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Post by xiombarg on May 16, 2006 9:44:02 GMT -5
Hey mpchi, nice review! I gotta agree with everything you said, although all my joints seem to have roughly the same amount of tightness, but I know what you are saying about how some of the joints are tighter than necessary.
I got used to his funky joint system quickly and now I think he's great, but I really wish he had a turning waist axis.
Edit - I have the worst sentence structure on the face of the planet!!! Bear with me please. My ADD seems to really grab me when I'm posting! Argh!
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Post by reed on May 20, 2006 10:45:04 GMT -5
Where is a good place to purchase the Super Robot s figures?
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Post by roanstalker on May 20, 2006 15:37:14 GMT -5
I can't wait for Super Robot Taisen Original Generation for the GBA! The first SRT/SRW in english and it's the second SRT game I completed.
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Post by xiombarg on May 20, 2006 17:21:34 GMT -5
Where is a good place to purchase the Super Robot s figures? I don't know if there is a good place to buy them. www.toy-wave.com is the only place I know of that consistently carries them other than using Yahoo Japan and a middleman service (which is sometimes cheaper than buying from Toywave). I have run across SRW figures listed at other online stores but it always seems like they are out of stock.
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Post by mpchi on May 23, 2006 2:06:07 GMT -5
Where is a good place to purchase the Super Robot s figures? www.amenbo.com/cgi-bin/detail/detail-e.cgiAmenbo.com has Alteisen at a discount price, but their Huckebein MkII normal color sold out. Only Trombe limited color left. HLJ.com has both gokin in stock. In terms of the Dengeki Hobby exclusives, Toy-wave has a couple left, but usually way overpriced ($350 for Daizeggar). The more I mess with Alteisen, the more I love it. As I start warming up with the joint system, the ratchet joints really make it easy to hold dynamic poses without a hint of toppling. Very good weight balance on this figure. Surprised that not much hype or talk about it, even on the Toysdaily.com site where a lot of HK SRW fans are. ![???](http://lemonstre.fr/robot-japan/smileys/huh.png)
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Post by xiombarg on May 23, 2006 9:45:05 GMT -5
Where is a good place to purchase the Super Robot s figures? www.amenbo.com/cgi-bin/detail/detail-e.cgiAmenbo.com has Alteisen at a discount price, but their Huckebein MkII normal color sold out. Only Trombe limited color left. HLJ.com has both gokin in stock. In terms of the Dengeki Hobby exclusives, Toy-wave has a couple left, but usually way overpriced ($350 for Daizeggar). The more I mess with Alteisen, the more I love it. As I start warming up with the joint system, the ratchet joints really make it easy to hold dynamic poses without a hint of toppling. Very good weight balance on this figure. Surprised that not much hype or talk about it, even on the Toysdaily.com site where a lot of HK SRW fans are. ![???](http://lemonstre.fr/robot-japan/smileys/huh.png) It is kind of strange. This is the only place that I've seen any real talk about it. But it is something like the fourth Alteisen release in just a couple of years, so maybe everyone has had their fill?
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Post by mpchi on May 23, 2006 13:30:53 GMT -5
Yeah. Over there at Toysdaily, there is more talk on the Dengeki Hobby stuff when a new one got released or up for preorder. And somehow, they keep buying those with high prices(though cheaper than us foreigners buying) even though the quality is really kind of bad. When the diecast Huckebein MKII came out last year, it got a little buzz, but not a lot. And this time, Alteisen got only a couple threads with some short replies. Not much talk really, even though the quality is way above the Dengeki stuff. Must be the variety that wins them over, while most fans already have a Alteisen figure by now. I did have the SRWMX Limited action figure of Alteisen, made of painted hard plastic instead of PVC, but very much like MSIA style. Loose leg joints though, and not that poseable. Even the sculpt is very weak now standing besides this new diecast version. Banpresto(Unifive), please don't let this line die. There are still a lot of cool diecast SRW robots I need to buy from you!!! ![:D](http://lemonstre.fr/robot-japan/smileys/grin.png)
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Post by lurkerx on May 23, 2006 13:38:23 GMT -5
So wait there's more die-cast SRW figures out there?
are they any good?
Where's a good place to get them?
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Post by mpchi on May 23, 2006 16:06:07 GMT -5
So wait there's more die-cast SRW figures out there? are they any good? Where's a good place to get them? This one. The Huckebein MKII, comes in 2 colors. Came out about a year or so ago. pony-hp2.web.infoseek.co.jp/UNI-HUCKE2.htmLoved it, and very awesome articulation that will balance well almost in any dynamic pose. Structure less complex than Alteisen, and don't remember there were ratchets like Alt. But all joints are tight and hold up very well to this day. Only weak points are no double jointed elbow, and the accessory weapon 'Chakrum Shooter' tends to fall apart easy and don't sit on the left arm well. Hands are mold onto weapons, other than the beam saber one. Holds weapons very sturdy, but limited you displaying holding only one weapon at a time, unless having extra hands displayed floating around. The Huckebein MKII & the Alteisen is the only 2 SRW diecast figures released so far. While these are no SOCs, they are as good as you can get in terms of SRW stuff. And some of the most poseable quality diecast in my collection, following close behind Godannar. ![;)](http://lemonstre.fr/robot-japan/smileys/wink.png) Again, Amenbo.com has the best Alteisen price and the Huck MKII-Trombe version(red & gold), while HLJ still have both color versions of Huck MKII in stock. Go get them now! ;D
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Post by Chen on May 23, 2006 18:52:46 GMT -5
Anybody know if the new North American PS3 will be able to play Japanese Games? Cause if I can play new SWR games (just imagine the graphics) on a non-modified PS3 then that's good enough for me to wait and get one (plus the Final Fantasy games too).
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Post by roanstalker on May 24, 2006 1:18:39 GMT -5
I've heard that they will be region-free like the PSP was. I really want to know what their line up is for any of the SRWs planned at the mo (SRW on PS3 and SRWDS).
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Post by xiombarg on May 25, 2006 0:59:24 GMT -5
One thing I wish the Dengeki figures would do is quit releasing these so-so characters like Schutzwald, who is a boring design to say the least. The SRW line up has a huge number of characters to choose from so why even bother with the second and third tier guys? Nobody is going to buy a $60 Schutzwald. Even Angel G and Sladegelmir are sort of questionable and haven't really sold that well. I would think they would focus more on the figures that are actually popular. It's not like they are going run out of material. At the rate they are being released it would take years.
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Post by roanstalker on May 25, 2006 1:45:16 GMT -5
I actually like AngelG.
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Post by lurkerx on May 25, 2006 8:14:42 GMT -5
Well I finally got mine yesterday, from HLJ. ![:)](http://lemonstre.fr/robot-japan/smileys/smiley.png) I’d have to say overall I’m quite pleased with it and am surprised that Banpresto a company I though was known for producing mainly gashapon is able to come up with something like this. All the positives noted previously I found to be accurate. One thing that kind of bothered me though is: Its paint job finish has the same look and feel as my toynami MPC alphas except it was less sloppy. it also has a tendency to chip fairly quickly as the tip of its feet already obtained very minor chipping again very similar to the toynami alphas. I like the hanger detail touch and plan to display the fig. with it. It's like the SOC EVAs lauching display All I have to say is that its sort of pathetic that toynami’s high ended figures are still not better than/ or just bearly comparable to a product bandai’s subsidiary gashapon non-high-end die-cast specialist company can produce. and thanks to Xio & mpchi I’ve also ordered the die-cast Huck MKII as well ! ! ! One day I’ll get you guys back by writing a convincing review about some obscure die-cast figure that you’ll just have to have ......heh...heh ;D
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Post by shaggydog on May 25, 2006 13:00:02 GMT -5
Um, do you know the history of Unifive, lurker?
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Post by lurkerx on May 25, 2006 13:09:30 GMT -5
Well all I know about Unifive is its a bandai subsidiary it also specializes on various plastic/ pvc mini figs recently they made some die-cast stuff like the gaofighgar transforming version, the god-pheonix and astroboy oh yeah the go-ranger aircraft as well
am I missing a big chunk?
I just thought since Toynami was competing with the likes of bandai & yamato, aoshima and MF for our $$$ it was just sad that their figures aren't even comparable to these companies but rather more on par with the likes of banpresto & Unifive
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Post by mpchi on May 25, 2006 14:34:49 GMT -5
After quite a bit of play time, I do agree that the paint on the bottom of the feet rubs off slowly. I was doing quite a bit of posing with it at work when ever I feel like a short break ![:P](http://lemonstre.fr/robot-japan/smileys/tongue.png) and now realize the corners of the black squares at the bottom of it heel is rubbed off. Its not really chipping, just paint rub off little by little. I then place a white sheet of paper on where it stands, and sometime later, see very faded paint marks where it rubbed against. So just pay attention to the feet bottom. I just got over it and keep posing. ![:D](http://lemonstre.fr/robot-japan/smileys/grin.png) The rest of the body is fine with no paint issues, and I do like the matte finish for a change instead of the glossy finish we usually see. Matches the Dengeki stuff too with the matte finish. Yeah, Unifive have some diecast history before, but didn't get me noticed until I got my hands on the Huck MKII, then BOOM, they disappeared and merged with Banpresto.
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Post by xiombarg on May 25, 2006 22:09:37 GMT -5
I like the matte finish too, but I can tell you from retail paint store experience that matte finish paint is not as durable as gloss or semi gloss finishes. But I think the paint gives it a cool industrial sort of look. If you haven't checked out the SRW site lately they've been adding cool new graphics and revamping the the "OG" section lately. www.suparobo.jp/index.htmland www.suparobo.jp/srw_lineup/srw_ogps/index.htmlThis is just a guess, but Unifive may have been bought by Bandai in the eighties if it wasn't a subsidiary from the beginning, because it seems I remember coming across some figures that were made by Unifive from around that time or maybe even the 70s?
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Post by question on Jun 7, 2006 17:25:14 GMT -5
I got mine yesterday. I am not too happy with the figure... his left thigh is bit loose and his right is too tight. I am too afraid to rotate it lest I might break it... The robot looks very cool and it is gimmicky. But still I think I can live without it.. anyone interested in buying off from me for $100 + shipping? Well I finally got mine yesterday, from HLJ. ![:)](http://lemonstre.fr/robot-japan/smileys/smiley.png) I’d have to say overall I’m quite pleased with it and am surprised that Banpresto a company I though was known for producing mainly gashapon is able to come up with something like this. All the positives noted previously I found to be accurate. One thing that kind of bothered me though is: Its paint job finish has the same look and feel as my toynami MPC alphas except it was less sloppy. it also has a tendency to chip fairly quickly as the tip of its feet already obtained very minor chipping again very similar to the toynami alphas. I like the hanger detail touch and plan to display the fig. with it. It's like the SOC EVAs lauching display All I have to say is that its sort of pathetic that toynami’s high ended figures are still not better than/ or just bearly comparable to a product bandai’s subsidiary gashapon non-high-end die-cast specialist company can produce. and thanks to Xio & mpchi I’ve also ordered the die-cast Huck MKII as well ! ! ! One day I’ll get you guys back by writing a convincing review about some obscure die-cast figure that you’ll just have to have ......heh...heh ;D
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Post by m8zinger on Jun 10, 2006 20:37:49 GMT -5
Never seen this guy before. He's obviously a modern robot right? I'm not sure about his horn though....I like head spikes on a robot but a single clear horn is a bit weird...unless of course he impales other robots on it and spills their glistening cyber entrails all over the palce.
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