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Review: Beginning with the Scopedog and Brutishdog<\/p>\n

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Packaging & extras:<\/strong> (4\/5)
\nI\u2019m really easy to please when it comes to Votoms packaging because I love the \u201cammunition tin as toy box\u201d approach and it seems to be common among toy manufacturers. You do get a window that shows the goods within offset with great little drawings of the figures. Regardless of which flavor you purchase, you\u2019ll find the armored trooper (AT) in the box with the head antennae detached, you\u2019ll need to install them. The Scopedog figure also includes:
\n1) Chirico pilot figure (without helmet on)
\n2) Helmeted Chirico head
\n3) Fixed posed hands (R&L open)
\nIn a plastic baggy taped to the side of the plastic tray you\u2019ll also find:
\n4) 2x replacement shoulders with textured ‘cast iron’ look
\n5) 2x stick-on lenses for eyes
\n6) 1x black backer for sliding eye mechanism to conceal pilot interior
\n7) Gun (5 pieces, barrel, scope, body, butt, ammo tin)
\n8) Fixed posed hand with grip for gun
\nBehind the cardboard behind the plastic tray you\u2019ll also find:
\n9) Instructions
\n10) Stickers<\/p>\n

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The Brutishdog is similar, but that AT only has one hand so things are necessarily a little different. You get:
\n1) Fyana pilot figure (without helmet on)
\n2) Helmeted Fyana head
\n3) Backpack
\n4) Ammo magazine
\nThe baggy taped to the inside of her tray contains:
\n5) 2x replacement shoulders
\n6) 2x stick-on lenses for eyes
\n7) 1x black backer for sliding eye mechanism to conceal pilot interior
\nBehind the cardboard behind the plastic tray you\u2019ll also find:
\n8) Instructions
\n9) Stickers
\nI didn\u2019t use the black backer or stickers in any of my pictures but I did apply the lenses of the eyes as the toys just looked way too plain without them.<\/p>\n

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Charm & Collectability:<\/strong> (3.5\/5)
\nSuper deformed figures are an acquired taste though the Votoms license seems to get a lot of mileage from them. The 5Pro figures themselves are based on a model series by Medicom and there\u2019s also the D-style models in this space and Bandai\u2019s Converge gashapon does the SD look as well. At about 10CM long, these toys aren\u2019t big which may make it easier to justify having more than one but it also makes the figure feel less substantial and there\u2019s no metal to add a feeling of heft. Sales appear to have been brisk (or production volumes low) with most stores selling out during the preorder period. 5prostudios has teased more variants such as a Last Red Shoulder Turbo Custom, a Uoodoo Red Shoulder Custom, a Blood Sucker, and a Lido War Scopedog and they have previously created models of the Fatty Desert Custom and Rabidly Dog. So far there have been two releases:
\nScopedog with Chirico, January 2018, 5,370 Yen
\nBrutishdog with Fyana, January 2018, 5,370 Yen<\/p>\n

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Sculpt, Detail, & Paint:<\/strong> (6.5\/10)
\nWhile the jewel stickers for the lenses are attractive once installed, I was really let down to see they were not pre-applied. Both of these toys really suffer from a lack of pre-painted detail. Most parts of the toy are molded in color with paint being very rare in places like the gun, the head antenna, and the tire detail on the bottom of the foot.. If you want to make these things pop, you will have to grab the sticker sheet. For the size, the cockpit area has a surprising amount of detail including sensory equipment in the top section of the helmet. Given that the toy is super deformed the proportions are a very subjective matter but I really like the overall shape and level of detail in the mold.<\/p>\n

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Design:<\/strong> (8\/10)
\n1) Scopes rotate: Yes. Scope tracks left to right: Yes. Head twists left to right: Yes.
\n2) Visor opens upward revealing the pilot: Yes
\n3) Opening cockpit: Yes
\n4) Internal controls: Yes. Articulated: No. Gun stowage: No
\n5) Removable Pilot Figure: Yes. Articulated: Yes
\n6) Opening foot well: No
\n7) Articulated armor panels on hips, feet, and wrist: Yes
\n8) Articulated shoulder mounts: Yes
\n9) Removable armor with internal mechanical detail: No
\n10) Back that accommodates different accessories: Yes
\n11) Foot wheels: No (but painted to look like it)
\n12) Functional foot pivot spikes: Yes
\n13) Punch mechanism: Yes (simple extension)
\n14) Dog mode: Yes
\nFor the size, I was VERY impressed with this toy\u2019s thoughtful design. Sure, it doesn\u2019t tick off the same boxes as the super premium releases but it certainly holds its own and even excels against toys in this price category (like CM\u2019s or MaxFactory offerings). The hands are ball joints that swap out easily with the accessory hands yet attach firmly. You can remove the magazines on the exterior hip flaps and go with a naked look or, on the scopedog, you can remove the ammo tin from the gun and put it on the hip armor. It’s too bad we didn’t get two ammo tins so you coudl have on one each of the scopdog’s hips. The heads on the pilot figures are pegs that also do a good job holding the head on securely without making it so you have to apply too much pressure swapping the head out.<\/p>\n