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    OMG yea, this and a Metal Gear Ray is what’s missing from my "important mecha from my childhood” collection. I was so mad that I missed the ThreeA Half Sized versions. Apparently it is already on display (and looks super tiny):
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    Yes, of course the shuttle scene is from ROTJ but most of the dioramas in the set are from ANH. In my head I’m trying to come up with a story why all these dioramas should be inside the first Death Star. That’s why I said I can explain away the shuttle ramp since the first Death Star probably had one, even if it was not shown on screen in ANH. However, with the throne room I cannot do that. Probably because it features so prominently in an iconic scene from ROTJ and there was little to nothing of the Emperor in ANH. So in my mind the Death Star 1 was Grand Moff Tarkin’s flagship while the Death Star 2 was the Emperor’s one.
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    This is the part that also sits wrong with me. To my knowledge the Death Star 2 is much bigger than the Death Star 1 (and much cooler looking with a much better looking main laser shot). Yet we have dioramas from both movies, and Darth Vader’s meditation chamber was shown to be on the Super Star Destroyer from ESB. I know why they did it, because they wanted to catch all iconic scenes from both Death Stars but for me this makes the set even less desirable, because it is confused by its own identity what it wants to be. So it is clearly the Death Star from ANH. You can tell by the shape of the laser bean and because in the hull section below the main laser there is no interruption in the hull, where it is not finished shed. And while I could argue away that the first Death Star had an Imperial Shuttle (even if there were no Imperial Shuttles in ANH I believe) and a similar looking landing bay than the one from ROTJ the throne room diorama sits really wrong with me. In the first movie there was little talk about the Emperor or that the Death Star was meant as his personal vessel so I find it really off putting to have it there (again I understand why it is there). It could be that there was a scene with that throne room on the first Death Star in other media (and the meditation chamber) that I am unaware of.
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    Smoker is smoking two cigars; I’m impressed.
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    Images of the $1000 UCS Death Star have leaked: https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/the-lego-thread.173890/page-2169#post-23592282 While I think the idea of a huge (i.e. bigger than a free standing orb can be) Lego Death Star that you can display with one side to the wall (maybe even hang it up like a picture frame) I think the realized product by Lego ultimate falls flat, because it is missing an exterior hull, that you can fold away to reveal the interior.
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    Hey look, it is the Exaxxion
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    Maybe @M'Kyuun is right and it is the gray color that brings out the greeble much more, or it’s because my mind associates Studio Series 86 Prime with MP-44 (which is super smooth), but in my minds eye 86 Megatron is a greebly mess, whereas 86 Prime is G1 cartoon smoothness; odd. Thank you for the comparison picture.
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    What I find more confusing is that this Megatron doesn’t match with Studio Series 86 Optimus. Optimus has a sleek G1 cartoon design while Megatron has a lot of greebling going on. Megatron almost looks like he is from a different line (like Power of the Primes). I wonder if the knock off of this Megatron will smooth out some of the surface detail in order to make it more aligned with the animation. If only NewAge had waited a couple of weeks before they went into production with their Megatron…
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    I would loved to have a new color and markings scheme for the Providence not just a new base. This is right in the uncanny valley of variants for me. Different to what I already have but not different enough to warrant a purchase; I’m torn.
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    I preordered AMT Predaking and Missing Link Nemesis Prime today. Predaking will go on my Super Robot shelf next to Amakuni Genesis GaoGaiGar, the Arcadia DYRL? SDF-1 and the SoC Gunbuster. Nemesis Prime will be an interesting experience. To this day I never experienced G1 Optimus so I’m looking forward to it (I could have done without the trailer though). I didn’t plan to go in on the Missing Link line but now with Cliffjumper and Nemesis Prime two of my go to characters are either out or announced, so I’m looking forward to ML Skywarp, Galvatron, Cyclonus and Laserwave.
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    Hacchaka’s review of the GFFMC Deathscythe Hell Rousette version : https://hacchaka.net/archives/52123425.html
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    I’m very excited about the AMT Predaking but for that price I’m expecting a high quality collectible from Takara. No bare plastic, no hollow feeling toys, no mushy paint apps, no shoddy construction in the joints that have marred other collector lines from Takara in the past (especially the Masterpiece/MPG line). From what I’ve seen in reviews of the AMT Rodimus the paint apps have not been the best so I’m a little bit anxious about Predaking. I would have liked to experience the AMT line with a cheaper entry first but I have no desire to own Rodimus since I have the (imho) superior Kuro Kara Kuri one.
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    That’s great that you like it. To you have the Menasor and Superion too? How do they compare to Devastator?
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    The black block is probably the one thing that sticks out most to me. The thing with the legs is understandable but the way they implemented it looks like someone forgot to slide it all the way. I think with a different sculpt in that area it would look less egregious.
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    What are you impressed by? My eyes are always drawn to the black cavity in his chest (that is the top Hooks head right?) and the odd connection between the thighs and the feet (it looks like Scrapper should slide a couple of mm inwards).
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    Do we already know when the Nemesis Prime will be available for preorder? Also someone on TFW floated around the idea that Nemesis Prime only has the messed up face sculpt so that Hasbro can release a "normal" Armada Nemesis Prime with regular head sculpt, trailer and maybe a more traditional Nemesis Prime color scheme. Which I would welcome…
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    Since it is specifically Takara as the licensor they might not care for a G1 Jetfire since, to my knowledge, Jetfire was never released in Japan. Also since we don’t know what specifically they licensed from Harmony Gold it could be that they don’t have the license for Macross (and this showing a mecha from Mospeada).
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    Just watched the Gundam Wing 30th anniversary clip on YouTube: I wonder if we will get new Gundam Wing suits in the Metal Composite Fix Figuration line this year. My favorite would be the EW Heavy Arms Customs, followed by the Sandrock Custom and the Altron Gundam.
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    Luckily they got most of the complex engineering already laid out for them. From the Mospeada prototype Takara seems to be staying true to their MO, producing playable toys instead if ultra expensive collector pieces.
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    Boo on that Nemesis Prime. No trailer is disappointing, no "normal" head sculpt an oversight and the price tag is steep. And while the main color layout is not wrong like on the latest RiD Scourge it is too light (maybe it will look better in hand under less bright lights).
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    I wanted to put more money into my retirement funds anyhow.
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    I’m still contemplating if I should preorder this. After Rodimus got such raving reviews I want something cut from a similar cloth. I have no use for AMT Rodimus because I have the Kuro Kara Kuri one but I get the feeling Takaras build quality cannot compare to Flame Toys.
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    Iceman will be a nice addition to my Marvel vs Capcom collection.
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    I think it took 6 years for FansToys Menasor to be released from announcement till completion. And while I think that FansToys doesn’t want to have these long release periods for future combiners I think they get Computron released till the end of the decade.
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    While I have the head for FT’s Fortress Maximus I have no desire to own the whole thing. Like their Omega Supreme this is just too big for my likings. However, it is nice to see that FansToys is still able to sculpt some details into large surfaces. After having two of the FT Constructicons in hand and after seeing what Takara is doing with MPG Style Gen I hoped that FansToys would tone down their bland toon design a bit in favor of more interesting and better proportioned sculpts. But no, they announced Computron (Strafe and Nosecone) and they are their G1 cartoon selves. At least they look not like arbitrary shapes:
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