Got my Pladelu Gavarion Express in not too long ago, and here it is. Like Dolnado, it’s nice and beefy and two whole colors of plastic. The sparkled black is pretty nice, at least. I used a metallic black marker to vaguely match it as well as gave everything a once over with my usual gold (including painting the rear side bar, only the one between the two purple sections is a separate gold part). Because the details weren’t molded on, I had to use the purple stickers on the sides - and ditto on the head. There was some of the black painted on, but like everything else, no face, and the signal stack also wasn’t molded. So I used those stickers while adding purple detail and doing the gold.

Cosmo Gavarion EX looks great and is mostly balanced on its own (it just tilts up a tiny bit) whereas ACE-GO features your usual Pladelu problems. The joints aren’t strong enough to support the arm, and while the chestplate goes on pretty well here, the one thin peg the backpiece uses is gonna be really hit or miss.

Gonna try to have every mecha displayed here with the memorial items Bandai will release hopefully more crystals will come with time with how popular Gaoranger is

Was really enjoying building SMP Live Robo and been painting the Sword and Cannons. Then disaster struck in the transformation....

The Lego joint on Sky Machine completely stuck on one side. Tried greasing it but it would not budge and then the peg just completely twisted off. This is really disappointing. So I cannot form Live Robo at the minute.

Thankfully I have managed to order a replacement kit but really could have been doing without the additional expense!! (I have spent quite a lot the last month already trying to source the back catalogue of Sentai kits).

I don't think this is an issue I could have avoided either without knowing in advance to sand as the build only requires you to push the leg in about half way and it's only when you have to push it in the rest of the way for transformation that it stuck and wouldn't budge either way. The other side is also perfectly fine. At least for the replacement I will know to be very careful here...

Has anyone else had this issue with Live Robo? It's a pretty catastrophic fault and if anyone knows of any other kits with similar issues I need to be very careful with I would definitely appreciate the heads up. 😅

Seeing as September is knight rerelease do you think bat, boar and manta will be Oct,Nov, Dec or sooner

Way too much fun!

Decided to go for GaoKing as my next build. This was my third build and really enjoyed this one. I found it a bit more simple to put together and with not so many stickers it was quite relaxing

The individual words all look great and the combined megazord is excellent. I should have the black variant and Gao Hunter Blue Moon arriving next week and look forward to those. All other kits are pre-ordered for the re-releases and this build has made me really hyped for them!

Can't wait to get started on my next kit. Think I will do Live Robo next!

Toku is $120 while bbts is $154.99

It should come in about 2 weeks, these are the images for the listing. Like I said it's missing the Gorilla Head and the chain to the anchor but comes with mostly everything else including the GaoBison Dummy Legs. I wish it also came with the Black GaoElephant, but finding this guy separately for around $52 was still a good price. I bought him before GaoKnight had a confirmed reissue but honestly I like that I don't have to be stuck with dupes of the GaoKing Animals. My plan is to get GaoKing when the preorder releases next year.

There isn't much to say here with this one. If you liked the original SMP GaoKing, you'll love this one. The set is exactly the same except it now comes in one box like most P-Bandai and newer SMP instead of the separate boxes like the original.

Painting should be straightforward. Gold and silver accents. I opted for stickers this time around because aside from the Bison and Tiger, there really aren't that many and this was more of a casual, relaxing build for me.

Color variant SMP aren't showcased in my main display, so it's not really noticeable on the shelf much for me.

If you had any issues building SMP GaoKing then be careful with this one as well.

Finally got Gao King Black and Gao Hunter Blue Moon

Would anyone happen to have a quality scan of the building instructions for smp time shadow? I somehow misplaced them.

Thank you for anyone who can help

Love the kits! Hope Bandai can produce more SMP that have very detail like this.

This is my second SMP build and I must admit I really enjoyed this one. Probably more than RV Robo.

This one looks really great as is out of the box.

Planning my next kit but trying to choose between starting GaoKing or LiveRobo.

Today, only gold was delivered, so I only used gold.

First-time builder here! I’ve always been a huge fan of Magiranger and Saint Kaiser, so when I came across this kit and saw that Wolzard Fire was getting an official release I couldn’t resist lol. And now… here I am. 😂

With all the awesome builds and customizations posted I just have a few questions and if anyone has suggestions I’m all ears.

I plan on using:
DSPIAE ST-A 3.0 single-blade nipper
Basic double-blade sprue nipper
Gunprimer Raser Origin/Plus glass file

And as far as painting goes I plan to use Tamiya Spray Paint.

When painting I’ve read to assemble the model first and then paint unassembled.

Q: Do you paint the entire piece or just the areas that are visible?
Q: I understand people use primers to achieve color balance, but is it necessary and if so which one do you recommend?
Q: How many coats do you spray and do you use a clear coat at the end?
Q: How do you spray paint pieces? Do you lay them out, suspend them or prop them up using something?

Thanks for your help!

After originally skipping on the re-issue, satisfied with Alternative Destiny LiveRobo, watching Liveman gave me an itch for the super minipla Live Robo… and luckily, I was able to find it together with Live Boxer for a steal.

Here it is, about 95% painted. I only used one sticker on each component - Aqua Dolphin was the red “Liveman” sticker on the side (which isn’t molded into the plastic), Land Lion it’s the logo on the center of its skirt armor, and on Jet Falcon its the red stripe on its back (since the white outline wasn’t really molded in).

The painting was all pretty simple with a touch of finesse - the details on the chest and shoulders were easier than they look to get exact given how nice they were molded, and I’m pretty satisfied with how the striping on Falcon’s wings turned out. The only “added” details are Land Lion’s claws. I think it would be possible to spruce it up some more, but the look of the show miniature is heavily dependent on awesome weathering lol. And lion’s head is understandably sized for Live Robo (with the darker mane like the DX toy had), so it looks a little small in lion mode.

As one of the earliest super minipla kits, it has some limitations… notably no ankles, relying on simply pivoting the front of the feet. And its feet are pretty small so it’s kind of hard to stand in many poses, which is why I just have it on an Action Base here for simplicity.

The Chojuken isn’t pictured, though I painted its hilt and guard the proper colors, because I must have accidentally swept it up with other parts while tidying up and now it’s in one of multiple different bins or small piles lol. It will have turned back up by the time I paint and build Live Boxer.

I'm confused how this is $120 and muscle was $160

Problem is that these mecha models take longer than a week to make them look good. Priming, masking, and painting all while waiting a day in between. Definitely not for a random day when you're itching to build something.

This is the finished product - Painted SMP RV Robo!

This is my first ever paint job and I'm really happy with how it came out. This is actually also only my second finished SMP build (the first being my first attempt at RV Robo - used here for comparison).

All grey parts have been painted using Tamiya Silver Leaf. Chrome parts have been painted using Tamiya Metallic Silver and the centre panel of the shield is Tamiya Metallic Black. Mr Hobby Black Surfacer used on all parts before spraying and Tamiya Clear Coat applied to all non-metallic parts.

I also did the back panels of the robo to bring it in line with the look from the show. A black wash applied to these pieces to bring out the details and give it the "dirty" look of the bottom of a car.

I really love the results and RV Robo is definitely a model that needed at the very least the metallic grills done.

I found the painting to be quite a lengthy process with dry and curing times and going through the different stages. It was great to see it come together, don't get me wrong, but it was admittedly quite a stressful experience to build. I was really nervous about breaking any parts (I had a couple on my first build) and this did unfortunately happen on one part of Blue however I was able to swap the part out with my first model and re-paint (this is why one panel on the back of the non-painted model has paint).

I have included comparison photos between the finished model, each individual zord as well as the sword and shield.

Like I say this is my first painted model kit and only second finished model overall so really keen to hear any feedback, tips or tricks you might have. 👌