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News Credits: 3 · Tue Dec 30, 2014 4:09 pm

That thing looks slick, love the design of the God Cannon, less enthused about the lack of a second rifle, and utterly confused by the inclusion of a katana.

News Credits: 12 · Tue Dec 30, 2014 4:16 pm

At least Hasbro didn't charge $100 each for Action Masters.

News Credits: 462 · Tue Dec 30, 2014 4:51 pm

GuyIncognito wrote:At least Hasbro didn't charge $100 each for Action Masters.

Action Masters were simplistic kids stuff. This isn't.

News Credits: 293 · Tue Dec 30, 2014 7:35 pm

can we all agree that, yes theyre TF characters that dont transform. yes its expensive. yes its very niche. can we leave out all the rage involved in those views?

i think super deformed anime stuff is stupid. i dont enter every thread about them and rage about how much i dislike them.

action masters rabble rabble rabble. we get it. >:oP

News Credits: 461 · Tue Dec 30, 2014 7:48 pm

shajaki wrote:can we all agree that, yes theyre TF characters that dont transform. yes its expensive. yes its very niche. can we leave out all the rage involved in those views?

i think super deformed anime stuff is stupid. i dont enter every thread about them and rage about how much i dislike them.

action masters rabble rabble rabble. we get it.

It's like some people think $100 for an action figure is never heard of... I mean Play Arts? Hot Toys? Figmas? LOl Japan's been charging $100 for action figures for a while now...

News Credits: 12 · Tue Dec 30, 2014 9:40 pm

If I had any familiarity with Masterforce at alI I would be all over this. As it stands, it's an awesome figure I wish I could justify buying.

Wed Dec 31, 2014 12:11 am

GuyIncognito wrote:At least Hasbro didn't charge $100 each for Action Masters.

a better comparison would be like Revoltech, but this is more like
a finely sculpted statue that looks poseable

News Credits: 5 · Wed Dec 31, 2014 1:40 am

I posted these already in the MP Rerelease thread because they feature the new MP-10 Vector Sigma but I think they show how good a figure Alpha Trion is. Since the character doesn't transform anyway the lack of altmode just means they could make the figure as true to the cartoon a possible. I highly recommend him at least and it does make me interested in other figures but I don't see myself getting them. Trion's stand does work great for the Vector Sigma orb itself as a plus.

News Credits: 60 · Wed Dec 31, 2014 4:03 am

shajaki wrote:can we all agree that, yes theyre TF characters that dont transform. yes its expensive. yes its very niche. can we leave out all the rage involved in those views?

i think super deformed anime stuff is stupid. i dont enter every thread about them and rage about how much i dislike them.

action masters rabble rabble rabble. we get it.

Amen to that bro'

I wonder when Elita and Arcee are gonna be release? Them first then Ginrai.

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News Credits: 767 · Wed Dec 31, 2014 4:36 am

So, the first three they make look super cartoon accurate, then their God Ginrai goes into a completely different direction and is all "Super Stylized Super Gundam Hyper Action" like with details on details on detailed details.
That thing is just sick and incredibly awesome. :michaelbay:

News Credits: 60 · Wed Dec 31, 2014 4:58 am

Dead Metal wrote:So, the first three they make look super cartoon accurate, then their God Ginrai goes into a completely different direction and is all "Super Stylized Super Gundam Hyper Action" like with details on details on detailed details.
That thing is just sick and incredibly awesome.

Just noticed Godginrai sporting a samurai. So this incarnation of his probably from Victory?

News Credits: 767 · Wed Dec 31, 2014 5:09 am

fenrir72 wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:So, the first three they make look super cartoon accurate, then their God Ginrai goes into a completely different direction and is all "Super Stylized Super Gundam Hyper Action" like with details on details on detailed details.
That thing is just sick and incredibly awesome.

Just noticed Godginrai sporting a samurai. So this incarnation of his probably from Victory?

Good point, but after looking at the few Victory pics with him on tfwiki, they don't really seem to match up.

News Credits: 462 · Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:28 am

God Ginrai was the same guy in Victory as he was at the end of Masterforce.

This redesign with a sword is more likely just Art Storm having some fun with his look.

Though, word is getting around that it might not be what we think it is. That is, not another EX Gokin figure, but something else like a model kit.

News Credits: 60 · Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:58 am

Sabrblade wrote:God Ginrai was the same guy in Victory as he was at the end of Masterforce.

This redesign with a sword is more likely just Art Storm having some fun with his look.

Though, word is getting around that it might not be what we think it is. That is, not another EX Gokin figure, but something else like a model kit.

But this time no "Ginrai".

Model kit? Must be a very expensive one.

News Credits: 462 · Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:59 am

fenrir72 wrote:But this time no "Ginrai".

I don't follow. :???:

News Credits: 60 · Wed Dec 31, 2014 12:04 pm

No soft chewy "human" Godmaster center.

News Credits: 462 · Wed Dec 31, 2014 12:06 pm

fenrir72 wrote:No soft chewy "human" Godmaster center.

So? The Transtector was brought to life with the same name and personality as the human who once powered it.

News Credits: 60 · Wed Dec 31, 2014 12:13 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:No soft chewy "human" Godmaster center.
So? The Transtector was brought to life with the same name and personality as the human who once powered it.

I surmised "Victory" incarnation because iirc, Ginrai never used a sword in Masterforce. A lot of the TFs in Victory either had swords, javelins and melee weapons.......not included in their original toys.

News Credits: 462 · Wed Dec 31, 2014 12:14 pm

fenrir72 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:No soft chewy "human" Godmaster center.
So? The Transtector was brought to life with the same name and personality as the human who once powered it.

I surmised "Victory" incarnation because iirc, Ginrai never used a sword in Masterforce. A lot of the TFs in Victory either had swords, javelins and melee weapons.......not included in their original toys.

No sword for him in Victory either.

The inclusion of this figure's sword is probably just artistic license.

News Credits: 5 · Wed Dec 31, 2014 1:57 pm

I'm totally down for getting Arcee and Elita-1! If they're the same height as Trion, that puts them at the size of the MP cars making them perfect for my collection! If they make an Orion Pax I'll just start mailing them my paychecks directly.

News Credits: 60 · Wed Dec 31, 2014 7:54 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:No soft chewy "human" Godmaster center.
So? The Transtector was brought to life with the same name and personality as the human who once powered it.

I surmised "Victory" incarnation because iirc, Ginrai never used a sword in Masterforce. A lot of the TFs in Victory either had swords, javelins and melee weapons.......not included in their original toys.
No sword for him in Victory either.

The inclusion of this figure's sword is probably just artistic license.

That artitistic license again :lol:

Here it looks bad@ss but on MP Starscream ver.1 it kind of got screwed.

I do hope the reports are wrong that this is a kit. If this is the regular TF Ex Gokin, then I'm in!

News Credits: 1 · Thu Jan 01, 2015 8:42 pm

/unlurk

Just a quick Photoshop halfassery to get an idea when it's finally coloured... >:oP

/lurk

News Credits: 12 · Fri Jan 02, 2015 5:56 am

Hmm, that looks pretty nice. I'm digging the Obari-esque proportions a lot, and that photoshop (nice job by the way!) gives me the impression he's gonna look pretty sweet when he's coloured.

I'm looking forward to Arcee too. She's always been one of my favourite female robot designs (perhaps eclipsed only by Charming Drossel) and it's good to see a proper representation of her robot mode. I hope the headsculpt isn't too pointy though- one of my favourite things about her head design is how rounded, gentle and "cute" it looks, and a pointy chin could somewhat detract from that.

News Credits: 767 · Sat Jan 03, 2015 2:49 pm

Whisper wrote:/unlurk

Just a quick Photoshop halfassery to get an idea when it's finally coloured...

/lurk

I'm working on the same exact thing, guess I can stop now XD

News Credits: 4878 · Fri Feb 06, 2015 10:31 pm

A little more than a month ago, pictures of the prototype for Art Storm's EM Gokin God Ginrai had surfaced, and now we have images of the finished product.

These new images of the now colored figure come from a post on twitter by the designer of Art Storm's EM Gokin line, Alan Moriguchi.

This is a stylized non transforming figure representing God Ginrai from the Transformers Masterforce series, who we know in the west as Powermaster Optimus Prime.