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  2. pengbuzz
    You're not missing much on the "sequels"; thank heaven you never saw the cartoon!!
  3. pengbuzz
    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.
  4. grogall
    Well at least we now know where Bandai got the idea!
  5. GMK
    PLAMAX PX14 1/72 VF-1 Fighter Valkyrie Deculture Package is now in stock at the usual outlets.
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  7. BroTaku79
    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....
  8. davidwhangchoi
    Did Misa smack him with a diamond ring for looking at the new Miss Macross?
  9. davidwhangchoi
    hahaha
  10. Mog
    And light it on fire.
  11. Mog
    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.
  12. M'Kyuun
    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.
  13. Radioguy started following DX VF-1S Roy Armored Valkyrie and Best paint for Bandai DX plastic? (adhesion/durability)
  14. Radioguy
    In deference to @David Hingtgen, if I'm threadjacking here, let me know, and I'll create a new thread, but the title of this one just seemed too on the nose for me to resist adding a related question... Has anyone successfully dyed the nylon DX joints other colors? I ask that, because it was told to me that those parts of a DX would not take any paint if a custom repaint were attempted, and their visibility in their cast color would ruin the appearance if the repaint were in a contrasting color. (Specifically, I had asked someone to customize the recent VF-1J reissue in the Revell AXOID (maroon/black) livery.) If there has been success on that front in relation to the DX parts, I would love to know. I'd still love to own a proper AXOID VF-1J in my lifetime.
  15. Radioguy

    Hello again, my fellow big apple neighbor!

    1. PsYcHoDyNaMiX

      PsYcHoDyNaMiX

      Hello! 👋 What's going on? Attending the upcoming ANYC?

  16. 26662
    Amazon Japan updated the estimated shipping date on the Legioss:
  17. Radioguy
    I can add my voice to that now.
  18. Radioguy
    Better late than never, I guess.
  19. Radioguy
    Well, @Anasazi37 and @BroTaku79 are surely the ones who could find an answer if there is one.
  20. Chronocidal
    Man lived an incredible life, no matter how you look at it. Reminds me though, both of my grandfathers were born in 1925, so their 100th birthdays would be coming up shortly. Time certainly flies.
  21. nightmareB4macross
    You’re very talented. The way you transformed tape like that is pure magic!
  22. Seto Kaiba
    Bit of a horror-heavy season, eh? All in all, I'm pretty disappointed by this episode. It's not awful or even particularly bad... but it is painfully mediocre and terribly cliched. Its only real purpose seems to be setting up Dr. Korby's TOS-era fascination with finding a practical way to achieve physical immortality (c. "What Are Little Girls Made of?"), which I have to say doesn't feel particularly necessary or value-added.
  23. PsYcHoDyNaMiX
  24. M'Kyuun
    Another sad loss of an Apollo era astronaut. It's a shame he never got the chance to walk on the moon. Granted, he got to see it in a way very few humans have, but it's not quite the same thing, is it? However, after an explosion and rapid O2 and power loss, he led his crew successfully by virtue of his intelligence, strength, courage, and optimism to keep themselves alive and their ships viable enough to return home, an extraordinary accomplishment for which he'll be forever remembered. RIP Commander Lovell
  25. M'Kyuun
    Connery's Egyptian-cum-Spaniard with the obvious Scottish accent asking his French costar playing a Scotsman about haggis was such tongue-in-cheek comedy gold. "How revolting!" I have to wonder what a laugh they had making that scene. As to a reboot- why? The original movie was unique and pretty well done for its time. It had some notable performances by the leads, cool music (Queen!), swordfights, immortals, and a neat story. MacLeod won the prize. No more needs to be said or done. I didn't even like the tv show. Highlander 2 doesn't exist. I wasn't aware of the third film. I may have seen it back in the day, but it left so little impression on me that I forgot it completely. I don't think I've seen Endgame or The Source. Why can't Hollywood create anything new? Unwanted, unneeded reboots suck. Just look at the RoboCop reboot. Forgot about it? Exactly. Oh, and James MacAvoy would make a good Highlander- he's actually Scottish, not a huge guy, and adept enough to learn swordplay if he hasn't already done so. Ewan MacGregor and Gerard Butler, also Scotsmen, would have made nice cameos as other Immortals, as both are no strangers to swordplay and both can carry a movie on their own.
  26. Masked Aviator
    MKT thank you for the pics. Look forward to more pics from your copy. Rick Hunter's face has scar in the Shadow Chronicles?
  27. jenius
    That's a good quesiton... the included stand and double arm situation leaves a lot to be desired on the Riobot Tread/Legioss combo. I was also let down the Tread couldn't be displayed in soldier mode on the stand because there's no adapter (feels like that would be really easy to do since the bottom of the Tread in that mode is a cavity). Also, there were several members who had their Legioss stands break because the peg on the arm can't stand the weight of the Legioss pushing down on it over time... seems like a decent opportunity there.
  28. M'Kyuun
    The similarities aren't surprising since Hasui designed both sets of Constructicons. Shame he wasn't a little more innovative or based this new design on the OG toy instead of his lackluster CW toy. I had a bad feeling and you confirmed it. Man, I hate it when a utility vehicle gets short shrifted of its functionality. Even the G1 toy's deck could rotate. Little rollers on a treaded vehicle should be requisite, too, though the non-rotating deck is what irks me far more. Unfortunately, both arm bots seem to have absorbed more than their fair share of design shortcuts. If Takara's philosophy regarding combiners is that they can take more shortcuts b/c no one will care since they'll be combined all the time, they're mistaken. Looking forward to your review of complete Devastator once you have Mixmaster in hand. I get the sense, thus far, that unlike Bonecrusher and Scavenger, Devy, who I'm sure was the real focus, will not disappoint.
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