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I’m not seeing it. Got a picture of what “ideal” looks like? [Please delete if this is a duplicative post, but I’m not seeing the original post on my end.]

I wish. Even though I’ll prolly need a small bank loan to afford it. 😂

Is it the same VF-1A as from this video 2 years ago?

For a moment i thought you guys were talking about the Tread for the upcoming Pose+ Legioss😅

They don't know, because the sales records were destroyed in the bombardment.

Swung by Target. Lots of One Shall Stand Optimuses, a lone Hound, and that's it. No Hot Rod.

I find it a bit hard to trust Henry Cavil. Not so much on his principles, but that he probably won’t be around to finish a project. Then again he usually had good reasons for ditching those projects, just too bad that he seems to attract bad projects that sound great at first

^^Still the same issue. Ideally, the front light-grey part of the foot should angle forward more, so that the foot doesn’t have so much of a high-heel arch. As has been said before, it’s probably a design compromise to keep the price down. In a perfect world, they’d design the whole foot assembly to collapse into the leg more. It makes for a cleaner, compact fighter mode and helps to stabilize the feet in the other modes by allowing the heel to sink a little into the leg cavity.

It took a minute but I was able to hack into their servers and expose the next figure!

There were a couple folks discouraged by the 'high heels.' Looks like this may be a nonissue.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/articles/henry-cavill-voltron-movie-movie-045900911.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAF65rWyBRIe6H3yXLwEnvxCeGCsHGxTIL5JZofgvPoYsy-VzckHmdRAdSiAlcNvCACDBJQQ4c9xqKmEB_b4D2VUaPHwlwK8WiX1gB6Gi8pMJDJ5jkkpbCtslwqX4S7cxuKaPBUC1NWt_tlwe0mbmlg5kpgHIZgDe0McFxaHsvJ4x At least it's already finished, unlike Robotech, where they haven't even started casting or writing a script yet.

You might have nailed it. I never inspected the earlier artwork all that closely except to say, yup, thar's a tlead.

Wasn't Stealth a box office flop? 😆 A Japanese wiki editor reached out to me and mentioned that we do see one named ship of the class, apparently named Akatsuki for one of several old IJN warships. Gotta confirm their source, but that's a start.

There are some glimpses of the Tread and variants in the promotional poster. If these are the acutal designs they don't look bad at all

Seems like that is a good way to accelerate research into long-range transporters, artificial wormholes, and transwarp conduits. People adapt and overcome. They may bend but they don't break. I mean, provided you want to write a hopeful and positive story that actually feels like Star Trek instead of just destroying everything to make some kind of point about the futility of optimism.

Which would have worked a lot better if they had left it simple as that

The Tread will be an actual tank (with wings). And then another version of the Tread will be an extra large version of Jim’s truck (with biplane style wings).

Lol, with how strange the last two were, all bets are off. Maybe it's a robot horse for the green one to ride into its joust tournament. Could it finally be anime versions of the Legioss? Or maybe it's time for a red prototype. Hard to imagine how a Tread would work for this series... What color would it be?

I just realized, Nus Braka's whole master plan is just...

Will it be an extra funky tread or something closer to the standard one?

I like the lil guy The stripes are lookin good so far Traeger might make some changes to the menu, so make sure to guard the meats with some bright lights

Given the stronger G1 cartoon emphasis on these boards, I suspect that the last two kit reviews I did were probably viewed like, "that's neat what they did, but I didn't buy that figure in the first place." But I feel pretty confident that a lot of you did go in on the Studio Series 86 Constructicons, yeah? So maybe you're more interested to see what DNA cooked up for them? So we'll go in order, starting with DK-70, their kit for Scrapper and Bonecrusher. While this kit does contain a lot of pieces, roughly half of it is filler parts for Scrapper. Beyond that, we have a pair of bugles, some new forearms and shoes for Bonecrusher, a new shovel joint for Bonecrusher, and a pin and pin removal tool we're going to need for that joint. As always, I like to start with the easy stuff. We've got filler parts that simply slot into the hollow cavity on the inside of his biceps, into his forearms near his wrists, into his calves, and under his feet. So you can see the difference, the right side of the above image has the DNA parts, the left side does not. These parts are purely cosmetic and no not affect Scrapper's articulation or transformation. The only other thing we have for Scrapper is a bugle. The one for him has a gap in the bottom that c-clips onto his fist. DNA makes a point of showing that if you leave the fist out when you transform him he can even carry the bugle in alt mode. For Bonecrusher, we can start by popping his forearms off of the ball joints that are his elbows. Then, the new DNA forearm pops right back onto the ball joint. And the most immediate difference you can see (aside from the green plastic not totally matching) is that the forearm (his right, your left) alone is as long as the entire stock forearm and hand. This brings his new hand more in-line with his hips than his waist, which goes a long way toward correcting his awful proportions. Another thing that alters his proportions are the shoes. You can install them by folding his toes down and sliding them into the cutout on the top of the shoe. The peg on the shoe will fit into the peg hole on his heels. The last bit is the most difficult. You need to remove this pin from the hinge that connects the shovel to Bonecrusher's body. Personally, I had to heat the plastic up with a hair dryer, then hammer the included pin pusher to knock the pin out. Once you've got it off, pull the smaller segment off the replacement joint. Line it up so that the the rounded side of the hinge is facing down, and push the replacement pin through it to secure it to Bonecrusher. Pull the shovel off of the original joint; it's just friction clipped on. Connect it to the remaining segment of the replacement joint, then fold in the arms. Use the tab on the joint to plug the shovel into Bonecrusher's tummy. So what did we accomplish? As noted, the new forearms and shoes adjusted Bonecrusher's proportions. It's still not perfect, but he doesn't look like a short fat guy with T-Rex arms anymore. And technically, the shoes give his feet a more cartoon-accurate shape. As for the shovel, the separated the actual shovel from the joint on his crotch. By not linking his crotch to his chest, we've freed up a waist swivel. My only concern here is that the shovel is simply tabbed into the torso now. It seems secure enough to me, but I worry that the tab could loosen over time. As for his included bugle, just slide it through his fist. There's a wider section that stops in the fist so the fit is secure. Bonecrusher does have a few changes to his transformation with this kit. First, you have to remove the shoes. Ugh, partsforming, I know. For the new arms, there's a flap on the forearm that opens up, and the hands tuck inside, so the arm still fits where it's supposed to. Lastly, fold the arms on the shovel out, and swing the crotch hinge up. Little tabs on the hinge will slide into notches on the arms, connecting the joints, so you can unplug the shovel from the torso and everything is still connected. Before you tab his leg-treads in place, find these gaps on the inside of Bonecrusher's heels. The shoes have pegs on the inside of their heels that are shaped like those gaps. This allows you to plug the shoes into them, so they can chill on the back of the vehicle. The shoe connection is a little looser than I'd like, but they honestly don't look too out-of-place on the back of the bulldozer. And the new forearms have 5mm ports, so you can still plug his gun into the top (there doesn't appear to be any place for the bugle, though). One downside, though, is that both arms have 5mm ports. While that technically lets you plug in more accessories, it removes the smokestack that was on the stock arm. Bonecrusher's new parts do not affect his combined mode at all, but his shoes don't stay with him. Instead, you can tab the two shoes together, and notches on the bottoms will fit over tabs on Scrapper's arms (the ones that secured his forearms to his sides in alt mode). In theory, this gives Devastator a bigger heel and potentially a bit more stability. In practice, the fit is super loose and provide no benefit to the combined mode whatsoever, it's just a place to stash them. Scrapper's fillers and both bugles strike me as things that are nice to have, but not exactly necessary. They don't cause any issues, but the problems they fix are minor enough that you might not care to spend the money. Bonecrusher's parts, on the other hand, make a big difference. The arms and shoes go a long way toward fixing his proportions. The new shovel joints increase his robot articulation, but be advised that the installation is a bit challenging, and you might not want to use those parts if you're not comfortable hammering out pins. That said, I think fixing Bonecrusher's proportions with the added bonus of filling in some hollow spots on Scrapper probably justifies this kit even if you don't use the shovel hinge, so I'm going to give this kit a recommend.

This gotta be about the Tread I guess

Looking good @SteveTheFish Did someone say Traeger, tri tip..? Great combo! It's a once a week Combo ritual for me (also w ling cod or striped bass!)