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I wish they were rereleasing GaoGaiGar to go with Stealth Gao 2 and Goldymarg.
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When I look for minipla preorder, it always seems to stay only a few day and not available anywhere after that (other that auction site), even when it is eventually available like for kyuranger set 01.
Does any one has any explanation of why ? I can understand that preorder are limited, but when it becomes available why site like amiami or other doesn't seek to sell more ? I also wonder how you seems to be so aware of news about mini pla. Is there a good place to be informed of incoming preorders ? Thanks for any one for sharing some info on this. Neoxul |
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Sentai minipla are frequently re-released, so missing a preorder on, say, KyurenOh mostly just means you'll have to wait a little longer. If it's anything like Zyuohger, they'll release a more complete set of, say, the first nine Voyagers sometime after the first two sets are released. Quote:
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Oh, and unrelated, I literally just received KyurenOh in the mail, and now, I understand why I didn't have to order a full case. What I received was a complete package of all six mecha. Since there are no extras, it makes it easy for the vendor to sell either an entire case or just break it in two.
...aaand although I'm not done assembling it (I haven't started Shishi Voyager, yet), I've found a gripe. The stickering is asymmetrical for no apparent reason, so Chameleon Voyager only has a sticker on one half of its snout, Kajiki Voyager only has a sticker on one half of his dorsal fin, and Ookami and Oushi voyagers both only have a particular sticker on one side. Given that they put a lot of effort into minimizing the use of stickers (the tiny sprues for Chameleon's eyes and Oushi's visor are wonderful), it just strikes me as a strange, given most Sentai minipla I've owned do pretty symmetrical stickers. Further edit: Okay, it looks like the asymmetry is true to the suit and DX toy design. I have no idea *why* they did that, but the minipla isn't cutting corners, it's just following the DX and suit. |
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For my part, I would really loved to buy one to support this, but as I missed preorders, and prices are going a bit high on auction site for the boxes, I found someone selling a pack of 6 and not the complete box for a normal price. It will be for the next month I hope. Neoxul |
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Trust me, I bought Cube Whale from them about 3 months after it came out. |
As expected, I'm pretty darned impressed with Kyurenoh now that I have it in-hand. As expected, the color separations are very good. Chameleon Voyager came with six sprues! There's minimal use of stickers, although there's some black on Oushi Voyager that I was surprised to discover was a sticker rather than plastic, given that just about everything else is cast in an appropriate color.
The articulation is as good as you'd expect from modern Sentai minipla, with functional knees, hips, and ankles. The shoulders are on hinges in addition to a swivel, which really opens up a lot of options. It's got elbows of variable functionality depending on which limbs you use. The Kajiki and Chameleon Voyagers feature a ball joint on a section that can collapse back into the forearm when not in use. The design still limits the elbow articulation to some extent, but you can still get a pretty solid bend out of them. The head/neck is on a swivel rather than a ball, but it makes sense given how the different modes work. The extending wrench for Chameleon and the opening mouths on Oushi and Ookami are all replicated here. (And the mouth of Oushi is crying out for an accessory to hold.) The Kyutama are a little puzzling. As expected, two stickers are applied to the plastic piece in the center, one side for the constellation/animal, and the other for the pilot in the cockpit. Like the DX Kyutama, you can turn the globe with a satisfying click. Unlike the DX, I can't figure out why you'd do so, as the image does not turn. The pilot details are cool, although depending on lighting, it's very hard to see the pilots in the darker Kyutama. The Oushi and Ookami Voyagers don't work quite as well as arms, as they lack the extendable elbow joint, but between the ball joint and the moving necks, you can kind of fake a little bend. There are some cool, unexpected little details, like a rolling wheel on Oushi's underside. This set has some of the tiniest, most delicate stickers I've needed to place on a minipla, as well as some of the fiddliest individual components. (Getting Chameleon Voyager's eyes in place took some careful effort, and they look great.) So there's significantly better articulation than the DX, and although the profile of the individual limb Voyagers is a smidge off as a result, I think it's well worth it. The only real downside is that the force needed to bend the elbows tends to be greater than the force needed to remove or attach the Kyutama from/to the ball joint, so it's exceptionally easy to accidentally pop off a forearm when you're just trying to bend it. I've found I mostly need to fully extend and bend the joint, then try to get it connected in its bent state. I'm really glad I picked up this set, and that I wasn't stuck with extra boxes. I hope those of you who weren't able to get the first round of preorders will nevertheless be able to pick it up (and I honestly expect you will; there hasn't been a Sentai minipla set in the last few years that seemed particularly difficult to find.) |
amiami preorde for series 2 are allready up and closed... It seems impossible to be able to be there at the right moment ^^;
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Managed to snag a preorder in this morning. Not sure if it's even worth trying to sell the extra Shishi Voyager so I must just end up keeping it.
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Wonder what'll be in Vol. 2...
Well apparently there's 6 boxes in it. And the smaller voyagers are each 1 box. So it'll probably contain at least two of the small voyagers. Though I wonder if the two bipedal voyagers will also take one box. Each set is often either naught but auxillary, or a full mech and extra. So the second set will probably contain the last 4 of the main 9 voyagers. And probably the Ryu voyager as well. |
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