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Post by squall12 on Oct 27, 2015 22:27:23 GMT -5
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Actar
Junior Robot
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Post by Actar on Oct 28, 2015 2:05:35 GMT -5
It's here! A little bit too expensive for an option set, but as a fan of this series, it's gonna be impossible to pass on.
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Post by rodimus1138 on Oct 28, 2015 3:30:19 GMT -5
I'm buying simply because it's Star GaoGaiGar, and one of my favorite forms. but 19k yen and the only parts are stealth gao 2, the engine parts, the gatling driver, and apparently head parts for GaiGar and GaoGaiGar?
Too much money for too little I think, Also it looks like the star parts aren't removable either like in the show, so no ul-tech regular gaogaigar for us.
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Post by rodimus1138 on Oct 28, 2015 3:44:23 GMT -5
actually, it looks like it includes a part for gaigar and a non transforming helmet if google translate is to be believed. would that be why the bandai photos show more head articulation(I think) than already possible?
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Post by S_Gokin on Oct 28, 2015 5:10:42 GMT -5
man the figure can hardly stand by its self and now they adding more weight to it i saw the stand but the hard part will be putting every thing together on the robot glad it was a pass for me now according to - calculation i saved 71280 yen whats the next SOC is going to be ?
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Actar
Junior Robot
Posts: 23
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Post by Actar on Oct 28, 2015 6:42:57 GMT -5
man the figure can hardly stand by its self and now they adding more weight to it Hm? I have no problems posing and playing with the figure at all. Must have transformed it hundreds of times.
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Post by anubis20 on Oct 28, 2015 7:49:37 GMT -5
man the figure can hardly stand by its self and now they adding more weight to it Hm? I have no problems posing and playing with the figure at all. Must have transformed it hundreds of times. By itself its fine, once you add Goldy it pretty much becomes a brick.
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Post by OzmaLee on Oct 28, 2015 8:07:56 GMT -5
Pretty pricey for add on parts. Still going to get it though.
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Post by jaylive on Oct 28, 2015 9:17:12 GMT -5
still think the src with the key to victory add ons is better. all for under 100 bucks lol.
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Post by anubis20 on Oct 28, 2015 9:16:56 GMT -5
I think what blows the most is that its a web exclusive and we get no discounts.
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Post by nickgreat on Oct 28, 2015 9:35:04 GMT -5
So the whole set would cost 32400 (GGG) + 19440 (Goldy) + 19440 (Wing) = 71280 yen making it the most expensive SOC ever. I wonder if they'd do DX set for the whole thing. I couldn't agree more. This looks to be even more expensive than the three SOC Tobikage sets combined. I hope SOC isn't starting a trend where they split up a robot into parts and then selling them separately.
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Post by Mechanical Flesh on Oct 28, 2015 9:52:16 GMT -5
I hope SOC isn't starting a trend where they split up a robot into parts and then selling them separately. This makes sense though. It's like the base videogame + DLC (downloadable content) technique. You can choose, either to get the base product or, if you also want the add-ons, you can buy them separately. Works particularly well with a robot which has so many extra parts and accesories, like GGG. What are they going to call it? GX-68X? GX-68+? Maybe they'll just call it "GX-68 Star GGG Option Set". Anyway, I'll pass for now, I didn't get the 2 previous releases so.. yeah.
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Post by cmal on Oct 28, 2015 10:00:24 GMT -5
Premium exclusive? Really Bandai? After all the money we've given you, you're gonna play us like that? I hope SOC isn't starting a trend where they split up a robot into parts and then selling them separately. This makes sense though. It's like the base videogame + DLC (downloadable content) technique. You can choose, either to get the base product or, if you also want the add-ons, you can buy them separately. Works particularly well with a robot which has so many extra parts and accesories, like GGG. What are they going to call it? GX-68X? GX-68+? Maybe they'll just call it "GX-68 Star GGG Option Set". Anyway, I'll pass for now, I didn't get the 2 previous releases so.. yeah. That analogy sorta makes sense, except the DLC in this case is only available in a fixed, limited quantities and in only one region. Doesn't make it any less BS. Sonuvab*tch, where do you guys usually go for P-Bandai exclusives? I've got a place for gunpla, but not for this thingy move.
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Post by rodimus1138 on Oct 28, 2015 10:42:11 GMT -5
There's only two reasons i'm willing to blow my dough here. One because its GaoGaiGar, two because GaoGaiGar has been my all time favorite toy for my all time favorite anime.
But this price is just horrid and disappointing. It reminds me of my disappointment getting saint cloth myth ex sea dragon kanon and finding out he doesn't even have separate knee pads or extra hand plates but cost $20 more than every other damn myth cloth that does include them and more.
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Post by shinotaking on Oct 28, 2015 17:10:42 GMT -5
I think bandai gone totaly crazy with this set the price is too hight for only a Stealth Gao II a Gatteling driver and new face for Gai Gar, the new stand look nice but that all. I gladly pass it and wait for the Soc GaoFigar or the Genesis
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Post by Chen on Oct 28, 2015 18:19:36 GMT -5
I think the whole display on the stand looks awesome but yeah it's a hefty investment but Bandai knows GGG=$$$$ in the short term at least.
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Post by faelon on Oct 28, 2015 18:58:23 GMT -5
Ugh! I have not picked up a SOC GGG yet. But the OCD completionist in me is balking at the total cost that lies down that rabbit hole. I just picked up a complete set of the SRC GGG bots. I'll be content with those for now. Although I do find it strange and oddly cool that this set looks to be exactly the same as the SRC Key to Victory set 2.
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Post by rodimus1138 on Oct 28, 2015 19:37:57 GMT -5
Honestly I'm disappointed they couldn't think of other stuff for this set. Maybe forearms with the spin gimmick removed and an extra joint added, or a mini gai, or effect parts for broken magnum or protect shade. Maybe phantom rings in an activated effect.
For the sane, this set is total bull. But I'm not sane, I'm a brave series obsessed ninny
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Post by cmal on Oct 28, 2015 20:28:35 GMT -5
SOC was never really a line that included "effect" parts (a few exceptions, of course), so there's really no justification for that price tag and web exclusivity. There's not really much more they could include to flesh the set out. Honestly, they should have had Goldy and the Star Parts together at a higher price point like the CM's Power Up Set. Goldy was kinda expensive for what he was, as well.
Me, I'm justifying it as a treat for my promotion at work and because I need my SOC GGG to match my CM's GGG.
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Post by Philo Beddoe on Oct 28, 2015 20:32:14 GMT -5
What a rip!!!!
Where do I pre-order?
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