hey guys =]

Am just about to pay for an order of the last 2 candy toy sets, Chase Dober and Attack condor from FantoFan...was suppoused to pay for these a while ago, but you guys know how it is..Life Happens.

Also, Count me in on hating the little plastic baggies the newer stuff comes in...i love the box idea, just hate the baggies.

And the darn stickers fell off my Yuutenma, so i gotta order a new one...my Obsessive Compulsiveness is killing me in regards to his lost stickers...lol

Long time no see Immy!! I'm with you on the baggies - prefer the tray with dividers myself too!!

Hey, Immy! How've y'been?
I think everyone prefers the trays to the baggies. I'm already wondering how to store my Mugenbine stuff when I get to that point.

Aoi

Well it sounds like you got the majority of the really hard to find ones: (Iron Beetle, Launchersaurus, Evo Rhinoce). Of the ones you are missing, Mach Petra will probably be the hardest to find; D & X the easiest and the rest some where in between. My favorite is Gear Tortoise. He was released last year and is part of the Japanese vowel sets that was released with the Mugen Engine sets. My top 5:

1) Geartortoise
2) Candybine Death Emporer
3) Digkong
4) Yuutenma
5) Wanrikiguma

Stackups, glad to see you're back. Too bad about Yuutenma. How many stickers fell off? Can't you glue them? I just got the last two candy sets and they are really cool. Highly recommend if you don't have any of the previous sets.

Hm. That's a tough question on the favorite mugenbine figures. I guess my favorites are Needle Stego, Fang Tiger and the Leons. Ironbeetle is kinda neat too. I also love the Candybines. (Although, the earliest set. They're the only ones I have so far.)

Aoi

Heads up guys! TvNihon is re-releasing the MachineRobo Rescue anime on BitTorrent from the DVDs! Check it out its a great show! http://torrents.tvnihon.com/

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Hello All,
Just got the Mugen Fire, Police, and Builder sets and made this from all the pieces. (except for 2 mugenroids)

Hey, that's pretty cool, IDM. Not sure about the Dinosaur head on the left arm. Might look a bit better if it was in it's water cannon mode?

Also, has anyone watched the DVD Vers. of MRR yet? Besides the lack of the clock, what's the difference?

Aoi

I thought it had better picture and sound quality. I also liked the subtitles they were clearer to read. I own the original Japanese DVD's but haven't watch them in a while, it was great to see the show again. I forgot how much detail was put into it. Watch the backgrounds there is almost always something going on during the robots battles. This looks and plays great on my iPod. I use a program called iSquint to convert the programs, it does a great job! Its available on Apples website as a free download. Alot better than most programs I've used in the past!

Before I forget here are some pictures of "Big Whale" from the KeyBots line.
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how many MRR dvds did they make?

13 DVD's were made. All 52 episodes! They weren't as expensive as most Japanimation @ US $30 bucks a piece ( 4 episodes each). I got most of them from Amenbo if you can believe it! Extras included all the TV commercials for the toys, creditless opening and ending sequences and the MRR Times printed on the inside of the DVD cover. (Its a newsletter with info about the series) I liked the artwork on the DVD covers I thought they really captured the spirit of the show!

Nice find for Big Whale, Cheese - looks like there's another toy line I better start collecting!!

Gotta admit, I'm curious about that Big Whale. I can't figure out how it changes by looking at the picture. ^_^;;

Anywho, I might be able to get a pic of my Mugenbine collection soon! I set up one of those $15 four-shelf plastic things the other night and am moving my Mugenbine collection off my desk(Wow. Cleared up so much space.) to the shelf. Later tonight/tomorrow night, I'll be able to start pulling the ones out from storage to display, too.

Also, I was wondering..which set has the instructions to build the Juuki Gattai combo?

Aoi

I believe it is in Jukki Gattai Mugenbuilder

Oh and thanks for the heads up on the cds cheese. Guess I need to keep my eyes peeled for the other 12 torrents.

Well durnit. I thought it was with Mugenbuilder, too...but I can't find it in MB's box. Oh well, the only thing I'm having problems with so far is placing the 'police shields' on his chest. The pic on the box shows them placed flush against eachother, but I can't find the corresponding holes to do that.

Aoi

Actually checked the box for Mugenbuilder and it just has instructions to build its normal modes. I have the Bandai Asia version set w/English instructions so I don't know if the Japanese version has it though. Might just have to go from the box...

Hello,
You were right Aoi, it looks better in water cannon mode! I finally got 2 Hercules sets - it looks like Launchersaurus' dad.
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Hey guys,
Sorry I haven't been around lately I've been very busy with work and such! Here is a great combo from the Prominence site thought you might enjoy it! I love the control room!
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cool find cheese.
Idigmecha, pretty cool combo. He DOES look like Launchersaurus' dad

Well, just had a go at creating a combo using Victory Leon and Chase Dober. Not sure what to call it, to be honest - but it looks pretty good!!

Looks good, Uncle Joe!

Hey guys, I was gonna order the Insect Combo guys off of BBTS but they were sold out. is there anywhere else to get them?


Aoi

Good work Uncle Joe
How does "Chase Victory" sound






HLJ has them I believe...


also I thought somebody was looking for a Xenobine to replace theirs that broke. A guy on the TFW2005 Mugenbine thread is selling one of his...

Nice idea, Overbite - Chase Victory it is!! I was gonna go with something using Justice in the title, but I will use that for the combo of Attack Condor and Chase Dober which I was gonna call Blue Justice (partially in homage to NJPW wrestler Yuji Nagata)

That's me, Overbite. Any chance you could pass him my email address? Bluequillsjuuni@gmail.com


Aoi

Have come up with a combo of Zord Elephant and Heavy Mammoth, which I called Zord Mastodon. Will try and do some better pix of it over the next few days / weekend..

That's a great creation, Unclejoe! Also, nice idea adding the pieces to the feet for extra stability. I have 2 Zord E's and have been trying to combine them, but they always end up looking like a pile of plastic.

Zord Mastadon looks pretty cool UJ
can't wait to see more pix...

Well, once I got my new PC all set up, I will do some more pix!!

Zord Mastadon is awesome, UJ! Can't wait for new pics. What kind of PC are y'getting set up?

Aoi

Well, my new computer is an AMD Dual Core 4200, with 1Gb RAM, 25Gb hdd, and 256Mb (I think) Geforce 7300 graphics card. Runs Dawn of War rather well!!

Anyway, thought I should post a few more pix of new combos - here's one made from Quest Knight and Try Wolf, which I'm thinking of calling DracoLycan...

DracoLycan looks great UJ!

I like how it looks, Unclejoe! Looks like he can hack slash and splash with the best of them.

Also, think I just got my favorite Mugenbine toy. Ran by the Post afterwork and they had Junkstag waiting for me!

Next up on my to-buy list is Heat Triceria and Insect Double Combo...which on that subject..which would ya'll recommend for shipping on IDC?

Aoi

IDC? Not heard that one. As for which set I'd recommend you get, I'd go for the Heat Tricera first (as that would probably be the harder of the two sets to get hold of_, then go with the Mugen Sector Double set. Hope that little nugget of advice helps...

Whoops. Mugen Sector Double is their name? I've been calling it IDC for the last couple weeks now. *checks list* Which is the official name? I made a list of the names from a couple sites, and actually got "MRM SP Mugen Insect Double Set" as the set's name from HLJ.

But anyways, all I need is BigGilaft, Carry Eagle, Evorhinoce, Kaiser Condor, Launcher Zaurus, Mach Ptera to complete 2003/2004/2005 figures.


Aoi

On that subject, has anyone got a spare Fang Tiger?

Not me. I'll keep an eye out on ebay and any other shops that I might come across, then drop y'a PM if they have it. UJ.

Have y'worked on your mugenbine crab anymore, UJ? I was playing around with Junkstag and figured the pinchers would make great claws, and the piece with the combined robot head looks like it'd make good crab eyes.

Aoi

Well, I will do some better (and less blurry) pix of MugenCrab over the next few days, as well as better pix of Zord Mastodon.

Also, thanx for keeping an eye out for FangTiger for me - much appreciated!!

EDIT: just thought I'd post a pic of my current collection..

Nice set, UJ! I'll try and get a pic of my collection this weekend. (I still has to free some of the guys from their boxes now that I have a display shelf!)

Btw, UJ..did y'get my PM about Fang Tiger on ebay?

Aoi

I finally got my stuff in from Rosalinda's Trading (only 2 months late). This shipment just had the first 3 candybines and a replacement Assault Leon. So now I have all of them with the exception of the Lucky Draw figures and the store & magazine exclusive figures (which I don't care about; I only wanted the TRU exclusives). So I am all done until Bandai releases the 2008 figures.

*does happy dance*

Congrats on the completed collection, Overbite!

Aoi

Yep Aoi - I did. Will be keeping an eye on it for now, as my wallet has just recovered from a severe bashing today (went to London).

BTW did retake some pix of Zord Mastodon and Mugen Crab, so I will be posting those over the next few days!!

Hi Gang!
Did anyone miss me? Let me see a show of hands! Just kidding! I have been SUPER busy and have had no time to even look at my Mugenbines. DFD sat in his box forever! So heres the first pics, Im only using one DFD set in this combo which I call...
DARK MAELSTROM!!!
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I used the head with the swivel horns to make the "Maestrom Dragon Chest Cannon" It can pivot up and down, when not in use.
Hope everyone is doing good. Take care! I'm going to try to make the "Gurren Lagann" (or something close) out of the two DFD sets next. Wish me luck!

Nice work, Cheese - Dark Maelstrom looks severely kick-ass!! If only they did a version of DFD with lights in, as that would look pretty cool with all the semi-transparent parts it has.

dark maelstrom looks boss cheese.

Wait, so Dark Maelstrom doesn't light up naturally? Wow. That's a nifty effect. Any chance you'll provide a 'recipe' to create him, Cheese?

Aoi

Sure, I'll take some pictures of his components and post them as soon as possible!

Well, as promised earlier, I have done a few clearer pix of MugenCrab, as well as a couple of better pix of Zord Mastodon (I'll do a post for each one). Have also worked on a few other combos, which I shall photograph later this week!

Anyway, here's MugenCrab!!

Great Crab UncleJoe!
As promised, here is a breakdown of Dark Maelstrom. I'll have to do it in several posts as There are a few photos!
Lets start with the arms, legs and torso.
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The blue fists on the inside of the arms are crucial to making the arm more stable and poseable at that joint. Everything else is self explanatory. I never noticed till now that the chest plate forms a mini dragon when separated from the body. I'll call it the "Maelstrom Arrow", for no reason what-so-ever! Now on to the next post to see it all put together!

Heres the second post, Lets see how it all comes together!
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Thats it!
Go create and destroy! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! ( Spoken maniacally )

Now for some newer pix of Zord Mastodon!!