Prototype pictures and details of the upcoming diecast Grendizer!

Prototype pictures and details of the upcoming diecast Grendizer! High Dream sends word of their 2009 release:

20+ Points of Articulation, ball jointed chest, waist, and ratchet jointed legs are all die cast parts, the action figure will come in a decorated window box with 14 extra accessories;

x6 xtra hands
x2 shoulder blade
x2 rocket punch
x2 rocket exhaust trail effects
X2 axes (forming the double harken weapon)

This is the first model in High Dream's new collection called 'metaltech'

Following the first model - Piccolo in the R&M555 Dragon Ball Z collection, comes the 8 Inch polystone statue of Frieza.

Following the first model - Piccolo in the R&M555 Dragon Ball Z collection, comes the 8 Inch polystone statue of Frieza.

Limited to 555 pcs and will be released during November 2008.

FRIEZA statue & Base, SRP; USD 149.00.

"We hope you'll like this new character and we will come soon with the next in the line; SS GOKU."

Created by Akira TORIYAMA, Dragon Ball Z tells the tale of a boy named GOKU and his quest to find the 7 dragon balls that would grant a wish. Dragon Ball Z is considered one of the most popular and successful anime of all time worldwide.

R&M555 is a line of figures, 6 to 10 inch tall, produced in limited numbers (555) made of resin and/or metal materials, designed and sculpted in Japan.

Licensed by FUNimation Productions Ltd. R&M555 starts with a display of 5 main characters from the show Dragon Ball Z (www.dragonballz.com) each figure to be exclusively distributed in USA and Canada.

© 2008 BIRD STUDIO / SHUEISHA, TOEI ANIMATION. Licensed by FUNimation® Productions, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

The 12" Mazinger-Z Soft Vinyl action figure will be sold through Sideshow Collectibles!

This is great news!

Sideshow Collectibles and High Dreams are extremely proud to present the Mazinger Z 12-inch Figure from the Super Robot Series. The 12-inch Mazinger Z posable figure is crafted of high quality ABS, PVC and vinyl.

The Mazinger Z 12 inch Figure features:

* 21 points of articulation
* Ratchet articulations (X4), ball jointed feet, head, legs, shoulders.
* Iron Cutter
* Reinforced rocket punch
* 2 pair of hands (fist & flat palm)

IKKI TOUSEN - RIYOMOU SHIMEI with its window box is a highly detailed 8 Inch PVC figure that comes with an ABS base and will be released October 2008.

IKKI TOUSEN - RIYOMOU SHIMEI with its window box is a highly detailed 8 Inch PVC figure that comes with an ABS base and will be released October 2008.

Japan retail will be 6980yen.

High-Dream announces their new 12" articulated Mazinger Z action figure

High-Dream announces their new 12" articulated Mazinger Z action figure. All plastic, 21 points of articulation

This figure will include:

-Iron Cutter
-Reinforced rocket punch
-2 pair of hands (fist & flat palm)

Shipping November 2008 for $90 USD

High-dram sends images of their last model in the official Saint Seiya statue series, DRAGON [shiriyu] with its base.

High-dram sends images of their last model in the official Saint Seiya statue series, DRAGON [shiriyu] with its base. No other details provided at this time.

Produced and Distributed by Dream Colours S.r.l

High Dream corp has announced a series of diecast, fully transforming Gingaizer toys

Well here is a cool thing. High Dream Corporation has announced that they are producing a line of 8" fully transformable diecast toys from the 1977 anime Super Combination Magical Robo Gingaizer.

How is that for obscure?

Based on the prototype pictures though they look really great. The toys will be sold as a set, and will be released early 2009.

High-Dream sends this message:

"Attached are pictures of our first R&M555 DRAGON BALL Z model PICOLLO.
We are currently finishing the other characters part of the first collection;
-SON GOKU s.s
-VEGETA s.s
-FRIEZA
-TRUNK s.s

Our distributor PBM EXPRESS USA LLC announced a SRP of USD 225.00/pc

All models are limited to a quantity of 555 pcs.

We hope you'll like the quality of this DRAGON BALL Z line. you can visit www.high-dream.com for further infos and we will post pictures of the up coming characters as soon as we can."

A whole bunch of new original Grendizer products from High Dream Corporation

So there are a few new Grendizer products coming out from the High Dream Corporation. High Dream is based out of Japan but distributes a lot of its Grendiser products as Goldrake in europe.

First off is the diecast spazer set. Each spazer is in scale with the previous diecast spazer released by HL in 2006.

Saucer Display Set

Double Spazer

Drill Spazer

Marine Spazer

Diecast Vegan Saucers

High Dream is also coming out with a 12" articulated plastic Grendizer

Release date and price TBD.

Dizer Jump!

Late 2006 saw the appearance of a new Jumbo Machinder sized vinyl rendition of Ufo Robo Grendizer from the High Dream Corporation. The toy was a surprise and intriguing to me as a Jumbo collector. But since it wasn't really a TRUE Machinder, and it needed to be shipped from Europe, I hesitated to buy it. But finally, I broke down and decided I should get it if for no other reason than to review it.

Unlike some toys that attach the word Jumbo to themselves, this one does stand a legit 60cm (23.5") tall as it says on the box. The box is rather large at 27" tall and 13.5" across. It's only about 6.5" deep though. The front has a large drawing of Grendizer in the foreground with the science institute in the back. The upper half of the box is a clear cellophane window, through which you can see the head and shoulders of the toy as it rests in a styrofoam tray. The back and sides of the box repeat the artwork from the front. Strangely, the robots name is worded 3 different ways on the box. He is called Grendizer in English, UFO Robot Goldrake in English and also UFO Robo Grendizer in Japanese (UFOロボ グレンダイザー).

The toy itself is very eye catching. In addition to it's size, the sculpt is very nice and the paint job nice and glossy. So glossy in fact you can see reflections in it.

My specimen does have a small flaw on the left arm, but considering the quality of the rest of the paint job, I'm willing to bet it is an isolated incident.

I count 14 points of articulation on this one (neck, waist, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles). It may be easy to overlook the ankle joints, but they are there. Turning the ankles causes the back of the legs to not line up. Please note that when I say articulion, I only mean that each of those joints can be turned. For instance, you cannot BEND the elbows or knees. The toy remains in a static pose. Furthermore, the waist does not move very far because the purple pointed up from the pelvis prohibits it.

Should you buy this? If you are a Grendizer fan, definitely. It's a great, big rendition of the character and will look great with your Marmit Daigokin or Fierce Legends of Super Robots version, etc. You should also get it if you just like larger robot toys. If you are a Machinder purist though, it's probably not for you. Though it has a static pose and the requisite size, it's sculpt and paint job are probably just too realistic for it to display well with your regular polyethylene jumbos.

Though this was released already in Europe, it will be released in Japan in April and can be pre-ordered via HobbyLink Japan.