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Post by Falconhood on Feb 2, 2008 16:47:40 GMT -5
yep, Raideen is my all-time fave robo. i have many versions of him.
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Post by xiombarg on Feb 9, 2008 22:31:04 GMT -5
Well, I got my Mugenbine Goshinjyu a couple of days ago and he's super cool! I'm not sure if anyone needs a full blown review for the Pharoah figure, but I can give a basic review at least. First of all I should tell you that my five boxes came packaged together in what looked like manufacturers shrink wrap, which means if you ordered them in a quantities of five or ten, you should have complete figures. Everything fits tightly together, which it turn makes the joints tight. Nothing here is fragile! What a nice change! The plastic quality is roughly the same as what you find in your average Transformer and what you would expect from Bandai, so actually pretty rigid and durable. Needless to say, it's all plastic injection pieces, and some parts do come connected to sprues. A fair amount of the pieces that work as the joints in the Pharoah figure are pre-assembled pieces, and so engineered on a basic level; working well with a nice amount of tension to keep things relatively tight. The articulation on the Pharoah figure is excellent, and where we've all seen the pics.. he's very posable and expressive. A lot of the smaller areas of detail color come from stickers. I sort of figured on this, but if you don't want to use your stickers the Pharoah still looks alright without the stickers, but definitely much better with them on. Putting the Pharoah together was fun and easy, but still took maybe thirty minutes roughly. If you can't stand parts swapping in any way..well, you better leave this alone. Personally I found this to be an awesome example of unique creativity. There's also a couple of really cool little creative aspects that you maybe won't see in the pics. There's a little mummy Pharoah relief imprinted on the center of the diaphragm piece between the shoulders where the head sits. Very cool! So in conclusion: I love it! It's an awesome figure set to mess around with and it poses really well. Great design, great articulation. Oh, and it comes with candy! What's not to love?
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Post by dai-x on Feb 10, 2008 9:36:56 GMT -5
can anyone help me in getting one of those? I can't find it anywhere!
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Post by coldiron on Feb 10, 2008 15:57:56 GMT -5
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Post by Falconhood on Feb 10, 2008 19:30:54 GMT -5
well, HLJ has not asked for my money yet. ho-hum..i hate to wait.
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Post by toystarr on Feb 11, 2008 4:39:28 GMT -5
HLJ hit me with a payment request.... but no shipping notification yet..... really looking forward to this one, especially as it seems to come with some candy
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Post by nikodiablo on Feb 11, 2008 22:09:10 GMT -5
xiombarg: If you don't want to apply the gold stickers, you may want to use gold gundam markers to accentuate the golden parts.
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Post by xiombarg on Feb 12, 2008 11:49:15 GMT -5
xiombarg: If you don't want to apply the gold stickers, you may want to use gold gundam markers to accentuate the golden parts. Good idea. I would use Gundam markers but I scan the stickers and print them on sticker label paper. This works really well if you have access to a laser jet printer. Ink jet printers don't work as well because the ink isn't shiny like a laser jet.
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Post by Falconhood on Feb 20, 2008 18:22:46 GMT -5
i got my "Send Money" email from HLJ today for this!!! yeah!!
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Post by Falconhood on Mar 7, 2008 18:55:14 GMT -5
hey everybody, i just got mine in the mail today!
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Post by xiombarg on Mar 7, 2008 19:36:47 GMT -5
Nice! Let us know what you think..
Also, if you still want to get rid of the second set, let me know.
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Post by Falconhood on Mar 8, 2008 5:20:28 GMT -5
oh, yeah, i can totally let go, since it is the prolly the EXACT same colors (i didn't randomly open any that are different, so i assume they are the same), Hey, i should post a pic, since i STARTED to put stickers on the Anubis single...and decided to stop, and the whole thing looks fine without stickers. i HATE stickers. i kinda wish it had some more yellow PAINTED on...or gold instead. That was what i was going to attempt with the 2nd kit if i kept it.
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Post by xiombarg on Mar 8, 2008 11:18:28 GMT -5
As far as I know there aren't any random "surprises" in the packages, so they should all be the same. PM with a price and your Paypal account name and I'll send you a payment.
I want a second set basically for the reasons you stated.. try some custom stuff, try some painting ideas.. I agree that stickers are a pain, and there's a good chance they won't stay on for many years to come as the sticky stuff starts to break down.
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Post by magengar on Mar 8, 2008 11:24:19 GMT -5
Wow, nice robot. But it's a little bit too "lego" for me. Still, fans would love to add this to their collections. I already have a Miracle Action DX Raideen (I hate typing long brandnames, so I'll just call it "MADX" for short)... ...I'd like to add RahXephon to my hauls. zozo-Magengar
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Post by Falconhood on Mar 9, 2008 5:54:35 GMT -5
It does look lego-ish, but he's incredibly poseable, and very cool! and when i pull-out my other Mugenbine, i'm going to check for interchangeability
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Post by toystarr on Mar 9, 2008 14:26:42 GMT -5
darn, my package is still lost in transit.... I want to play with that thing and I want to play now! man, I sure wish switzerland would be closer to japan...
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Post by toystarr on Mar 13, 2008 5:27:15 GMT -5
what a load of fun! finally got my ten-pack and put one together without the stickers.... just so much fun to play around with! thanks so much for the tip!!!
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Post by xiombarg on Mar 13, 2008 10:56:32 GMT -5
Yeah, I love it. Being super posable and the different combos of how you use the accessories is fun. I still haven't decided on a final pose for the shelf because of all the cool pose possibilities. Right now I just keep it by my computer and mess around with it.
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Post by Falconhood on Mar 30, 2008 12:13:18 GMT -5
who wants to buy my second set? PM me! i'm spring cleaning, and decided i really don't need 2 of them.
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Post by coldiron on Mar 30, 2008 22:31:27 GMT -5
PM sent.
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