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Just gonna copy what I posted on RB about these.

My spaceballs finally came in.



And with my Kyutama being delivered, I gotta give a shoutout and full recommendation to the place I got them from, auc-toysanta on Rakuten. Their prices are extremely reasonable, especially for the full assortments of SG/Gasha, the shipping is quick, neatly packaged, and even comes with a classy thank-you card. Full marks to this seller.

As for the Kyutama themselves, they're very nice! They look great on display, especially when a lot of them are together. They're great both before and after Mawa Sliding, and the dark stickers don't even bother me as much as I thought they would. The only thing really holding back my display is the limited colors I have, but hopefully Kani will help alleviate that a little once my DX sets come in (though the doubling of the blues may not help).

My only real issue, though I don't know what I was actually expecting tbh, is that the symbols don't really line up perfectly after the Mawa Slide on most of them. They're off by at least a little. On most it's not a big deal or too noticeable, though still unfortunate, but it's pretty distracting on a few. My Perseus is just fucked up.

But they're still pretty great.

These are all SG, but I also got an extra Gashapon Andromeda so I could compare. Now I wish I had gotten one with brighter colors, but it still did its job. You can barely tell the difference in the plastic, even the colors look pretty much the same, though the Gashapon does seem to have marginally (and I do mean marginally) sharper molding. The Gashapon's sticker also looks better.

On the globes, though...I'm not sure if you can really see it in this picture (it's not great), but the SG has noticeably better printing on the globe stuff. Probably best seen in the top right, the two bits that make her hair. In the Gasha they're more bunched up and indistinct, while the SG is crisper and more intricately shaped. That's pretty much how it is. The Gasha has smoother shapes that look a little blown up, and a lot of the little details seem lost. The location of the picture is also fairly off, though, as I mentioned, it's not like that's exclusive to the Gasha.

I only have the one to compare, so who knows if it's just a dud, but since the globes are what I focus on I do think the SGs edge out the Gashas for me. So that's good.

Also I just took my Andromedas apart, and the Gashapon was a fucking chore. In addition to the four screws, there's a pin in the middle of the "arm" keeping them together, and it was much harder to separate the Gasha than then SG. Again, only one data point, so maybe just a dud, but still, not earning any points.

But yeah, these are cool. Looking forward to getting a lot more.