Luckily, tho', BP nails Ryger's Danny Tario/post-Travolta stance. The gokin partsare beautifully molded and painted.īP's inablity to avoid shitty elastic vinyl, however, is tragic.The rubbery arms and accessories conjure subconscious visions oftoilet gaskets. The Clover Gundam - this tawdry, shoddy, apathetically moldedabortion of a toy - is unyeildingly priced at $80.I ask if there's room to move, and a familiarHong-Kong-style iron-gate of non-negotiation comes crashing down.Totally turned off, I settle for a photo op and a surprise gem: Banpresto Action Gokin Ryger!Īction-Gokin outer box and blister-pack are awesome. I converse with the pleasant guy manning the counter.We get into a formal analysis of the SOC Grandizer and I ask prices. There's a nice chunk of Hobby Project goodies, and the Microman wall inspires, but the only thingthat actually catches my eye (and I apologizefor my lowbrow taste) is the terrible and homely 4" diecast Clover Gundam. I hate looking at model kits, and thetease-me-don't-please me Valkyrie vault is infuriating: nothing'sfor sale. We pile in, and I'm immediatelyimpressed by the Valkyrie/Robotech cases, well-arranged SOC display, and dizzying stack of model kits.Īctually, I'm lying. On a quiet strip shot with Chinese-signs and loading docks,the narrow storefront glows, a garish cube of anime-cuteness spillingout into the dark. We push out onto 66th, poppinginto a cab to shoot down to East 30th time for mylong anticipated, virgin tour of Image Anime. I drop her off backstageand she hits the pit, piccolo slung like a Glock,ready to machine the high-notes of Rossini's La Cenerentola 4 hours later, my head's chock-full-o' culture, and I'm ripe for a hunt.īack in the sun: the white-hairs bundle their furs and headtowards German luxury autos. Steph and I crawl out of bed for crepes and coffee,then slide over to Lincoln Center. This is a finely crafted and high quality toy, and worth picking up if you are into the Rock Lords or unusual toys.High Noon on West 57th. I’ve only seen it used on the Rock Lords. The swirled ABS plastic used throughout is pretty unique. The battering ram is activated by pressing a button on the fuselage.Ī concealed missile placement opens from the rear. Visible diecast consists of landing gear struts, wheel/engine struts and the battering ram arm. There has to be some non-visible metal somewhere, because the visible pieces don’t account for the heft. It’s as heavy, or heavier, than most Popynica. Far heavier than you’d expect for a gobot vehicle (my bathroom scale says 1.6 pounds). You rotate the spring-mounted wheel-base ninety degrees, pull out the concealed wings from the fuselage, rotate the wheels up, and pull down the landing gear.Īs I said, this thing is heavy. Transformation to aircraft mode is simple and intuitive. The stone wing has two configurations, a ground vehicle and an aircraft. You need to suspend disbelief and just accept the Stone Wing for what it is: a heavy, fun, dung-shaped rock spaceship. Is it because they’re made of rock? Humans don’t build flesh bicycles just because we’re made of meat. But what on earth would inspire a rock monster to build an aircraft out of rock? If the rock monsters have enough understanding of physics and engineering to build a jet-powered flying machine, you’d think that they’d avoid rock as a building material. If we’re imagining such a thing as an animate rock-monster, that’s fine. The same absurd premise of the Rock Lords affects the Stone Wing. If you can get past that, this is a terrific toy.
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Let’s get this out of the way: the Stone Wing looks like, ah, how to put this delicately? The stone wing looks as if it would be more at home in an outhouse than a toybox.
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