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I thought they would drag this out but nope, guess we're doin' this. Get ready for some real brutal stuff.

I'm so sorry you've had to do that. I would think they'd have answered long before now.

Still my favorite of the fan stuff

The issue, since the goal is to approximate the OG toy, warts and all, would be to reproduce the added fist without partsforming, meaning they'll have to figure a point to insert elbows and then figure a way to create that oversized fist and make each fold into a wafer the same width as the upper arm to fill in the belly of the jet as unobtrusively as possible since the OG toy didn't have anything in that space. Much like slavish devotion to toon accuracy has affected certain figs, the most recent MP Starscream's ghastly alt mode comes to mind, the Missing Link's slavish devotion to preserving the look of the original toys, many of which suffered poor proportions and other shortcomings, will prove to be the line's Achille's Heal, IMHO. The OG Seeker design hasn't aged well and most toys now emulate a cross between toon and toy or straight toon, which benefitted from some of the toy's proportions being adjusted to look better, especially the arms and legs. Unfortunately, Takara can't incorporate any toon magic to spruce up the look of these figs, so for a number of them those poor proportions and partsforming bits are going challenge the designers while also somewhat hindering the toys themselves. The old adage, "You can't polish a turd' comes to mind, and while that may sound harsh and disrespectful, that's not the spirit in which I mention it; I mean it more from a practical design perspective. Theses shape-shifting toys represented an interesting new play pattern with a lot of thought and craftsmanship put into them (the prototypes were often carved out of wood!); however, ultimately so much more focus was placed on the puzzle aspect and creating realistic believable alt modes while the robot modes remained secondary considerations, which is generally where we see the greatest weaknesses of the Diaclone and Micochange and hence G1 toys. Those weaknesses are going to carry over by dint of preserving the look of the toys in both modes and many are going to fare poorer than others. If indeed they do the Seeker, or Megatron, both are going to suffer from carrying over the minuses of those early toys. That said, I'd still pick up a Missing Link Megatron having never owned the OG toy but still finding it pretty darn cool in its own way. To that end, I favor what Has/Tak did with the Legacy United deluxe class Optimus Prime where they closely approximated the look of the G1 toy, but made little improvements i.e. different shaped, better proportioned forearms with integrated fists and a nicely hinged cover for his back (no gaping hole like the OG). I think a furtherance of this line would be interesting, as, lacking that imperative to mirror the OG toy exactingly, they could introduce more "fixes" to correct the odd proportion or hindrance of the OG toy while still skewing very closely towards how it looked. I like that approach, and it would make for an interesting third option for folks like me who aren't really all-in on the Missing Link line and who aren't interested in collecting the G1 toys, either, due to their shortcomings. My feeling is that LU deluxe Prime is probably a one-and-done sort of figure, but I wouldn't object to more characters getting the treatment, especially at the more affordable price range compared to ML.

If I didn’t know any better, I would say you are hitting on me. 😂

Hahaha. 😂 I find the thick clunky style of the older kits so endearing. It’s fun to see it reappear more refined.

Definitely interested! would this nprint in 1/.48 as well?

Oldie but goodie:

@Thom HAHA. Kit”s” is right. Very nice. @nightmareB4macross echoing what Thom said, I’m really digging the hands. 👍 Sometimes the strangest things show up at the bench. This was my dessert after dinner. Ice cream would have been nice, but you work with what ya got. This was such a fun chunk of a build. I’m excited to paint this sucker. It was cool that the instructions included comparisons between the OG release and all the new technologies that went into this “revival” version. A lot has changed in 45 years.

Thrawn seems like he’s not smart enough for a trap or ruse. He was pretty lame last season

Oh boy, a grand final confrontation between two massively overhyped characters... 🤣 On the Republic side, Hera Syndulla... a "tactical genius" who makes surprised Pikachu faces whenever flying directly at the enemy and getting shot down doesn't win the day. On the Empire side, Grand Admiral Thrawn... a man whose "tactical genius" amounts to little more than not being comically incompetent and delegating the inevitable screwup which lets the Rebels win and escape to a subordinate with more ambition than brains.

Two great things, one show!

@nightmareB4macross I still can't get over that you made those hands. Those are some of the best mods ever.

Check out Skywalker Stories page on You Tube, really far better fan movie/ clips, than you know who.

Another one.

Really forget Disney,

https://www.starwars.com/news/visions-presents-the-ninth-jedi

i do not know as i've never played it

I was going to post an update on Friday, but got pretty busy. I have the next iterations to be printed for tomorrow and I'll post the results then.

Holy Hand Mods Batman!! Never a fan of slat covers to keep the hands hidden. According to line art the fingers are always shown. They just appear as slats due to shadows from the housing when the fists are stowed.

I never really wanted a ton of markings on the VF-17s anyhow, but yeah, the lack of the ones we did see in the show was pretty disappointing. I can't really say I was that upset about it personally, since I don't mind them being solid black, but that's one of the detriments of giving the customer too much choice.