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03-15-2021, 02:09 PM | #1811 |
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Yeah, I don't think I'll be taking any chances for Gaoking and try and get a pre-order in when it goes up.
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03-15-2021, 02:32 PM | #1812 |
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Huh, interesting. That's a really nice shade of yellow for being just the standard plastic. It looks nicer than the yellow on both my Liverobo and my Leopardon. Maybe it's the panel lining making the kit look better in general?
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03-15-2021, 02:39 PM | #1813 |
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Train theme mecha are my favorite. I never picked up X-Emperor, but now I'm considering it. Great job on the build!
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03-15-2021, 09:45 PM | #1814 |
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I just looked closely at the Zenkaiger minipla candy blog article, and I think it's the first time in years I've been unimpressed.
When I saw the DX mecha compared to the Change Hero(?) line, I wrote off the weird-looking robot forms for Gaon and Zyuran as the limitations of a DX line that has to include lights or sounds. I'd expected the minipla people to pull off their usual miracle of making a product superior to the DX in nearly every regard. Instead, these maintain the weird uni-leg of the DX mecha, and the arms also look pretty limited. Zyuran and Gaon already have dodgy-looking alternate modes, and the minipla version doesn't appear to improve on them. The article uses some camera tricks to make their flaws less apparent. I presume all this is in service of a superior ZenkaiOh ZyuGao mode, which they won't show off until their next article (next week?). I'd already preordered these through Tokucollectibles, and it looks like each of the first two sets include only two mecha, although there will be a combined set released, as well. I'd assumed when I placed my order for both that the first one would contain all four. Oof. My guess is that these are substantially larger than previous individual mecha in the minipla line so their combined mode will have a height somewhere near that of the combined mecha of previous years. I suppose we'll have to wait until next week at the earliest in order to see. |
03-15-2021, 10:10 PM | #1815 |
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Yeah I was in the same boat. Something didn't add up with how many Zenkaiger Minipla releases showed up at once.
The robot forms kill it for me, and despite the combined form looking really good, I'm more interested in a single combined mech, rather than 2 bigger mix and match ones. I'm waiting to see what else comes down the line, but the Yu-Do looks good!
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03-16-2021, 05:08 PM | #1816 |
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It's definitely more of gold in person compared to Live Robo which is more of an orangey-yellow. I don't have Leopardon so I can't comment on that.
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03-18-2021, 09:54 AM | #1817 |
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Our first look at the upcoming Super Mini-pla rebranding, or whatever:
https://twitter.com/candytoy_c/statu...57830473592832 A few people in the comments pointed out that it lines up with a recent Bandai trademark filing for "Shokugan Modeling Project"
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04-03-2021, 01:21 AM | #1818 |
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The first Zenkaiger minipla set showed up this week, and I've had it built for a few days. I'm kinda torn.
As expected, the hero and animal modes for Zyuran and Gaon are... not good. I was actually surprised by how bad the beast modes look. It's clear these have only been photographed from VERY specific angles. The candy toy folks weren't able to work their usual magic with these, so they're missing some articulation you'd expect: the arms for Zyuran and Gaon are on a swivel, with no elbows. Oof. The tyranno fore-claws aren't articulated in any way; they're just solid pieces of plastic. In their beast modes, getting the upper and lower teeth to line up is surprisingly difficult. Since I knew those modes would be disappointing going in, my opinion of this set was always going to be based on the combined ZenkaiOh form. Fully put together, it's good, although with flaws. Also, the "good" is somewhat qualified; it doesn't look its best without box 5's replacement parts: they make the feet practical, remove the arms sticking out of the chest, and give the robot a sort of waist (more like an ab twist.) The whole thing has, for the most part, the kind of articulation we've come to expect from Sentai minipla. The left and right sides hold together better than I'd have expected given how few pegs are involved. Where the articulation fails is the head: it's got good up-and-down movement, but the big side-horns run up against the teeth on either side, so left-to-right movement is very limited. The elbows run into a similar problem to last year's Kiramajin minipla, where the elbows face the robot's sides, but with the added challenge of the giant gauntlets/legs limiting what you can do. Once we get to the arms, we arrive at my biggest problem with this release: the shoulder connections are very loose, so the arms to fall off frustratingly easily. The gattai has some elements of proper, interesting transformation (rarely seen in recent Sentai!) and parts-forming. It's a shame, then, that this combined mode fails an important test: I find I don't much want to transform it. Neither of the other modes it can assume is appealing. From what I've seen, it looks like the DX mecha is *much* more fun to transform, and doesn't appear to involve much parts-forming. That lack of interest in transforming it, though, gave me a little freedom. Box 5 eliminates the need for the chest-arms, and I pulled the arms of the back off because they were pretty much just unsightly kibble. What I'm left with is a surprisingly cohesive (for recent Sentai) robot. It's not terrible. I'm interested in seeing how the ZenkaiOh VrooMagine turns out, and I'm very curious as to whether there will be any decent combinations that include more than two at a time. If you decide you want to pick it up *and* you want decent individual robot versions of Zyuran and Gaon, I'd recommend picking up the whatever-they're-calling-Yudo-this-year. |
04-03-2021, 08:35 AM | #1819 |
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Ah that's a shame to hear. I am really enjoying Zenkaiger and it took a lot in me to resist the Minipla. But yeah there were a lot of red flags and I guess I'm little relived I didn't end up picking them up. Probably best to give my wallet a break this year, especially as it seems like it's a year for Kamen Rider stuff.
We are getting GaoKing so I'll have Sentai representation on that front. Also if a new Zenkaiger robot is Train-themed, I will absolutely have to pick that Minipla up. I'll be looking out for the Yu-Do now. As much as I like the combined robot(s) this year, the transformed suits might be my actual favorite designs from the show.
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04-03-2021, 07:33 PM | #1820 |
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This is my first time posting on here. You all have some really cool pictures. Once figure out how to post my pictures I'll do so.
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