Bandai Soul of Chogokin GX-71 King of Beasts Golion Voltron Diecast collectable

It's finally official. I was told a couple of years back that the deal was done only to see that Toynami grabbed the license...anyway, it's coming and it looks incredible. You have both sides of the opinion camp on this but one thing is for sure, if anyone is going to make a great Golion/Voltron, it has to be the company that did the original. Soul of Chogokin GX-71 King of Beast Golion Voltron is slated for release Dec. 2016 for under $300. Grab a preorder from BBTS.com because everyone else is sold out at the moment.

Star Wars Metal Collection Diecast figures

Got me some small Tomy Star Wars diecast toys.

Sentinel Mechatro WeGo unpainted version

This is an event exclusive Mechatro which has to be built. You can paint it or leave it "raw"

Armarauders Cam's Custom Bellerephon Pre-Production sample pictorial and video

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EX Gokin Alpha Trion in-hand images

Just got this guy in and decided to share some pictures. Get Alpha Trion at BigBadToyStore 

Video review below!

Box with slip case

Alpha Trion

Alternate pieces to create A3 Version

Here's some pictures for scaling purposes

Soul of Chogokin GX-63 General Franky from One Piece

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As is the case with many collectibles, you aren't aware of how awesome it is until it's gone and very expensive. Usually however, these go through a clearance phase first before reaching the expensive phase. It's funny how that works. It usually starts off with an unpopular or little known/understood piece which sells really slow because of it's high price. Then it goes on clearance and still sells slow. Then just as buzz starts spreading, they sell out leaving some people without the piece which drives prices up in the aftermarket. I believe this to be one of those figures that will go through this. It was released for the Soul of Chogokin line which usually caters for the most part to the Super Robot genre. This came from the show One Piece which was not a Super Robot show. The toy however is an amazing robot. It evens breaks down into two vehicles!

Furosai Bike with Franky behind the wheel

Brachiotank

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Diecast 30th Anniversary Voltron now available at BBTS!

Finally after months of waiting, the 30th Anniversary Voltron is now available. It's the same basic 20th Anniversary diecast figure that was limited to 15,000 figures but with some upgrades including LED eyes, display stand with sound effects and spot for lion weapons and a lion key gimmick that works just like it does in the show! Don't miss your chance at owning this. Those who slept on the 20th Anniversary edition regretted it once prices skyrocketed. Get your very own at BigBadToyStore!

Photo taken by MRCLEAN08 of robot-japan.com

Red M-1910 BROWNING KO

If I'm not mistaken, this is a limited release of about 50 figures made in this red color. It's a KO Browning recently released. I paid about $45 for it when it first came out. It basically like the popular G1 Megatron. This actually comes from the same line Megs came from before he was rebranded as a Transformer.

it comes in a styrofoam brick which comes inside of a nice brown cardboard box...which I didn't photograph. Sorry

It feels SOOO vintage. But it isn't.

Color instructions

You get a pair of sticker sheets. Black and Silver

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Tankbot

This here is Tankbot. He's actually a bootleg of Sankan-Oh that turns into a tank! Hes also got a huge erection which you will see on video. Review coming soon

Miracle Productions MA-01 VEHICLE VOLTRON 機甲艦隊ダイラガーXV Diecast Chogokin Robot figure review

Black Version Miracle Production Vehicle Voltron?

Probably a custom but cool nonetheless!

VARIABLE ACTION Hi-SPEC CHORIKO ROBO GALATT leg fix

While waiting on my Choriko Robo Galatt figure, I read about problems people were having with standing this figure up. When I got mine, I stood it up and its been standing there ever since. It seems the legs do a split. I was looking to see why and it seems there are TEENY and I do mean TEENY little tabs that have been given the job of holding all this diecast weight together. A rather poor design I agree.

So here is my figure. Normally the figure doesn't like to stand at all. It would do a crazy split.

Upon closer inspection, I found that those two bars that run down have teeny hooks at the ends. Those "hooks" snap underneath those openings in the legs. Fiddling around by moving the butt piece away from the figure allowed me to see that there are also hooks on the opposite sides of the leg making a total of four hooks that have to tab in. While I eventually got them to snap in together I felt that eventually this would wear down. What a crappy design to be honest. If the entire hook piece tabbed underneath, it would probably hold better, but it's the very teeny tooth on the hook that tabs in...barely. On top of that they are stressed from the legs wanting to pull out.

I wasn't happy with eventually wearing out the tabs, so I devised a different way of keeping the legs together. You know those clear elastic bands that come with almost every action figure? I used one of those and wrapped it around the top of the thighs. I lifted with skirt flaps so you can see it a little bit better.

Depending on what size elastic band you use, you may need some more tension. I used an elastic from the packaging fo the 6" Stormtrooper which was a little too big, so instead of double it up and making too much tension, I just hooked the elastic around the butt piece for a little more tension.

Once you have it situated how you want it, fold the skirts down.

Once you swing down the crotch wings, its invisible! Enjoy.

This only fixes the legs from splitting apart when not using the built in hooks. If the legs still split, try using a smaller elastic for more tension. If your figure suffers from loose ankle then this fix won't help.