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

Artstorm ES Gokin God Mars

More SD goodness from Artstorm/Fewture. Don't k ow what kind of delay this will have.

EX Gokin Transformers Optimus Prime Convoy and Grimlock robot diecast figures

 Collectiondx.com posted:

EX Gokin Optimus Prime (Convoy) from Transformers

Rounding out their EX Gokin Transformers is Art Storm's non-transformable take on Convoy (Optimus Prime)! This diecast action figure will feature an opening Matrix compartment, multiple hands, and his trademark Ion Blaster. He will stand 17 centimeters tall. Coming December 2014. Price is to be announced.

EX Gokin Grimlock from Transformers

Art Storm is creating several non-transforming high end diecast action figures of popular Transformers characters. Here is the fan favorite Dinobot Leader, Grimlock! This figure will stand 18 centimeters tall and features two different heads to represent the two designs seen in the cartoon. He will also include his trademark double barreled laser rifle and sword. Coming October 2014. Price is to be announced.

Clover Seven Daitarn 3 Mini Gokin

Suppose it's like late 70's early 80's and you were a kid in Japan and you loved robots. You want a DX size robot but your parents can't afford it or they just plain don't wanna spend the money. Let's also suppose that maybe you had family visiting or your parents are coming home from a long day at work and they get off the  train station and they wanna pick you up something cool without spending a lot of money. What is one to do?

Well it seems many Japanese toy companies saw that there was an opportunity to sell cheaper version of their toys at places where an adult may grab one to bring home or strategically place them where kids would come across them and beg their parent to buy them. And how about slapping a nice low price to it while still giving kids a quick Gokin fix?

That's exactly what Clover did. So as not to taint the Clover name with cheaper toys or to just plain differentiate different price points, a subsidiary of Clover was created. They called this sub Seven. Popy also did something similar with Victora where they made cheap little diecast figures. The example I have for you today is a case fresh Daitarn 3. Since this does not transform, Seven sold different small sets with Daitarn in Jet mode and another in Tank mode. I believe the fourth set was a small Mach Attacker. For now, I only have this one. I won one of these a while back on eBay for $8 shipped and the seller turned out to be a scammer. So forward a few years later and picked it up from seller redstarrobot for a decent price. Enjoy this little gokin.

What a delightful little box. It has no back, it simply clovers the tray underneath.

Even though the figure is small and meant to be a quick fix for a little child, they still lovingly use a Stryofoam tray which make it look a bit more important. The chrome bits are done very well.

Although there are factory stickers applied, Seven provides a sticker sheet and instructions to bring more life into this figure. No doubt a cost-saving measure.

The colors are completely inaccurate to the robot, but they work. The diecast metal is composed of the white section of the toy. The rest is just a durable type plastic.

Although the figure does not transform, it has steel wheels on it's back. Strange but cool. Another cost saving measure is the hollowing-out of the backs of the arms and legs- no doubt later inspiring Hasbro to do the same on Transfomers.

Fewture EX Gokin Getter Dragon Preview

Well, my first video render of this review was going great until my laptop shutdown at 94%! Second render my render time shot up to 6 hrs, so I restarted and cut down a few tracks so it's moving along...probably another 2 hours before it's ready. 12:02am right now so I figured I'd at least show you some pictures of what's ahead.Get your Getter Dragon at BBTS

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.

Dream EX Goraion Gokin Voltron Golion SD diecast robot figure

I'm slowly moving into this new apartment. I barely have any robots here but this bad boy showed up within the first couple of days of moving in. It's the Dream EX Defender of the Universe Goraion based on the insanely popular and much loved Voltron or as he is known in Japan, Golion. In fact, the name of the figure is basically spelled in the way the Japanese would pronounce "Golion". Why not just call it Golion you ask? Well, it's not licensed you see. It's a third party Gokin figure. Supposedly they are working on a diecast Vehicle Voltron too. These pictures are a sneak peek of what you will see on my review for CollectionDX.com

Check out a small video I made.

Dream EX SD "Defender of the Universe" Golion Voltron figure

I only became an SD Gokin  fan after grabbing a few ES Gokins and MB Gokins. Now it seems a company Tong Meng releasing an unlicensed Golion/Voltron Gokkn figure. While there are really small changes to the design to make it slightly different, it still looks great! Seems they are also working on a vehicle Voltron too.