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Toybox REVIEW: Super Robot Chogokin Gurren Lagann Drill Set of Manliness

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So just why did Super Robot Chogokin Gurren Lagann come with barely any drills? The answer for that is simple – why bundle them in with the figure itself when an accessory pack can be made out of it! Released the same time as the main SRC figure was the appropriately named “ Drill Set of Manliness ” accessory set, which not only features Giga Drill parts but also pieces to recreate Gurren Lagann in "fully drillized" mode.  You know an accessory pack means business when the box is the size of a Super Robot Chogokin figure itself (albeit much lighter though). The front features Gurren Lagann in his iconic "Giga Drill Break" pose, showing off pretty much all the accessories this set has to offer. Strangely, the English name for the set isn't included on the front, instead on the back in smaller text along with some smaller image of the set being used with the figure itself. Open the box up and you have probably the most extensive and neatest arrangem...

Fun with Fourze: S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Fourze Module Set 01

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In my earlier review of S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Fourze I said that despite him being a great figure, just how great he can be depends on how much money you're prepared to spend on him aside from the initial figure. At the time of writing that only the first module and stand/effect sets had been released, now as we come to end of Kamen Rider Fourze a total of four module sets have been released, with perhaps the possibility of more to come. Initially I didn't have plans to buy anything else outside of the stand set (because I'm a sucker for character-centric stands) but when AmiAmi had Module Set 01 on sale for 500 yen (£4/$6), it seemed too good an offer to pass up. Included in this set are the following switches. Switch 02 Launcher (Right Leg) Switch 04 Radar (Left Arm) Switch 05 Magic Hand (Right Arm) Switch 06 Camera (Left Arm) Packaging is a typical black Figuarts style box (albeit smaller) with some Fourze style pattern and an image of the ch...