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I've owned a copy of metroplex since it was first releasedand I played the hell out of it growing up and I've taken it apart and put it back together again (to fix the spring loaded head). It sits down. Yes, the legs open up in various ways, but it's all just variations of sitting down. It's not a complex toy at all and you're giving it far too much credit while being far too harsh on more recent large size transformers. My point is only that just like not every modern transformer is an example of the utmost paradigm of transforming toys so too can one find disappointing examples in the various classic lines.

I thought it was pretty decent as well. Certainly could have been far worse. I liked the movie, I liked that it's ambiguous and could be anything from a prequel to a reimagining and it works fine either way. Anyways, the pacing is decent, lots of action and pretty sold animation.

Roy's new gun

wow, righteous.

but why is it wearing the shield like a cape?

Not all old big transformers were feats of engineering... Metroplex basically sits down for all his alt modes.

mmm... my new toy arrived today.

true true, how is it supposed to run and stuff without knees?

The thing is, a lot of the people who are most vocal and vehemently against western remakes of Asian cinema aren't Asian and don't know poo about the culture except whatever they've gleaned off of watching Neon Genesis Evangelion and Naruto. They're not trying to protect Japanese culture, they're trying to protect their little band of japan-o-philes who wear all black and sit in the aisles at their local Borders and read manga all day at the expense of some basic personal hygiene. Kind of like those fans of bands who feel betrayed when their pet band becomes popular and attracts new fans. I still remember a class I took at college that was supposed to teach us to be culturally sensitive and there was this kid who one day proclaimed how the japanese had "sold out" because they used microwaves and wore suits and ties. When I read comments like, "not in japan = EPIC FAIL" I just have a vision of that kid. Yeah, most hollywood adaptations suck, most hollywood movies suck anyways. But there's always the chance it will be done right... I'd rather be hopeful that a story I like will be told with a new level of nuance and insight.

Strike Gundam... now with bigger shoulder pads.

Feh, go and make up your own mind. I liked it a lot.

I haven't bought the DLC for the game, so I'm just gonna trade my copy in and get the new uber version.

This new idea sounds horrible. He should just stick to the usual plot of killing vast amounts of some random ethnic group.

Nice photos. I'm meh to it though, never did care for clear parts even when there's an actual detailed 'frame' underneath to geek out about. This one doesn't have even that and too much sparkley clear plastic just makes it look... like a wall of clear sparkley sparkley plastic. Maybe it looks better in person.

hey, maybe we can combine the discussion on pitbulls with the discussion on politics and tell a palin joke.

Do we have verification that the bundled 1j will be all tampoed up?

for that matter... Mickey: Good dags. D'ya like dags? Tommy: Dags? Mickey: What? Mrs. O'Neil: Yeah, dags. Tommy: Oh, dogs. Sure, I like dags. I like caravans MACROSS more.

interesting how the flash made the blue look metallic.

Great job on the weathering nice and subtle, accentuates without being distracting!

emailing them was useless in my experience, you need to call them. They sent me an entire new toy instead of the just the replacement arms that I had requested.

Really? There's actual rules? From the way the show presented the game it just seemed like an elaborate anime version of calvinball and they just made crap up every week.

Congrats on the Kurt custom, it looks great! Love the diorama too, especially the guy with the little mobile slushee cart...

They look like little boxes of raspberries.

Awesome work as usual! I can't believe you're working on models while travelling... But I thank you for your dedication!

Right, I should have been more clear... it's not like HG would just automatically lose their rights to those properties but it makes it easier for other companies to also produce material that infringes or appears to infringe on their rights and successfully defend themselves in the case HG takes them to court over it.