VOTOMS

[jenius]

He's the one with the damaged shoulder right? Love that they're giving that to us.

[treatment]

fwiw, both the older 35Max and the relatively recent AG-V20 Actic Gear set had the Broken Shoulder part for the BloodSucker as a removable extra option.

 

 

 

Edited January 31 by treatment

[jenius]

Been a long time since i handled those! Maybe I'll drag them out when this arrives.

[grogall]

More pictures of the B-ATM-03 FATTY, still in prototype phase... And a picture of the new  space, Scopedog and pilot....

 

Love the weapon 👍🏻

 

I hope they fix her hips 😱

For Comparison purposes...

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 1 by grogall

[jenius]

They're cheaping out on those legs so bad. It couldn't take that many more parts to get rid of the big seam down the front.

[Big s]

2 hours ago, jenius said:

They're cheaping out on those legs so bad. It couldn't take that many more parts to get rid of the big seam down the front.

I guess it depends on how accurate they wanted to make it. They’d have had the redesign the panels quite a bit, but it would be a way to have no seams. This is still a prototype, and they’ll probably be less noticeable than they are here

[jenius]

They should do it exactly as they did on the scopedog.

[Big s]

1 hour ago, jenius said:

They should do it exactly as they did on the scopedog.

The fatty is a different design than the scopedog. The calves are separate and the knee caps as well, while the fatty is one piece in the art. They’d have to do a redesign on the knee and lower part of the legs.

[jenius]

56 minutes ago, Big s said:

The fatty is a different design than the scopedog. The calves are separate and the knee caps as well, while the fatty is one piece in the art. They’d have to do a redesign on the knee and lower part of the legs.

Oh, the fatty leg splits open?

[Big s]

1 hour ago, jenius said:

Oh, the fatty leg splits open?

Nah, that’s just a limitation of toy manufacturing. To get the piece out of the mold it usually needs to be at least a two piece mold. You can get around that for a design like this easily in model kits, since the builder can fill in the seam. But in a toy it’s a tough design to get around unlike the scopedog lower leg design.

[treatment]

Bandai already made a 1/20 Ground Fatty, so it shouldn't really be that difficult nor challenging for them to adapt or implement such leg mechanics on the HMR variant.

[Big s]

13 minutes ago, treatment said:

Bandai already made a 1/20 Ground Fatty, so it shouldn't really be that difficult nor challenging for them to adapt or implement such leg mechanics on the HMR variant.

I don’t think it would be complicated at all, just they’d have to change the design a little. If they did it like the kit, it still had a seam in the middle of the lower leg, but they did a separation line around the knee cap that wasn’t in the design. It would definitely look better though since the line going straight through the knees look odd, especially on the right leg with the step

[jenius]

The thighs would be easy to make four pieces with the seams on the side like they do on the Scopedog. The center of the thigh should be one piece and the sides should be another. The knee can be molded as one piece like a toy ring with pegs that go into the lower leg. Then they could use that same trick on the lower leg that I mentioned on the thigh for everything beneath the knee. Maybe they would need two very small seams on the side of the lower leg above and below the side panel but that's nothing compared to the giant seam down the front. If there's no mechanism needed in the lower leg, it seems like getting rid of that seam would have only cost them a few additional parts. 

[grogall]

I think we are still a year away from the  B-ATM-03 FATTY release, If the release date for the X-ATH-P-RSC Blood Sucker is October/November we might see this March/April 2026.... The might do some other colour Scopedog versions in-between like...

 

 

But again Bandai likes to make us wait (Torture) us. 😡

[Big s]

6 hours ago, jenius said:

The knee can be molded as one piece like a toy ring with pegs that go into the lower leg.

It looks rather rounded and would probably be tough to do a two part mold. I think splitting it into three would be easier. Two halves on the outside for structure and the kneecap attached at the front like with the kit

[grogall]

Looks like Bandai is working in their a new DX Chagokin series in 1/12 scale.... hope they get the articulation to be more accurate...🙈

 

🤪

[treatment]

official TamashiWeb page for the HMR Blood Football...   

 

https://tamashiiweb.com/item/15312/

 

firefox-translated:

 

[Big s]

1 hour ago, treatment said:

official TamashiWeb page for the HMR Blood Football...   

 

https://tamashiiweb.com/item/15312/

 

firefox-translated:

 

I don’t know which part of that translation is funnier, the “blood football” or the appearance “Armored Trooper Bottoms”.

[grogall]

Well at least we get a touchdown of the Bloodfootball for July! My bottom is going to itch just waiting for the thing! 🤪

But going to be a great release!

Release Detail:

Series: Armoured Trooper Votoms
Movie: The Unknown "Red Shoulder"
Name: Bandai Namco (Tamashii Nations Exlusive) Armoured Trooper Votoms X-ATH-P-RSC Blood Sucker
Preorder Date: 14 February 2025
Release: July 2025
Price: 29,700円 with tax, 27,000円 without tax.
Scale: 1:24
Pilot: YPSILON
Weapons : 2, GAT-45-RSC Blood Rifles: Type A: Type B
Accessories: 3 Sets of Hands for X-ATH-P-RSC, 2 Sets of Hands for YPSILON, 2 Heads for YPSILON, 2 Shoulder Fins (1 Broken)
4 GAT-45-RSC Blood Rifle Magazines, Stand for YPSILON

From "Armored Trooper Votoms: The Last Red Shoulder" comes "BLOOD SUCKER", the H-Class AT, is now available in Hi-Metal R series.

For the first time of "Armored Trooper Votoms" in Hi-Metal R series, this large-framed figure surpasses the "Scopedog Turbo Custom" as an H-class AT and features sculpted with high volume and density. Although it is a H-Class AT, the figure has the wide range of motion that the series is known for, also making it possible for users to enjoy various action poses such as "Roller Dash" and "Arm Punch", as well as landing poses and face-offs with other units in the series.
Accessories include two types of "Heavy Machine Gun" with different appearances and details, and a Damage Blade for when "Epsilon" is piloting. The included "Epsilon" figures also allow users to recreate a wide range of situations.

Set Contents
Main body
Exchangeable hand left/right x 2 types
Heavy Machine Gun A
Heavy Machine Gun B
Spare magazine x 2
Exchangeable Damage Blade set
Epsilon figure

For ages 15 and over.

Technical Detail:

Model number: X-ATH-P-RSC
Code name: Blood Sucker
Unit type: Experimental Heavy-class Armored Trooper
Manufacturer: Secret Society
Operator: Secret Society
First deployment: Astragius Year 7214.
Accommodation: Pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso/head.
Dimensions: overall height 4.380 meters, 2.920 meters (standby mode); overall width 2.888 meters; overall depth 2.524 meters
Weight: dry 7.639 metric tons; full 7.932 metric tons.

 

 

The two rifles have a different shape....

Pre orders are up!

HobbyGenki  ¥31,990

Yoyakunow ¥32,670

Kuramatoys $224.90 USD

Edited Wednesday at 07:41 PM by grogall

[grogall]

At the Tamashii Nations store Tokyo... 👍🏻

[grogall]

New magazine scans of the Bloodsucker, The extension gimmick is pretty impressive! 🤗

 

[grogall]

Hobby Japan-web has released further detail photos of Bandai's  X-ATH-P-RSC Bloodsucker especially showing of the extension gimmick which was shown in the Magazine. 

 

Edited Wednesday at 07:36 PM by grogall

[jenius]

Can you remind me why it extends so much?

[Big s]

52 minutes ago, jenius said:

Can you remind me why it extends so much?

The legs are for the downform, the arms are for the punch and forward reach and the waist is for forward articulation.

[jenius]

That makes sense. What's the last photo showing us? Is that the HMR extended or another model? I thought they were trying to tell us it could achieve 'tall mode' it something :P. 

[treatment]

2 hours ago, jenius said:

Can you remind me why it extends so much?

 

18 minutes ago, jenius said:

That makes sense. What's the last photo showing us? Is that the HMR extended or another model? I thought they were trying to tell us it could achieve 'tall mode' it something :P. 

 

Bandai can't fgure out a way to better distinguish their HMR from the 1/48 Actic Gear besides having it in a bigger scale.

Sorta like their damn DX-VF1 annoying separating-mode feature...

 

 

[Big s]

1 hour ago, jenius said:

That makes sense. What's the last photo showing us? Is that the HMR extended or another model? I thought they were trying to tell us it could achieve 'tall mode' it something :P. 

Yeah, that’s with all the extensions. There’s a bit more than I listed, like the ankles to get better articulation around the armor and the hip gimmick that allows for a higher kick and helps in downform. Basically it’s not to extend height, but to allow for more anime style poses with the all those extra joints moved around, it adds significant height when you extend everything outward.

[Stemp Fester]

On 11/21/2022 at 5:03 PM, Stemp Fester said:

Anyone have experience tightening the joints on the Yamato 1/12 Scopedogs?  The hip ball joints in particular on my Turbo Custom have gotten very loose and I believe it is the rubber "weeping" and not providing any friction.  The wheels are doing the same thing (it's like they have a slight oily coating) although the rubber doesn't actually appear to be decaying as such.  Was planning on giving all the rubber bits a wipedown with some isopropyl alcohol but not quite sure if this will make things better or worse.

Thanks.

Just quoting an old post of mine in case someone else finds it useful in some way...

As an update sadly the rubber around the hip joints decayed to the point of crumbling away and also weakening the surrounding plastic, which broke in multiple places.  Not really repairable so the big guy is destined for the bin I think.  Shame as it had so much shelf presence

I'll make do with my Bandai 1/20's

 

[grogall]

On 3/6/2025 at 12:11 AM, jenius said:

Can you remind me why it extends so much?

Well I guess it would't be Hi Metal R if it wasn't Hi(gh)'r 🤪🤣

But since I only recently was able to watch the OVA "The Unknown Red Shoulder" there wasn't much shown that make the Bloodsucker that much taller then the ATM-09 Turbo Custom's, But maybe Bandai Spirits is trying too distinguish themself from the recently released PLAMAX version!? I just hope that with all the extra joints that the thing doesn't start to get too lose in ten years and then can't stand up Hi...

Small update since I received the Scopedog 21 C Masterbook from Softbank Creative published 2009 today, and it states that the  X-ATH-P-RSC Bloodsucker has a hight of 2524mm - 2888mm Fully Extended so its definitely a feature this unit has....

But on another note there seems to be a miss conception on scale from High Metal R vs Bandais own HG model kits!

The High Metal R is perceived to be 1/24 scale and Bandai's HG kits are supposed to be 1/20 witch would make them larger but it doesn't seem to be the case if I compare just the Hands from the ATM-09 Scopedog also things like the head are much smaller in the HG kit!?

Never mind about the Scale thing I found out that the new HG Bandai kits are 1/35 not 1/20 like they used to be...

 

 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by grogall