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Picspam: Giant Flaming Assbird, Day 1
Mar. 27th, 2015 11:42 amSo after a string of very bad days, I finally caved and bought something I'd been wanting for a while, the SIC TaJaDor "Lost Blaze" combo. I'm not usually crazy about the SIC figures, but they do their monsters well (as seen with my Orphnochs). And when they had the idea to what-if TaJaDor a second time (their original take was the usual, more monstrous-looking Rider style I'm not always fond of), they knocked it out of the park.
In the final episode of OOO, Ankh provides his last, cracked Medal to Eiji so he can transform into TaJaDor to fight Maki one last time, preventing him from giving up the last of his humanity by transforming into a Greeed. When I get around to reviewing OOO, I'll gush about that battle, but suffice to say, canon's version of TaJaDor was standard. SIC thought, "Hmm, Ankh as TaJaDor? There's money to be made!" And yeah, this is an exclusive, so it's expensive, but I found it on sale at Big Bad Toy Store (note that it is still over $100). I figured, "You know, I allow myself one big purchase a year with my tax returns, and I had a really terriblemonth year week--why the hell not?"
So this is the box. It was bigger than I expected, but there are two reasons for that, which I'll get to. The side of the box is evil, however, and features the broken Medal. Not cool, box.
So I opened it up, wondering just why it would be such a bulky box. And I found this. Right. Giant staging effects. That's why this box is Ryuki and Dragredder levels of bulky. At least I feel like I'm getting what I paid for. It's also really complex, so the directions are two pages and have large pictures, so the people who don't read any Japanese and are panicking at the sight of this (aka me) can take a deep breath.
So I took him out, and as you can see, Ankh. Very Ankh. And I like it. This is more along the lines of what I expect from something called Super Imaginative Chogokin. Not how many sharp edges and overly large shoulderpads we can put on things, but how far can we go with an idea. And he's big. Here's a comparison. Here he is with Daguva, an utterly amazing Figuarts that I love, and he's taller. Compare to the less expensive but taller vinyl Kuuga Rising Ultimate, and they're roughly the same size.
However, it took me a few days to get the whole photoset done, partly because I have been working my ass off on a number of things lately, and partly because I saw this and had horrible flashbacks to the fear when I saw the Ryuki and Knight Advent Cards. The Medals. A set of 9 PuToTyra to use in the TaJa Spinner (even though it can only take 7, as it did in the show), three Cell Medals, and three really painful Medals: the cracked Taka Core, and the two broken halves left at the end of the series. Ow. Fuck you, you flaming assbird. That hurt. I guess this means I'm going to have to pick up a Figuarts TaJaDor or TaToBa or something to represent Eiji.
More pictures as I upload them and have time to comment.
In the final episode of OOO, Ankh provides his last, cracked Medal to Eiji so he can transform into TaJaDor to fight Maki one last time, preventing him from giving up the last of his humanity by transforming into a Greeed. When I get around to reviewing OOO, I'll gush about that battle, but suffice to say, canon's version of TaJaDor was standard. SIC thought, "Hmm, Ankh as TaJaDor? There's money to be made!" And yeah, this is an exclusive, so it's expensive, but I found it on sale at Big Bad Toy Store (note that it is still over $100). I figured, "You know, I allow myself one big purchase a year with my tax returns, and I had a really terrible
So this is the box. It was bigger than I expected, but there are two reasons for that, which I'll get to. The side of the box is evil, however, and features the broken Medal. Not cool, box.
So I opened it up, wondering just why it would be such a bulky box. And I found this. Right. Giant staging effects. That's why this box is Ryuki and Dragredder levels of bulky. At least I feel like I'm getting what I paid for. It's also really complex, so the directions are two pages and have large pictures, so the people who don't read any Japanese and are panicking at the sight of this (aka me) can take a deep breath.
So I took him out, and as you can see, Ankh. Very Ankh. And I like it. This is more along the lines of what I expect from something called Super Imaginative Chogokin. Not how many sharp edges and overly large shoulderpads we can put on things, but how far can we go with an idea. And he's big. Here's a comparison. Here he is with Daguva, an utterly amazing Figuarts that I love, and he's taller. Compare to the less expensive but taller vinyl Kuuga Rising Ultimate, and they're roughly the same size.
However, it took me a few days to get the whole photoset done, partly because I have been working my ass off on a number of things lately, and partly because I saw this and had horrible flashbacks to the fear when I saw the Ryuki and Knight Advent Cards. The Medals. A set of 9 PuToTyra to use in the TaJa Spinner (even though it can only take 7, as it did in the show), three Cell Medals, and three really painful Medals: the cracked Taka Core, and the two broken halves left at the end of the series. Ow. Fuck you, you flaming assbird. That hurt. I guess this means I'm going to have to pick up a Figuarts TaJaDor or TaToBa or something to represent Eiji.
More pictures as I upload them and have time to comment.