M'Kyuun Posted January 16, 2022 Posted January 16, 2022 MODEROID | GOOD SMILE COMPANY These guys are looking to cement their place in the robot toy market. Some gorgeous models featured. Super Robot fans will rejoice, too, as they're doing models of some characters who've never had figs, or good ones, anyway. Given the breadth of what they're covering now and in the future, I thought this warranted its own topic. If Mods disagree, feel free to remove it. Otherwise, check it out and enjoy! Quote
Convectuoso Posted January 16, 2022 Posted January 16, 2022 I've ordered some of their Escaflowne models from the moderoid line. The kits are great Quote
Big s Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 It is nice to see some neglected subjects finally getting plastic kits rather than expensive hard to find resin ones. Patlabor has had kits and toys in the past, but they really do justice by adding the obscure labors and it’s nice to see live action sci-fi love for aliens and Robocop. And I said it in the other thread, but the one I’m most excited about is the Madox-01. Overall I think this is gonna be a year that will give a good smile to many hobby fans of sci-fi and anime Quote
M'Kyuun Posted January 17, 2022 Author Posted January 17, 2022 I'm not really a super robot fan, but as a fan of robots and mecha in general, I was pretty amazed to see what these guys have on offer, and the quality of it all. I thought it apropos to share it here, as we're all fans of some sort of robots around here, be it Macross, Transformers, Mospeada, etc. For me, that ED-209 looks amazing. I have the Neca, but it lacks all the foot articulation of the Moderoid model. Ripley's Power Loader looks pretty cool, too. And while the SR stuff doesn't really grab me, per se, I'm impressed by the number and complexity of combining bots that they're producing. As intros for new lines go, this one grabs the attention for sure. Hopefully, the quality will live up to the hype; I'd like to see these guys succeed. Quote
no3Ljm Posted March 29, 2022 Posted March 29, 2022 MODEROID TAC-COM April 2022 Y9800 Non-scale Model Kit. Approx. 230mm in length. https://www.goodsmile.info/en/product/11804/MODEROID+TAC+COM.html Mega Force 40th Anniversary! Deeds Not Words From the 1982 sci-fi action film "Mega Force" comes the very first plastic model kit of the TAC-COM! The TAC-COM has been faithfully recreated base on its appearance in publicity illustrations during the film's theater run in Japan. The model stands at 230mm in length, 125mm in width and 120mm in height. The model is primarily made from PS plastic. The tires are made from rubber and the windshield has been made with translucent parts. The driver seats of the vehicle have been recreated in model form as well. 8 miniature figures are included to display in the driver seats. One Mega Destroyer and 4 Mega fighters are included as well with miniature figures included to display on the Mega fighters. Wing parts for the Mega fighters are also included. As a feature specific to this model kit, the Mega Destroyer and Mega fighters can be stored in the TAC-COM vehicle. Water-slide decals for recreating the various markings of the TAC-COM are also included. This product requires adhesive for assembly. Please purchase adhesive separately. Quote
Chronocidal Posted March 29, 2022 Posted March 29, 2022 (edited) Ahh, darnit.. you actually got me excited for a second that they were going to be making things from another "Mega Force" franchise. Still, cool to see them making kits of some of these obscure vehicles! Think we can get them to make a mass-produced Gunstar? Edited March 29, 2022 by Chronocidal Quote
JB0 Posted March 29, 2022 Posted March 29, 2022 Man, that Moderoid Mega Force stuff's got a real XPanders vibe to it. Speaking of toy lines that need a relaunch... Quote
Big s Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 On 3/29/2022 at 12:48 AM, Chronocidal said: Ahh, darnit.. you actually got me excited for a second that they were going to be making things from another "Mega Force" franchise. Still, cool to see them making kits of some of these obscure vehicles! Think we can get them to make a mass-produced Gunstar? Honestly, I was thinking about another Megaforce named franchise. The record company that put out the first Metallica album also had that same name. I guess it was a popular thing back in the early 80’s. Not sure if I heard of this particular one, but it looks familiar Quote
Big s Posted April 1, 2022 Posted April 1, 2022 After doing a bit of crappy research on this Mega Force, I think my familiarity comes from the Southpark and team America references to it. I tried to find some stuff on YouTube like an actual trailer for the film, but found mountains of parody mash ups of scenes that probably were better than what I actually was searching for. Now I kinda want to see it because it looks so horrible and silly and I don’t know if that’s intentional or not. Quote
Big s Posted April 1, 2022 Posted April 1, 2022 Just noticed that amazon has the rifftrax version of mega force as a free watch. Gonna add it to my list and check it out this weekend Quote
no3Ljm Posted April 9, 2022 Posted April 9, 2022 MODEROID Hades Project Zeorymer: Great Zeorymer Sept 2022 Y6500 Quote
Convectuoso Posted April 9, 2022 Posted April 9, 2022 A couple weeks ago I built my first Moderoid kit It was a pretty fun build. My only complaint is that the kit it's meant to be built without any painting, but Good Smile didn't cast some parts on the right color, specially the back of the hands. Quote
sharky Posted April 20, 2022 Posted April 20, 2022 (edited) Oh, yes! Finally! Metal Skin Panic Madox-01 https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/197882 https://www.hlj.com/moderoid-madox-01-metal-skin-panic-madox-01-gsc15930 Edited April 20, 2022 by sharky Quote
Big s Posted May 7, 2022 Posted May 7, 2022 I’m so far in my backlog that I haven’t done much with my ed 209. So far it’s the biggest moderoid box that I have and completely dwarfs any of my obsolete kits Quote
M'Kyuun Posted May 8, 2022 Author Posted May 8, 2022 23 hours ago, sh9000 said: That's just gorgeous, and the articulation shames my NECA. If I was better at painting, I'd totally get this, but my crap skills would never do it justice. Really wish the NECA toy had been done this well. It's big, beautiful and presents well, but its articulation is pretty limited, especially the feet. So love the ED-209 design; def one of the all-time coolest robot designs in sci-fi.😍 Quote
Big s Posted May 8, 2022 Posted May 8, 2022 5 hours ago, M'Kyuun said: That's just gorgeous, and the articulation shames my NECA. If I was better at painting, I'd totally get this, but my crap skills would never do it justice. Really wish the NECA toy had been done this well. It's big, beautiful and presents well, but its articulation is pretty limited, especially the feet. So love the ED-209 design; def one of the all-time coolest robot designs in sci-fi.😍 I don’t think you really need a lot as far as painting skills on this one. Most of the parts are pre colored and pre painted. And there are decals for the rest. You could get away with a slapping it together and maybe just do some very basic weathering. Quote
no3Ljm Posted May 11, 2022 Posted May 11, 2022 Brain Powerd Grand Cher Jonathan Unit Brain Powerd Grand Cher Quincy Unit Brain Powerd Nelly Unit Brain Powerd Baronz Brain Powerd Yuu Brain Brain Powerd Hime Brain Brain Powerd Grand Cher Quote
no3Ljm Posted May 11, 2022 Posted May 11, 2022 (edited) 1/100 Walker Machine Xabungle December 2022 Release Y7500 Edited May 11, 2022 by no3Ljm Quote
Big s Posted May 11, 2022 Posted May 11, 2022 Brain powered is nice especially since it’s more than just the main unit, and they also already did Escaflowne. Maybe new gasaraki kits sometime soon Quote
renegadeleader1 Posted May 11, 2022 Posted May 11, 2022 Seeing those pictures of the Blue Gale from Xabungle reminds me of when I was a kid. I had a knockoff toy of it that oddly enough had decals from Macross on it. The hatch parts on the legs had a green sticker with the kite symbol on it with text that said SDF-1 Macross. I remember you could transform it into the truck mode and it had a pull back function that let it role across the floor. Unfortunately it was very brittle plastic and it broke easily, never mind all the small part like the hands were on small pegs that would either not hold the part or snap off easily. Quote
Big s Posted May 13, 2022 Posted May 13, 2022 I get the feeling some one that works high up at good smile loves great robots and mecha and really doesn’t care if the design or show was super popular and just wants a model kit one way or the other. Quote
Big s Posted May 17, 2022 Posted May 17, 2022 Yuu and hime Pravin powered kits are up for preorder and looking good. I may pick up both, but definitely yuu Quote
sh9000 Posted October 12, 2022 Posted October 12, 2022 https://www.hlj.com/moderoid-robocop-2-cain-robocop-2-gsc16581 Quote
Big s Posted October 12, 2022 Posted October 12, 2022 While Bandai plays it safe as far as their franchises, Moderoid is far more adventurous. And even more completionist Quote
Dangard Ace Posted October 13, 2022 Posted October 13, 2022 I’m working on the Dangaio model and just finished the individual jets last night. I love that it’s snap together and colors are pretty much on point that I don’t have to paint or use glue. Next up is Madox-01 kit and then I see the ED-209 above. Order placed. Good thing I don’t really care about Cain. Quote
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