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  2. davidwhangchoi
    imagine if they sell the parts separately? like the sword striker pack? I'd get the feet and legs first and maybe the chest next...
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  4. Big s
  5. Seto Kaiba
    You did indeed call it... three weeks ago on August 27th, to be precise. 👍 That, IMO, is the sucker bet. Practically guaranteed to happen to prevent an outbreak.
  6. M'Kyuun
    I never had any of the OG Deluxe Insecticons (I only had Kickback and Shrapnel), but I do have a downscaled Convertors version of Barrage and I always thought it was a cool figure. I wish Takara/Hasbro had gone all-in on making new molds for Barrage and Chop Shop to match their OG toys as well. Regarding Venom, I know there's some complaint about the wing attachments, but it follows the OG toy quite faithfully and IMHO that's a strength, mostly. It would have been nice had those attachments swiveled to his back to get them out of the way, but overall, I'm extremely happy with how he turned out. Still waiting for my copy. Since they've demonstrated the willingness and ability to back-engineer Venom, I hope they'll do the same eventually not only with Ransack, Barrage and Chop Shop, but also Whirl and Roadbuster. I really want a proper Mugen Calibur as my Roadbuster. Missed the preorder today so I didn't get SS86 Soundwave. Got a little sticker shock from that $60 price tag. Just not seeing $60 worth of stuff there, and being a fan of the cassette-bots, the new molds with him aren't exactly inspiring. I'll likely get him eventually, but man these prices are becoming a bit off-putting, especially when 3P legends makers are, IMHO, crafting superior versions of these characters for around the same price and they're much more space-friendly, an appealing factor when I'm just about out of space for Hasbro's mainline/SS stuff.
  7. renegadeleader1
    I called this weeks ago. Now allow me a new prediction...
  8. mog_kupo
    It seems the Impulse will be lottery based
  9. Seto Kaiba
    Since Tesla's abominable safety record came up recently, this feels a bit relevant: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/09/tesla-model-y-door-handles-now-under-federal-safety-scrutiny/ The Office of Defects Investigation in the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is the latest national regulatory body to take up the question of whether the flush/retractable door handles used on Tesla vehicles (and on select models of other brands) meet vehicle safety standards in the event of a crash or a 12V bus failure. Similar regulatory probes are already underway in Europe and China, with the latter already floating discussion of a ban.
  10. renegadeleader1
    If the Boulton Paul Defiant breaks your brain you should look up the Bell YMF-1 Airacuda, a twin engined pusher "bomber destroyer" that had gunner positions in the engine nacels in front of the motors. The USAAC had a squadron's worth of these things operating with the USAAC/USAAF at the start of the war before those in charge realized how much of a deathtrap it was and quietly removed them from service and scrapped them all two months in. If you need more obscure WWII aircraft there's also the B-32 Dominator which was the backup from Consolidated should the B-29 fail, and the Brewster SB2A Buccaneer a dive bomber so terrible the Navy and USAAF chose to send most of them directly to the junkyard for scrapping rather than use them as trainers or target tugs after they failed miserably at those jobs. Probably one of my favorite obscure aircraft is the Curtiss-Wright AT-9 "jeep" trainer. It looks like a cartoon come to life looking a half used toothpaste tube mixed with a Japanese style super deformed Beechcraft Model 18. It was deliberately designed to fly like crap so as to simulate adverse flying conditions brought on by battle damage.
  11. Seto Kaiba
    Yeah, Alien: Earth's showrunners and writers did not understand the assignment. Xenomorph XX121 has never been less scary. The mature one spends the first three episodes mugging for the camera before being killed with the cutting arm from an office paper cutter by a girl/synth with no combat experience or training, and the second one is... The other four groups of critters really don't seem to be engaged in the story to any significant degree. The main source of menace seems to be the obligatory Horror Movie Stupidity that most of the cast contracts at one point or another, and that's not exactly scary because you can see it coming a light year away.
  12. TangledThorns
    Kosinski is a good director but not rebooting Miami Vice as a series is a lost opportunity imho.
  13. Sildani
    Most kind of you! I'll message you.
  14. GMK
    Some previews of the VF-1D fighter.
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  16. Shawn
    ping
  17. JB0
    Oh man, I really like how Venom came out! I never owned the deluxe insecticons, but I sure wanted them. Wish the whole team could've gotten this treatment, though Venom's probably the one that we win most with. Chop Shop's gotten pretty close with a Shrapnel rework, and the other two ... their original designs aren't near as good. I agree they should've found something better to do with the wings rather than being slavishly toy-accurate. The orange bit in his torso is a nice accent that I think improves the design. I probably would've updated the axe-head to a kukri knife if they'd asked me. Insert "biblically-accurate aerialbots" meme here.
  18. David Hingtgen
    Every time I try to "reconcile" what's going on with the toon Aerialbots, I give up. I think it's compounded by the fact that if you ever freeze-frame them (especially the combination sequence), it REALLY looks like the artists "lose track of who's who", and switch designs/colors half-way through. It's like, "Skydive leaps into the air, gains Fireflight's colorscheme, then Air Raid's robot design/wings, then turns into a leg" or something like that. It's that, AND the whole "can't tell wings from tailplanes, so they just tend to add lots of them all over" syndrome. It's like everyone has wings on their legs AND tailplanes on their legs, AND wings on the backpack AND the tail on the backpack. Just, 'stuff everywhere' combining all the robot modes from the whole team on every individual. It's just a mess. If there's one team where you should NOT attempt to closely copy the cartoon, it's the Aerialbots. Because while the Combaticons may alter their color/design when combining, at least they don't turn into each other while doing so...
  19. Big s
    Thrills and chills don’t exist in this show. That’s why I started viewing it as a comedy instead. If you try watching it that way it’s far more tolerable and kinda enjoyable with all the Scooby Doo style scenes. It’s literally a bunch of stuff goes wild, some one hides things pop out of unrealistic places and then people hide again while the next group passes by not noticing the first group while things happen and pop out unexpectedly. I’d almost think it might be even more enjoyable if you replace the background music with the Benny Hill theme. It is tough to like the “children” mainly because they seem to want to help people, but don’t really seem to care much for people. the Aliens are far too invincible and the soldiers are far too useless. Aliens had the problem where the soldiers were extremely effective and the aliens were only a problem due to numbers, but here we have soldiers that are seemingly super ninjas or something with bullets that can’t even injure the Aliens. Nobody that takes over an Alien project is on the same page and everything just kinda feels a bit like a jumble. I do actually like the Eye Guy and I am having fun with the show, even if it’s not for the intended reason. And poop jokes should never be used in something trying to be serious, but it works great for a comedy. Pi or pie? This show makes me laugh
  20. Morgen Black started following Macross figures
  21. Morgen Black

    Macross figures

    Morgen Black replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    They look great! I would like to pre-order. Enjoy, they make a great addition to your collection. MB
  22. ChristopherB
    Excellent work 👏 I love 💗 it!
  23. Hikuro
    It was a slightly better episode, but now we're gonna be in this rush mode with episode 8 being the finale and that kind of pisses me off a bit. There hasn't been any suspense, thrill, or chills this entire season. I mean if I were to compare this series to Romulus, Romulus was oscar performing in comparison.
  24. anime52k8
    frakking finally. I need more SEED. Also I completely missed the 1.5 being available to pre-order. Was it a web shop exclusive?
  25. davidwhangchoi
    i hope it has some of cheap lecture laser pointers built in to guide the attachments docking
  26. Scyla
    Yay on the Impulse announcement. In other news Hacchaka’s review of the 1.5 Gundam: https://hacchaka.net/archives/52125239.html
  27. davidwhangchoi
    ‘Miami Vice’ Reboot With ‘F1’ Director Joseph Kosinski Gets 2027 Release Date
  28. mikeszekely
    Continuing with the AOTP Deluxes, we have another figure that I think has been anticipated by many for completing a set... it's Venom! I guess it's actually Venin, because Hasbro can't trademark Venom, but to me he's still Venom, so... Without a cartoon to copy, Venom goes for the G1 toy look. Which you think he should nail, getting a brand new mold where the other three Deluxe Insecticons had to make due with remolds of the regular Insecticons, but there's definitely differences. The most immediate diffence is the random patch of translucent red on his tummy. There's also the protruding hinges on his ankles, some minor differences in the proportions, additional 5mm ports on the forearms and the outsides of the lower legs, and a few sticker details from the original that didn't make the cut for tampographs. I never had the G1 toy so I'm not super familiar with it... there's some hollow spaces here on the backs of the arms and legs, but did they exist on the original toy? All-in-all, I think Venom is close enough to the G1 toy that he kind of stands out from the other modern Deluxe Insecticons. Even the accessories—a gun and an axe with a very short handle—are basically the same as the G1 toy. Venom's head is on a hinged swivel, which means no sideways tilt, but he can look down slightly as well as straight up. His shoulders swivel and move about 90 degrees laterally. His biceps swivel, and his elbows bend 90 degrees. His wrists don't swivel, but his waist does. His hips can go forward, backward, or laterally 90 degrees. His thighs swivel, and his knees bend nearly 180 degrees. His toes can bend downward, due to transformation, but not up, and his ankles can pivot 270 degrees, which is way more than you need for posing but also an artifact of his transformation. Venom holds his accessories just fine in either hand... The axe can also plug into a 5mm port on the butt of the gun, and he can hold it by the barrel to create a more natural-looking axe. I don't mind that update at all! The combined axe can also be stored on his back by plugging the normal gun handle into the 5mm port nestled between all his bug legs. Transformation is, I imagine, a bit like the G1 toy. His head hinges forward, then he looks straight up. The antenna on top of his head is has a hinge, so it folds back to kind of tuck into his bug chest. His toes fold in, and his ankles pivot that full 270 degrees so that his feet are against the sides of his legs, then his knees bend so his lower legs encapsulate his thighs and tab together to form the abdomen. Turn his forearms out, fold his fists in, then double hinge the elbows so his forearms cover his biceps. Then push his shoulders into his torso, which will also collapse his sides. Tuck his arms into his sides, then arrange the ball-jointed bug legs to your liking. Again, the bug mode is pretty close to the G1 toy. The shoulders and forearms don't line up quite as smoothly as the original, and he's got a gap and green hinge on top of his bug head that the original didn't have. There's also the aforementioned additional 5mm ports, but that's about it. Bug mode doesn't do much. You can spread his wings like he's flying, though if you want to keep them folded there are tabs on the wings that fit into slots near the 5mm ports on his abdomen. Speaking of ports, the ones that were on his forearms become places to stow his accessories. His bug legs are, again, ball joints, so you have some freedom to pose them. That's really about it. On the one hand, Venom is basically the G1 toy with more articulation, and he completes the modern set of Deluxe Insecticons. That's good! But I think he mimics the G1 toy a little too well for my tastes. Subjectively, I don't think he actually looks like he belongs with the other three. But most of all, I think they should have taken the liberty to improve the original toy's engineering a bit. Like, was their really no way to move the wing hinges between modes? As it stands, he holds his arms permanently at 45 degree angles because his wings keep him from lowering his arms any further. And the wings, which would look pretty cool if they were more vertical behind him, also kind of stick out behind him at a 45 degree angle. His shoulders don't really lock into place, either, having a tendency to collapse when you're manipulating them in robot mode. Frankly, I think he's kind of an annoying. Get him if you got the previous three Deluxe Insecticons and you want to complete the set. Otherwise sit this out out.
  29. F-ZeroOne
    This year marks the 85th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. In the UK the Spitfire, and to a (sadly) lesser extent the Hurricane [1], are the symbols of the Battle but over the past few years I've become a little bit fascinated with an aircraft that is much less well known: the Boulton-Paul Defiant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulton_Paul_Defiant Now don't get me wrong - I'm not one of those people who is going to claim that the Defiant was some kind of latent super-fighter that could have taken on a F-22 and won - but I just find its story interesting. The main reason I've bought it up is that it never ceases to amazes me the little undiscovered side-alleys that still wait to surprise the fan of World War II military history, and one of those I only discovered today was that the Defiant had a single seat, forward firing gun armed [2] variant planned, which somehow I'd never heard of before!: https://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_boulton_paul_P94.html [1] If one were really reaching, one could also class the Blackburn Skua and Roc as "Battle of Britain" fighter aircraft... [2] The Defiant could fire forward, if the gunner locked the guns in position, but only the pilot could then fire them but as he had no gunsight...
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