r/Minipla

I see these stores currently have Gao Guardian box set available for pre-order. Is there a reason why there is such a big price difference? Both are in USD so I don't think shipping plays a huge role

EDIT: Ani Mecha seems to be exclusive to Singapore. Ggs 🥲

Hey everyone, I’ve never ordered from Nin-Nin Game before, but I’m planning to use their Pay Later option to grab a bunch of the latest SMP Gaoranger restocks.

Since there are many items are releasing across late 2026 and 2027, what is the best and cheapest way to handle this? Should I use their Private Warehouse feature to combine shipping later, or split them up? Would love to hear your experiences and any tips on avoiding extra fees. Thanks!

Recently got in the Pladelu Drill and Crane set. Considering the limitations of Infinity’s aux vehicles, it probably worked out nicely that suruga-ya didn’t have this in stock at first and I wound up getting the more premium Dolnado between Saber/Laser and this lol.

The Good: The plastic color is a real nice green. The size of these should be appreciated; compared to recent sentai auxes, even these simpler arm parts have all been pretty bulky.

The Not So Good: Again, only one color per, so all the black etc is painted. No movement besides the swivels. Gone is the extending crane of something like the Trigger Machine. This (nor Drill) doesn’t include a new lightbar for the right side of the chest. Only Saber did (and I guess because that’s the only one without any other sort of chestplate being added?). I’ve wound up with extra Saber, so will probably use its extra chest insert to paint whatever assault mode configuration I like the best, whether it’s one of these stock ones or a kitbash I do. The pre-assembled head that came with the Cosmo Gavarion itself was beautiful. Everything since, not so much. But Crane’s head is easily the worst of the bunch. There’s a dot of black paint on the little crane overhand and that is it. The face is completely smooth, which means you’re forced to use a (bad) sticker on what I think is probably the coolest Cosmo Gavarion face. And to top it off, you either have to be careful/lucky putting it on or take the pre-built head apart to get the sticker on well.

The Ugly: You’ll notice the only shot of Cosmo Gavarion &C with the chestplate on is it laying on its back. Which is because the peg is… too small? I haven’t really looked into the issue I’m having much. I watched a youtube vid or two where it seemed to work fine. I’m curious if anyone else here has Crane. Otherwise when I have a chance I’ll try searching around on the Japanese side some to see what’s up.

By no means are these even close to perfect, but I’m so excited with how this turned out on my first try.

I was very nervous about messing this kit up, but I’m glad I pushed past the self doubt and tried something new!!

Anyone know if this will come back in stock?

It went up for order earlier this morning but closed before I could order one.

Curious because it says closed instead of sold out.

https://tokullectibles.com/collections/hyakujuu-sentai-gaoranger

So I've only recently learned about this series of model kits even existing and really want to start collecting all of the different animal zords.

I'm in the UK and have no clue where to start looking to buy them so any advice would be greatly appreciated.

This one was finished in December 2020 when I was fairly new to Minipla as a whole. My first was Yokuryuoh set of 12.

After some struggle on Paypal's part, I FINALLY ordered my first SMP set! Went for the most expensive so the others will be less of a hit on the wallet.

Never seen this site until just a few minutes ago when I checked to see how much GaoWallaby was on Tokullectibles

Great build experience, but man... there really are too many stickers. Also I already broke a piece in each hip, so now the legs are a bit floppy from side to side. That's on me, but I had the same issue with Galaxy Mega. Nothing a little TLC can't fix.

By this time Monday, I should be able to assemble them and take some nice photos.