|
Post by chogokinabdul on Apr 30, 2015 21:52:27 GMT -5
I was sure there was no stand designed like a launch site base. My bad... (I usually not using the stand) Hey, no worries. Personally, I think the SOC Gunbuster stand is the best in the entire toy line, as it can display both combined and non-combined modes and more importantly, it's designed so that it can hold up the figure to do the Inazuma Kick pose (plugs into Gunbuster's back). I don't think any other SOC display base comes close, (except for maybe the SOC Shin Maz Big Bang Punch version and the SOC Leopaldon). Gold True ... and I think Gx04 grendizer since you can display gendy in robot mode and in spazer mode , and you can connect the GX04-X marine and drill spazer to it to display all the spazers and grendizer as well
|
|
|
Post by chogokinabdul on Apr 29, 2015 11:49:12 GMT -5
no way how do you figure when absolutely nothing has changed? If that was the case wed see a drastic difference.just because you see a finished product doesn't mean they are all done its just a finished proto they even said that.Also what did they do with thousands of finished hlpro versions?? No this toy never got past proto with hlpro..and now fewture is buying time showing more protos. well maybe the figure wasnt well made and Fewture wanted to make it better we didnt touch or feel the figure so i guess they change materials and make the joint much better keep in mind most site put Fewture name with caps on and way down they put HL Pro so its Fewture name to the product Keep in mind Presentation or marketing prototypes are not the same as production ones. Fewture may have needed to rework less visually apparent things for production. Such as re-engineer joints or connectors, etc. Plus I get the feeling that the "partners" in this are neither particularly balanced nor are they talking to or covering for each other. For all we know Fewture is on their expected production schedule and the other half has been jumping the gun on preorders and promises. i know man the prototypes are not the same as the final product, i love Fewture but they are not as sharp as Bandai on the production schedule they just delayed Grendizer man for a month i was so exited for him i even cleaned both Mazinger & Great Mazinger so i can display them all together well... we saw how many delays went on Gin Gin and that was all HL-Pro so we can't blame fewture for this delay as HL-pro is famous of their delays. Fewture are very known for their delays but their stuff are faaaaaar more complicated than HL-pro toys ! and with that level of complexity I prefer they take their time to deliver something with minimal QC problems ... on the other hand ... we know nothing about HL-pro in progress items !!! such a simple design and character put in my head these two questions: 1- why the High price Tag ? (170 $ + shipping) 2- why all the delays ?
|
|
|
Post by chogokinabdul on Apr 29, 2015 0:03:29 GMT -5
now back to 175 $ !! I missed it... for that price I am welling to get another one because I already got one and paid full price for it when it first came out!
|
|
|
Post by chogokinabdul on Apr 27, 2015 8:45:32 GMT -5
and it is messing the transformable feet !! where are they?
|
|
|
Post by chogokinabdul on Apr 25, 2015 7:03:44 GMT -5
this is looking good ... I TWE but I might get this one !
|
|
|
Post by chogokinabdul on Apr 24, 2015 11:15:29 GMT -5
hmmmm .... how should I feel towards this .... I was messing god mars , daltanious , gunbuster and baikanfu so I bought all of them last year !! now all of them got re released !! well... I now have the original release I can say but I should consider getting this
|
|
|
Post by chogokinabdul on Apr 21, 2015 0:51:17 GMT -5
@ BARON WEIRWULF no need to thank me ... it is the real thing ! I still kick my self for not getting the brave gokin mecha button time bokan although I have the other two and for not getting guardian ! and I mean it when I say I love their grendizer to a point where I bought two just to feel that I am some how supporting them !! although my life style now since I am traveling between countries trying to find a place to settle can't allow me to keep boxes but for those two I kept them !! theiy are over sized but I have to keep them!!
@ Kaus you are right and one of biggest problems was pricing their products really high ! but it worked for them for some items like brave gokin tekkaman and gaudian and jeeg (sold out every where in a matter of a week)
what I don't understand is people complain about their pricing but buying over priced toys made of only plastic and magnets !! Those are waaaay overpriced for what they are!!
|
|
|
Post by chogokinabdul on Apr 21, 2015 0:40:10 GMT -5
what would be different in this re release?
|
|
|
Post by chogokinabdul on Apr 20, 2015 23:35:58 GMT -5
Before you read on this is a RANT Ive been holding back about CMs for a while,read if you want .. .This figure killed CMS AND IT KILLS ME that we cant have the quality of RARER figures CMs offered because of making Grendizer which Bandai or any other damn mainstream Super Robot company could have made,BUT CMS HAD THE BALLS TO DO IT!!.Instead of appreciating the best grendizer sculpt to date,we lose CMs over whining SOC ONLY collectors, pathetic. Never will we get quality diecast rare robots because of moron collectors who want to compare every figure to Bandai and then cry when its not Bandai quality because they are supposedly out of the DRASTICALLY HUGE SUM of 250$.Its sickening,If your teh type of person who compares everything to bandai and cant recover over a few paint flaws because you spent your whole bank account on it,and are asking everyone who to contact overseas about a paint flaw,maybe you should collect Walmart Transformers or Hot Wheels cars instead. It pisses me off,the sooner collectors realize this hobby comes with risks,theses toys arent custom made for YOU! They are factory made,sometimes with YES below average QC.Im mad because if there werent so many complaints we would still have CMs. Yes Id be pissed if mine had major flaws,but there WERE NOT that many,just Bandai snobs who want perfect toys,with zero flaws.Alot of collectors love Grendizer,ALOT of those were SOC only guys,but NEEDED the CMs,this was alot of their first non Bandai Gokin Im sure,THOSE GUYS KILLED CMS,with all the returns and issues.And yes i put my money where my mouth is,my Spazer isnt perfect,but that is the gamble you take!!Alot of potential buyers knew this STILL bought it and STILL then complained! Thats why CMs folded,all the issues with this toy.Expand your minds people CMs was every bit as good as SOC,in quality not always,but sometimes BETTER,in choices of Robots ??ALWAYS better.They were a small company with BIG balls,when is the last time Bandai gave you what you REALLY wanted? CMs did that for me MANY TIMES more than Bandai! I just WISH they never attempted Grendizer we would probably have Diapolon,acrobunch,Godam and God Mazinger by now!!And why?Becuase OOOH everyone had to have the perfect Grendizer!! NEWBIES. I hear you and I feel the same .... but what killed cm is not Grendizer alone ! it is the many items that they wanted to release around the same time and all are priced high! so non managed to sell well and grendizer was the final blow! we collectors have a great role in that though ! what killed this project is the lack of pre orders ! a lot of collectors didn't want to preorder this and decided to wait for reviews !! the lack of the anticipated preorders forced CM to switch factories In china from the good factory that worked on CM jeeg which is an expensive factory to a cheaper one which I think this was their first project with them and a little cheaper. but they never thought the QC would be sacrificed that much. I tried to defend the grendizer Brave gokin a lot !! I am not a wealthy person and I have a family and I had to run away from Syria my country leaving my home and most of my collection there but still I did buy two of this toy and I was lucky that both of them almost qc free (one normal and one limited with the group buy that lejam organized) and I keep telling collectors ... get this gokin ..... it is the best looking grendizer !! it reminds you of how a good gokin should be : anime accurate , articulated and full with metal) I love every single brave gokin I have , and the ones I don't have I didn't get because I don't like the characters themselves not because they were produced by CMs
|
|
|
Post by chogokinabdul on Apr 20, 2015 22:03:37 GMT -5
Great news that is!
|
|
|
Post by chogokinabdul on Apr 20, 2015 1:51:50 GMT -5
Yup ... I am waiting for any news on it
|
|
|
Post by chogokinabdul on Apr 18, 2015 23:20:30 GMT -5
Are they doing mazinger next?
|
|
|
Post by chogokinabdul on Apr 13, 2015 7:05:58 GMT -5
Holy crap that looks sweet! It's about damn time we got another Grendizer anime, I can also see a ton of new toys based of this new Grendizer. Now comes the inevitable Mazinkaiser VS Grendizer Giga posts lol. Lol, you start the kaiser vs giga debate I just really hope it's a new anime, though I'm not digging giga's new cape. Same here ... why the cape?
|
|
|
Post by chogokinabdul on Apr 11, 2015 2:45:51 GMT -5
@ Kaus ... I am with you on some parts and have to disagree with you on other parts.
Go nagai had waaaay more influence in his early days in his creations then he became more of a loyalty figure after time went by from mid 80s till now.
but his early works had a lot of his ideas ! like chogokin Z ! that was purely him ! also Getter ray which was purely him and Ken. and Grendizer was created for toei by him! then toei with kazou Komatsubara and shingo araki updated the design for TV the way we know it and love it.
But from day one ... Grendizer was created to surpass the other mazingers! I love how people keep comparing him with other newer robots that were created 20 years after ! he still hold a firm solid place in the top ranked Robots
|
|
|
Post by chogokinabdul on Apr 11, 2015 0:32:02 GMT -5
well until Go Nagai give us some legit info about the true output and other specifications about some robots, then we can talk it right at the moment all we can do is judge by the anime manga or srw (which we did in the Mazinger Canon thread) ah good days in my point of view they want to make every robot as the same height so no one will look better or stronger than another and its all up to the fans to pick their favorite robots and honestly Shin Mazinger Zero is a totally beast Ive read the manga and according to Kouji Kabuto "he is a creature that destroy Universes" i dont know whats more bad a$$ than that so how did they compare him to the regular Mazinger Z and Shin Mazinger Z The truth is that Go Nagai doesn't know sh*t about Mazingers, nor he really cares about it. Yes, he is the creator of Mazinger Z, but the Mazinger universe as whole is more of a combined effort of the entire Dynamic Pro crew and people from other companies like Toei, Bandai etc. While Go Nagai being more of a symbolic figure, the man who's truly responsible for all the detailed background settings actually is someone named Tatsuhiko Dan from Dynamic Pro. (he died in 2005) stuff like photo atomic energy, chogokin Z, are all based on his ideas and he even participated in SRW games as advisor to Mazinger/Getter related stories and settings. He favorited Mazinger over Getter, and he was especially fond of creating newer more powerful Mazinger. In fact, he wrote a novel called 'Super Robot Wars' as the name implies it is heavily influenced by SRW games from Banpresto. In this novel he introduces new Mazinger called 'God Mazinger' which practically is what Mazinkaiser is today. (Mazinkaiser came first in the game, and I'd say this God Mazinger was actually inspired by Mazinkaiser which at the time was considered more of one time gimmick which unexpectedly gained huge popularity) This idea of New Mazinger > Shin Getter > Grendizer is clearly stated in his novel, and I believe how Dynamic Pro ranks their robot is based on his influence. BTW, Mazinger Zero indeed is the most powerful robot in the Mazinger universe at the moment, and it is practically impossible to defeat him with all its 7 Mazin Power properties. (ie. causality weapon which is able to destroy anything in the existing universe. higher prediction that can practically predict the future to evade any incoming attacks) Even the all mighty Mazinkaiser (Great Mazinkaiser that is in the comics) got completely demolished by Mazinger Zero. Not entirely true my dear ... the idea of Chogokin Z is the Idea of Go Nagai himself from the beginning back in early 70s and the Idea of getter ray is the idea of both Go and Ken ishikawa and Tatsuhiko have nothing to do with creating these two concepts! GOD MAZINGER is an actual mazinger in the mazinger cannon that was created in the 80s so he has nothing to do with it as well. but yes he has good part in creating Mazinkaiser dude Grendizer is part of the mazinger universe no matter how you view it ! Toei specifically asked Go Nagai to create the ultimate super robot that should surpass the mazingers and that is why he created Grendizer the way he did ! taller heavier and more advanced and showed a real leader of the pack attitude in the OVA film of Grendizer , G-mazinger and Getter Robo G movie. So you can't claim that Go nagai don't know sh*t about his creations. Just un fair
|
|
|
Post by chogokinabdul on Apr 9, 2015 9:23:09 GMT -5
Dear all,
I am looking for any mazinger related gokin to buy from france!
Why? Well. ... I am trying to hook up a friend of mine with our collecting hobby and he lives in france! And what is a better start than a mazinger related figure (including grendizer and the kaisers)
So , any sellers?
|
|
|
Post by chogokinabdul on Apr 1, 2015 4:01:26 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by chogokinabdul on Mar 28, 2015 4:34:10 GMT -5
Hmmmm ..Can they get away with it? Creating toys for characters with out licensing them?
|
|
|
Post by chogokinabdul on Mar 28, 2015 1:18:16 GMT -5
This krang is what I have been waiting for the longest time. The point though why is it a modern take on the character? It feels great but it is not anime accurate! Is it officially licensed product?
|
|
|
Post by chogokinabdul on Mar 26, 2015 12:33:51 GMT -5
This shin getter is by far the best looking shin getter 1 ! Looks very anime accurate and different enough to buy it even if you already have the SRC one
|
|