Mog
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“Blame >EXO<“ for leaving a foldildo in Eugimon’s Omega Pants (TM) . . . I wonder how many MW old-timers will remember those references!
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I’m curious to see how Bandai designed the Gerwalk mode. From the battroid pics taken so far, it doesn’t look like they added any details for the ventral/VTOL exhaust vents that display most prominently in Gerwalk. With a third of the bellyplates and the fighter side covers hanging off the backpack assembly, I’m just wondering where the heck they stow those (for lack of a better word) kibble parts during Gerwalk mode. Yet another reason why I don’t like the shortened bellyplate/hip guard design choice!
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Reviews/pointers for the Sea Team: https://www.tamashiinations.com/product_detail/voltron_review2/ And the Land Team: https://www.tamashiinations.com/product_detail/voltron_review3/ Always thought the Sea Team was also known as the Aqua Fighter Team.
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See, I look at the same side-by-side picture, and I can't help but think, "If they just made the 21's bellyplates/hip armors just a little bit longer, the Super-Nova birds would look more balanced." It's just throwing everything else off about the battroid.
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From Macross Mecha Manual: Basically the legs stow inbetween the wings and the bellyplates. How they're positioned for fighter mode is really up to the designers (i.e., Bandai or Yamato). But basically, it's a balance between getting a skinny fighter mode profile and big beefy legs for battroid.
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I still got some gripes in battroid (hip guards too small, seems to be kinda gappy between the fuselage and the backpack). But that fighter side profile looks good enough, though. In order to fit the wider legs, I see that they made the nacelles bigger. Wouldn't be surprised if nacelles are hollowed out to fit the bigger legs in that space.
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I still remember the debacle with CM’s Legioss and Tread. The uncolored prototype had flaws (Legioss tailfins peaking out in combined fighter, split level look of the combo fighter, and the yellow array on the Tread not sitting down flush), none of which ever got fixed all the way through to final product. If it’s early in the process, I’d rather make a stink now, while changes can still be made. I get that Bandai is trying to make a box for the arms and legs to hide into, but they could apportion more of the bellyplate to the hip armor, rather than almost a third of the bellyplate to the fighter box cover.
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I still think they should elongate the bellyplates in battroid. They’re just too short. I don’t see the point of having so much of the lower bellyplate become part of the backpack assembly. Even if it’s a design or transformation compromise, it really messes up the look of the battroid the most.
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The fact that they were able to put a UN Spacey logo on the fuselage chunk, right under the tailfin, does make me worry about the overall fighter mode thickness. On the Yammy, that’s where the forearms meet a backpack side cover. So, there’s no room for a UN Spacey sticker there. It’s just too thin of an area and the transformation process doesn’t make it a feasible spot. I wound up putting UN Spacey stickers on the back nacelles instead.
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I really don’t like the shortened bellyplates in battroid. I can understand making them shorter than the 1/60 Yamato’s, but not THAT short.
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The biggest difference I see in fighter is that the backpack engines are closer together on the Bandai, while the Yamato has a wider gap between ‘em. I wonder if Bandai changed the leg transformation so that it’s the heels touching, rather than the tips of the feet touching (as in the Yammy).
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For comparison purposes, Bandai DX: Yamato (customized, but no changes to structure):
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Including delimiter mode for the 21? . . . And high speed modes for both birds?
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Thanks for the pics! That overhead shot makes me less worried about the size of the nose/cockpit. I snapped a pic of my custom Yammie 21 from almost the same angle, and it looks similar to that. Looks like Bandai splits up the bellyplates (with the bottom half going with the backpack perhaps or folding into the top portion of the bellyplate?) Don’t like the design choice there. It looks like the antenna can be pivoted per enphily’s post below:
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See, I know it’s an optical illusion due to the angle of the photo, but it seems like the nose/cockpit area is just a smidge too small. And yet the bellyplates are significantly smaller, so you’d think the wings and back of the plane should be more compressed. So confusing without more pics
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Regarding more Kanan:
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I’d like to see more fighter pics, especially a dead front shot and a side profile pic. Design seems to emphasize battroid mode, but am curious why the bellyplates are kinda short.
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Custom-painted Yammie. . . back when I had more time for such crazy projects.
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Thanks for the clarification on the “new kids” comment. Regarding my wait-and-see approach, it’s not so much waiting for reviewers to shape my opinion or confirm my biases. It comes more from a “Fool me once, shame on you (Disney). Fool me twice, shame on me” approach. After finding TFA surprisingly okay, I took the plunge and went opening weekend for TLJ. TLJ was a massive disappointment to say the least, and I don’t see the need to reward Disney with another opening weekend viewing plunge. TROS could turn out to be good, but with 2/3rds of the sequel trilogy already told, I don’t find enough in the story told so far that makes me want to continue on.
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She may be old, but the Yammie YF-21 is still a skinny, sexy beast!
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It’s not all “new kids with their new toys” who are jaded with the new trilogy (It’s probably the opposite actually). You’re entitled to your view, just as I’m entitled to my “Nah, this new trilogy hasn’t done much for me, so I’m gonna pass on watching its conclusion.” Just because I’m a fan of Star Wars doesn’t mean I’m obligated to go watch a film I’m not all that into. If the reviews are good across the board, MAYBE I’ll catch it in theaters. But right now? I feel no need to watch out of obligation, compulsion, or some sense of completion.
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^^Amusing little bit. But in Star Wars’ case, it’s more the “crappy stories that don’t hold up to scrutiny the more you think about them” than the diversity push that’s an issue for me.
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Nah, Thrawn commandeered the Ghost, and that is the scene right before he blows the Falcon to smithereens. Subverting expectations, baby!!
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I didn't think I'd like the stands, but they're actually pretty useful for poses: Pretty sure, I'll find a way to put two (maybe three?) stands on one base.
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Thanks for the link! Nice to see that they added working wheels/landing gears on the Air Team. Wonder if we'll see something similar with the Sea Team.
