Chozokei Damashii Rockman
I has them!!!! \0/
I went and bought the whole box, as I'd said I might. In the box there was the whole series... apparently, the rumor that buying a whole box wasn't the way to get the whole series was just that: a rumor.
Also, the final price for it was 88€, and not 99€. AND they made me a HUGE discount (like two gashapon for the price of half a gashapon) on Chozokei Damashii Kamina and Nia. ♥
There was another rumor circulating on the net: that the Chozokei Damashii Rockman gashapon looked horrible.
It's false.
It's horrible innaccurate and totally, totally false.
They're perfect under every aspect, the level of detail is amazing, and the paintjob as accurate as it is stunning.
HOWEVER.
We've discussed the matter long and hard with the store clerks, and we' deduced that there's always the chance that those horrible figurines aren't a kitchen tale (nightmare?), but an actually batch of bootleg gashapon. Especially since they were shipped out *before* the release date, as happens with fake products.
I've seen pictures of Chozokei Damashii X without the metal shine/metal effect on his armour. He had in in the productions stills released by Tamachii. And the one I found in the box has it, too. Which only strenghtens my convintion about there being some bootlegs products infesting the market. D: D: D: D: D:
If you can, stay awake from those fakes... they're usually cheaper, but purchasing them damages the fandom/franchise, and well, they usually aren't high-quality stuff. ^^;;
I wanted to share some pictures of the gashapon, but I was sidetracked, and couldn't take any *good* shoot. I do have one... no, two pictures I can upload, though. Please excuse the bad quality/lightning. And PLEASE! pay no heed to the chaos in my figure cabinet: I was still trying to determine where to put the gashapons and how, and I was experimenting around with bases and bases' height, the disposition, the scenario, etc. ^^;;;
