[KaiserBlue]

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Originally Posted by TheRaizin

At least it seems that everything is painted. Dunno about it's sturdiness tho, but the first Gridman one was flimsy as fuck.

I'd buy it if it was around 60-70$, but 220? Haha, no. HELL NO! I'll wait for Takara's version or for someone to make model kit.

Here's the funny part, the original DX SSSS Gridman set looked amazing in the promo shots and also looked to be painted on all the necessary parts/ details. It's just that a company like GSC, did something completely out of character, and pulled a bait and switch. The Gridman in the box was nowhere near as good as what was shown, all the painted details had been replaced with dozens of terrible stickers, parts were unpainted bare plastic in many areas, and multiple parts including the hands were on sprues for you to cut out. Plastic was terrible and so was the build quality. The sad thing is that some people never even got a stand in their package to hold this teetering qc nightmare.

So promo shots always look nice, its what lurks in the final package that is a disgustingly cheap suprise. It's like the worst kind of Kinder Suprise Egg, just filled with cheap ko-quality sadness.

I doubt they've changed, these are the same assholes who released a qc trash fire A SECOND TIME after all the outcry over the quality and price, but in initial fighter colors. No fixes. Same trash. Different color pallete. I think they just learned that they could scam people for double the money and push their limits further with the customer base.

I'd wait for Takaras, even if their QC has been trash the last couple years, its still eons better than GSC. Their non-Transformers domestic lines are chonky, sturdy, and rich in diecast. Earth Granner and the Tomica Rescue lines are excellent.