My 1st simple review is gonna be one of my fav SOC..it is GX-39 Baikanfu by Bandai and it is based from Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos cartoon (1986)...
Here is the Box of the GX-39 Baikanfu..the box art is really nice and you can clearly see what resides in it. I bought it for RM450.00 MISB if im not mistaken from other collector last 2 years. Now the price ranging around RM500-550 for MISB set.
GX-39 Baikanfu is a combiners, and it combines in an odd way unlike other typical combiner like voltron, transformers and etc.. So u guys wondering how all 3 of em combine.? please proceed with the review..huhu...
Baikanfu consist of Rom Stoll, Kenryu and the Baikanfu itself.
Rom Stoll is the smallest among all ..refer above pic to see how they combine... Rom Stoll will reside inside Kenryu. Without Rom Stoll inside, Kenryu itself seems very hollow.
Kenryu...the blue robot (second big)
Articulation on kenryu is okay...not so good just ok...this is the sacrificed Bandai had to do in order to do the combining gimmick.
Diecast content...the whole chest/body area is diecast...the whole feet also diecast. i can say about 40% of kenryu consist of diecast element.
Joints for Kenryu is good. most of it tight in ok manner. not so tight..its just nice for it. but since the articulation is not really good so joints issue not really a big deal here. as long they can pose without dropping i can consider its ok already.
now its time for the biggest bot among all of em..Baikanfu... Combining method is the same .just like Rom Stoll and Kenryu..its more like 3 in 1 bot....Rom Stoll reside in Kenryu..Kenryu reside in Baikanfu....so the weight of this monster is kinda heavy.
Diecast content is much more than Kenryu....joints is also tight ...but the articulation is very minimum..just like i said before with Kenryu its due to the combining gimmick. but Baikanfu articulation is very minimum and nothing much we can do with him.
okay.. good things about this SOC is that... you may pose all 3 of em together...because Bandai also provide 2 extra half body like picture above to replace Kenryu and Stom Roll as the inner robot.
Basically this is what we get from this GX-39...the only thing missing is Stom Roll which is inside Kenryu. but the size is the same like his sister. all of the extra fist can be stored inside the stone replica and there is also 4 swords for each figures. and 1 shield.
Overall i am very happy with this SOC GX-39 Baikanfu. if ot because of the limited articulations..this bots sure is close to perfect. But still its a well recommended to all Gokin collectors out there.
Okay...thanks for reading this very simple review..and I will try to make it better on the next review.