this were Bandai creating a motorized SOC or SRC Mazinger that can do Back-flips. I can understand if Bandai is just using Mazinger, as Usual, to raise funds for other projects in their roster... But, if those were the cases, Bandai should use another popular robot character as the cash cow to milk from.
And, I feel that Bandai is wasting material sources making more Mazinger renditions out of that same mold. Those material sources could go towards another SRC robot.... such as Doublas-M2 and Garada-K7. And how about a Boss Borot and an Aphrodai-A..... and Diana A? Great Naz needs his Venus, ya know. Hey, why not those enemy and hero robots! They can compliment the SRC Mazinger line and call it a day!
Hey! even This new SRC Mazinger won't see a Weapons Pack 2!
Okay, so if Koji went on a restroom break parking the Pilder somewhere and dumping on the side fender, Bandai would come up with a SRC Mazinger Shat edition, right!
Shiro sneezed of Mazinger's foot.... quick, let's make a SRC Mazinger Booger edition!
C'mon Bandai, WTF?!
zozo-mag
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Post by Mechanical Flesh on Feb 23, 2015 17:08:42 GMT -5
Yeah, too many renditions would slowly kill the character, in my opinion. I don't know how many people will buy this one... we had enough SRC Mazinger Zs already.
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Post by TheMazingerZ on Feb 23, 2015 19:26:37 GMT -5
Well, I'm getting it. The only two SRC Mazingers I didn't get, and still not interested in getting, are the Asian Restaurant version and the Getter version. Too stupid IMO. But I have all the other Repaints, so this one will be no exception. }D
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Post by TheMazingerZ on Feb 24, 2015 15:24:58 GMT -5
Nope. This is the Iron Castle version... }D
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Post by Fontes on Feb 24, 2015 16:09:48 GMT -5
Just a lil' remark regarding that Hello Kitty Mazinger business... That thing can Rocket Punch! They already have the blueprints! For the love of Murphy, DO NOT TEMPT THEM!!!
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Post by Mechanical Flesh on Feb 24, 2015 17:08:27 GMT -5
That thing can Rocket Punch! They already have the blueprints! For the love of Murphy, DO NOT TEMPT THEM!!! Too late. I couldn't find a larger pic, but... look at the second Kitty from the left. Yep. It's already in the pipeline.
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Post by Fontes on Feb 24, 2015 17:09:52 GMT -5
GODDAMMIT, JAPAN!
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Post by Mechanical Flesh on Feb 24, 2015 17:20:08 GMT -5
Talking about milking the molds, eh? Kitty is trying to beat SRC Mazinger, hehe.
Nah, thank you Bandai, I just need one kitty (the one you made for the anniversary) and I just need one SRC Mazinger Z.
This isn't even that original. It's just a different black.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2015 18:14:27 GMT -5
These repaints are so critical to BANDAI business, that production of Voltes V 40th Anniversary was cut short, so they have enough raw materails!
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Post by TheMazingerZ on Feb 25, 2015 22:51:39 GMT -5
You know guys, Bandai has been in business for a very long time. They know what the JAPANESE buyers want, so that's what they make. Wishes from outside Japan are not in their highest priorities. The sooner you realize that, the sooner you'll learn to live with it. }D
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Post by treatment on Feb 25, 2015 23:30:31 GMT -5
You know guys, Bandai has been in business for a very long time. They know what the JAPANESE buyers want, so that's what they make. Wishes from outside Japan are not in their highest priorities. The sooner you realize that, the sooner you'll learn to live with it. }D Yup. Like SRC Kantam Robo. Quite a hot seller among japanese buyers. Oh, wait...
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Post by Fontes on Feb 25, 2015 23:33:17 GMT -5
Yep... Bandai, and most japanese companies for that matter, have left it VERY clear multiple times that don't give a damn about whatever happens outside the island. -_-
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Post by TheMazingerZ on Feb 26, 2015 0:03:47 GMT -5
You know guys, Bandai has been in business for a very long time. They know what the JAPANESE buyers want, so that's what they make. Wishes from outside Japan are not in their highest priorities. The sooner you realize that, the sooner you'll learn to live with it. }D Yup. Like SRC Kantam Robo. Quite a hot seller among japanese buyers. Oh, wait... Believe it or not, it did sell well in Japan. Not so much outside Japan. Maybe that's one of the reasons why Bandai Japan doesn't give a rat's ass about character interests outside its own borders. }D
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Post by TheMazingerZ on Feb 26, 2015 0:04:33 GMT -5
You know guys, Bandai has been in business for a very long time. They know what the JAPANESE buyers want, so that's what they make. Wishes from outside Japan are not in their highest priorities. The sooner you realize that, the sooner you'll learn to live with it. }D Then someone needs to tell Japan to stop asking for 10,000 variations of Mazinger Z and instead ask for SOC Dino Megazord. Mazinger sells, worldwide. }D
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Post by treatment on Feb 26, 2015 0:15:18 GMT -5
Yup. Like SRC Kantam Robo. Quite a hot seller among japanese buyers. Oh, wait... Believe it or not, it did sell well in Japan. Not so much outside Japan. Maybe that's one of the reasons why Bandai Japan doesn't give a rat's ass about character interests outside its own borders. }D Don't really think it did since HLJ and some other shop (hobbysearch, i think) just did a recent massive fire-sale on it for around 1000y or so just to get rid of it...
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Post by Gold on Feb 26, 2015 0:17:09 GMT -5
I swear, it sometimes feels like Bandai's not going to stop repainting Mazingers until collectors can swim in around in Mazingers, a la Scrooge McDuck.. Gold
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Post by Fontes on Feb 26, 2015 0:31:43 GMT -5
Now that I think about it, maybe THAT is why there are no decent Mazinger kits. They'd have to be MUCH cheaper than the expensive as fudge Chogokins, and since many already have the habit of painting their kits, color variations wouldn't be that much a problem.
... them ba$t*rdS!!! Just you wait till I get my hands on a 3D printer! Just you wait!!! I'll even 3D-print the friggin' nippers!
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Post by treatment on Feb 26, 2015 0:40:18 GMT -5
I swear, it sometimes feels like Bandai's not going to stop repainting Mazingers until collectors can swim in around in Mazingers, a la Scrooge McDuck.. Gold Honestly, Mazinger repaints are fine. As long as Bandai doesn't jack the pricing for 'em too much or make 'em TWE, it'll be all good. Much better than drowning in ludicrous whatever-century-variant gundam HG kits, I say...
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