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  1. Mechapilot77
    personally i'm really hoping the siege line kicks in a whole new Neo G1 interest aside from MP. mainline stuff thats G1 heavy in flavor has proven to be good for the brand i think so hopefully we're moving from being a "generations" or classics type release to the mainline stuff actually going that way and i think thats pretty much whats happening now and the combiner warys thru power of the primes trilogy was a testbed for that. Siege being a mainline again...takes it a step further being even closer to G1. i mean look at shockwave minus the add on arm nonsense, look at prime, sideswipe...also a white cab magnus with armor (granted his alt mode is a mess)! its very exciting...not sure how much i'll be partaking but if this neo g1 aesthetic stays around for a few years at least....it'd make me happy.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Mechapilot77 replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    i think i'm good with the first one we're getting. max/mirrya....i don't need them in vf-4 and also their schemes don't look as nice on the vf-4 for some reason IMO. the fokker type i need even less....he never flew one.
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    hmm, i did not receive an email about also having the fast pack on order, even though i answered their email at the time and said i was committed to buying one at the time. was there a separate preorder deposit/payment for that?. also, is it me or do the legs have to angle up to clip into the backpack in fighter mode. battroid looks very similar to yamato design complete with "priest collar" although its less obvious. hoping all led gimmicks remain intact.
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    new account. not linked so far as i know. don't need a prime membership with amazon jp to ship here.
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    kumas photos look great as always....he mght actually be improving a bit too! having owned steelcore (Still have him if anyoen wants!)....i can't get remotely excited about his yellow redeco/remold. the short legs and awkward hip area....i can't get past in person personally. he is solid otherwise.
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    so cordon if you ordered him from Amazon Japan (yes this item was able to ship to usa like most mp TF) it was around $95 shipped to the USA. Still too much but "doable" too much (like say $90 was for maketoys downbeat) vs. "ummm....hell no too much" of $140 ish thru american retailer channels. btw i'd encourage everyone to use amazon jp for mp tf. Its the only way I coudl justify this guys, sunstreaker, and previusly megatron because these prices on mp tf these days are nuts. speaking of mp tf. mp-10b is a steal right now on hlj for those that missed him. re: taiwan vs. china and why its an issue for some......for anyone interested....its touchy. you wouldn't call an ethnically chinese mandarin speaking person in say singapore, malaysia, or usa or canada chinese...unless you JUST were speaking to his or her ethnicity. the majority of taiwanese are descended from chinese immigrants mostly from the fujian province (which is why taiwanese aka minnan hua is so similar to hokken and teo cheow)... although there was obviously a mass migration from the rest of china fleeing the communists during the chinese civil war in the 30s and 40s, the majority of families are descended from people who have been there longer than the USA has even existed (yet you don't call english descended americans Englishmen)...since the 1600s-1700s and the history of who ruled there...is complicated and wikipedia can explain it to you lol. the CCP has never ruled there though despite what they say. anyway in case anyone was interested...tahts why peopel get touchy about taiwan vs. china
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    no transformation? can i get a meh?
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    Bandai gonna nickel and dime the crap out of this. Huh? Reminds me if his their She Sage mode naruto didn't come with the extra robe, scroll etc....just a sage face....because they'd later sell a more complete Sage mode naruto ...or how their Nano weapons for ironman werent all included just so they could do another release.... Anyway...the optional hands set and missiles set...should have been included in the base toy. Let's. Get it out if the way, it's BS it's not included. strike pack better come with option for super... There were supers in dyrl after all. tv style super pack....wont complain there isn't a strike cannon there as strike never showed up in TV show.
  9. Mechapilot77

    Hi-Metal R

    Mechapilot77 replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    looks good. i don't think i need non major valks in a scale bigger than this anymore. Vf-4 so pretty in fighter mode. depending on the price and availability i may get more than one. i never went for the yamato or arcadia becuase i coudln't get past the ugly battroid design for the price. at hmr prices 2/3 modes is enough. and one of those modes is gorgeous. also commenting on the nose cone crotch. its the angle and also the color. things look bigger in lighter colors. yamato/arcadia's still looks much better overall but i'm pickin gthis up instead of hunting down an arcadia reissue ...color scheme is nicer too.
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    the bigger boots do give it that classic look i felt was "missing" from sentinel's ride armors (it was never intended to look that way though). something between the sentinels smaller boots and the classic boots would be "best" but there aren't any ready made options out there. anyway, good idea tekering. now lets see it all painted up!
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    i know its a prototype still but the panels don't have that tight yamato/arcadia look to them (neither did the earlier yamato effort) we've come to expect from their post V2 Vf-1 projects. wonder if the fit will improve on production to the normal levels we're accustomed to now. either way i hope the joints are good...including the wing panel joints
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    its a good price in this day and age for the strike parts. i REALLY wish i had jumped on more of them in the yamato days. they could be had for less than $30 or so on sale sometimes. i should have bought a set for every valk i had and every valk i wanted (not that all valks need SSP but the option to do it is so choice haha). lol. i don't know why arcadia refuses to reissue just the SSP as they have sold valks without SSP too.
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    wow that outter box. FYI as far as teh stress marks i've found sometimes a hairdryer removes the cosmetic issues with stress marks. glad it didn't actually break on you but yeah i'd be more than a bit annoyed at that.
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    hmm, doubt it. didn't someone get the super/strike parts here and show clear mold differences (different gate/runner locations etc). I'd assume if they went thru the trouble of reverse engineering the fast packs that the same process was used here. also note, if they did add the feature of a landing gear that turns...that can't be a factory second. lastly, was there even a roy vf-1s arcadia releasse coming up/very recently? i don't think so.
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    color me interested, thats a nice costume. please be an engaging story - character driven please. i don't expect huge budget action scenes all the time but expect a few in a season, hopefully the storytelling keeps us interested.
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    roy, lisa, breetai would be insta ordered. max only if mirria and vice versa. and if theres rick an dmax, there gotta be a ben! lol. quite the rabbit hole. i don' t need the bridge bunnies or claudia though. global would be nice. kamjin a maybe
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    this is so beyond....beyond awesome. so macross but so original. i hope this will eventually be released as a toy or a kit. very very cool and i'm sad i didn' tsee this thread until today haha.
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    anyone know when the dooku and ROTS anakin go up?
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    yup, would love to have a decent set of civilian clothed mosepada/new generation figures. i wouldn't get all of them though but lunk, annie, rook and rand (the robotech names since well i think kitz concept would be the logical choice) would be instant buys....since i alway s think of scott in his armor anyway and i prefer lancer is his armor too...i might not get those guys
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    hmm art style is very "flat"....not my preference but i'll give it a chance. these tv series really more about character building and plot anyway. don't expect to be blown away by visuals
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    i'm about halfway thru what netflix has released in the US. the mechs and action scenes are pretty cool. theres way too much doting by the "camera" on the princess/mayor's .... chest. i mean they so huge enough don't gotta zoom in to see and leave like just leave only them in frame. its way juvenile. queenie is built overall better anyway lol. the whole hyperdrive thing silly as do most of the BRAI.
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    i fear so too. and i fear we saw 90% of it already....still i will probably want to see this in theater.
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    its a good thing i dont' have intimate knowledge of teh proportions of a western star 700 o ra petebilt. lol. honestl the alt mode looks ok to me but yeah its just an impressive figure. i wish it were smaller (matchin say mp-10 in height and thus mpm-04). i might actually get one and i haven't bought bayverse stuff in a long ass time because the initial excitement of omg transformers franchise wore out about 9 years ago. haha.
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    i don't frequent the workshop because i usually prefer toys that are already made, but this looks AMAZING. i didn't even know a vf-9 exists until today. i'm so curious about this kit and will have to read the entire thread now as i might be tempted to buy/build one. kudos to xigfrid!
  25. Mechapilot77
    First of all that is some nice CGI from that game, but I'm not such a huge fan of that itasha thing. its a little too in your face. the vf-171 maruyama custom is about as far as it should go i think, cool art but doesn't distract too much from the actual valk. even smaller like the monster from frontier with the sheryl would be my preference. that being said, that itasha scheme from that game...i'd at least consider buying it because its so different and well done. the 35th anniversary scheme...i'm not sure how they came up with it. theres too much lettering and at least one too many colors IMO.
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