As someone who was looking forward to a restock of Gaim toys during its airing in HK, some idiot in the company decides to revamp the toy line and produce MINI VERSIONS of the toys. Have a look at this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK-sAMMjUss It's an absolute tragedy, I have no idea who thought of this:
- All the sizes have been completely dumbed down.
- Lockseeds have no sounds, it automatically lights up when you flip them over.
- Lockseeds are not 3D, instead they just have a sticker at the front, the sticker instead showing the arms weapon is also gone.
- You also have to physically pull the lock apart to "unlock", the buttons are the side don't work.
- No faceplate on the Sengoku driver and they are irreplaceable.
- All the sounds are in the belt, the hook bit on the top is gone. The sounds are done by the pin system and the slash of the knife has no effect whatsoever, the henshin timing is completely predetermined.
- No finisher sounds, but you get some stupid additional sounds like "Happy Mid-Autumn festival".
- Musou Saber now has a Sword and Gun mode that you have to switch between from the power button, so you can't just pull the trigger and shoot.
This has to be one of the worst things they've done to the KR merchandise (if not the worst), the remaining Gaim toys won't be produced anymore and the prices will shoot up.
I honestly fear to the Energy Lockseeds and the Genesis Driver...