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by **Siger** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 10:12 pm

So... Does Henkei Rathalos count as a non-Transformer-transformer? Anyone think he can double as a Beast Wars Predaking variant?

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... 6&page=top

If he didn't cost so much, I would have picked him up.

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 8:30 pm

If you're going by the "Henkei" in the product name, it's not referring to the Henkei Transformers product line made by TakaraTomy. "Henkei" means transform or transformation. I don't play Monster Hunter but I guess this is a "transformed" version of Rathalos?

This toy is a chogokin, I'm not sure which Chogokin line of Bandai's it belongs to.

by **Siger** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 8:58 am

Thanks I kinda guessed Henkei meant transforming. It's a pretty cool looking figure. Just not much of a market for it I guess.

by **guarayakha** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 10:23 am

Convotron wrote:If you're going by the "Henkei" in the product name, it's not referring to the Henkei Transformers product line made by TakaraTomy. "Henkei" means transform or transformation. I don't play Monster Hunter but I guess this is a "transformed" version of Rathalos?

This toy is a chogokin, I'm not sure which Chogokin line of Bandai's it belongs to.

It's a one-off collaboration with Bandai X MonsterHunter for MH's 10th Annivesary and Chogokin's 40th, specially designed by Hajime Katoki

So yeah, it's just Rathalos mecha-fied.

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 9:33 pm

That's a great toy for Monster Hunter fans and mecha fans alike.

by **Siger** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 7:07 pm

I withdraw my comment on the popularity of such figures. All the pre-orders are sold out on AmiAmi already. If only I had more cash to throw around...

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:34 pm

Bandai tends to have relatively low max pre-order allotments for their popular action figure lines(ie. DX Chogokin Renewal, S.H. Figuarts, S.I.C., etc.). AmiAmi is quite a popular online retailer and often Bandai pre-orders sell out through them fairly quickly.

Rathalos is available at Anime Export. Large retailers like HLJ and Hobby Search haven't put up pre-orders for Rathalos yet but I imagine they'll offer it soon.