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Hello everyone. This is Funasen.

In today's blog, we would like to introduce the packaging design of the "CSM Lockseed Team Baron Set"!

Here is the front side right away!



Although it's not a belt that transforms, I included Lord Baron. The transformation sound is included in the product.
The design concept is the same as the packaging for the Charmon set, with the basic form and power-up (form) positioned front to back in a cool way.
I think the shading is cool.

Next up is the back side!



Here we have two forms of Knuckle!
Kurokage and Makoto had very few appearances and their appearance is almost identical to Kurokage, so we have not included them this time. Instead, we have focused on the two who have had major roles in TV and V-Cinema and created a design that pursues coolness.


While we're at it, we'd also like to introduce the "CSM Genesis Core" package.
The details are as follows.



The design includes design line drawings that are consistent with the Project Ark Edition packaging.
Only the Genesis core part has been changed in color to make it stand out.

And here is the side design unfolded like this:



The entire belt is visible (front, left and back).

That's all for today's brief information on new products.


Additionally, we have received several inquiries about the slight distortion (sink mark) that has appeared on the side of the lower center of SENGOKU DRIVER belt, so I would like to explain a bit about it on my blog.
This is a "specification" that exists in all mass-produced products.

In past products, many of these soft parts had large, uneven surfaces with dents (sink marks) that appeared all over the surface.
The Garen buckle is probably the most noticeable (please check it again if you have one), but it becomes particularly noticeable when painted silver.
With soft parts that cover this large area, it is quite difficult to eliminate sink marks. Some items work well, while others have a lot of sink marks, and the truth is that you can't really know until you actually carve the mold. (Sink marks are not limited to soft parts, but can also appear in the hard parts of the belt body.)

Since there is a silver band this time as well, we made adjustments to eliminate this sink mark and the current product is the result.
Before the current specifications were adopted, there were numerous sink marks concentrated in certain areas of the surface, and many marks that looked like they had been made by hitting it with a small hammer.
As a result of various measures taken by experienced mold workers, the product we have produced has finally been able to eliminate the sink marks on the surface and minimize the impact on other parts.
The scar-like thing on the back side of the distorted area is the "material injection port (gate position)" and played a role in eliminating the sink mark. (So it's not a scratch but a gate cut mark.)

Of course, we have been making adjustments all the time with the goal of making everything look nice, but it is difficult to make any further adjustments and we have reached the limits of production. We kindly ask for your understanding.
Conversely, it is possible to eliminate the distortion while leaving the sink mark, but when considering the choice between the two, the sink mark in this case would be clearly noticeable even when the belt was bent, but with this distortion, the part itself would be bent when the belt was worn, making it almost unnoticeable, so we chose this option.
(The products listed on the reservation page are one-off 3D objects made with "photopolymer resin", so there was no distortion. Most Premium Bandai items are developed and produced while taking reservations, so please note that even the products listed so far may differ in some ways from mass-produced products.)

For the belts that we commercialize in the future, we will develop them to be as good as possible (although there will be differences for each item) based on the experience we have accumulated in product development over the past few years.

That's all for today's blog. The next update will be on Tuesday, April 20th.
Well then!

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