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Choujuu Sentai Liveman: Super Minipla Live Robo Gallery
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05-02-2018, 02:29 PM
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Part 5: Choujuu Gattai, Live Robo!
Now for the main event,
Live Dimension!
By far the greatest strength of the Super Minipla line is it's ability to recreate combined robots so excellently. You get a great functional toy with some fantastic proportions and accessories. Unlike many minipla of the past, you can also get around most part swapping for the transformations. In
Live Robo's
case, a mere
3 parts
are removed and totally set aside for this transformation. Only the plugs that cover the knee plugs on Sky Machine and the tail from Land Machine are left over in the end. I've included step by step photos to show you how to get from each individual machine into the parts you need. While I think those images can speak for themselves I do want to mention a couple of fascinating things about the combination that I love. First, the way the lower half of Sky Machine slides down to accommodate the Land Machine chest, then slides back up to lock it in place and hide Land Machine's front legs just blows my mind. Likewise the way in which Land Machine's legs rotate out on that shared black joint within the chest is just incredible to me. The way it moves is just so fluid it's hard to believe this is a minipla.
Once you've assembled
Live Robo,
you have one hell of a fun little figure. Without getting into the weapons yet, Live Robo is a great and poseable action figure in it's own right. The feet have side tilting joints thanks to how the feet are built, while the ankles can tilt forward and back too. Because of the nature of joints in the thighs we also get a nice knee joint connected to Aqua Machine that extends out it's main body. Then there's a mid-thigh swivel as well as a rotating hip joint. Now the hips are TIGHT, scary forceful on my Live Robo. Just be wary. All of this adds up to some extraordinary articulation in the lower body. This thing can stand on one leg with the other wrapped around it's back even. Despite it's complicated assembly even the torso can rotate pretty freely. The shoulders are each on a sort of butterfly joint that allows them to move very high up (at the cost of looking a bit inaccurate) but the arms can also swing out quite wide. Now for my one big complaint, the elbows have almost no range. Mostly because they have to accommodate the way the lion legs transform, they can only rotate forward about a quarter turn before they impact the opening forearm panel. The rotating biceps and fists can help alleviate some of this but it's still imperfect. Finally the head is on a small but useful balljoint that allows it to move a lot more than it appears at first glance. Able to spin around completely and angle up or down just a bit goes a long way to helping create personality for this mecha.
Now for weapons. Live Robo comes with a shield formed from Sky Machine called the
Live Shield.
A square peg on the handle allows it to fit snugly into either hand of the Live Robo and it's hinged to pose it out of the way. We also get the mighty
Chojuken
or
Super Beast Sword.
Oddly this accessory isn't painted nor are there stickers included for it so the hilt remains in accurate. 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. I don't feel like I should have to recreate missing details they should simply be there, and I'm not particularly good at it either. So these little inaccuracies are frustrating, but not deal breaking.
Final Thoughts
Super Minipla
is a revolutionary toyline for Super Sentai. As someone who typically collects DX toys, Robot Damashii, S.H. Figuarts, and Chogokin type figures, I was not prepared to be up for another toyline. But the chance to own a classic design like the Live Robo in an affordable way was something I couldn't pass up on. And I'm glad I didn't. If Bandai keeps it up and does more pre-Zyuranger mecha then I may actually be all in on this line. For now, I'm extremely please with how
Super Minipla Live Robo
has turned out.
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