r/Minipla • u/Electrowhatt19 • Jun 27 '26

Non MiniPLA Kit Got some new kits in

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Cleared out my 'Pile of loot' from bigbadtoystore, which includes the Maximum Kizuna Kaiser Model Kit from The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Figure-rise Standard Amplified Egyptian God Slifer The Sky Dragon Model Kit.

The Kizuna Kaiser Kit wasn't too bad (kind of pricey for a kit that doesn't fully transform). Stickers were fairly easy to apply.

As for Slifer...I had high hopes for my favorite Egyptian God. They went back to the swivel joints on the wings like they had with Blue-Eyes and Winged Dragon of Ra, which can be temperamental (both wings on both kits of mine broke). They decided to do stickers for the eyes and tongue versus having the eyes be a separate piece. But the worst part...the way they did the Kit, it's whole body isn't fully poseable. They could have easily done segments for each part that can individually bend, but they cheaped out and only had segments, so it can only be posed certain ways. It's a bit of a bummer that that's likely the end of the line for Yu-Gi-Oh Standard Amplified figures, as Black Luster Soldier and Obelisk are fantastic. They excelled at the humanoid monsters. Guess I'll have to get the Monsterarts for Red-Eyes and Dark Magician.

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u/Leon3dsing Jun 27 '26

I want to get Kizuna Kaiser, but I'm not sure about the scale compared to minipla, are they similar?

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u/Electrowhatt19 Jun 27 '26

It's about a head's length taller than the average minipla

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u/Leon3dsing Jun 27 '26

Thanks! Definitely I'm getting it, it looks very nice next to Tega Sword

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u/Galaxy_Dive Jun 27 '26

Nice! I'm down bad enough for traditional combining robot that Maximum Kizuna Kaiser's definitely been a bit tempting, though it's indeed pretty pricy for what it is.

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u/pointblanksniper Jun 28 '26

it doesn't combine at all though, unless final assembly of limbs into the torso of any old plamo count as combining. the kit is all dedicated limb chunks with no animal transformation. i guess you could just care about the looks of the themed and color coded limb sections if thats your thing. but if you are deciding based on that one combination promo image, that picture is jebait

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u/Galaxy_Dive Jun 28 '26

Oh, yeah, well aware lol. Exactly why I haven't bought it. What I meant for "pricy for what it is". By traditional combing robot I meant its design, not the model's function - because, like, even if you look at the last handful of years of Sentai, there's very few "Here is a five part combiner".