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Well that’s a wrap. My first aircraft build is complete and I want to do more. It was a blast! Sun came out so I got a few photos. There are some things I messed up on which is a given for me, leading to plenty of learning moments In this simple kit. It was fun painting over a darker/colorful underpainting. That might have been my favorite part. I also added a few minor details here and there and I’m so happy with how it turned out.

Apologies for the guideline violation,sorry, I was using an image size reducing app and I thought that had reduced the size enough but clearly not. I realise that's the same mistake I made last time but I thought this time I'd done things correctly.

How are the knee ratches on your copies holding up? I've since just relegated mine to the display stand, but after a couple of week's worth of posing, they got really floppy.

That leads my weird brain to another rabbit hole of wondering. Can Zentradi (or anyone, actually) with cybernetics get micronized or macronized? The cloning tanks presumably wouldn't copy nonbilogical material into the new scale. Is that why Exodor was still big in M7? And does that mean that the captain of the Elysion in Delta (forgotten his name for the moment) got his prosthetics after humanitarian? Also makes me wonder why you wouldn't just use micro/macronization as a treatment anytime someone loses a limb or has grievous bodily harm. Their DNA still has all the right parts, just grow them up/down and they're good as new again.

That headline leaves out the most important part. "...as well as Steam and Mega Drive" Genesis does!

Understood; yeah, seeing how Isamu worked the foot pedals on the YF-19, Johnson wouldn't really be able to do that very well. By the time they made any serious advances (like Delta), Johnson would probably be retired anyways (or dead from a Dyson-induced stroke!).

Started watching The Bondsman on Amazon with Kevin Bacon. The episodes are an easy thirty minutes and got up to episode 3 so far. It’s pretty fun kinda like a redneck version of Evil Dead. He plays a bounty hunter that gets killed during a job and basically goes to hell, but gets resurrected to hunt down demons that have escaped into our world. If you’re short on time and looking for a fun not so complicated show to fill a few minutes, then it might be something to add to a watch list

@M'Kyuun that sad to hear. I hope everything will work out in the end. I really like the design of the City train station. However, this seems like a set designed (either by accident or on purpose) to buy two or three copies to build a more substantial building that is not just a facade. Other sets like that are the icons Great Pyramid or the 3in1 castle sets. The Arctic sets look great I would loved to have those as a child. Makes me wished they would do an Ice Planet set in the Icons line (but this could be a Monkey’s paw situation).

ooof Watching this video makes me want to cancel my pre order

Both of my Haslab Omega Primes arrived in pristine condition: Hasbro spared no expense on the packaging. I'm glad getting to the affected part required minimal transformation/effort. After giving it some thought, I'm not entirely convinced toys are arriving broken. I run a fledgling (read: super-tiny sole proprietorship) manufacturing business and spend a good amount of time assembling/disassembling products. Given that experience, if I'm Hasbro, there's zero chance that I'm having employees transform toys before shipping them out. I would want all of the tolerances sufficiently snug and for all of the ratchets to make a crisp and satisfying click for the buyer to enjoy on day 1. I'm betting that the *majority* of damages we've seen online thus far are the product of folks following Hasbro's instructions but applying a little too much force or applying force along a sub-optimal vector. Is Hasbro blameless? No. I think Hasbro shoulders much of the blame for failing to anticipate this entirely avoidable situation during product development.

I'm passing, probably for the first time, on May the Fourth deals this year. Lack of space, the uncertain economy, and the uncertainty of my paycheck under the current administration (retired vet who depends on his retirement and disability to pay his bills) all conspire to make me hesitant to spend as freely as I once did. That said, I'm in complete agreement regarding the UCS Imperial Shuttle; I didn't like the nose design of the original, nor the partsforming landing gear, nor the assymetrical wing deployment system of the UCS model. It's a ship that's in definite need of a redo utilizing all the advancements made since then. I've found a bit of solace in System set 75094, a really well-done take, but it's not without its inaccuracies either. I'm perfectly happy with my UCS B-Wing. I want a UCS or a new System take, preferably the latter for the sake of shelf space, of the Republic Shuttle, which featured heavily in The Bad Batch. It's way overdue an update. Some of the summer sets that I'm eyeballing right now are: (All images copied from Brickset.com.) This City bulldozer is gorgeous. City has been benefitting from some amazing construction sets over the last couple of years. Last year's large excavator is a brilliant set and this continues the trend with realistic looks and functions. Excited! This heavy-duty tow truck set is a nice two-fer, as you not only get the eponymous tow truck, but also a nice dump truck as well. If I have one complaint, it's the orange coloration of the truck, but that's purely a subjective bias; I'm not particularly fond of orange. However, it's an apropos color for a vehicle such as this as it makes it more visible. Train Station. for so many years, most City buildings have been relatively boilerplate and, well, kinda boring aesthetically. The Friends sets, OTOH, have become more visually impactful and I'm glad to see some of those cues creeping over to City buildings over the past two or three years. This train station really catches the eye for its pleasantly unorthodox aesthetics. That working elevator is a nice feature to boot. City once again revisits the Arctic theme this year and its most exciting entry is this train set, a first. Beyond the Hogwarts Express, it's nice to see the Train theme expand beyond its usual cargo and passenger subthemes. this looks to have a base camp, a depot, a tracked vehicle that can be carried as cargo, a sharp looking locomotive with a snowplow, Johnny Thunder of the old Adventures Theme's fame (LEGO's answer to Indiana Jones before finally getting the IJ license), and other cool details and features. Sorely tempted to pick this one up- I just love the uniqueness of it and it just looks so well-done! Continuing the Arctic Theme, this articulated truck is a really nice inclusion. my only issue with it is that so much of the interior is dedicated to living space, including a bathroom, the likes of which seems to find itself in more and more sets. I'd rather more of that space, especially the bathroom, went to laboratory features. LEGO employed a great technique in the Friends' Space Rover by having the beds flip over to reveal work benches with scientific equipment and such. That would have worked great here, too, with such limited space. Missed opportunity. The only portion of that whole truck dedicated to science appears to be a small observatory attached to the cab. Better a little than nothing at all, I guess. Still, it's a pretty nice-looking truck with steering and working suspension in the rear. AFAIK, the adult wolves and cubs are new molds as well. Ninjago can generally be counted on for giving a few neat vehicles and mecha sets. Some notables for this summer are: A transforming mech that turns into a very Hasbroishly terrible plane! But, it's a step in the right direction and for that, huge credit. I'll probably get this just because. This vehicle has a very M.A.S.K. ish vibe that I dig. And their mecha piece de la resistance for this year, The Fire Knight Mech. This seems to be part of a new Ninjago subtheme entitled Legends for larger, more complex models. There's also a dragon in the new theme. I might be down for that Fire knight Mech. I'm also a fan of the Speed Champions sets and the ones piquing my interest are the Lamborghini Revuelto and Huracan STO The Porche 911 GT3 RS. I spy some new nicely tapered elements forming those front fenders with the printed headlights. As well as employing some pleasantly unexpected and surprising parts usages in addition to generally being very clever and complex builds for their sizes, the SC line is responsible for introducing many new complex curved and angled parts for which I'm eternally grateful. and the Bugatti Centodieci. After all the F1 fervor for the first quarter of the year, for which I have no interest, I'm glad to see the Speed Champions line returning to form capturing sports cars and supercars. My hope is that they'll eventually branch into other genres, like anime. I'd love to see their take on the Mach 5 or the Asurada from Future GPX Cyber Formula. As usual, LEGO doesn't disappoint with an eclectic and, on the whole, great-looking selection of sets across numerous themes as we move into the summer months. I lament my ever-decreasing lack of space with such a buffet of goodness laid before me. Alas, choices.

As far as I can tell, seems to cover all POs. Normal/non-exclusive figure POs from Good smile company for example require immediate payment. POs which require a payment will have the following notes:

This one has been a long time coming: Arcade Archives finally gets to release Ridge Racer, a series that Namco has allowed to fall to the wayside. It's unfortunate, because if there's a series that defines arcade racing, it's Ridge Racer.

Starspeeder 1000.

Nice...wonder if this stuff and more will be in the MII book to be included in the upcoming MII BD/4K set?....

Watched it today with the older kiddos. Solid. Stay for all the credits.

I’m with you there. Love 1/144

While I was thinking on this one I did a bit of research, and it turned out to be quite a rabbit hole when it comes to technologies for improving medical prosthetics. Col. Johnson's artificial leg is described as a "robotic prosthetic" limb rather than a cybernetic one. There's apparently a key distinction there in terms of how the prothesis is being controlled. Cybernetic prosthetics would be directly integrated into the nervous system and controlled like a biological limb. Robotic prosthetics, on the other hand, are indirectly monitoring motor nerves via EMG sensors, via magnets implanted in the muscles themselves, or using computer models to guess what the correct posture is instead of working like a biological limb. So it sounds like Millard's leg is not actually tied into his nervous system... which explains why that was a career-ending injury. It's enough to let him walk normally, but he likely doesn't have any feeling in that leg and limited-at-best control over the motions of the joints.

I saw it today, best Marvel flick in quite some time (shame that you should watch the more mid Black Widow and Falcon and the Winter Soldier first). After years of comic book dialogue Florence Pugh's performance was refreshingly human.

Thanks so much. I’ll post a finished pic tomorrow. @Chas @derex3592 @Big s @Thom Next up I will be rocking out some IMAI Orguss kits. Is it proper to say Orgi when talking about two or more Orguss kits? Hahahaa. Dad joke. Very excited to keep riding this old kit train.

The Glaugs are coming in: