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  2. no3Ljm
    SOC Gundam Tryon-3 photos from Super Mecha over Facebook.
  3. no3Ljm
    SOC Gundam Tryon-3. From Super Mecha over Facebook. Displayed at Tamashii Exhibition 2024 in Taipei.
  4. mikeszekely
    Usually I like to have a few more figures to write about before I do a Repaint Roundup, but my in-laws are coming for the summer next week and the guest room is where I do my photography. Needless to say, I don't know when or how often I'll be writing this summer. For now, here's Legacy Evolution Powerlinx Hot Shot. Truthfully, I wasn't super interested in this repaint. I mean, it's basically the same not-great-but-mostly-ok Hot Shot we already got, just in a color scheme he only used for like the last seven or so episodes and with a few extra accessories. But recently Hasbro had an outlet sale and Powerlinx Hot Shot was down to a more acceptable price, plus the only original Armada toy I own (until buying Prime) was Powerlinx Hot Shot, so I caved. Deco-wise, it's very much what you'd expect... the colors are updated to better reflect the original Powerlinx Hot Shot's deco, but just like the standard release he's lacking painted detail in the shins and in the faux car parts on his arms. On the topic of new accessories, Hot Shot retains his engine gun, but he gets two new rifles. The colors are simply gray plastic, which is a tad unfortunate, but they are designed to look like the rifles Hot Shot used in the episode "Dash." You also get a pair of (yet more) three-sectioned effects parts, and most notably, the Minicon Jolt. Jolt's coptor mode, as seen in the previous picture, is a bit stumpier than the original. This seems to be because the designers prioritized the robot mode really capturing the look of the cartoon. Which means that, instead of being primarily yellow like the Jolt that came with the original Powerlinx Hot Shot, he's primarily orange. He's got no head articulation, ball joints for shoulders that swivel and move laterally 90 degrees, no bicep or wrist swivels, elbows that bend 90 degrees, no waist articulation, ball-jointed hips that can go 90 degrees forward, backward, or laterally, no thigh swivels, knees that bend over 90 degrees, and no feet. Unlike the original toy and counter to his cartoon appearance, he cannot connect to Hot Shot's engine gun. Hot Shot's new rifles are meant to store on his back, as they did in "Dash." You move his axle out of the way, then you're supposed to use little tabs on them to connect them to cutouts near the hinge on his backpack before moving the axle back into place. The catch is, at least on my copy, one of the rifles fits perfectly, the other will not stay plugged in and pops back off the second you let it go. Meanwhile, Jolt has a 5mm peg that folds out from underneath, so you can plug him onto Hot Shot's back, shoulders, etc... basically anywhere you can find a 5mm port. The exception is the 5mm port that's on his back behind the axle, so he can't attach to Hot Shot's back while he's doing his "Axlezooka." Hot Shot's car mode is, again, pretty much what you'd expect. I have to admit, the primary red color, yellow spoiler, and the yellow flames on the hood are very evocative of G1 Hot Shot, which was surely the intention going all the way back to the original toy. As was the case with the regular Hot Shot release, they painted the grill (correctly) then painted the part of the hood right above the grill (incorrectly) instead of the engine cutout. Attaching Jolt or the engine gun don't activate any spring-loaded gimmicks or anything as they would on the original toy. But I'll note that the engine gun storage is still there, and the bumper can be manually opened. There's room on the spoiler for the new guns, and Jolt actually has a third transformation just so that his nose can plug into the peg between the wings of Hot Shot's spoiler but angle the rest of his body so the propellor faces backward, as in the cartoon. And since there's no actual molded difference between the Hot Shots, you can use Jolt with the regular yellow Hot Shot. Is Powerlinx Hot Shot worth picking up? I mean, most of the geewunners here aren't into Armada in the first place, so a deco that appeared in just seven episodes probably isn't super appealing. At the reduced price I do kind of dig having an updated version of the only deco I actually had of the original, though, and the extra accessories are pretty cool. Jolt is an especially welcome addition; the size and engineering on Jolt (and for that matter, the Whisper Minicon that came with Shattered Glass Sideswipe) aren't quite Core-class figures, but they're a step up from the Siege Micromasters. Instead of constant repaints, though, I think it'd be cool if Hasbro maybe did a few Minicon three-packs... say one with Sparkplug, Leader-1, and Swindle (Prime, Megatron, and Starscream's Minicons), one with the three components of the Star Saber, one with the Skyboom Shield, one with the Requiem Blaster, etc. Or maybe just one big Minicon set akin to the some of the store-exclusive Micromaster sets released during Siege/Earthrise.
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    Loose Collector's 1/12 LA MUERTA Loose Collector's 1/12 HELLWITCH (Hellfire Ver.) Loose Collector's 1/12 CHAOTICA Loose Collector's 1/12 LADY SATANUS
  7. no3Ljm
    Loose Collector's 1/12 Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer & Steed Limited Edition Action Figure Set
  8. sh9000
    Wop wop wop.
  9. no3Ljm
    LooseCollector's 1/12 Rob Liefeld's BLOODSTRIKE CABBOT STONE LooseCollector's 1/12 Rob Liefeld's BLOODWULF
  10. no3Ljm
    LooseCollector's 1/12 SHI LooseCollector's 1/12 GRENDEL LooseCollector's 1/12 AMERICAN FLAGG
  11. no3Ljm
    LooseCollector's 1/12 THE ROCKETEER & BUTCH
  12. sh9000
    By ZICHI3150.
  13. sh9000

    sh9000's collection

    Images added to a gallery album owned by sh9000 in Macross Collections

  14. sh9000
    Early Preview. Season 1 Recap.
  15. no3Ljm
  16. sh9000
    Hasegawa 1/24 Myung Fan Loan with YF-19 Egg Plane.
  17. no3Ljm
    Naruto Ichiraku Ramen Set. 🍜 😋
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  19. sh9000
    Play Time Toys 1/12 The Romance of Three Kingdoms Ma Chao.
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  22. sh9000
    70th Anniversary Godzilla 1954. ANH Classic Darth Vader. ANH Classic Stormtrooper. ANH Classic C-3PO. ANH Classic R2-D2.
  23. MKT
    Ramen Toys really doing great work!
  24. MKT
    Got myself a loose CharaWorks 1/144 VF-1A Max in Zentraedi uniform colors. Blister has yellowed tremendously but thankfully item inside hasn’t.
  25. sh9000
    CAG 2.0. Looking forward to it.
  26. MKT
    Bandai seems to have abandoned using the WWM logo & tagline recently. Only way to know now if it’s available worldwide is to look at the ‘Sales Area’ section in the Tamashii link. So far, sales areas outside Japan are shown to be available. My brain was winding down earlier & conflated FB2012 & DYRL lol. It was never any doubt FB2012 stuff can be available worldwide.
  27. no3Ljm
    I know. Should've been the red and blue.
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