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My Tread is caught up somewhere in the new hellscape of US Customs import tax enforcement in Los Angeles. The package hasn't moved in ten days. If it ever gets here, I can look into adapter options if @BroTaku79 and their designer decide it's not feasible for them to make something.
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He likes to be immortal in his films and Hanks likes to be the captain, they could team up
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Mo picks....
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I ended up selling off my Max since I was waiting so long and now had the squad in HMR form.
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Stock stands are always mediocre at best. Thank goodness for people like @BroTaku79
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1/48+fp's, 1/60+fp's, 1/72, 1/2k, 1/3k,1/100 and now 1/144
Lolicon replied to VF-18S Hornet's topic in Toys
The revivals improved the joints over the previous version. Setting up the armored 25F was a gigantic hassle as it was floppy mess right out of the box. Needed to strengthen the hips, shoulders, ankles, and wings before putting it all together.
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Pix from Canada! Looking at the song list, they got a good portfolio of her works and the big 4 from Macross Frontier is there! And Encore with Macross Delta's JUNNA with Sagitarius Goji 9pm Don't be late! It's a first time for May'n in Canada but she was there when she's 1 yr old! And it was on 7th August! What a coincidence! May'n epic entrance! https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNIE-syufB7/
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That's good news, I'm hoping to have mine shipped before the tariffs kick in. Are you seeing the 1/72 Armament Set in stock too? It looked like they would be released together.
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The computer and electronics super geek thread
TangledThorns replied to azrael's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Try the used market, eg Facebook marketplace, to save money and you can haggle some. You'll have to research on what you find available though. -
With all my orders from Japan generally, and HLJ too, the initial shipping costs are likely an estimate. This is likely due to exchange rates. Also had this with my recent HLJ order and I'm in Europe. Shipping was 32 Euro, then ended up being 26 Euro.
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I love the phantom since my dad built and painted a Tamiya kit of it for me when I was a kid. But if I would to invest in a display piece of it, I'd just get a Hobbymasters diecast to fully show all it's sexy lines. That said, I really appreciate Brick Veteran's efforts in his, minus the canopy and the general underneath of the wings in all such mocs. Lego needs to invest in more variety of inverted curved and angle tiles.
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The pictures are really nice! A real feast for my eyes. What can we expect from now? Do you have any lead of business, what are you planning? I am asking this because I know that more and more hobbyist have their own 3D printers and could be more than happy with a Stl package to buy and build. And maybe it can help get to the next finalement step?
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Spoiler alert.
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That would have been 3 films where he's immortal. lol
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The seam at the front should be easy to sand. For the recessed area, I would cover it with a strip of thin styrene cut to shape.
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You're not missing much on the "sequels"; thank heaven you never saw the cartoon!!
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Thanks! When I was a kid, my dad worked for a filter manufacturing company/factory that ordered a lot of 3M Masking Tape. We lived in the projects and could barely get by (factory was the best job my dad could get, as he dropped out of middle school to help his family by working), so most toys and stuff I ended up not getting . If I wanted something, I had to make it myself out of cardboard and masking tape. Over the years, I'd like to think I got good at it. In any event, my dad passed some years ago (WWII vet, died August 28, 2011); I continue to use masking tape to honor his memory and the sacrifices he made to keep us fed, clothed and a roof over our heads.
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Well at least we now know where Bandai got the idea!
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PLAMAX PX14 1/72 VF-1 Fighter Valkyrie Deculture Package is now in stock at the usual outlets.
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hmmm...I will have to talk to my designer, and see if we can make something for the tread. I don't even have my copy yet so it is hard to say right now....
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Did Misa smack him with a diamond ring for looking at the new Miss Macross?
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hahaha
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And light it on fire.
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See MacAvoy vs. Big Dave would be a convincing fight. James showed some fight in Wanted and in Split. And has that underdog look, especially against someone much taller like Bautista.
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The Unlicensed Third Party Transformers Thread
M'Kyuun replied to slaginpit's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I like cassettes, so I'm a little biased, but I dig these guys. I really like the cassette bots that actually look like cassettes, a fleeting reality these days since Hasbro introduced the smaller scale, so Brutality, AKA Slugfest, hits a certain sweet spot for me. His bot mode is adorable- I particularly love the way his legs store within the tape mode. He's simple by comparison with most of Wu's previous cassettes, all of which had to do double duty as combiners, but he has his charm. Slaughter, AKA Overkill, eschews any pretense of looking like a real cassette, but as Mike mentioned, he makes up for it in spades with an impressive amount of articulation in a very small package. I wish his head was on a ball joint for more expressive poses, but as he is, he's a fun little dino-bot. Speaking of little dino-bot cassettes, Wu's previous releases, Explosion, AKA Noizu and Supersonic, AKA Gurafi, did not make the most convincing of cassettes either, although their rectangular wafer modes aren't far off- neither have reel details which would've helped sell the notion. Where they fall apart, literally, is in their combination, which relies solely on Explosion's two hinged flaps, which do not have a much-needed "thoop" point for solidarity, closing over two small tabs on either side of Supersonic's robot torso. The connection is tenuous at best, relying on the merest friction and a prayer. It doesn't help that said un-thooped flaps host the hip/shoulder ball joints, which means you have to press in on the shoulders while manipulating the arms in combined mode (Impact Wave AKA Decibel). For something that should have been designed out of the gate to combine, of the three combining cassette teams that Wu has released, this one is the most poorly executed due to there being no other manner of solidifying the combination. It's disappointing, especially since the combined mode looks really good, has great articulation, nice paint apps, and convenient but wholly inaccurate weapon placements. And, with the merest breeze or vibration, it falls apart into robotic bits that become two pretty decent mini dino-bots (Supersonic's wings are a bit on the thicc side, but at this scale, it's ok). Handling it while typing this, I still can't believe Wu didn't create a stronger connection, especially when the combination was the big selling point. Unfortunately, it's nicer to look at than to play with, at least in combined mode.
