Nope, I am quite happy with my Save Gunman.

I love Amenbo. I have been ordering from them for years, at least 5, and have never been dissappointed. They're processing time is a lot faster than anyone I've used before.They also have a "real time" inventory control system unlike HLJ where I've ordered items shown to be in stock and then get an e-mail stating what I ordered is actually out of stock. I hate that and its happened more than once with HLJ.
But, theres always a "but", HLJ does get some things Amenbo doesn't and vice-a-versa.

Thanks for all the info folks - guess I will be ordering the Powerful Tyranno and the Speed Eagle from Amenbo!!

Merry Christmas btw..

Edit: I just pre-ordered a Powerful Tyranno from Amenbo. Hopefully they should get my payment, details, etc soon, so they can process my order. If everything goes well, I will order the Speed Eagle too!!

I happened to buy a Machine Robo Gashapon set and wondering if there from a new series?

that looks super nice. I really like the art also.

Waht ebay seller had them?

Animeking_inc
Go to Gatchapon trading figures.

I guess they could be from another one of those Candy toy sets, like the Mugen Emperor was..

Edit: Does anyone have a direct email address for Amenbo, as I can't seem to get their inquiry form to work..

Amenbo's inquiry page is down due to maintenance.
They are trying to get their new site up and running. It will have a "points" system added to it, so with each purchase you earn points towards future purchases. They are handing out the points already, you can see them on your invoices. I have already gathered thousands of points! I can't wait to use them!
Check out Big Bad Toy Store! http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/default.aspx
They are having a sale and a lot of Mugenbines are in it! Just go to robots in the menu and then find machine robo.
Don't forget to check out "Prominence" http://senpuuji-gai.hp.infoseek.co.jp/
They are posting pics of the "New" line, it looks cool and is getting better reviews than the "Engine" line was!

Thanks for the info, Cosmo - much appreciated!! Think my order from them has earned me 90 points already!!

As for Prominence, they're pretty good for getting combo ideas from. Heck, they even allowed one of my attempts to be posted (not entirely sure what page it was on) - my version of Megalon, from the Godzilla movies. Now I just have to build the big green guy himself. 1

Hey guys. Hope ya'll had a good holiday season. (I got some spending money, although I'm not exactly sure if I'll put it towards my futon, or Mugenbine, yet. ^_^; )

Anyways, I was poking around on Toyup3 and found this.

Is it a new Candy Mugenbine set?

Aoi

Yep, thats the new "Four Dragons Legend" set. It will be released in January. It looks like its a step up from the "Mugen Emperor" series. I love dragons also, so this will be a "must get" for me.

Cripes - just when I think I'm catching up with the sets, they bring out a load more!! Guess my Paypal account is gonna be taking a right royal hammering in 2007!!!

Just had a bit of a thought though - I could ask for the Build Mammoth set for my birthday!!

The Mugen Engine line was my least favorite of all of the Mugenbine lines. I like having the little Mugenroid robots instead of a transparent cube with a wheel and that "spinny" disk thing. Although I don't care for the engine figures, some of my favorites from this line are Gear Tortoise, Wingbat & Impact Dile.

I am interested what new pilot figures are like but I kind of wish for some new sets with the Mugenroids in it.

P.S. Cosmo773, I like your Turbo Blue with Fang Sword combiner. It looks great!

so, as usual, im late to the party lol

i been eyeing these things for a long time and finally had some extra money (thank you santa hehe) so i ordered a bunch of sets off of jrstoyworld, bbts, and Amenbo...i got:

Gear Tortoise
Saga Falcon Set
Spit Cobra
Turbo Animal Force
Leadsaurus
Arch Tiger
Yuutenma
Wing Bat
Guard Kong
Impact Dile
POWERFUL TYRANNO
SPEED EAGLE

i was never very interested in some of the earlier figures, they looked a little "cartoony" to me...but these newer ones look amazing...i cant wait to get them in the mail =]

Welcome, Stacksup Jimmy!! I know what you mean about the latest Mugenbine sets - I ordered a Powerful Tyranno from Amenbo about a week ago, and fingers crossed they send me a shipping notice soon since I think the Tyranno and Speed Eagle only came out yesterday (I think).

UncleJoe,
My shipping notice just came through. So you should be seeing yours anytime. If you need an immediate update go to the Members Area at the top of Amenbo's homepage and enter the info required (i.e. order number and ID) and it should tell you your order status.
The Mugenbine homepage has been updated for 2007. Check it out http://www.mr-club.jp/02.html
Go to the last link on the far right in the top menu bar, its all the advertising pictures they made for the various hobby magazines, there are some cool ones in there!
Monomania has updated his site with more detailed pictures of the "MugenZiggurate" check it out http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~monomania/ore-bine/.
Thats one big 'bot using all the Mugenbines to date. Don't miss clicking on the litle squares for close ups!
Theres a small update for Keybots as well at their homepage. http://sss.channel.or.jp/sss/key/index.html
Don't miss the free wallpapers inside!
Keep building!

Fingers crossed we should start seeing pix of the Build Mammoth and Fire Wolf soon!! Did notice they have updated the main Mugenbine site - got to admit I've always liked the design of that site!!

As for my shipping notice, I just got it!! (edit) Anyway, hope you can give us a review of whatever you're getting from Amenbo Cosmo, and I will try and do one for Powerful Tyranno when it arrives. According to the Mugenbine site, the basic robots you can build in each set are at least 1.5 times the size of the normal Mugenroids!!

I wonder if this image is showing a new Mugenbine set as well? http://www.mr-club.jp/newface/2006/01.html

The yellow and orange vehicles are ones I haven't seen before. (They look like they'd be neat toys. Sucks if they were just created for promotional 'artwork')

Aoi

I think they may just be repainted parts from older Mugenbine sets, unfortunately. Was kinda hoping they may have been parts from Build Mammoth, but they probably aren't..

Heh. I found out MRR Mugenbine has a bit of an American Cousin, now.

Bandai America has released some little Power Ranger Mechs that use the Mugenbine "Peg and Socket" set up.

Aoi

looks like repainted parts to me. Hopefully they will release some of these as sets in the future.

you guys are lucky...i havent gotten my shipping message from amenbo yet =[ but BBTS did ship out my order...looking very forward to next week...i have these and some Happywell Roadbots coming in the mail...its gonna be a fun week.

i cant wait to see pix of FIRE WOLF...i mean now that im collecting thses things, i dont plan to miss any sets, but i think FIRE WOLF's gonna be cool.

my dads mad at me...says i cant collect anything else cause Transformers and Brave Series stuff has taken over my house...all stored in rubbermaid bins...theres alot of them lol

also, can anyone tell me what the 2 figures in the SAGA FALCON set are named? as well as the names of the individual figures in the TURBO ANIMAL set?

Well, the two 'bots in the Saga Falcon set are called Saga Falcon (the big red bot) and SigSphynx, which is the smaller blue robot. As for the animals in the Turbo Force set, I will have to try and learn to read Kanji first!!

I looking to trade off some of my MR rescue for some mugenbine.
I've got MRR 09, 10, and the blizzard and burning sets. PM me if anyone is interested.

Hey Guys,
Heres a handy site for translation. http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/babelfish/tr
I use it when I get confused about something. The translations are literal, so you have to do a bit of interpretation. You can also translate from english to ...whatever. Remember keep the comments as simple as possible and your ideas will translate better!

Got to admit that translating anything thru Babelfish can be a laugh - try translating some Shakespeare from english to japanese, and then back again!! Endless minutes of fun.. but i digress

Thats why I try to keep it as simple as possible, otherwise it can come across as ridiculous or even insulting. It is funny what you put in and what you get out!

Happy New Year to everyone!
To help celebrate I thought I'd share some of my favorite Mugenbine and toy sites with everyone, so here we go!
Mugenbine sites first:
The first is Asimo's site tons of combinations and even some huge gattai's. http://mugenbine.exblog.jp/
The next site is small but has some good combos http://tokbine.hp.infoseek.co.jp/m_bine/katamari.html
Gullwing's homepage covers Mugenbine and more http://f57.aaa.livedoor.jp/~variable/
Torneo Garage covers a ton of toys. If you go to Prominence you see his stuff as C4SiR. http://indb6.fc2web.com/main.html
MugenBineWharf, a complete catalogue of every Mugenbine and its individual parts. Probably more than you'll ever need to know about the toys. http://mbwharf.hp.infoseek.co.jp/
Monomania, a great site! He uses the MRM's to recreate other super robots especially from the Brave Series. http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~monomania/ore-bine/
Prominence. Simply the number one Mugenbine gattai source. http://senpuuji-gai.hp.infoseek.co.jp/
NMB. A complete catalogue of everything that has been posted at Prominence, organized by creator alphabetically. I'm Mr.GEE on the site. He hasn't updated in a while though. http://nmb.nobody.jp/
Playtown Sakio"s site. An older MRR site that does some amazing combos with the Machine Robo Rescue Toys. http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown/2614/s...review/MRR.html
Toy sites. These are sites I visit just to see whats out there!
Zinc Panic the number one site for Japanese toy news in English! http://www.zincpanic.com/
Danny Choo. Interesting "life in Japan" site from an uber geek! ( Just kidding!) http://www.dannychoo.com/
http://www.geocities.jp/hetare_d_max/top.html Great toy review site!
Blackfeathers, one of my favorites to visit. http://www.hcn.zaq.ne.jp/blackfeathers/
http://www011.upp.so-net.ne.jp/pony-hp/ Another good review site.
Thats all I'll post for now but there are a ton more that I'll share later! Have a great New Year everyone!

Thanx for all those links, Cosmo - I know i already have a few of them bookmarked!! Will have to take a proper perusal of those later this week actually, since i got to do a mass back-up session once I got some more blank DVDs..

Hopefully by the end of the week, I should have my Powerful Tyranno!!

Hey guys,
Should we start a new thread since we've deviated so far away from this topics original subject? Where should we start it? What should it be called? I like "Do you Mugenbine?" Let me know your input.

Might be a good idea to ask a Mod about a new thread...but I think we're still fine here, since MRR led into Mugenbine....now if the topic was about the original Gobots, and it led into Mugenbine...I'd be all for a new topic.

Although, on the other hand..back when the topic was started,the forum sub-section was something else besides "The Animation Station". (I think it was something like "Anime and other non-TF Robots"), I've been kind of wondering if some of the toy discussions in this section should be moved to the "It Came from Japan" section, since the site that went along with that subsection has shut down.

but, either way...I'd ask a mod, if a new topic would be okay.

Aoi

I think I'll leave it well enough alone! If people want to find us they can search us out like the rest of us did.
On a happy note. Looks like I'm going to get my New Mugenbines today! I'll let you all know.
Of course with a dead president, who knows what the postal service will do today.

im pretty sure the US postal service is closed today.

and you suck man...AMENBO hasnt even processed my order yet =[

akso anyone got pics or links to pics of those Power rangers things that use the same connection pegs as mugenbine?

Think there may be a general delay to post, due to the new year (and other related holiday celebrations), since HLJ aren't processing orders for another few days yet - so it may be possible that Amenbo is similarly affected.

Hopefully Stacksup Jimmy, we should both be getting some news / tracking info within the next few days or so..

HLJ says they won't be back until Jan. 4th. I think many companies in Japan have a similar time off so it is going to take a while for the orders to go through.

Plus the US post office is closed until tomorrow.

I'm waiting for the Universe Aerialbots that I won on eBay to come soon. (No Mugenbine unfortunately).

Yeah, AMENBO's probably under the same Holiday break as HLJ. I had the misfortune of ordering during Golden Week, and had to wait a while. Don't worry the order will go through.

Just got my Mugenbines today! A few quick thoughts.

Packaging: Nice picture on box, compartmentalised innards. Everything in little bags. Reminds me of the old Microman boxes of '99 and 2000. Not as nice as the regular Mugenbines trays. It sorta surprised me to see such an eco-unfriendly packaging with all those plastic bags. Land-fill-a-rama!

The toys: (After tediously unwrapping everything) made from a different plastic than the regular MRM's. Kinda like a hard vinyl, they have a softer feel, ( I'm not sure how to describe it)not as bright of colours. Pre-painted no stickers! ( I miss the detail the stickers added. BOO HOO!) The Pilot is a hard rubber?! but very detailed! Its nice!

Combinations: I've only made the regular gattai's everything is good and solid. Can tell already there is alot of creative potential in this new design. It is far more "flexible" than the MugenEngine series, which I thought was really rigid due to the engine gimmick. I'll update more as I "play" some more! In the meantime check out the review at http://www.geocities.jp/hetare_d_max/top.html - Its cool!

P.S. Amenbo is on Holiday just like everyone else. Look for updates from them after the 4th! Sorry if I misled anyone into thinking they work constantly. I just know how to order around their holidays.

I don't have any lose pics of the Power Ranger toys, Stackups. (Not yet, at least.) but this site has pics of them in packaging. http://www.rangercentral.com/toy-proo1.htm

You'll have to scroll down a little bit.

Aoi

If anybody is looking for some of the MR rescue toys, I've got some for trade over Here

packaging pics are fine with me! thanks...i wanna pick them up when theyre available.

My Powerful Tyranno turned up today - and cripes it is a bit on the large side!! For example, the Dino mode is almost a foot long - a damn sight bigger than previous Mugenbine sets. Which in turn gets me to wondering how big the Build Mammoth is gonna be

Think i better order the Speed Eagle now!!

pics please

Powerful Tyranno sounds awesome...im so gonna run out of shelfspace with Mugenbine and TF's all vying for space lol =]

question: What the general consensus of Xenonbine? i have him coming in the mail (along with Air Leon, Build Giraffe, Carry Eagle, Heat Tricera, and Kaiser Eagle, won them all in an ebay auction for $45, not bad if i do say so myself! =])...and he looks really darn cool...i like that hes the only one that has so many Official modes.

Xenonbine is still one of my faves - think he was pretty much the first Mugenbine set i ever got!! He does have the most modes of any set I have seen thus far, plus he has even more unofficial forms too, which is pretty cool.

just got my orders from JRSTOYWORLD and BBTS! 12 sets of MRM goodness~! i cant wait to start messing around with these guys! plus ive still got 12 or 13 more sets coming in the mail!

my only complaint is there not being Sticker Placement guides...but im sure i can figure it out from box pics and pics on the net.

this is so cool...its the beginning of a whole new collecting / hobby thing for me =]

I know what you mean, Jimmy - I only got into these by accident, and now look - i got 34 sets!! Ok, I've missed a few sets that have been discontinued (dagnabbit), but I'm still pretty chuffed with what i've got!!

PS does anyone know what the small robots in the new sets (Powerful Tyranno and Speed Eagle) are called? I know the orginal ones are called Mugenroids, and the one with wheels on are Turboroids, but these new ones hav stumped even me!!

I love Xenobine's tank mode the best of his official modes but his parts are also great in making different combined modes. One question that I have is Xenobine supposed to be the bad guy for Air Loen & Co.? I know that the Insect Doubles are supposed to be bad guys (speculating here; not entirely sure) and there is that Dark Emporer candy set who is probably a baddy but I have seen pics of some of these guys fighting each other and I am just wondering if these guys are fighting each other, friendly sparring, competing, etc.

I always thought of Xenobine as a bad guy, since he has a similar appearance to Stealth from MRR. I have a bit of speculation of which characters are good, and which are bad.
For the bad ones, here's how I think it goes;
Xenobine(s)-Due to his "generic" appearance and many different forms, I think of him as a sort of "Shock trooper" similar to the Gura Gorro(sp?)

For the other characters, I'm also following the "repaint"=Badguy theme of MRR..but I'm also thinking of the added weaponry, as a "Hmm..maybe they're bad guys" sort of thing, too.
So, Assault Leon, Energy Rhinoce, Great Rex and Leadsaurus would be higher-up on the chain, than Xenobine. Considering the weaponry, I suppose Spirit Cobra could also fall into this section.

Above them, would be the Insect Double set, acting as guard to...

the big baddy,
Dark Emperor.

At least, that's how I think the badguys go for Mugenbine.

I didn't think the Insect Double set was "bad" till Overbite mentioned their speculation...then I started to think, they'd be a pretty awesome guard to the Dark Emperor.

Aoi

does anyone have a link to some pics of xenonbines non official modes?
I'm tapped for ideas.

I received the Machine Robo GP team today and it's what you'd expect from a Gumball machine toy, the quality is so' so' not as up to snuff as the TF Universe Micromaster Gestalts but there a little bigger than there TF brethren.

Each MR is intact, (no assembly needed) and is made of a hard pvc just one screw holds them together and transformation is simple, the back of the vehicle flips over to become the legs and the front splits open to reveal the arms and two MR's you gotta pop-up/flip up their heads. The Firetruck transforms like G1 Inferno without the hinges for the feet. IMHO these are pretty good for Gashapon toys, Recommended!

I also received four of the Mugenbines (fang, heat, junkstag and xenonbine) and getting to like these! Why didn't I get into this toy earlier!?