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Re: Maketoys Green Giant (Type 61)

Postby DevastaTTor » Fri Aug 24, 2012 11:19 am

Got my set and finally had a chance to mess with it yesterday. Build and paint quality are awesome for these figures-no surprises there. The gestalt was a little fiddly at first but once I got him squared up and messed with him a bit, I must say that I'm VERY impressed. Not many faults and lots to like!

And lastly, I'm liking the rage head. It's not perfect and I expect better from other third parties, but it's a nice add-on and alternative to the standard head.

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Re: Maketoys Green Giant (Type 61)

Postby Stormrider » Fri Aug 24, 2012 4:06 pm

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These are great to hear.
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Re: Maketoys Green Giant (Type 61)

Postby RodimalToyota » Sun Aug 26, 2012 11:44 pm

Anyone wanna be a doll and measure Giant from Feet to the top of the head?
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Re: Maketoys Green Giant (Type 61)

Postby Kibble » Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:42 am

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RodimalToyota wrote:Anyone wanna be a doll and measure Giant from Feet to the top of the head?


I don't have him, but I'll put my educated guess in at ~11".
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Re: Maketoys Green Giant (Type 61)

Postby Andrius » Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:25 pm

Kibble wrote:
RodimalToyota wrote:Anyone wanna be a doll and measure Giant from Feet to the top of the head?


I don't have him, but I'll put my educated guess in at ~11".


Good guess. 11 inches to the head, 12.5 to the tip of the shoulder.
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Re: Maketoys Green Giant (Type 61)

Postby Nemesis Destron » Thu Aug 30, 2012 11:40 am

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How many of you have both sets or plan on getting both? I've heard with some of the minor improvements done for the green set it would make sense to me to have them combined and the yellow set as individual robots. Anyone else doing this or vice versa? :VEHI:
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Re: Maketoys Green Giant (Type 61)

Postby Andrius » Fri Aug 31, 2012 10:43 am

Nemesis Destron wrote:How many of you have both sets or plan on getting both? I've heard with some of the minor improvements done for the green set it would make sense to me to have them combined and the yellow set as individual robots. Anyone else doing this or vice versa? :VEHI:


I have both sets, although I haven't opened the green one yet. I think I'll keep them both in gestalt mode, but we'll see.
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Re: Maketoys Green Giant (Type 61)

Postby necr0blivion » Sat Sep 01, 2012 8:55 am

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Nemesis Destron wrote:How many of you have both sets or plan on getting both? I've heard with some of the minor improvements done for the green set it would make sense to me to have them combined and the yellow set as individual robots. Anyone else doing this or vice versa? :VEHI:


I've got both sets, but haven't had a chance to open Green Giant yet. I am interested in doing just what you describe, but haven't yet decided which set stays individual and which goes full gestalt - even with the improvements to Greenie, I think it's oging to be a personal choice for anyone who will have both sets.
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Re: Maketoys Green Giant (Type 61)

Postby kirbenvost » Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:12 pm

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I just got my Giant yesterday and spent 2 hours just getting him out of the box, combined, and transforming him from combined to vehicle mode. :lol: Awesome so far.

I have a couple questions. Sorry if these have been answered already but I don't have time to read the whole thread right now.

What's the official storage for Bulldozer and Excavators' weapons in vehicle mode? I currently have them pegged onto their sides, but it doesn't seem quite right. I figured out every one else's (Dump Truck's is AWESOME), but the instruction book doesn't really go though weapon storage and I had to guess from pictures.

Also, what's with the rectangular pegs on the sides of the arms/generators? I'm guessing a couple of the weapons will peg there, but I'm not sure why. It would be super awesome if the weapons could form fuel tanks for the generators or something, but I doubt that's the case.

One more! Is it possible to switch faces in the helmets? I like the extendable transparent visor but I'm not really big on the rage face. Mainly the toothy Leno scowl is bugging me a bit. :lol:
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Re: Maketoys Green Giant (Type 61)

Postby craggy » Thu Sep 20, 2012 5:05 pm

I am led to believe that yes, the two faces are interchangeable between the two different heads. TJDuckett's video review mentioned it, and I've seen the new head with both grandpa face and normal faces.
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