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Okay, about the wheels: They spin if the right forearm guard isn't attached and if the left leg guard isn't on too tightly. But if you spin the wheels with everything on, the right forearm guard will come off. In my opinion the CM is a flawed masterpiece. Nix the glue, drill a tiny hole in the left wheel strut, and make the wheel thrusters part of the axle, and you've got a perfect toy. Maybe they'll do a version 2.0.

Here's a mini review for the CM now that I've played with mine more. Pros: It looks great in both modes. And it looks much better in person. The proportions are spot on. If you thought the chest looked like cheap plastic in the earlier pictures (like I did), not to wory: it's metal. And the actual plastic doesn't look cheap in person. The CM can totally stand up on it's own in armor mode. With few exceptions, everything locks quite nicely into place with no gaps. Cons: There's a mushroom-shaped peg that connects each forearm guard to the vertical struts. One of mine was too narrow or short, so it won't stay snapped into the forearm guard. Building up the peg witha bit of glue might make it work. The windscreen will break. Mine did and likely yours will too. Unfortunately CM decided to glue the windscreen's peg into the hole it snaps into, and the glue made the plastic peg very weak instead of actually adhering it to the bike. So crappy glue and weakened plastic peg means broken windscreen. Also, the gun is glued to a spare hand, and my gun broke right off the hand the same way. The gun won't really stay in the hand without glue. A bit of strong glue can probably make everything as good as "new" but not as good as if the factory glue was never used. This is the flaw that really bugs me. The left forearm guard has a skinny peg that connects to the figure's forearm. Unfortunately, the skinny peg is also right in the way of the horizontal wheel strut in bike mode. So the forearm guard just barely hangs onto the wheel in bike mode, doesn't hug the wheel nicely, and is really only held in place by the vertical strut. I can't think of a solution for this besides drilling a hole for the skinny peg into the metal strut. The wheels don't spin. They should. For such a remarkable feat of engineering, they could't pull off a working wheel? EDIT:Okay, the wheels spin if the right forearm guard isn't attached and if the left leg guard isn't on too tightly. But if you spin the wheels with everything on, the right forearm guard will come off. Also, some transformation tips: The handlebars can be dialed, so you can get them out of the way and the wheel struts can stick straight up in armor mode. DO NOT TOUCH THE WINDSCREEN. Squeeze the little mushroom pegs as tightly as possible into the forearm guards for bike mode. At the metal base of the wheel hubs, theres a little metal pin. In armor mode, the pin goes to a hole in the white rotating plastic piece that the leg guards snap onto. If you trouble making it reach, unfold the back of the bike until it fits in, and the fold the bike up again.

I got mine today. Overall it's very impressive, but there is one major design flaw, unless it's just me: The left forearm guard can not attach to both the vertical strut and the horizontal strut at the same time (in bike mode). I hope I just did something wrong, because I've only heard about this problem for Ley's bike. But I have the problem on Stick's.

A two seater Fokker?

I'd like to know if Area88 is still alive.

EE bothered me way before I had any idea what it was. I just thought it was compression artifacing. I had no idea it was done on purpose! Anyone ever seen the old Black Magic M-66 DVD? I don't if it's intentional EE, but man, I've never seen lines look more jagged. Actually, I'm not even sure if what I'm complaining about -- smooth lines looking jagged -- is typically caused by EE.

Just wanted to share in the hatred of edge enhancement. It's the f*cking devil. A smooth, pretty, slightly blurry line is far better than a F*CKING STAIRCASE. EE poves that most people don't know how to leave things alone. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Dude, I definitely want this. I might have to set up a shrine to Shinji Aramaki somewhere in my house.

Yippee, my CM order from LAF Toys is processing! They look so pretty in the pictures! I hope they don't turn out to be pieces of crap.

For me it's similar. I'm hoping we get an announcement that Beagle or Megahouse or anyone really is also going to do a Legioss & Tread. Either that or we find out that the Legioss fighter is mistransformed in all the pics and the knees don't really stick out so far.

Crap, is that something that can be fixed with a screwdriver?

Never heard of them, but I've heard a lot worse.

It's a joke in which you mock people who don't think an inaccurate toy is worth $250. Which is fine, but it sure does imply that you don't understand how someone would complain about the look of the toy. This toy wildly, needlessly deviates from the lineart and the TV animation. To recognize that doesn't make someone some sort of lineart nut.

You forgot "I'd rather make a mortgate payment." But I do find it strange that you think it's unreasonable to expect a $250 toy to look accurate.

Man does the 1/60 look hot. I want it so bad! I want to have it's babies!

I'm in love with the CMs. I could do without the seam in the chest, and the ankle area is a bit weird, but the overall proportions are perfect. Bike mode looks hot.

Well I'll be...I did not know that, and I never heard it until today. Weird. Seems like something I would have learned a long time ago. Anyway, I hope the point still stands.

I think it's all about people with egos that want to leave their mark. People with no creative talent but too much editorial power. I just watched the Gunbuster training montage on youtube, and it's just ridiculous that they cut it out for legal reasons. Ther's no way in hell they could have been sued for it. The song sounds as much like Chariots of Fire as the Superman theme sounds like the Star Wars music. It's just the same type of instruments and the same kind of song.

Thanks for reminding me to ask: Does anyone else think that gun looks too big?

I have faith that somebody besides CM will do the Legioss & Tread. Especially if these Mospeada Ride Armors sell well.

Hey, you started it. Notice I said nothing about the Toynami's QC or structural integrity. It's nice to look at, but from what I've heard, don't look at it too hard.

Because Toynami's looks great in all modes?

I wish the Legioss and Tread would get as much love from all the toy companies as the Ride Armors are getting right now. Maybe Megahouse or Beagle can try next.

I'll say! It's freaking beautiful. It's the ankle armor that makes it look skinny, don't you think? It would be rad if they included a fatter ankle armor piece so we could decide which look we wanted. Between the CM and the Megahouse, I like the overall look and proportions of the CM. Damn, I wish the CM legioss Looked so good.

I might just wait for Gunbuster to come out on Blue Ray. There's a good chance that Bndai Visual will just screw it up again, and if they do I'll get the Japanese version.