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04-22-2018, 01:46 AM | #1491 |
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Too bad they didn't open preordre for individual set at the same time that the 10-box. But as I wanted to have the two form... I would have buy two individual set anyway. Hope that I will not have any double in the 10-box... Neoxul |
04-22-2018, 01:54 AM | #1492 |
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Minipla improved in quality since magiranger. All set from magiranger up to today is great (quality increase a bit each year). The only problem is to find them at a correct prise. Amiami only sell recent minipla (1 or 2 years if you have chance) Then you have to go on yahoo auction and with a middleman as sellers usually don't sell overseas. It is more expensive year after year for older release, but you can find sometimes good price for some set (I would say : be patient). Neoxul |
04-22-2018, 09:10 AM | #1493 |
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Well I have the Shinkenger MiniPla except the dinosaur because I found it on ebay for like $40 for everything and my dumb self thought it was the DX.
Minipla's better. So if I can wrangle all the Uchuranger Minipla as well as the Lupin/Patoranger Minipla of AmiAmi I'll be good? Two Goodstrikers will be odd
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04-22-2018, 09:48 PM | #1494 |
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Obviously X-Emperor. Look like one of the train will have 2 box...
Too bad they didn't open preordre for individual set at the same time that the 10-box. But as I wanted to have the two form... I would have buy two individual set anyway. Hope that I will not have any double in the 10-box... Neoxul Quote:
Well I have the Shinkenger MiniPla except the dinosaur because I found it on ebay for like $40 for everything and my dumb self thought it was the DX.
Minipla's better. So if I can wrangle all the Uchuranger Minipla as well as the Lupin/Patoranger Minipla of AmiAmi I'll be good? Two Goodstrikers will be odd Last edited by Infinitevirtue; 04-22-2018 at 09:52 PM.. |
04-24-2018, 11:31 AM | #1495 |
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I've had good experiences buying from Itcamefromjapan.com They have some of the older Minipla sets in stock.
As for a good place to start, I'd say just pick a design you like, and go for it! |
04-24-2018, 03:17 PM | #1496 |
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Always will recommend mandarake.
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04-24-2018, 04:27 PM | #1497 |
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I hope to order a bunch of kits from Mandrake over the summer. What are their typical shipping rates to America, and what are some good markers for the kits?
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04-24-2018, 08:00 PM | #1498 |
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For Markers, go with Gundam Markers. If it works for a 1/144 kit, it'll work for Minipla.
For shipping? I dunno. Also, going to nut up for full Minipla cases for Lupin/Patoranger stuff so I can give away some at a model club.
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04-25-2018, 05:24 PM | #1499 |
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Hm. The clear sets remind me a little of the original and "starburst" releases for the Gokaiger minipla. You'd end up with a better-looking mecha if you combined the two together, replacing the cockpits on standard Trigger Machines with clear versions. Definitely not worth buying a second set.
I've now put together both LupinKaiser and PatKaiser. Lupin's the better of the two, which is unsurprising: it feels like the Lupinrangers have gotten slightly cooler designs all around. Although the wings on the blue and yellow Dial Fighters get in the way of the elbow articulation, it's easy enough to work around this by tilting the cockpits of both vehicles slightly upward. You can fake a little bit of neck articulation between the face-dial and the fact that you can angle the red Dial Fighter a little to the left and right. The leg articulation is okay, although it lacks the articulated ankles of the last few Sentai mecha. You can at least tilt the angle of the feet so it doesn't look so wonky, but they don't do a lot for stability. I've never liked the look of the gray panels under the Dial Fighters, and I was pleased to note they're removable. If you're not interested in connecting them to the candy toy VS Changer, their only real purpose for now is as a Tamashii stand connector. Oh, yeah: that's a really nice element for the Dial Fighters. You can stick the three Lupin mecha on the same stand if you have enough connectors. PatKaiser is slightly less appealing. Both mecha use GoodStriker, so the legs and back are nearly identical. The faces have no neck articulation, and you can't fake it like you sorta-can with LupinKaiser because there's virtually no wiggle room. The arms are... weird. The equivalent of elbow articulation is at the wrists, not the hands, so they mostly look really stiff, and then look awkward if you slide the wrists forward. It's not awful, but it suffers in comparison to LupinKaiser's arms. Also, although you can slide the wrists forward and back, you can't actually turn them, which I found disappointing when posing the baton. The clever design element for PatKaiser is the extra face piece. The designers were aware that a face that could fit into Trigger Machine 1 is terribly small and recessed, so although they supplied that face, they also supplied a second, larger face that plugs in front of the existing face. You can't do anything with it, but it looks drastically better. Overall, I like them enough, but I'm definitely not motivated to buy Series 3, and I'll be waiting to see how Series 4 comes out rather than preordering in advance. |
04-26-2018, 12:21 AM | #1500 |
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Working on my minipla Dragon Zord and decided to make the tail look sharper:
I plan on painting it up of course, I might go with a black and gold colour scheme. It's a cool kit, but I'm just not seeing $50+ in this guy. Especially considering that master grades cost just as much. |
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