Strike Fantasy Maruba 70ES (XL-V07W)

What is Kaiyodo?

Kaiyodo is a company that produces figures and models in various fields. Many people may be aware of our commitment to elaborate and precise manufacturing and our high level of technical ability. Impressed by this, a collaboration between Shimano and Kaiyodo has begun. Please enjoy the lifelike figures and lures created from the world called Strike Fantasy.

What is Strike Fantasy?

Strike Fantasy is a world that combines Shimano's passion for fishing and Kaiyodo's technological capabilities to express the fantasies unique to anglers in the form of figures and lures.

The more busy our daily lives are, the more we want to go fishing. What I imagine when I think about it is a picture-perfect part-time job moment. Its unique shape and figurine depicting the moment of a real part-time job seem to invite you into a daydream. We will provide you with a moment of reflection that will make you look forward to going fishing.

The second part of Strike Fantasy is a vibration for sea bass. Using the Exsense "Salvage 70ES" as a base model, a dynamic design that expresses the Strike Fantasy sea bass as a figure has been transplanted. The concept of real design is overturned, with features such as the fine irregularities on the tips of the fins that have little to do with the lure's function, the precise surface structure around the gills, and the organic shape of the base of the fins that flow from the muscularly protruding back muscles. We challenged the limits of modeling like this.

The key points are located at the fin and line eye.

Strike Fantasy's "Maruba 70ES" is as much about the lure's original performance as it is about its design. With a vibrator that has such large fins, it is not easy to fly it straight without rotating. Therefore, in the ``Maruha 70ES'', compared to the base model ``Salvage 70ES'', we have concentrated the weight slightly further forward and also shifted the line eye forward to stabilize the flight attitude. Since it has a weight of 20g, it is possible to cast long distances by taking advantage of the weight.

The fins of a vibrating plug act like the lip of a minnow or crankbait. The three large fins of "Maruba 70ES" push the water firmly and create a clear feeling of pulling. It is easy to imagine the behavior of the lure during jerk and lift and fall when casting long distances, and the fall action is also varied. Just like the lip, if this fin is too thick, the action tends to become stinky. The three fins of the "Maruba 70ES" were made with great care to create a delicate balance between being thin enough to create a sharp action and being thick enough to ensure strength. In the end, we achieved both thinness and strength by using an asymmetric mold structure that incorporates the fins into the right body, rather than the usual structure where the left and right sides are split in the center and pasted together.

This fin also causes random fall actions such as wobbling, circling, and turning during freefall. The vibration is in a relatively horizontal sinking position, pursuing the delicate balance of whether it spins or not. The result is a lure that is quite fun to play with, as it wobbles and shimmy falls due to slight differences in line tension. Due to its sinking posture, its fall speed is slow compared to its weight. We aimed to take advantage of the weight and long casting ability of ES (extra sinking) and the delicacy and light movement of S (sinking).