I bought this one on a whim. It was not a character I was familiar with, nor one that was used as one of Mattel's classic North American 'Shogun Warriors" that I am slowly building a SOC set of. But boy has he won me over. It's a nice hefty chunk of metal. tryder G7 is really striking on the shelf. He just hits all the right poses and notes. Great face sculpt. Sleek and understated in a classical 70's to 80's way. Just a little bit boxy. Enough to give weight and differentiate him from the earlier Mazinger and Getter Robo stuff, but not so much that he is of the ostentatious late 80's stylings. You can see parts of his creators Gundam designs, but softened nicely to make him much more of a classical Super Robot.
be warned the box for this thing is HUGE! And most of it is filled with accessories. In particular the large flying support ship and the tank tread module (which looks suspiciously like the bottom half of the GunTank. Note: this show was made by the same people who created Mobile Suit Gundam and directly concurrent to it.) The assortment of weapons is impressive, Two nicely chromed swords, a laser pistol, an elaborate spear weapon, a cosmic fishing pole of some sort. Everything fits nicely and securely clipped onto a weapons rack, which is good, as there are many teeny transformation parts which would otherwise be lost.
Tryder's transformations into a spaceship or a tank are at best typical of the genre. Nothing bad, nothing special. You will do them once to see what they look like, but you aren't going to display him that way. It's all about the robot.
The robot itself is a mid to large sized SOC. He stands exactly the same height as Combatler V if that helps. Larger than the older SOC like Mazinger Z but nowhere near the size of GodSigma or GodMars etc. The support ship is quite large. A big plastic box. The tank tread unit fits inside the ship for storage. The transformation gimmick where the ship connects to the robot to form a really big ship is a bit weak. Not simply in looks but the actual connecting joint is not well supported. As I said it will be a "do once to see what it looks like" process.
Overall a great SOC. If you are a fan of Gokin I would label this one a must have that you likely never realized you must have.
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Trider, pezzo da avere per gli amanti dei robot.
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semplicemente fantastico!!
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Servizio buono e modello splendido
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Prodotto stupendo
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Bellissimo modello, che non puö assolutamente mancare....
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