[Den-O]

Unfortunately I just feel the Gobuster mechs fall short in pretty much every way. I own all of them but I can't see myself keeping them indefinitely.

Let's look at Gobusterohs' flaws:
-The combined mode head is essentially a mask over a very tiny head
-The chest piece barely holds in with friction. And when I say barely I mean that if you nudge it with your hand it falls out.
-The shins on Ace stick waaaaay out to the sides from where they connect to Gorisaki.
-The tiny fists/flat arms are really unimpressive

Great Gobuster:
-Incredibly thick upper body
-By contrast it has LONG chicken legs
-Again, giant mask snapping onto the front of teeny tiny head
- Rabbit arms? Just shove them on the back plate
-Gorisaki? Just balance him on the back plate too
-GobusterOh Mask? Just shove it on that ridiculously long staff that can hardly balance while being held by a teeny tiny peg

Honestly each individual figure has it's shortcomings, each has positives. But the combined forms in any capacity are not well executed. Take the Hercules for example. The Stag arm weapon is so heavy that it weighs the figure forward severely throwing it's balance off. And there are so many tiny appendages that point all over the place (wings on the chestplate, legs on the stag weapon) that it makes the joints that do exist in the terrible arms completely pointless. Not to mention that the giant Stag jet gun is too long to pose at the same ratchet as the other arm. You have to lean it even further forward than the other arm, throwing the balance issues into further peril.

Look I hate to rant about these toys, I love love LOVE big clunky DX Robos. I really do, but ever Since Boukenger quality and design have been slipping hardcore. You want to do the big cluster machine of doom, then honestly the Ultimate Daibouken is the way to go. You want the big giant monster combiner that's absurd but awesome, then the G12 is the direction you go in. The GobusterOh and Great Gobuster lean further into the direction of absurd and ridiculous in a bad way. They lean towards using all the pieces, which I appreciate more than anything, but at the cost of the Robo looking anything like it does in show. It's pathetic and sad. I can only hope that the Tategami RaiOh rectifies this toyline by being awesome. If it's another Ace then I'll be pleased. If we wind up with another Beet then I may sell everything but the Ace.