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Okay, handled it a bit more today. A bit like the original Dai-X design itself, which sat in that odd period when Japanese mecha were transitioning from the "Super Robot" style pioneered by "Mazinger Z" to the more realistic "Real Robot" style made famous by - oh, go on...

I very briefly got to take it out of the box last night - word of warning, one foot has two very small guns mounted on them which are almost asking to be the first thing you'll break through careless handling.

Yes, I've used HLJ before.Mine actually arrived today but its going to be a few days before I get a chance to properly comment on it, sorry!

Mine has shipped from Hobbylink Japan but will take a little while to get here.

Recommended, definitely!

If we're talking about the same "Space Firebird", its a work by the "God of Manga" Osamu Tezuka, an animated part of his "Phoenix" saga, so information on it should be fairly available. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_2772I also saw "Time Masters" at an e...

Hi, welcome to the forum! I couldn't help but notice your avatar image, I only caught part of it on T.V. once but thats a very strange film...!

Well, today is my last day in Japan and the Dai-X figure almost certainly isn't available yet. I'd never claim to know *all* the right places here, but I know quite a few and I haven't seen it anywhere at all, either new or second-hand. Theres a little out-of-the-way place in Akihabara under the tra...

At the current exchange rate, 35000 yen would be about £215 or so. The Japanese have long payed a premium for media content; DVD episodes of popular anime used to be 2 episodes per disc (as opposed to the more general Western norm of at least four episodes) and before that it may have been 1 - 2 epi...

(Serenity @ Feb. 25 2014,20:42)QUOTE (AndyThomas @ Feb. 04 2014,11:31)QUOTEI'm just conscious of how he's going to react when Dr Benn bites the dust!Probably like rest of us with sobs, Kleenex and emotional scars!   Tbf, just one of the many reasons why kids had it better back then, before the PC b...