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Post by voltes on May 30, 2019 9:04:26 GMT -5
Next Monday this goes up for pre-order right? I guess Japanese sites like ami-ami, Nippon yasin and hlj? Man I hope albegas is before gx-100 lol
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Post by xephon0930 on May 30, 2019 10:02:06 GMT -5
Next Monday this goes up for pre-order right? I guess Japanese sites like ami-ami, Nippon yasin and hlj? Man I hope albegas is before gx-100 lol Yeah. I have a tab up with HLJ for the SoC as well as the Strike Parts for the VF-1S.
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Post by borutesfaibu on May 30, 2019 10:43:41 GMT -5
I’m gonna tell you guys now... this thing is crap. Don’t buy it. Don’t wake up at whoknowswhat AM to attempt to buy this thing. Let me order one and bear the brunt of this ugly monstrosity. No one else has to suffer.
Seriously, I don’t know why you’d ever doubt Bandai could deliver. This is thing looks amazing. I hope everyone who wants one will be able to get it.
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Post by greengetterguy on May 30, 2019 11:46:38 GMT -5
Looks million times better then the very original photos..
Few nit picks tho. I wouldn't be me, if I didnt complaint a little teehee. 1. First, His feet looks squashed..like its been scaled down vertically...is this how it looks in anime? 2. His shoulder joints look...disjointed in more " dynamic" pose. Bandai did this to upcoming Metal Composit Zaku also. Ugly to me TBH. 3.i "personally" kinda wish white limbs were silver as it would match GoLion Voltron better. 4.i really really hope wheels turn on vehicles as when I look at the treads on tanks, they look molded in one piece....
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Post by chogokinabdul on May 30, 2019 11:59:57 GMT -5
this looks crazy good ! just what you expect from a Giant like Bandai.
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Post by batsugun21 on May 30, 2019 12:10:06 GMT -5
Who else has pre-order anxiety?
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Post by dluna on May 30, 2019 12:31:09 GMT -5
Who else has pre-order anxiety? Pre-order anxiety indeed!
This will be my first "official" pre-order with this line of Bandai's Soul of Chogokin but it will be my 3rd toy in the same line overall.
Has anyone confirmed exact date and time on this yet? I'd hate to have to stay up or wake up at 2am my time only to find out nothing will happen on June 3rd.
This bad boy looks AMAZING and I almost have to wonder how much liberty Bandai Spirits may have taken in using some of the Miracle Metal Works Vehicle Voltron design. I know it'll be far from the same toy and design but there are definitely a lot of similarities. I personally would be perfectly fine with this since I own the Miracle Metal Works Vehicle Voltron V2 and it's really far from terrible and has pretty sweet articulation. If Bandai found a way to make the Miracle Metal Works Vehicle Voltron better... than I'd be nothing but grateful.
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Post by Chen on May 30, 2019 13:05:45 GMT -5
ON my FB news feed I'm seeing nothing but articles or ads for GX-88 which is great that Dairugger/Voltron is getting major love but man I'm getting worried about trying to get a PO with all this hype.
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Post by S_Gokin on May 30, 2019 13:08:00 GMT -5
still looking good, the articulation also look good (not great not bad)
the only thing i dont like about it, is the visible ankle joint, its ugly, why they didn't hide it somehow
it gives the figure a floating like effect (same as the GX-59 Daltanious)
still i dont trust promo photos so i will have to wait till i get it in my hand
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Post by ninjahandz on May 30, 2019 13:11:52 GMT -5
Preorder starts on June 3rd at a whooping 38,500 yen. Yikes! Release on October 2019. Let’ see if we have the same preorder issues we had with Golion. Hopefully retailers will have more than 4 units available for preorder this time
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Post by tjdetweiler on May 30, 2019 14:06:54 GMT -5
Looks very nice! Will be getting one for sure.
Pre order would be hell as DX VF-1J PO also releases on the same time, expect websites to crash during PO time.
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Post by Yumcha on May 30, 2019 14:46:39 GMT -5
Rollerskatestron looks amazing. Cannot wait for it to land in October. That is assuming I can get a preorder in. >_<
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Post by grimlock212 on May 30, 2019 15:50:51 GMT -5
Why are you guys so worried? I was able to buy a 2nd Voltron maybe two months after the first one was released through Amazon. I can’t imagine this will outsell lion Voltron.
Shockingly, Amazon sent me one of the Voltrons with just a shipping label on the box of the toy. 😳
Obviously I had them replace that.
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Post by mattytreks on May 30, 2019 15:53:21 GMT -5
The burning question here is, what necessitates the significantly higher price for this particular Chogokin?
Were manufacturing costs truly higher? Or was it simply a matter of Bandai knowing the demand is there to inflate the price beyond what we typically pay for our GX’s?
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Post by grimlock212 on May 30, 2019 15:58:06 GMT -5
The burning question here is, what necessitates the significantly higher price for this particular Chogokin? Were manufacturing costs truly higher? Or was it simply a matter of Bandai knowing the demand is there to inflate the price beyond what we typically pay for our GX’s? Everything coming from China is going way up in price. I remember getting my first Hot Toys Iron Man figure for around $150, where the latest one to go up for pre-order is $409. I’m trying to remember what the original SoC Dancouga cost, maybe $149 too? 🤔
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Post by crycryptowaste on May 30, 2019 16:57:28 GMT -5
Why are you guys so worried? I was able to buy a 2nd Voltron maybe two months after the first one was released through Amazon. I can’t imagine this will outsell lion Voltron. Shockingly, Amazon sent me one of the Voltrons with just a shipping label on the box of the toy. 😳 Obviously I had them replace that. Are you sure it wasn't a counterfeit? I've always had issues with counterfeit books, US TV show DVD sets, figures, clothing, you name it from Amazon. Gave up buying stuff from Amazon years ago
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Post by grimlock212 on May 30, 2019 17:27:53 GMT -5
Why are you guys so worried? I was able to buy a 2nd Voltron maybe two months after the first one was released through Amazon. I can’t imagine this will outsell lion Voltron. Shockingly, Amazon sent me one of the Voltrons with just a shipping label on the box of the toy. 😳 Obviously I had them replace that. Are you sure it wasn't a counterfeit? I've always had issues with counterfeit books, US TV show DVD sets, figures, clothing, you name it from Amazon. Gave up buying stuff from Amazon years ago I’m sure it’s real, I bought it directly from Amazon, and I already owned one.
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Post by bocasas on May 30, 2019 18:25:13 GMT -5
I guess first Japan taxes went up recently. Second the engineering in this one seems more complicated than a regular SOC (they are 15 vehicles). I'm really happy I'm not into this one. Albegas would be another things if it ever comes out. Anyway I'm buying ares saga myth cloth ex at Monday PO so all of you'll be probably crashing HLJ making my PO impossible because of this and the valkyrie
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Post by xephon0930 on May 30, 2019 18:55:54 GMT -5
I am going to get this anyways. Granted this will take up a month's worth of figures I can allow for my budget. I like to use up like $300 a month.
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Post by optimusprimesg on May 30, 2019 21:19:51 GMT -5
I’m hoping the high price tag and VF-1S madness will make it easier to get Voltron. But we all know it’s going to be sold out instantly even at this price anyway.
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