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  1. Scyla
    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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    Hacchaka’s review of the Gundam X-1 Half Cloth: https://hacchaka.net/archives/52122954.html
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    I got my Ventus a couple of weeks too. I think I like him better than Ignis. Ignis is just too simple, too chunky and because of the all-in-one nature has weird feet too. I can accept it more in a smaller figure like Ventus. What is odd about Ventus in alt-mode one odd thing is the color placement. It always looks like the middle piece of the helicopter nose is tucked in too far. Until I noticed, that, because the landing windows in the front are painted, that it looks that way due to the frame of the windows. It looks super odd to me. I don’t want to compare Ventus to the other leg bots since they don’t have to do much in combined mode other than turn into shins (they don’t have integrated feet or ankles) but Medicus is definitely the better of the two arms. I just don’t like to stare at blatant robot thighs. I wonder if MMC will consider releasing a toy style upgrade set for Maximas Pro. While I like the one for Bruticus I think MMC shot themselves in the foot with it. Now people are arguing online about that these are not truly all-in-one combiners because of MMCs official upgrade set either out of ignorance or malice. I would love to get bigger feet, a red clip on lower abdomen piece and a Studio Ox style chest plate.
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    Yes they could, but I think when they designed Superion they still had the mindset that you need to have a playable combiner if you just bought Silverbolt on its own (for $90!!!). You know for the kids that these are supposedly made for. I don’t know why that changed with Devastator but there were probably too many design constraints to make a full skeleton for him or the accepted that only people older than 40 are buying these toys. This is one of the reasons why I like 3rd party Transformers, they don’t have to take so many shortcuts. And soon I will have a Superion and Menasor from FansToys without many shortcuts.
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    I got The Art of the Transformers book from Japan. It contains everything I wanted with the exception of the Darkwing and Dreadwind box art and any of the Euro G1 exclusives but why would it since it is focused on the Japanese releases. It is a bit sad that not every Transformer got a whole page for itself (some of the combiner teams fill half a page for 5 pieces of artwork), so if you are a fan of those you miss out. Love the Overlord artwork (and all the Powermasters). I really want a G1 vintage MiB Powermaster collection l, since those were the toys on shelves when I was a kid (those and Euro G1). I wonder if Legacy: The Art of Transformers Packaging contains the art for the Euro G1 toys (Predators and Turbomasters).
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    They really should have found a way to inset the leg robots further into the frame but doing so might interfere with the knee joint. Or they probably starred by reusing the Menasor frame and couldn’t make it work in the allotted budget.
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    Just saw that Basara Prime is €260 on the EU Hasbro Pulse site right now. I don’t know who would buy it for that price. While I remember seeing an add for Macross 7 on VHS but I don’t think it was ever released over here. I ordered mine from Anime Export for ¥18000 (about €106) even with shipping and import duties it will be under €150. With the recent insanity in Lego prices I feel like toy manufacturers are going crazy. Now true. The Yen is super weak at the moment, but still the Japanese price equal €136 buying power (€164 with tax). Where are the other €100?
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    I think Lego has gone too far with the price hikes. $200 for the AT-ST is insane (and some of the other prices). I’m glad that I am almost done with my adult Lego collection. Yes, Lego was always expensive but this is not justifying any longer. What justifies the $200 price tag for 1500 pieces? It has just one Minifig, and I can’t spot many unique or big pieces on the set that would indicate a high material cost per piece. And the structure of the "turret" ist mostly hollow. They are pricing me out of buying Lego. Not because I can’t afford it but because I am not willing to pay these bonkers prices. I think after I found a solution for my missing UCS Imperial Shuttle I will go back and complete "my" classic Space collection and call it a day.
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    Preorder for the Metal Build Evangelion - Evangelion Unit 01 30th Anniversary Ver. with Spear of Gaius at Anime Export (¥35200, pay now): https://www.anime-export.com/index.php?product=93972
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    I’m still much more positive about the release I just wished they would have made a couple of different decisions (mostly the color and the design and inclusion of the trailer). I will still preorder it day one and I’m looking forward fiddling with it.
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    I said it in the Transformers thread and I’m going to say it here. The color layout doesn’t work for me. Basara Prime looks neither like the VF-19 Kai nor like Optimus Prime. Keeping it in the VF-19 Kai color scheme would have helped. The trailer looks too much like Rodimus Prime and I can already hear people over at TFW bitch and moan about why this is not Hot Rodimus Prime. It also takes away too much from the main feature of the set: the Valkyrie. Of course Takara being Takara, thex weren’t able to paint the inside of the trailer in a neutral gray to make it less stand out when you place Basara Prime on it.
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    I’m not a fan of the blue leg vents. They would have looked much better in a dark red. The trailer is also too garish and too much Hot Rod. A grayish-blur would be better I think. Like this it takes too much away from the center piece which is Basara Prime/VF-19 Kai.
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    I don’t need a Mask collection, I don’t need, I don’t need a Mask collection, I don’t need…
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    I’ve been thinking to myself that I am very envious of the Heat Boys Turtles collectors. In less than 2.5 years they got the four main turtles out and hopefully get out Shredder by the end of this month. Meanwhile my Gundam 00 team sits at 2/4 members after 12 years and my Gundam Wing team is at 2/5 after just 7 short years. I have no hope Bandai will ever get to release a GFFMC Heavy Arms Customs (Endless Walz ver.). Or god forbid a Epyon or Tallgeese. And I have the option to choose between 5 different yet obscure Gundam Seed flyers but not MB Skygrasper? I don’t understand Bandai Tamashii Nations release strategy. Sorry I should stop whining and go to bed.
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    Have there been an announcement for the missing two Robot Masters from Mega Man 1? Jada did auch a good job with announcing and releasing the SF2 cast so I hope we get the rest of the Robot Masters too. May favorite were always the ones from Mega Man 4, especially Skull and Pharao Man. Hopefully we will get there someday.
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    Thanks @M'Kyuun for the short review. The me the problem with Transformers that turn into jets is that they are designed as robots first. So if the robot-mode is your focus the designer is limited to what they can achieve, especially when they are designing a toy that is supposedly made for kids. The other way around is much easier and you can see it with this toy and you can see it with Kawamori’s Valkyrie designs where the fighter-mode has the top priority and the mecha mode is derived from it. If you large surface areas of your fighter like wings and tail fins just can form a cape or the whole engine area can form just the leg on it’s own you have a much easier time then trying to turn a block into a sleek fuselage. Is this jet an impressive engineering feat? Absolutely? Could Takara’s engineers do a better job designing sleeker airframes? I think so (and FansToys Maverick is proof you can do it). But it is not that Takara is not capable of doing it, they are just bound by different constraints.
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