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  1. tekering
    I must say, that's the most photo-realistic CG toy rendering I've ever seen. Hell, the .jpg artifacts look like dust, even. Not nearly as chunky as he used to be... 😅 ...but as Raiden's torso, he kinda has to be.
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    Roughly equal to Siege Jetfire, then. Wheeljack, of course, is the only Victory character to have received a toy version of late (since Perceptor's not out yet). Hell, the only reason Wheeljack appeared in Victory to begin with is because nobody even bothered to tell the writers that he'd been killed in Transformers: The Movie, which just goes to show how badly the franchise had been mismanaged in Japan.
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    Actually, there's no need to specify, 'cause every DX VF-1 release to date has sold out. Regardless of what Valkyrie (or accessory set) you're after, the secondary market is your only option.
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    For the individual robots, it's entirely possible -- FansToys, XTB, DX9, MMC, Toyworld and Zeta have certainly proven as much -- but it'll never be possible with the combined modes, because of how ridiculously oversized the combiners were consistently depicted in the animation. Thankfully, we have a lot of cartoon-accurate figures at smaller scales these days, so between Earthrise/Kingdom and 3P Legends, you'll probably find a satisfying size for whatever mode you choose to display your combiner teams in.
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    With all the inaccurate shapes, proportions, colors, and internal mechanisms evident, scale is the least-distracting issue. However talented, the artist clearly has only a passing interest in the source material.
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    I only know of the Banpresto figure from 1998.
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    That's why this Star Saber is the only one that interests me: ...and why MMC's "Carnifex" is the only Overlord I'll ever need.
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    You mean a VEFR-1?
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    That's absolutely correct. The "G" in "MPG" stands for "gattai" (to combine), "giant" and "great," apparently. That's absolutely correct as well. Combiners are rarely to scale with each other, much less other toys in their respective lines... And even when robot-mode scale (as depicted in the animation) is strictly adhered to, the combined form always ends up about half the size it's supposed to be.
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    That's exactly the problem, see: He's covered up significant portions of the exposed interior, he's misinterpreted surface detailing on the domes as transparency, he's simply painted over the bits he can't parse, and his colors are way off. If he'd even glanced at the animation itself, he wouldn't have made such errors.
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    That weathering's incredible. Looks like it spent a decade on the floor of the Atlantic. 😅
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    Erm... is that supposed to be a Robotech redesign, to make the Zor mothership look more like a Zentraedi battle cruiser? 🤨 The color, the uneven surface edges, and the purple domes are a significant departure from Ammonite's line art. The spires look like insect legs, and those domes look like ratty umbrellas with that rib structure.
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    If only their model sheets had hewed closer to the toy... Something like this, eh?
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    I appreciate the insight, especially since I haven't given the HasLab a second look. So it's a Star Saber/Victory Leo two-pack? Meaning it's Saber, with parts to upgrade to Star Saber, who can combine with Victory Leo to upgrade to Victory Saber? That would explain the awkward proportions (which similarly plagued Legends Super Ginrai). Without a childhood connection to either the original cartoons or the G1 toys, I don't imagine I'd appreciate Victory Saber any more than I do Super Ginrai. I enjoyed Headmasters for giving Sixshot and Punch/Counterpunch their due, but as soon as legacy characters like Rodimus faded into the background, I lost interest... and everything that followed after Headmasters was either childish and forgettable (Victory), childish and derivative (Car Robots), Transformers-in-name-only (Masterforce), or simply unwatchable (the so-called "Unicron Trilogy"). Honestly, Japanese have never respected Transformers fiction, and their original series embody the worst tropes of anime (the absolute nadir being Transformers Go!), so I tend to avoid Japanese-only characters. I only bought FansHobby's "Athena" and "Ace Hitter" because of your recommendations, actually. 😅
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    Damn, dude! A Legioss Supreme! In the performing arts, that is what is known as a "mic drop." I thought you had begun five years ago... Seriously, if I had one of those 1:32 beasts, I'd be planning on entering next year's contest. Ten weeks isn't nearly enough time to give that kit the effort it deserves. Unless, of course, those photos are actually years old, and you're much further along in your build... 😅 Either way, can't wait to see what you do with it! 😍
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    No, I'm perfectly happy with MP-24 (which was cheaper, better-proportioned, and more anime-accurate)!
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    No. If you couldn't appreciate all the in-jokes, cameos, callbacks, and Easter eggs in T'Challa's episode, you're not a big enough fan of the MCU. Like Star Trek: Lower Decks, What If...? is an animated series made for dedicated fans, by dedicated fans, and ordinary audiences are likely to be left cold.
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    With our collections, it's very hard to find something later even if you do mark all your moving boxes... ...and virtually impossible if you don't.
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    Way ahead of you, buddy.
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    A couple of members, in fact... but while pictures of completed models are available, what does the raw kit look like? What colors are the parts molded in? Where are the seam lines? How does the scale compare to the 1:100 kit, or the Hi-Metal R toy version? There's just no source of reference for questions like that. That's why I had to track down one of my own (and the 1:72 Regult, which turned out to be a pleasant surprise). I don't expect a vintage '80s release to be nearly as good as a 2010 Bandai reissue, but I'm still hoping to find the definitive Glaug for my collection... ...at least, until I acquire a Moscato "Graug," that is. 😅
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    I'm sure some of you have already seen what I'm working on... There are some very detailed parts!
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    I just scored one for under ¥10,000 (including shipping), which is a fair price on the secondary market here. Hopefully it'll prove large and detailed enough to justify the cost. Stay tuned!
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    I knew nothing of The Crow: City of Angels. I'd assumed Eric Draven had been recast -- hell, it sure looked like the same character! -- and having enjoyed the first film several times during its original theatrical run, I had no intention of seeing a needless sequel. It would appear the studio not only ruined the film, but the marketing as well. Very interesting video. Thanks for sharing.
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