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What is your favorite giant robot?
- Thread starter Garlador
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That's what I had lol, but I suck at model kits so it was pretty weak and fell apart so my parents tossed it when I left the house.
I want an already built figure but damn they're all like 100$+
Ah. Well your call. Personally I can't wait to grab the Hg Baund Doc and RG Zeong when they hit western retail/prices stabilize
Aw man, this is like choosing between your children. I have so many favorites that I just couldn't pick one.
The granddaddy, Mazinger Z:
The charismatic leader, Optimus Prime:
The Newtype lord, Nu Gundam:
The beast, Genesic GaoGaiGar:
The walking Xenogears spoiler, Weltall Id:
I have a Master Grade Sazabi that took me nearly a year to spray-paint and put together back in the early 2000's. It is indeed a gorgeous thing of beauty.
The granddaddy, Mazinger Z:
The charismatic leader, Optimus Prime:
The Newtype lord, Nu Gundam:
The beast, Genesic GaoGaiGar:
The walking Xenogears spoiler, Weltall Id:
The Sazabi
Thing is a beast. And the Gunpla was a lot of fun to build.
I have a Master Grade Sazabi that took me nearly a year to spray-paint and put together back in the early 2000's. It is indeed a gorgeous thing of beauty.
My only bootleg model kit is a MG Sazabi. To say I am daunted by the prospect of that project is an understatement
Ironically it's the only MG I ever completed. I moved out not long after my MG buying spree (when I still had spending money) so I have a bunch of them unbuilt in a basement.
I did complete the fin funnels of the MG Nu Gundam, though. :)
I left off of my MG Sinanju with just the torso completed. I need to get back to it at some point, but my cats prevent me from having a workable space right now haha
I suppose it's gotta be Mechagodzilla. The original built by the black hole simians.
Naturally this means I am also a big fan of the Dragonzord.
I also should give honorable mention to Soundwave, although he's more of a large robot than a giant one. Giant trophy still goes to Mechagodzilla.
Kind of a curveball that you love Mecha'jira yet your favorite TF is Soundwave instead of Grimlock. :D
Probably learnt the vanishing sheath trick from Valsione-R. :)
A Sinanju, Sazabi and Nightingale side-by-side display must be something to behold, hahah.
Technically not giant!
I would classify Kabbalist golems as primitive super robot and if they were very large, giant robot. The super/real dichotomy is more of a gradient and it gets very fuzzy in the middle like with Enders, Evangelions, some of the crazier Psychoframes, Transformers, etc., but it usually comes down to "is there anyway this thing could work in real life?".
aim for the top
gunbuster
I see you're a man of culture as well
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I hope they make an MG of the Nighingale someday, but even the RE/100 version is just ENORMOUS. Like, I knew it was wide, but I forgot how LONG it is too. You need a ton of space.
Yes, Gundam suits are nice, but enemy suits just have some of the more enjoyably crazy designs and sizes. Forget another Gundam or GM; give me a Gerbera Tetra, or a Jagd Doga, or a Kampfer, or a Zeong, or a Hygog, or a Hi-zack, or a Dom, or a Quebley, or a Hamma Hamma.
Gotta have those classic showa proportions to make it to the top! Unfortunately Grimlock does not.
Although I still do like Grimlock. My favorite versions are Animated followed by Fall of Cybertron.
Impact is hurt, Goemon. You can't tell from the look on his face, but he's hurting.
Impact is hurt, Goemon. You can't tell from the look on his face, but he's hurting.
lmao how could I not think about it!
We need a new Goemon game so bad :(
Yuusha Raideen. In the 1st grade, there was a new kid who had just moved from Hawaii. He had the coolest toys I'd ever seen, all from Japan. He clued me in that our local UHF station tailored for Little Tokyo showed super hero shows on Sunday evenings, and I started watching Kikaida. It was a live action tokusatsu. Eventually that show ran its course and ended. I literally cried. The TV guide said some stupid show called "Raideen" was replacing it, and I wanted Raideen to burn in hell. But of course I tuned in the following Sunday, and as soon as the opening credits started I forgot all about boring old Kikaida. After Yuusha Raideen ran all its episodes, next came Getter Robo G, then Go Ranger... good times.
I always thought SKL was over designed but I do like classic and OVA Kaiser, but for different reasons that Mazinger Z and Great(and not as much)
How about Mazinkaiser
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That is some serious Frank Frazetta vibes. I love it.
How about Mazinkaiser
The Berserk Fury from Zoids. The feet clamping down, tail vents opening up and then roar sequence for charging the Charged Particle Cannon appeals to me on a lizard brain level.
Runner up is the Qubeley. Especially in the first Dynasty Warriors: Gundam game.
Haman: You are not worth the effort! *proceeds to Mosou the fuck out*
Dear god and I thought my 3 foot long LED Mirage was as big as it got
Jagd Mirage from The Five Star Stories. I love Nagano's designs in general.
No Virtual-On love in this thread?
Temjin was always a favorite of mine. I've preferred the Oratorio Tangram incarnation the most, probably because I've played it by far the most (above, left).
Though, the designs in general are pretty great overall. They have a very specific non-realistic aesthetic to them (since it's all "virtual" anyway) that's been consistent throughout the series.
Temjin was always a favorite of mine. I've preferred the Oratorio Tangram incarnation the most, probably because I've played it by far the most (above, left).
Though, the designs in general are pretty great overall. They have a very specific non-realistic aesthetic to them (since it's all "virtual" anyway) that's been consistent throughout the series.
Gundam DeathScythe Hell
I have MG kits of both the TV (cloak) and OVA (wings) D-Hells!
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I hope they make an MG of the Nighingale someday, but even the RE/100 version is just ENORMOUS. Like, I knew it was wide, but I forgot how LONG it is too. You need a ton of space.
Yes, Gundam suits are nice, but enemy suits just have some of the more enjoyably crazy designs and sizes. Forget another Gundam or GM; give me a Gerbera Tetra, or a Jagd Doga, or a Kampfer, or a Zeong, or a Hygog, or a Hi-zack, or a Dom, or a Quebley, or a Hamma Hamma.
Yeah, the Sazabi already towers over Gundams but the Nightingale is a freaking monster. It's nearly a Mobile Armor itself.
I fully agree that the Zeon suits are often more interesting, varied and plain cooler than the Gundams; it's a shame so many of the alternate universes went for Gundams for the bad guys too. :/ I need to add a monoeye mecha to my game, playable or enemy.
Gotta have those classic showa proportions to make it to the top! Unfortunately Grimlock does not.
Although I still do like Grimlock. My favorite versions are Animated followed by Fall of Cybertron.
I own pretty much every Animated toy, they're so great. I painted black the rocky parts of Grimlock's sword, so that only the seams are translucent red. :)
Man were those two FoC trailers hype as fuck, both the Grimlock one and the Metroplex one.
Especially given its theme song is sung by Ichiro Mizuki, the same singer as Mazinger's!
Fully agreed, SKL is 2edgy4me; classic Mazinkaiser is where it's at. I have Max Factory's gokin version, with a working, spinning Turbo Smasher Punch and ridiculously huge jet scrander. :)
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I am impressed at how much variety you can get out of even basic mecha designs, but I certainly have a soft spot for the Zeon suits. I'm always torn between loving the Sazabi, Gouf Custom, and Kampfer the most.
I guess if push came to shove... Kampfer it is.
If we're talking semi-realistic mecha, the humble Valkyrie (the simpler, earlier ones. I'm not a fan of most of the non VF-1 types, altho' I do love the profile of the VF-4). If we're talking super robots... I dunno, probably Voltron, if that counts. Transformers...? Probably Shockwave, and mayyyyybe Galvatron. Super Sentai mecha? I tend to like the more coherent designs, like Galaxy Mega, but I have a lot of love for the goofiness of Battle Fever Robo.
Dunno where it fits in, classification-wise (and it probably dates me a bit), but Gunbuster is one of my all time favs.
Dunno where it fits in, classification-wise (and it probably dates me a bit), but Gunbuster is one of my all time favs.
I'll confirm when I finally watch it in the next week or so but pretty sure Gunbuster falls under Super over real robot
It parries a beam attack with a cape, so yeah, I guess "Real" is out the window. :D
Gundam is the original real robot show btw. The difference is more about is it politics based with some traditional tech and character moments, versus your robot is fueled by emotion and a mysterious power source that may or may not be trying to kill you.
Dai-guard is an excellent real robot show by the way that has a huge focus on the logistics of running a giant robot as corporation, dealing with the goverment/military, no mysterious super tech involved more practical weapons and tools, gets thrashed all the time. But it's still a ridiculous looking humanoid robot
I am impressed at how much variety you can get out of even basic mecha designs, but I certainly have a soft spot for the Zeon suits. I'm always torn between loving the Sazabi, Gouf Custom, and Kampfer the most.
I guess if push came to shove... Kampfer it is.
I was about to mention, after the Sazabi and its variants, my favorite Zeon suit is probably the Kampfer. I have a Hobby Japan magazine from the early 2000s with a photoshoot of the, I guess it was the Master Grade? and it was gorgeous. It's a shame it gets so little screen time, IIRC it's only in like one battle (I think?) in all of War in the Pocket and it's not the really memorable one at the end, so it's like the poster child for "designs only known among gunpla fans". :D
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Even THEN... I mean, OG Gundam has all these special psychic Newtypes running around with Gundams installed with psycho-frames that use this special spiritual power to unlock the human potential of the next evolution of humanity...
And then alternate universe G Gundam rolls along and laughs.
One of my favorite "real robot" takes, though, was oft-overlooked Gasaraki, which really felt like it was taking the concept in a grounded direction.
At least until the hundred-years-old Shinto priest mechs showed up.