DarrinG Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 Discuss Panzer World Galient Toys, Models and Anime HERE First Up; Wave W.H.A.M.! "Galient OVA Tetsu-Kyojin Completed Action Model" Quote
SuperHobo Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 (edited) That figure is beautiful. Is there any metal content? How's the articulation? Edited February 17, 2010 by SuperHobo Quote
DarrinG Posted February 17, 2010 Author Posted February 17, 2010 (edited) The term "Masterpiece" is thrown around a lot these days. This is the closest collectable to it I've seen.The only thing missing is the opening cockpit door and pilot guy I guess. A big hunk of rock for a display stand would have been sweet too.PERFECT shade of blood red, with pre-panel-lined goodness.Just the right size, right weight - amazing attention to detail. AWESOME pose-ability with extendable elbows ala Yamato valk V2s . . . Edited April 23, 2014 by DarrinG Quote
DarrinG Posted February 17, 2010 Author Posted February 17, 2010 That figure is beautiful. Is there any metal content? How's the articulation? Metal content seems just right, articulation is off the charts . . . Quote
SuperHobo Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 I now regret not getting this guy when he was 35% off from HLJ with free shipping. Quote
eriku Posted February 18, 2010 Posted February 18, 2010 *sigh* Added to the list. Looks like an amazing figure! Quote
DarrinG Posted February 18, 2010 Author Posted February 18, 2010 (edited) Not sure if this series has enough interest to keep a thread going. Over the next couple weeks I'll post about the anime, designs and other trinkets still available for Galient and we'll see what MW thinks.=THE ANIMATION -- 25 TV Episodes, 1984-1985 + 3 OVAs (I believe)Finally found some pretty goods links, nice quality, with episodes 1-4 subtitled:Main Page: http://movie.poimon.jp/search?kw=galientEPISODE 1 Subtitled: http://movie.poimon.jp/video/watch/8443a46...ient&page=2QUICK TAKE: A story we feel like we've heard a million times, yet I enjoyed episode 1 a lot.• A Prince is Born! • Castle attacked • King dies defending his people • His right hand man must protect the child and run from the ominous bad guys . . . will they survive? (episodes 2 and 3 had some moments I certainly wish were done differently / better - more on that later)---but I had to laugh at the mentors method of milk delivery on the run, no mom around, no problem . . .Training begins . . . and the young ladies again need saved from themselves . . .I DO like; the primitive, Conan the Barbarian feel. The protector character Asbeth even seems to train JoJo in wisdom and combat ala Conan. Many of the weapons are buried on this world from another culture and time, with the main protagonists not even knowing how to run them. Its a nice break from the super-slick high-tech. The evil Centaur mechs are cool, with heads very similar to VF-1S - ! I'm thinking their canons are warming up and firing with the same sounds as SDF-1. The clownish bad-guy storm troopers quickly grew on me and felt more creepy the longer I watched.I DON'T like; the 'one main robot guy that hacks all in his path to pieces and you never worry if he'll buy it cuz we all know he won't' theme (voltron?). The great thing about Macross, Mospeada (and many others) is the weaponry is expendable. The characters are always the focus. In Galient, the "Iron Giant" is more of a focus but we do end up getting to see massive mech duels. The characters are likable so far 3 episodes in, with half of them certainly too cliche'. . . Edited July 16, 2013 by DarrinG Quote
DarrinG Posted March 1, 2010 Author Posted March 1, 2010 Got the CMs TV Version "Assault Galient" - what a tremendous piece of floppy crap. What makes this rubbery mess more of a head-scratcher is the excellent sculpt, packaging and extras. The creativity and attention to detail are great, but this should never have been allowed out the CMs door. It can hardly stand. 'Flaccid' may be a good word here. Pieces are falling off every few seconds, legs, knee joint swinging like a clock - just awful. POSITIVES • ALL the extras you could want • Great color, sculpt • Cool details like plasma gun tube plugging into leg, whip-sword etc NEGATIVES • Crumbles from almost any pose, • Sheds off ankle guards, hip armor, entire legs - like a dog in summer • Rubbery materials, gun barrels bent, basically 'gummy-galient' VERDICT - Seems to be made of the same materials Revoltech uses, except they should have used revy joints to keep it together, and included a revy stand to hold the thing up. I've heard CMs Mospeada ride-armors are a floppy mess with ejecting parts, was thinking about getting them, they'll probably have to stay in cycle mode if they're anything like this. So unless you're going to glue it in place save your money . . . Quote
DarrinG Posted July 16, 2013 Author Posted July 16, 2013 WAVE is coming out with a new Galient kit --- via WAVE Direct, so no way to get it right now, even through HLJ. Will have to watch for it on Yahoo eventually. Maybe someone can order it for me... http://www.rakuten.ne.jp/gold/be-j/ Quote
DarrinG Posted August 29, 2013 Author Posted August 29, 2013 Here is the WAVE bad boy up at a discount (so far) because of some scuffs - https://www.rinkya.com/en/auction-v303933022 ( better than the $500 to $800 it usually goes for ) He weighs a ton - perfect fit and finish, and still the favorite piece in my collection... Here are some recent pics I took: Quote
DarrinG Posted October 8, 2014 Author Posted October 8, 2014 WAVE Metallic OVA Galient goes for 56,550 Yen, I prefer the standard color. https://www.rinkya.com/en/auction-u69812841 On a related note - at WF 2014, someone did a resin kit of the Type B Castle Mecha to scale with the WAVE Galient -- about 9 inches tall. I found it by chance and picked it up. Casting is very rough but its a very big kit . . . Quote
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