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Discussion in 'The Toyark' started by Chaos Muffin, Apr 21, 2006.

  1. TedimusPrime

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  2. WishfulThinking

    WishfulThinking The world has moved on...we've always said.

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  3. Roanstalker

    Roanstalker Great Baan Gaan fan

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    Makes sense since his original toy was about the size of a prime wars era leader and smp is near the same size as Great Fighbird.
     
  4. WishfulThinking

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    Yeah, Draias was a smaller Brave figure in comparison to the others. Fighbird kind of towered over him. There were quite a few people who were disappointed once they had him in hand and one of the reasons I put him off - and ended up never getting him...
     
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    Yeah he’s a big one. The original is still worth picking up if you can, it’s just still a good toy.
     
  6. WishfulThinking

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    I would if I didn't have to vomit $$$ to buy one now. Draias and Granbird will always be the ones that truly got away while I was cleaning up on Brave toys when BBTS had their warehouse find.
     
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    I'm really glad the Fighbird SMP sets are coming out so close to each other instead of having to wait so long like the Dagwon sets
     
  9. chuckdawg1999

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    Anything for Granbird yet?
     
  10. Roanstalker

    Roanstalker Great Baan Gaan fan

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    Its up on hobbysearch. Havent seen it pop up on amazon yet.
     
  11. Fort Max

    Fort Max Too many is never enough. Veteran

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    Also on Amiami
     
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    Pre-ordered Draias on Meccha Japan.
    First time ordering with them, hoping for the best.
    This looks like the only place where someone like me (from Italy) could get it without overpaying...

    Figure Draias The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird
     
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  13. greboguru

    greboguru Psychedelic Brainchild

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    Weird that the Draias figure is nearly as large as the original toy, when this is supposedly the "Super MINIpla" line...
     
  14. WishfulThinking

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    I think he's properly sized to the anime. The original toy was too small.
     
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    Yeah, Draias needs to scale properly with Great Fighbird, but the "Birds" still need to scale with the other Brave Mechs.
     
  16. Roanstalker

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    No longer called that lol. But it really is to get him a bit more inscale to Great Fighbird unlike the original toy where Great towered over Draias. Id ssy hes actually a bit short compared to how he was portrayed in the show.
     
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    I have a few of the kits and they do get a touch big, when you compare cost as well there's almost no reason NOT to go for the vintage toy.
     
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    Took me a while to figure out just what the hell I was looking at with that last picture, bottom right.
     
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