Big s 90 Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Their kits are getting close to bandai quality and ease of part separation. Every kit gets better. They are very impressive when seen upclose and the larger ones are very poseable and have a bit of a skeleton to build on like an mg gundam. If you ever get a chance to go to an event I recommend checking out their booth. They usually do anime expo and a few others. Their employees are very helpful and don't mind showing what's in the box. They also usually have all the kits built on display. They also have a store in or near Torrance C.A. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenius 1,184 Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Store near Torrance? Totally going to hunt that down. I just wish I had time for kits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big s 90 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Flyer from last anime expo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenius 1,184 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Hmm... looks like just a warehouse on street view, maybe someone local can check it out. The Volksusa site does have some Votoms kits though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big s 90 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 the workers at the booth said you can stop by during business hours, so I'm assuming it's also a physical store. I personally haven't visited yet though so I can't tell you what it's like. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenius 1,184 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Cool, next time I'm in the area I'll go guinea pig and check it out. Was MWcon out that way? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big s 90 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Yeah the con was very close, any way you could try the phone number first and maybe get some better info. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big s 90 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 (edited) Just saw that preorders are up for another set of arctic gear figures. A 4 pack for the god planet quent episodes and it looks fairly complete. It's been a while since I've watched but I think it's everything. Fully loaded scopedog, rabidly dog, zwerg and the berserga desert version. not many zwerg items have been produced over the decades. Edited April 10, 2017 by Big s Looks like the red shoulder scopedog oddly enough and Hlj says you get 2 zwergs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenius 1,184 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Thanks for the heads up! I think we just need a Strong Bacchus now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big s 90 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 I wrote above that it was a four pack, but according to the Hlj description it's actually a five pack of figures since there are two of the zwergs. Not too bad of a value for the amount of armored troopers in one package. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big s 90 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Looks like volks is doing a 1/24 shadowflare kit. Tag hobby had some pics of the prototype Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hachi 25 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 On 4/10/2017 at 3:39 PM, Big s said: Just saw that preorders are up for another set of arctic gear figures. A 4 pack for the god planet quent episodes and it looks fairly complete. It's been a while since I've watched but I think it's everything. Fully loaded scopedog, rabidly dog, zwerg and the berserga desert version. not many zwerg items have been produced over the decades. Are these arctic gear figures pre-painted? How's the quality? Never had arctic gear stuff before. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big s 90 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 They're prepainted other than some don't have painted pilots. They're pretty tough for their tiny size. Mostly hard abs plastic and a lot of fun for palm sized action. They would probably make for really cool table top game pieces. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hachi 25 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 9 hours ago, Big s said: They're prepainted other than some don't have painted pilots. They're pretty tough for their tiny size. Mostly hard abs plastic and a lot of fun for palm sized action. They would probably make for really cool table top game pieces. Sounds good. If Tomytec discontinues their Macross Gimix line I'm strongly considering buying these. And then maybe selling off my Bandai kit as my free space is getting smaller. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
no3Ljm 1,341 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 P-Bandai Reelase. 1/20 Scopedog Sansa Reimann. Y7344. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
seti88 702 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 blood sucker...how appropriate for sucking the blood out of wallets... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big s 90 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Wave had a tease for a 1/35 kit recently and now an Arctic gear. I'm super excited. That may be my favorite at. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenius 1,184 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Need a strong Bacchus in the AG line. They should team it up with a purple bear. I suppose the light scopedog and Excrevess would come first. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big s 90 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 I may be mistaken, since it's been a few years, but didn't they do a purple bear. I wouldn't mind a rerelease if they did since I missed my chance before. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenius 1,184 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 They did the Purple Bear as part of the AG-N line. I was just suggesting an AG-EX release with a Purple Bear/Strong Bacchus since they're together so much in the first arch. If they're into AGEX being four packs they could add the regular Scopedog and Brutishdog to round everything out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big s 90 Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 I'd buy it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
no3Ljm 1,341 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 RC Berg 1/20 Votoms Weapon Series No.4 GAT-35 Log Gun - Y7000 No.5 GAT-49 Penta Trooper - Y2000 http://www.taghobby.com/archives/192593 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
treatment 332 Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Finally had some time to quick-build my 1/20 Votoms Scopedog RSC and here be some pics and stuff: http://imgur.com/7NI03bs http://imgur.com/IlQpl7d http://imgur.com/VBYBbsj http://imgur.com/TgT5Ia0 I was planning on making an Atlas out of it, but it's a bit too small for it to scale with my HMRs and 1/60 Destroids. Not sure if the 1/18 will scale better, but I know the 1/12 are a bit way too large. They're nice, tho... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenius 1,184 Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Forgive my ignorance, what's an Atlas? I bought that model in the hopes some day I would have time to do it... looks great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big s 90 Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Atlas was the weird one from battletech after they got sued and had to make their own designs for a change. Any way, that bandai kit really is great out of box with a little weathering. I think the only thing that needed paint was the pilot if I recall. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
treatment 332 Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 (edited) 30 minutes ago, jenius said: Forgive my ignorance, what's an Atlas? The Battletech version of the Scopedog... 19 minutes ago, Big s said: Atlas was the weird one from battletech after they got sued and had to make their own designs for a change. Any way, that bandai kit really is great out of box with a little weathering. I think the only thing that needed paint was the pilot if I recall. Nahh, they didn't get sued with it. It was not part of the Unseen/Reseen shenanigans. As such, yeah. This 1/20 RSC is a very easy kit. Paneling is nice, but not really needed. Only the standing Chirico and Vanilla figures need some coloring (paint or otherwise). Ok, the ladder, too, if you want. Edited June 5, 2017 by treatment Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chet 5 Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Didn't know the atlas was based on the scopedog. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big s 90 Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 What I meant was that the atlas was one of the first designs that wasn't directly from another property, although it's definitely inspired by other things. Sorry for any confusion. Any way it's been a while since I built that awesome scopedog kit. I think I got lazy and only sanded the mold lines and put the waterslide decals on, weathered it with a quick oil wash and flat coated it. I eventually painted the figures though. Really was nothing, but fun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
no3Ljm 1,341 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 (edited) From Toysdaily: Edited July 13, 2017 by no3Ljm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hachi 25 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 47 minutes ago, no3Ljm said: From Toysdaily: Looks great I just don't have the $$$ (and the space) for it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duymon 288 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Man those are amazing but ThreeZero stuff is crazy expensive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenius 1,184 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Does that mean it's shipping? I only bought the exclusive one... not sure if I can also spring for a regular release. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
no3Ljm 1,341 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 10 hours ago, hachi said: Looks great I just don't have the $$$ (and the space) for it. Me too. That's why I'm just looking at those pictures. Hehehe. I'm just happy with what I have which is 1/18 DMZ's which IMHO is a good size to display besides our 1/60 Valk collections. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Capedbaldy 6 Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 (edited) Excited to get the threezero version this month. Selling off some masterpiece tf stuff as that line kinda lost me with the endless kos and reissues.There is a review by some random guy on comicswow!... He has no idea what votoms is. Sad. It seems to have vastly better joints than the yamoto pos. Wish I'd spring for the weathered one. Looks like this got pushed back to late Sept instead of this month. Mang. It's been pushed back several times. Edited July 28, 2017 by Capedbaldy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SaitouSad 26 Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 I just picked up mine from a local hobby shop recently, and took it out for a spin. It is in my humble opinion the best 1/12 Scopedog toy ever made.. possibly the best Scopedog ever, but I don't have the other toy lines to compare it with. I usually detest the very lousy articulation 3A and ThreeZero figures have, but given the design of the Scopedog, I gotta say this blew me away. I could actually have him hold the rifle with BOTH hands (albeit via the foldable handle bar). The joints are nicely ratcheted and tight as with all threezero toys, and his fingers are all individually articulated and pretty tight, keeping a firm grip on the machine gun (which by the way, comes with an actual adjustable fabric rifle sling!). I hope to have a little more play time with him to see if I can get him to squat down in dog mode or whatever it's called (I'm not the most avid fan, but I love the design and the lore enough) Wonder if the Yamato parts can fit onto this big boy... at least the weapons expansion pack I got will fit nicely for sure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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