TAMASHII NATIONS Power Rangers Soul of Chogokin: GX-78 Dragonzord Figure

Just like my SoG Megazord review this is the best Dragonzord hands down. Way better than the Legacy lineup. Love it! Again...a big thanks to hobbytown for shipping my order without damaged.

Without question the defining version of the Power Rangers/Super Sentai Dragonzord ever released. It's rather hard to review this guy as a stand alone SOC. He is gorgeous. All the paintwork and gold chrome is amazing. Articulation is among the worst of the SOC line, but that is kind of by design. It is what it is. (still better than Goldymarg). It's a die cast model of a guy wearing painted cardboard boxes. I may have mispoken actually. The issue is not so much articulation. This guy has tons of movement. Rather it is poseability. This is basically the Super Sentai "Mechagodzilla"like design. So he shares some of Godzilla's design issues in posing and moving. The legs have some decent jointing, but it's still limited by the thunder thighs and tail. The arms are very limited by design. There is not really any waste and no head movement. But all of this matches the on screen suit. And it all exists because being a free roaming stand alone robot is not this guys main purpose. At heart this guy is an add on accessory for GX-72 Daizyjin/MMPR Megazord. He spilts aprt in order to combine with the larger 5 man Megazord to form the legendary Super Megazord. And he does that extremely well. The combined robots look stunning on display. Not the most dynamic things out there (once again root design) but they draw the eye as the biggest baddest thing on your robot shelf. But wait, there's more! You can add your GX-72 Megazord and GX-78 Dragonzord to the newly released GX-85 Titanus/King Brachius to form the Ultrazord. A Diecast Robot creation that while pretty much a statue, is a glorious one that will threaten to tear your display shelf loose from its moorings with all the weight. I think the combined robot may be required to be registered with the DMV in at least 12 US states, so check with yours. (Yes it is THAT freaking big!) Personally I display my GX-78 in his stand alone Dragonzord form. He makes for a great transition with my Mechagodzilla's. I love his clean green black and gold colors, and the fact that he is the least humanoid robot in my SOC's. If you are an adult fan/collector of Power Rangers or Super Sentai this guy is a must have. Get him while you can, the full set of Zords will likely quickly become collector Holy Grails.

最近の色々な玩具にはあまり無かった、 「文句のつけ所がない完璧な玩具」ドラゴンシーザーです。 造形よし色よし質感よし重量感よし可動よし。 一見、ミニプラを大きくしただけのようですが、 実際手にしたこの、どっしりキラキラした感じは、かなり高級感があり、 これだけで魅力があります。 値段もそこまで高くないのもポイント。 そしてやはり、注目はドラゴンアントラーの柄がブレストラー本体から出てくる初のギミック。 これは、思わず「おお…」ってなりますね。 確かに見栄えはイマイチなんですが、 「完全変形」をやり遂げた魂を賞賛します。 素晴らしい。 しかもちゃんと、見栄えにこだわった、非変形のドラゴンアントラーも付属。 商品説明には 「ドラゴンアントラーの先端はドラゴンシーザーの尻尾が変形するタイプと、劇中に登場するドラゴンシーザーのバランスに準拠したタイプの2バージョンが付属」とありますが、 これは間違えで、実際はドラゴンアントラーの本体(ブレストラー部分＆柄)が2タイプあり、 尻尾は使い回します。 完全変形タイプにはそのままの尻尾を。 形状重視(劇中)タイプには先端から3つ目の節の所から分割した尻尾を取り付けます。 他の付属パーツは換え手首が一種類あるのみで、 別売りの大獣神を使用しての、鋼龍神や獣帝大獣神に合体させた際の心配点だった、 脚の関節もカチッと決まります。 鋼龍神時の顔のギミックは凝っていてすごいです。 そして獣帝大獣神の時に一番心配だった 総重量により大獣神の脚がもつか、 これは個体差あるかもしれませんが、 私のはちゃんと自立しました。 股裂きになったり前や後ろに倒れたり、 膝から後ろに倒れたりはとりあえずしません。 (しかし倒れやすい事は倒れやすいですので注意。) 肘も、定位置では曲がりませんが、 マンモスの脚収納時の回転部分を使い、 曲げる事ができます。 電光守護獣、という割にはライト＆サウンドギミックはありませんが、 大満足です。 超合金魂の大獣神を持っている方にはかなりオススメです。

Like the look and adds to the couple figures i do have

Coming from the only other SOC I have being the Daizyujin/Megazord this toy absolutely lives up to the quality that one comes to expect from the Soul of Chogokin line. Its made out of plastic and diecast, in the majority of cases I agree with the design choices of where they applied the die cast. Articulation is really good and very pose-able despite the limits of the source design. Combining with a SOC Daizyujin/Megazord works fine, the weight on Dragonzord/Dragon Caesar is more spread so it doesn't want to fall over when attached. Just be careful, read the instructions as its possible to remove some paint particularly with the connection to the head horn of Megazord/Daizyujin if done improperly. The design is very nice looking, more shinier than what would be show accurate but forgivable since it looks nice. It will stand shorter than Megazord/Daizyujin but its taller than SOC Tyrannosaurus. The tail sticks out a lot so if you want it straight you will need some room. Only gripe about how it looks is the eyes often will seem hidden, you'll need proper light angle to get the eyes to show otherwise it often seems like its offline as its hidden by the helmet's shadows. You're given 2 crests, one for the mecha itself and another one for a more show accurate spear. The spear can be held in Fighting mode/Gouryuuzin form for somewhat show accurate poses something the other toys couldn't quite do. You're given 2 types of hands as well, one type which is its straight hands meant for its transformation and what you'd see on other Dragonzord/Dragon Caesar toys. The other hand is more of what it looks like during a fight scene and not straight and rigid, they look good although they have zero articulation which would've been nice. Overall its the toy of this mecha you always wanted. If there's a real negative, its only the price. Its expensive. SOC line toys are also not built in huge quantities, if its available and you can afford it its best to get it as soon as you can. Its unknown if it will ever get a re-issue. Just waiting for SOC Titanus/King Brachion now.