The Papa-San prototype Superman Robot. Created in 2006, this puppy is 12" tall and powered by two batteries. He can walk, swing his arms, and his chest emblem lights up.
But most impressive of all, dig that 1970s hairstyle on the head sculpt!
My three year old daughter came home with a Minnie Mouse figurine, distraught. The plastic toy was missing an arm, and my daughter insisted she couldn’t play with it because it was broken.
I told her that she could still play with it! That some people were born without an arm or that they might get hurt and lose an arm, but that didn’t mean they couldn’t still play or have fun. I explained that some people might get a prosthetic or just have a stub. And she asked what a prosthetic was. I showed her a picture and she was like, “oh! A robot arm!”
When my husband came home, she thrust the toy at him and told him, “Minnie needs a robot arm.”
He was very confused, but he prints and paints miniatures from various table top games. My daughter refers to them as “daddy’s statues.” She knew he could help Minnie. So he dutifully printed her out a robot arm from a warhammer 40k model on our 3d printer, and then they painted it pink and purple together.
All of this to say, look at Minnie Mouse and her new prosthetic!!
[Image description: three photos of the abovementioned Minnie Mouse figurine. One hand is the classic giant gloved Minnie Mouse hand: the other is a robot arm, palm upraised toward the viewer, clumsily painted the same bubblegum pink as the rest of the figurine. /end ID]
Image ID courtesy of @wanderingthunderstorm
Here’s a post about how to create smoother miniatures for the anon. It’s about your printer. (Includes more typical examples of my husband’s miniature painting).
Lights and sounds are a standard in the DX line, but this time Bandai has outdone himself. The display stand includes option parts to recreate the Big Falcon operational base (yeah, you even get the falcon head), the Boazanian ship and a monstrously big V that simulates the final Tenkuuken (the big sword) attack.
Not to mention you obviously get all the possible range of weapons seen in the anime. The only downside I would feel to mention is I really hoped for the Tenkuuken to be made with metal. Damn Bandai, how much would you have need to charge more on an already +500€ model to include it???
Final verdict? Damn expensive, damn beautiful. The better DX so far. Furthermore, it's freakin VOLTES V!