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  1. tekering
    Heads up, guys. For those of you who haven't checked the Model kits section recently: The order deadline is only a few days away, and we haven't reached the minimum threshold yet. Help make this big beauty a reality!
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    ...but retro-style 5POA action figures are not. 😒 This "deliberately poor" figure production and marketing trend is really getting out of hand. Is there really a larger market for crap than for decently-sculpted figures with modern articulation? 🤨
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    Yeah, that's exactly what I posted on Facebook. 😅
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    Yet another dream becomes a reality. Count me in, Cap.' PM sent. 👌
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    Oh, no argument there! Much of Toho's output is just unwatchable. 😒 As much as I hated Godzilla vs. Kong, King Kong vs. Godzilla was much, much worse. 🙄
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    It'll undoubtedly be better than those Godzilla x Kong movies... 🤮
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    EXO-Squad, of course. 😉
  8. tekering
    Lots, yeah! This one's my favorite:
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    Ugly? Yeah, character designs have been trending towards the ugly for some time now, and (if G-Quacks is any indication) mecha designs are, too. 😒 Sloppy? Not even a little. The budget clearly allowed for significantly high production value, and the animation looks smooth and expressive.
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    No, just couldn't justify the cost of the license. Perhaps a new source of funding presented itself. Frankly, I'd much rather see him release more Zentraedi figures to go with his Breetai... His other figure prototypes looked a whole lot better than that Southern Cross merch. 😒
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    Actually, I had to abandon much of the paint work I'd done after I acquired The Robotech Masters on Blu-ray: Color reproduction is much better than on the old Southern Cross DVDs, and "Bug Face" is affected most significantly. With higher-quality reference material to work from, I realized my initial color scheme wasn't accurate. I hope to have it repainted, assembled, and displayed at this year's "40 years of Robotech" exhibit, along with Thomas Hawk, my Space Crabs, and another 1:48 kit I've just started work on... 😎
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    We had them in Canada...
  13. tekering
    A picture is worth a thousand words, as they say... If your goal is either anime-accuracy or real-world physics, you're better off with your Hi-Metal R VF-1. While Bandai, Hasegawa, Max Factory, and even Kitz Concept have consistently relied on official Tatsunoko statistics for establishing Zentraedi mecha scale, the official stats never add up. Zentraedi pilots at 1:72 scale simply couldn't fit into those battle pods! The Regult is depicted considerably larger in the anime (as it would have to be IRL), so you can see how awkward Hasegawa's model scales with Max Factory's VF-1J battroid... or even Hasegawa's own Queadluun-Rau (which is based on the movie version, where the Zentraedi were scaled-down considerably anyway). My Hi-Metal R Max there is a lot closer to how a VF-1 should scale with a Regult, but it's still not perfect. Suffice it to say, we should go with whatever looks right to us, 'cause we care a lot more than the companies do. 😤
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    It's neither screen-accurate nor scale-accurate, of course, and in fact doesn't have anything to do with Macross. It's an ROI strategy, and every toy company does it. Tooling costs are by far the most expensive part of the manufacturing process, so you've got to use those molds as much as possible to keep costs reasonable. KC will sell you the same figure as many times as they can, simply by changing the head or changing the color scheme. The really craven toy companies will incorporate mold reuse into the media itself to justify this practice. 😉
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    I would imagine that represents only a small minority of your audience, Mike... 🤔
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    "Master Replicas acknowledges nothing has been more popular than the classic 4.75" figures from Playmates, which first debuted in the 90s. Recognizing the place Playmates figures have in a lot of people's hearts, they aim to continue the story of action figures at that size. This new programs does not ask fans to rebuild their collections from scratch, but to add to what they already have." Are you listening, Nacelle? This is why Master Replicas is much more likely to succeed.
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    What I love best about these Max Factory battroids isn't the simplicity, or the anime-accurate proportions, or the fabulous articulation... ...nor is it the consistent look of the packaging or the terrific box art... ...it's the 1:72 scale-accurate figures they come with. 😍 Sure, they'll be a pain to paint, but look how well-sculpted they are!
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    I was wondering the same... 🤔
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    Damn, too late to cancel. My Max has already been shipped. 😒 I will NEVER preorder another Kitz Concept figure. 😤
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    Spectacular news! If these sell well, I see tremendous potential for this company. I hope they do Toxic Emil at 1:10 as well. 😁
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    These figures are perfect for collectors with neither the motor skills required to assemble a simple model kit, nor the ability to transform a toy... [ . . . ] ...but yet have enough interest in Macross (or Robotech) to commit a significant amount of disposable income... 🤔 [ . . . ] ...which couldn't possibly amount to a viable customer base. 🤨 I expect these to sell poorly, if at all. 😒
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    Hasbro's been manufacturing Transformers for over four decades, but continues to screw up their promotional photography on a regular basis... ThreeZero's batting a thousand, by comparison. 😅
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    Wow, that's even worse than I'd realized... ...given their pack-in figures are a consistent 1:72 scale. 🙄 I guess that's why that Falcon cockpit's so comically oversized and misshapen. Even Kenner's vintage toy did better than that! 😂 Still... MGS ships have nicer paint jobs, at least.
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    Not at all. They've been around since the early '80s.
  25. tekering
    One of those Detolfs does not look like the others 😆
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