A while back, I picked up Gokai-Oh, not realizing at the time that it was the original, somewhat-problematic release. (I'd been semi-aware of the Starburst version, but was under the mistaken impression that it only came in translucent plastic, which appeals to me in no way.)

I was delighted, then, when I ran across inexpensive solid-color versions of Gokai Jet and Gokai Racer on Mandarake. I bought them with the intention of using them to replace the current limbs, but as I was assembling them, I was struck by the opportunity inherent in taking apart the old ones to combine them with the differently-colored sets. (In this way, I'm grateful I hadn't attempted to paint the original.)

The newer set didn't have much color separation, it's just that the base color is more appropriate. When I realized I'd have the sticker the green wheels on Gokai Racer to look black, it dawned on me that I didn't have to. I prised the original apart to repurpose the elbows, fist, wheels, and nose. I did the same with the Jet, swapping blue for black where appropriate.

http://www.tokunation.com/picture.ph...&pictureid=710

Here's a question for you: why do you think they included two hats - one in blue and one in black - with Starburst Gokai Jet? In my picture, I left the blue one on Gokai Jet to see how it looks both in jet and combined modes.

I'm thinking about picking up Starburst Gokai Marine if I can find it, although that's the limb I actually preferred looking darker. It doesn't look like there are color differences for the Starburst Galleon and Trailer, so I'll likely pass on them unless there's something I'm missing. (If I really want to do Gokai-Oh's Starburst attack, I'll bust out my SRC. I bought the minipla due to (a) loving minipla and (b) being able to re-create Shinken Gokai-Oh, Hurricane Gokai-Oh, etc.)

They probably left two hats because they couldn't bother to edit the runner to remove the blue hat and just included the new hat molded in black.

I for one am very glad they decided to redo them with the proper limbs because it required less paint to make accurate. Here's how mine turned out:

http://pre09.deviantart.net/86a7/th/...ue-da90ldi.jpg

Also, after two months of waiting, my Wild ZyuOh King clear ver set finally arrived:

http://i.imgur.com/RiHpvte.jpg

Does anyone know whether the Cube Hyou (Leopard) in the Cube Octopus set comes with the spike for Wild TousaiKing's arm? It's not advertised, but since it's a Cube Kuma re-use, I'm hoping it's included.

Yes, cube weapons in the cube octopus set do come with all of the parts that the original aux cube animals came with.

Rejoice! You can buy a full set of the Kyuuranger minipla without dealing with duplicates!

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/det...%24pagecnt%3D1

You can still buy a full case if you want too:

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/det...%24pagecnt%3D1

Amazing! Hopefully that'll be a standard thing for the most part now.

Just gotta wait for preorders to reopen now.

Yeah. I'm waiting for HLJ to hopefully put it up for pre-order as I got MP Cheetor pre-ordered with them and want to ship them together.

AmiAmi has the preorders for the miinipla open again.

Yes! Since HLJ hasn't put it up yet I just went with AmiAmi even if that means I don't get to combine shipping with MP Cheetor.

Speaking of AmiAmi pre-orders, they've got Super Minipla Daizyujin back up, as well.