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Post by S_Gokin on Aug 26, 2015 21:48:21 GMT -5
who asked about sword color? show me i honestly don't know what are you trying to do tom ? are you trying to show that im posting incorrect information or you are just late to the party ? since i like to think good about people i will say you are late to the party to answer you here is a post from HL Pro official FB Page www.facebook.com/HLPRODUCT/photos/a.202181189847430.54118.125853637480186/961702787228596/?type=1they post a comment in Japanese saying どのバージョンが好きですか?? i dont know Japanese but if you translate it with google it will be some thing like which version do you like ? so they are asking us to pick a version out of the 4
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Post by Gettershadow on Aug 27, 2015 15:54:55 GMT -5
it must be for the Chrome version.. the normal release version is finished already.
No, I just didn't know who was asking about sword color.. I don't keep up with the public release information that much. A lot of what I hear is just rumor that came from other forums so I just wanted to know where the info came from. If HLpro put that question out, then they want to know.
I remember seeing that concept art for the swords a long time ago.. maybe 6 months ago at least. When I saw it I though that maybe there was some confusion about out it. A ton of drawings about zmaz got released a long time ago if memory serves me correctly.
sometimes I lose track about what has been publicly released and what was NOT released to the public.
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Post by S_Gokin on Aug 27, 2015 18:15:45 GMT -5
the chrome version came out of no where im still not sure about it is the silver going to be chrome in both versions the blue and the black ? or its a 3rd release ? and if they make a chrome with black limbs why not blue with silver limbs ?
i honestly dont know whats going on with HL Pro they need to clear this matter up i pre order the black version if its not going to have silver in it then im going to the blue one i hate over chrome on a figure
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Post by Gettershadow on Aug 27, 2015 19:29:13 GMT -5
there are at least 3 releases last I heard, Blue, white, chrome... I think they replaced the silver with the chrome but I am not positive. I will find out. I have the blue on order and the chrome on order.. when I get the chrome I will post a video so you can see it better. I do not know the exact release date on the chrome.. the blue (normal) version should be arriving into the USA in a matter of days now..maybe a week or a bit longer, no exact date yet.
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Post by S_Gokin on Aug 28, 2015 14:26:49 GMT -5
new photo for the figure so the blue one will get silver paint and the black will get chrome ? come on this is not right i want the black version with silver paint just like the promo photo HL Pro
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Post by Gettershadow on Aug 28, 2015 15:39:40 GMT -5
man, that LOOKS GOOD!... maybe they changed the blue one to silver, I don't know.. looking at it now, I hope they did. This would look real good next to a SOC Mazigner Z. .. but we cant get too excited about this kind of thing, its a tease photo.. it could just be a custom paint job on a production figure as a color test... nothing is certain until the release begins.. last I heard, the normal blue release is white, unless they changed it without saying anything.. here is another possibility, pre-sales could have been so good on Zmaz that new color options are being considered?
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Post by greengetterguy on Aug 28, 2015 16:15:18 GMT -5
s Gokin thank you for posting that pic.
He looks so MUCH better with that pose....what a difference a proper pose make. he doesnt look so awkard like the current promo pics.
His face still looks odd..i bet HLPro box cover artist would of fix that in a quick, if hed given a half a chance to.
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Post by Gettershadow on Aug 28, 2015 18:47:20 GMT -5
Based the close-up photos of his face that HL Pro released It looks normal to me.. I don't see what you guys are talking about. I would post that photo but posting photos here is a pain.
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Post by Chen on Aug 28, 2015 19:12:17 GMT -5
I think it's the fact that it's very easy to give Mazinger a horse face instead of a face that looks like it has a mouth guard.
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Post by Gettershadow on Aug 28, 2015 19:37:09 GMT -5
oh ok I see what youre talking about .. I think that's mostly the angle of the photo.. in the other photos it doesn't look like that. Kind of reminds me of Energer a little bit..
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Post by S_Gokin on Aug 29, 2015 2:40:59 GMT -5
greengetterguydont mention it bro all for one and one for all as for the figure the blue version look good, the face need a face left tho also we saw his scrander and we are sure its there but what about the other accessories ? the rocket punch effect and the breast fire effect ? now i want to see the black version i really dont want it to be chrome silver is the perfect mix in my opinion i might get the blue version if the black is officially chrome
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Post by magengar on Aug 29, 2015 7:25:50 GMT -5
new photo for the figure so the blue one will get silver paint and the black will get chrome ? come on this is not right i want the black version with silver paint just like the promo photo HL Pro Factors: camera distance, angle of the head position, and focal point. My perspective eyesight: its face looks like the late great Cesar Romero's version of the "Joker". zozo-mag
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Post by Gettershadow on Aug 29, 2015 11:07:24 GMT -5
ok, confirmed.. this is the "normal" blue release... and yes, it comes with effects.. breast attack, rocket punch, brain condor sword, stone column ect.
-Gokin, based on prior conversations, the limited Black version will be Chrome.. the Manga Black version will be white but I am not 100% sure about the Manga yet.. based on what we all saw in the past, it should be white. Pre-sales on zmazinger have been very VERY good... the black and silver version looked too good to ignore. I suspect that a black and silver will eventually be released, later on but this is just my estimation based on how the robot industry works a lot of the time.
I am very happy with the new "normal" release and I am glad that I pre ordered one.. I think the silver looks a lot better than the white. I don't really like the chrome limited version as much as the silver limited that was proposed, but I pre-ordered a chrome version also anyway just to see it and to have the collectors value. I have a feeling that the chrome full-production version is going to look better than the tease photos and the limited releases ALWAYS gain in collectors value.. I almost NEVER see a limited version being sold later on in the collectors market, most guys keep them in the collection forever.
Zmaz and the Condor are the last MTs for 2015.. 2016 will be Astroganger (as announced elsewhere) and at least one more. (not announced yet)
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Post by S_Gokin on Aug 29, 2015 15:02:03 GMT -5
for me i want to get the most accurate figure the black with silver is the most accurate one for me i know it might look like black and white in the photo but im not not sure about the black and white version yet since we didn't saw any prototype for it, just a badly Photoshopped photo well patient is the warrior's greatest weapon lets wait and see
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Post by Gettershadow on Aug 29, 2015 18:17:46 GMT -5
The drawing you are showing , I don't think is canon ... the only original color drawings from the Manga are the comic book covers and think it is only 4 or 5 covers that show very little of Z mazinger himself, usually just the head. .. everything else that is original Manga is black and white manga print.
anything else in color was done later by other license holders in other productions at a later date. The Metaltech Zmazinger sculpt is an interpretation of the original Manga Z Mazinger ONLY.. the later versions of Z Mazinger did not apply. Of the original Z Mazinger manga source material in color, there is almost NOTHING.. the rest is all printed in black and white. As far as the manga itself, the exact color is not specified and is understood to be the same as "Mazinger Z".... "Mazinger Z" has been shown as either Black or Blue, depending on who is drawing him. Contrary to what is said here from time to time, there is no "correct color" to anything. As far as the companies involved in making Manga, Anime or figures go, there is really no "correct color" to ANYTHING. This is not a Japanese concept. Any character can be any color or shape depending on what the license holder wants... in the same way that superman or spider man can have any face or costume.. but you always know Superman or Spiderman when you see him. Its like that. There must be 20 versions of Superman.. but its all Superman. Just because it does not have Chris Reeves face on the figure, that does not mean that it is not Superman... just because one company uses a different red or blue from the other license holders, that does not mean that it is not Superman.. ITS ALL SUPERMAN! HAHAH .. Japanese Super Robots are the same way..
Top Japanese pre-order for Z Mazinger is ... the normal blue release. Top EU pre-order for Z Mazinger is... the Black releases.
The Japanese are more flexible about what color something should be.. they just buy the color that they like.
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Post by Gettershadow on Aug 29, 2015 18:29:45 GMT -5
Magengar... ahhahah THAT DOES LOOK LIKE CEASAR ROMERO in that photo. HAHAHAH! I am positive that it has much to do with camera angle and shadow, like you said. In the other photos I have seen of Z Mazinger's face, it looked very good to me.. looked on par with other Mazinger figures of good quality. Something about it reminds me of Energer or something like that.. just enough difference to the face to let you know that it is not a Normal Mazinger Z face that you are looking at... it has something "other" to it.. he has "spikes" coming up from his eyes and different details on his head.. I think it looks cool.
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Post by S_Gokin on Aug 30, 2015 0:53:10 GMT -5
the cover is NOT a fan made it was drawn AND colored by Go Nagai him self , so its as legit as it gets and i have another one also by Go Nagai him self but the person who owned it asked me politely not to post it online so im going to respect his wish there is some Z Mazinger photos and covers if you know how and where to search for them about Mazinger Z Toei changed his design a bit in the anime specially the face but every one know the classic Mazinger had blue and white color (the white appeared light blue or silverish in some shows) but its the original color im not saying i hate the figure im saying they could do better than this it just need a tiny tweaks and it will be great
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Post by Gettershadow on Aug 30, 2015 10:53:55 GMT -5
Ok, if its Go then its Go. Its a nice drawing but going by the drawings in manga or anime is really hard because a lot of times the characters are drawn differently in the same episode and not really consistent all the time. The artists involved were working fast and just going by feel .. this is artwork and artwork usually isn't too technical. Like if you look at the old Grendizer Manga, it LOOKS GREAT but the drawings are just all over the place. You know Gendizer when you see Grendizer but he looks different in each drawing... impossible stuff a lot of the times.
like look at the hands in the drawing you posted.. are his hands blue or black? They are drawn as blue.. if the hands are blue are the forearms blue?? Then in the next drawing, both hands and forearms may be black... then next drawing they both could be blue again.. its crazy. Its whatever color the artist thought was best for the drawing at the time..
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Post by Gettershadow on Aug 30, 2015 18:48:42 GMT -5
ok update.. the releases will be blue/silver, black/silver and the black/chrome will be the limited.
according to HLPro the black/silver version will be released around the same time as blue/silver... so in a few weeks.
good news S Gokin?
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Post by S_Gokin on Aug 30, 2015 21:29:37 GMT -5
this is an awesome news man thank you
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