Robot-Japan SoC galleries abandoned??

[Mechanical Flesh]

I'll be honest here. I'll tell you how I came to know this forum (don't worry it's not a long story )

Some months ago my interest for collection figures grew, robot figures to be more specific. I saw some in the stores nearby and realized just how much I didn't know about mechas in general. It didn't took long before I found out about the SoC line, and after a bit of googling and watching video reviews, I found this:


www.robot-japan.com/gallery/category/soul-of-chogokin-2.html


I started to browse and read through all of Gold's reviews, liking his way of analizing and inspecting the figures, summing up at the end the good and the bad of each toy. Oh, and the ugly too, of course

Soon after that I found out about this forum, and after some weeks of reading treads and looking at pictures of robot collections, I decided to become a forum member myself and join the party

But something was wrong: the reviews in the gallery stopped with Danguard A, GX-62. Is there a particular reason? Are you waiting for some more releases before updating the site? Did General Franky horrify you so much that you decided it would be a taboo to add it to the list?

Franky, the 2199 Yamato, the new Daitarn, Trider, they're all missing from the RJ galleries. I discovered this great, great forum thanks to those reviews. It would be nice if the same happened to someone else. Maybe someone who's on the fence about buying the new Daitarn and is looking for a good review...

[B-]

Maybe he is just busy,Gold is an active member he will get to it.I recall him doing at least one of those reviews in the threads.. maybe they just havent been posted there yet?

[mpchi]

Yeah, pretty sure Gold already did review on most of the latest SOCs mentioned. And he is very active on the site currently. In fact, Gold liked the 'horrific' General Franky quite a bit:

robotjapan.proboards.com/thread/21581/soul-chogokin-piece-general-franky?page=10

Maybe PM him directly so he can upload those reviews into the gallery page?

[reVolVer]

yup, his detailed reviews are a huge help,, those do's and dont's,, and i emphasize,, specially the dont's regarding your favorite chogokins,
so u might not end up having a broken or chipped figure. yeah, hes probably busy. just be patient.

[Mechanical Flesh]

Oh I'm aware that Gold already reviewed some of the aforementioned figures (and I know that he liked Franky as well ). But I didn't know that he was also the one uploading the reviews to the gallery section. That's interesting.

Maybe this tread will work as a reminder? There's no hurry anyway, it would just be a "nice touch" to keep the list updated

[KingboyD]

I was the one updating the website, but a few things happened. Life crept in and I lost a lot of free time. When I did have time, I just found it hard to get motivated to continue the upkeep. With being priced out of most new SOCs as the prices creep higher and higher, I sort of lost interest. I unfortunately do not visit the site as much as I used to with little talk of vintage, and with new releases or new info seeming to be sparse.

Also, Gold used to PM me his reviews, so I always knew when they were up and then I could get them on the website. I haven't seen a PM from him in a while, and since I have not been religiously following the discussions, I missed all the newer ones. Perhaps this will serve as a reminder to both him and me, and we can get back on track and start updating the site again. Get caught up. Thanks for the reminder.

[Mechanical Flesh]

Oh no need to thank me I didn't know about the "time complications", I'm sorry. Of course, if you KingboyD are the one in charge of updating that section of the site, by all means take your time.