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  1. Chronocidal
    It's just so dorky, it's perfectly fitting for M7. That is a good point though, that stage actually would make a pretty decent display base for HMR Sound Force (if they ever get produced, anyway).
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    I'm kind of loving what I'm seeing, these just look incredibly playable, and fun to mess with and customize. It didn't even occur to me that all of the holes were ports. Given how the art of all these new variants with extra weapons packs and other attachments is floating around, now I'm really interested to see if they start producing those new tread variants to give us even more parts to mix and match.
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    Given that's what they did with the HMR release, it wouldn't really surprise me, and I will absolutely grab a handful of them if they get made. For as many weird decisions as Bandai may have made, I do prefer the DX fighter mode to the Yamato design. Just barely. My concern is that I don't know if the HMR version of the 19P sold well enough that Bandai would even want to attempt a DX version. The way they're treating M7 makes me think this is basically their "contractual obligation album" list, and once they get the bare minimum produced, they'll just bail. I absolutely hope they make the rest of the 19s, but I'm not holding out much hope right now. They haven't even teased the rest of them in the HMR lineup, and they never even produced the 19F in the original HM line. I'm starting to think the only way I'm ever getting a good black and white VF-19F is if I print it myself. I don't even care about it transforming at this point, I'd be thrilled if Hasegawa broke out a line of M7 kits.
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    Hah, was hoping it'd be a bit bigger, but eh. I don't follow the franchise much, but I feel like this might be the cleanest jetformer they've produced since the original MP-3.
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    It is just wild seeing all of these older properties popping up, and suddenly filling the market with what feels like ancient designs and artwork re-rendered in HD. Seriously, I am all for this in every way.
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    I don't know what happened, I thought I ordered one of these at AE, but apparently not. I'll have to see if they pop up, I do want to grab at least one, but I might wait and see if Amazon throws them in the bargain bin this time around. Edit: Nevermind, I did order one from AE, for some reason I just never got a confirmation email about it. It's just waiting for stock, so I should be able to ship that with my 17S and VF-0S Ghost set soon.
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    I mean, I'd bet that probably sold a whole lot better than the 17S, so you can't really say they wasted the budget to make it.
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    Maybe they should have done a smart thing, and worked on releasing something people have already expressed interest in, and hasn't already proven to be a slow seller in the past 15 years. I really just want them to release the HMR version and watch it utterly destroy the DX sales..
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    Hey, at least making the 17S first means they can just repop it in red for Milia's version, which I will absolutely pick up just for the novelty. I'm still minorly salty that Yamato never made that one.
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    Hey, at least it's a solid source of spare parts to rebuild some shattered 171s. Being entirely honest, I'm not a big enough VF-17 fan to be as spectacularly disappointed as many here. It is what it is, and I don't mind having a slim 17 to match the other 171s from a "mechanically feasible" point of view. As iconic as it all is, the scale shown in the Macross7 animation is completely nonsensical. I'm mostly sad that I probably could have had a couple for much cheaper if I waited. What will make me more sad is if Bandai continues to misinterpret their terrible decisions as lack of customer interest, and they just nix their entire 7 line before we get the other VF-19s. Though on the other hand, maybe that will convince them to finally go back to products that will sell, and we'll get more VF-1s. It might not be all bad.
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    Honestly, this is probably one of the first times I've looked at a Bandai valk and not had issues with the tampo situation. They usually splatter everything to high heaven with excessive markings, so it's refreshing to see them show some restraint, and just stick with what's in the animation (which is incredibly minimal). They arguably even did a better job than Yamato in this case, since they printed the kites on the spine. I can appreciate Yamato wanting to give folks the option to go entirely low-vis on a "stealth" valk, but I would rather just have it look like the animation (and can't stand stickers). Sadly, that's about the only thing I'd say they got right. I'm not going to hold my breath for more releases, but I was really hoping we'd get Ray's two-seater out of the deal, since that would at least be something new. I'm still hoping we actually get the band trio out of this eventually, but right now I'd honestly be more interested in more VF-19s or a VF-11 of some flavor. Edit: Also, now that I actually see it, screw you Bandai. You and your patented explodium-based plastic can both go drown yourself in the sun. As if I needed even more reasons to never transform this thing..
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    I hate to be the guy with popcorn waiting for the thing to explode, but I will be very curious to see if they have made any changes to the leg design this go-around. End of the day though, it at least makes a mostly decent fighter display. Also, if they colored it correctly, this one shouldn't be using that obsidian-like metallic plastic that always explodes into shrapnel along the flow lines. I might actually disassemble one, and gut it for parts to repair my busted 171s, then just glue it into permanent fighter.
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    I keep hoping they'll re-mold the X-wing from scratch, it's insane how bad the quality is compared with most of the other fighters now. At least it looks like they finally painted the canopy the rest of the way.
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    Finally caved and picked up the Countach from Walmart since they had a stack of them. Going to probably burn my VIP points on a pair of the Enterprise sets once they get over the stock issues. Maybe having two sets will give me enough parts to rebuild the saucer into something that doesn't look like a mid-90s polygon model. Though, funny enough, I feel like the "All Good Things" upgrade might actually be a solid improvement, since the lower phaser mount might help cover some of the janky shaping of the underside.
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    Fortunately the neck cover is easily replicated. I used to have it on Shapeways, and that may exist again (maybe?), but I'm sure it could be produced by anyone with a capable 3D printer.
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    Yeah, the only Starfury I know of that exists is an ancient 1/72 kit, and even that was pretty large. The scale of that universe was part of made it so memorable.
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    Man, I don't need figures considering the scale, but I would love to see anyone tackle B5 ships in literally any format. Probably far too huge to be marketable, but a 1/18 Starfury would be insane to see. I keep hoping Master Replicas will announce a ship collection from that, there are just so many designs to pull from that series.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Chronocidal replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Yeah, it was nice imagining we were getting the VF-19F/S for a while.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Chronocidal replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Hey, maybe we'll get the first sub-$50 transforming HMR release XD
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    That's actually really painful that they won't support the foreign markets now that they should be legally free to do so.. but I guess Arcadia probably isn't in a position to produce extra parts when they can't seem to produce any new products to begin with. If someone comes up with a way to print a working part in a reasonably close color, that should at least put your spare back together again, but that's really frustrating.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Chronocidal replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Probably stuck on the same drifting barge along with every VF-31 aside from Hayate, and all of the teased VF-1s Bandai can't be arsed to produce. The fact that we got a re-released Kairos for the 10th anniversary of Delta is frankly a miracle, and absolutely insane to consider that they re-released that mold, rather than any actual named character variant from any other series or movie. That's just freaking depressing to consider. Yeah, sorry to say.. Luca, Chuck, Arad, Mirage, Messer, and even Hikaru, Max and Milia, Bandai thinks you are all less viable products than a CF unit.
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    HMR VF-19P

    Chronocidal replied to BlueMax's topic in Toys

    Boy I hate when people don't baseline graphs at zero. Still yes, nice to see it hitting half the original price. I still have a pair I have not shipped, since I was waiting until better shipping options opened up.
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    Yeesh.. Razor's Crest is okay.. still waiting on them to complete half of the other iconic ships. Would really love to see a shuttle... tie bomber... or maybe a Tantive IV more than three inches long...
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    Ok, I will give them credit, Gene's an amusing addition, but I don't think anyone would have predicted someone releasing a Lucy action figure in this era. I don't even generally buy figures at all, but that is just funny enough a concept that I might bite. Though, I wonder if anyone would make a Desi Arnaz head to swap onto Gene... The tiny desktop Enterprise model is a nice addition too, especially now that they actually found it after being "misplaced" so long.
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    So a small note from anyone getting that new Vader tie. If you ever want to get it back in the box, you may have to mod it before snapping the wings on. Got mine yesterday from a local source I had a gift card for, and in my enthusiasm at how massive it is, I slapped the wing panels on, and now they will not come off. The snaps looked about like what hold the E-Wing's wings on, but the wing panels are a kind of rubbery material, and once snapped in, the mushroom pegs will not let go. I stood on the panel and lifted the body with both hands, and nothing budged. The screws on the inner surface of the panels did nothing. I expect I would have needed to mod the pegs or sockets to let them snap in and out easier, but it's not happening now, so this monster is going to be sitting in my hobby room looming in the corner.
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