SOC Gx-43 Daimos Review

[pastafazoola]

Oct 22, 2008 14:45:45 GMT 8 Gold said:

Thanks Kenchie, Airraid.


Chuckles. Try to read my comment about sanding down the parts on the first page. I don't recommend it though.



Gold

found the comment...yeh its not a good idea coz it still makes contact with waist surface.

[clodus]

One thing I noticed on Gold's review, you forgot to pull the foot out during your initial daimos pics. I hope that did not scratched the tail lights of your daimos.

I just got mine from Japan Jan 2009. 9800 yen.
My opinion. this is way better than SOC voltes, more weapons, more diecast more articulation except for the hips. (due to transformation considerations).

My gripe about Daimos, transformation is just too tight!!
And you can not transform daimos using the regular (moving) fingers that come right out of the box. (unless Im wrong). You have to swap it to the tight fist (punch) hands for it to fit into the tranzer.

I agree with gold, the wrists should be die cast. Or, they should have made the plastic material of the swappable hands similar to Voltes' hands. Softer plastic which to my opinion are more durable and easier to snap in and out.

One more thing, I figure the position of the galvia is out of place. There is a high risk of breaking the stand when in tranzer mode as the clearance is so small. An accidental bump will surely break it.
Due to that I am planning of modifying the display stand and put the galvia on top the weapons rack. Drill a small hole and put it there. Will try to post a pic when I have finished the mod.

Other than that I still have no major gripes as i have not thoroughly examined my unit yet.

[Gold]

Thanks Clodus, good eye, yep I failed to notice the part in the manual where it says you have to pull out the feet to get the tail lights in. It wasn't until much later when I rechecked the manual that I realized the error.


Thanks for the headsup on the Galva, I hadn't noticed that problem, but I guess it's possible the arm holding it to the display stand might break.



Gold

[Sub-Zero]

very tnx for this review...bumping this..cant wait to get mine on friday...

[trov]

the review of gold was what made me buy mine. thanks

[Gold]

Thanks Pachuhay, Trov, happy to help.



Gold