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  2. GMK
    Kakizaki boxing appears to be out.
  3. M'Kyuun
    Makes sense. In Megatron's case, the box is excessively large for the figure and, being practical, I called it out. My criteria differs. My sole focus is always the core figure, how well each mode is executed. While there's no explicit promise of fidelity to realism, Studio Series is generally considered to be their premium retail product line, although they don't always deliver on that expectation. However, just like SS86 Prime, there's a heightened expectation for SS86 Megatron to be the 'definitive' version for lack of a more apropos descriptor. He fails that already by not turning into a pistol. I care not one whit about a small handheld version of him in gun mode when the figure itself should be the gun- it's a superfluous accessory that will remain in the box along with his energon mace and any effects parts. So, given that a gun is not an acceptable alt mode by din of US laws and child safety regs, a tank is a dismayingly acceptable substitute alt mode. The expectation then is that being Studio Series, we'll get a convincing tank with a bit more polish and refinement than the usual run-of-the-mill mainline figure with a similar alt. They did do a great job of crafting his bot mode to look like his G1 toon self without tank kibble ruining the effect. They also did a great job turning his legs and upper torso into a convincing tank base. They only needed to do something more with his scope to make it blend with the arms to affect a more convincing turret, one more bit of transformative origami but I'm guessing that's where either the budget or their supply of care simply ran out, perhaps a bit of both. To me it feels like they got to within 85% of excellence and just quit. The hard part of his design was already solved: achieving a kibble-less G1 Megatron bot mode that conceals the tank bits well. They solved the challenge of converting his gun-grip legs into tank treads convincingly. While the arms are quite a bit blockier than RW tank turrets, I think disbelief could have been better suspended if the obvious giant gun scope sandwiched between those giant grey blocks somehow transformed to blend with and compliment the rest of the turret. I'd rather the budget went to that particular bit of engineering/molding than to any accessories. Since his fusion cannon is an intrinsic part of his character, I don't consider it an accessory. I just wish they'd put forth that extra effort to make the scope form a convincing part of his turret. Hopefully, third parties will rise to the occasion with some interesting solutions. I've still never really handled the G1 Snarl or Slag toys. I believe I saw Swoop somewhere and messed about with him. I bought Sludge as a kid, and I later received my wife's brother's G2 blue Grimlock when he gave it me. Not even sure how or why that came to be. Anyway, I now have a full set of FansToys Dibots ( my first full set of Dinobots-I was so happy!), all six Combiner Wars Dinobots, all five SS86 Dinobots, and all five toy-decoed Newage Dinobots complete with chrome paint, G1 decal tampos, and the lovely clear plastic bits- pure joy and what I wish we'd gotten with the SS86 Dinos.
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  5. davidwhangchoi
    snarl was cool. i used to go over a friends home that had snarl and optimus and transform them both all the time
  6. Scyla
    Thanks, totally forgot about these.
  7. Big s
    I really didn’t care a whole lot for it. It was the best of the Disney stuff though, but most of the characters were a bit easy to dislike. K2 was good though, but the main character was definitely lacking. I don’t hate the movie and maybe it will be more likeable after the Andor show
  8. Seto Kaiba
    I wouldn't call Rogue One a bad movie by any stretch of the imagination. I'd call it probably the single best movie outside of the original trilogy.
  9. Mommar
    I forgot I actually pre-ordered a few of the Heat Boys TMNT figures from The Chosen Prime. They sure drag their feet shipping...
  10. Mommar
    Least bad is not the same as good.
  11. Mommar
    Rogue's face sculpt looks truly terrible.
  12. anime52k8
    it's just not the same without the smokey clear plastic dino heads. (also I never had snarl as a kid)
  13. Seto Kaiba
    Rogue One. With the right people at the helm, LucasFilm is more than capable of making worthy additions to the Star Wars's storyline. Their track record when it comes to picking the right people is more miss than hit, though.
  14. Seto Kaiba
    YMMV, but for me the most frustrating part of GQuuuuuuX has to be that the main trio really only just got involved in the plot. We are ten episodes into what appears to be a one cour Gundam series and only now are the protagonists actually becoming relevant to what's actually going on in the story. The rest is just faffing about. Nearly as bad is all the subplots that the series wasted screen time teasing - the slow collapse of the Principality of Zeon after the war, the power struggle between Gihren and his sister Kycilia, everything to do with the Titans, and now Challia Bull's great revelation at Jupiter - are either being left hanging or hastily wrapped up in barely enough time to boil an egg. That most of these subplots are a lot more interesting than the main story does not help. We could've spent time on those instead of watching Machu and Shuji stomp on a string of jobbers in Clan Battles. Seems a safe bet that...
  15. Big s
    So just for reference here’s the pegs on the lower leg of my hg psycho doga. The pegs are trimmed at an angle to allow for easy part separation. There’s other parts of the inside that had some other surgery to allow the knee joints to be added later after the seams are removed, but the main focus here is just the simple diagonal snip to the pegs for test fitting.wasn’t an original idea of my own, but I think I got it out of a magazine many years ago. It’s been so long I kinda forgot exactly where I saw this idea first
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  17. Big s
    I guess there’s always a small chance that they do a second season where the feds take advantage of the chaos of the zeon civil war and somehow the not Titans become the oppressive force to keep the colonies in line in the next season. But I got a feeling that every thing is gonna be rushed in the next couple episodes and it’s just gonna be a combat cluster to finish off the show.
  18. Hikaru Ichijo SL
    I really can't see what the endgame for this show is. How they wrap it up that quickly is ridiculous.
  19. davidwhangchoi
    ah! thanks for the update! I don't have any access to my Arcadia's or I would've tested it myself. hopefully someone here can try the armor to see if it actually doesn't fit on the new 0A.
  20. pengbuzz
    ROFL!!
  21. Hikuro
    Man, looking at Titan class Star Convoy and it just isn't for me, espically at that price of 150 bucks. despite the flaws on it I still really like my MMC Stellarus. It has a much cleaner profile to it between modes. I scored both Air Raid and Bonecrusher today....sort of spur of the moment purchases and t hey're not bad, not great, but not bad. I still laugh at poor Bonecrusher's limbs being so stubby and short on his forearms while having long lack luster looking legs. But I guess this means I'm committed now to buying the two sets. I still really like the Maketoys set I've had for forever but it's no longer to scale to what's out there, they come just a bit to short.
  22. Big s
    Char is finally available for preorder at American stores. BBTs has it for a $99 price tag, but I’m gonna see if anyone has it cheaper or if I got some points to lower the cost somehow
  23. Big s
    If you do it at an angle, it keeps the part in the exact spot it should already be in, but makes it loose enough to easily pull apart
  24. Papa Rat
    @Big s Such a smart and simple idea on trimming pegs at an angle. Brilliant! Once I ease this kit apart I’m going to trim down those pegs.
  25. Big s
    Rogue needs to lay off those hard drugs
  26. Big s
    Sorry, it’s hard to think of good Disney Star Wars movies.
  27. Big s
    Looks amazing. Taco Bell will make anyone hit the afterburners at some point, just make sure to be prepared or those’ll be your shorts
  28. Big s
    I’d stay away from metal tools since they can scratch or damage the parts when disassembling. Sometimes a piece off the sprew like the long rectangular bits with one end beveled by a quick sanding can do the trick. personally if I’m working with modern kits, I’ll often trim the peg at an angle to do test fitting so the part is far easier to pull apart, and in final assembly I’ll use a dab of cement to hold it in place permanently. I’ll attach a couple images to show a bit later
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