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    Can't be done... ...at least, not by Hasbro. 🤨 Twelve years later, and still reigns supreme.
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    Good news! I found a much better Logan model... at half the price! 😊 This one's not quite perfect, either -- it's fighter-mode only, and entirely lacks a cockpit -- but I can use MaxLab's "Wolverine" cockpit and articulated limbs to Frankenstein a much more accurate kit.
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    You know, seeing the transformation demonstrated on YouTube, I was excited by the potential of producing my own Logan and purchased the files for myself... ...but now, after seeing photos on Facebook and comparing them to the lineart, I'm experiencing considerable buyer's remorse. 🤕 I first assumed the model looked poor because it was made on a low-rez FDM printer, as opposed to a proper SLA resin printer designed for miniatures. It's a terrible decision that reflects badly on the designer, but that doesn't mean the design itself is poor... except now, being able to examine the files in 3D software, I can see all the geometrical discrepancies and misshapen proportions. It's fat where it should be lean, and lean where it should be fat, and a lot of the angles are wrong. Frustratingly, most of the inaccuracies have nothing to do with engineering, either, as they'd have no bearing on transformation. 🤨 It actually looks like a Logan toy designed 40 years ago, if Takutoku or Matchbox had tried to produce one. Perhaps the designer wanted to capture that "retro toy" look...? 🤔 Regardless, i guess I'll just have to teach myself how to do 3D modelling. 🙄
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    And of course, there's always this gem: More of an homage, rather than a legitimate transformation scheme. That takes me back to the early days of the third-party Transformers scene. "Legally distinct! Don't sue us!" 😅
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    Lipstick on a pig? 😉 That's a pricey chunk of ham on display... and some 3D-printed upgrades, by the looks of it. 🤔
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    It's a popular idea, mostly inspired by Transformers. '80s-style cartoon Transformers: '90s-style CGI Transformers: Contemporary manga-style Transformers: Even Bayverse-style abominations! I've only seen one design that actually looks like something Aramaki would've come up with for Bubblegum Crisis. It's by sukabu (a Japanese artist, of course). ☺️
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    Given how you've embraced Aramaki Shinji's Garland and Motoslave designs, it's nonetheless strange that you'd ignore his most well-known transformable motorcycles. There's been far more Mospeada merchandise produced than Megazone 23 and Bubblegum Crisis put together. 😅 Honestly, Kaneda's bike is the outlier, being neither Aramaki's design nor transformable... 🤔
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    With all due respect, sir, I believe you've miscounted... There are FOUR, not three. 😉
  10. tekering
    True... I suppose I can't argue with that. Embrace the absurdity!
  11. tekering
    Excellent! I'll definitely be doing that. I definitely won't be doing that. 😅
  12. tekering
    I certainly wasn't expecting a childish comedy. 😒 Hard pass.
  13. tekering
    And because it's an Ammonite design, there's a lot of guesswork involved in parsing out the details. Incidentally, will the alternate head be for a Sergeant/NCO or Corporal/Private?
  14. tekering
    Just for clarification, Macross II had nothing to do with either Shoji Kawamori or Studio Nue. Mecha designs were by Koichi Ohata.
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    I thought the lack of a Koji face for the pilot was inexcusable. 😒
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