My 12” Bowser by Taito is here! I’ve been anxiously waiting for this big boy to arrive. He is a crane game prize in Japan at Taito arcades. I’m not entirely sure but I believe they don’t actually have you pick up this big box and drop it into the prize chute. I think they have you drop something smaller and more challenging. Anyway, the fun part of these big 12” figures is assembling them. You get to see all the inner workings of the toy from its joints to its spikes. They all need to be put on the figure. One thing I don’t particularly care for about these prize figures is that they are almost entirely hollow. His torso, arms, legs, shell, and even his head are all hollow. It does make him lightweight but it also gives him many unsightly seem lines where halves of molded plastic pieces meet. I guess this is a necessity for a crane game prize where the goal is to offer big prizes affordably and still be able to make a profit. The finished bowser is awesome! He does have articulation at his shoulders and hips however I consider this more of a display piece rather than an active play toy. His hollowness makes him fragile and could possibly break easily. His paint application is for the most part great but there are several parts with missing and chipped paint, particularly on his cuffs and choker. Overall this is an impressive figure in a massive size that can allow you to live out Bowser’s kaiju sized dreams with some articulation to help you destroy that ugly Mushroom Kingdom castle! Unfortunately that articulation is limited and the coupling of unsightly seems, chipped paint, and it’s fragility may relegate it as a display piece only. I give this guy 3 out of 5 stars, it’s okay, you may or may not be crazy about it Min 12” Bowser af Taito er her! Jeg har ventet spændt på, at denne store fyr skulle ankomme. Han er en præmie i en kranbil hos Taito-arcaderne i Japan. Jeg er ikke helt sikker, men jeg tror ikke, at du faktisk bliver bedt om at løfte den her store kasse og kaste den ned i præmiekanalen. Jeg tror, at de får dig til at sænke noget mindre og mere udfordrende. Under alle omstændigheder er den sjove del af disse store 12”-figurer at samle dem. Du får mulighed for at se alle de indre mekanismer af legetøjet, fra led til spidser. De skal alle sættes på figuren. En ting jeg ikke er særlig begejstret for ved disse præmiefigurer, er at de næsten er helt hule. Hans overkrop, arme, ben, skal og endda hans hoved er alle hule. Det gør ham let, men det giver ham også mange grimme samlingsmærker, hvor halvdele af støbte plaststykker mødes. Jeg gætter på, at dette er en nødvendighed for en præmie i en kran, hvor målet er at tilbyde store præmier billigt og stadig kunne få fortjeneste. Det færdige Bowser er fantastisk! Han har bevægelighed i skuldre og hofter, men jeg betragter det mere som et udstillingsstykke end et aktivt legetøj. Hans hulhed gør ham sårbar og kunne muligvis gå i stykker let. Malingen er stort set rigtig god, men der er flere dele med manglende og skadet maling, især på hans manchetter og choker. Samlet set er dette en imponerende figur i en massiv størrelse, der giver dig mulighed for at leve Bowser’s kaiju-størrelsesdrømme ud med noget bevægelighed til at hjælpe dig med at ødelægge det grimme Mushroom Kingdom-slots! Desværre er den bevægelighed begrænset, og kombinationen af grimme syninger, skadet maling og dens skrøbelighed kan betyde, at den kun bliver et udstillingsstykke. Jeg giver denne fyr 3 ud af 5 stjerner, det er okay, du bliver måske vild med den eller også ikke.