Lynx7725

Thanks for the photo, we really just needed some comparisons so no problems there. Looks like Toynami went for the beefy look and CM went for the sleeker look. From the front it's just stylistic differences really, but the cockpit really hangs low from the back. Quite distracting and I really had to restrain myself from making manhood jokes. Hey, that looks promising. I'm not a line-art purist, but it looks as though the Legioss-Tlead can look better if the Legioss go back a bit more with the arms into the Tlead's chest sockets. Could the Legioss go back more if the gunpod wasn't there, and the arms closer together? The two also looks quite small, comparative to your CD rack and letters. Looks like display space won't be such a big concern. As it is, I think some of us can probably come up with a way to engineer some sort of better linkage. It doesn't look too complicated mechanically, the main problem is how to make it look good aesthetically. Just saw your fighter pics. At least, no bananas here.

Individual preference. I prefer 0080 grunt MS better. The GP-01FB might have styling that is favourable, but not my cup of tea. As an aside, your FoW Sd. Kfz. 251/1 you have on your historical link seemed to have the wrong forward MG for a DAK model, and IIRC the Wehrmacht helmet markings were discontinued shortly after the war began.. Hmm, didn't the DAK get special pith helmets instead of standard issue? Hmm. MG is 1/100 scale. FoW is roughly that scale. I've placed 1/144 (E)MSiA next to 1/150 buildings and 1/144 tanks. It's not until you can see that a Zaku II's taller than a five-storey building, or that a Sazabi can stomp comfortably on a Tiger I and still have leftover space under the foot, that you get a sense of how massive MS can be.

Heh, Mog, you really hadn't been following. These had been listed way before; the leg and rack items during the photo period, and the head shortly after the first few releases arrived. As for the troll, why feed it? *shrug*

I vote for 0080, non-Alex, non-Kamphfer.

To be fair to CM, it's not easy to photograph plastic; some plastic has a sheen that has a tendency to look more plasticky than it really is. And I don't think it's that floppy; people do go overboard with action poses... I'm actually impressed that there are certain poses that can be done with them. IIRC, weren't there supposed to be plugs for the holes? Overall though, it just doesn't look right for me. The side shot of the Soldier Legoiss attached to the Tlead was particularly jaw-dropping for me for some reason. Maybe nostalgia hides the anime magic more, but this rendition doesn't quite do it for me.

Eh. It looks... Pregnant. I'm just wondering, if we could somehow kitbash Toynami legs onto CM Body. Squinting, I personally would prefer CM torso with Toynami intakes and legs. EDIT: For fighter anyway. Think Soldier mode looks decent.

Should have been more clear. It's my old Rook's hand that's cracked (and that sounded so wrong...), not my new Aoshima.. I was reminded that I was thinking of salvaging an Aoshima for the hands, but as it turned out most reviews pegged Aoshima hands as worse than the originals.

You got to admit, that has got to be a unique Legioss.. the Turkey Legioss. On a more serious note, anyone's got a line to decent replacement hands? Mine cracked.

"One"...?

Strange. The Regult only comes with the heavy missile pods? C'mon... show me the Glaug already. The Glaug is an ideal candidate for Revoltech joints.

Hmm. I got to go back over 12 pages to find my last comment. Anyway, the pics are.. interesting. I stand by my earlier statement -- seems like CM optimized for Armo-Soldier and fighter mode suffered accordingly. Unfortunately I'm looking for a good-looking Legioss-Tlead in Fighter mode. The linkup just looked too weird, as others pointed out.

Eh. Reminds me of GlaDOS for some reason.

Fair enough. I guess the passengers on that flight did get a flight they would remember...

Even empty, it's still a risky thing to do. Had things gone wrong, it would be quite an expensive mess right there on the runway. I'm surprised to hear the tower gave clearance for such a big aircraft to do a low level pass with wheels up.

I'll take two. I'll take more but I'm basically out of room to display such large toys. It's very impressive that their initial display prototype is already so good. Kudos to Yamato on this. I've waited so long to see a big-sized Tomahawk, and Yamato has delivered something worthwhile -- at least for now. Graham: Please convey my thanks to Yamato, and ask them to hurry up with it. With the commonality in the legs, it's almost inevitable that the Defender and the Phalanx would come out. I probably will get one of each. As for the Spartan, it depends -- there's not much reusable parts between it and the other Destroids.

Followup: Buc pilot or not, that's an insane thing to do in a loaded airliner over a busy airport. EDIT: Opps, thought he was at HK airport, he wasn't -- he was at a place called Everett. Still, was still risky to do.

Fate/ Stay Night's Saber-class Servant, Arturia Pendragon.

... and an SDF-1 in scale would be nice too.. hey, waitaminute! The Revopilers, I think they are exactly what they look like, plastic pilers to help you pull the joints out. Some of the joints are very tight and need quite a bit of force to adjust. The joints are plastic at the end of the day, so using metal pilers can damage them if you are not careful.

Bah. What's with the sudden surge of good toys? Figma Saber, I quite like the idea that it comes with at least 3 heads (or 2 heads and 3 perms..) and the scabbards look even more detailed than Ebrain's HFC Saber. But I don't quite like the way the stand plugs into the back, and how she looks to be just floating above the stand..

You're kidding right? Legs that absolutely need solid (and perhaps multiple) joints in the hips, knees and foot, long weapons that can benefit from Revoltech joints.. And they might even include the missiles, which again can be Revoltech jointed. Not to mention, there are no other Regult toys available on the market right now. I might pick up 5 just to have enough Cannon Fodder to shoot at. And, with Regults out, the possibility of a Revoltech Glaug rises very high. Now that I want. In spades.

Ah dirt -- the ultimate Stealth material.

Be careful with running hot GPUs. The last time I did that on my old self-built system, it melted down my Mobo. I've since switched to using laptops -- less of a hassle.

For those looking for a intermediary, you can try PMing Tokyo Hunter. I've gotten stuff from him before, though not as an intermediary -- I just bought stuff from him.

EMS sucks.. until you have a few hundred dollars worth of toys (easy enough with Yamato stuff), then the tracking and speed pays off.

Legend of Galatic Heroes. If you hadn't seen it, you hadn't seen operatic space battles. Their minor skirmishes probably involves a few hundred ships a side, and the really big ones involved thousands if memory serves. There was also a line of collectible starship miniatures out a few months back. Not sure if they are still available nowadays. EDIT: Like so: http://www.hlj.com/product/WRS81002 http://www.hlj.com/product/WRS81003 http://www.hlj.com/product/WRS81004 Or better still: http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljlist.cgi?Ser...=3132&Dis=2