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  2. nightmareB4macross
    There are four versions of this mold. The other two are a MekaNek and Voltron head. But there are two other color variants of the #2 as well. when it comes to Castle series, the first is not like the second.
  3. Big s
    Just make sure you use something otherwise you end up with a Babality!!!
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  5. M'Kyuun
    Hey @m0n5t3r, I appreciate the validation regarding Classics Hound. Peach of a figure, he is! Also agree with your Newage Hound callout. I have him, too, and he's done so very well. The only thing I don't like between Magic Square's and Newage's Hound figures is how low the shoulders sit on both. That's actually accurate to both toy and toon, but it's a detail I'd rather they fudge on to have the shoulders sit higher, i.e. more "anatomically correctly". Expanding on your reasoning, the vast majority of the lead third party legends makers are thrashing official toys in virtually every category - aesthetics, articulation, complexity, detail, paint, accessories. They're on the pricey side for their sizes, but with Hasbro's price creep over the past year or two, the bang you get for your buck investing in legends scale grows ever more impactful. Additionally, at the smaller scale, you can fit more on a shelf, which is great if your display space is dwindling, as mine is. That said, I enjoy collecting Hasbro's main line, and I wouldn't balk if 3P legends makers started upscaling some of their figures, especially those that Takara/Hasbro totally whiffed on, to CHUGL scale as an alternative option. An upscaled MFT Iron Sky would make so much money for them right now in light of the lackluster SS86 Astrotrain figure. In fact, they could upscale all of their triple changers and just watch the money flow in.
  6. rice_1204
    damn. sorry to hear that's how the chips fell. It's pretty much what I was expecting, but was still holding out hope. They don't even have any official overseas presence, so I get it. I can't guarantee anything, but if you'd like to mail me the part, I could try to see if I can make a 3d print of it
  7. m0n5t3r
    Congrats @rsvictor1976 on getting a hound figure. That panel behind the head really does irk me... reminds me of Universe Ironhide/Ratchet. A waste of money those two. Guess I'll stick with my Classics/Henkei Hound a little while longer. As @M'Kyuun said, it's still a great toy even after all these years. But c'mon Hasbro/Takara - 2027?
  8. TangledThorns
    Yes and and at the end of the night I yell... FLAWLESS VICTORY!! 😜😜
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  10. Big s
    Maybe Pokenmee Izoot
  11. mog_kupo
    I hope the Force Impulse drops its price a little bit, I would love to get my hands on one
  12. Thom
    Oh, nice one! Maybe Self'infliction..?
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  14. geck

    24 Hour Plamo shop

    geck replied to geck's topic in Model kits

    I've been using Kaizo paints and REALLY like them, but you can only get them from Robot Kai in California (their house brand of paint made by someone else). They recommend 1:3 thinner ratio...so one of their .3 ml bottles can be quadrupled. Yeah...Gaia can be a pain to get. Great paint though. It seems lately though more and more places have pretty good stock at least in the US. Even the thinners. I've been pleasantly surprised. Robot Kai carries Gaia as well and they have a pretty good selection.
  15. Big s
    Does she say”Get Over Here!!” If the date goes well?
  16. M'Kyuun

    Hi-Metal R

    M'Kyuun replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Agree- they've got the VF/YF transformation down, so I could see a YF-19, still one of the most popular Macross valks, selling like hotcakes in the HMR line. I fear they'd probably just downscale their flawed 1/60 YF-21 for the HMR line without fixing any of the fans' criticisms, despite the fact that its smaller size would be a boon. At the very least, integrate the backpack connection. A VF-11 would be welcome, too. I think Yamato was the last company to make a transforming toy of it, and that was circa 2010-11. It's well overdue a new toy, and the HMR scale offers just about everything that the 1/60 scaled toys do, minus integrated landing gear for some inexplicable reason, at a lower cost and at a more space-friendly size. I'd love to have an Sv-51 in the HMR line, too. I have the old Yammie, but the joints are a bit loose and wobbly so I don't mess with it. At HMR scale, it'd be a little more playable, methinks. We need some obscure designs in HMR as well: the VF-9, the VF-14, the VF-5000, the Variable Glaug, just to name a few.
  17. Chronocidal
    Yeah, the only Starfury I know of that exists is an ancient 1/72 kit, and even that was pretty large. The scale of that universe was part of made it so memorable.
  18. Big s
    Yeah, I gotta say that it does look more like the art though. But personally, I’m with you and more interested in the RG.
  19. Stampeed Valkyrie
    So back to the collection for me.. having finished Tora Dora, I figured I would try for the 2nd of the triple crown of Tsundere Loli characters voiced by Rie Kugimiya.. which is Zero no Tsukaima/The familiar of Zero. 4 seasons, and I will admit I still have a soft spot for this series, even with the fact that Louise is a terrible choice for the MC. Tiffania any day of the week was a better choice. With that said, I think the series starts pretty strong, but somewhere along S2 and S3 runs out of gas. The whole Albion war arc is pretty rough to watch, particularly the school hostage story arc. Season 4 does a fairly good job at capping the whole series.
  20. Big s

    Hi-Metal R

    Big s replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Never cared for the Kai, I think it’s the face, but would’ve got the blazers
  21. Big s
    You never know these days. Retro is hot right now. Maybe moderoid I remember that was also involved with Southern Cross, but I don’t really remember to what extent
  22. M'Kyuun
    The Siege toy released in 2018 and the Earthrise retool released in 2024, although that version could only be acquired in a Target exclusive boxset. This is a single rerelease of that figure under the SS86 banner, and the most recent release of a G1 Hound in the main line. It's far more toy accurate than toon, which is my personal druthers. I'm not fan of toon 'accuracy' given the inconsistencies with that particular medium. I have yet to receive my SS86 hound, but having the Siege toy, he's not at all a bad fig just to mess about with. and the retooling brings him closer to his G1 look than the Siege version. Too, this release has his proper G1 toy pistol, in addition to his shoulder cannon, so that's a plus. FWIW, my favorite main line Hound is still the 2008 Classics figure, although it's not at all toon accurate and has any number of liberties taken in its design. Nonetheless, I think he's brilliant and he remains one of my all-time favorite TF figures. Regarding T-Spark Lio Convoy compared to the Kingdom/Legacy fig, I'm likely in the extreme minority for preferring, by a far, far margin, the realistic lion face in lieu of the derpy anime face. The only issue I had with the Legacy face were the golden zombie eyes. Why they didn't spare just a little more paint for those, IDK. Would've made a huge improvement, IMHO. I prefer the paint apps and retools of the weapons on the T-Spark as opposed to Hasbro's cost-cutting. 😒 Anyway, whilst I have no familiarity with the Japanese Transformers toons, and thus with Lio Convoy himself, I found the kingdom fig intriguing enough to pick up and, in-hand, I thought he was a solid and well-executed figure overall. I know a lot of fans were unhappy with the realistic lion face, so it's great that T-Spark delivered a more anime accurate version. Hopefully, everyone that wants a copy can get it.
  23. jenius

    Hi-Metal R

    jenius replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    I would say it's more fun to transform than the Yamato, the parts all move more smoothly with the ratchets less brutal. A YF-19 would be an insta buy for me.
  24. 505thAirborne

    Hi-Metal R

    505thAirborne replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    I've said it before & stand by it, build some SV-51's and the VF-11 and milk that mold for all it's worth!
  25. Old_Nash_II
    I hope they fix LJN games
  26. M'Kyuun
    I don't have any Pose+ products yet, but I have their Eta Legioss preordered and I can't wait to get that chunky thing in my mitts. From what I saw in their preview vid, it looks like they took all the lessons they could from Sentinel, and then tried to further improve on that already excellent toy by enlarging it, endowing it with far more ratcheting joints, adding all the opening panels and such, all the while increasing the playability/ease of handling. I hope they succeeded in that last regard, as the Sentinel can feel a little fragile and fiddly, especially monkeying with the hip positions. Too, mine is a first issue toy, so I have the super stiff shoulders that will barely raise to 90 degrees forward. I also ordered a Toyrise Omega, so one way or the other, I'm gonna have me a good-lookin' and playable Legioss toy this year. I'm not at all familiar with Zilliion or the Tri-Charger, so this thread kinda caught me by pleasant surprise, as I tend to dig on transformable motorcycles, which is ironic as I couldn't care less about motorcycles in general. I was curious whether this was another Aramaki design, but the Zillion Wiki gives mechanical design credit to a Studio "Ammonite", for whom I could find no info. Whether or not he had a hand in its design, I find Aramaki's Garland and Motoslave to be far more refined and better-looking designs than the Tri-Charger, which doesn't really hide the fact that it's a folded-up robot trying to masquerade as a bike. That said, I agree completely with your observation that Pose+ really knows how to adapt a human figure to a machine. I'd love to see them take a stab at the Motoslave, hopefully improving on the old Yamato, which itself still stands as the best, if only, toy of that design. Like the Legioss, I've long been enamored with the Motoslave, and I only ever managed to grab Yamato's Linna and her green Motoslave. I could use a proper Priss and her ride. I'm thinking Pose+ could execute a really good Garland as well, although I'm quite pleased with my Arcadia Proto-Garland. However, where Arcadia chintzed and only put half of Shogo in the Slave mode, I'm thinking Pose+ could figure out a way to put the entire fig in there and still have it transform around him, which would be awesome. Harkening back to some of those convention pics, Pose+ is making Triple Jim from Machine Robo, which interests me. I believe Action Toys had a prototype for him a few years back, but it never made it to production as they kinda closed shop on their MR stuff, more's the pity. By and large, I liked what they were doing with the license, and I have nearly all their MR figs. I wish they could have expanded the roster to the entire 600 series, as there were plenty of characters to choose from and I really wanted them to do as many of the aircraft figs as possible, especially Harrier Robo (Gobots' Royal-T). At least we got Blackbird Robo (snoop) and Eagle Robo (Leader-1). Anyway, Triple Jim seems an odd character to lead with, especially if they intend to do more Machine Robo figures, but I remain curious as to how he'll turn out. AFAIK, Triple Jim hasn't had a toy since Bandai's in 1986, which was pretty good for the time, albeit quite limited in articulation, especially below the waist, as most transforming toys of that era were. He's definitely due a proper update and the Pose+ is looking promising.
  27. locidm

    Hi-Metal R

    locidm replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    I like the VF-19 Kai mold, it's a fun transformation just like the Yamato. It did seem like a few of the people who're NOT fond of it never purchased one.
  28. jenius

    Hi-Metal R

    jenius replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    With the 19Kai done, a Macross Plus line alternating with Macross7 variants would be amazing. I was surprised to see how many people were against the 19Kai mold though.
  29. Black Valkyrie

    Hi-Metal R

    Black Valkyrie replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    The only other VF should get a Hi Metal-R treatment is the VF-11, it never got too much attention, yet its transformation is not that difficult .
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