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  1. M'Kyuun
    Unbelievable how fast these sold on every site that had them. Kinda sucks the joy out of the hobby when availability is this sparse, given the obvious demand. Hope HLJ gets them, and gets enough to keep their pre-order open longer than 2 seconds. Time for bed.
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    Cool!
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    I think it's the same head, but the lighting and angle of the head in the right photo gives an altered impression. If I'm wrong, then I agree with you.
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    I wish they'd designed Windblade's feet to fold down in jet mode; they look dumb just sticking up. Otherwise, it's a nice figure, and a nice addition to the Generations female bots. I'm also anticipating the release of Arcee and Chromia. It's been a long wait for a G1 Arcee figure, and from the pics I've seen, Has/Tak did a nice job with her design, even if she is a bit of a shellformer.
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    The dino legs look the same to me from left to right; the upper back legs look too bulky compared to the lower leg, but they're the robot's arms so there's probably not much that can be done. They did a nice job capturing the curvature of the stego's back in the right pic. Looks nice.
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    Meh. Nothing like an Optimus Prime figure that A.) looks nothing like Optimus Prime, and B.) doesn't look like it can transform at all. I'm not really digging the samurai deco either. Nice for those who like it, but it's completely pointless IMO.
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    Finally got my "shipped" notification from CDJapan for my Renewal VF-25F. This'll be my second Renewal 25, the 25G being my first. Figures I'll be out of state when it arrives.
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    I completely agree with your last statement. Let it die. I'm not a RT fan, so a new RT is not on my radar. As for HG, I hope they successfully bilk a modest amount of money from their fans, and then produce nothing, not even a crappy trailer. At some point, I would hope that even the die-hard hold-outs will give up on HG, and RT, and drop all support. As with RT, HG had their time, but it's time for them to close shop and relinquish control of the Macross license outside of Japan. Macross for all.
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    It's a good year for Classic Space fans. LEGO Ideas (Cuusoo) is producing an Exo-Suit based on Peter Reid's popular design, with two green space figs. It's slated for an early August release. https://www.flickr.com/photos/brickset/14577531012/in/photostream/
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    Yeah, but you could go places in it at least. If I had 26K of pocket money, I'd be adding a modest addition on to my LEGO room, and probably buy more TFs, Macross, and LEGO, of course. Even if I had Bill Gates' money, I doubt I'd spend it on old 80's TFs; they just don't do much for me. I like articulation, so I'd be more inclined to buy up all the Masterpieces and Generations/Classics toys. I love the G1 characters, albeit with modern engineering. Went to my local TRU this last weekend, and nary a single YotH Prime; just a few of the huge Starscreams. I passed on YotH once, so I probably would again, as much as I want a MP Prime. I'm holding out hope for a rerelease of the original, hopefully still with his trailer. I did pick up the new Shrapnel, though. Nice update and a much needed addition to the Classics Decepticons. I'll be happy to add Bombshell to the team when he's released.
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    Which is a bummer, as the line-art for the proposed toy used the new Beetle as his alt, and overall looked cool. If Has/Tak ever decide to revisit the design and produce it, I'd happily pick one up.
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    I'm waiting for the blue version of Bluestreak.
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    That auction is up to $10,600, with 7 more days to go. Crazy money, even if they are prototypes. While I hope whoever wins the auction is really, really happy with his/her purchase, personally if I saw these in a toy store, I wouldn't fork more than $20 for them. They're little non-poseable bricks. I'd rather spend my money on current toys. To each his own. MP Bee looks pretty good, and they pretty much nailed Wheeljack. My only gripe with him is the little green and red striped tab below his windshield. I'd rather they had left the windshield rounded and shaped the leg panels accordingly. Still, not a bad looking fig. I'm happy with this line so far, and hope eventually we'll get all the old G1 car Autobots, especially the originals from the 1984 wave.
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    I'd also be down for a VF-2ss toy. However, I have to concur with the argument that it looks out of place next to Kawamori's designs, the vast majority of which mirror real world aircraft aesthetics. I think the VF-4 would turn heads if such an aircraft were developed, since the closest real world aircraft to that basic aesthetic is the Blackbird. But even with its spaced engines along the planform, it still retains an overall conventional fighter appearance. The VF-2 is odd and unconventional, especially with the small steeply sloped forward fuselage, extremely wide placement of the main engines beyond the main fuselage(they look like they're wing-mounted) , small secondary engines mounted to the upper fuselage, and underslung arms that are aesthetically made to look like a third set of engines, but would not function as such, are incongruent to the main engines, and just plain redundant on a fighter this size. I've seen the majority of US fighters in person (retired AF), been to the AF Museum, and have looked at plenty of pics and vids of experimental and non-US aircraft, and have yet to see anything that even comes close to the VF-2 aesthetically. Current trends are to streamline and remove superfluous structures in order to maximize efficiency and maintain stealth. So the VF-2 would be counter to the current design model, although I have to concede that all those structures wouldn't matter on an aircraft developed solely for space combat. But we don't do that either, at least not with jet fighters. I'm happy to leave Macross II as it stands, in its own parallel universe, along with its mecha designs. Despite its oddities, there is certainly a prettiness to the VF-2ss, and I wouldn't mind a fully transformable 1/60 scale toy to stand with the rest of my valks.
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    In response to A7's spoiler , neither do the Transformers in Bay's movies. They are mechanical impossibilities; millions of tiny fragmented car parts swimming about on a sea of bubblegum and imagination..pure CG magic. For all his bluster about making them realistic, he missed the mark by a mile. I still wish they'd modeled them more like Binaltech/Alternators. At least the transformations would have been believable, and there wouldn't be fragmented chunks of tire here and there in illogical places on the bots. I'll wait for this to air on tv at some point.
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    For now, Maniac King is probably the closest we'll get to a decent Galvatron toy. I'm pretty meh about Galvatron. I'd take a MP version of Reflector over him. Shockwave, though...yep.
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    Agreed. I'd love a new Megatron and Cyclonus, esp if they could nail the alt mode to look like his G1 toy, and still make his bot mode look good. MP Blitzwing and Astrotrain are high on the list as well.
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    The original Predator stands on its own; it doesn't need a reboot. However, if they made a sequel to the original movie, completely ignoring all the other sequels, where the government has been tracking Predator movements for years, under the guidance of a certain Dutch, attempting to determine patterns and collect technology and even a specimen, like a severed arm or whatever. After almost 30 years, another hot year is predicted and observed patterns indicate that a Predator will be very likely hunting in the same old jungle, now infested with heavily armed baddies of choice. Another small group of badass commandos, armed with the latest tech, and even some back-engineered Predator tech, goes in. Commandos start getting picked off, and Dutch, who still suffers PTSD from his first encounter and hides away in an armored portable command bunker, must grab a gun and save the rest of the team. Something this simple would suffice. The original premise worked b/c they kept it simple and populated it with a great cast, cool effects, some good lines, and a cool creature.
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    Mods..I can't edit my posts. It says edited, but it doesn't save my changes. Edit to my last post: the backs of Prime's shoulders form the windshield, and his biceps form the grill.
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    Interesting stuff about copyright. As for third party, I own a few of IGear's Mini-Warriors, and I'm pretty happy with them. I appreciate Hasbro for giving us Transformers, and I mostly buy official products. But, if Hasbro/Takara don't produce a toy I want, or they do produce a version that I don't like for whatever reason, and a third party comes along with a version of the same that I do like, I have no qualms buying the third party's product. Moreover, as in most ventures, it's creative competition. I imagine the creative teams at Hasbro and Takara keep an eye on what all these third parties are doing, and not just over potential copyright infringement. Third parties are producing some very cool stuff, and if you have even an iota of enthusiasm about transforming toys, you have to admire some of creativity and problem solving that has gone into these things. So happy they finally revealed Arcee. I think they could have trimmed some of her car parts, esp the part that forms the rear end of her car mode, to slim her up more and eliminate kibble, but overall very pleased to finally get her in official form. Chromia looks excellent, too. Nice retcon of Prime RiD Arcee. I'm also liking Bombshell and Powerglide, although PG's Warthog would have looked better with his arms turned 180 so his hands aren't showing. C'mon Hasbro/Takara! I'm on the fence about Chubby Prime and Leader G1 Megatron(those wonky legs and feet just kill the figure for me). Tank mode looks good though, and it looks like he has real treads. Awesome. Fatastic Prime's triceps form the truck's windshield, and that cab's sleeper has another sleeper beyond the smoke stacks. Weird. The guns in his hands look like they connect to form an engine block, so if he has a tip-up cab to see the engine, that'd be...a feature. No interest in the Headmaster. Sigh...Did I mention I like Arcee?
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    I'm tempted as well; never got the original. I have the old Yammie, and while it's a cool figure, the Bandai version is definitely a step up in every way except size, and would be a welcome addition to my collection. Plus, I think the VB-6 is one of SK's most interesting designs.
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    I've never been a big fan of UM, although I think it's interesting, from a design standpoint, that they chose to make his cab and trailer become the character rather than going the simpler route of wrapping the trailer around a white MP-10. If I was interested, however, I think I'd prefer the latter, since I have yet to procure MP-10, and the playability is arguably better when you can separate the two elements of the character. Hopefully, they'll rerelease OP at some point. Once UM is released I hope Takara gets back to producing the rest of the season 1 characters, esp a new improved Megatron. I'd also love to see them produce the entire line of cassettes in MP form...love those things. As for Generations toys, I was hoping that Hasbro would reveal their upcoming Arcee figure at BotCon, but still no pics. It doesn't inspire hope for a fig that's supposed to be released in a couple months. She's long overdue a proper fig that hearkens to her G1 look. I wish Alex Kubalsky was still working for Takara; I'd love to see his design for Arcee.
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    Saw it with my wife this weekend. Great movie. Eyes got a little moist a few times. I like how they matured Hiccup's character. Also, despite a certain major event, Hiccup's worldview is much more upbeat and positive than the first film, which I hope will translate to the third sequel, b/c you know it's going to happen.
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    As of now, it's still under review. I have a feeling that it either won't get made b/c of all the HG licensing stuff, or it will be a Japanese only release. Either way, I don't foresee this being available to the Western Hemisphere. Oops, I posted before watching the vid. It didn't make the cut.
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    The S gets my vote for best, with the G a close second. The G I have; still hoping for a rerelease of the S.
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