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  1. Mechapilot77
    whats megatron doin in a voltron vid?
  2. Mechapilot77
    i broke down an ordered him too didn't even know he was up for preorder. i do feel like the revoltech one is more accurate and is pretty nice but revoltech brand is on the way down past several years it seems and figuarts brand is on teh rise. ihave a revoltech one (still in box) so didn't feel the need for the SHF one but knowing that it sold out quickly now has me curious as to what i've missed.
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    people saying the vf-1 market is saturated? i think that is wrong or else arcadia's failry recent releases (just a couple years) wouldn't be going for well well over msrp. also as far as pricing? i think this has everything to do with labor costs in china. after all is said and done....material prices have gone up but not so much. the molds (if they are still the original ones from yamato) are paid for but may need minor maintenance (As all molds do). the biggest cost going forward (other than say licensing) is labor...which in the past 10 years until now is anything from 3X to 8X what it used to be in tier 1 and 2 factory towns. assuming 8X, they now make almost 1/3 of what what similar labor would cost in the US. this is for sure reflected in their pricing....granted how much of the cost of production is labor is anyone's guess but its clear its a way bigger part than it used to be. anyway, bring on the preorders. i need some more fastpacks. let's hope they do get the license for separate release someday because for once...i have enough roys in the classic colors. i hope if they can only release bundles that some rarer paint scheme vf-1 accompany these fastpacks. lol. i could use a 1/48 schemed low vis or stealth...or even teh 1/60 low viz...i could use anohter. as far as a dx chogokin bandai vf-1 release. after seeing a clip from macross delta...i think its inevitble. we may see hi metal R versions first but i think it going to happen. whether or not it will have the classic more toyetic (imo cheaper looking) look for bandai's DX chogokin series or be more like the collector oriented yamatos and arcadias is yet to be seen. that being said...i'd probably get at least a couple if that happeend.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Mechapilot77 replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    nope you see brownies in space without fastpacks all the time in SDFM
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    takara tomy webstore exclusive i think MP inferno would be awesome. let's hope confirmation comes out soon. i wonder if they will actually do it and beat 3P's 2nd and 3rd efforts to market. MMC and XTb can't be happy about this. i'm guessing maketoys already made their money on theris. i think the more important hasbro asia gets (whose cusotmers cross shop with 3P way more often than japan domestic market) in terms of its voice in the release of MPs ( i bet takara sells more through hasbro asia than JDM market now), the more direction action against upcomonig 3P products takara will take. we've never seen anything like this kind of teaser from takara....and it also helps (i would think) sales of mp14+ (do not want btw). what is weird is that silhouette doesn't seem to be to scale...inferno looks too small there...then again TT has been playing it fast and loose with robot mode scale ever since magnus (too big). tracks was a touch taller than he should have been though not an issue. ironhide...too tall again. shockwave...too short and small.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Mechapilot77 replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    man i'd love a TV Q-Rau in this scale....heck most of those are instant buys if they com eout
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    i think heat is bad in general for these things as well as thermal cycles. thermal cycles is just bad....these things are made with unlike materials that have differnt cefficients of thermal expansion...so some mateirals shrink and grow more than other they are mated too...not a good thing. also in heat...rubbery materials dry out in heat as well. i would tend not to store things in hot attic. a cool garage is or basement is probably way better. i know socal houses don't usually have basements but they do have garages.
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    if this is what it takes to get more super and strike parts.....i do like the bright white missiles...like the tv releases. it won't match the old dyrl releases though...then gain if i have tos ein battoid or vice versa....it dones't relaly matter. only really need those missiles for fighter mode. i wonder if the reticence to release strike parts before was the deicsion on what color to release them? the old ones woudldn't have matched the new arcadia white...and releaseing arcadia white ones aren't an ieal match for owners of older yamato dyrl. oh well. i'm still regretting selling my fastpacks off (even though they sold at market basically)...
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    i'm a geneation X, male...as are most of us here on this site. i've got no problem with female leads BUT i do have a problem with established characters getting a gender or race makeover just because studios are trying very hard to reach new demographics. like female ghostbusters? DO SOMETHING ORIGINAL! rey? jyn erso? fine...its a new story, new lead, its a female...no big deal, but if they do lik ea back ot the future reboot and marty mecause..marilyn mcfly...yeah thats not gonna fly. female thor? ok with me....because there is a story that makes sense behind that. its just the replace the old character iwth a feamle version i have beef with. i suppose its the "originalist" in me. prime is always a red flatnose truck not a monkey!!
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    ironhide is impressive in hand but the issues you see in photos still remain. hollowed out back section, hip flaps, tire butt cheeks. still the overall feel is very accurate to ironhide and in certain poses and angles those things are almost neglible. i don't have a 3P ratchet to compare to but this is the best ironhide to date IMO. you have to really like the cartoon model ironhide though...he is sort of dumpy looking just like the toon. anyway, not my favorite mold but better IMO that say ultra magnus (although everyone else seems to like that one) and tracks/roadrage (i like tracks better because of soruce material but ironhide IS teh better MP toy of the two).
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    i really hope they reissue stand alone super strike parts....i don't know if i want more strike parts bad enough to pay the price of a combo pack (which will be likely be less than the current aftermeket prices on super stirk parts btw but assume that will change soon)
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    totally disagree.
  13. Mechapilot77
    holy hell that is small! lol. i was hoping the cruiser mode would be almost the size of the little "Makuros" SD SDF-1. lol anyway stil looking forward to it.
  14. Mechapilot77
    not just lazy....cheap too. is the off white bare plastic? they got rid of some paint decos to make it more cartoony and well cheaper to make...did they give us solid plastic instead of clear plastic headlghts? the only improvement for cartoon uber alles folks is the white thighs. easy pass.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Mechapilot77 replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    i hope so. its not released yet. its unreasonable for them not to. we will see how this goes.
  16. Mechapilot77
    so i don't have any of the comparison shot models/toys....anyone measure this thing...to the top of the head (not the cannons please)? mine still in private warehouse....maybe i should get a second one. hmm
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    i hope you are right and that it is back. its one of the franchises that hasn't gotten a proper treatment to modern toy design. honestly i'd be fine if they started with the gakken and modernized it. second favorite toy as kid only behind the funkey monkey.
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    not that i need to replace him but that slag looks better than scoria in terms of proportions. the details are not as nicely sculpted though....but dino mode's proportions are way better...bot mode proportion are slightly better.
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    i'm super skeptical...i mean the legioss SHOULD be an easy design....its NOT complicated....yet aside from teh original gakken they all kind of fail. i've owned and still own the toynami and CM versions and they are pretty mediocre. the scale is also kinda annoying small. personally, i don't know what 'scale" it would be but i'd like the battroid mode to be about the same height as either a yamato 1/60 v2 vf-1s...or the original gakken (although that second option that would make the tlead super huge and spendy...it'd be huge as is if battroid mode of the legioss was about 8-9 inches tall lik ea yamato v2 vf-1s). i wish bandai, arcadia, or megahouse was doing this btw Save, that is a funny comment on why they think preorders are dropping. although i'm sure someone believes that is why preorders are taking a nosedive...i think there are other reasons...and if not showing a prototype...how about a 3D render? in any case, the prototype and test shots saved me from spending money on a subpar (IMO) VF-2S set (to their point..but)....so maybe how about they design something where people would be excited about prototype pics instead of being turned off by them? haha. i
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    basedon that chinse video review...man i hope we get a weijiang treatment in a few years....in slight oversize and also in mpp-10 scale of the slight oversize.. the design overall is good. the size, materials, and arguable colors seem to be lacking. i have thi scoming from hlj but i'm not super excited about it.
  21. Mechapilot77
    i knew this would release as soon as i shipped my private warehouse items...dammit....i need patience...
  22. Mechapilot77
    i always pretend monkey optimus never existed and i will continue to do the same. waste of mp slot for me but i suppose i should be happy for beast era fans...
  23. Mechapilot77
    looks like full price to me. 34800? i've got one already but if it were on serious sale i'd consider another.
  24. Mechapilot77

    Hi-Metal R

    Mechapilot77 replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    what light did you put in there? looks pretty good. i think the light leak will be not too difficult to solve assuming the light you are using doens' t take up too much space.
  25. Mechapilot77
    the answers you seek are on anymoon.com. he's got a spreadsheet.
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