Bandai Soul of Chogokin Die-Cast Action Figure GX-13 Dancouga Review

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(More customer reviews)The Soul of Chogokin Dancouga is a vast improvement from the original Godaikin Dancougar design of the 80s. I have both the original and SoC version, and while I love the original, all the design flaws of the have been corrected and put into proper proportion on this remake (thankfully!). First of all he comes with all the correct weaponry the original lacked. Secondly he is proportionate and actually looks awesome in both separated animals mode AND gestalt mode. The original model was probably the most awkward-looking of all Godaikin gestalts, and too delicate, and this seems to have been an issue seriously taken into consideration when redesigned for SoC series. No longer suffering from giant head and feet syndrome, the SoC Dancouga is a stable yet highly articulated pillar of robotic diecast goodness. Compared to many of the other SoC sets, he is quite large (if not the largest) and VERY heavy. But this is no child's toy...obviously this is a toy made exclusively for the adult collector, as are all the robots in the SoC line. It's durable and stable enough to be gently "played with" and posed much more than a mere model, but it is also highly detailed, as a model would be, and much more detail is bestowed upon this one.
I've seen the price tag on this puppy range everywhere from $189 to $250+, but somewhere around $200 seems to be the norm, and that's quite a bit more than most of the other toys in the same line. That's because this is a large set that comes with all the bells and whistles, and is made of more diecast metal than plastic. It can stand up to be transformed over and over without paint scratching off or wear, even if most collectors probably only transform it once or twice before posing it on a shelf. And it is astonishingly heavy when you pick it up. My one and only complaint is that the head (the eagle) doesn't really snap into its seating very well; in fact it's rather loose. Most of the other SoC toys lock together tightly with magnets, but for some reason Dancouga's head doesn't really snap in like it should. Other than that minor point everything else is perfect...snag one now before they're out of production and no longer available, this is a must-have for chogokin collectors and mecha fans!!

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The intricately-detailed plastic/die cast Dancouga super-robot towers godlike above most of his esteemed Soul of Chogokin peers. The four variously-sized pilot-guided robot components of which the massive Dancouga is comprised---Land Cougar, Eagle Fighter, Land Liger and Big Moth---are respectively skewed to their own highly-articulated robot/beast/vehicle transformation specifications. Dancouga has an overall hybrid look with sharp planes and angles mingling with the more animalistic components such as the white mammoth breastplate. Dancouga comes equipped with a full arsenal including the likes of the Daigun Laser Rifle, the Dankuken Sword and the Wing Booster.Dancouga was generated to quash the invasion staged by a moderately hostile alien empire. The four human pilots relative to the defense effort distinguished themselves on the merits of their individual components, the latter of which were drawn into various campaigns and intrigues prior to the culmination of Dancouga. Once combined, Eagle Fighter formed Dancougaâ?TMs head, Land Cougar the left foot and Land Liger the right, and Big Moth formed the core of the super-robot.

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