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  1. Mechapilot77
    so no changeable sensor piece? whats with the artwork? haha. can't wait for mine. went with a us retailer this go around (i know i know, slow but cost was same). hopefully they will get it in soon.
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    man that does look cool -especially the toy inspired head... but his legs "need" to be dark grey or black (and not look they they are part of a car exterior) and i wish this thing actually changed into a beetle. still very cool and i'm glad they are doing cool designs vs. giving us just non transforming premium siege figures for instance. maybe someone else will take inspiration from this and make it actually TF. hasbro/takara, you up for it?
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    unreleased G2 sandstorm was supposed to be a ramjet redeco is why. agree would have been fine having him be a dirge reuse too but can see why for history's sake they went with ramjet. see https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sandstorm_(G2)
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    Target did something strange with Thrust. They made you reconfirm you still wanted it after the release date change. if you didn't reconfirm, your order was cancelled. BTW, totally agree re: the ER seeker mold. its not bad, but it could have been a lot better. I don't understand giving designers too short a time to complete a design especially when you know everyone wanted an updated seeker mold (aside from getting an optimus and a bumblebee you know every line will have seekers!!) and you could milk that mold many times over so budget shoudln't have compromised the design that much. its a shame really. i did complete the main 6 though anyway but wouldn't recommend others do the same unless they love seekers.
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    As much as I want to support this movie, with delta still raging sadly i won't be risking the trip to a theater. it looks like it may be cheesy but good in that sort of way. rotten score of 90% isn't bad so far. hope the execs keep the current sentiment re: pandemic and theater going in mind when considering how well (or poorly) this is received in the box office. i want it to be good and if it is, i want it to do well.
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    Man, i'm a little miffed I bought the ironhide and ratchet (and ratchet was a part of a set that i didn't care much for the other figure either) earthrise molds if they are doing them better for SS86. i bought them because i wanted the chracters represented in my WFC/newo CHUG/classics/whateverversemainline toys . granted they are 2 different lines but we ALL know everybody mixing and matching those...even hasbro themselves with earthrise starscream redeco plus extras being a SS86 coronation screamer. and lets face it, cyclonus was rodimus were not in WFC and their figures have somewhat less extra detialing some of the WFC designs so we know those were designed as SS86 guys. anyway annoyed they ddin't do the van bros right the first time around. Also... happy to hear blitzwing is coming but the astrotrain it pairs with is....tragic. also glad to see blaster is coming. also intersting to see some stunticon names....but not all of them. does that mean they will just be remolds of some of the autobots and not actually combine?
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    XTB knocking it out of the park with renders of the omnibots (they updated some of the other 2 as well as i've seen them on social media etc). The last one (the toyota) is tehe best i think but no battle/3rd mode shown yet as far as i see. either way i'm cheering for XTB to deliver on the battle charger and omnibots becuase ever since mp sideswipe...i've wanted mp omnibots and battlechargers. the punch/counterpunch is icing on the cake for me as i feel less connected to the charactter but he looks pretty awesome and a fricken fiero is pretty nostalgic. everything coming up xtb for me recently. now if they'd actually release all these QC free i think i'm like 98% done with MP (i mean i've said that before i'm sure). maybe they'll do MP jumpstarters or MP dovrack TFs i can like really really say i'm done (meanwhile i keep replacing stuff lol, like the DS seekers probably will get a spot on my shelf despite the derpy alt mode thats barely better than takara's mp-52) soon.
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    i really don't want to like that rodimus. i'm a rodimus hater afterall. lol. other thatn the headsculpt being off to my eye, aesthetically its a very good rodimus prime. i wish optimus or magnus had gotten his budget instead. earthrise optimus' trailer is an embarrassing in stock form and perhaps the main bot woulda got the right colors on the legs with the right budget. i may cave again (i PD'd then cancelled) on rodimus. i can't see it being more or better play value (for me) than siege jetfire though (maybe my favorite wfc release). i also just caved and order the sorta half assed kingdom magnus because its still "better" than the siege and even the BPF version because well, its got the right truck cab and inner bot.. again i wish they gave him the commander budget so he'd havea better trailer/armor more like his g1 self. as far as takara's mp cliffjumper....its using a base mold from bumblebee which i dislike to no small degree...i'll stick with the old mp-21 bumblebee and the 3P XTB offering from cliffjumper (he was always "done" in my mind at that point). as for distrubution....i think i've only bought a handful of TF stuff brick and mortar in the past couple years (partially pandemic avoidance of crowds, partially shittily stocked stores). i do need to make it to a target at some point for the buzzworthy origins bumblebee.
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    blue "silverstreak" aka diaclone/g1 boxart bluestreak definitely a welcome site. wish his thighs were silver instead of white but i get it i guess. still blue eyes vs. yellow though - same mistake they made on the mp version too. needs yellow eyes.
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    mospeada branded ones cost more? wonder if there are any extras or better sculpts or something? deinitely seems to be more stuff in the photos but until they list out everything that comes with each version its just sorta guessing. *EDIT* so here are some listing details. who knows if they are exhaustive though. from hlj... Mospeada Ray Helmet Interchangeable facial expression Interchangeable hands (x4) Replacement chest armor 60mm beam cannon Missile launcher (x2) Forearm armor (x2) Laser Hound (normal x1, long-range shooting x1) Injection nozzle modeling parts (x2) Bike stand Armor cycle connection parts Rear pack Side pack (2) Base for display with connection parts from bbts... Box Contents VR-052T Battler Cyclone Rand figure Helmet Base
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    great screengrab recreation!
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    To be brutally honest here. the robot arm looks no better, actually a touch worse BUT the truck is MUCH better with no cat ears. HOWEVER a 3D printed part on this toy won't match very well. also given the photos and the visuals here , somebody will easily figure out how to incorporate this into an MPM KO/improved version and release as a full toy matched plastics./paints etc....and it will likely be cheaper than the mpm. knowing the KO market though, they might unnecessariy upscale the crap out of it. *sigh*.
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    guess we know why arcee had a long ass neck/collar now. it was a pretool for mightbird, who btw should not even transform to begin with. also they should rerelease arcee with this umm...perkier chest molding. if it goes on clearance i'll think about it ...maybe. glad to see crosscut coming. i was so close to getting xtb's herald a month back (already had skids and police deco) but guess i'll get takara's if price is inline with other mp-53 releases. hoping quality is good though. origins buzworthy bee is istant buy if i see it online or instore. now where is cytronian wheeljack that can fit him inside? haha. love the energon conductors are included. you know i wish it were designs like this that were given the MP treatment vs. nightbird who never needed to transform. and yeah sideswipe, is a favorite or mine too. my childhood one still mostly works and is at the rent's house and still works. my siege one is kitted with th nonnef stuff too and also got the roof sticker on there from toyhax. not gonna pay for the more countachy kingdom version even though the hood is far more lambo than the seige figure. its overall doesn't loook as cohesive in alt mode and the chest is more oversized in bot mode.
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    my wallet would like to pretend it never saw this and is reminding me that the bandai one is pretty nice already. lol. looks like THE definitive lion force voltron. the SOC didn't last long on top of the mountain.
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    keep them pics coming. i have such love for this valk. the first couple episodes of macross are like the biggest nostalgia bomb for me and the VF-1D is a personal favorite. if everything is in order this will be my favorite DX Chogokin release ever I think. Wish i got a double but was lucky enough to get 1 at least.
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    most days i'd take the sleep. happened to be up early.
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    I was able to get AE to ship out before they went on break (thursday/friday break this week) as i was watching email like a hawk and reacted and acted within one hour each time (also was up at 6AM and initial email about it was in stock wasat at 5:08 AM). was pleased they were able to calculate shipping, and let me ship it before EOD yesterday. It had one shipping option only, well 2 but they were same price. DHL says its arriving Monday (at my office and i will have it wednesday when i go in). i think this may be my last DX chogokin (its the last i really NEED NEED unless they do a DYRL max at some point)
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    wow, i forgot the MT was so slim in jet mode and hadnt' seen the newage from that angle before. the mp3/11/52 got progressively worse in alt mode. The MT still has the robo bewbs facing down but is sleek otherwise (but has maddening things about it like opaque cockpit, cartoonized shaping and proportions in the alt mode). the DS is a bit fat with the robo bewbs facing down (which newage was able to avoid?) but its much more steamlined than anything from takara with the exception of perhaps the mp-03. holding out hope it'll be the best overall still.
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    personally i think FT is well aware of all the "scarcity" and is doing it all on purpose, artificially. i also think some retailers hold back stock to sell later at inflated prices helping to further foster the "premium" pricing. also yes i realizt here are mateiral issues, shippign issues etc making things more spendy but in the end the price increases are not about offsetting new costs but going upmarket to cash in on bigger margins. also totally agree with Mike here "And the fans don't get it, either. I warned them when the price tag for MP-44 was first revealed that people should not buy it, that doing so was giving Takara tacit approval to charge those sorts of crazy prices in the future. While none have been that bad (Arcee was fairly reasonable, even), Hound, Bee, and Starscream were all a lot more expensive than similarly-sized figures from the pre-MP-44 days. And the fact that people were willing to buy at those prices has emboldened both Fans Toys and XTB." for my part i did skip mp-44 even though its fricken optimus (heck at least we had TE, MS, and good old MP-10, the mp-44 ko that came out later was a real mixed bag of crap btw). FT although not always reliable will try to fix their issues - takara will never help you out with hound or mp-44s knees there so thats one plus for FT.
  21. Mechapilot77
    i think the coolest part of these is that you can see the face through the face shield. kinda cool. being based on megahouse i doubt there will be a hoquet/rook figure as i dont' think megahouse ever got there. i have most of a megahouse yellow somewhere and it was ok but fidgety. hopefully they simplified these enough so they are functionial little figures. i think these little guys at 1/28 would look ok with the 1/36ish evolution toys legioss (hey gotta find some use for those) being posed in front (foreground supposed to look bigger right!? haha). at 2.5 inches these are overpriced but if i find out they handle well enough i might want in despite the lack of a fuke/hoquet/rook.
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    Not to mention the R word but apparently toynami is releasing theses statesides R branded. BBTS just sent me an e-mail about new cyclones from toynami and i think they are these guys rebranded. https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/169667 did these guys ever get a mospeada branded release?
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    is it me or are the wings WAY too small for the width of the fueselage? just noticed it from this angle.
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    wow LEK;s 1J is better than even most of his other work! so damn good.
  25. Mechapilot77
    why did they change the windows BACK to blue from the transparent smokey brownish? and as dave mentions...that white paint app is a big WTF. its silver on one face then white on the adjacent one. i'm not OCD but that will bug me and i will need to fix that. bothers me more than the "cat ears" almost. like i could leave it in bot mode i guess but just knowing its white wwill bother me. also i hope somebody makes a slightly better head/helmet for the bot mode. its just off enough to bug me. the rest of the bot looks pretty good though (i don't even mind the kibble on the forearms...it reminds u its a truck!).
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