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    Despite the weakness of your assertion, I'm happy to see you've finally decided to acknowledge another contributor to your thread. 😊 Given there are at least 150 signed photographs of Carrie Fisher on eBay at any given time, they certainly don't fit the criteria you've defined in your title. Rarity is a question of fact, not opinion. 🙄
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    I respectfully disagree... Despite the kibble on his back, I'd argue the original Voyager looks better in both robot and vehicle modes. I certainly won't be replacing mine with the Studio Series version. Thanks (as always) for the review, Mike!
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    It took a decade for Google Translate to adopt deep learning strategies (their so-called "Google Neural Machine Translation" system), and after six years of it, you'd expect some improvement... but no, it's still hopeless with Japanese. My students get results like "They can see fall" and "She swims with badminton" on a daily basis. 🙄 Dude, use DeepL instead. It's way better.
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    The likenesses and character selection has come a long way since the '90s, that's for sure! Mattel is doing great things with the line.
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    Careful, @Big s... Jurassic Park toys can be addictive! 😉
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    Thanks for the vote of confidence! 😊 I'd imagined that very solution in my head, but I wouldn't know how to go about implementing it... I've completed the rough assembly and worked out the pose I want my "Bug Face" Bioroid to assume on the Biover sled... As always, when I encounter a modelling dilemma without a clear and obvious solution, I put the project aside to work on something else while I await inspiration. It's a very dangerous time, when more tempting projects divert my attention away... and before I've even realized it, years have passed and the original project is all-but-forgotten... 😔 ...and after more than a year of anticipation, there's nothing more distracting than getting a new Moscato Hobby garage kit...! 😬 If I didn't have a commission to finish by the end of the month, I'd have probably forgotten all about the SDF-1 by now. 😔
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    A better title might be "We Can Google It For You Wholesale." 😝 I'm usually an encyclopedia of film titles, but there's the occasional anime that escapes me... including an old hentai title I'd love to track down, but probably shouldn't describe here. 😅
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    The scariest thing about that movie was seeing LeVar Burton's eyes. 😅
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    @Einherjar has posted about it in numerous threads over the years:
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    They're green, yeah. Most definitely. 👍 He's gonna have to try a lot harder. 🙄
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    Be glad you didn't, buddy. 😑 We tend to bash Robotech pretty fiercely 'round these parts, but (apart from "Reba West") the voice cast did a remarkable job, especially given the scripts they were working from. The ADV dub is demonstrably worse in just about every respect (except for, ironically enough, Mari Iijima's Minmei). 😅
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    I'm hung up on the limitations of the human body. Is "Gate" supposed to be some kind of cyborg? Human feet are completely incompatible with that design. 😒
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    Use a hair dryer to heat the figure's legs. Whether it's vinyl, resin or PVC plastic, heat will make the limbs more pliable, and you'll find it easier to reposition the foot enough to peg it securely into the stand.
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    True enough. That $750 Optimus Prime was painfully lame for the same reasons. 😒 Still, if this 70cm SDF-1 was available as a model kit, it would make for a fabulous Attacker mode display with only minor modifications. 😇
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    Welcome, Harbinger! That looks like the RG Restraint/Transport Platform Set from Premium Bandai. RG Evangelion figures are a little taller than the Robot Damashii EVAs, but I think you could make it work... Also, each of the old Sega 00's came with restraint/transport platforms, if you prefer the TV look.
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    Oh, I certainly hope not... 😒 The conning tower sits absurdly high, the VTOL thruster assembly is sagging like grandma's chest, and the main cannon booms appear to be finalizing their divorce. 😑 Say what you will about cruiser mode, it couldn't possibly be worse than this looks. 🙄
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    Hurry up and announce the next Dynaction figure, Bandai! RAH NEO and ThreeZero are kickin' yer ass!
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    The voice of James Spader was sorely missed. 😢
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    I had to look this one up for myself: Wait, Wesley Crusher was originally conceived as a girl named Leslie? 😮
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    Found 'em on BBTS. 😊
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    I don't know if it's Kate Mulgrew... 🤔 ...but it sure as hell ain't Jeri Ryan! 🤨
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    As much as I appreciate your "can-do" attitude, bud (and I really do -- you're an inspiration), that segment is already properly-shaped and angled for cruiser mode: ...so it's not too tall, it just sits too high after transformation. I've got to figure out how to slide it further down into the fuselage so that it sits lower between the shoulders in "Attacker." 🤔
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    Damn, this is really starting to bug me. 😑 The bridge is supposed to sit between the shoulders in "Attacker" mode, with the conning tower sitting almost parallel to the VTOL thruster assemblies on either side of the chest. This establishes the eyeline for the bridge crew, as I've outlined in red. The toy positions the conning tower much too high, meaning the bridge sits well above the shoulders. 🤨 This is a big reason why the proportions look so far off-model in this mode. ...and now I can't unsee it. 😒 Gawd, how am I gonna fix this? 😬
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