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Choujuu Sentai Liveman: Super Minipla Live Robo Gallery
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05-02-2018, 02:23 PM
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Den-O
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"Gattai! Live Dimension!"
When Bandai originally kicked off it's now incredibly popular
Super Minipla
line, many fans were suspect about when or if it would move on from Zyuranger. Those releases of courses were made possible because of some demand from western fans and sold very well. But before that line up was even completed we got confirmation that
Choujuu Sentai Liveman
would be the new line's 2nd series to tackle! Now we even know that the next series up for the treatment is Ninja Sentai Kakuranger! What we're here to look at today however, is what Bandai's brought to the table for Liveman with the
Super Minipla Live Robo!
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This thread is broken down into
5 full posts.
The review portions will be broken down with each post as well. Scroll through to the one you want to see at any time and enjoy the pics along the way!
Now, some preface about what's so "super" about
Super Minipla.
Traditionally, Minipla have always been a nice cheap alternative to the big DX mecha for kids. These are inexpensive model kit representations of their favorite giant robots that approximate the mecha's looks quite well. Minipla have been produced in one form or another for practically as long as sentai has had giant robos in it. Though the complexity and quality of the
main Minipla line
we see today, really only began to take shape in the early 2000's, around Dekaranger. Minipla before that era were largely not poseable, only sparsely accessorized, and often gang molded in incredibly simple colors, often missing the mark of the actual suits. In the last decade or so though they've become quite a bit more complex, striking proper balances between show accuracy and playability.
But
Super Minipla,
is a whole different ball game. This line revolutionizes the idea of what Minipla is by making it a high quality and fully complex collector's line. Dedicated to as close to show accuracy as possible, to re-creating transformations as close to show model as possible, and to giving collector's super poseable mini representations of DX toys that would otherwise be impossible to afford. Super Minipla has also covered many things not relating to Super Senai from anime such as GaoGaiGar, Xabungle, Ideon, and more. Essentially this line exists to allows many collectors the chance to own mecha that haven't been available for decades as DX toys, and whose original Minipla are so dated now that they wouldn't even begin to be enjoyable. By tackling these types of figures for Sentai, Bandai has practically struck a gold mine. Collector's are nearly guaranteed to buy poseable and affordable alternatives to toys they don't own but want to. It's genius really.
Also, I don't paint or panel line or do anything outside of what the stock instructions give me for model kits. I like to straight build everything, that's just the way I am and I'll always be. If you've ever seen Gundam Build Fighters, think of me like Straight Build Shimon. It's just my thing.
Part 1: Packaging
Where
standard minipla
releases will come in case assortment waves with duplicate parts and such,
Super Minipla
comes in a full series case. Each is divided into an exact number of boxes to complete one full set of the robo you've bought. In the Live Robo's case, that means we get one complete
3 box set
packed inside one
display shipper.
Traditionally a retail store would open a case of standard Minipla and sell each individual box for a set retail price, often only a few hundred yen. So kids could pick and choose which pieces they wanted or needed to finish their mecha of choice. With Super Minipla, this new distribution means you can just buy the whole display and get one complete toy like that. You can still see the perforated markings on the side of the Live Robo Case where it can be opened to sell these components individually, though that won't often be the case with a set like this.
The shipper case is just a
black & white
version of what packaging art we see featured on each of the individual boxes. So it's nice to pull those out and see just how much the color pops after having seen the outer case. Each of the individual boxes is identical save for a tiny number on the top flap of the box denoting which Machine parts it contains. The back side of each box shows off half the combined form of
Super Live Robo,
a really cool little extra since the individual boxes for the separately sold Live Boxer set, features the other half of this combined form. Each box can be torn open withe the perforated edge on the top or you can just pull the glued flaps apart like I have. It's all in whether you care to keep the boxes or not, I do keep them. Each box contains the instructions needed to build each component of Live Robo and transform it from it's Animal Form to it's piece in the Live Robo Combination. Each box also contains the infamous
Minipla Candy.
Super sweet and tart white candy in the shape of a clover that's been included in Minipla for as long as I can remember. Honestly I've always liked eating them.
Next up,
Live Machines!
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