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Post by mazfan on Aug 8, 2022 18:43:23 GMT -5
RoboFestivus I see GX-100 as a giant version of GX-05, plus extra parts to buy
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Post by RoboFestivus on Aug 17, 2022 8:10:27 GMT -5
A friend of mine came over to visit and he saw my display cabinet. He has no clue about this hobby or about these super robot characters. Of the 40+ items in my display cabinet, he was very impressed by giant Daiku Maryu, kept staring at it and commenting on it.
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Post by astranagant on Aug 17, 2022 22:29:52 GMT -5
The great space dragon is really an eye magnet but a space eater too. haha Kinda sucks that we have to buy the weapons and other accessories separately but that is capitalism for you.
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Post by Gaiking1 on Dec 2, 2022 13:46:21 GMT -5
Hi folks, Long time lurker here and I believe this could be my first post ever, so HELLO! Just picked this up and wow what a stunner! It’s huuuuge. Looking for ideas of how you all have it displayed and what type of cases will actually fit this beautiful chogokin. Any suggestion would be welcomed! Also seems the prices are starting to come down on these on eBay in the US at least. Was able to pick mine up, brand new for $500 with free shipping. So for those that are still on the fence on this, you maybe able to scoop it up a bit cheaper than you initially thought. Cheers!
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Post by greengetterguy on Dec 2, 2022 13:58:42 GMT -5
Welcome a board brother.
And congrats on your awesome piece!
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Post by GetterBoi on Dec 2, 2022 20:20:32 GMT -5
Hi folks, Long time lurker here and I believe this could be my first post ever, so HELLO! Just picked this up and wow what a stunner! It’s huuuuge. Looking for ideas of how you all have it displayed and what type of cases will actually fit this beautiful chogokin. Any suggestion would be welcomed! Also seems the prices are starting to come down on these on eBay in the US at least. Was able to pick mine up, brand new for $500 with free shipping. So for those that are still on the fence on this, you maybe able to scoop it up a bit cheaper than you initially thought. Cheers! The price drop sometimes happen, shops are nervous hanging on to such a pricey piece, while their wholesale cost is just sitting there taking up space in inventory, so they drop the price a bit. But once this piece is sold out the price will jump up again. I remember Great Mazinger as cheap as $350 before it sold out. As for display, I've seen some guys use an entire tier on a detolf for it.
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Post by Gaiking1 on Dec 2, 2022 21:40:49 GMT -5
Hi folks, Long time lurker here and I believe this could be my first post ever, so HELLO! Just picked this up and wow what a stunner! It’s huuuuge. Looking for ideas of how you all have it displayed and what type of cases will actually fit this beautiful chogokin. Any suggestion would be welcomed! Also seems the prices are starting to come down on these on eBay in the US at least. Was able to pick mine up, brand new for $500 with free shipping. So for those that are still on the fence on this, you maybe able to scoop it up a bit cheaper than you initially thought. Cheers! The price drop sometimes happen, shops are nervous hanging on to such a pricey piece, while their wholesale cost is just sitting there taking up space in inventory, so they drop the price a bit. But once this piece is sold out the price will jump up again. I remember Great Mazinger as cheap as $350 before it sold out. As for display, I've seen some guys use an entire tier on a detolf for it. Good to know and thanks for the info. Totally make sense. Also I’ve been looking at the detolfs so I’m assuming they just lay it horizontally and display it that way? That could work. I’ll have to look at videos that help dust proof it as much as possible. I appreciate the help!
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Post by Gaiking1 on Dec 2, 2022 21:42:19 GMT -5
Welcome a board brother. And congrats on your awesome piece! Thanks for the warm welcome. Glad to be here!
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Post by silver1spider on Dec 3, 2022 14:18:55 GMT -5
Hi folks, Long time lurker here and I believe this could be my first post ever, so HELLO! Just picked this up and wow what a stunner! It’s huuuuge. Looking for ideas of how you all have it displayed and what type of cases will actually fit this beautiful chogokin. Any suggestion would be welcomed! Also seems the prices are starting to come down on these on eBay in the US at least. Was able to pick mine up, brand new for $500 with free shipping. So for those that are still on the fence on this, you maybe able to scoop it up a bit cheaper than you initially thought. Cheers! The price drop sometimes happen, shops are nervous hanging on to such a pricey piece, while their wholesale cost is just sitting there taking up space in inventory, so they drop the price a bit. But once this piece is sold out the price will jump up again. I remember Great Mazinger as cheap as $350 before it sold out. As for display, I've seen some guys use an entire tier on a detolf for it. Gaiking is one of my favorites. But it is a tough pill to had paid full price for this item and Covid price shipping. Most e-stores are discounting them. AmiAmi has it discounted from 82,500 Yen to 48,000 Yen (a 40% discount) I am surprise Bandai made so many of these or people just cancel their pre-orders (It is tough to know as it is not like a HasLab item where you see how many orders are committed) But to your point. It will be a very long time before this item is re-issued (maybe in a black color - which will have a very limited audience) I would be in support of Bandai doing a BandaiLab (like Hasbro) for big items like GX-100 or the Metal Structure Sazabi. Unfortunately, I do not think most Japanese business are that quick to try new business models. P-Bandai or Tamashi Exclusives are such a pain to deal with.
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Post by Swintronix on Dec 3, 2022 15:42:06 GMT -5
Hi folks, Long time lurker here and I believe this could be my first post ever, so HELLO! Just picked this up and wow what a stunner! It’s huuuuge. Looking for ideas of how you all have it displayed and what type of cases will actually fit this beautiful chogokin. Any suggestion would be welcomed! Also seems the prices are starting to come down on these on eBay in the US at least. Was able to pick mine up, brand new for $500 with free shipping. So for those that are still on the fence on this, you maybe able to scoop it up a bit cheaper than you initially thought. Cheers! I really love my GX-100. It's in a class by itself. I have not found a suitable enclosure to display/store it yet, though. I enjoy it quite a bit, but I'm always dusting it off. Nevertheless, Bandai through down the gauntlet with this one. The ultimate toy.
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Post by Gold on Jan 11, 2023 23:53:18 GMT -5
Hi guys, here's my review for the Gx-100x Power Up Option Parts set for the Gx-100 Gaiking and Daiku Maryu. Please click on image to jump to the page. Pretty good, but not an absolute must. The set costs more than your average, non-combining SOC and the base Gx-100 is already pretty awesome by itself. Gold
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Post by RoboFestivus on Jan 12, 2023 6:58:48 GMT -5
Awesome review and pics, Gold! Thank you! "Before and after. Thanks, Charles Atlas!" LOL
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Post by Magmatron on Jan 12, 2023 7:20:44 GMT -5
Thanks for the review, Gold.
Isn't it possible that the new forearms are plastic to avoid the weight being too much for the shoulders and elbow?
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Post by bocasas on Jan 12, 2023 11:05:03 GMT -5
Great review Gold! appreciate the details you put into it, especially the images and videos from the series and in what chapter and circumstances each weapon appeared. Its a pleasure reading you reviews, keep em coming! I'm still trying to save to get GX100, too much pre orders and even when you can get it cheap shipping is a killer....
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Post by fredeliza on Jan 12, 2023 18:43:12 GMT -5
I was able to score a nice display case for it, but, not too sure how to post it here to share?
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Post by Gaiking1 on Jan 12, 2023 18:52:18 GMT -5
Awesome review dude! Thanks for sharing! I was on the fence of picking this power up set so this review was very helpful. I’ll eventually pick it up to form the power up version. I appreciate your time putting this together.
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Post by Gaiking1 on Jan 12, 2023 18:54:17 GMT -5
I was able to score a nice display case for it, but, not too sure how to post it here to share? Hopefully someone will be able to walk you through posting it or you figure it out. I’d love to see this displayed, properly.
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Post by Gold on Jan 17, 2023 5:45:08 GMT -5
Awesome review and pics, Gold! Thank you! "Before and after. Thanks, Charles Atlas!" LOL Hehe, thanks Robofestivus. Glad you liked the review. Thanks for the review, Gold. Isn't it possible that the new forearms are plastic to avoid the weight being too much for the shoulders and elbow? Thanks Magmatron Maybe there is a engineering thing to it, but considering the base Gx-100 Gaiking had diecast arms (same as with the DC Mazingers and Grendizer), it seemed like a step backwards to have the power up parts go plastic? More likely it's a cost-cutting decision though. Great review Gold! appreciate the details you put into it, especially the images and videos from the series and in what chapter and circumstances each weapon appeared. Its a pleasure reading you reviews, keep em coming! I'm still trying to save to get GX100, too much pre orders and even when you can get it cheap shipping is a killer.... Thank you for the kind words, Bocasas. I was lucky to find some spare time and decided to work some clips into the review, I wish I could post the actual video clips with sound, but I'm not sure if Youtube would copyright strike me, so I decided to go with gif instead. I wish I had time to do that for all my reviews. Hmm.. Maybe one day when I retire from work and have tons of time I'll go back and update them as a pet project. I totally hear you on the budget thing, the last couple of years really wore everyone's wallets out. Toy companies are churning out more and more stuff, it's bananas. But if there's one thing I learned in this crazy hobby from the last 20 years, you want something, sooner or later you can get it. It's just a matter of how much "late tax" one is willing to take on. Nothing is ever truly impossible to find. I was able to score a nice display case for it, but, not too sure how to post it here to share? Hi Fredeliza, to share images on this site, you have to upload the pics to a hosting site like Photobucket (they have free, but limited, online storage options), then just copy the link to image. then type this BBCode in the reply box to get it to generate on the site [uimg] image url pasted here [/uimg] just remove the "u" in the [uimg] and [/uimg], I just put that there so that the you can read the code in the post. Awesome review dude! Thanks for sharing! I was on the fence of picking this power up set so this review was very helpful. I’ll eventually pick it up to form the power up version. I appreciate your time putting this together. Thanks Gaiking1! I'm glad you enjoyed the review. Gold
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Post by xchr23dc on Jan 24, 2023 21:49:30 GMT -5
So, it finally went on sale it’s on anime export for ¥41250. $317 for this and went ahead and got one. Shipping will probably be 100ish but this thing is gorgeous … if you can get one or snag one, now it’s the time. Check anime export too good of a deal to pass
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Post by mpchi on Jan 24, 2023 21:54:05 GMT -5
So, it finally went on sale it’s on anime export for ¥41250. $317 for this and went ahead and got one. Shipping will probably be 100ish but this thing is gorgeous … if you can get one or snag one, now it’s the time. Check anime export too good of a deal to pass Shipping will be way more than $100, more like $200 or higher (Anime-Export shipping is expensive). But that is still a great deal. Congrats. WOW...just looked on Amazon Japan. International shipping for GX-100 only 3321yen?! For real?!
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