Toy Review - RAIDEN (Masterpiece)
Trainbot RAIDEN (say "rye-dehn")
Series - Masterpiece
Size/class - N/A
New/remould/redeco - see links below
Wave - MPG-01 to MPG-06
Released here - N/A (Japan, late June 2022 to late February 2024)
Approximate Retail Price - 119350JPY ($1216)
Approximate Size - 30.5cm
Allegiance - Autobot
Sub-Group - Trainbot
Alt-modes - see links below
Main Features/Gimmicks - gestalt
Main Colours - see links below
Main Accessories - see links below
Content
* Trainbot pics, robot mode
* Trainbot pics, train mode
* Raiden images and comments
Trainbots: robot mode pics
https://i.ibb.co/cwmVq2p/MPG-trainbots01.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/F5Kzq8q/MPG-trainbots02.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/47dVC15/MPG-trainbots03.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/hdBcn1X/MPG-trainbots04.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/QDhWJt3/MPG-trainbots05.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/sQT5qYZ/MPG-trainbots06.jpg
Trainbots, train mode pics
https://i.ibb.co/9YMYp2P/MPG-trainbots07.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/N3jPmXP/MPG-trainbots08.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/Xt4s3L6/MPG-trainbots09.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/XzYNb07/MPG-trainbots10.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/cFnFsR0/MPG-trainbots11.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/PQgrLQF/MPG-trainbots12.jpg
Raiden; images and comments
https://i.ibb.co/4p6K5Rv/MPG-trainbots-RAIDEN01.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/2KCF0qD/MPG-trainbots-RAIDEN02.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/KNgNL12/MPG-trainbots-RAIDEN03.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/sWh3Nvt/MPG-trainbots-RAIDEN03a.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/By62bj9/MPG-trainbots-RAIDEN05.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/svQFfTr/MPG-trainbots-RAIDEN06.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/1G8th9n/MPG-trainbots-RAIDEN07.jpg
A big sack of disappointment. Visually MPG Raiden looks great as a display piece, but beyond that this toy is a mess due to just being too big and heavy as a gestalt. The toy is back heavy and prone to falling over, with the gestalt also disconnecting easily at the waist on impact. Poseability is quite limited despite several points of articulation being present, the way that the toy is designed and weight-distributed means that they can't really serve in giving this toy any functional poseability. I love putting toys in dynamic poses and I'll try to make them hold a kick if possible, but just getting this toy to stand normally without falling over was a chore. If you do choose to display the MPG Trainbots as Raiden, I highly recommend using the big display stand.
I was honestly really looking forward to liking this toy. I think that the individual Trainbots are all fine as MP toys, but the combined gestalt mode is just bollocks. And for a set that cost over $1.2k, I expected better just an overglorified statue.
Worth buying? I think the MP Trainbots are worth buying as a set of individual Trainbots. Their individual robot and train modes are all fine, but if you're looking to collect this set primarily for the purposes of having Raiden, then I don't think that it's worth the price of admission. I really hope that HasTak will give us a CHUG set of Trainbots, because even at a $300 Titan Class price point (same as CW Devastator), it'd still be a fraction of the cost of MPG Raiden and even at the same quality as CW Devvy, far superior bang for your buck.
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Links to individual MP Trainbot review threads
Shouki
http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showth...-(Masterpiece)
Getsuei
http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showth...-(Masterpiece)
Yukikaze
http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showth...-(Masterpiece)
Suiken
http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showth...-(Masterpiece)
Seizan
http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showth...-(Masterpiece)
Kaen
http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showth...-(Masterpiece)
