HG Bandai gachapon Chodenji Robo Combattler V

What's better than 1 gachapon, yup, you guessed it, 5 gachapons (wait is it gashapon? oh well), in other words, getting a complete set of this Combattler V Gachapon set. This set also includes a clear black set. Just in case, you guys, don't know what Im talking about, gachapon's are toy dispensing machines which  randomly dispenses toys, so you won't know what you're getting till you buy em. Yup, it's all about luck, my man....

From the classic vintage robot animation created by Sunrise.
Combattler V is made out of 5 vehicles.

Battle Jet becomes the head of Combattler V and is smallest vehicle.

Battle Crasher forms the chest and arms. Wings and landing gears are removed when in robot mode.

Battle Tank becomes the torso. The antenna move up and down. The claws are very hard to get in and out and most of the time.

Battle Marine forms the legs of Combattler V.

Battle Craft forms the feet with pegs to push out the drills.













All the vehicles combine to form combined vehicle mode or also known as Grand Dasher mode. The arms are supposed to be turned upwards being the lazy guy that I am, I just left it straight.

The accesories that came with this set shown below.

And of cos, the combined robot mode. Combattler V has basic articulation but fails to make any dynamic poses. In robot mode, Combattler V stands roughly 6 inches tall and still looks good in any chogokin collection.

Picture together with Combattler V, the clear black version.

Overall, I do love the set, the only thing I don't like are the extra parts that has to be taken out due to transformation. Storage is kinda a hassle and some parts are really small and easily lost.

The other bad news is the clear black version has really brittle plastic which tends to break easily after 2 or 3 transformations, I super glued mine back into robot-form and left it as it is ever since.

Bandai Super Robot Chogokin God Reideen

Though there were 3 incarnations of Reideen, the original vintage 1970’s Brave Raideen, which I watch during my childhood days, the 1993’s God Reideen, was one I loved but was too caught up in other stuff at that era and thus I didn't have a chance to owe the Bandai version of God Reideen.
And for the 2007's Neo Reideen, I couldn't be bothered, the anime makes me sleep..

Not to fret,  this year, Bandai's SRC ( Super Robot Chogokin ) series re-released another God Reideen for our collective glory!!!

The box art is sweet though a openable (is there such a word?!) flap to view the toy would be alot sweeter, hey, i'm not complaining just a suggestion, anyways, more pictures less words....

Even though the size doesn't impress me, the design was slick, still mantaining the classic Reideen's Eygptian design, colour scheme was really grand, silver and gold, though the box art made it seem as though it was gold and white. The major attraction to me, was that God Reideen was transformable, given the size, my thoughts was it was static figure, much like Yamato GNU dou figures.

The lower legs and chest area are made of diecast parts, the rest is plastic and painted, the articulation is rather good with all basic joints, arms, elbows, knees, waist, wrists but due to the design of the armor, movement is limited, so there's not much dynamic poses this Reideen can make, he still looks damn good in any display unless you collect Coke bottles.

God Reideen's accesories includes 2 open fists, 2 closed fists, 2 fists to hold his bow and his weapons, a full sized bow and arrow, a anime accurate smaller version bow, a shield and a opened shield. Kinda disappointed as there was no stand included to display Reideen in flight or to display in God bird mode though the back has a peg hole for the Tamashii stand (which is not included).

God Reideen still can do some decent poses, if you want, the shoulder armor and head piece is removeable (the removeable head piece is transformation purposes) and you could have poses without the armor though he look kinda naked...

Transformation is simple, only bad news is there's a need to interchange parts, mainly the headpiece. Another bad news, is there's no pegs to lock things into place, mainly the arms, the legs has a small peg that doesn't do much, making the god bird mode kinda flimsy but it still looks cool if you don't play with it and wave it around.

Overall, I'm quite satisfied with SRC God Reideen, it could have been better but the effort was there, if you're a reideen fan, this is definitely another version to have in your collection.

Galaxy Cyclone

In the year 2111, the solar system has been colonized. The colonized moons and planets are lawless and the police are helpless.
In order to battle the evil within the solar system, Isaac Godonov creates J9, made up of himself, Blaster Kid, Stephen Bowie, and Angel Omachi. They are a team that will handle any missions the police will not with their robot Bryger... for a price. Meanwhile, the Nubia section of Earth has a plan to destroy Jupiter to create 30 more planets for human colonization.
But this plan will result in the destruction of Earth.
Interesting story ay? Catch more of Galaxy Cyclone Bryger.... in the meantime, I got this awhile back at a sale...Its a Bryger from the Yamato Gnu-Dou series.


The Yamato GNU-dou series is maily super articulated figure with real good paint work on PVC. Though not transformable the scuplts quite ok......Comes only with sword  for Bryger though, I gave him a gun too...lol



Not a bad figure except the armor effects the articulation at the thighs, theres  one more from the series that Im gonna get soon too......

Yamato GN-U (Hagane) Danguard Ace

Planetary Robo Danguard Ace (惑星ロボ ダンガードA(エース) Another vintage anime with a fighter pilot Winstar and his transformable Danguard Ace battleship do battle against evil alien invaders.
One of my fave childhood animations, Ive been waiting for this bot for quite awhile,
finally a updated version of the classic....I will gladly suffer months of instant noodles for this bot!!!

The Feel is great!  Its quite a heavy gokin with loads of diecast and real good anime accurate head sculpt...

Transformation is split into 2 parts just like the actual anime....



Theres also a stand for the satelizer mode, the feet that form the thrusters just look damn cool.

Note that the screws are covered with small plastic tabs, thats one flawless feature for chogokins...



There are lotsa accessories, extra fists, missiles and loads of other stuff. The articulations is not bad as well, for such a bulky bot, ball jointed upper thighs, knees, ankles, waist, ball jointed neck to head, ball-jointed wraists, elbows....this is as close as it can get to Danguard Ace....