Scopedog face-off Zaku
Typically, we would relate Marmit to vinyl figurines manufacturer but hello, the company did try out die-cast toys in the past with this highly detailed mini metal Super Robot Archives Votom V-06 Scopedog. Generally, we would refer Super Robot to much larger robot like Mazinger and Votom V-06 Scopedog should come under Real Robot such as the Gundam. Nevertheless, I sure wouldn't mind having this figurine.
The 9 cm figurine comes in a card packaging and yeah I let it breath! There are some die-cast on the figure but not entirely based on my cold touch technique lol... and definitely not TOO HEAVY according to its packaging. Lolz... This figure is still a beauty despite the thick antenna, the oversized rifle and those visible seam lines from side views. I have to give my compliments to those fine details and application weathering plus dry brush effects which make the robot a lot more realistic looking. Let's welcome Votom V-06 Scopedog to my mecha toy collection.
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Looking at the card art / design of this mini-figure, I guess it must be a product from the 90s, am I right, pal?... I’m not familiar with the Armored Trooper VOTOMS series, but I found in the handy internet that it was originally aired in the 80s and the mecha design has some similarities with the Zaku MS (I guess that’s the reason why you included a gashapon / trading figure of the latter)... I didn’t know about Marmit, but from what I can see in this collectible, I can say it has very interesting products and I like very much this little guy!... The fact that it has diecast parts is a not so usual feature in figures of this size and work moving parts in an action figure made with diecast is not easy in term of design and manufacturing; I think that’s why the Metal Build and the older Metal Composite lines by Bandai are so expensive...
There is remade of the anime so it’s very much like you mentioned. Still, it’s pretty small, I used the trading figure Zaku II as a size comparison. Marmit isn’t a big player in the toy industry however I appreciate the company’s effort in getting the license to produce the mecha.
Dennis, if you didn't mention Marmit, I thought this figure is produced by TakaraTomy :)
Well, it does has that level of workmanship equaled to Takara Tomy : )
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