That's an epic head design! Looks great Chris :D

Totally beat me to it! I've been thinking about making big robot dudes out of basic bricks, just like this. Modern build with old granddad pieces. Really nice work!

Great!

Wowww dude this is awesome great job....

You are my hero. LOVE Gaiking as a kid and this build is spot right on. Amazing work buddy.

I have a few in mind! Not sure yet! Had fun building this one so off to more fun!

Fantastic! Which one will you do next?

Sweeeeet!

Right on the money here! Hehe, looks better than the real things did...

thanx for the info andros

its been on my mind for a while .. maybe i'll put it to bricks in the forseeable future!

Ok... not only is this COOL, but it begs me to humbly request a future project from you... I have one word. Voltron. (you know you want to...) ~ CHris.

nothing at the moment, the one I remember seeing must be one of the ones you already had removed. The only TFs there at the moment (of any quality) are Alan Yapp designs and came from him direct (I'm aware of him from Brickshelf so I'm 99% sure they aren't swipes this time).

Another one - no one who has posted pics of my formers on Cuusoo has had my permission I shut three guys down already. Who is it now?

for anyone not familiar with the origins of the concept, here is a link to the wikipedia entry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaiking "a Japanese Super Robot mecha anime series produced by Toei Animation. It ran from April 1976 through January 1977 and consisted of 44 26-minute episodes. Gaiking was notable for being one of the few super robot series to take place in real places outside of Japan, and for being the first Super Robot series to have a mobile carrier for the chief robots. In the USA, Gaiking was part of Mattel's popular Shogun Warriors import toy line of the late 1970s and Jim Terry's Force Five anthology series. In 2005, a remake titled "Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu" was produced. In 2009, William Winckler Productions produced three all new English dubbed movie versions edited from the original series. Producer William Winckler, known for Tekkaman the Space Knight, wrote, produced and directed the English films, which are seen on broadband in Japan. On March 28, 2010, a Live-Action Movie based on the series, simply entitled, Gaiking, was announced at the 2010 Tokyo Animation Fair. An international production will be helmed by American filmmakers, Jules Urbach and Matthew Gratzner. Gaiking is being prepped for a 2012 world-wide release."

I am finding cuusoo to be a little bit frustrating. I love the concept that an original design idea might one day become an official set, but the suggestions for clearly copyrighted material to be made into official sets, seems like so much wishful thinking. (I noticed someone had put some of your transformer designs on there, I hope they had permission first.) What Lego have said though is that unless an idea gets enough support, they will probably not pursue it, but if it does they will. So if enough Lego fans wanted Gaiking to be made, Lego would be obliged to investigate whether they might legally obtain permission to produce it. Trouble is, I don't see Matel sharing rights any time soon (unless they have since sold or lost those rights). But yeah, just because a design gets enough ratings, isn't a guarantee it will become an official set. the other thing that is annoying me about cuusoo, is that it is supposed to be exclusive for ADULT builders, but anyone with half a brain can tell 90% of the people on there are under 16. So almost all the people voting and posting stuff shouldn't be there to begin with. Didn't really think that one through if you ask me.

the name doesnt sound very japanese but the look is definitely japanese great moc chris

Not a fan of the CUUSOO thing yet - I cannot see how they can guarantee a set will get made if there are enough votes - ie there are legal and licensing hurtles and possibly years of negotiation before your set could get made if its of a licensed theme.

Not familiar with the source material but this is a seriously awesome robot. Re: the comment below about mass producing these, have you ever considered putting one of your creations on CUUSOO? I bet one of your Soundwaves would get up to 10,000 votes in no time.

Awesome work, as usual, Chris! Definately has that Shogun Warrior look which I'm a sucker for. LOVE IT!

I'm not a fan of super robot but this one is really impressive! I recognize it right away~

Stunning figure. Not a guy to cross, by the look of him...

like most of my stuff - duplicating is not really cost effective for me or the masses.

You can't possibly comprehend how much I love you right now, Chris. Gaiking is my FAVORITE. Absolute FAVORITE. Any chance of mass producing and selling these? Please? Please? O _ O

What no transformer!? JK. Great work with this! It looks very smooth and had great pose-ability!

This guy is a dude! Looks great mate!

So cool!

u missed something LOL! the dragon head mates female bottom to male studs on the inside of the back look closely to the video you will see the 1x2 tiles with the studs in the middle. Which secure it tightly in place! cheers!

Amazing and very big!!!

He looks great! Although, it would have been nice for the midsection to have actually locked in, instead of just sliding in and using friction (unless I missed something).

He reminds me of Voltron. Pretty Cool!

The mech factory stuff will get custom colours and pilots once i get thru some standard mechs! Glad u like this Japanamation giant: Gaiking!

That's a great looking build!

Great change of pace, Chief! I loved Tranzor Z back in the day, and even built one out of Lego, but parts were pretty limited back then. Anyway, you really sculpted this nicely, well done!

Awww man! You are totally rockin' my world with this. I used to have a few die cast metal versions of these guys (about 4" and very unposable). Want to see more.

Wow, at first, I thought that this was a mech factory moc. I was thinking that you made sorta a different culture mech. Like giving a unique spin to your mechs and getting to see how the styles vary in the different cultures of the world of mechs! Saying this, it would be cool to see some unique further mech creations,( I know right now your doing the basic ones so far) but that would really make future mechs really eye popping. My reveiw: Ok this guy is awesome, at first I was like,"come on, seriously?" and then I saw the entire thing and with me not even ever hearing about this show(I was a 1998 boy) it was AWESOME! I love how you make these robot/mechs soo smooth and sleek. Keep up the great work! ~5eth G

TF and what?

Any chance of a TF crossover?

yeah my firend had this guy in his two foot tall fist firing shogun warrior glory too!

I remember these guys as the Shogun Warriors back in the seventies when a friend of mine was lucky enough to have one. http://www.wildtoys.com/Shogun/index.asp Also came across http://screenrant.com/gaiking-shogun-warriors-matthew-gratzner-trailer-tmal-59556/ This is a very finished moc and resembles a toy so much that I almost need one on my shelf. How about doing the whole team and rally making me jealous.

its a possibility down the road!

Hey Chris, while I've never seen this guy it is a pretty good Moc. Is there a Voltron Moc in your future somewhere? The loins or the vehicle mode? I think you would do a Really good vehicle mode Voltron. Anyway 5 stars as usual Chris.

same era!

Wow, really nice!

Awesome!

Awesomesauce. :D

it looks like a mazinger z

Great job... he certainly sports 'the look'! :)

The head of the great space dragon ... if I remember correctly!

Another awesome build buddy! While I don't remember him, all of his features bring a warm fuzzy feeling of childhood nostalgia. The colors, the wings, and those horns...oh and really cool chest plate. Is that a skull or a lion? Excellent all around build. ~cheers

Very cool!

In one word- amazing.

I had them thicker didn't like it, changed it! This way the horns are more smooth!

Very cool. I love the sculpted breastplate and his shin design. My only very minimal critique is that I would like to see if the horns could be created out of bricks to be bulkier and in sections to be more in line with the actual.

I miss this. it's awesome good job!

Don't worry along with all my new MOCcing interests there are two or three Legoformers almost complete on my workbench, coming soon!

This is incredible, the sculpting of this is really well done! I just hope you don't get to drawn in with these and forget about your Transformers! :D

Absolutely fantastic Chris.

this makes me wonder why Matel haven't gotten into the clone brick market like Hasbro have. Official sets like this one would sell pretty well to the nostalgia market. Excellent work as always

My best - IDK - my favourite to build perhaps yes!

As i just said on youtube, this is so freaking awesome. In my mind, that might be your best Moc yet