Just dont watch it for the mecha. It takes a while for them to appear. And even after they do they dont combine every episode.

Were you able to watch a fansub?

Unfortunately not. Just the RAW. Is there a fansub group doing it?

Not that I know of

I can understand that. A fair assessment for sure. I think for display on a shelf they'd probably be alright, but it would be like a lineup of Bandai vinyls -- just standing, down the line, no dynamic poses allowed! :D

Well, the problem with DX toys is the size versus the amount of space I have to display them. The smaller stuff works better considering the amount of crap I already have.

The lot is probably more than I want to spend right now, but you never know, I might get a little crazy and buy it anyway! :lol

I've recently been watching the first volume of SSSS episodes from Cookie Jar ($5 for 28 episodes on Amazon!). I have to say, the acting isn't that bad, but the writing is below average, even given the time/audience.

The major problem though is the editing and the creation of the show in general. It's lazy. There's quite a few continuity errors. The single largest issue is footage reuse. There's about 6 kaiju designs, and most of the battles are THE EXACT same footage either flipped or colored slightly differently. Was Gridman this way? Stock footage for transformation/special attacks is expected, but this is entire fights. There have even been a few scenes in the real world that were simply duplicated.

The crowning achievement of laziness is an entire 5 minute scene that is the same at the beginning of two different episodes with M(r)s. Starkey (the lunch lady) and two girls.

At any rate, the DX toys are phenomenal. Wish mine weren't in storage at the moment.

No. Gridman is fourteen episodes shorter than Superhuman Samurai and many episodes were padded out by reusing monster fights for extra action. Reusing actual American sequences so glaringly is a hilarious new one to me, may have to get the DVDs just to see for myself.

That said, there's way more than six kaiju in the series. Some are revived, but there's a couple dozen unique monsters at the bare minimum.

Thanks for the info. Maybe the extra US shows are towards the beginning because the last 7 or so episodes of the dvds had mostly unique monsters and scenes.

Ron where do keep finding all this good stuff. i want to know more about these now.

Got my Ultra Act Gridman in (Took me a while eh?)!

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...tGridman01.jpg

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...tGridman02.jpg

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...tGridman03.jpg

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...tGridman04.jpg

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...tGridman06.jpg

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...tGridman07.jpg

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...tGridman08.jpg

Overall they look really cool. But Thunder Gridman is the weakest. Those damned legs dont want to stay connected. Also if you use the 'show accurate' helmet-over-gridman's-head look the heads are hilariously large. also my Thunder Gridman has one broken part. The 'arm' that connects the shoulder pad to the backpack came stressed and the ball joint wouldnt move at all. But on the other one its actually a bit loose so I wonder why one of them was stressed right out of the box?? Overall great looking figures. Shame the better armour up set is a Web exclusive.