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  2. Big s
    The best adhesion will be lacquer paints. Definitely the toughest, but also the most dangerous. You could test on a spoon with acrylic and glossing over with a 2k gloss and I’ve heard that can make the some weaker paints much much tougher. Bassically try beating it up and see how much mistreatment it can actually take. And of course if you want a dull or satin finish after you can add that on top
  3. David Hingtgen
    My Ozma -29 had its nosecone yellow (top half only), and so the contrasting colors between the halves made it obvious. "Retro-brite"'d it for days and got it 95% un-yellowed, but it came back already. So I think the only permanent solution is to paint the whole nosecone. My fear is that the -25/-29 nosecone "tucks into the chest/nose gear bay" during transformation, and it might get scraped off. I also know that Ozma's -29 DX plastic seems awfully "repellent" to paint, as it took a ton of effort to panel line and paint just a few tiny details back when it was new. I'd like to avoid sanding down the nosecone for adhesion, as I'd prefer to mask around the 'arrow' detail on the nose, and preserve it if at all possible. PS---I would much prefer not to airbrush, and just use a spray-can, but would be willing to airbrush if there's some miracle paint that adheres way better than anythin in a can.
  4. Lolicon
    Been years since I had all Super Messiahs out on display.
  5. pengbuzz
    Sorry; I'm drawing a blanc on this one...
  6. MaxSterlingWallace started following Accessorizing a classic: 3D-printed ARMD platforms and Destroids at 1:1400 scale
  7. MaxSterlingWallace
    Would you be willing to print and sell 5 to 10 of each of those destroids in the same scale you have here? I am working on a 1:1500 scale SDF-1 DYRL version that I am struggling to find good print models for that a normal PLA printer can do well that small. you can see my progress on the Macross Fan Central facebook page. I am also doing a Macross Island Diorama for it in an acrylic display. If you can print those for me please let me know and I will pay you for it and send you pictures for your website when completed later this year. I also left my email on your toyroom website blog. Thank you. It looks good. Cannot wait to see it painted. my email is hprgrealtor at gmail.com
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  9. M'Kyuun
    Regardless, that's rather steep. I have that figure, BTW, as I bought the Japanese CW Bruticus specifically to get Blast Off with a proper space shuttle mode instead of a jet. Like Hikuro, I didn't recognize that it was the Combiner Wars fig, thinking it was the new Legacy version.
  10. Shawn
    Found the Demo disc in a box! Broke out my Sega Saturn and my ST Key cartridge and the thing booted right up. Search Flash SegaSaturn Vol 16 https://archive.org/download/sega_saturn It falls from the sky, lands, then does some jumping around and crouching while trying to blast you. I guess they thought the legs were not spacy enough so they ditched it for the jets Cool! Here is the side by side comparison. Look at the bottom pic, then bottom center. That variant looks to be pulled direct for this.
  11. azrael
    There's rumblings from the grapevine that Nvidia might try to push up the Supers' release to end-of-year/Q4 2025. We will definitely see them by CES in January 2026. Just FYI, rumors point to the Supers having the exact same CUDA core count as the non-Supers. Differences will be increased memory clock speeds and increased memory capacities. Wattage will also go up by 10-20% due to the increased memory clock speed.
  12. pengbuzz
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/273661157189
  13. Hikuro
    pffff you're right. ah that's still horrible either way lol.
  14. davidwhangchoi
    that sounds interesting. Looking forward to 2026 yeah the supers are not interesting at all. 2026 it is. that sounds really powerful. I hope the ps6 portable, if it gets past the rumor stage, will actually have an above minimal battery life. i hope it'll play longer than an hour.
  15. davidwhangchoi
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  17. sh9000
    https://www.hasbropulse.com/product/gi-joe-classified-series-163-dreadnoks-cold-slither-band-of-vipers-tour-commemorative-action-figure-set/G10625L00 Available to preorder. Ships in September.
  18. sh9000
    That's the Bandai DX VF-1 line.
  19. sh9000
    That's a Combiner Wars Blast Off.
  20. M'Kyuun
    Yeah, that's total BS. $100 for a $35 toy that hasn't even released yet. I hope no one buys it.
  21. Hikuro
    see? Thats BS! I know this figure isn’t exactly out yet but come on! That’s total price gouging right there if there ever was.
  22. M'Kyuun
    Honestly, I wouldn't doubt Hasbro will do package refreshes on some of the more popular characters like the Dinobots eventually. It'd be great if they announced these things to alleviate FOMO and give fans who may have missed the first release some peace of mind, but they don't, alas. Anyway, the fact that people, especially other fans, will shamelessly fleece other fans for stuff (across all fandoms, not just Transformers) speaks poorly of this era. I doubt it'll get better in time, and likely will worsen, but that doesn't mean history won't look back and recognize greed and generally screwing each other over as a positive. We're totally lost when it does. Cons are the worst excuse for greed-driven mark-ups and gouging. We've come to accept it as part of the experience, but why? I imagine at one time many years ago they were the places to find good deals, but over time people saw an opportunity to separate their fellow fans from their money and the trend has just escalated to the point that a lot of stuff, especially retired items, are so highly priced that they're beyond the reach of many of us. It really pisses me off when I see something that's currently out on the market, I know the MSRP, I know where I can get it for that price, but for the sake of the convention, there's a substantial markup, sometimes nigh to or over twice the MSRP and I have to wonder if it's really necessary to screw over your fellow fans that way? But, generally, they're targeting the more casual fan who may not be heavy into collecting, sees a toy that reminds him or her of their childhood, and is unaware that the toy in question is currently out there at retail for far less money. I don't agree with it, but I see it happen. Incidentally, while I've never been to a Transformers convention (yet!), I've been going to LEGO conventions for about a decade, and the same trend happens there. I've splurged, within reason, on retired sets (Classic Space!), I've seen the going prices for retired or rare Transformers on ebay, Amazon, etc, and it's definitely deflating. I mean, it's a toy, and in many cases, it's a toy that once cost $50 or less MSRP and now the price can run ten times that or well more. When prices are exorbitant like that, I figure I've lived without it this long and I can continue to do so. Paying my bills and having a comfortable, not extravagant, lifestyle is more important to me than the toy that got away.
  23. jvmacross
    Yeah...being a POS intentionally is just a bad, head-scratching move....
  24. Hikuro
    Gradius would be fun. I picked up a few games this weekend, nothing much, nothing impressive. Transformers on the PSP and boy is that game a POS.....Ace Combat 4 for PS2 which if I recall was a really fun game to play! And Terminator 2 Dawn of Fate....I remember playing it a tad bit at a friends house, but never got more than I think the intro on it thru and gave it back to him. Sadly there weren't much there for games at this con I went too.....lots of overpriced garbage I'd never get, or import games that I can't play on the 64. Guess I need to mod my 64, I heard it's real similar to doing the SNES.
  25. Big s
    Looks really great for the super tiny size
  26. Hiriyu
    Closer to a DX Henkei, but that's disrespectful to Takatoku Henkeis.
  27. pengbuzz
    Right? She's definitely my treasure. On your TOS-E: I see you have the Gary Kerr paint callouts! Those helped me tremendously when I did my 1/650 and 1/537 ships! As for the nacelle caps: I found that "frosting" the outside of the outer dome with #0000 steel wool and then1-2 thin coats of Tamiya Acrylic Transparent Orange will give you that "glowing hellfire" look. I was thinking just that, since some planes are definitely named. The plane may not be 100 percent on-spot accurate, but after the absolute hell I went through with it, I think I can be forgiven.
  28. Shawn
    So Soft Cup Jam is Ice Cream? Never heard of it so good to know
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