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The packaging for the Gigantic Dark Guyver is as shown.
Box art looks great, and all the accessories can be seen through the clear display window.
The Gigantic Dark Guyver comes with GigaSmasher changeable part, Gravity ram (long and short), Two interchangeable heads, one with sonic orbs closed and one open, three high frequency swords for each arm, interchangeable wrist parts (fist, grab, and hold), and an improved display stand (more on this)
After spending about 10 mins untying all the wiring binding the Gigantic Dark Figure, he is finally released from his plastic prison and ready for action!
But first let me point out a personal experience I had with the Gigantic Dark Guyver's High Frequency Blades. Everyone should take note of this.
The three blades on the arm work this way. The longest and second longest blades have holes on the ends of the blades it self. On the arms there are corresponding pegs where you can fit the blades in.
But first let me point out a personal experience I had with the Gigantic Dark Guyver's High Frequency Blades. Everyone should take note of this.
The three blades on the arm work this way. The longest and second longest blades have holes on the ends of the blades it self. On the arms there are corresponding pegs where you can fit the blades in.
But on the shortest blade it is the opposite, There is a peg ON THE BLADE and a Hole on the arm to fit the blade in.
Because of this design, its sometimes difficult to get the shortest blade out after putting it in and some force is needed. In my case, I broke the peg on the blade. So you can see in the picture on the left there is no peg at the end of the shortest blade.
So where is the peg? It is now stuck in the hole on the arm and I can't get it out. So I can only pose it in the blades extended pose and I had to stuff that part with double sided tape to hold the blade.
Since I can't get the peg out I am also unable to pose it with the short retracted blade. Unless of course I try to break the peg on the retracted short blade as well.
Heart Ache!!! But anyway I went out and bought another one for myself. Couldn't stand flaws in my collection. Whew, luckily I was able to find one. So do learn from this and be extra careful when playing around with the ultra high frequency blades.
So now let's head back to the review.
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looks absolutely amazing and menancing with the blades extended. I especially like the jagged design of the blades.
Articulation on the arms are also well made, allowing bending at the elbow at more then 90 degrees.Order the Gigantic Dark Guyver From Amazon Now
Even with the two gravity boosters on the shoulders, poseability is not affected at all. That's because some degree of lateral movement is designed into the joints between the boosters and the shoulders so that the boosters do not get stuck at the head for certain poses. Pure brilliance!
The Gigasmasher is quite intelligently designed. Unlike the normal guyvers where opening the chest plates reveal the mega smasher, Gigasmashers are too big to be housed and completely cover with the chest plates.
So what you will see is that upon opening the chest plates, is a yellow circular cover under the plates. You can then swivel the circular cover to the middle of the chest. This will reveal holes for which you can peg in the Gigasmasher translucent cover and there you have it.
Typically with the gravity ram installed you will be posing the Gigantic Dark in a flying or charging pose where he rams towards his enemies.
And here is where the improved display stand comes in handy.
The holder on the display stand can now be rotated 90 degrees so you will be able to support gigantic dark in this pose. This kind of holder only comes with Gigantic Dark and Gigantic Guyver. I think it is a great improvement so I do not understand why Max Factory did not retain it for subsequent figures. 
An additional thing about the Gravity ram is that the retracted one is very small. So be careful with it. I have read about people who lost that and are asking whether anyone has a spare to sell cause he doesn't want to get a whole new toy figure just for that part. Well good luck with that....
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The Gigantic Dark Guyver looks stunning. You could look at it all day and it grows on you. I used to hate the design cause I thought it was too bulky and the shoulders with the boosters looked too exaggerated and comical. But the more I look at him the more I am in love with the Gigantic Dark.
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