PX-04 Hover Pileder SOC Review by Gold

The following review was originally prepared by Gold on 7/16/09 on the Robot-Japan Forum:

Hi all, here's a short review of the Soul of Popynica Px-04 Shin Mazinger Hover Pileder.


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Shin Mazinger Series Intro



Box



The Styrofoam box is the same as the Px-01 Pileder, down to the "Z" logo up front.





Manual. It's a bit of a problem to get the base sticker out since the bag is heat-sealed, so you have to cut open the bag to get to the sticker.








New Koji is a repaint of the old figure (with white helmet now!) with "palms down" hands. The new Koji has a problem standing up due to the left leg being somewhat "bow-legged", it took some fixing with hot water to soften the leg and reposition it before I could make it stand properly, a friend of mine also has this problem with his figure. This was not an issue with the Px-01 Koji.



New C0ckpit.
















Comparisons with the Px-01 Hover Pilder

















Notable differences :
-Different shade of red and silver paint
-New front grill
-New protruding metal portion near the canopy
-New control panel
-Red painted propeller wings
-Koji's helmet is now white and his uniform is lighter colored.



MAZIN GO!!!
















Not bad, it's not exactly a complete reissue. The only real problem would be how difficult it still is to get Koji inside the pilot's seat. I almost popped his head off and the gun on his hip still gets in the way when he's sitting down (sigh.. "10 years of SOC Engineering!" and we still get this oversight...).




Gold

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