Another 4-set bunch by Sluban and this is the first time their "feminine" mech doesn't have those dumb fists in place of normal hands. Since their Pacific Rim series, they usually include one mech that can be considered feminine and is more or less based on Athene Jaeger, but this is the first one I actually wanted to include in my collection.
As always with their new series, in the beginning the prices were just insane. But this time this insanity was going for too long, for so long that when I saw this mech for 17,53 EUR (AE Baymax Store), I thought it's a good deal and immediately bought it. Silly me, the next day it was around 15 EUR and after one more day - just 14 EUR, which is a usual price for Sluban mechs with around 500 pieces (this one has 504). Oh well, not a huge difference, but still pissed me off and poisoned the waiting :D
12 days to the EU and even delivered right to my door (waking me up at 9:00 on Saturday, ouch :D).
Nevertheless, the building experience has compensated everything. With each part of their (now huge) Robot series Sluban amazes me every-freaking-time. The quality of the pieces and the instructions is a given, however, the building design itself is evolving and you can clearly recognise it with each part completed.
Relaxed building took about 3 hours.
Brick quality: usual Sluban bricks with some additional moulded pieces that you have to cut out. I.e. - it's near top quality with perfect clutch but a bit more rough edges. I'd say it's usual 8/10, but I must add a point for the rubber heels - such a clever decision, which looks both funny and cool. I also REALLY liked those metallised purplish-red coloured pieces. So 9/10.
Design: this thing is HUGE, especially for 504 pieces. You can see on the last picture size comparison with B1236 and B1151 - both of them have MORE pieces than Nine-tailed fox. As I've already mentioned, Sluban is evolving with each mech, this time is no exception. They hide everything it's possible and even impossible to hide, they strengthened joints in ways I've never seen before and despite this enormous tail the whole construction is super stable, 10/10.
Stickers/prints: another improvement for Sluban - just several stickers. (B1236 from the last pic has more than 50). The face is printed. The stickers are gorgeous, metallised, however, you must be extra-careful because they are also easier to damage. 7/10.
Instructions: perfectly clear, good quality paper, usual Sluban manual. 10/10.
To conclude, 36/40, I highly recommend!
