This pops apart rather easily, but it’s actually helpful that it does that. The head is secured to the body by two ball joints and a connector between the two that makes up the neck. Past toys have met with varying degrees of success. You’ve got those long blue sideburns that go well onto the chest, those horns, plus there’s a transforming gimmick to contend with. Raideen’s head has been notoriously hard to capture in action figure form. Most of the joints are reasonably tight with a few exceptions. The figure stands 5.5' tall, and diecast content is not bad, with the lower legs and upper chest being metal. The only thing special about it is the die cut bits that allow you to see the figure inside.Ĭlear plastic trays hold the figure and accessories with no twist-ties in sight. The box is compact in design, loud in color, but simple in execution. The numbering system is sadly missed here. Bandai LOVES to number their collector toys, a tradition dating back to the original Popy Chogokin.

One interesting thing I noticed before even getting the figure is that there is no numbering system. It’s also another opportunity to sell you the characters you have all over again. As modern SOC prices continue to increase, SRC takes the place as the affordable diecast robot line. These cost what the first SOC’s cost 10 years ago, and are just a bit smaller. So it is with great excitement that I get this latest version to review from HobbyLink Japanīandai’s Super Robot Chogokin might as well be called Soul of Chogokin version 2.0. There’s been vinyls, jumbos, gashapon, models, but only a handful of proper posable figures. It was pretty much a given that I was going to be getting this.īandai has made a few different Reideen toys over the years, but very few “action figures” of the character. While I have reviewed a number of Reideen toys here on CDX, they are only but a fraction of my Reideen collection, which must now number into the hundreds. Not to retread old ground here, but you may or may not know about my Reideen obsession.

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