Yes! Here's the toy's everyone been secretly wanting but no one dared getting :D
Here is:
Slave's
CHOGOKIN ROBO KING MICKEY &
FRIENDS Review
Here's the Link to the video, it's a hefty 45min, but there's the unboxing to cover, then there's 6 characters to see, plus the combination, then the final robot king, and I added a little extra funny ending that I was bored and just had to do for fun.
http://youtu.be/hDLGLfaR4DA
Now for those that want to see photos of the guy, and a quick review,
pros/
cons like I used to do... here it is.
All the figures are kinda small... in the video I do a comparison with Mickey Optimus figure, which is already smallish... those are smaller. But they are ALL VERY SUPER DETAILED! It's incredible the amount of details each figurines has, the paint job is stellar, there's a lot of shiny chrome, gold... every character's Chest are in die cast metal. Awesome!
http://i.imgur.com/bkgiHa3.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/UoDS9qo.jpg
What surprised me most was
Daffy &
Daisy... they are both ducks and both arms... I thought they'd be repaints of each others, but... wow really Bandai went to extreme detailing to put these apart.
Daffy has a longer, wider beak,
daisy has shorter pointier beak, the chest is completely retooled, the head obviously is different with
Daffy's hat and
Daisy's bow-tie, then shoes and heels... even if they are arms and ducks, they stand apart quite incredibly even tho the differences are very small details... you need to put them side by side to see they are not alike at all.
http://i.imgur.com/mSQ17e3.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/wlEcuf6.jpg
Pluto is my favorite, even tho he is a bit of disappointing in the articulation domain, he still stands apart a lot from the series. Like I mentioned the knees and elbows really would need some articulation to give hime better poses and a better transformation into combined mode. To me
Pluto is an homage to the Power Ranger's Sabertooth Tiger which also formed the left Leg. He comes along his house which is nice from the front, but seen in the video, the house looks awkward from the back with robot waist kibbles visible.
Pluto makes the left foot, while his
house makes the knee, thigh & waist of the combined robot. pretty clever way for the transformation.
http://i.imgur.com/tisG4wF.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ZkvBvsq.jpg
To me the weakest link is
Goofy. He stand tall, which is very nice because he is pretty accurate to the size of all the characters, I really like that, but being the bigger of the lot he also has the biggest chest, which is made of metal... problem is, he is INCREDIBLY WEAK on the legs, he can BARELY stand on his own... he will fall off at the slightest breeze. he doesn't have articulation in the knees, which sucks but I can understand that he would've been even weaker to stand up, unless the knee joints would've been super tight. The problem lies in the feet, the ankle articulation is pretty loose, so he cant really hold straight. During the transformation the legs slide down inside the shoes, and that's why he cannot afford to have tight joints. it sucks, but hey... he will be posed as the giant robot anyway in the end.
http://i.imgur.com/AullHEc.jpg
In the video, due to poor camera quality, I couldnt show properly the pilots for each characters. But here's a better view. Every character has a sliding switch in the back of their heads... you look at the character's faces and you see robotic black square eyes, which are very nice and detailed, but you flip the switch and you see a tiny character that pilots the robot, which is VERY NICE.
http://i.imgur.com/AKHMkHT.jpg
There's a tiny super cute boat in the lot also. that boat is an homage to the very first animation that Mickey starred back in the days. The boat is super cute, very detailed with gold, silvers and tiny glass windows... it transforms into the Giant's robot head, and the head also is super detailed.
http://i.imgur.com/wm6n3Fv.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/0R46JL7.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/IdVhMjQ.jpg
Now onto the Combined mode;
CHOGOKIN ROBO KING... Wow... he's awesome in all his WTFness, he's a total mess of combined cartoon characters, but I LOVE it none the less... haha Because they are all cartoons characters, they all have oversized heads, and in
CHOGOKIN ROBO KING there's a whole bunch of big heads everywhere haha, it looks weird Specially from the back with [COLOR="rgb(255, 192, 203)"]Minnie's[/COLOR] head as a backpack, but it's nice.
http://i.imgur.com/9CuLsYB.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/F9UGkNL.jpg
The transformation that leads to
CHOGOKIN ROBO KING is nothing I seen before. it's very unique and I like it. I love the legs how they all come together. The chest is kinda weird with a reverse unproductive 69 sex position from
Mickey and
Minnie. But's its awesome how everything comes together. I REALLY love the transformation and I will play with it a lot.
http://i.imgur.com/uA7Fdiw.jpg
Is he worth it?
I'd say to hunt him down... to me,
Hobby Link Japan had the best deal with it at 116$,
BBTS has it for 180$... and I seen other stores at +200$. For about 120$ I'd say not to hesitate and get it.
PROS:- Fun
- Giant Robot is just Sweet looking, some posability in the arms, the weapon/shield, head's poseability...
- Transformation to combined mode is ridiculously original fun to do
- Amount of attention to details is stellar.
- The individual character's posability and play factor is great
- Beautiful paint job, chrome and gold all around the place
CONS:- The Giant Robot's lack of posability, arms can barely move due to huge chest plates, thighs have no motion at all, only pluto's leg can bend at the knee
- Both arms falls off easily, the ratcheting joints are really tight, but the holding clip holding the arms onto the chest is not so tight, so trying to pose the arms will make them fall off
- in the video, around the mark 34:40 its not seen much in the video, but I bent the flap that goes into the shoe, trying to "un-bend" the flap made it broke off, it was a terrible idea, those flaps are flimsy as hell, yet they hold complete arms. Super Glue fixed my problem, but it shouldn't have broken in the first place.
- The noses of Mickey & Pluto and also the big Chimney on the tiny boat were loose, I'm talking about shake the toy a bit and they fall off. Nothing super glue cant fix, but no collectors likes putting super glue on their expensive collection.
- I kinda felt dirty transforming Minnie & Mickey, both involve playing in the crotch area a lot, and not mentioning combining them into a weird 69 position...
Still for those that are extra careful with their toys, I would really recommend it, it's a very nice niche toy. I like it, I really enjoy the transformation, and still looks great in my collection next to my other Transformers, specially my Optimus Mickey ;-)
