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  1. tekering
    I'm a huge fan of Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, despite it being the only iteration of the franchise I find even watchable... ...and I'm so glad Revoltech gave these designs the respect they deserve. Note, however, that mine have all had minor surgery, to reduce their awkwardly-high shoulder joints: I dremeled out their shoulder sockets and drilled new holes for the Revoltech joints, so they sit at a more natural angle and reflect the CGI bodies more accurately. The ability to shift the eye positions is a very effective gimmick... ...and the alternate heads are lots of fun for posing and photography. No, just the turtles, unfortunately. Thankfully, though, they scale well with Playmates' human character figures: ...although some of the American figures need a lot of work done to match the accuracy of the Revoltech turtles. April required a whole new head! Karai just needed a couple new swivel joints for articulation, and minor repainting. They're fun to pose with most MAFEX, S.H. Figuarts, and other Revoltech lines, too. If only they'd produced more characters from the show... Nevertheless, highly recommended figures!
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    It's a good way to test the market for such a large and expensive model kit, I expect... If gerwalk sells well, they can safely invest in developing kits of the other modes, too. I expect Kidz Concept released Minmei as their first Robotech figure for the same reason.
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    And to scale!
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    Irrelevant. All that OCP left of Alex Murphy was a head and partial torso ("not even a corpse," as Dr. Faxx describes): Sure, they used a man in a costume for the title character, but RoboCop could've just as easily looked like this. Able-bodied characters like Tony Stark or the Knight Sabers, however, have no such excuse (although I thought Iron Man made the Iron Monger costume tangibly realistic)... I never saw reason to question the physical reality of Mospeada's transformable aircraft or ride armor -- certainly not compared to, say, the constantly mass-shifting Transformers -- and there's a lot of Marvel stuff that strains credulity a lot more nowadays. When Tony Stark steps out of the Iron Man armor wearing a three-piece suit, I call bullshit.
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    Yeah, Amazon.jp now says November 30th.
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    Always exciting to watch the magic happen.
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    Actually, they do fit on the bike, although they look as comically-oversized as most other Mospeada toys... However, unlike most other Mospeada toys, they can support the ride armor unassisted. But yes, the Sentinel boots are obviously preferable in bike mode.
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    So, I'm looking at Sentinel's 1:12 Mospeada ride-armor, with its skinny little boots... And Aoshima's vintage 1:12 model, with its massive boots... ...and I figure, why not just swap 'em? Aoshima's figure still sucks, but I think Sentinel's looks way better in Aoshima boots. I've just gotta paint 'em up to match.
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    Nice to see a video review just for the love of it!
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    Okay, I'm very excited about this. According to Amazon.jp, there's a long-awaited new series coming out called "Bottoms." Also, this upcoming turbo-custom Scopedog toy stands 113.7 yards, which makes it 104 meters high. And the shipping is FREE!
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    I hope these are of use to you, or jenius, or anyone else who wishes to make use of 'em.
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    No sweat, jenius. I got this. Scans incoming.
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    I love Gwilym Lee as Brian May, but I'm rapidly losing confidence in Rami Malek as Freddie... ...I mean, was Bryan Singer deliberately framing him to look like a scrawny teenager? This is what Freddie Mercury looked like in '77, when "We Will Rock You" was composed and recorded. The short hair and mustache was '80s Freddie. I mean, if the movie couldn't even get that right...
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    Hi-Metal R

    tekering replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    I admire your conscientious work ethic.
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    I thought it was a terrific film. Well-paced, gorgeous animation, with a very rich production design and some great vocal performances. It's a shame the film needed Netflix to get distributed, because we probably won't see any toys as a result... and it's one of the most toyetic movies I've ever seen! It positively cries for action figures. I assume you're referring to Ares in powered armor? Particularly the particle beam cannon... ...amirite? I actually saw a lot more Gundam than Macross in the mecha combat, but the anime influence is undeniable.
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    Macross figures

    tekering replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    I think Bandai's HMR prototype is much more accurate than that 3D-printed fan sculpt is.
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    Damn, TJ. Your Photoshop skills are off the scale.
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    Suspended from the ceiling is my only option. Something like this... ...but it's hardly ideal.
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    Witness the birth of the M. Night Shyamalan Cinematic Universe... The MNSCU.
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    Macross figures

    tekering replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    And thanks to borgified's gracious heads-up (and Mandarake's prompt service), they're here already! The secret* figure of the set is an Ishtar in civilian garb. *Not much of a secret, I know.
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    I think you're all missing the obvious here. Rey is all-powerful for the same reason Anakin was:
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    I fell in love with the original Transformers cartoon as a kid, but always hated the toys for how poorly they represented the onscreen characters. Scale, proportion, articulation, likeness -- they failed every criteria I had for action figures and character merchandise alike. With historical perspective, I realize this was entirely Sunbow's fault (talk about false advertising!), but I still don't see the appeal of G1 reissues. Masterpiece, on the other hand...
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    You don't know the half of it, son. You should see the rest of the house.
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    Nice, but I'm sure it wasn't as "supercheap" as it claims to be... I finally found the perfect skateboard for Revoltech Mikey!
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