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Post by TheMazingerZ on Oct 23, 2012 14:19:59 GMT -5
The MazinkaiZer SKL was not a very expensive SRC. Secondary market made it an expensive SRC, not Bandai.  }D |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2012 14:27:40 GMT -5
True, but being an exclusive, limited release, it was priced higher than the regular SRCs. I am still glad to get it when it was released. ;D |
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Post by TheMazingerZ on Oct 23, 2012 15:13:17 GMT -5
True but only 6,090 Yen and included a DVD, so it was basically the same price as a regualr SRC to the people it was made for - the people in Japan. }D |
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Post by actionawesome on Oct 23, 2012 15:29:33 GMT -5
Still, I would by 5 Riobot GL over 5 Mattel Lions based on what I have seen. Would cost me about the same since I missed a subscription #notsad
Understand that Gurren Lagann has become one of my favorite mecha designs. I was surprised to admit it but it slid up into my top 5. I recently tracked down the Konami Great Impact one too.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2012 15:30:53 GMT -5
Yep, mine came with the DVD. What ever happened to the good old days were the economy was better and our hobby was affordable?  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2012 15:31:42 GMT -5
Still, I would by 5 Riobot GL over 5 Mattel Lions based on what I have seen. Would cost me about the same since I missed a subscription #notsad Please do not go there. Each toy has its merits.  |
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Post by actionawesome on Oct 23, 2012 15:55:18 GMT -5
Except I do not call these toys. I call them articulated statues. :-)
But I hear you
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2012 16:07:25 GMT -5
Funny, I call them money snatchers. ;D
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Post by TheMazingerZ on Oct 23, 2012 17:42:27 GMT -5
Call them what you want, they are still action figures, and action figures = toys! The price is irrelevant, they are still toys for ages 15 and up. Oh, and I would buy 200 snickers bars rather than one Riobot GL. ;D Did you get the Mattel Voltron? Not fair for anyone to bash anything unless they have it. I don't have the Riobot GL because I don't like its"nothing like the anime" design. Still, I think it is a nice figure but just waaaayyy too expensive for an all plastic little figure. There are more expensive plastic(resin) figures out there, but at least the S.H.E. figures transformed. ;D Anyway, you like the Riobot GL, others like the Mattel Voltron, others like both, and others like none. So, let's keep the negative remarks about stuff we don't have to a minimum. }D |
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Post by actionawesome on Oct 23, 2012 17:45:37 GMT -5
I view the Riobot GL to be just like the Fewture Getters in design. Those are nothing like the anime either. Don't you have those TheMazingerZ? I thought you did. If I am wrong I apologize.
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Post by TheMazingerZ on Oct 23, 2012 17:58:43 GMT -5
I view the Riobot GL to be just like the Fewture Getters in design. Those are nothing like the anime either. Don't you have those TheMazingerZ? I thought you did. If I am wrong I apologize. Yeah, because they are rare, FULL of diecast, and are pretty big and impressive figures. They are nothing like the anime and were never meant to be considered like the anime. ;D }D |
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Post by mildred on Oct 24, 2012 1:52:48 GMT -5
let's have some consistency here - you say it's "Not fair for anyone to bash anything unless they have it." but you clearly 'bash' the GL that you say you don't have because it's "...waaaayyy too expensive for an all plastic little figure". unless you're definition of 'bash' is different to mine ;D you also say that and you "...don't like its 'nothing like the anime' design". anyone can argue that the riobot GL is also "...nothing like the anime and were never meant to be considered like the anime". i've never seen anything that shows sentinel claiming it was designed to be like the anime; but i could be wrong  i'd take a nicely designed and well-executed little plastic figure over a badly-planned, crappily produced die cast one any day... |
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Post by TheMazingerZ on Oct 24, 2012 10:36:18 GMT -5
Calling something for what it is is not bashing. Riobot figures are way expensive for all plastic figures, and that's that. A bash is an attack, not a statement of the obvious. Are you stating that the Riobot is not expensive? Are you saying thay the Riobot is anime accurate? Oh well, to each its own. Like I wrote, if you read my posts (new and old), I always said the Riobot GL is a nice figure, just like I've always said I do not like it's non-anime accurate design. Live with it. }D |
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Post by mildred on Oct 24, 2012 12:16:20 GMT -5
i hear 'ya, maz - i guess your definition of 'bash' IS different to mine ;D my definition threshold appears to be lower, as i see 'bash' as starting at 'pointing out the negatives' than 'attacking'.
i'm not saying the riobot GL is anime-accurate - quite the contrary. i'm pointing out that i don't think sentinel was marketing it as such.
you stated that (one of the reasons) you don't like/own the riobot is because of it's 'anime-inaccurate' design, but you like and own the fewture getter/s despite their 'anime-inaccurate' designs, because, as you said, "They are nothing like the anime and were never meant to be considered like the anime" -- this applies to the riobot so your reasoning doesn't hold water.
i'm not questioning whether you like the design or not; i'm questioning the fact that you appear to be using the same reason to justify liking/owning one figure and disliking/not wanting to own the other - that doesn't make sense.
'expensive' is a subjective term. to a rich guy, a thousand-dollar toy may not be expensive (be it plastic or platinum), but to us 'mere mortals' it's may as well be a million dollars.
to answer your question, i'm not stating it's expensive/inexpensive. i'm stating that's expensive to you. i'm stating that it's expensive to me. i'm stating that it's expensive to most people. i'm also stating that it's not expensive to a multi-bazillionaire.
'calling something for what it is' is fine. the riobot is made of plastic; that's an objective fact. it will still be made of plastic regardless of outside factors (like my ability to afford it, for example). if i said it was metal, that is demonstrably incorrect.
considering it 'way expensive for a plastic toy' -- that's subjective. the fact that you, i and practically everyone else will consider this to be the case does not make it factually true, because the basis of the statement (being 'expensive') is subjective, i.e. it's not expensive to 'mr moneybags'.
i never thought that you hate the figure and am aware that it's more a case of "it's a cool fig - but i don't think it's not worth the asking price as it's all plastic, and i don't like the departure of design from the anime." i'm not getting you to like the figure any more or less than you already do, nor am i looking to get you to buy one. you like what you like, you dislike what you dislike, and that's cool.
i just can't abide by inconsistencies... ;D
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Post by mechaleleng 2.0 on Oct 24, 2012 12:53:08 GMT -5
Hoping for a release date for Lazenggan.
Wondering what other gimmicks he will have.
I really hope they make Enki too.
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Post by mildred on Oct 24, 2012 13:13:34 GMT -5
lazengann ftw! the proto pics look good to me. hope i can afford it when it comes out! i like the revoltech enki so i'll prolly like the riobot version as well |
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Post by TheMazingerZ on Oct 24, 2012 23:22:28 GMT -5
*sigh* I don't know what to say... you just don't seem to get it. Zero inconsistencies on my part. For some reason you keep bringing the Fewture Getters into this. I tried to to explain the Getter Fewture concept to you but I failed to get it through. You keep thinking the Riobot GL design is in the same line as the Fewture Getters design, which is incorrect... not even close. You don't seem to understand that I do not like the Riobot GL non-anime accurate design and it's price. You seem to feel that since I like the Fewture designs I have to like the Riobot GL design. What can I say... they are not the same. Fewture is a true steampunk version of the characters, while the Riobot GL is a refined version of the anime. That is why I don't like it, that's why I did not buy it. And just so you know, price is irrelevant to me when I want something. But enough of this. Like Baron Weirwulf says "this is getting trite". ;D }D i hear 'ya, maz - i guess your definition of 'bash' IS different to mine ;D my definition threshold appears to be lower, as i see 'bash' as starting at 'pointing out the negatives' than 'attacking'. i'm not saying the riobot GL is anime-accurate - quite the contrary. i'm pointing out that i don't think sentinel was marketing it as such. you stated that (one of the reasons) you don't like/own the riobot is because of it's 'anime-inaccurate' design, but you like and own the fewture getter/s despite their 'anime-inaccurate' designs, because, as you said, "They are nothing like the anime and were never meant to be considered like the anime" -- this applies to the riobot so your reasoning doesn't hold water. i'm not questioning whether you like the design or not; i'm questioning the fact that you appear to be using the same reason to justify liking/owning one figure and disliking/not wanting to own the other - that doesn't make sense. 'expensive' is a subjective term. to a rich guy, a thousand-dollar toy may not be expensive (be it plastic or platinum), but to us 'mere mortals' it's may as well be a million dollars. to answer your question, i'm not stating it's expensive/inexpensive. i'm stating that's expensive to you. i'm stating that it's expensive to me. i'm stating that it's expensive to most people. i'm also stating that it's not expensive to a multi-bazillionaire. 'calling something for what it is' is fine. the riobot is made of plastic; that's an objective fact. it will still be made of plastic regardless of outside factors (like my ability to afford it, for example). if i said it was metal, that is demonstrably incorrect. considering it 'way expensive for a plastic toy' -- that's subjective. the fact that you, i and practically everyone else will consider this to be the case does not make it factually true, because the basis of the statement (being 'expensive') is subjective, i.e. it's not expensive to 'mr moneybags'. i never thought that you hate the figure and am aware that it's more a case of "it's a cool fig - but i don't think it's not worth the asking price as it's all plastic, and i don't like the departure of design from the anime." i'm not getting you to like the figure any more or less than you already do, nor am i looking to get you to buy one. you like what you like, you dislike what you dislike, and that's cool. i just can't abide by inconsistencies... ;D |
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Post by mildred on Oct 26, 2012 12:00:39 GMT -5
nope - you're the one who doesn't get it. read my post again. i understand that you don't like the riobot gl design and its price. i don't care whether you like the riobot gl design or its price. i don't care whether you dislike the riobot gl design or its price. i do not feel that you should like the riobot because you like the getter, despite your insinuation. i am saying that you are using one reason to dislike one figure and the same reason to like another. THAT does not make sense. do you see the distinction? you do not need to explain the concept of the fewture getters to me - i understand it without the need for an explanation. you, on the other hand, do not seem to understand that this same concept applies to the riobot gl. you seem unsure as to why i "keep bringing up" the fewture getters -- i will explain it to you. the main reason i mention the getters is because it is integral to the discussion, as this is the basis of one inconsistency in your stance that i am trying to point out to you. you stated that: "...I don't have the Riobot GL because I don't like its"nothing like the anime" design. Still, I think it is a nice figure but just waaaayyy too expensive for an all plastic little figure..." actionawesome wrote: "I view the Riobot GL to be just like the Fewture Getters in design. Those are nothing like the anime either. Don't you have those TheMazingerZ? I thought you did..." to which you replied: "Yeah, because they are rare, FULL of diecast, and are pretty big and impressive figures. They are nothing like the anime and were never meant to be considered like the anime." i am not incorrect, nor am i alone in thinking that the riobot is in the same 'line' as the fewture getters; i.e. they are both stylized interpretations of a robot in an anime. that makes them inherently 'not anime-accurate'. just because you define one as being of a 'true steampunk' design and the other a 'refined' design does not make them inhabit a different category in this context. neither of them are meant to look (exactly) like the robot they're based on. they're all DIFFERENT VERSIONS of the robots as originally designed by their respective creators and depicted in their respective animes, manga, etc. just because one (getter) is more visually different to the original source design doesn't discount the fact the the other (gl) is also a departure from it's source. the difference may be subtle, but it's still a different version (and was intended to be as such, from all indications at the very least). btw, even though it's the fewture getters that are being mentioned, for some reason i keep picturing the fewture mazingers "Never, EVER quote yourself. It makes you look like a conceited idiot with a raging ego." -Me |
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Post by TheMazingerZ on Oct 26, 2012 18:27:32 GMT -5
Okay, I give up. Zero inconsistencies on my part. You just don't understand the differences yet. It's okay, you will once you have enough experience in this hobby. Anyway, I'm pretty much done replying to your comments, since you really do not want to understand. Now it is really trite.  }D |
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Post by boricua on Oct 26, 2012 18:41:58 GMT -5
well here we have a newby that cant tell the difference between the fewture getters and riobot gurren lagann!!!!! i dont care to read about your personal dislike of another member here, i just want to see news and pictures about the gurren lagann. so just take your personal attacks to private message instead and stop spamming this thread!!!!
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