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    I think you could do a Two in one set (instead of including a TV set). On the other hand, they didn’t release a Japanese version of the NES but the NES design was the same in Europe and the US. Given that the US market is slightly bigger than the European one I would expect a US version of the SNES but that would habe little appeal to a big Lego market. Or they just do different sets for different regions. Lego has experimented with different color ways for sets so this would be the logical next step (although I am a big SNES fan so I would have to import the US version). The Europe and Japan version would probably be the more fun build, the US version seems to be straight forward in terms of design (plus the SNES doesn’t require the ingenious cartridge loading mechanism of the NES, maybe the SNES would be super boring).
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    During one of the recent Amazon sales in my country I got a Lego Game Boy for around $45. It is an awesome set with crazy build techniques. Making it very close to the original. The way they managed to invert the building direction 180 degrees with the bar with stop ring piece is something I have never seen before on a Lego set. I know that other Brick based systems have specialized pieces for that that allows for the same technique but the pieces Lego used feels more Lego like (i.e. using an existing piece for a new purpose). It had only stickers for the cartridges which leaves the CV Game Boy console fully printed. All the buttons are functional too. What is bad about the set is that on my copy the clips that hold the rubber band for the A- and B-buttons have a different shade of gray and it is very noticeable in hands. I contemplate buying replacement pieces and how they have a shade more in line with the other pieces. Another bad thing is that the transparent plate for the displays is not packaged separately so of course mine had scratches. As someone who’s first gaming system was the Game Boy I am very nostalgic towards it so I greatly enjoyed the whole experience. Now Lego please do a (PAL) SNES next. Given that Chrono Trigger is my favorite game of all time I would be interested into a custom Chrono Trigger cartridge if they do a SNES. Also love this view from the manual:
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    I think Hasbro missed a major chance with Star Eagle. Why is the toy not called Star Eagle 47 or is colored orange?
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    To me the Overgear releases are meant to fit in with the Diaclone Reboot toys. They seem to have the same design language play features and construction as these toys. I think size wise they might fit in with either the MP or Movie MP line but to me the difference in style is far too garish. [edit:] the Anime Export site mentions that the robot is 18cm tall which seems to be a bit small for MP scale. Once I am home I could measure the height of my FM Warhorse to be certain .
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    I am very disappointed that Shockwave is just a smoothed out version of the Siege toy. And why didn’t Hasbro smooth out/retool the front of the spaceship/muzzle to look in line with the rest of the toy/more accurate to the source material? Also is the color on Shockwave wrong? Shouldn’t he be more lilac than purple? I wonder why my favorite Transformers always have to suffer? Especially Shockwave/Galvatron/Star Saber. On the other hand I am glad that I didn’t buy the dramatic capture multipack. Skywarp looks good but I am not sure the Studio Series did away with all the disappointing aspects of the Earthrise mold.
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    I think that Ironhide would have been much nicer in red not black. It looks to me like Takara is trying to apply the Diaclone Reboot aesthetic, engineering and design language to the Transformers line. I have one Versaulter toy to see what the Diaclone toys feel like and they are not for me but I think Transformers fans who like the Diaclone Reboot line will love these.
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    Yeah, I am still miffed that I didn’t buy the black and purple convention edition of him. In general I would have bought much more Reformatted release had I known it is a finite toy line.
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    They are both excellent toys. I am very pleased. The one thing I dislike are the square cuts in the shoulder and thigh swivels they look soooo ugly. I don’t know if MMC has learned a lot after Assaultus or if Devastator is just easier to do since he doesn’t have dedicated feet and the torso is comprised out of two toys. Ignis, while not nearly as bad as Incursus, is still wonky. Anyhow, I am curious what MMC does next. I have thee feeling it will be Raiden but I wish for a G1 all in one Feral Rex.
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    @mikeszekely Paik4Life showed in his video about Demolitor that you can store the silver nozzles sideways inside the mixing drum. There are two small nubs on each side and the nozzles are meant to peg in between.
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    Takara advertises in the MPG-17 transformation video that it is compatible with the MP-44 trailer so I doubt they are going to release one:
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    He is ¥22000 before Japanese VAT.
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    Awesome that we get a Zero in this line. Seeing that they did a Cutman I wonder what the possibility of MDLX Mavericks are. I would love to have a Storm Eagle but all the Mega Man X Mavericks are great designs. I don’t think there is a bad one unlike X2 and X3 where most of them are a miss for me (although Neon Tiger and Overdrive Ostrich are rad).
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    My favorite brick color is sand blue; maybe if they do a pair in that color…
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    Only $200. What a bargain!
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    I ordered the 1/12 scale Contra figure from HLJ. They were originally planned to be released in August 2025 but have been pushed pack every month since then. Is it normal that Hiya Toys are being delayed for that long? It seems like they are using the factory where the Mafex toys are being produced.
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    I know but we are already half way there and no new delay is announced so I want to keep a positive mood and hope that Rogue will be (finally) released this month.
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    It is mid January and HLJ has Mafex Rogue still listed as a January release… … fingers crossed.
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    New Lego Zelda set announced: 3 mini figs, 1003 pieces, $129. https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/ocarina-of-time-the-final-battle-77093
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    I thought these are more sensible size classes too but then I remember that Dreadwind and Darkwing needs additional parts and engineering to combine. So I would suspect that Hasbro will sell Voyager toys at a leader price (the same way they do with Deluxe sized combiner limbs). Additionally you have all the extra parts for the Powermaster gimmick (even if it is not spring loaded). For Overlord I would expect a Star Convoy sized Titan (maybe even smaller). G1 Overlord has a lot of functionality - like the base mode - to recreate that faithfully I think Hasbro would make it a Titan class to have extra budget available.
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    Nice review. I wished Habro would give us finally updated Powermasters. I would be super excited about a Commander class Powermaster Prime, Titan class Overlord, Leader class Dreadwind and Darkwing or any of the other Powermasters. Maybe I just need to go for the G1 toys but they are expensive since I would want them in their boxes since that was what was on the shelve of the toy stores when I was a kid.
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    Zenitsu was the reason I dropped the show, he was just unbearable for me.
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    According to Wikipedia the artist did build models of some of the designs to create credible drawings from all angles of the various ships in the comic. He is similar to Kawamori in this regard. The designs with the elongated clear cockpit sections and beefy rear fuselages clearly speak to me (which is why I adore the VF-25 Armored Messiah) so there is a clear through line between the comic, the shmup ship designs to my love for the mecha design in Macross. Speaking of shmups, my favorite ship is probably the one from the cover of the PAL version of Super R-Type (and the GameBoy version of R-Type); the NES Gradius cover art being a close second:
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    Thanks to this thread I remember some of the sci-fi media I consumed as a kid. One thing that came to mind were the Yoko Tsuno comics by the Belgian writer Roger Leloup which might not be that well known by North-American sci-fi fans. Especially the mechanical design of the vessels are memorable to me. With their large windscreens, small cockpit- and large propulsion-section is distinctly scientific fiction and their design really speaks to me:
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    Great topic @M'Kyuun. As a kid I was already heavily influenced by Japanese mecha without knowing it seeing cartoons and imagery that originated from Japan without me realizing its origins. However, since this discussion has started with Western mechanical design the first instances that had a profound impact on me were (of course) Star Wars and Mechwarrior. Especially the cover of the 1993 SNES game and the Timberwolf mech itself. In high school I was obsessed with drawing the Timberwolf from a head in perspective which seemed easy to to for my 13 year old self; just three boxes and a circle for the cockpit and the missile pods. I never was able to get the legs quite right though. Still it is an iconic design it its own right. Never knowing where it originated from. Looking at the Mechwarrior wiki it seems like the legs and arm cannons stem from the Marauder (aka the Glaug).
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