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  1. Scyla
    I received my Type-E today. The box is ginormous (Nintendo Switch for scale):
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    Thanks. It was just an example for another marketplace that I thought people are familiar with in the US. In Europe there are other platforms where you can buy from private sellers but point taken.
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    I’m planning to buy an USC Super Star Destroyer (10221) from the aftermarket. Since it will be a pricey purchase I wonder what my best option would be? Bricklink prices seems to be in the medium range and I assume that the buyer feedback is a good indication of the sellers reputation given it is smaller and more focused marketplace. On ebay the prices seem to be on the high side but it offers additional protection through ebay itself. However, I heard some reports that scammers found some ways around the buyer protection. On other platforms like Craigslist prices seems to be the lowest but I assume that the chances are much higher being scammed than on the other two platforms. Does anyone on this board has any recommendations or experiences using these platforms when buying high priced items?
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    Well, my shelves are full anyways… That said it would be great if either Bandai would make the TWE items available everywhere in the world or if they release all molds as a retail item first and put the repaints into the TWE. But this is not what will happen is it? At the moment, most Metal Build releases are not available at regular retail. On that note:
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    Maybe the person should have invested less in GN Arms and more in nice shelves or cabinets instead.
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    I understand that there is no reference for having the tiger stripes over the whole body but to me it is a case were it would make sense to have it all over dinosaur mode and it would make the toy more coherent. I'm sure Hasbro didn’t paint the stripes for "accuracies" sake and not for some petty reasons like saving money. It just looks bland and honestly quite cheap. It is just not what I would have imagined when we first heard about Tigerstripe Grimlock.
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    Is there anyone that is not disappointed that the tiger stripes aren’t running throughout Grimlock's body? I found it shocking that it is only on the lower legs.
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    I’m looking forward to the Providence Gundam. Finally a new mold that is not a re-shell (like the Deathscythe Hell), a remold (like the Gold Frame) or a straight up repaint (like the Patchwork Crossbone). I wonder if it will be a regular release or a TWE. I think the last regular one was the Exia Revise. Makes me think that Bandai is shifting the majority of MB releases to be TWEs for an unknown reason. Maybe for preventing scalping, over production, over saturation? But probably only the over production part really concerns Bandai.
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    Nin Nin Game has a listing marked as "soon available" but I don’t know if this is a new listing.
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    Metal Structure Sazabi reissue available at Anime Export (¥298,000 ~$2200): https://www.anime-export.com/index.php?product=70494 [edit:] sold out
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    Nice Gunpla @anubis20! I never liked posing my Gunpla. Always something fell off and they often need stands to hold the up; especially the more elaborated designs.
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    I shipped my MB GN Arms Type-E, MB Dynames and MGP Suiken from Anime Export today. Price to Europe via EMS was ¥17000. Thank god for the good exchange rate
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    Did Hasbro ever released a "regular" black Classified Baroness that was not locked behind a store exclusive motorcycle bundle?
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    I think the Arlong from the trailer emphasizes what is wrong with the visuals: many One Piece characters have a unique physique that don’t translate well to live action. It is just too odd. So either you tone that element down quite a bit and reimagine a lot about the world. Or, you go all out on the designs (which is probably too expensive for Netflix). At the moment the world depicted in the trailers sits somewhere in the middle. It looks super awkward.
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    Yeah I agree with you that the shown figures don’t male much sense to me. Still my fear was that they wouldn’t release any more Marvel characters since we had no new announcements recently. So even if they are not the figures I would want fist, I’m glad that they are continuing the line.
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    That Captain America will look awesome on my MvC shelf. And new Marvel releases mean that the hope is alive that the will complete the X-Men teams they started.
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    It seems like the Ultra Magnus took a lot of inspiration from the Masterpiece version. But the Studio Series heute one has a way better head sculpt.
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    The Robosen Grimlock looks awesome. Even better than the MP Grimlock it seems to be based on. I can hardly comprehend that it automatically converts. I need to watch a video later.
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    If anyone is interested in the FansHobby Huntsman it will go up on The Chosen Prime (today at 10am PST) and the FansHobby shop website around the 20/21st of July (depending on your time zone). More details here: https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/fh-x-tcp-mp-19c-huntsman-tfcon-toronto-2023-exclusive.1250372/page-15#post-21513005
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    Thank you for all the hints were to start looking. I will check Mandarake if they have the Japanese one since I plan to order from them next month. [edit:] Many thanks to @sh9000 too. Didn’t see the post at first.
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    I’m a big fan of the character art on the front of the G1 boxes (probably an even a bigger fan than of the toys inside). Is there a nice coffee table book that compiles all the G1 box art as high quality prints?
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    I find it odd that you can order the E.M.M.I. from HLJ. They didn’t list Samus and I had to go through Anime Export. Did they just decided not to carry her? I also find it odd that this robot is on the top of the sales charts at HL given that they never had Samus up for order.
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    No news from XTB, but Bandit is real : https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/15/tfcon-toronto-2023-3rd-party-panel-slides-in-full-489651
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    I don’t think so, but TFCon Toronto is this weekend, so the possibility for news on the XTB products is higher than usual.
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    Good review of Armada Optimus @mikeszekely. I wished the Hasbro designer would have given the Super Mode a more defined shape. As is, it looks like a still wrapped chocolate bar. No definition in the torso, shoulders and legs. It is uninteresting to look at. Also the designers of any Armada Optimus seem to be hell bent that he needs to have kibble coattails. FansHobby did the same with their release. I guess the whole toy is relatively accurate to the source material. I’m not a fan of the show, so having a toy that is less accurate but better looking is a bigger priority to me. I'm in for a Nemesis version, even with the trailer to have and increased play value. Still odd that FansHobby never did one.
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