The Energon Pub

Wow! A Mecha forum! When did this get put in? Well anyway, I've been looking for the right forum to let you guys that remember me and those that don't what I've been doing since I left the staff here at Seibertron.com

As you know I helped Ryan out on the past with his awesome galleries section (in fact a few of my galleries still remain) and since leaving the site I've continued shooting galleries but of a broader range of subject matter than just Transformers. LG and Maximus_Prime (you might remember those guys too) of the www.thetaverntable.com have kindly given me the web space to post my galleries and I’ve been slowly adding to them ever since.

My Galleries to date:
Revoltech
Giant Robo
GR-2
Mazinkaizer
Evangelion Unit-02 (1997 Movie Version)
Evangelion Mass Production Type(s)
Dix-neuf (Gunbuster 2)

Soul of Chogokin
Soul of Chogokin Spec XS-01 Evangelion 01
GX-34 Gunbuster
Soul of Chogokin SPEC Limited Evangelion 01 Synchro rate of 400%

Transformers Masterpeice
MP-05 Megatron
MP-06 Skywarp
Masterpeice Starscream

Beast Wars Returns
Thrust
Tankor
Strika
Obsidian

Beast Wars
Takara 10th Anniversary Blackarachnia
Takara 10th Anniversary Cheetor
Takara 10th Anniversary Dinobot

Other
Music Label Soundwave
Custom BT Nightbeat

I'll update this thread as more galleries are added.

Yours AK

Hey Alex!
Nice to see you around again.
The Galleries are great! Especially that Gunbuster, looks awesome. I think I want a SOC Eva 01 now
Are you going to do a gallery of your custom alt-nightbeat? that would be cool.

the purifyer wrote:Are you going to do a gallery of your custom alt-nightbeat? that would be cool.

That is a possibility, my BT customs are on the list of possible future galleries but right now I'm a whole lot more excited by Revoltech and plan to get a fair few more galleries of those up.

As for SOC Eva 1, if your referring to the SPEC version I have shot a gallery I'd think long and hard before you do. There are some SERIOUS construction/quality issues with his hip joints. I'd just finished shooting my gallery, I started to twist the hip joint to put him into the position I planned to display him in and it just came apart! No snap, the joint just denigrated! I was so angry! The figure has now been rendered totally unfixable and useless. I may by the forthcoming berserk version so I get another inner Eva body to hang both sets of armour off, but after that I wont be buying another SPEC Eva. IMO the original SOC Evas are far superior in design, I just wished they had the show accurate flat colour schemes like the SPEC does.

Yours AK

Alex Kingdom wrote:As for SOC Eva 1, if your referring to the SPEC version I have shot a gallery I'd think long and hard before you do. There are some SERIOUS construction/quality issues with his hip joints. I'd just finished shooting my gallery, I started to twist the hip joint to put him into the position I planned to display him in and it just came apart! No snap, the joint just denigrated! I was so angry! The figure has now been rendered totally unfixable and useless. I may by the forthcoming berserk version so I get another inner Eva body to hang both sets of armour off, but after that I wont be buying another SPEC Eva. IMO the original SOC Evas are far superior in design, I just wished they had the show accurate flat colour schemes like the SPEC does.

Yours AK

Wow that's terrible. Must have been very poor quality. No chance of getting a replacement from Bandai?
the SPEC version is the only one with the inner body, right? Most other eva-01 figures just have the removable 'mask'.
Real damn shame.

love to see those custom BTs get the gallery treatment.
Do you plan to do the whole revoltech line or just the Mecha?

Hey AK, nice to see ya back on the forums! Lemme know when your package arrives, yes?

the purifyer wrote:Wow that's terrible. Must have been very poor quality. No chance of getting a replacement from Bandai?

I got it from an ebay seller so I cant see them negotiating m a replacement part. Next time I'll go through HLJ, the shipping takes longer but at least them I'm covered for any quality issues.

the purifyer wrote:the SPEC version is the only one with the inner body, right? Most other eva-01 figures just have the removable 'mask'.

Yea the spec one is the only Eva toy with an inner 'naked Eva' that I've seen. The original SoC Evas had no removable armour other than the shoulder fins to swap between the knife/launcher carrying and slim line variants. I dont know of any eva toys with removable masks, although I'm sure there are some.

the purifyer wrote:Do you plan to do the whole revoltech line or just the Mecha?

I plan on shooting galleries of the ones that I like and therefore buy. I have 15 Revoltechs so far, so I have a lot to be getting on with.

Yours AK

Heres a question thats been bugging me about the Revoltech Mazinkaiser figure.

Are the forearms removable? I'd like to see if I can reinact the "turbo smasher punch".

Σ Prime wrote:Heres a question thats been bugging me about the Revoltech Mazinkaiser figure.

Are the forearms removable? I'd like to see if I can reinact the "turbo smasher punch".

Yes they are. All Revoltech figures are modular, and pull apart at the joints, it helps the revolver joints do their job properly and makes for amazing articulation. I tried to take a photo of Mazinkaiser performing a 'Turbo Smasher Punch" but I couldn't get both the toy and the forearm in focus properly without having mt hand in the photo.

Yours AK

New Galleries! The End of Evangelion Revoltech figures!

Revoltech Evangelion Unit-02 (1997 Movie Version)
Revoltech Evangelion Mass Production Type(s)

Enjoy!

Yours AK

Oh? The Mecha forum got merged with the GD forum? What a shame.

Yours AK

Just posted my gallery of MP Skywarp, needs a few additional pics comparing him with robot mode MP Starscream and maybe MP Megs and Convoy but I'm pretty happy with it for now. Take a look

Dix-neuf of Gunbuster 2 will be posted in the morning!

Yours AK

Second gallery of the weekend Dix-neuf (Gunbuster 2) is now up! Enjoy!

Yours AK

Nice gallery there, Alex
It very time consuming taking those pics, I know.

Wish i have time soon to post new mecha.
My gallery so far: http://robobox.blogspot.com/

Goddammit I need to get some more Revoltechs!

The Dix-neuf been on my list for a long time.

Sigma Prime wrote:Goddammit I need to get some more Revoltechs!

The Dix-neuf been on my list for a long time.

He is awesome. I posted this review of him not so long back:

I've only watched the first two episodes of Gunbuster 2 but it very clear from the moment he appears that Dix-Neuf is both an unusual and iconic robot, if that is indeed what he is because he appears much more like some giant cyborg superhero/villain in a cloak, and iron jaw, a bear chest and tats. He just looks badass!

Anyway on to the figure itself. Being a keen collector of Revoltech since the early Evas came out I've watched this line go from strength to strength improving with each release and this figure is no exception. I can quite honestly say this is one of the finest Revoltech figures yet, it again combines anime accuracy with awesome articulation. The flat simplistic colours and detailing are as close to what you'll see in the stylish anime of Diebuster as you likely to find on an action figure. In face with his cloak on there is almost no way of telling this is an articulated action figure and not a static PVC figurine. With many Revoltech figures you can spot the tell tale X's of the revolver joints at the tops of the hips, shoulders or waist, Dix-neuf exhibits very little of this. You really have to look hard for the joints and as with other recent figures in the line the joints are colour co-ordinated to blend in with the figure. The revoltech joints can be found in the elbows, shoulders, ankles, hips, chest, neck and connecting either half of his cloak to his back. The knees are not revolver joints or rather you can't get into then to see if they are or not. They are mono-shaft but ratcheted and go from straight to just over 90 degrees. This works perfectly seeing as Dix-neufs legs a huge tree-trunk-like things with no obvious knees other than the markings half way down his legs. The only thing I would say against his joint is that the shafts on his elbow joints are a tad short and tend to come off quite easily, no biggy but worth a mention.

On to the accessories, again Kaiyodo do not disappoint! As with many recent Revoltech releases the number and sheer quality of accessories is above that of earlier figures in the line. It now seems all figures come with a multi-directional revolver joint flying stand as standard, Dix-neuf also includes the older style foot prop extension that was used for flying poses before the newer revolver jointed stand, not 100% necessary but its nice to have both options. For actual figure accessories you have the obligatory close fists and open hands (complete with buster beam barrels) and an extra head one with his eye open one with it closed(this is quite significant in the Anime). Weaponary inclded his baseball bat/mace and hand held chainsaw things (sorry dont know the anime terminology for those yet). Both of these weapons ingeniously fit under his cloak , the handle of the mace has to be removed for this and to fit it into his clenched fists. Last but no least is an additoinal back for the figure so you can remove the cloak. Now I havent seen all of the series yet so I'm not aware of the significance but it does appear Dix-neuf has some sort of huge metallic skull on his back with transparent white blue horns of fire! I'm sure the meaning behind all the will become clear as I watch more but all I can say is it looks awesome, the detailing on this piece is superb and I was very pleased to find the flames were removable.

Overall I'd say this is one of if not the best Revoltech so far. It looks great, has awesome articulation, beautiful accessories/detailing and there is something about the weighty solidity of his legs that really appeal to me. With this figure you get a whole lot of Revoltech for your money, the whole package is fantastically well done and I really don't have a single gripe, which is more than I can say for one or two other revoltechs that I have found slightly lacking here or there. If you enjoy the anime, like the design, love Revoltech, or just fancy something a bit different I'd say you can't go far wrong with this guy.

Yours AK

Next for the gallery treatment will be these guys:



Oh and did I mention Robot-Japan have asked to host my galleries too, here's the first: SOC Gunbuster.

Yours AK

Allspark wrote:Nice gallery there, Alex
It very time consuming taking those pics, I know.

Wish i have time soon to post new mecha.
My gallery so far: http://robobox.blogspot.com/

Those are really cool, I particularly like the Asuka's Final Battle gallery the digital manipulation you've used is awesome! I tried to recreate parts of that battle in my galleries only without any photoshopping my fave shot are these ones:

http://www.thetaverntable.com/gallery/m ... temId=2429
http://www.thetaverntable.com/gallery/m ... temId=2432
http://www.thetaverntable.com/gallery/m ... temId=2656

Yours AK

Just to let you all know my in addition to my galleries being up at http://www.thetaverntable.com Admin1 at http://www.robot-japan.com has very kindly offered to provide space for my galleries to be exhibited there too! Take a look at what has gone up so far below:

Soul of Chogokin Gunbuster
Revoltech Evangelion Unit-02 (1997 Movie Version)
Revoltech Evangelion Mass Production Type(s)
MP-06 Skywarp
MP-05 Megatron

Yours AK

As you may already know I had a bit of a disaster with the original Soul of Chogokin SPEC Eva 01, his hip disintegrated. Try as I might I couldn't fix it or get a cheap replacement so I decided to chance purchasing the limited edition 400% Synchro rate version as I could use the inner body to hang all the armour parts from. Aside from the construction issues I really liked the original and this is just the same only with the crazy berserk bits and a better neck. Sadly he doesn't come with any weapons but i guess that is because he was always meant to compliment the original release.

So anyway here's a gallery which if your interested you can compare with the original figure. I wouldn't recommend getting either due to the construction issue with the hip, this one's hips have so far held up although it doesn't appear that it is designed any differently to the original and I haven't put this one though nearly as much manhandling as the original. However at least I now have a fully working figure with lots of accessories and extra parts to play around with.

Yours AK

you have a really nice collection. cant wait for more pics! man, i really want a revoltech megs and prime now!

Love the galleries Alex, they helped me decide to start collecting Revoltechs.

I plan on getting both Eva-02 (Movie Edition) and the Mass Production Eva to go along with my Eva-01 (Movie Edition). Only have money for one right now. Since you have these which would you recommend getting now?

Well both have their upsides, the Mass Production Eva looks great and has the wings, but doesn't come with any weaponry (you need to get Unit 02 and or the wingless weapons version for that). Unit 02 on the other hand has more accessories, including a lance for your Mass Production Eva to carry should you get one but it doesn't have the wings (of course). It's a tough call, but id probably go for Unit 02 first purely because hes not missing anything without the other figure.

Yours AK

Bumblebee-otch wrote:you have a really nice collection. cant wait for more pics! man, i really want a revoltech megs and prime now!

Interesting you should say that, Ive been working on a couple of galleries I originally shot for this place, in fact they were up here for quite sometime until Ryan took them down if favor of his own pics.

Revoltech Convoy
Revoltech Ultra Magnus

I've tweaked them a lot since the first time the went up and I think they look a hell of a lot better for it, so if you have five minutes please check them out.

Yours AK

Look who just popped up on http://www.RobotJapan.com .....Revoltech Dix Neuf!!

Yours AK