Soul of Chogokin SPEC XS-05 Dragonar 1 from Opening Silhouette Bandai

Not perfect. But gorgeous enough to make you overlook it's minor flaws.This is my first fore into the Bandai Soul Spec line of more modern "Real Robots". I'm fairly impressed. The Opening Sillouette Dragonar 1 seems to be a great place to start. I come to this line mainly more familiar with Bandai's Super detailed Soul of Chogokin line and their wonderfully articulated Super Robot Chogokin offerings. It's my understanding that the Soul Spec line was more of an offshoot of the SOC line, to specialize in some more modern types of anime bots (that weren't Gundam or Macross). By and large it's an interesting change from the crazy engineering of the SOC's. This set reminds me almost of a blending of Bandai's SOC line and their Master Grade model kits.While yes it is a Gokin, with a healthy amount of metal. All of it is on the inside. The core figure is the metal skeleton or armature. Out of the box it is bare, with no armor attached. You get to add all of the armore pieces. This is both a high point and a low point of the figure. High because it is a cool mechanic that allows for some neat features. Flawed because it's easy to knock some panels off.Articulation of the figure is sadly a little meh. It's good. It's serviceable. The skeleton moves in almost any way you would want. But it's a basic skeleton and the engineering feels a little dated. Everything you need is there. But it lacks some modern "nice to haves". Elbows and knees are both single jointed. Hips and feet don't pull down. Shoulders don't have the modern pivot or crossover joints etc. it's a serviceable figure that has about the same articulation as a good plastic Gundam model kit.Paint is gorgeous. The paint scheme just pops. It draws the eye like few other things on your shelf, with astonishing presense. Accessories are good. Just what they need to be. Rifle, beam sabers, sheath able knives, throwing bombs, that wonderful shield, and the high point of the figure, the lifter unit flight pack. Yeah make room on your shelf. There is no way you will be displaying this fig without that. The only complaint on the overall finish is with all the metal on the Shelton, it leaves the outside feeling plasticy. It's a really minor nitpick as it still has good weight in the hand and paint apps are perfect.Getting some of the detail parts in place can be finicky, with a lot of teeny tiny plastic bits that are easily lost (the ammo magazines stand out). Wrestling the flight rig onto the figure is a challenge that requires three hands. But once on it is rock stable.Size wise it is about the same size as the larger SRC bots such as Mazinkaiser, or the smaller SOC's such as Leoparden, Danguard A and similar. He shelves extremely well on display alongside some of the Super Robot Wars SRC's such as Wessreiter and Alteisan. And would look well in company with any die cast series Gundams or Valkyrie. It's lineage looks more Gundam than Macross though.The stand is a nice flight display base that supports the robot in flight mode well, and is sculpted to resemble a launch catapult. It's only flaw is a lack of a sign plate.One word of caution, when assembling it and putting on the armor, read or rather study the directions carefully. The armor panels most go on in a certain order or you will have problems. Also note there are two white hip pieces on the skeleton when it comes out of the box. Those get taken off as the first step. They do not go back on. The non English instructions can be confusing on that point. (I assume they are for a different Dragonar version that shares a common frame.)Overall a really nice piece. I'll be picking up a few more Specs.

Good product

不満点は、腰のジョイントが緩い、経年劣化の為だと思う白いパーツの多少の黄ばみ、動かしてるとスネのパーツが外れやすい、シールドの爪パーツ及び手持ちパーツの緩さです。リアルタイムでアニメをみて、プラモデルも作り倒してきました。バリグナー、感動的なカッコ良さ❗可動も良好でガシガシ動かして遊べますし、ポーズもバッチリ決められます。TV本編スタイルも良いですが、このバリグナーはまた格別です。オリジナルのリフターもイカしてます。ガンダム系とは違った魅力満載のメカ。できれば高価ではありますが、他の魂スペックのドラグナーシリーズを揃えたいですね。

写真での印象がバリグナー度が今ひとつで妙なオリジナルアレンジを効かしてる残念な商品かと思ったのですが実物を手に取り良い意味で裏切られました。当時の「夢色チェイサー」のドラグナーが見事に再現されています。魂SPECならではの重量感もドラグナーにはマッチしています。何よりもアニメ本編のリフターではない「夢色チェイサー」版のリフターが付属しているのが泣きそうな程な感激ポイント。見事な企画だったと思います！

今家で飾ってありますけども中古なのでちょっと黄ばんでますけども まあまあ良かったです

まず可動範囲が広いですね。元々のデザイン自体が可動に適しているのかも知れませんが良く動くし動かし易いです。そして格好いい。昔作ったプラモデルと並べると愕然とします。更にフレームとは言え露出した部分や関節に金属がふんだんに使用されているので質感が良く、耐久性に優れています。魂ウェブ限定でD-2、D-3と発売され、どうやら今度はドラグーンも発売されるみたいですが個人的にはD-1カスタムじゃないのがちょっとがっかり。しかしD-1カスタムもいずれ一般販売されるものと期待して引き続き待ちたいと思います。