#Sol Gravion

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Moderoid God Gravion, SolΣGravion, and GodΣGravion

Another series I’ve never seen, but bought a bunch of model kits for when I was on a Super Robot building kick. I somewhat regretted the purchase until I started building them, and the build ended up being pretty fun. I ended up buying all 3 because of the premise of combination, which is its own thing we’ll get to later.

The Good: Unlike many other Moderoids I’ve handled, which use a lot of replacement parts and cheating, these guys don’t require much of it at all. You remove the head wings and horns so the helmet will fit, and a single piece from one of the flyers, but that’s all that’s required. Yes, they each come with a replacement torso, but it’s hardly necessary. Apart from that, Sol has cannon extensions, and the transformation hands are smaller, but that’s all they require individually to transform.

The combination is also pretty solid. It requires a lot of adapters, but has ok posability, and won’t easily fall apart.

The Bad: So these builds require a lot of replication. Both ΣGravion are exactly the same apart from the color of their chins, and both Gods have the same auxiliary vehicles apart from the legs. And you’d think that owning just God and SolΣ would be enough to make Ultimate Gravion, but GodΣ has all the required adapters, so you need to own all 3 even though only 2 of them combine.

Speaking of the combination, when I said it required adapters, it requires a lot of adapters.

The Details: For the most part I stuck to standard panel lining and using the included stickers. The one additional detail I added was I repainted the scar on ΣGravion’s cheek red to make is stand out more, as well as the small bit of scarring where the left eye used to be since that was left blank.

Overall, It’s a good collection of kits, but GodΣGravion is entirely repetitive pieces if you’ve built the other two, but is also required if you want to make Ultimate Gravion. It’s a weird conundrum, and one I’d recommend you mull over yourself to determine if it’s worth it or not. I like Ultimate Gravion enough as a design that I’m ok with it now that I’m far removed from purchasing it, but I’m not everyone, and mileage will vary.

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Sol Sigma Gravion joins the family

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i miei prossimi acquisti:

Getter Robo Devolution[MJH]

Getter Robo Devolution Black Version [MJH]

Moderoid Hyper Combat Unit Dangaioh

Moderoid Sol Gravion Zwei

Moderiod God Gravion

Infinite Dimension Genesis Limited Edition

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Sentinel and “Brave” are literally my favorite toy producer and one of my favorite mecha properties combining so needless to say God Gravion was a sheer treat to review. Check out the article for the full rundown!

Producer: Sentinel

Price: Approx. $430 USD

Release Date: Sept. 2018

Where to Buy: The Chosen Prime)

Item Height: Approx. 9.25″

Item Weight: N/A

Batteries: N/A

WHERE TO BUY: The Chosen Prime

Sentinel takes a big dip into the world of “Brave” with God Gravion and the anticipation on my end was at a high from the second a teaser was shown. To have it finally here in hand feels like a dream come true as a fan and even though there are some low points to it this was really a treat to review. Check out the video above as well as my written thoughts, grading, and gallery below then let me know what you think in the comments. This piece is a “big deal” so I’d like to know what you all think as well in terms of whether or not it stacks up.

Presentation: I really like what the Metamor-Force line does with their boxes in the sense that they’re big, sturdy cardboard boxes with no gimmicks and absolutely fantastic artwork and graphics throughout. Unlike some of its predecessors though, this one’s box has a glossy finish which gives it a much fancier appeal on top of the fact that the box is pretty darned big (In fact, I think it may have beaten Giant Gorg for the biggest box I’ve seen from the company.) The size of the box isn’t for wasted space, though; right away you can see Gran Kaiser ad well as the Gran-Divas on top of loads of accessories packed very well into their plastic clamshells. The paint and overall decos on these pieces are immaculate as well and it really gives a “high-end” feel both on receipt and opening of this piece.

Build: Both Gran Kaiser and the Gran-Divas are comprised of both plastic and diecast pieces. Everything on it is well put together and very tight. Although I don’t fear that any pieces of it will break during play or transformation, there are multiple areas that I feel are prone to paint rubbing and chipping if not played with carefully (shown in video.)

Accessories: God Gravion comes with his Graviton Sword, blasters, and the Graviton Cresent built into the chst portion of G-Shadow as well as a great variety of different hands (for God Gravion; Gran-Kaiser only comes with two hand options.) I feel that the accessories are plentiful and all have their uses but this is a pieces that could have benefited from a a stand as much or more than any other piece I’ve even gotten from Sentinel.

Articulation: In what came to me as a surprise for a Sentinel product the articulation is actually the low point on God Gravion. For this I highly recomment watching the video portion to see things like how the shoulder armor really hinders the arm movement and even seemingly unnecessary limits on things like elbow bend. I think the easiest way to word it is that this in play feels like how the Sentai mecha actors in those large, cardboard suits looked in motion. It’s pretty rough.

Overall Score: 7.5/10 – God Gravion really is a fantastic pieces that I really think will impress the majority of those who purchase it. However, the very odd articulation limits in key areas really feel like a step back from what their designers have been doing to this point and I just can’t wrap my head around some of the decisions made in that area. With God Gravion being an Obari design in particular there are some dynamic things that fans are going to WANT to do with this piece by nature and having some of those things either be very difficult or not possible to do with this while other Obari mecha like Sentinel’s Dancouga are engineered around being able to do them leaves me slightly frustrated. Overall God Gravion is an amazing display piece but the play portion makes the price point hard to justify.

Check out the gallery below and if you fancy one of your own check out The Chosen Prime and order yours!

Toy Review: Sentinel Metamor-Force God Gravion Sentinel and "Brave" are literally my favorite toy producer and one of my favorite mecha properties combining so needless to say God Gravion was a sheer treat to review.

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Been watching Gravion again lately and GOOD GOD EIJI AND TOGA ARE BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYFRIENDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I MEAN LOOK AT HOW THEY INTERACT AFTER SOL GRAVION SHOWS UP!!! THEY ARE TOTALLY A COUPLE AND I WILL NEVER STOP SHIPPING THEM!!!!!

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*+* Sentinel METAMOR-FORCE"BARI"ATION Zwei Gravion Sol Gravion Action Figure https://ift.tt/3eXKUpm

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Spotlight Sunday: Sol Gravion

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obari has been doing this shit for 20 years............

screenshot of touga's page on the SRW wiki saying that obari sees eiji as the "hero" and touga as the "heroine". and apparently SANDMAN is the main character? he says this on twitter too but the SRW wiki was more clear abt it hence why i picked it

idk if this really makes sense but basically the 紅 and 牙 characters for the zwei OP and also the title of ep9 come from eiji and touga's names respectively. so in addition to "kurenai no kiba" meaning "crimson fang" it also probably means smth along the lines of "touga of eiji"

(bravern spoilers) touga literally just straight up ASKS eiji to be the chest piece/heart of sol gravion. no wonder ppl had the bravern twist figured out after episode one cause touga literally did that shit in 2004 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love it when two dudes are gay and the robot is like their weird third but also representative of them

grand kaiser -> god gravion -> sol gravion literally goes from being a fully blue robot (touga's color and i believe implied by the 空 character in his last name - "sora" as in "sorairo"/blue sky) to incorporating more and more red the more essential eiji becomes/the more touga is changed by eiji (red being eiji's color and also seemingly from his own last name 紅, as it is the "crimson" part of "crimson fang")

apparently obari interprets the god-sol sigma double attack as touga and eiji's ケーキ入刀シーン (cake cutting scene) like from a wedding. as evidenced by the literal proposal LMAO. also he spells touga's name wrong

obsessed w the fact that he brought back all these tricks 20 years later and ppl actually noticed them w bravern, truly gravion was ahead of its time LMAO

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*+* Figure Super Heavy God Gravion Zwei Sol Sentinel https://ift.tt/2CYzZhI

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Finishing Move Friday: God Gravion & Sol Gravion - True Super Heavyweight Slash

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Sol Gravion Combination Sequence

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Finishing Move Friday: Sol Gravion - Sol Gravion Bringer

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Sol Gravion Crusher

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Gravion Nova

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Sol Gravion Combination Sequence