NEW SERIES: "Super Robot Chogokin"
Posted by MattAlt
| March 08, 2012 03:03PM |
look
there's a lot of people like Big R who I guess watches everything me and two other jerks do
who think that you need to be a brand slave and try out everything even if you don't have a connection to the character
like fucking iron man figures with their predatory pricing
AJ's all about diecast so he likes to review metal toys
but i guess this fandom was built on just toys right
with no context right
even though the toy is designed all about being the character just like every Japanese toy ever
there's a lot of people like Big R who I guess watches everything me and two other jerks do
who think that you need to be a brand slave and try out everything even if you don't have a connection to the character
like fucking iron man figures with their predatory pricing
AJ's all about diecast so he likes to review metal toys
but i guess this fandom was built on just toys right
with no context right
even though the toy is designed all about being the character just like every Japanese toy ever
| March 08, 2012 04:22PM |
VF5SS Wrote:
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> but i guess this fandom was built on just toys,
> right, with no context, right?
>
> even though the toy is designed all about being
> the character, just like every Japanese toy ever.
Well you know even if someone wants to review a toy in a vacuum, they could at least read the instructions or look at the photos on the back of the box, so they would know things like how to assemble the accessories and whether it has bicep swivels.
-Paul Segal
"Oh, the anger is never far, never far." -SteveH
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> but i guess this fandom was built on just toys,
> right, with no context, right?
>
> even though the toy is designed all about being
> the character, just like every Japanese toy ever.
Well you know even if someone wants to review a toy in a vacuum, they could at least read the instructions or look at the photos on the back of the box, so they would know things like how to assemble the accessories and whether it has bicep swivels.
-Paul Segal
"Oh, the anger is never far, never far." -SteveH
| March 08, 2012 04:29PM |
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Sanjeev (Admin)
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March 08, 2012 04:33PM |
| March 08, 2012 04:47PM |
| March 08, 2012 04:50PM |
I think my forefathers had slaves to pose their toys for them.
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[pgaijin.blogspot.com]
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Sanjeev (Admin)
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March 08, 2012 04:56PM |
| March 08, 2012 05:29PM |
Yeah, but our ooze was quaint. Be it ever so humble....
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[pgaijin.blogspot.com]
| March 08, 2012 06:28PM |
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Sanjeev (Admin)
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March 08, 2012 07:06PM |
| March 08, 2012 07:44PM |
Yeah, and it's not like the lighting or photography are particularly better than the Choryujin review... but every photo shows attention to what the toy can do, and what the character is supposed to do. The poses are natural, in terms of how the toy's parts are arranged, and fittingly exciting, in terms of the how the robot is "behaving". It actually makes me want the toy.
-Paul Segal
"Oh, the anger is never far, never far." -SteveH
-Paul Segal
"Oh, the anger is never far, never far." -SteveH
| March 08, 2012 08:18PM |
| March 08, 2012 08:21PM |
Haha man that's just a stopgap solution. A desk lamp with a flexible head is fine too if you diffuse it. The point is to give some care and attention to what's happening in the photo. Which is what DKun and ArshadAA are doing in that review.
-Paul Segal
"Oh, the anger is never far, never far." -SteveH
-Paul Segal
"Oh, the anger is never far, never far." -SteveH
| March 08, 2012 08:32PM |
| March 09, 2012 11:17AM |
fujikuro Wrote:
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> Heh, yeah, if I already didn't like the look of
> the toy (and I'm a BIG GaoGaiGar and Choryujin
> fan) this review would totally convince me that
> the toy was a horrid floppy mess. As it is, I
> have no idea since I don't like the looks anyway
> and don't want to get into yet another toy line.
> Can someone maybe explain the way that reviews get
> done/assigned/parsed over at CollectionDX? Why
> allow someone to review something they have no
> interest or real expertise with?
I don't know if I should let you peek behind the curtain. That might ruin the magic.
That being said, yes, we realize that the ChoRyuJin review was not great, and we've accepted it and moved on.
The criticism has really been constructive though.
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> Heh, yeah, if I already didn't like the look of
> the toy (and I'm a BIG GaoGaiGar and Choryujin
> fan) this review would totally convince me that
> the toy was a horrid floppy mess. As it is, I
> have no idea since I don't like the looks anyway
> and don't want to get into yet another toy line.
> Can someone maybe explain the way that reviews get
> done/assigned/parsed over at CollectionDX? Why
> allow someone to review something they have no
> interest or real expertise with?
I don't know if I should let you peek behind the curtain. That might ruin the magic.
That being said, yes, we realize that the ChoRyuJin review was not great, and we've accepted it and moved on.
The criticism has really been constructive though.
| March 09, 2012 01:29PM |
| March 29, 2012 06:55AM |
| April 27, 2012 02:34PM |
Preorders up for Might Gaine, first release comes with a funky new stand that can hold three SRCs.
[www.amiami.com]
[blog.yahoo.com]
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/27/2012 02:35PM by Fort Max.
[www.amiami.com]
[blog.yahoo.com]
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/27/2012 02:35PM by Fort Max.
| May 21, 2012 07:22PM |
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MattAlt (Admin)
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May 25, 2012 03:50AM |
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Sanjeev (Admin)
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June 05, 2012 11:51AM |
| June 05, 2012 06:08PM |
Yeah I preordered Daijyujin! This will be the first time this robot's been made of metal!
-Ginrai
Golden Gate Riot on dead trees at: [www.destroyallcomics.com]
-Ginrai
Golden Gate Riot on dead trees at: [www.destroyallcomics.com]
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Sanjeev (Admin)
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June 05, 2012 10:05PM |
| June 06, 2012 12:56AM |
Even the Japanese one is all plastic as I understand it.
-Ginrai
Golden Gate Riot on dead trees at: [www.destroyallcomics.com]
-Ginrai
Golden Gate Riot on dead trees at: [www.destroyallcomics.com]
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Sanjeev (Admin)
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June 06, 2012 11:34AM |
| June 06, 2012 05:04PM |
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Sanjeev (Admin)
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June 06, 2012 05:37PM |
| August 01, 2012 05:04PM |
| August 01, 2012 05:05PM |
| August 02, 2012 08:00AM |
nemeos Wrote:
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> So i got some time ago the SRC God Raideen and
> Zeorymer, had to let go of the God Raideen, even
> if it transformed it felt just not quite there. I
> hope the old DX chogo is better. (psst.. is it? )
I bitched about DX God Reideen a long time ago. I guess you could read more about it, but that would be a waste of time. The point is simply: the DX toy is utter shit. There is no possible criteria under which it could be considered better than the SRC. None.
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> So i got some time ago the SRC God Raideen and
> Zeorymer, had to let go of the God Raideen, even
> if it transformed it felt just not quite there. I
> hope the old DX chogo is better. (psst.. is it? )
I bitched about DX God Reideen a long time ago. I guess you could read more about it, but that would be a waste of time. The point is simply: the DX toy is utter shit. There is no possible criteria under which it could be considered better than the SRC. None.
| August 02, 2012 09:00AM |
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Anonymous User
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August 09, 2012 01:40AM |
Hey everyone,
New here. I wanted to chime and say that I saw the SRC Daizyuzin at SDCC last month. It is amazing. I was not even into the show and I saw it and was blown away by the finish.
Bandai is also releasing a DX diecast combining version it looks like as well. 12 inches tall I believe. They had it at SDCC as well and it looks to have the same finish as this one.
New here. I wanted to chime and say that I saw the SRC Daizyuzin at SDCC last month. It is amazing. I was not even into the show and I saw it and was blown away by the finish.
Bandai is also releasing a DX diecast combining version it looks like as well. 12 inches tall I believe. They had it at SDCC as well and it looks to have the same finish as this one.
| August 09, 2012 02:47PM |
I mentioned the other one in the go busters thread. It's apparently a diecast version of the new mold from a couple of years ago. They will apparently also be releasing the Japanese shinken oh.
Also, the SRC version showed up in this month's Diamond Previews so it should be a bit easier to obtain in the US.
Also, the SRC version showed up in this month's Diamond Previews so it should be a bit easier to obtain in the US.
| September 27, 2012 01:56PM |
Some links to galleries of the Daizyujin. I'm not a fan, but damn it looks like a nice toy.
[www.toy-world.com.hk]
Also, Gurren Lagann and Gunbuster incoming next year.
[www.toy-world.com.hk]
Also, Gurren Lagann and Gunbuster incoming next year.
| October 09, 2012 12:12PM |
So I got the SRC Armored Core figure... man it's very detailed and pointy and everything, but it's a bit of a mess. The design is just so convoluted and cluttered, and it seems especially odd compared to the majority of Super Robots in this line. And that chainsaw attachment basically makes it a brick.
| October 09, 2012 02:15PM |
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So I got the SRC Armored Core figure... man it's very detailed and pointy and everything, but it's a bit of a mess. The design is just so convoluted and cluttered, and it seems especially odd compared to the majority of Super Robots in this line. And that chainsaw attachment basically makes it a brick.
I picked up two of them because they were very, very cheap on Amiami last week, and I'm gonna see if I can do some things with part swapping, particularly on the knee shields and shoulder equipment, to make one less cluttered, and one absolutely overloaded with equipment.
-Paul Segal
"Oh, the anger is never far, never far." -SteveH
| October 09, 2012 02:47PM |
I got my SRC Daizyujin the other day and it's pretty sweet. Really super clever knee mechanism so you can get really nice articulation. The way its is in hidden in the leg is so great.
-Ginrai
Golden Gate Riot on dead trees at: [www.destroyallcomics.com]
-Ginrai
Golden Gate Riot on dead trees at: [www.destroyallcomics.com]
| October 12, 2012 01:50PM |
| October 24, 2012 04:09PM |
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