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Post by faelon on Jul 30, 2019 20:21:06 GMT -5
Started on the galleries for these. Here are a few more of Omega-X Black. Did I hear correctly that Chinese Police raided and impounded the factory, and only a handful of the Omega-X figures shipped before the stock and tooling was destroyed? If so what you have there is an extremely rare bird.
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Post by faelon on Jul 30, 2019 20:14:04 GMT -5
Holy sheet! a Sen-Ti-Nel 1/12 Halo Master Chief! I'm in!
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Post by faelon on Jul 30, 2019 20:10:36 GMT -5
Leopardon is gonna go up. Rumor is, he's in the Spider Verse sequel.if he is, people are gonna want him. Weird older thread to suddenly pop up in my notices. Hopefully the OP solved his finances and didn't have to sell too much. I agree that Leoparden may be seeing some price rise. Especially since it was long one of the cheapest SOC's to find. If you do go to sell it, don't just look in the usual Gokin sales locales. As strange as it sounds the vinyl Supaidaman figure might be worth more than the robot. It's a 1/12 figure of the Takuya Tamashiro Japanese Spider-Man. As near as I can make out or find, the only such beast ever made. While sadly not articulated, he is in scale with the Marvel Legends and SH Figuarts offerings. Making him of interest to Marvel Collectors seeking a full Spider-Man roster. At this point he is one of the few Spider-Man variants that has not been made by Hasbro or ToyBiz. And the complicated licensing between Marvel and Toei may make that state continue. (The other risk is if Spiderverse 2 prompts Hasbro to make a Marvel Legends version).
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Post by faelon on Jul 6, 2019 14:14:58 GMT -5
well back to topic
i feeling there is something odd with this figure here, not sure what tho
I think somebody resized that photo and screwed up the aspect ratio. It looks stretched slightly horizontally to my eye. Look at the circle around the R on the sign and the radar dishes on Dairuger's knees. They are slightly oval.
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Post by faelon on Jun 27, 2019 23:57:49 GMT -5
Is this a combiner, from the looks of the hk toy video, it looks to be a combiner. I see a foot pins and panels across the blue and red torsos. I do agree though interests would be dimmed if it didn't break down into the three individual bots like its dx predecessor. I'm not sure Albegas is a particularly complex combiner, or if it even qualifies as a traditional combiner. Even going back to the anime, it's a very robust parts former. Take it apart and rebuild in a new order. But yes I believe this one does accommodate that. The only thing I'm not seeing is the extra arms sticking out the back like on the ET and Matchbox.
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Post by faelon on Jun 26, 2019 18:11:25 GMT -5
So... Garmillas ah? So.... we are never going to see a SOC Jeeg in our life times right? I mean... we are almost at 100 figures and they have released everything at this point.... but Jeeg Unless they are saving Jeeg for the 100 slot. Hmmmm Bandai did a SOC of Kotetsujin Jeep and an SRC of Kotetsu Jeep. Each is unquestionably the worst figure ever released in their respective lines. I think Bandai is cursed regarding Jeep, and is just avoiding the subject in the hopes the evil spirits don’t come around again.
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Post by faelon on Jun 26, 2019 18:08:05 GMT -5
A bit OT but relatively there will be a release of combiner & transforming toys of Voltes V, Daimos & Combatller V by action toys but I think it will be plasticky. It will be a cool alternative to the FA series. Those figure will be pure plastic. More akin to Robot Damashii or MSiA.
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Post by faelon on Jun 10, 2019 16:07:05 GMT -5
Wow! Didn’t know about all those other options to get notified! I eill subscribe to all those pages and tweets and hopefully next time I will get my preo in. Thanks again for those fantastic tips! By the way, TFSource sold out before I got a chance to preorder but they were so nice that they added one figure to all people who contacted them about the figure. So the figure was sold out but when I went to my stack... there it was, a Dairugger waiting for me! Can’t beat TFSource service man! Wish it was like this for Macross stuff. It will be once someone finally drives a stake into the evil mafioso enterprise Harmony Gold.
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Post by faelon on Jun 9, 2019 0:21:11 GMT -5
Oh Gods that is creepy! Was not expecting that first picture. Cool looking. But damned creepy.
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Post by faelon on Jun 9, 2019 0:19:54 GMT -5
Will wait for BBTS to get one, all this stores are crazy but who knows if they will fulfill and deliver the orders... Yup BBTS or Amazon USA for me. Amazon pre-orders are sold out already. BBTS hasn't posted theirs yet.
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Post by faelon on Jun 7, 2019 1:07:08 GMT -5
which one is the figure here lol looks good but the paint looks a bit off for me It has that look of metalic acrylics that never quite look right. Here's hoping those are just pre production samples and they use actual lacquers on the final product. I'm not real crazy on this one. I like some of the styling, but the funky forced perspective proportions turn me off. The big honking feet and tiny head. Plus for something this expensive actual transformation would be my preference. But whatever floats your boat. I'm sure somebody will love it.
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Post by faelon on Jun 3, 2019 23:21:13 GMT -5
Hey guys. Just curious if anyone knows that if I buy from Japanworld.it, would I be charged customs fees here in the US? If so, what percentage would they charge? Any info would be a big help. Thanks There are no import taxes on Japanese goods coming into the US.
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Post by faelon on Jun 2, 2019 22:04:58 GMT -5
I would also think gx-88 would get the same treatment as gx-71 judging by the display base options being similar. Wonder if we will get a sleeve also, but I can probably see them just giving us release us box like the gx-72. That would be nice. Heck I wish Bandai would release a poster of the North American GX-72 box art. I know many prefer the standard SOC box art, but damn that painted Megazord looked awesome.
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Post by faelon on May 31, 2019 23:09:48 GMT -5
Anyone know of any US pre-orders? BBTS? BBTS will have Rollerskatestron on preorder. So, chances are, other US-based vendors will have it available. But, it will possibly a couple days after the initial Japanese POs hit. Have we heard if it will have North American "Voltron" packaging, the way they did with GoLion and Daizyujin?
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Post by faelon on May 31, 2019 23:08:14 GMT -5
Yup it's already been confirmed by Bandai that Dairugger will actually be taller by 2cm than Golion. Depending on what you view as official, that should be about right. For the non-Americans, while GoLion and Dairuger were entirely different shows and never the twain shall meet. In the North American rework Voltron the two robots existed in the same universe. And in the finale movie fought side by side. In that bit of animation Dairuger/Vehicle Voltron is slightly taller to the top of the head. While GoLion?Lion Voltron's wings stretch a little higher. This think is really looking gorgeous.
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Post by faelon on May 20, 2019 23:49:06 GMT -5
The one thing I remain surprised by. The tooling for MA-01 still exists someplace in China, does it not? Somebody still owns it. It may have passed through a few hands with the fall of Miracle Metals, but I'm surprised somebody like Icarus or Wei Jang hasn't snatched up the tooling and put this guy back into production. Especially now with the Bandai release announced.
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Post by faelon on May 18, 2019 3:22:18 GMT -5
So just got mine. I like him! He doesn't do much, but he looks spectacular while not doing it. And all the big honking wheels work! WooHoo! It has the details we wanted on GX-72, It has almost no accessories. It's a Gidyup Horsie for the Megazord. Who then guts the Dragonzord and wears it's skin as a raincoat. And it looks so cool. When all assembled it's about as uselessly imobile as the full tricked out GX-68 GaoGaiGar with Goldymarg and the big wing thing. Well except it has these nice chunky functioning wheels, which enable it to really build up quite a bid of speed before it shelf dives. And it will look fantastic as it sails gracefully into open air.
It doesn't do much on it's own, but it's a must have for completing the Megazord and Dragonzord.
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Post by faelon on May 18, 2019 3:12:22 GMT -5
Any signs of a pre order being available yet? Before seeing signs of a pre-order, I think we first need to see signs of a finished and much more polished product. Look! An optimist! Who are we kidding. We will jam up and clean out the pre-orders in under 30 minutes once they drop. We may b*tch about it... but we're still gonna buy it. We're idiots that way.
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Post by faelon on May 9, 2019 1:21:21 GMT -5
hmmm.. not bad. This is probably the only reason i want to support ET coz the license they keep getting which is mostly obscure robots or those were not even released yet... and take risks. btw.. its kinda a rippoff of Getter coz it also does transformations similar to Getter Robo. Thats GekiGanger 3. It is a TV show within the anime TV show Nadesico. It's an old school Robot show that the pilots bond while watching, to contrast with the harsher realities of "real" robot space war. And yes it is an homage to the GoNagai stuff.
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Post by faelon on May 6, 2019 23:09:49 GMT -5
I kind of hope Bandai some day re-releases these. I don't know the Robots or the media they come from, so I'm not likely to hunt them down at the high aftermarket prices that these guys go for. But would probably grab them at an MSRP re-release.
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