As "not very good" as this guy is I can't wait to have this on my desk! The proportions remind me of Ken Ishikawa's drawings compared to the more polished and stylish SOC. Shame for the short Getter Cutters but oh well they are simple enough to be made out of plaplate
While rendering the video, I was looking at the SOC one and turns out that one has short blades too. Would have cut this guy way more slack if I saw that But yeah, I actually want to make super long blades for mine too
I own both this and the soul of chogokin, and I gotta say I enjoyed this more, with soul of chogokin I tend to open them up, look at them set it on a shelve and go "yep, that's a nice looking figure" and then never touch it again cause it cost a lot of money (especially my first one I bought when I was still a student) but the model kits allow me to really enjoy the designs as i build them and put them in poses I would never dare put the soul of chogokins
Second this popped up I released the most deepest guttural demonic yell of my life once this hit. I haven't watched the full video and I have probably woke up my neighbors. All I know is that I'm super happy. (Edited Part) Aight, watched the full video. Great as usual man!~ While I am disappointed, I'm still happy with the kit! From what I'm aware of, we only got three model kits from the Getter series which is the HG Getter Dragon (not a fan of the panel lines, but good kit from what I've seen), SDCS Shin Getter (which I have and I really enjoyed building it), then this! While it is pricey and unreasonable with how the kit is, I find it a better alternative! I say this cause a lot of Getter Robo figures are extremely pricey in my opinion and are hard to get. Despite the flaws, I would happily get this kit!
There's another kit - but do not ever buy it: the Mecha Collection Getter 1. Do not buy it. I must say it again. The Mazinger Z is such a mess from aging that it can't be assembled anymore... I really wanted the Getter 1 too And I get you man, I was excited for the Arc exactly because it's so rare to have Getter kits, especially when I thought it'd come with all the bells and whistles of modern kits I love the one I have, though Bandai's going to lose so much money on this...
Great review! Lol, you sounded so enthused to say "Thunder Bomber" at 8:03. Shame this kit doesn't look as well engineered as the Getter Dragon, which is an awesome kit.
Man, way more people here like the Infinitism Getter Dragon than I expected, always kinda thought Getter Robo doesn't get much love among English-speaking fans
@@HobbyClubhouse Nice to see the series getting some love! On a side note I was wondering if you were planning on reviewing any 90's MG kits. Like the Zaku II, Gelgoog, Zeta 1.0's etc. it'd be cool to see if you had them!
God damn, I didn't think this Review would come so damn soon, Impressive! I continue to look forward to your reviews, Espically those Gouf Flight Types, and the Guncannon Origin, Can't wait to see them
I bet a lot of diehard Getter fans are really interested in this kit and are dying for a proper English review:) The poor Arc already had to wait because of Hi-Nu, I wouldn't dare disrespect him any more than that
4:51 Pretty sure those gold circles are where the Getter Tomahawks come from. And the Toei design from the 70’s anime made them silver instead of gold.
As a Getter Robo fan it's still hard to pass on this kit, but I wish so much that it was priced more in line with the engineering. An imperfect kit is much easier to overlook if it's not expensive
@@HobbyClubhouse Much like the Arc anime it self the kit is flawed but with getter being starved for content and merchandise these days we'll take what we can get
I just discovered your channel and have to say I'm really impressed with your reviews: thoughtful, articulate, observant, detailed, and fair. Keep it up! (Some prominent Gundam/model channels could learn a lot from how you review.) Subscribed and looking forward to more!
Thank you so much! Working on more stuff all the time. Hope I can attract more viewers like you who appreciate informative content and not titles like "THIS GETTER ROBO SHOCKED ME!" :)
@@HobbyClubhouse Much appreciated! I'm a long-time modeler new to Gundam land, and I have to say a lot of the popular Gunpla channels I've seen are mediocre at best. Lots of click-bait, fluff, possible conflicts of interest, etc. Nice to see someone who takes the time to create detailed, fair reviews that give the viewer some intellectual credit :)
Yeah, I've really seen discussions where Soul of Chogokin regular buyers mention this kit's price as nothing. It's not a cheap kit compared to Gundam kits, but it's nothing next to any SoC
@@HobbyClubhouse i can see why price being a tid high for this kit.but considered they have produce HG mazinger by right they should have implemented the same tech on this kit.
that thigh connection is reminiscent of 80s MSV zaku as well as FG zaku II (which breaks easily due to softer material). it just hints of a post lunch announcement; "team, we need designs for machine fabrication by 8am tomorrrow, i'll cover mcronald's dinner takeout"
Hey, you see that too! That bit of footage with the opened waist was to show exactly that. Though I cut cut it some slack because it helps the legs drop down. But yeah, I was shocked by that MSV-era waist engineering..,
Honestly I've come to accept that any dynamic pro (go Nagai & ishikawa) kits probably will be more expensive than they should be. It's all in part to blame with the rough history either had, so they charge the shit out of licensing. That said however I think it's weird bandai wouldn't feel confident in the line, like super minipla made kits of nearly everything major in Armeggadon. The real exception just being shin getter dragon (likely due to it's size).
The Super Minipla really is the rare time when they made Shin Getter 2 and 3 of so many generations, I love them to death for it. Imagine a parallel universe where there was a full HG line covering all of that...
Super Robot fans will come at you with pitchforks if you dare associate a super robot with Katoki :) (There's a subset that's really really resentful of real robots and their designers)
Honestly I think the Arc is still probably 1/144 scale, it's just that super robots are a good deal bigger than gundams on average and Arc reflects this. I mean, the official listed height compared to Shin Getter in Armageddon is 55m tall which dwarfs gundams which are 18-20 meters on average. Arc isn't quite that big judging by the manga, and even Getter Robo Go, the most "real robot" Getter is still 20 meters tall. From this, I'd say it make sense that Arc is that big compared to even a big gundam like Nu with all of them sharing the same 1/144 scale. It is made up of 3 stacked jets after all.
@@HobbyClubhouse That part it's removable and also serves as boomerang, it's visible in the battle within Shin Getter and Getter Dragon in the Armageddon OVA
After watching the honest review, I am admittedly quite disappointed with the kit, especially with the asking price. 4000¥ for possibly the worst of the super robot kits Bandai has put out since the Infinitism line. All the Mazinger kits, although also has quite middle of the road articulations in a few areas like the shoulders, makes up for it with really impressive details and neat gimmicks, like how they all have subtracting armor panels when you bend the limbs to both preserve the looks and the articulation, and ball joints in the waist that can be pulled up to do some nice poses. I think that the back side of the calf of the Getter Arc would really benefits from a similar engineering trick, which they has been using for years with kits that are less expensive than this. Both this kit and the show has the same problem of looking great while standing still but becomes extremely mediocre when things start moving. For the show, I can still definitely say it is, in its heart, a passion project for the late Ishikawa and the Getter series with all of its bombastic music remixes of old iconic Getter songs and how the animation is actually getting better and better every episode. As much as it pains me to say but I can’t feel the same thing from this kit. Except for the few good points, like how they color separated all the green parts on the face, this kit just feels like it has every corner of it cut, especially when compared to the other non-Gundam kits Bandai has put out over the year, like Digimon Amplified, 1/60 Fullmetal Panic, and the Infitism line.
I get the feeling Bandai believed fans would get the kit no matter what so they kicked the price way up and then cut corners just as you said to keep the cost as low as possible. From the colors and the sculpt, it seems as if the designers tried to do what they could with whatever room they were given but had to make a lot of sacrifices. (I think) the Getter Dragon got a swinging panel for the back of the knees like the ones you mean. Such a shame they couldn't do anything similar here. For the animation, the endings with comic panels from Ken Ishikawa were all such a nice tribute to him. The show also seemed to have gotten a low budget too just like this kit
@@HobbyClubhouse I can sympathize with Bandai cutting corners somewhat because of the current pandemic situation still going on. Production still hasn’t gone up to what used to be, so price has to be cut somewhere. With a lot of Gunpla kits, I heard that actual numbers of kits being produced is still low, especially the upcoming MG Dom and Rick Dom, which had so little preorder slots that even many people in Japan can’t even secure one right now. With this kit, those corners cutting went deep into the quality of the kit itself. As a Getter fan, I think I’d still get it (at a discount) and give it some heavy joint mods to show the love and respect that Bandai so undeservedly stripped from it.
Funny thing, I actually was on the fence of whether to buy this kit, but ultimately backed out since I was only familiar with Armageddon and the new overly demonic design just didn't appeal to me. Seems my preferences helped me dodge a bullet.
I wished the kit was priced more in line with the quality, because if it were cheap, then a lot more people would be curious enough to want one despite the issues
You really should read the ishikawa mangas, Armeggadon was fun, but so much is missing/wasn't adapted into it. Also shin getter robo is more like a Lovecraftian horror like holy shit some of the stuff it does...
Read the manga in this order:getter robo, getter robo g, shin getter robo, getter robo go, and then you can watch the ark anime (dont look up for the anime of the previous series as nono of them are related to the main series from the manga)
The first three episodes of Getter Robo Armageddon are insane and awesome (just ignore all of the dialogue and story). The opening fight of Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo is also nuts. But yeah, for actual story, the comics are way better
Thank you as always:) The kit ended up quite hard to review because it was hard to balance valid fan sentiments and the fact that it's under-engineered
If they released something super popular like Shin Getter, I sure hope they'd take all the lessons from here and make that good. What I REALLY want is a new Getter 1. Love that straight-waisted tubby guy
Yeah, the Cybaster also didn't have a scale and I suspect the upcoming Alt Eisen won't either, which is for the better since their sizes were all quite confusing.
The Infinitism kits are all listed as 1/144 scale officially. Although this doesn't make complete sense because Getter Dragon would have towered over all the Mazingers and Steel Jeeg is tiny.
the part separation is nice, but i dont think i'll ever get into the over the top super robot aesthetics. also imo the backpack design is kinda ugly, tho no fault of the kit itself
Even among Super Robots, ones like the Getter Arc are really extreme and are an acquired taste - and I bet Bandai knew that and limited the development budget for it
As "not very good" as this guy is I can't wait to have this on my desk! The proportions remind me of Ken Ishikawa's drawings compared to the more polished and stylish SOC. Shame for the short Getter Cutters but oh well they are simple enough to be made out of plaplate
While rendering the video, I was looking at the SOC one and turns out that one has short blades too. Would have cut this guy way more slack if I saw that
But yeah, I actually want to make super long blades for mine too
I own both this and the soul of chogokin, and I gotta say I enjoyed this more, with soul of chogokin I tend to open them up, look at them set it on a shelve and go "yep, that's a nice looking figure" and then never touch it again cause it cost a lot of money (especially my first one I bought when I was still a student) but the model kits allow me to really enjoy the designs as i build them and put them in poses I would never dare put the soul of chogokins
Second this popped up I released the most deepest guttural demonic yell of my life once this hit.
I haven't watched the full video and I have probably woke up my neighbors. All I know is that I'm super happy.
(Edited Part)
Aight, watched the full video. Great as usual man!~ While I am disappointed, I'm still happy with the kit! From what I'm aware of, we only got three model kits from the Getter series which is the HG Getter Dragon (not a fan of the panel lines, but good kit from what I've seen), SDCS Shin Getter (which I have and I really enjoyed building it), then this! While it is pricey and unreasonable with how the kit is, I find it a better alternative! I say this cause a lot of Getter Robo figures are extremely pricey in my opinion and are hard to get. Despite the flaws, I would happily get this kit!
There's another kit - but do not ever buy it: the Mecha Collection Getter 1. Do not buy it. I must say it again. The Mazinger Z is such a mess from aging that it can't be assembled anymore... I really wanted the Getter 1 too
And I get you man, I was excited for the Arc exactly because it's so rare to have Getter kits, especially when I thought it'd come with all the bells and whistles of modern kits
I love the one I have, though Bandai's going to lose so much money on this...
@@HobbyClubhouse What's so bad about that Getter 1 kit anyway
Great review! Lol, you sounded so enthused to say "Thunder Bomber" at 8:03. Shame this kit doesn't look as well engineered as the Getter Dragon, which is an awesome kit.
Man, way more people here like the Infinitism Getter Dragon than I expected, always kinda thought Getter Robo doesn't get much love among English-speaking fans
@@HobbyClubhouse Nice to see the series getting some love!
On a side note I was wondering if you were planning on reviewing any 90's MG kits. Like the Zaku II, Gelgoog, Zeta 1.0's etc. it'd be cool to see if you had them!
God damn, I didn't think this Review would come so damn soon, Impressive!
I continue to look forward to your reviews, Espically those Gouf Flight Types, and the Guncannon Origin, Can't wait to see them
I bet a lot of diehard Getter fans are really interested in this kit and are dying for a proper English review:) The poor Arc already had to wait because of Hi-Nu, I wouldn't dare disrespect him any more than that
4:51 Pretty sure those gold circles are where the Getter Tomahawks come from. And the Toei design from the 70’s anime made them silver instead of gold.
Embarassingly, I even show a clip where the Arc gets the Tomoahawk out from it, so yeah you're right :')
As I'm shameless when it comes to being a getter robo fan I plan to get this and getter dragon this holiday season
As a Getter Robo fan it's still hard to pass on this kit, but I wish so much that it was priced more in line with the engineering. An imperfect kit is much easier to overlook if it's not expensive
@@HobbyClubhouse Much like the Arc anime it self the kit is flawed but with getter being starved for content and merchandise these days we'll take what we can get
I just discovered your channel and have to say I'm really impressed with your reviews: thoughtful, articulate, observant, detailed, and fair. Keep it up! (Some prominent Gundam/model channels could learn a lot from how you review.) Subscribed and looking forward to more!
Thank you so much! Working on more stuff all the time. Hope I can attract more viewers like you who appreciate informative content and not titles like "THIS GETTER ROBO SHOCKED ME!" :)
@@HobbyClubhouse Much appreciated! I'm a long-time modeler new to Gundam land, and I have to say a lot of the popular Gunpla channels I've seen are mediocre at best. Lots of click-bait, fluff, possible conflicts of interest, etc. Nice to see someone who takes the time to create detailed, fair reviews that give the viewer some intellectual credit :)
man this kit has the engineering from early 90's but im still gonna get it regardless, coz i cant afford Renewal Chogokin GX 1-100
Yeah, I've really seen discussions where Soul of Chogokin regular buyers mention this kit's price as nothing. It's not a cheap kit compared to Gundam kits, but it's nothing next to any SoC
@@HobbyClubhouse i can see why price being a tid high for this kit.but considered they have produce HG mazinger by right they should have implemented the same tech on this kit.
Another great review, keep em coming! Your channel has a promising future, hopefully the youtube algorithm is kind to you
Thank you so much! I sure hope the Mighty Algorithm shows me some favor:)
Thanks for saving me money man! Great review (y)
that thigh connection is reminiscent of 80s MSV zaku as well as FG zaku II (which breaks easily due to softer material). it just hints of a post lunch announcement; "team, we need designs for machine fabrication by 8am tomorrrow, i'll cover mcronald's dinner takeout"
Hey, you see that too! That bit of footage with the opened waist was to show exactly that. Though I cut cut it some slack because it helps the legs drop down. But yeah, I was shocked by that MSV-era waist engineering..,
Comparing plastic to cost isn't always an easy thing to do. I wonder what a more appropriate price for this kit would be?
Honestly I've come to accept that any dynamic pro (go Nagai & ishikawa) kits probably will be more expensive than they should be. It's all in part to blame with the rough history either had, so they charge the shit out of licensing.
That said however I think it's weird bandai wouldn't feel confident in the line, like super minipla made kits of nearly everything major in Armeggadon. The real exception just being shin getter dragon (likely due to it's size).
The Super Minipla really is the rare time when they made Shin Getter 2 and 3 of so many generations, I love them to death for it. Imagine a parallel universe where there was a full HG line covering all of that...
The cat is the star of this show!!!! Lol love it!
He keeps getting into more and more of my videos:)
those long limbs, short torso looks like something Katoki might design xD
Super Robot fans will come at you with pitchforks if you dare associate a super robot with Katoki :) (There's a subset that's really really resentful of real robots and their designers)
@@HobbyClubhouse oh wow I didn't know that hahaha I accept my fate xDDD
I was just looking through your videos just now.....
edit: what breed of cat do you have? it looks really nice.
Hobby is an American Shorthair boy:)
Getter Robos are usually about 34-35 meters tall
I think sometimes they have a set height, but both comics and animation routinely ignore it when it suits their whims
@@HobbyClubhouse huh, I didn’t think of that
Honestly I think the Arc is still probably 1/144 scale, it's just that super robots are a good deal bigger than gundams on average and Arc reflects this. I mean, the official listed height compared to Shin Getter in Armageddon is 55m tall which dwarfs gundams which are 18-20 meters on average. Arc isn't quite that big judging by the manga, and even Getter Robo Go, the most "real robot" Getter is still 20 meters tall. From this, I'd say it make sense that Arc is that big compared to even a big gundam like Nu with all of them sharing the same 1/144 scale. It is made up of 3 stacked jets after all.
Why didn't they make sets for Kirik Khan and Gettersaurus?
Given how 90s the getter is, I kinda like the seamlines
I'm quite glad this is just the Getter Arc and not an Infinitism design
Fun fact, Getter Arc ISN'T the only Getter Machine that has an opening mouth, the first one was the Getter Robo G/Getter Dragon
Wait, don't they have that upside-down chevron for the mouth part?
I think that opens up to be the cockpit
@@HobbyClubhouse That part it's removable and also serves as boomerang, it's visible in the battle within Shin Getter and Getter Dragon in the Armageddon OVA
After watching the honest review, I am admittedly quite disappointed with the kit, especially with the asking price. 4000¥ for possibly the worst of the super robot kits Bandai has put out since the Infinitism line. All the Mazinger kits, although also has quite middle of the road articulations in a few areas like the shoulders, makes up for it with really impressive details and neat gimmicks, like how they all have subtracting armor panels when you bend the limbs to both preserve the looks and the articulation, and ball joints in the waist that can be pulled up to do some nice poses. I think that the back side of the calf of the Getter Arc would really benefits from a similar engineering trick, which they has been using for years with kits that are less expensive than this.
Both this kit and the show has the same problem of looking great while standing still but becomes extremely mediocre when things start moving. For the show, I can still definitely say it is, in its heart, a passion project for the late Ishikawa and the Getter series with all of its bombastic music remixes of old iconic Getter songs and how the animation is actually getting better and better every episode. As much as it pains me to say but I can’t feel the same thing from this kit. Except for the few good points, like how they color separated all the green parts on the face, this kit just feels like it has every corner of it cut, especially when compared to the other non-Gundam kits Bandai has put out over the year, like Digimon Amplified, 1/60 Fullmetal Panic, and the Infitism line.
I get the feeling Bandai believed fans would get the kit no matter what so they kicked the price way up and then cut corners just as you said to keep the cost as low as possible. From the colors and the sculpt, it seems as if the designers tried to do what they could with whatever room they were given but had to make a lot of sacrifices.
(I think) the Getter Dragon got a swinging panel for the back of the knees like the ones you mean. Such a shame they couldn't do anything similar here.
For the animation, the endings with comic panels from Ken Ishikawa were all such a nice tribute to him. The show also seemed to have gotten a low budget too just like this kit
@@HobbyClubhouse I can sympathize with Bandai cutting corners somewhat because of the current pandemic situation still going on. Production still hasn’t gone up to what used to be, so price has to be cut somewhere. With a lot of Gunpla kits, I heard that actual numbers of kits being produced is still low, especially the upcoming MG Dom and Rick Dom, which had so little preorder slots that even many people in Japan can’t even secure one right now. With this kit, those corners cutting went deep into the quality of the kit itself. As a Getter fan, I think I’d still get it (at a discount) and give it some heavy joint mods to show the love and respect that Bandai so undeservedly stripped from it.
@@damiannguyen9195 😂😂😂
Is there a way to convince HG to do so?
still waiting for bandai votoms scopedog red shoulder review
Bandai will have to re-release the kits first :')
Can u please tell me are these kits worth buying
Funny thing, I actually was on the fence of whether to buy this kit, but ultimately backed out since I was only familiar with Armageddon and the new overly demonic design just didn't appeal to me.
Seems my preferences helped me dodge a bullet.
I wished the kit was priced more in line with the quality, because if it were cheap, then a lot more people would be curious enough to want one despite the issues
@@HobbyClubhouse Alas, that was not to be it seems.
You really should read the ishikawa mangas, Armeggadon was fun, but so much is missing/wasn't adapted into it.
Also shin getter robo is more like a Lovecraftian horror like holy shit some of the stuff it does...
Wanting to watch getter robo but i don't know where to start. So which one comes before the newest series?
The manga
@@juliamxd9614 thanks
Read the manga in this order:getter robo, getter robo g, shin getter robo, getter robo go, and then you can watch the ark anime (dont look up for the anime of the previous series as nono of them are related to the main series from the manga)
@@juliamxd9614 thanks
The first three episodes of Getter Robo Armageddon are insane and awesome (just ignore all of the dialogue and story). The opening fight of Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo is also nuts.
But yeah, for actual story, the comics are way better
Good work. Too bad the quality of the kit isn’t as high as the quality of your review.
Thank you as always:) The kit ended up quite hard to review because it was hard to balance valid fan sentiments and the fact that it's under-engineered
Review the Hg Getter Dragon
You know, I really do get that request a lot so I should see if I can fit it in for a review
Hmmm wonder if the other getters will get a release and i wonder if thay do that if thay lern from this and then make the others the best thay can
If they released something super popular like Shin Getter, I sure hope they'd take all the lessons from here and make that good. What I REALLY want is a new Getter 1. Love that straight-waisted tubby guy
The chest has a face in it, the green om it are the eyes and the yellow abs are teeth
That's a really happy face for something that's super good at killing
Not the best kit but I still love it. 😁😁😁
Fans of Getter Robo and the Arc will definitely be able to forgive the slightly cut-back engineering
Bandai's getting lazy. HG Super Robots doesn't have scale so its ok.
Yeah, the Cybaster also didn't have a scale and I suspect the upcoming Alt Eisen won't either, which is for the better since their sizes were all quite confusing.
The Infinitism kits are all listed as 1/144 scale officially.
Although this doesn't make complete sense because Getter Dragon would have towered over all the Mazingers and Steel Jeeg is tiny.
Damn it doesn’t come with the cat smh
Three-point verdict No.1: Does not come with Hobby
Why did the Getter series only have overpriced figures???
Another commenter mentioned part if it has to do with Dynamic Pro studio and their licensing fees. The price of this kit really is abnormally high
the part separation is nice, but i dont think i'll ever get into the over the top super robot aesthetics. also imo the backpack design is kinda ugly, tho no fault of the kit itself
Even among Super Robots, ones like the Getter Arc are really extreme and are an acquired taste - and I bet Bandai knew that and limited the development budget for it