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  1. Chronocidal
    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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    I still kind of want to kitbash one into a fighter by replacing the upper bridge structure with a cockpit. and canopy. I know it has a lot of features of bigger ships, but most of them don't stand out, and the panels are big enough that it kind of breaks the sense of scale if you don't see the landing gear or other vehicle storage features.
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    Yeah, I was more interested in the ship itself than the figures, but would also be annoying to not have a figure to put in it. Went ahead and pre-ordered both, I've got a year to plan for where to put it.
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    Yeah, that's what I was thinking of, but forgot the A-Wing is kind of a unique case of the original original toy being that good. I did wait to pick one up until they remolded the engines and properly painted the guns though. But yeah, that is what has thrown me about the A-Wing filming model for so long. Even that prototype looks too big to be built out of the specific parts the ship looks like it is constructed from. I don't know how many companies made a 1/32 F-16 around then, but the engine nacelles look straight from the early 80s Hasegawa kit. The only thing that makes sense to me is that the original kitbash was just done in a smaller scale, and they just scaled it up manually for the film model Could have maybe used an RC F-14 body for it, but a flying F-16 model wouldn't have the Hasegawa-style intake ducting. I did happen across this thread in my search though. Is this the original prototype build that got scaled up? https://www.therpf.com/forums/threads/a-wing-studio-prototype.352815/
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    They gave the same care to the A-Wing I think (ignoring the guns.. they need a re-mold, but that's an easy 3D print replacement). It's tough to judge from some film miniature photos, which seem to have a ruler for scale that doesn't make sense, but when you consider the parts used to build the A-Wing, the toy looks almost dead-on filming model scale. You know, unless Hasegawa and Tamiya happened to put out F-14s and F-16s in even bigger scales than 1/32. Although, I suppose it's possible they just used RC aircraft models, or maybe cast custom parts? I always thought the parts looked very specifically like certain pieces of the early Hasegawa 1/32 F-16 kits, but it's possible they just upscaled them and cast their own after prototyping with the base kits.
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    Seriously who even is in charge of which ships get produced in what scales now? Is it too much to ask to just get someone with half a brain to produce a complete line in a scale that actually makes sense? And by "makes sense" I mean to actually look at the sizes of the pilots and scale the ships by that, instead of some half-cooked stat sheet pilfered from the annals of old RPG rulebooks. Like it actually drives me bats that the most complete and (mostly) accurate collection (minus a few insanely notable exceptions) is the MGS line.
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    The stupid painful part of this is that you just know Bandai gonna Bandai, and make all of the worst assumptions when sales don't match their expectations. "Oh, our fifth reissue of the main character's vehicle is underperforming. Guess no one cares about this series anymore." No, you insipid pisswaffles, no one is buying it because everyone interested in it already has four other copies, and you refuse to produce the versions you teased, and they've been waiting for for eight freaking years.
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    Still the most reliable source of DX VF-1 weapons.
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    Oh, I'm very aware! I might in the future, but if I start down the printed route, I've got a long queue of designs way in front of anything from Star Wars that I want to tackle first. They're not in the same scale, but fortunately Amazon didn't cancel my MGS bombers like they did a couple other ships, so I've at least got a couple for display. Though, now I'm reminded that I never got a Tie Phantom in any format.
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    Man, now I'm just upset again that Bandai so completely abandoned their 1/72 kit line. I've got at least three or four of every fighter they made because they're just so fun to build, but they never made a bomber, and I'm still really wishing anyone would make a good shuttle kit. Wouldn't mind a couple others either, but those are the main two I've been waiting for. Aside from, you know, 1/48 kits of the rest of the fighters to match the limited X-Wing they did (and the A-Wing they mis-scaled ).
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    Thank you for the reminder about the Vader Tie release, I had been meaning to grab that one. Can finally put together the full Trench Run diorama. (not that I have the space, but someday!)
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