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    I think I’m good. Even of the MB Strike Freedom is my favorite mold of the line, this does nothing for me.
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    Wait, that brown cross axle will always be there even when you decide to not have the shuttle there? That is even more hilarious. [edit:] After watching the the lifestyle video it seems like you cannot even decide that you don’t want to have the shuttle there or not since it is linked directly to the separation mechanism. That seems like someone needs to come up with a mod. I wouldn’t want to have these low poly out of scale shuttles on a display piece like this.
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    The official site for the Lego Enterprise D is up: https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/star-trek-u-s-s-enterprise-ncc-1701-d-10356 Who thought it was a good idea to use a brown cross axel to keep the shuttle suspended in mid air on top of the shuttle deck???
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    While it is great that they are releasing these variants I feel like that they won’t complete all the variants and that (what I really want) they don’t do it for a fully armored up X. Mega Man X has been a seminal experience for my childhood and many of the aesthetics cues had a lasting impact on my sensibilities. For most oft the game X had some sort of armor upgrade already (and mostly the complete set). So please threeZero, do the armored version and release all the weapons color ways for it (and all the Mavericks too). Now knowing all that will I be in on this? [edit:] Rising Fire is the Mega Man X4 (which I never played) fire weapon which shows me two things: 1) I don’t even know what Flame Mammoths weapon looks like without the X full armor and 2) it seems like Mega Man X didn’t have the impact I thought it had if I cannot get the weapon names straight. Very peculiar choice going from Mega Man X directly to X4. Why not flesh out this line first. Why is this not the X2 Speed Burner variant that had such a cool dash when fully charged; puzzling. Especially since this looks very close/identical to the X2 line art.
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    Thanks. I have found this set on HLJ but I’m unsure if the joints have the correct size: https://www.hlj.com/1-12-scale-joint-technique-figure-joint-flesh-ylsppc-tn110 I was wondering if someone would know what the exact replacement would be for this figure.
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    Yesterday I opened my BringArts FF7 Elena and it turns out that the ball hinge that connects the head to the rest of the body is completely shattered. They probably destroyed it when assembling the figure. Is there a replacement joint I can use to fix that? I already checked the wrist replacement joints that come with Figma 1/12 scale figures but their diameter is too small to fit without modifications. Another thought I had was buying the Cloud Strife model kit and hope they have an adequate joint packed into it that I could utilize since it looks quite similar to the action figure variant. Thanks in advance for any kind of help.
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    With these options on the table I would recommend Macross 2. To me Macross 2 is much closer to the themes and the tone of the rest of Macross than Plus. Macross Plus, while good in its own right feels to me very disjointed to the rest of the entries and I have an inkling that many fans of Macross got the wrong idea what Macross is about after watching the Robotech version and then Plus (and nothing else). That is not Macross Plus’ fault given that it was not meant to be a Macross title to begin with. Personally I have a much greater appreciation for Macross 7, Frontier and Delta precisely because I didn’t experience the franchise in the SDF —> Plus order.
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    Hilarious (but you need to disable auto dubbing): English trailer:
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    I have to be thankful that they didn’t pack a Nemesis Prime into this multipack.
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    Yesterday was the 3rd party panel of the Chicago TFCon. In true FansToys fashion they rained on the parade of DX9 and 01-Studio by announcing their Datsuns and Broadside: I find it funny that their Scavenger doesn’t look like an undefined blob of a shape (other than FT Bonecrusher): The only thing I’m going to preorder are the Datsuns. Broadside is interesting but at 700mm (28”) length much too big for me. Other than that I am super excited for this years exclusive: Fans Hobby Euro G1 Predator Skyquake
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    Being from the EU I can tell you that HLJ never undervalues their items so I always have to pay the full 20% import sales tax (the tariffs) every time I order something through them. So I am not surprised that they follow the other laws strictly as well. I remember watching an interview with Scott (the founder and at the time owner of HLJ) who said that they don’t do a lot of business with the EU compared to the US (Gee, I wonder why this is). I assume they will not start losing customers from the US as well with applying the correct tax percentage to customers from there. The other store that is very strict with following the regulations is amiami, I wonder what their state on these new US taxes is.
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    May I ask for one final Thing? had an awkward turn in the latest episode: And I wasn’t expecting that.
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    The DX Chogokin VF-19Kai was put into my Anime Export stash today. It is still available for purchase for ¥33000: https://www.anime-export.com/index.php?product=98468
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    @mikeszekely I thought Armada Nemesis Prime was also $90 (he is €92 in the EU). Since he is such a weird release (no trailer, no regular face sculpt, not the correct sword, odd animation shading color), I hope we will get a full commander release with the trailer and a "correct" color for Nemesis Prime down the line (maybe akin to the Nemesis Bendy Prime version). I think Armada Nemesis Prime is supposed to be black in the cartoon but because you cannot shade black the animators decided to make him this dark green. RiD Scourge is also sometimes depicted as a very dark blue (and sometimes black) but it is easier to have parts of Scourge a pure black because he has other colors on him whereas Armada Nemesis Prime is predominantly black.
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    Hacchaka’s review of the MB Hyper Mega Launcher: https://hacchaka.net/archives/52126307.html This is probably the pose I’m going with on my display but firing downwards:
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    The Evolution Toy VF-2SS is terrible. You can watch jenius’s review on his YouTube channel or read up on it here: https://anymoon.com/blog/?p=10212 The Hi-Metal R ones are serviceable but they capture neither the sleekness nor the transformation of the VF-2SS accurately. jenius’s review is here: https://anymoon.com/blog/?p=10337 The one fatal flaw that the HMRs have is that the canopy cover doesn’t sit properly on top of the cockpit so it always looks super odd. I also don’t like that the arms just sit there in fighter-mode and don’t conform to the fuselage in any way. They are also secured by my eternal nemesis, tabs that fold in to hide them. This makes the toy much more fiddly to handle in fighter mode than they need to be. Overall a lot of the negative aspects of the HMRs come down to its small size. It is a good release, much much better than the Evolution Toy ones. But it is not the high end, super fancy and accurate rendition of the VF-2SS that I ultimately want.
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    If I remember correctly Club Tamashii is a Japanese exclusive loyalty program. Depending on how much Tamashii Nations Exclusive items you buy directly from them you advance a ladder that allows you to enter lotteries and buy items that other members and the general public doesn’t have access to. I assume all the stores that act as a middleman for these items have the highest level of this membership scheme.
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    Thanks for the replies. Every time I try to navigate the Tamashii Nations site I get an aneurysm. I don’t even know how to get to the view @lechuck showed, even from the link that was shared. [edit:] Aha, I need to switch to the Japanese site.
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    Impulse looks good. I think I am fine with the three (?!?) main variants out of which I like the Sword Impulse the best. A mostly red and white Gundam just does it for me. I’m still sad we never got the red MB Seven Sword and I hope someday we will get an MB Build/Try Burning Gundam. Another question. How many rounds of preorders were there for the MB God Gundam and what were/are the release dates. I am only aware of the first batch for the August 2025 release (the one with the shoulder paint issue).
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    I preordered Armada Nemesis Prime from Anime Export already. I was unsure about paying €93 for it but seeing that the price was raised from $75 to $90 makes me much happier with my choice.
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    DX Chogokin VF-17S

    Scyla replied to GGemini's topic in Toys

    While I agree that preorder madness is not what it was before (thank god) for DX Chogokins I feel like for a new Valkyrie they do tend to sell out faster than the VF-17S is selling at the moment. Bandai is selling the VF-17S as a companion piece to the Fire Valkyrie so I assume the production run might be as large as the VF-19 Kai and the Kai sold much better as far as I remember.
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    The other item I got was Mattel Hot Wheels Nemesis Prime. It is similar to Binaltech Laserwave in that he is made out of a lot of metal, a wheeled vehicle and probably the last piece of my Mattel Hot Wheels collection I need (). I can’t see how they could make more characters I want. The only other Transformer I could think about would be Cliffjumper. As for Nemesis Prime, as something that was scheduled for November it arrived very early. Nemesis Prime is super tiny and as someone who never owned a G1 Optimus Prime he is kinda interesting and neat. However, with no nostalgia for either Hot Wheels nor Optimus I feel I’m missing out on the main appeal of the piece. So he feels like an expensive novelty in the same way the Missing Link Transformers feel like an expensive novelty to me. Looking at the current aftermarket prices they don’t seem too outrageous to me and I don’t see them skyrocketing like Optimus did. So if you are interested to check it out, and missed the preorder, now might be a good time to buy one from the aftermarket.
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    I got Binaltech Laserwave to finish my Binaltech/Alternators collection (of two items, the other is Nemesis Prime). The RX-8 is nicely painted (and super heavy due to all the die cast; almost to a detriment). I especially like how the transformation changes the seats and floor of the car to the, nicely tapered, lower torso. Of course on mine the hood pops up constantly during transformation. The fact that is made out of die-cast doesn’t help with that because it is so heavy. There are some outdated solutions on the figures like not having a thigh swivel - which I hate because you cannot achieve natural looking poses - but overall I’m quite happy. It is so nice to have something that is not G1 Shockwave. I’m super excited for the Shockwhale and the Kuro Kara Kuri SG Longarm that was revealed this week. Funny how Shockwave is a Jazz/Meister retool quite often now.
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    DX Chogokin VF-17S

    Scyla replied to GGemini's topic in Toys

    To me, from the top view the major issues are the details on the upper intake covers, the incorrect feet and the shape of the wing lights. I think the feet are the most egregious inaccuracy for this view. There is a bunch of additional surface detail not on the VF-17 line art but I can explain this away by being an attribute of the DX style. The problem is that the details are a copy from the VF-171 and not new details for the VF-17. I assume, Bandai couldn’t have shortened the arms a bit more in fighter mode because of the underlying engineering. Since the preorders are not selling like hotcakes Bandai might revise the VF-17 but I doubt it.
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    HMR VF-19P

    Scyla replied to BlueMax's topic in Toys

    Oh, I can imagine that it is quite chaotic at the moment but I believe this will all be streamlined once the dust has settled.
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