I just took a look at Bandai's Mazinger Z action figure model kit from their SD Cross Silhouette line, and now it's time to check out Great Mazinger, as well! This kit features the same quality of colored parts, detailed instructions and ease of assembly as the Z did. One thing I forgot to mention in that review is that these figures feature a gimmick where their proportions can be changed. There's a regular SD (Super Deformed) mode, where the connector pieces are shortened or removed, creating a squatter, more comical proportion to the figure. I personally don't care for the look, so I opt for the CS (Cross Silhouette) mode, which provides more elongated appendages, and a more proportional look. Neither is mutually exclusive, and the figures can be changed back and forth.
This is another nifty and fun kit! Great Mazinger can be posed to strike his Thunder Strike pose, some close approximations of Scramble Dash flight mode (with a non-included stand), and his Mazinger Blade is included, as well as a removable Brain Condor.
That's about it. I used the rocket punch effect from the Mazinger Z kit to get a sort of Drill Pressure Punch look (without the drill fins, of course), and you can take the breast fin off to simulate the Great Boomerang. In short, this little guy can manage a nice bit of posing, and can come close to duplicating most of his signature attack moves. It's a fun package, and at under $20 provides some excellent bang for the buck.
There's a Great Mazinger SD Cross Silhouette kit out there that I may still pick up, as well as a Getter Robo...
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| Thunder Break!!! |
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| Great Boomerang!!! |
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| Fire on! |
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| Mazinger Blade!!! |
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| Drill Pressure Punch!!! |
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| My best approximation of the famous handshake... |
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