#gaigar

That new GaoFighGar figure apparently came up with a new way to use LinerGao 2 I got so happy about that lol (if only I wasn't saving money for a convention atm lol)

8-4-2025

(Takara's new stock photo below)

Toyr!se Genesic GaoGaiGar

This is my first version of Genesic, only having handled versions of GaoGaiGar's other incarnations. And I picked a pretty good one to start with. It's a very solid toy, with none of the fragility and far less tedium than some of the other GGG toys I've handled previously. But boi so wide! I'm having trouble finding a shelf to put him on.

The Good: Like the previous Toyr!se figure I've handled, this is a very playable toy. All the stylings of a DX toy, with added posability and features. Galeon and Gaigar are both pretty solid and posable figures on their own, the Gaos are very minorly fiddly and play well with GaiGar even outside of the full combined mode, and there are so many extra little things you can do with them that you never seen in the animation.

Genesic isn't as big as ExKaiser, but it still feels its price point, due to a lot of the simple but dedicated engineering and tons of parts. Once it's together, it's a super solid combination, and I've had no issues with it coming apart or getting misaligned. It's also still quite posable, retaining its waist, some neck, and all the other expected joints. It's very well designed.

It has a few accessories. Two different arm attachments, three screwdriver bits, an open fan for the left arm, and big hands to do the thing.

The Bad: There are a few small problems. The first one I noticed is the click to get Galeon's head in place is a bit too tight, and the paint in that area chipped immediately. The plastic is fine, but it's a bummer that wasn't left unpainted if that may have been a known issue. There are also a few other parts on him that barely have enough room to get into place.

And Gadget Gao is the one piece I would say is actually fiddly, at least when going into Genesic. You have to get all this stuff aligned to get it to snap on, and while it's solid once together, something is always going to be misaligned on your first try.

GaGaGa GaGaGa GaoGaiG-- You know the drill

RG GaoGaiGar

I actually went back and rewatched this show last year, and it really holds up. Y’know, apart from the constant flashing lights (epileptics be warned). I’m aiming to get Goldymarg at some point, but I really hope they do some of the other versions, like the Star upgrades, GaoFighGar, and GaoGaiGo. Maybe Genesic, but I’d be more interested in getting the others first. A lot of them reuse parts between them, so you wouldn’t need to fully remold everything. I’d also like to see some of the other robots in High Grade; at least ChouRyuJin.

The Good: This was probably the most fun RG I’ve built. Because it was four separate builds, everything was concise without getting tiring, and also created dedicated stopping points. Also, it’s a Gunpla produced combining build, so you can expect there to be some crazy engineering.

Some notes about the actual build, the train windows are some very cool plastic stickers I haven’t seen elsewhere. The Dividing Driver has a metal spring in it, on top of having a metal screwdriver head. They used a twin wire setup for the helmet piece to maintain posability while still having it attach to Stealth Gao. And while the combination can be a little finicky to put together, once assembled it’s super solid.

And it doesn’t really use adapters, either. Any combination with GaiGar can be made with no additions, and the only ones it does come with are to attach Stealth Gao and Liner Gao, and for the Broken Magnum.

The Bad: While the build itself is mostly solid, the face plate inside the helmet likes to pop off, and can get lost inside Stealth Gao. Also, apart from the Hell and Heaven hands, it only has posable finger hands. They’re good hands, but I still would have added at least standard fists. There’s also the grates that cover the fists; just for aesthetics, not really needed.

The Details: For the most part I did black panel lining and the plastic and metallic stickers. I did use some of the larger GGG logo stickers, but omitted many of the tiny Warning and Caution stickers.