[Tokumonkey]

A while back, I picked up Gokai-Oh, not realizing at the time that it was the original, somewhat-problematic release. (I'd been semi-aware of the Starburst version, but was under the mistaken impression that it only came in translucent plastic, which appeals to me in no way.)

I was delighted, then, when I ran across inexpensive solid-color versions of Gokai Jet and Gokai Racer on Mandarake. I bought them with the intention of using them to replace the current limbs, but as I was assembling them, I was struck by the opportunity inherent in taking apart the old ones to combine them with the differently-colored sets. (In this way, I'm grateful I hadn't attempted to paint the original.)

The newer set didn't have much color separation, it's just that the base color is more appropriate. When I realized I'd have the sticker the green wheels on Gokai Racer to look black, it dawned on me that I didn't have to. I prised the original apart to repurpose the elbows, fist, wheels, and nose. I did the same with the Jet, swapping blue for black where appropriate.



Here's a question for you: why do you think they included two hats - one in blue and one in black - with Starburst Gokai Jet? In my picture, I left the blue one on Gokai Jet to see how it looks both in jet and combined modes.

I'm thinking about picking up Starburst Gokai Marine if I can find it, although that's the limb I actually preferred looking darker. It doesn't look like there are color differences for the Starburst Galleon and Trailer, so I'll likely pass on them unless there's something I'm missing. (If I really want to do Gokai-Oh's Starburst attack, I'll bust out my SRC. I bought the minipla due to (a) loving minipla and (b) being able to re-create Shinken Gokai-Oh, Hurricane Gokai-Oh, etc.)

[Infinitevirtue]

They probably left two hats because they couldn't bother to edit the runner to remove the blue hat and just included the new hat molded in black.

I for one am very glad they decided to redo them with the proper limbs because it required less paint to make accurate. Here's how mine turned out:



Also, after two months of waiting, my Wild ZyuOh King clear ver set finally arrived:

[Tokumonkey]

Does anyone know whether the Cube Hyou (Leopard) in the Cube Octopus set comes with the spike for Wild TousaiKing's arm? It's not advertised, but since it's a Cube Kuma re-use, I'm hoping it's included.

[schlagwerk]

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Originally Posted by Tokumonkey

Does anyone know whether the Cube Hyou (Leopard) in the Cube Octopus set comes with the spike for Wild TousaiKing's arm? It's not advertised, but since it's a Cube Kuma re-use, I'm hoping it's included.

Yes, cube weapons in the cube octopus set do come with all of the parts that the original aux cube animals came with.

[Infinitevirtue]

Rejoice! You can buy a full set of the Kyuuranger minipla without dealing with duplicates!

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/det...%24pagecnt%3D1

You can still buy a full case if you want too:

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/det...%24pagecnt%3D1

[ZeoRangerV]

Amazing! Hopefully that'll be a standard thing for the most part now.

Just gotta wait for preorders to reopen now.

[Infinitevirtue]

Yeah. I'm waiting for HLJ to hopefully put it up for pre-order as I got MP Cheetor pre-ordered with them and want to ship them together.

[barnstenchfartface]

AmiAmi has the preorders for the miinipla open again.

[Infinitevirtue]

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Originally Posted by barnstenchfartface

AmiAmi has the preorders for the miinipla open again.

Yes! Since HLJ hasn't put it up yet I just went with AmiAmi even if that means I don't get to combine shipping with MP Cheetor.

[Tokumonkey]

Speaking of AmiAmi pre-orders, they've got Super Minipla Daizyujin back up, as well.