[Baltan II]

News has been updated with the other, better look we get at Kiryu courtesy of Figure-Oh. Check it out!

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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

Millennium series Gigan though please?

YES. I mean, I like my Chogokin Gigans, but I am totally down for figures that don't have ratcheted elbows and articulation restricted by the rigid diecast frame. Juuuuust a bit of gokin where it's absolutely needed or will look pretty will suffice.

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Originally Posted by ljacone

Well, of course Kiryu comes with his backpack. He wears it pretty much the entire time in both of his movies.

Wearing it all the time means absolutely nothing if Bandai felt the desire to cut costs on the retail release somewhere and rake in more money by offering the backpack separately via Tamashii Web.

Personally, I doubt it will be anything other than an entirely separate release later (because Bandai), but Bandai might choose to go that route with parts to convert Kiryu to its Tokyo SOS version.

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Originally Posted by Ezilla82

That's cool that Kiryu is getting the SHMA treatment and also I'm kinda curious of how it'll be compared to the Soul of Chogokin version too.

All of the plates look like they require absolutely no assembly. It's already infinitely better in that regard.

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Originally Posted by MidoGreen

Why thank you for proving a point I made a few years ago. People bitched about Heisei Mecha G not coming with Garuda. This what happens to the price when you include the giant weapon pack.

Yep, once someone put that point into perspective after my initial sticker shock, it wasn't so bad. Kiryu might not end up at $100 or less from Bluefin (I hope he is though!) but of course he'll be less once he goes up for sale at AmiAmi and all the usual places, probably about 7000 yen.