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Post by Gettershadow on Feb 24, 2014 12:43:45 GMT -5
Yeah they did but its been several months and I forgot the estimated dates. I would expect Gattiger in maybe 3 or 4 months and Z Mazinger around the end of the year. But this is just based on my old man's memory.. if memory serves, both of them will be out this year. HLpro does not handle the pre-orders, that is going to be done by the distributors like PBM.. and PBM does not seem to bother with pre-orders bc there are almost always enough figures to satisfy the hardcore collectors... if you place your order within a few months of release you will get one.. there are even a few Gin Gins and Giru Giurs out there still.. They know how much the market can absorb,
As a side note, I was told that Metaltech figures are selling faster than they did in the past as the line becomes bigger and has more figures in it..
I would think that by the time Zmazinger comes out, it will be a real game changer for Metaltech... so the distributors may be worrying more about "per orders" by that time.
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Post by B- on Feb 24, 2014 19:54:59 GMT -5
Ill preorder from Entertainment Earth,much faster and nicer to deal with than PBM.Dont like the servioe or Paul frankly.Im super excited for gattaiger! I hope the Z-Mazinger looks half as good as the ET garage kit,that is a perfect sculpt,I own it.It will be nice to have it in diecast,and with that slimmer look,HLpro is known for,excited!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2014 12:36:27 GMT -5
Never dealt with PBM. For items like this, I pre-order from BBTS and take advantage of the Pile of Loot.
After my experience with Gin Gin, which is the very first HL Pro product that I ever purchased, I am looking forward for both Gattaiger, Z-Mazinger, the Metaltech base, and those new jumbos.
I just hope that HL Pro also makes both Govarian and God Mazinger. (Are you reading this HL Pro? Please make Metaltech versions of Govarian and God Mazinger).
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Post by Gettershadow on Feb 25, 2014 14:18:57 GMT -5
There is a bunch of stuff on their official list then other stuff on the "Mental List" of things they want to do... they are going to have to get that "official to do list" first.. so it may take awhile. Could be by that time they may have to react to something that is going on in the market at that time. We just have to wait and see what they do..
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Post by B- on Feb 25, 2014 23:01:41 GMT -5
There is a bunch of stuff on their official list then other stuff on the "Mental List" of things they want to do... they are going to have to get that "official to do list" first.. so it may take awhile. Could be by that time they may have to react to something that is going on in the market at that time. We just have to wait and see what they do.. Tom what do you mean exactly by reacting to what is happening in the market? Obtaining Liscenses or?It certainly cant be what is popular at the time,as we are talking about shows that aired 40 years ago.LOL |
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Post by Gettershadow on Feb 26, 2014 0:29:38 GMT -5
ha ha Baron, you ask some badass questions but no that's not what Im talking about.. Im talking about the strategic selection of character at any given time...
Its safe for me to say that HL is "winding up" the Metaltech line right now.. Gin Gin did real well and support for that line has expanded. I tend to think that each one will come a little faster than the last one... right now they are mostly working on building a stronger foundation for the launch of future characters. Think of them as "laying the foundation" right now... the bigger the line is, the more freedom to get crazy they will have. Know what I talking about? Looking at what they have announced so far, the foundation itself is very unique.. so you can bet as it opens up its going to get real interesting.
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Post by Lejam on Feb 26, 2014 7:16:04 GMT -5
 MT05 : GATTAIGER Metal content |
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Post by chogokinabdul on Feb 26, 2014 7:24:14 GMT -5
wooooowww .... dude .... that is good !!
can't wait
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Post by magengar on Feb 26, 2014 7:50:56 GMT -5
ha ha Baron, you ask some badass questions but no that's not what Im talking about.. Im talking about the strategic selection of character at any given time... Its safe for me to say that HL is "winding up" the Metaltech line right now.. Gin Gin did real well and support for that line has expanded. I tend to think that each one will come a little faster than the last one... right now they are mostly working on building a stronger foundation for the launch of future characters. Think of them as "laying the foundation" right now... the bigger the line is, the more freedom to get crazy they will have. Know what I talking about? Looking at what they have announced so far, the foundation itself is very unique.. so you can bet as it opens up its going to get real interesting. BOOM! I like that way of thinking.  They're selecting characters no other toy company is making at this time, thus not having to worry about competition from other companies because
right now there's no one else making a Gin Gin or whatever. Everyone is going after Maz this and that, and Grendy this and that, because the market is saturated with most of the popular toy robot characters. So let's produce characters which collectors yet do not have in their collection, characters they've been waiting for but never expected so soOon... ...the market will come running with wallets wide open. zozo-mag |
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Post by Chen on Feb 26, 2014 8:00:45 GMT -5
Hey GS any pics of how the re-colored Gin Gin will look like? I have a chance to get the regular version tat a deal but I would like to see what this new version looks like before I bite.
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Post by Gettershadow on Feb 26, 2014 11:22:00 GMT -5
No, it was just described to me.. but I think its pretty much at concept at this stage. If you see a good deal on a normal Gin Gin go for it.. a repaint is probably months away at least. The normal one is a very good figure anyway.. my only complaint on it was that the saw blades popped off a little bit too easy for me but I got used to handling that figure over time.. the concept behind the re-issue version was a darker, more sinister version in dark metallic colors similar to some Hlpro drawings of Gin Gin. Ill be getting that one too.
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Post by Gettershadow on Feb 26, 2014 12:06:22 GMT -5
ha ha Baron, you ask some badass questions but no that's not what Im talking about.. Im talking about the strategic selection of character at any given time... Its safe for me to say that HL is "winding up" the Metaltech line right now.. Gin Gin did real well and support for that line has expanded. I tend to think that each one will come a little faster than the last one... right now they are mostly working on building a stronger foundation for the launch of future characters. Think of them as "laying the foundation" right now... the bigger the line is, the more freedom to get crazy they will have. Know what I talking about? Looking at what they have announced so far, the foundation itself is very unique.. so you can bet as it opens up its going to get real interesting. BOOM! I like that way of thinking. They're selecting characters no other toy company is making at this time, thus not having to worry about competition from other companies because
right now there's no one else making a Gin Gin or whatever. Everyone is going after Maz this and that, and Grendy this and that, because the market is saturated with most of the popular toy robot characters. So let's produce characters which collectors yet do not have in their collection, characters they've been waiting for but never expected so soOon... ...the market will come running with wallets wide open. zozo-mag Not only characters that companies are not doing at the time but also ones that were done badly in history or characters that compliment other Hlpro characters . Normally because the way we have been collecting in the past, we get a Getter Dragon, Mazinger , Great Mazinger and Grendy and put them all together in a display and say "That is a collection... they all compliment each other". But right now in my case I have a Anime Grendy, a Giru Giru and Gin Gin with a scale TFO and THAT is a collection too.. they all compliment each other... well more can be added to things like that... they could do a V2 and throw that in there.. they could come out with another Grendy enemy and that would work in there also.. Then, Zmazigner enemies, Gattiger enimes.. just whatever would be cool to release at any given time. So right now they are building a foundation that you need to unlock doors later on in the line... some stuff could just come out of the blue too. Anything is possible with these guys. If reaction isn't good to one character, they move in another direction based off another character... like evolution through natural selection. They also are not interested in getting into the "technology war".. they are more into the "Charm offensive".. its an attack with simple-looking, charming and honest figures that have good amounts of diecast .. like the figures you wished they made back in the 70s when we were kids but that were impossible to make in that era. If you take the shields off of Gin Gin and move him around, you will see that he is a real clean figure..almost like a vinyl action figure done in diecast. .. I think its a real good balance between articulation and clean looks. Each figure in the future will have its own system of articulation built just for that character, no standardized parts will be used.. so each figure will be unique some characters will allow for more articulation some less but they are willing to give up some articulation in exchange for a clean looking figure... and I like that kind of thinking because my figures just stay on display and I change the poses up only once a every few months or so. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2014 12:53:41 GMT -5
MT05 : GATTAIGER Metal content Thanks for the picture Lejam! Now I see why this thing is going to be pricey. Just look at that hunk of metal. |
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Post by Gettershadow on Feb 26, 2014 15:52:34 GMT -5
yeah, the set is basically two full-fledged, free-standing figures.. youll be displaying both of them simultaneously.
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Post by B- on Feb 26, 2014 22:15:00 GMT -5
I LOve the way Gin Gin and now Roboizer/Gattaiger has the hidden type joint system,like how the upper legs are flush with the hips,it just looks more anime like.Love that,ingenious.And to do it without paint scratches,plastic to metal,nice.
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Post by Gettershadow on Feb 26, 2014 23:00:52 GMT -5
I LOve the way Gin Gin and now Roboizer/Gattaiger has the hidden type joint system,like how the upper legs are flush with the hips,it just looks more anime like.Love that,ingenious.And to do it without paint scratches,plastic to metal,nice. yeah I know, and that is going to be their new signature.. I got a feeling that on some characters its going to make a huge difference in how they display vs what the other companies have done in the past. |
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Post by Lejam on Feb 27, 2014 6:07:28 GMT -5
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Post by Gettershadow on Feb 27, 2014 10:51:33 GMT -5
its got a nice sleek profile.. I like the tail fins
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Post by greengetterguy on Feb 27, 2014 12:35:26 GMT -5
Thanks for the update. Looks like both top and bottom of the saucer is diecast, HLPro trademark. Good job. Can we see the robot now?  |
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Post by chogokinabdul on Feb 27, 2014 12:49:03 GMT -5
Looking good! Me like |
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