Heavy price tag ($180-$200)… for a robot that can’t st. Oh, did I mention? The Robot can’t stand~! Hehe, seriously though, the design is really good (I had a lot of fun transforming it actually) but the lack of solid ratchet joints for support just totally makes this one take a dive (in every sense of the word).
#Aquarion anime toys plus#
Not much in terms of accessories (3 arrows, 3 swords and an extra pair of fists per mode plus the prop stand). A perfect triple changing robot, cartoon accurate to boot! It’s got diecast but mostly confined only to the joints (which is a big plus) and the c0ckpits areas “Tenkuuken Shouryu Tenrai” (“Sky Style Rising Dragon”) “Dream Moon Shaft Attack” (used in the “dream world” a rain of energy arrows) “Reverse Psychography Blast” (combined attack by two of the pilots who have ESP, causing an explosion on the core of the enemy through telekenisis) “Sanmi Ittai Sparkling Arrow” (three spirit arrows combined into one) “Unlucky Bottom Attack” (used once to break through the belly of a beast that engulfed the Aquarion) “Zeero Tuplar Gladius” (“Sword consumed by Jealousy” – a Sword slash powered by the emotion “jealousy” from one of the pilots) “Red Heat Fire Goal” (one of the pilots is a Soccer player, he basically kicks a ball of energy at the enemy) “Light Shadow Combo Strike” ( a move used to finish off Aquarion’s evil Shadow)Īquarion Mars usually weilds a saber whenever Sirius is the pilot “Infinite Cross” (another variation on the Mugen Punch, but this time both arms in opposite direction) “Mugen Ginta” (Infinite Scolding slap – a variation of the Mugen punch, only he used this on an enemy mech piloted by a kid) “Hissatsu-Getsumen punch” (Sure kill Moon surface punch – ever see a punch that reaches the moon? Only in Anime kiddies □ ) “Mugen Punch” (Infinite punch – Imagine an arm that stretches as far as one’s imagination) Once attached the gold plates have to be removed if you want to close the wings together again. The prop connects to this part of Aquarion
Luckily there is the prop stand, but still, it’s ridiculous to release a toy that can’t stand without the prop. Worse, to detach the connection one has to use force(no release trigger) so I wouldn’t recommend multiple transformations, otherwise there may later be signs of stress marks on the plastic.Īnothering annoying thing about the toy is the fact that it can’t stand!!! There are ratchet joints but they can’t hold up the figure well enough. Case in point, the connection joint here is in the head of one of the ships. While it can be observed that the engineering design for the toy is top notch, the execution is a bit lacking.
This was supposed to be Kawamori-san’s entry into the “perfect changer Super Robot” category, taking a page out of Go Nagai’s Getter Robo concept, where three ships merge into 3 various forms of mecha based on the lead ship of the formation.Īnother interesting concept for the show is that there are 9 Pilots, three inside the Vectors while the other six are on standby at the base, ready to teleport-swap with any of the other pilots should they be injured in battle.
Designed by the famous Shoji Kawamori (the same fellow who redesigned the Starcream and Skywarp for the Masterpiece series, THS-02 Optimus Prime and the person who did the design work for the Yamato Macross Valkyries).