If I could afford a super-robot Specific base for
every robot character in my collection,
I'd probably be "ToyFreaked" (Bankrupt. lol) outta my wallet!
As an individual buyer in the market for a base, Any base,
I would weigh my own pros and cons between a Universal base
and a Robot-Specific base, as follows:
UNIVERSAL BASE:
Pros:
-Photographic background/dioramic versatility for most robot figures
that would fit in scale proportion to the base.
-I'd only need One universal base for displaying/photographing
my robot figures.
-I just MIGHT have two universal bases, although that would be
redundant of me to have two of those bases, but then again
one for its own default layout and the other for modifications
or as an expansion module to the first base.
-One or two bases wouldn't take up so much shelf space,
as I would just use them whenever I need them for dioramas;
and then store them away until my next project.
-might not be as pricey as a Robot-specific base, therefore
it would fit my budget.
Cons:
-Different robot, same base... Oh the Monotony!
-Doesn't lend itself to assist with discussing the history and
origin of the robot character as its story takes place beginning inside
its base (ie:
Mazinger-Z = the Photon Lab... Jeeg = Build Base...)
and individual super-robots have their own Maintenance/Dispatch/Launch
protocols and procedures when getting ready to scramble for battles
patrols and other emergencies.
-If every single super-robot had the same Base layout,
the anime episodes would all be boring as a village of Smurfs living
inside a pet rock "Section 8 Housing Project in da Bronx";
since obviously some episode plots take place inside the base headquarters.
ROBOT-SPECIFIC BASE:Pros:-Each individual robot resides inside its own base headquarters located
in some remote area of land, mountain range, or in/near a body of water.
-The robot's very own base is often the birth-place or place of manufactured
origin of the super-robot itself
(examples:
Great Mazinger = the Science Fortress... Raideen = the Pyramid of Mu...)
Mazinger-Z would be an exception to this concept, because he was built in
Professor Juuzo Kabuto's underground laboratory in a villa located outside a
Tokyo suburb in Aogihara Forest, then later transplanted to the Photon Lab
and "adopted" by Professor Genosuke Yumi who inherited the Photon Lab
from Juuzo Kabuto upon his own forced retirement so that he could hurry up
and complete the Mazinger-Z robot to fight Dr.Hell's impending invasion.
So, in all fairness, Mazinger-Z should really have
TWO of his own separate lab bases! lol
-Each individual super-robot is characterized by its own base headquarters,
and are recognized with such base headquarters by fans of the anime series.
If someone says "Build Base", you would instinctively recognize the robot Jeeg.
If someone mentions the Big Order Room, you would instinctively recognize
the robot GaoGaiGar... all because those images have been engraved into your
mind while growing up watching the anime series since childhood.
Even Ironman would be out of place inside the Batcave! lol
Cons:-With as many favorite super-robot figures and models as each of us has
in our own collections, would we be able to handle such a vast occupation
of Desktop/Display Case/Book-shelf/Wall-shelf space to display every single
super-robot character inside its base headquarters?
Not unless you live in the Vatican! lol
-Mo' Money, Mo' Money, Mo' Money...
...with all that money I would spend on robot-specific bases,
I could probably pay for my own Healthcare in full; fk Obamacare!
-Family members/relatives coming over to visit... the kids would
certainly wreck your displays playing with all them bases like they
were doll houses, and that would certainly destroy your investments.
.............Well, there ya have it, my theory about Robot bases.
That's how I look at it.
Of course, I cannot speak for the entire hobby community.
If you can manage either or both types of bases, more power to you.
zozo-mag
