I actually bought one of those crystal Gokaioh sets as a gift for the best man at my wedding. He's a Minipla nut so needless to say I haven't seen him this happy since he got that lucky draw Daibouken minipla.

I like painting my minipla, that's the only reason why I haven't gotten the clear one yet.

Not the best photos I've taken, but hopefully these will do :)

http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/x...y/DSCN4969.jpg

http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/x...y/DSCN4971.jpg

Can the Gokai Machine kits be combined with the original Gokaiger kit?

Yes, the only different between the original kit and the starburst/clear version is that the marine, racer and jet are moulded in white, green and blue (rather than in black) and they they include a much larger cannon and cannon ball parts for the limb slots. The moulds themselves are identical.

Hmmm. I asked one of the middlemen here to pick me up the original kit from Yahoo Japan, because it appears to be quite cheap. I would prefer the white/green/blue plastic rather than the black, but as far as I found it was significantly more expensive.
but oh well.

Just finished Go-Buster Ace, although I'm waiting on some metallic paint for the car windshield.

http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/x...y/DSCN5016.jpg

I haven't really played around with its transformations yet, but the bot mode looks pretty good. I'm not a huge fan of the feet though.

HOw is he compared to Gokaioh?

Quality wise its just as good but sizewise obviously a lot smaller - about the same size as minipla Furaimaru/RPM Microzords. Still need to have a proper fiddle with the car and cheetah modes.

Why have I only just found out about this thread?.

I've got a fairly large collection of Minipla including Engineoh G12.

I'm now waiting for the Go-buster Oh minipla.