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  1. Mechapilot77
    i am proclaiming the age of quakewave to be over. while its yet to be seen which is the better toy in hand (i suspect quakey will still feel better), takara's accurate proportions (large bulbous torso, both wide and deep) and swoopy legs (though the feet themselves are way too thin IMO) and tampo'd cons signs will win the day. my quakewave's will be "clone" troopers in Shockwave's army in my own personal fiction lol. i do hope they go with a clearish chest ala the G1 toy and quakewave though. also i wonder if toon colors will be done or toy colors. also.....shackwave (radio shack version)...wonder if it willb e done....its not like a diaclone where it was a takara thing anyway.... hot rod looks way better than the silhouette. i might have to get him though i hate his character. i'm of the opposite opinion if it doesn't hinder the toy in any other way. the current direction with masterpiece TF though....it own't have lights or sound. i do think it'd be awesome if the eye was both painted and lit up....expeically if it flashed like when shockwave talks.
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    please let it not be a yf-30. lets move away from the frontier/mac 30 aesthetic into something new!!!
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    is it me or mp hotrod's proportions look really horrible? oh and he should be as tall as say ironhide or grapple ...the S3 bots were all tallish. i'd be ok if he was track's height though....then again if it looks as crappy as the silhouette i won't be getting it anyway.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Mechapilot77 replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    mon-wednesday are japanese ppublic holidays.... think so its gonna be a few days most likely. cdj just sent out a msg about being down mon-wed. of next week because of that.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Mechapilot77 replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    i'm glad i was up early this morning (well before 7 for me is early lol)! snagged an armored 1j at hlj. woot. i might get another cdj.
  6. Mechapilot77
    depends. i'd say the vf-1 version 2.1 (new crotch mecahnism is much more handling friendly for beginners) are fairly immune to breaking from skilled handling. yes there are thin sections that can break but they are thin and pointy because they are supposed to be. :-) in contrast..mp-09 for instance...doesn't have 1 version released without major durability issues. then again quality and eurability are not the same thing. i do agree overall that takara and hasbro design their MP releases for more ham fisted handling. mp-09's issues (and mp-0's greenscream) with durability not withstanding. however if we go back to quality....mp lambor's paintjob, mp soundwave's initial release paint issues, spru mark on the face, mp-22's all too visible sprue marks on his arms etc....these types of issues aren't found in arcadia and yamato releases ....for the most part. having the leg come off on the vf-0a....i do think that is a design and or quality issue though...thankfully it can be relatively easily remedied it seems.
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    the skull is iconic. they'd best not leave it off. must be tampo'd like every other roy valkyrie to date. no sticker BS.
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    well yeah and its cool, i'd have paid double (they are all out of this design it seems not just optimus) but its just a curious choice is all.
  9. Mechapilot77
    cool shirt. interesting they don't use the original box art from the US release in 1984... which is this http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/1/1e/G1_OptimusPrime_boxart.jpg they use the japanese optimus vs. megatron box set art. i actually think my reissue (got it in japan in 1987 i think?) uses this modified artwork too. i wish they'd use the original box art.
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    that article linked there (xfrigid's post) is talking about the mold itself being 3D printed. call me...skeptical. that kind of mold won't last more than 10s of or maybe at most 100s of shots and certainly cannot achieve finished parts with the same kind of polish, finish, accuracy and detail traditional steel injection molds can. its good for prototypes and maybe some limited production (think 10-100) maybe with varying quality throughout the run (this is a nightmare when you actually have to assemble those pieces after they come out of molding!!), but then you need to print a new mold after that and who can guarantee results from that mold will be the same as the previous? 3D printing as well as 3D printing the actual molds like any technology has its advantages and drawbacks. the drawbacks to use that in this application (arcadia toys) far far far outweigh the benefits. as far as 3D printing actual product, yeah it can be done but it will lead to more expensive lower volume product such as limited volume stuff at festivals etc.
  11. Mechapilot77

    Hi-Metal R

    Mechapilot77 replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    i'd be lying if i said my interest was the same level as before but i still want this line to come to fruition...especially enemy mecha. i've got the strike 1S on order but I missed the armored 1J. Any of you with waning interest wanna sell your armored 1J Himetals to me once you get em? haha. i need some regults and glaugs and destroids in my life. cmon bandai!!!
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    vf-1 for sure....i actually don't remember exactly how many i have but off the top of my head...let me count roy sdfm x 2 hikaru sdfm 1j hikaru sdfm 1j gbp x 2 hikaru sdfm 1d x 2 kakizaki sdfm max sdfm 1j super max sdfm 1a mirria sdfm 1j super commander type 1j cannon fodder sdfm cavaliers roy low viz roy dyrl strike arcadia dyrl roy arcadia dyrl hikaru hikaru dryl 1s strike max dyrl 1a kak dyrl 1a cannon fodder dyrl a few unassembled kits (4-5?) 1/48 roy dyrl stirke 1/48 1j stealth super/strike 1/48 mirria super 1/55 roy chunky monkey i guess i'll stop there with transformable ones only...32ish (its a lotfor me but not compared to some collections i see on here!!) with maybe some i've forgotten about? yet i need more to be released!! easily by a wide margin vf-1.
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    i just read the article and i think its what i expected. basically, their costs are going up, but they insist on the best quality possible. people noticed that long paraphrased back and forth between him and the factory guys? it was mostly about how their standards for acceptance are very high. Also, we have to realize that being a japanese company, their designers are in japan and earn japanese salaries. the 3P TF comparison (they probably have roughly the same production volume) isn't totaly valid in terms of overhead costs (many are chinese designed and their salaries are lower), and overall quality (again notice the conversation). Also, i get the feeling the 3P engineers and designers are very much more trial/error on their for instance tolerance stacks etc becaus they can afford to have more iterations based on their proximity to the factory. arcadia, ikely have every sinigle thing spelled out on the print that will meet their calculations on what the tolerance stacks shoul dbe etc. Bandai likely does the same thing but the bandai comparison isn't totally fair either because of economies of scale and quality. look at any bandai valk and tell me the fit and finish is as good as arcadia....IMO they are not. arcadia aims for stuff that is difficult to achieve IMO (look at the cited scrap rates). look at the sharpness adn crispness of their lines. note the lack of passing blatant mistakes on like bandai's V1 VF-25 valkyrie's wings. sure yamato and arcadia have build wuality issues, but i don't think they are issues that would ahve been caught on a component or assembly level at the factory.
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    thundercracker is a takara tomy mall exclusive...limited to 2000 or was it 4000 unites domestically in japan. sort of like a bandai tamashi nations exclusive...hlj etc wont' have it. nippon yasan may evetnaully stock (scalp it)....but asian retailers have the slightly wider asian/international release (and that is what the american retialers will get too IIFC...this is just like blue bluestreak)
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    did you contact HLJ first? their CS is decent. I think they would have done something for you. are you sayint they stuck loose figures inside the box? i don't know, ti sounds odd. granted i hav had osme stuff arrive from them in not great ocndition box wise but its unusual.
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    honestly, his face is pretty accurate IMO. luke just wasn't a very good looking guy at that stage in his life. lol. its a decent figure but i don't like what they di with the hip/thigh articulation. its very limited and seems unnatural when you pose it in certain ways. it is also too big to scale with the SHF Vader...the problem is vader is smaller than he should be if they are going for true 1/12 scale and Luke is too tall for 1/12 scale. comparing him with black series jedi luke...he looks TONS better and is oddly TALLER.
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    love it!
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    light comes from bottom?
  19. Mechapilot77
    its simply supply and demand. supply is low because macross is a niche market traditionally. frontier has brought it to a wider audience (and thus bigger production numbers i guess on the bandai dx chogokin line), but its still niche. also people tend to hold on to what they think the "best" version of a macross valk is. simply people don't let them go which makes secondary market supply low (especially outside japan). demand is high because well macross fans are voracious partly I guess because we have to try so hard to be a fan and follow the series and get the toys. partly the low supply makes the items even more desireable. lastly most of the stuff we like on here is at least mid level to mid high level for toy collectors. There are no $30 valks...well there are but those are relegated to a "lesser" shelf of toys. lol.
  20. Mechapilot77
    i think its awesome. doesn't look as cool as the other SD voltron (the goraion unofficial one that toynami made official eventually) but it transforms and is somewhat posable.
  21. Mechapilot77
    they were going for glossy...didn't get it "wrong". i think they were doing everything they could to make a modern "chunky monkey" in terms of evoking a toy like feel yet being a collectible. those coming from a toy background usually like glossy....those coming from modeling background probably like matte. i'm actually ok with either though matte does seem to evoke more collector friendly stuff whereas glossy evokes the toy oritented stuff. its a fine balance. i think wit the type of plastic bandai uses...it looks good glossy and toyetic.
  22. Mechapilot77
    the takara release did not have paint on most of it either. just shiny grey plastic. my biggest criticism of the MP-11 is that shiny translucent plastic....still, its still the best g1 starscream around...coronation gear on the takara is nice too.
  23. Mechapilot77
    holy crap, didn't know you had that many!! how many roy do i have? dyrl, tv x2, low viz, arcadia dyrl....now i feel like i need more!!
  24. Mechapilot77
    on that last part...yup. its quite tricky to get it right. i once worked at a place that made medical devices where we had to tampo logos on them. that machine was tricky to get running just right. every setup took a long while and wasted several parts and we constantly had to check parts to make sure the tampo was still working right.
  25. Mechapilot77
    the roy colors 19p is sweet. arcadia should totally do that.
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