Just want to say how much I enjoy the way you keep it real in your reviews. I feel like I'm getting your real-time opinion rather than something overly rehearsed. It really feels authentic and also let's your very funny humor come out. Thanks for sharing these!
This review made me say I got to have it. The original DX Mazinger Z I loved it but that elbow joint... So glad I got it with plans to sell the first. After I had them sitting next to each other I took the sell off eBay. Thanks for taking the time in doing great reviews.
Damn that is soooo sick! But you know I would rather have Mazinkaiser truth be told / stylized as well. Damn fellow collector you got me into Sentinel and I had to back track with the Getters........freaking an arm and a leg I had to part with. But they are sick. I also picked up the Gaiking by Sentinel sick ( surprised I have never seen you review this ) have you seen the prototype youtube on the Sentinel Mazinkaiser? Filth Sick.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But expensive....Its a once in a lifetime figure and will go with all the SRC Mazinkaisers beautifully behind glass.
Man, I collected the largest ones I could find back in the late 70's early 80's and they were like 6" tall but were diecast metal mostly and I wished I could've bought all of them but where I lived they were rare to find anyway for sale. I think they were marketed under Shogun Warriors marketing title but they were all the classic Mazinger series mecha. I had several of the miniature 3-4" tall ones also. They were mostly metal also. It was like after the Giant Robot marketing craze kinda dwindled away,couldnt hardly find any of the Bandai toys where I lived. Just Transformers and some Gundam stuff. Wish I could afford the stuff like the feature above they are making these days; but geez that's a lot of money. However it is also a lot of time and labor went into designing and making the molds and making all the little detailed parts and all the painting and finishing. It seems like it should cost much more than 400-500 $ when ya think about all the people that worked on the designing and fabrication.
I guess Im asking the wrong place but does anyone know of a method to get back into an instagram account? I was dumb forgot my password. I love any assistance you can give me.
@Everett Leonel I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site on google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff atm. Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@@GoJinKuYT well here is what happend.... on Amazon. I just happend to jump online and I just saw it new and used. I was trying to get the used one. I didn't have enough on my card come to find out but amazon said ty for your purchase. Next day for some reason I checked and could not find a payment history. My fucking stomach hurt for 2 days and I actually felt like someone I knew had died. One of the worst feelings ever. So to make myself feel a little better I ended up getting the King arts Gaiking. Look that one up, bro and tell me what you think about that!
Hi. How did you purchase these expensive Bandai robots ? I tried to purchase these from Japan sellers at ebay. The issue I have is high import duty fees. How do you get around that ? Thanks.
Jaco534 great question... think of GX being the standard sizing. Not too big not too small. Not necessarily in scale to each other but generally the really big robots are on the bigger end of the spectrum and smaller etc for GX. Now DX is pretty much taking the GX idea and making into a bigger scale size to be able to add details and gimmicks not available in the smaller GX series and price. You lose a little bit of playability due to the gimmicks but the DX is considered to be the top tier level of the SOC line.
@@abdulwarethlaham7112 Nice ! CANT WAIT for mine. I was verry discouraged in the beginning. I'm a new collector of the Diecast robot category. I only saw this priced at $799 and up. I thought i was never going to get it. Then yesterday....... BOOOOM $450 new/used. Damn fucking right I hit the button that said TAKE MY MONEY!!!!! How much was yours ?
@@Biggjuggs333 same price, 450 shipped so i couldn't resist ! and opening the box was a freaking event in the family ! how about you join us at robotjapan.com ?
+ eddie frank.+Meng Tan. Hello Friends. What happens is that the drawings of Go Nagai were for pre-orders in Japan and in the United States who distributes the figure is a company called Bluefin .
+eddie frank . +Meng Tan. Look at the picture No. 2 of this figure on Ebay, and you will see the name of the Bluefin distributor . www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Bandai-Soul-of-Chogokin-DX-Great-Mazinger-IN-STOCK-USA-/121922742758?hash=item1
Great review, Charles. I really doubt I can bring myself to pick one up, but love being able to experience it vicariously through this review. I have a question, in your educated opinion, what do you think are the chances of Bandai doing a Raideen/Reideen/Raydeen DX Chogokin?
+P3SS3SSOd I would have to say they may never. I have a feeling Grendizer would be the most logical but who knows. I have no way of knowing how successful this line is. It seems it lingers until it sells out and then people go crazy trying to find it afterwards. Raideen would propbably be later in the line if it continues but I doubt it...just a feeling not a fact
+RocketPunchArmy Thanks, Charles! I'm just considering plonking down the $$$s for the old DX Fade In set, but wanted to ask your opinion as I have notoriously bad timing in choosing a 'definitive' piece of a character that then gets a more definitive version announced the following week.
were you able to solve the issue with the light up eyes? was it solved by replacing the batteries? im having doubts about getting this figure because of this.
air chicken I didnt even bother to check it but theyre leds. would be very easy to fix. just wires to a battery. In any case that shouldnt deter you from getting this.
Freakin bad ass review as always! Full of information, comedy, and a dose of rage. A chogokin cringe montage would be awesome and horrifying at the same time.....you'd have to put it to the Benny hill music. I am so wanting to buy this....but I have soooo many pre orders 😑 did you pre order the 1/12 mechatro? I cannot wait for the figure and your review
+XXTROB I missed out on the Mechatro preorder. Im really trying to cut back on stuff. Not financially able to splurge so much. So I am saving up for big items instead of many smaller items...although I really wanted that Mechatro!
+RocketPunchArmy totally understand....I really thought cdx would have let you review the 1/12 mechatro sample they got 😔 I still think a patreon might be a way to go for you....do you have a po box where people could send you stuff?
Next release: Combattler V After that: Grendizer After that: Gaiking After that: Getter Robo After that:Mazinger Z reissue or repaint After that: Aphrodite A After that: Minerva X After that: Boss borot So on so forth... I'm guessing since the next release is DX Combattler V this means that it's going to be like the original SOC line up since Originally Combattler V was GX-03
RocketPunchArmy Ok updating my question to a 3 part question now that I watched the rest of the review -Seems like everything attaches a lot better then Mazinger. The fire chest plate tabs in place AND holds together with magnets? *The original.just had magnets right?* -*Did the original have magnets that held together the armor & now its magnets AND tabs?* (I've seen ppl fumbling around with those parts falling off in reviews of Maz Z.) -And lastly the arm on off gimmick. *I couldn't tell if you said they changed the design or if its just a case of tolerances?* Basically Great Mazinger looks like a HUGE improvement over Mazinger Z, looks aside, he seems to be a more functional piece. GREAT (Mazinger) review bro ;)
I think what I thought were magnets were actually reflectors. the arms are redesigned in a way that they stay on much better. doesnt look like a crazy redesign but it holds a good deal better.
RocketPunchArmy That's cool and sounds so robot yummy lol. Unrelated & in think I said thus already somewhere else but did you see that the Roy Focker VF-1S Strike is up for pre order?
+A Jalapeño Fewtures are great, but the money in this is really in the detailing/hangar/lights/sound. This does have metal but only in the armor. If you are only interested in metal, go Fewture of course
Saludos. Felicidades por tu vídeo. Excelente como siempre. Note el problema con el brazo del Mazinger DX, quizás este vídeo te ayude a colocar el brazo mas seguro. Este es el link. m.ruclips.net/video/TsOJa5yDW4A/видео.html
Saludos Chachi. Sé que su gran Mazinger no trajo los dibujos, en este link está la oportunidad de conseguirlos. Suerte ☺ www.ebay.com/itm/Bandai-Soul-Of-Chogokin-DX-Great-Mazinger-photo-package/264074931541?hash=item3d7c17ad55:g:YX8AAOSwHGxcCEDA
Just want to say how much I enjoy the way you keep it real in your reviews. I feel like I'm getting your real-time opinion rather than something overly rehearsed. It really feels authentic and also let's your very funny humor come out.
Thanks for sharing these!
wow TransZor Z!!!!!!! bring back many of memories.
This review made me say I got to have it. The original DX Mazinger Z I loved it but that elbow joint... So glad I got it with plans to sell the first. After I had them sitting next to each other I took the sell off eBay. Thanks for taking the time in doing great reviews.
I really wish I didn't miss this at retail! Great figure. I went with the King Arts version instead due to price.
So cool. Will need to save up. You're a rich kid:-)
I wish everything was made from die-cast, as in everything, no plastics.
God bless, Proverbs 31
Hi. The pointed ears almost broke, thank goodness they are metal. I hope the parts are found. God bless, Proverbs 31
Fantastic toy...fantastic rewiew !
Damn that is soooo sick! But you know I would rather have Mazinkaiser truth be told / stylized as well. Damn fellow collector you got me into Sentinel and I had to back track with the Getters........freaking an arm and a leg I had to part with. But they are sick. I also picked up the Gaiking by Sentinel sick ( surprised I have never seen you review this ) have you seen the prototype youtube on the Sentinel Mazinkaiser? Filth Sick.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But expensive....Its a once in a lifetime figure and will go with all the SRC Mazinkaisers beautifully behind glass.
Awesome review. Man do I want a DX Grendizer. C'mon Bandai!!!
I'll take a Gaiking. Also check out King arts figures. I actually just ordered a Grendizer and it looks AMAZING!
Man, I collected the largest ones I could find back in the late 70's early 80's and they were like 6" tall but were diecast metal mostly and I wished I could've bought all of them but where I lived they were rare to find anyway for sale.
I think they were marketed under Shogun Warriors marketing title but they were all the classic Mazinger series mecha.
I had several of the miniature 3-4" tall ones also. They were mostly metal also.
It was like after the Giant Robot marketing craze kinda dwindled away,couldnt hardly find any of the Bandai toys where I lived.
Just Transformers and some Gundam stuff.
Wish I could afford the stuff like the feature above they are making these days; but geez that's a lot of money. However it is also a lot of time and labor went into designing and making the molds and making all the little detailed parts and all the painting and finishing. It seems like it should cost much more than 400-500 $ when ya think about all the people that worked on the designing and fabrication.
I guess Im asking the wrong place but does anyone know of a method to get back into an instagram account?
I was dumb forgot my password. I love any assistance you can give me.
@Keanu Jayce instablaster =)
@Everett Leonel I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site on google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff atm.
Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Everett Leonel It worked and I now got access to my account again. Im so happy:D
Thank you so much, you saved my ass :D
@Keanu Jayce happy to help :)
I JUST ORDERED THIS ONE BUDDY!!!!!
Juggernaut 333 From where?
@@GoJinKuYT well here is what happend.... on Amazon. I just happend to jump online and I just saw it new and used. I was trying to get the used one. I didn't have enough on my card come to find out but amazon said ty for your purchase. Next day for some reason I checked and could not find a payment history. My fucking stomach hurt for 2 days and I actually felt like someone I knew had died. One of the worst feelings ever. So to make myself feel a little better I ended up getting the King arts Gaiking. Look that one up, bro and tell me what you think about that!
Juggernaut 333 Damn I feel you man, I’ll check that figure as well!
Hi. How did you purchase these expensive Bandai robots ? I tried to purchase these from Japan sellers at ebay. The issue I have is high import duty fees. How do you get around that ? Thanks.
Price point & how 2 order 1?
Could you review SOC Iron Gear? And re-review Xabungle (show transformations of both completely possibly?)
do you work in the art field? what kind of art do you do? Great figure!
Hey bro, what’s the difference between or what does GX and DX mean? Both are Soul of Chogokin, but the meaning and difference?
Jaco534 great question... think of GX being the standard sizing. Not too big not too small. Not necessarily in scale to each other but generally the really big robots are on the bigger end of the spectrum and smaller etc for GX.
Now DX is pretty much taking the GX idea and making into a bigger scale size to be able to add details and gimmicks not available in the smaller GX series and price. You lose a little bit of playability due to the gimmicks but the DX is considered to be the top tier level of the SOC line.
Thank you!
Charles did you buy the evolution t-28?
Unfortunately no. Too expensive. Channel budget doesnt allow for it.
Then I be surprised if you are allowed to buy the new masterpiece Optimus Prime cost a lot more than the t 28
Oh man ... I was waiting for this one :) now I can justfy buying one in peace :)
Did you end up getting it ?
@@Biggjuggs333 lol ... yeah ... 1st thing i did after the review, managed to get one at a good price and I don't regret it. it is a piece of art.
@@abdulwarethlaham7112 Nice ! CANT WAIT for mine. I was verry discouraged in the beginning. I'm a new collector of the Diecast robot category. I only saw this priced at $799 and up. I thought i was never going to get it. Then yesterday....... BOOOOM $450 new/used. Damn fucking right I hit the button that said TAKE MY MONEY!!!!! How much was yours ?
@@Biggjuggs333 same price, 450 shipped so i couldn't resist ! and opening the box was a freaking event in the family ! how about you join us at robotjapan.com ?
@@abdulwarethlaham7112 just did ! Nice I need more figures !!!
The US version brings the drawings of Go Nagai ?
what do you mean us version
+ eddie frank.+Meng Tan. Hello Friends. What happens is that the drawings of Go Nagai were for pre-orders in Japan and in the United States who distributes the figure is a company called Bluefin .
+eddie frank . +Meng Tan.
Look at the picture No. 2 of this figure on Ebay, and you will see the name of the Bluefin distributor .
www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Bandai-Soul-of-Chogokin-DX-Great-Mazinger-IN-STOCK-USA-/121922742758?hash=item1
+JOSE MAZINGER Mine is a Bluefin release. not sure if there are more runs coming. Maybe the posters are exclusive to first runs
Thanks friend, for answer my doubts.
Great review, Charles. I really doubt I can bring myself to pick one up, but love being able to experience it vicariously through this review. I have a question, in your educated opinion, what do you think are the chances of Bandai doing a Raideen/Reideen/Raydeen DX Chogokin?
+P3SS3SSOd I would have to say they may never. I have a feeling Grendizer would be the most logical but who knows. I have no way of knowing how successful this line is. It seems it lingers until it sells out and then people go crazy trying to find it afterwards. Raideen would propbably be later in the line if it continues but I doubt it...just a feeling not a fact
+RocketPunchArmy Thanks, Charles! I'm just considering plonking down the $$$s for the old DX Fade In set, but wanted to ask your opinion as I have notoriously bad timing in choosing a 'definitive' piece of a character that then gets a more definitive version announced the following week.
were you able to solve the issue with the light up eyes? was it solved by replacing the batteries? im having doubts about getting this figure because of this.
air chicken I didnt even bother to check it but theyre leds. would be very easy to fix. just wires to a battery. In any case that shouldnt deter you from getting this.
cool. i was actually wondering if this is a design issue, or you just got a bad batch. oh well...
Freakin bad ass review as always! Full of information, comedy, and a dose of rage. A chogokin cringe montage would be awesome and horrifying at the same time.....you'd have to put it to the Benny hill music. I am so wanting to buy this....but I have soooo many pre orders 😑 did you pre order the 1/12 mechatro? I cannot wait for the figure and your review
+XXTROB I missed out on the Mechatro preorder. Im really trying to cut back on stuff. Not financially able to splurge so much. So I am saving up for big items instead of many smaller items...although I really wanted that Mechatro!
+RocketPunchArmy totally understand....I really thought cdx would have let you review the 1/12 mechatro sample they got 😔 I still think a patreon might be a way to go for you....do you have a po box where people could send you stuff?
thanks rocket punch. watched your review couple times. made up my mind and scored a dx great mazinger 👍👍👍👍
Next release: Combattler V
After that: Grendizer
After that: Gaiking
After that: Getter Robo
After that:Mazinger Z reissue or repaint
After that: Aphrodite A
After that: Minerva X
After that: Boss borot
So on so forth...
I'm guessing since the next release is DX Combattler V this means that it's going to be like the original SOC line up since Originally Combattler V was GX-03
Beautiful....$500.00...damn!
RocketPunchArmy Ok updating my question to a 3 part question now that I watched the rest of the review
-Seems like everything attaches a lot better then Mazinger. The fire chest plate tabs in place AND holds together with magnets? *The original.just had magnets right?*
-*Did the original have magnets that held together the armor & now its magnets AND tabs?* (I've seen ppl fumbling around with those parts falling off in reviews of Maz Z.)
-And lastly the arm on off gimmick. *I couldn't tell if you said they changed the design or if its just a case of tolerances?*
Basically Great Mazinger looks like a HUGE improvement over Mazinger Z, looks aside, he seems to be a more functional piece. GREAT (Mazinger) review bro ;)
I think what I thought were magnets were actually reflectors. the arms are redesigned in a way that they stay on much better. doesnt look like a crazy redesign but it holds a good deal better.
RocketPunchArmy That's cool and sounds so robot yummy lol. Unrelated & in think I said thus already somewhere else but did you see that the Roy Focker VF-1S Strike is up for pre order?
+Cdog Cdog nope didnt find it!
+RocketPunchArmy it's still up I'll send you a link
+RocketPunchArmy hlj.com/product/ACA82128/Act it's got the super parts
nice!
You finally did the review what took you so long
life issues is what made it take long. got tons of stuff going on and family is first. Believe me I wanted to have this up asap
Yeah that makes total sense plus its an 500$ figure that costs a pretty penny you know
+Jetfire48 lol
To be fair, Great Mazing is supposed to be a bit taller than Mazinger.
the struggle is real lol
ok where the hell is our soul of chogokin mazinkaiser
$500 for plastic?? Bloody heck? I would rather buy a Fewture! I haven't taken Bandai "gokins" seriously since about 2008.
+A Jalapeño Fewtures are great, but the money in this is really in the detailing/hangar/lights/sound. This does have metal but only in the armor. If you are only interested in metal, go Fewture of course
Saludos. Felicidades por tu vídeo. Excelente como siempre. Note el problema con el brazo del Mazinger DX, quizás este vídeo te ayude a colocar el brazo mas seguro. Este es el link.
m.ruclips.net/video/TsOJa5yDW4A/видео.html
Saludos Chachi. Sé que su gran Mazinger no trajo los dibujos, en este link está la oportunidad de conseguirlos. Suerte ☺ www.ebay.com/itm/Bandai-Soul-Of-Chogokin-DX-Great-Mazinger-photo-package/264074931541?hash=item3d7c17ad55:g:YX8AAOSwHGxcCEDA
Wow gracias pero no voy a poder en este momento...bueno, vamos a ver jaja
Los ví y rápido pensé en usted. Ojalá pueda.
lol. maybe don't play with these for reviews?
Are you mad?
+Brian Kuang What are you talking about
Hes probably talking about the pricetag but if your considering what the figure actually is it makes sense
+Jetfire48 I think he was talking about the parts just keep falling apart
+petergreen1994 that's right