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    That looks like an eclectic mix of materials and finishes. It doesn’t seem to follow any kind of pattern. Do we know why this is the case snd were Bandai is drawing its inspiration from? I think I couldn’t come up with something like this, even if I tried really hard.
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    Some would say (like myself) that Powermaster Prime is the better G1 Optimus Prime toy. And I want a good version of it. Sadly Takara seems unable to produce good Masterpiece toys anymore. They struggled before, producing some of the worst figures in my collection, but especially some of the Carbots, Megatron and Optimus were quite good. I would say MP-10 till MP-22 was the golden age of the Masterpiece line. I will following the release of the toy and maybe buy a Nucleon Quest version if they do it but I‘m preordering this. However, after how bad MP-49 Nemesis Convoy turned out I not so certain on the Nucleon Quest one either. Oh well, FansToys will eventually run out of US G1 toys so they will come to Ginrai if you give them time.
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    I don’t understand what is going on here. I might be sour because the MPG Raiden I bought is mostly terrible but this looks like another half-assed effort to me. Besides the arms that look like the designer just gave up I wonder whats up with all the mis-colored parts? The blue showing on the hinges in truck mode, the half and half colored chest block in super mode, the visible blue thighs in the cab chest block and the blue colored hinges on the shoulders in super mode. They all look out of place. I‘m not a line art expert but does the super mode backpack is supposed to look like that? Especially the area behind the head. Ever since Power Baser that area is of particular interest to me since man Power Master toys seem to struggle making the area look purposeful. Looking back I think Make Toys still made the best looking Power Master Optimus Prime. All the G1 versions seem to struggle to look cool to me.
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    I’m sure the will do the new Desthwing Terminators eventually. It was just unfortunate that: 1. they didn’t release any regular Deathwing Terminator troops and 2. GW just released new Deathwing Terminators when JoyToy announced theirs. I wonder what the communications with GW sounded when JoyToy decided to release the Deathwing. I hope they do announce Sammael in his jetbike soon.
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    So the front of the thighs are chromed and that’s what’s causing the shadow. The arms sticking up in trailer mode remain a mystery.
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    So for me the he looks like his alt mode would fit right into an G1 MP carbot collection. However his robot mode doesn’t. For me the G1 design for the car bots are: 1. Simplified detail with regards to greebles and sculpt (since the toys and the cartoon were less sophisticated) 2. Chunky limb proportions, especially in the legs. 3. Large parts of the alt-mode making up sections of the robot-mode (like chests for Jazz or the legs for Prowl). Yes, Drift looks like Drift but I would preferred something more in line with the MP Autobot lineup. For example, the chest could be the hood of the car, the shape of the legs would be more simplified or the feet could be integrated into the lower legs. I‘m not criticizing MMC on that since it might have been a case of wrong expectation management on my side. When they announced an IF Drift this was not the robot mode I had in mind.
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    I was looking forward to this one. But I'm taken aback by the disconnect between the 80s car alt-mode and the modern IDW robot-mode. Maybe it was faulty reasoning on my part but I would have expected and wanted a much more "G1" looking robot mode. I don’t know for whom this is for. We already had an IDW Drift (futuristic alt-mode and all) from MMC in the Reformatted line. We have the Flame Toys stylized one and the transformable knockoff one. So I'm confused. It seems like MMC's IF line is a continuation of Reformatted but at a larger scale without a consistent art style?
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    I don’t know, I would have preferred the new Terminator and Deathwing Knights GW released recently than those old sculpts.
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    Clearly the Hasbro one, since it is official. It is disappointing to see, that even with Swoop being the smallest Dinobot, being a Leader Class toy in the Studio Series and doesn’t come with any slug figures his wingspan is so tiny. It is my understanding that the Dinobots have been great so far so it is sad to see that Swoop seems to be lacking. Oh well, there will surely be an add on set with bigger wings and better legs for alt-mode so you can have a good Swoop for merely $49 more.
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    Scyla replied to Warmachine's topic in Toys

    Here is a link to the Workshop section of the MWF boards: https://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/forum/23-the-workshop/ Hope that helps.
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    Well, the first 6 six releases in the MPG line felt like someones first Transformer (engineering wise) so I don’t have a hard time believing that this is not mistransformed. However, I hope this is not the case. I guess we will find out on 04/10 when the toy is officially revealed. I wonder what the connection between MP-60 Ginrai and MPG-09 Super Ginrai is.
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    @jvmacross new preorder HMR VF-19 Kai (WWM): https://tamashiiweb.com/item/14852 HMR VF-19 Kai Fire Valkyrie PO Date: 05 April 2024 Release: Aug 2024 Price: Yen 14,300, inclusive 10% domestic tax Available worldwide (WWM
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    I think the thighs are chromed or painted silver and that is why they look fairly dark (which could be read as shadows cast by hollow bits). I don’t have a good explanation for the arms sticking up in alt-mode tough.
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    I'm confused but I will wait for the final reveal. These low resolution images are not helping. If, what the images indicating is correct (hollow thighs, the arms bot folding down in truck mode). I will wait for the Fans Toys one or don’t bother at all. Again, need some officially product shots first.
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    @Seto Kaiba: what @MacrossJunkie said. For the release of the Lion JoyToy wasn’t able/wasn‘t allowed to sculpt the Arma Luminis pistol so he only comes with the gun in the holster as it appeared on the mini. I sometimes see that they add different items than what the mini the toy is based on had. But I assume this is only the case were an official model from GW exists. So I assume a Demon Primarch Magnus will come with all the heads the mini had (maybe even cast of armor) while the Horus Heresy one will only have the one head depicted above.
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