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Post by borutesfaibu on Oct 11, 2016 15:55:53 GMT -5
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Post by borutesfaibu on Oct 7, 2016 10:53:31 GMT -5
Has it been mentioned if the brand packaging for the western and japanese markets be different? i.e. MMPR for western markets and Zyuranger for Japanese? Maybe they'll go the same route as Voltron and offer an MMPR sleeve. If that's the case, I'm kinda leaning towards the MMPR version since that's what I grew up with.
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Post by borutesfaibu on Oct 6, 2016 11:27:46 GMT -5
first video review !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He's looking even better in this video! A little disappointed with having to remove the tails on the green and red lions for transformation. I know the reviewer said it's optional but you know you'll want to remove it unless you want it stuck in there. Also, looks like the gap behind the black lion's hind legs is for him to be able to do the sit down pose. I wish Amazon would move their ship date to December like everyone else Can't wait!
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Post by borutesfaibu on Aug 31, 2016 23:26:22 GMT -5
Anyone else getting a "Server Error", now? On HLJ's GX-70 page. I seems to only do that when trying to access that figure's page. No problem with other items. This makes me think HLJ did make an error posting the order page too early and probably took it down. It was even showing up on the search results before but not anymore. Now I really hope they don't rescind our orders.
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Post by borutesfaibu on Aug 31, 2016 15:17:27 GMT -5
Wow! Just put my order in. Thanks! Hope this isn't a mistake on their part and decides to invalidate our orders. Now I just need to stay up for the SHF bruce lee and NXEDGE Eva.
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Post by borutesfaibu on Aug 30, 2016 8:39:36 GMT -5
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Post by borutesfaibu on Aug 22, 2016 21:15:08 GMT -5
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Post by borutesfaibu on Aug 12, 2016 17:28:37 GMT -5
Wow! Awesome news. Hope this paves the way for other sentai bots! Biorobo and great five please!
Now I have to get the shf power rangers to display with it. Dang it!
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Post by borutesfaibu on Aug 8, 2016 12:08:59 GMT -5
I dont mind waiting the extra time. I figure the additional $20-$30 is worth knowing its from amazon. Yup, if you have Amazon Prime, you'll get FREE Two Day Shipping. Inspect it as soon as you get it. If there are issues, return it and they'll ship you another one right away, if not sold out. I've got a pre-order on amazon. After applying amazon gift cards that I've amassed from credit card rewards points and flyer miles, voltron will only cost me $198 including tax w/ free prime shipping. I'm also planning on asking people to give me amazon gift cards for the holidays so that should help bring the price down even lower!
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Post by borutesfaibu on Aug 5, 2016 11:21:32 GMT -5
His head looks as though its buried.... Voltron doesnt have neck? Come on Bandai, give him a neck for Pete sake... no problems in this picture. I think it's just the angle. It's a problem with boxy robots. You view it from a low enough vantage point and they all start looking like they have no necks. If you make the necks longer, they start looking goofy when viewed straight on.
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Post by borutesfaibu on Jul 27, 2016 9:59:34 GMT -5
Easy. The first starting place is look at what Popy/Bandai classic DX's have not yet been done. Actually I think if Voltron does well, especially if we see a major surge here in the west we may see Bandai target that market a bit more directly. Full SOC Sentai subjects would be a good follow up. Such as a SOC Daizyujin or Gokai-O. We are long overdue for a nice Bandai offering of Getter 1,2 and 3. Or an updated Dragon, Liger and Poseidon. We've never seen a SOC Mazinkaiser. As is suggested Dairugger XV and the new Voltron seem easy choices as well. With the SOC line largely being more transforming or combining Super Robots these days you still have a few undone. Goggle V, etc. a SOC Laserion would be a trip. Yes I would love for them to do super sentai SOCs particularly Bio Robo and Great Five And with a new Power Rangers movie coming, it might be a good idea for them to come out with a Megazord SOC to cash in on the upcoming hype.
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Post by borutesfaibu on Jul 24, 2016 0:29:29 GMT -5
From the tamashii nations presentation at Wonfes. That's all they showed as far as I know and the audio was in japanese so I have no idea what exactly it is other than a Mazinger head.
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Post by borutesfaibu on Jul 24, 2016 0:14:44 GMT -5
Well more like a prototype actually
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Post by borutesfaibu on Jul 24, 2016 0:12:44 GMT -5
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Post by borutesfaibu on Jul 21, 2016 15:49:42 GMT -5
does toy source allow canceling of pre-orders? They have this feature called the Stack which is similar to BBTS Pile of Loot. thetoysource.com/stack/From the page:
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Post by borutesfaibu on Jul 21, 2016 14:46:01 GMT -5
What baffles me is that this is GX-71. What happened to GX-70? The GaoGaiGar add-on set didn't count as GX-70, right? Maybe some of the guys here that are at SDCC can ask the staff at the tamashii booth?
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Post by borutesfaibu on Jul 21, 2016 14:00:28 GMT -5
Placed an order on Amazon since I have a $30 gift card that's been sitting there. That at least covers the tax and takes off a couple of bucks. Also used my amazon prime store card that'll get me 5% cash back along with free shipping. All in all, it'll save me $20 off the list price. Not much but still good.
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Post by borutesfaibu on Jul 21, 2016 10:54:19 GMT -5
While this is obviously not exact and there are a bunch of things to account for like angles and the way they're posed, etc, SOC voltron actually looks pretty close to the illustration. Outside of the lion legs being visible on SOC and the cartoonish proportions on the illustration, most of the details match up pretty well. One thing I would say that they might want to work on if they want to get really close is the face. The SOC jaw and chin are too angled and sharp.
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Post by borutesfaibu on Jul 21, 2016 0:09:45 GMT -5
I wonder if they will include the stickers to number the lions!? According to the tamashii page it will come with the numbered stickers if you want to go for the old toy look.
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Post by borutesfaibu on Jul 20, 2016 10:54:00 GMT -5
Man, the preorders feel like they came out of nowhere (that or I've just been playing too much pokemon go). I did unexpectedly woke up at 5am today, checked the boards and was able to PO at amiami. I would've preferred HLJ but hopefully they'll open up again as I've been thinking if I should try to get a 2nd one to display in lion modes and the other one in combined bot. That's if I can scrounge up the money to pay for 2! lol
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