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Apparently they're bringing back Shogun Warriors!!

http://www.collectiondx.com/article/nytf_2010_toynami

They're starting off with Voltron robots, but waiting in the bullpen are names like Combattler and Voltes V. I will drop $200 on a Jumbo Machinder Voltes V, easy.

Speaking of toys, here's a fix-it question for all the toy experts out there. Last Xmas I picked up a Godaikin "Guardian" (or "Gordian" or "Garbin", whatevah) at an antique mall for a really low price.

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Low price was because it's missing some pieces and because the legs are broken just below the knees. I like to think this Guardian owed some gentlemen some money.

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It's a relatively clean break. If you stick the lower leg part to the knee part, it all fits.
It reveals a weakness in the robot's design- a weakness that could one day be exploited by Gordian's many enemies - but for now it's merely a repair job.

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So my question is, what's the best way to stick this thing back together? Superglue? Some exotic epoxy concoction? Elmer's school glue in the big easy to grasp bottle for little hands? Library paste? That cold-weld stuff you use on car radiators? Inquiring minds of all the little guys shoved inside Garbin like so many Russian nesting dolls need to know!!

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Date: 2010-02-17 11:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tochiro998.livejournal.com
What he said. That sparkly blue plastic is just famous for being shit. Also watch for the shoulders to break as the machine that punched the pin in ( the rivet at the rotation point) put huge stress on the plastic. Mine broke there.

A good liquid plastic cement would probably do the job, Testor's Model Master in the black bottle with the metal needle spout is good stuff.

and I'm the whipping boy over at Toybox DX currently for daring to suggest that a $200 shampoo bottle plastic toy isn't the best way to go in this day and age, but that's the designer vinyl crowd at play. I think I made some of them cry to their mommies because I dared to suggest that the Dairugger XV jumbo just might not get made.

I seriously doubt we're going to see those other robots that they tossed out. If they couldn't make the Bandai/Tamashii thing work I don't see them finding a way to sell a $200 Voltus V vinyl.

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