Scyla
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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. -
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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Scyla replied to mikeszekely's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
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. -
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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Scyla replied to mikeszekely's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
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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Scyla replied to mikeszekely's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
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. -
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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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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Oh, I can use EMS but all EMS packages will be handed over to DHL to be delivered in my country. Even if this wasn’t the case, all carriers (DHL, FedEx, UPS) have processes in place to make you pay the processing fee and pay the import VAT; there is no escape. And it will be same in the US. You will get used to your new federal tax and the fees attached to it once all the carriers have processes in place to request the money from you.
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In the EU I have to pay DHL €7 for each package that I import (in addition to %20 import VAT) so my strategy is to use shopping sites that allow me to store a lot of stuff and then ship it out so I only have to pay the €7 once and not for every item.
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Monthly Magex Rogue update: delayed till November…
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Amiami’s preorder page for the DX Chogokin VF-17S: https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail?gcode=FIGURE-192154
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With the preorder being scheduled for tomorrow October 1st, do we have a time slot for the preorder? Is it 5pm JST?
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As I said earlier, I want a slim VF-17 but this is just wrong. It would be the same if Bandai released the VF-19Kai by painting the YF-19 red and gave it a different head turret. It also doesn’t help that Frontier had a totally different animation style compared to 7. Because the Valkyries in Frontier were computer generated they had a lot more details than the ones in 7 ever did. Things like the details on the intakes, the additional surface detail on the back of the plane. Where do the micro missile launchers in the legs come from, where is the opening for the gunpod in the legs? The problem is that this is not realistic VF-17, it is a VF-171 cosplaying as a VF-17. I really want to like this, because it has all the markings Yamato omitted (and I had to apply myself) and it is a sleek fighter mode but I can’t. I think Bandai could have made something really cool, even reusing the "skeleton" (i.e. same transformation design, same joint engineering, same internal parts) of the VF-171 (which I don’t hate for the record). Bandai showed with the VF-19Kai that they can do it but this is just halfhearted. Maybe Bandai didn’t want to invest in such an extensive re-shell because they knew how bad the Yamato had sold and don’t want to commit to that. Poor Gamlin, just can’t get a leg up against Basara.
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Scyla replied to mikeszekely's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
MP-13 is still pretty great but those hips suck. They were trash 12 years ago and they are a big detriment to this repaint. I wished they would have redesigned them for this release for the people who want a toon style MP Soundwave. I’m happy with my Acoustic Wave though. MOG continuous to be a hodgepodge of odd choices. I don’t know what Takara is thinking. -
Yamato obviously had other priorities but the fighter mode is much too thick. Especially when you look at it from the side and below.
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That was a roller coaster ride. At first I was happy about a new sleek fighter-mode VF-17 with proper markings (two areas where the Yamato one was a real letdown). But this all came crashing down after realizing it is a remold of the VF-171. And the VF-171 mold has several, not just the terrible knee joint design: the shoulders, the sliders for the fists, the way the chest locks together, the wing connection, the shoulder triangles. Sure later releases made them less error prone and more durable but I still don’t want to see them on new toys. Plus it is super line art inaccurate in a way that the Fire Valkyrie is not (which is a re-shell of the DX VF-19 I assume). If they had to reuse the VF-171 mold, Bandai should have take more care in re-shelling all the parts; this is just lazy. To be clear I’m not harping on the proportions. You cannot replicate anime magic in a physical form and I would love to have a sleek jet mode VF-17 but it needs to be more accurate than this. Also why the hard points on the wings? I don’t remember the VF-17 having ordinance in M7.
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The Unlicensed Third Party Transformers Thread
Scyla replied to slaginpit's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Thanks for the mention @mikeszekely, I usually don’t but KO but if Hasbro never does a Studio Series 86 repaint (the same way they never repainted the Earthrise version) I might have to look into this version. [edit:] I wonder why they didn’t bother painting a faction symbol. They clearly knew they could get in trouble thus not marking the box with a company name. So why not go all the way and paint the faction logo. It would have been a nice touch- 9383 replies
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Yay on the Impulse announcement. In other news Hacchaka’s review of the 1.5 Gundam: https://hacchaka.net/archives/52125239.html
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Non Lego 3rd Party Building Blocks
Scyla replied to renegadeleader1's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
If you want to have a detailed look and discussion of the set here is a review by Jang: -
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Scyla replied to mikeszekely's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Managed to get one of the Hot Wheels Nemesis Prime from Mattel Creations. At €94 including VAT and shipping this stings quite a bit. I had to wait 10 minutes in a queue, click through 3 captchas and fill in a telephone number that’s market as optional but I managed to score one. -
In my monthly Mafex Rogue update HLJ now lists her as an October release. I wonder what is taking so long? Are the assembly workers stealing all the butt pieces, I don’t understand. At this pace Jubilee will be out before her, if she is not also delayed. This is maddening! Is this normal for a Mafex figure being delayed for 6 months and counting? This and the Heatboys Shredder being delayed and delayed again is driving me crazy. I fear that they will either be in permanent preorder limbo or being cancelled outright.
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There are other constraints than just money