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Jan 12, 2023

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rico soul: CCSToys finally released the promo photos a couple of days ago. It's awesome to see it updated here.
One thing that's missing, the announcement mentioned the release as Summer 2023. No price yet though.

I'd expect this will be the same high quality awesome figure their Shin Getter and Mazinger Zero were so this is gonna be sweeeeet.

Sun Queen X-01 Dinosaur Mechanical Beast Model Kit [Comment]

Jan 15, 2023

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rico soul: So these model kits are somewhat mediocre.

Engineering wise, this is probably more like a HG kit, it's relatively simple with limited articulation.
The one neat thing it has is a screw joint that allows you to adjust the tightness.

Plastic quality is also not great with some fairly noticeable shrinkage in areas.

The overall figure does look nice and would probably fit well with a Zoids collection tho.

Yolopark/SOSKILL Bumblebee The Movie Shockwave Model Kit [Comment]

Jan 15, 2023

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rico soul: Man this shockwave is just as epic as the Yolopark Optimus.

In total, there's 46 runners, predominantly undergated. Similar to the optimus, there's still some flowlines on the larger pieces but it's not really noticeable with all the overlapping and detailed parts when built up together.

There's also a magnetic switch light in the head and some die-cast parts for fragile parts. Overall size is pretty much the same size as a PG RX-78-2.

There is so many parts and cleaning up the undergated nubs can be a real pain but the end result is just spectacular. There is so much mechanical detail and articulation from all those small parts, especially when viewed from the back. Just another amazing transformers model kit from Yolopark

Moshow VR-052F Genesis Climber Mospeada Cyclone Ride Armor [Comment]

Jan 16, 2023

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rico soul: Macross MoShow figure? Just take my money!

Moshow released an updated CG render for their 2023-2024 product lineup announcements.

At 24-26cm tall, this is a pretty big scale figure since it's just a dude in armor.

Will be the first MoShow figure that I'm aware of that will have any sort of transforming armor on top of a regular human figure. Excited to see more.

52Toys BeastBox BB-54 Ironblood & Loyalheart [Comment]

Jan 19, 2023

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rico soul: Just saw a pretty nice review of this set youtu.be/_DDE8hVLp8k and wow this is a lot more impressive that I originally thought.

I can't believe I missed something so obvious but this set is to celebrate the lunar new year for 2023, which is the year of the rabbit. The pair of bunnies merges together into a single cube as show in the product photos and it comes with that red celebratory box as opposed to the typical plain clear box.

So one thing the reviewer mentioned was that there was a preorder bonus carrot cannon that comes with this set, which could also be purchased separately. I'm assuming that this is not included in the Gundamit listing here but I don't see the carrot listed individually yet.

It's not a big deal but that carrot really does feel like a neat little accessory that helps complete the package. It also transformed into a cannon turret for the bunnies which is hilariously cute. Hopefully that carrot will also be purchasable.

Overall it's just a great affordable little set from 52Toys for the year of rabbit.

HeatBoys HB0012 TMNT Leonardo [Comment]

Jan 26, 2023

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rico soul: It's a shame that this figure has been so delayed due to covid.

According to Heatboys, their production is still not back to full capacity due to the ongoing pandemic situation in China and since they want to ensure no loss in quality, the full release of this has been delayed to after Chinese new years. Hopefully we'll hear more soon.

It's good to hear that they are not cutting corners and really trying to ensure that there's no drop in manufacturing quality though.

IN ERA+ Ruling Model Kit /w Metal Frame [Comment]

Feb 01, 2023

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rico soul: IN ERA+ posted some photos of the runners.
The moldings looks pretty sharp and we can atleast see that things like missiles will be color separated.

I wonder if anything's going to be painted on the runners or plated.

Infinite Dimension 1/100 Genesis Tactical Unit Commander Aircraft Model Kits Collector Version [Comment]

Feb 02, 2023

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rico soul: Finally reviewers are getting the collectors edition and we are seeing some hope that this will come out soon.
The alloy parts looks like what they originally advertised. Not much more than the regular but should help with some structural integrity.

[Pre-Order] Flame Toys Kuro Kara Kuri Super Robot Wars Weissritter [Comment]

Feb 16, 2023

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rico soul: Beautiful figure of the Weissritter. As expected from a Flame Toys Kuro Kara Kuri figure.
This should pair up great will the Flame Toys Alteisen.

Good time to be a SRW fan

Robox Animation TEST-70 Armored Colossus Bailu Air Combat Custom Model Kit [Comment]

Mar 15, 2023

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rico soul: This is another metal frame model kit coming out of China. This one actually has me quite interested.

Robox Animation has released a metal build style figure before and was a pretty solid design. So it'll be interesting to see how they design this metal frame model kit.

Maybe because it's more of an original design, I don't think their previous release received as much hype as the more Gundam like metal builds. But personally I like this style as a general mecha fan.

They are doing any interesting promotion, the kit is already priced well initially starting at 198 RMB retail, but they will drop the retail price depending on much many preorders ends up happening, down to a crazy good 158 RMB potentially if they get over 50K preorders before July. Not sure if any of that will translate here but it's at least an interesting promo.

Currently this kit is scheduled to be released October 2023 with more information to come in July.

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