Yeah, I was finally able to get Gunbuster, Daizyujin, and Dragon Caesar - three kits I have been wanting for years and are now among my favorite kits I own, as well as finding Ideon for a great price and ZyuohKing for super cheap...so 2022 has been kind to me in terms of minipla.

Jeez, normal minipla look so nice when painted, I wish I could do it too but I don't have the means to airbrush safely right now. Maybe one day.

I'm glad SMP Dryias made his top 10 list. I got that homeboy a few months back and absolutely loved it! The way they managed to replicate it's transformation was incredible.

True true. :rock:

Okay so the Dairanger Shodo (or whichever line it is) is basically an unofficial confirmation that we're getting SMP releases...any idea how long it might be before an announcement? How long is it usually between Shodo and SMP?

Honestly not sure. Maybe give it a month or two? It's pretty unprecedented actually that they announce the SHODOs before the SMP

Sun Vulcan
Shodo - 2/2020
Minipla - 2/2020

GogoV
Shodo - 09/2020
Minipla - 07/2020

Bioman
Shodo - 08/2021
Minipla - 02/2021

Liveman
Shodo - 2022
Minipla - 2018

Gaoranger
I can't find release dates, but I did find preorder dates
Shodo - 07/2021
Minipla - 03/2021

So yeah, you seem to be right - it's pretty unprecedented. There's also no discernable pattern. I hope this isn't following Gokaiger, where it got a shodo release but no super minipla.

The thing is Gokaiger was a special thing to coincide with the 10th anniversary movie, and Dairanger has nothing like that

Gokaiger getting a shodo figures, but I am personally quite sad we currently didn't get Super Minipla GokaiOh...

Maybe Super Minipla GokaiOh in 2 or 3 years later?

Eventually quite possibly. They've just been firmly focusing on older fans and series thus far. 2001 is the newest series SMP's touched so far and they've been going vaguely chronologically with kits (at least as they move forward). And besides spreading out with releasing pre-Zyuranger kits regularly, they're now circling back to revisit series (i.e. Ninjaman) and, if we do get Dairanger kits, possibly hitting on other 90s series that they skipped. I feel like it will be a long time before they get to Gokaiger.


I finally started building the second set of DonBros kits. I'm getting the feeling that they skipped a P-Bandai DonOnitaijin kit... because the normal release was the premium version. Working on Toradoragonjin, I'm reminded of just how good the colors of the plastic used for the DonBros minipla are compared to the last few years' kits, and that's 95% of the justification of the P-Bandai release. If anything, I'm surprised they didn't do a Black Onitaijin Murasame kit insead.

When do we expect King-ohger minipla to be revealed/released?