GX-71 Voltron comparison picks and notes to 5 other voltrons
Feb 12, 2017 11:03:45 GMT -5
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Post by jedimasterthrash on Feb 12, 2017 11:03:45 GMT -5
In the individual lion displays, from left to right,
GX-71 Soul Of Chogokin
Toynami 30th Anniversary
Mad Toys King Of Beast
84 Golion (modern Taiwan bootleg)
84 LJN Motorized Lion Force
In the combined display, from left to right,
84 LJN Motorized Lion Force
Mad Toys King Of Beast
Toynami 30th Anniversary
GX-71 Soul Of Chogokin
84 Golion (modern Taiwan bootleg)
Japanese Golion ST
There's tons of reviews on these already so I won't bore you, but here's my one-sentence personal take on the various voltrons:
GX-71 Soul Of Chogokin
This is the simply the greatest piece of toy engineering I have ever seen. The plastic is like samurai sword steel-grade. The design, weight, color, materials, sheen, is impeccable. The only flaw is the green/red tails don't lift up higher, as they get in the way of a proper "sitting" pose.
Toynami 30th Anniversary
As long as you never ever touch it, it actually has the best looking brightest colors and shiny chrome of all the versions. But it's a floppy mess. It can't hold it's sword out in front of it's body with out leaning forward. The blue lion can't even stand without the front legs collapsing. The black lion can't even keep it's own head raised. And those tiny wings and strange skinny legs bother me. The glowing eyes are awesome, but why can't there be a freaking off switch? I have to insert that plastic tab to prevent burning out the batteries while on display, which prevents his face from coming all the way down. I love the key activation stand, but why didn't they have it say the 'mega thrusters are go" line?
Mad Toys King Of Beast
I love this. Despite most reviews saying the SOC vs KOB is an "either or", I think they are not mutually exclusive. SOC/Toynami etc is an anime/toy accurate voltron. KOB is an modern robot, industrial cyberpunk, ready-for-war, mecha version. The more military shades of colors, robotic mech legs, and greebled body surfaces, and alternate wing shape, clear red shoulder pieces, make it it's own valid toy in its own right. The weight, materials, design, fit, sturdiness, design are almost comparable to Bandai. The biggest flaw is the leg ratchets only allow a straight-up or wide-pose, I wish there was an in-between A-pose. And that the heads could lower more. Also, while you'd never care on its own, stood next to the others it looks a little dull and bland due to the lack of chrome and stickers/fewer paint apps, military colors. But I think some reprolabels could fix that. Also, the front legs on the red and green lions in combined mode seem a little too pronounced at first, but do grow on you. I actually prefer the original KOB to the new licensed version, as I embrace the non-accurate differences as making it worth adding to my shelf along with the others.
84 Golion (modern Taiwan bootleg)
I believe it was a thread on this board that told me the Taiwan bootleg was supposed to be nearly the same quality as the original. It is not. From the moment you touch it you can tell the plastic and fit and metal mold tolerances is BL quality. I mainly just wanted to get all the extra weapons and firing body parts, but most of them can't hold or fire their own missiles due to QC/tolerances. But now that the MT KOB and Bandai SOC have all the weapons, it's not so important to me anymore. I'm considering just finding an original matchbox. My childhood memories just tell me voltron felt better than this. It's kind of like getting a TF commemorative re-issue. Despite it being the same mold, you can just feel the cheaper quality plastic and degraded mold tolerances that have hit it. The vintage cannot be replaced with a re-issue.
Note that The SOC red lion's head pulls out 1/4 inch to give it a neck. I didn't realize this until later, so the individual lion picks show it with a short neck.
I couldn't figure out how to attach images so I had to hotlink to my FB.
GX-71 Soul Of Chogokin
Toynami 30th Anniversary
Mad Toys King Of Beast
84 Golion (modern Taiwan bootleg)
84 LJN Motorized Lion Force
In the combined display, from left to right,
84 LJN Motorized Lion Force
Mad Toys King Of Beast
Toynami 30th Anniversary
GX-71 Soul Of Chogokin
84 Golion (modern Taiwan bootleg)
Japanese Golion ST
There's tons of reviews on these already so I won't bore you, but here's my one-sentence personal take on the various voltrons:
GX-71 Soul Of Chogokin
This is the simply the greatest piece of toy engineering I have ever seen. The plastic is like samurai sword steel-grade. The design, weight, color, materials, sheen, is impeccable. The only flaw is the green/red tails don't lift up higher, as they get in the way of a proper "sitting" pose.
Toynami 30th Anniversary
As long as you never ever touch it, it actually has the best looking brightest colors and shiny chrome of all the versions. But it's a floppy mess. It can't hold it's sword out in front of it's body with out leaning forward. The blue lion can't even stand without the front legs collapsing. The black lion can't even keep it's own head raised. And those tiny wings and strange skinny legs bother me. The glowing eyes are awesome, but why can't there be a freaking off switch? I have to insert that plastic tab to prevent burning out the batteries while on display, which prevents his face from coming all the way down. I love the key activation stand, but why didn't they have it say the 'mega thrusters are go" line?
Mad Toys King Of Beast
I love this. Despite most reviews saying the SOC vs KOB is an "either or", I think they are not mutually exclusive. SOC/Toynami etc is an anime/toy accurate voltron. KOB is an modern robot, industrial cyberpunk, ready-for-war, mecha version. The more military shades of colors, robotic mech legs, and greebled body surfaces, and alternate wing shape, clear red shoulder pieces, make it it's own valid toy in its own right. The weight, materials, design, fit, sturdiness, design are almost comparable to Bandai. The biggest flaw is the leg ratchets only allow a straight-up or wide-pose, I wish there was an in-between A-pose. And that the heads could lower more. Also, while you'd never care on its own, stood next to the others it looks a little dull and bland due to the lack of chrome and stickers/fewer paint apps, military colors. But I think some reprolabels could fix that. Also, the front legs on the red and green lions in combined mode seem a little too pronounced at first, but do grow on you. I actually prefer the original KOB to the new licensed version, as I embrace the non-accurate differences as making it worth adding to my shelf along with the others.
84 Golion (modern Taiwan bootleg)
I believe it was a thread on this board that told me the Taiwan bootleg was supposed to be nearly the same quality as the original. It is not. From the moment you touch it you can tell the plastic and fit and metal mold tolerances is BL quality. I mainly just wanted to get all the extra weapons and firing body parts, but most of them can't hold or fire their own missiles due to QC/tolerances. But now that the MT KOB and Bandai SOC have all the weapons, it's not so important to me anymore. I'm considering just finding an original matchbox. My childhood memories just tell me voltron felt better than this. It's kind of like getting a TF commemorative re-issue. Despite it being the same mold, you can just feel the cheaper quality plastic and degraded mold tolerances that have hit it. The vintage cannot be replaced with a re-issue.
Note that The SOC red lion's head pulls out 1/4 inch to give it a neck. I didn't realize this until later, so the individual lion picks show it with a short neck.
I couldn't figure out how to attach images so I had to hotlink to my FB.