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I stand corrected with appreciation. I'd forgotten that Cameron, like Ridley Scott, was a talented artist in his own right (he actually drew Jack's portrait of Rose in Titanic), and based the Terminator on a dream he'd had. I wish I could dream so grandly or draw...at all. I'll amend my comments to say that Stan Winston and his talented team were geniuses at translating directors' ideas into two- or three-dimensional reality and often times animating them. More often than not, they provided the magic behind 'movie magic' and film history is the better for their work. I was completely unaware of Kenner's MegaForce but Coleco's StarCom was an impressive toy line even by today's standards. Like you, I never owned toys from either line, although I did have a handful of Micro Machines, the toy line Kenner was competing with (poorly IMHO) with MegaForce. Galoob had them outclassed from the get-go. Touching back on StarCom, I think, Like MASK and some other retro properties being revived, I think StarCom would be an excellent contender for resuscitation. Moreover, as a LEGO Classic Space fan (we'll have to talk about those designs in a moment), as LEGO is moving to incorporate more tech into their sets, and with their recent move towards sci-fi in their City Space sets, I'd love to see them create sets in the spirit of StarCom with friction motors and such powering little elevators, platforms, and doors, as well as extendible wings and other features. I think something like that would add an additional dimension of playability, as well as function, to the extremely successful play pattern they enjoy through the construction medium. Returning to LEGO Classic Space, and just LEGO Space thereafter, LEGO delivered a plethora of futuristic and sometimes outlandish sci-fi vehicles and playsets from 1978 with the initial batch of sets including the iconic Galaxy Explorer until 2013 with the loosely Starship Troopers inspired Galaxy Squad line, the last of the independent original sci-fi Space themes. Two distinct features set these sets apart from previous LEGO sets and set them on their path to immediate success: the introduction of specialized elements (often designed for cross-compatability with their other two intial themes, Town and Castle) and the iconic Minifigure. Although he had some heavily supervised help from his small team, Jens Nygaard Knudsen almost singlehandedly developed the first wave of 1978's Space line as well as inventing the Minifigure that would impart a much greater level of interactivity and playability with the sets. As sci-fi designs go, there are thirty-five years' worth of original designs to unpack, and the recent 2024 City Space sets which have fully leaned into sci-fi designs as well as the inclusion of aliens, two firsts in Town/City's long history of grounded Space sets. A quick snapshot : 1978's Galaxy Explorer, 1981 Starfleet Voyager, 1982 Mobile Rocket Transport, 1983 Galaxy Commander, 1986 Alien Moon Stalker, 1987 Futuron Star Defender 200, 1987 Blacktron Battrax, 1987 Blacktron Renegade, 1987 Polaris I Space Lab, 1987 Futuron Monorail transport System (the holy grail of many a Space fan), 1989 Space Police Spy Trak I, 1990 M-Tron Mega Core Magnetizer, 1991 Blacktron II Spectral Starguider, 1991 Aerial Intruder, 1992 Space Police II Solar Snooper, 1993 Ice planet 2002 Deep Freeze Defender, 1994 Spyrius Lunar launch Site, 1994 Unitron Monorail Transport Base, 1996 Explorien Starship, 1997 Robo Force Robo Raptor, 1997 UFO Alien Avenger, 1998 Insectoids Sonic Stinger, 2001 Life on Mars Recon Mech RP (notably LEGO's first true humanoid mecha sets and first non-minifig aliens), 2007 Mars Mission ETX Alien Mothership Assault (notable for the awful alien figs), 2007 MX-71 Recon Dropship, MT-61 Crystal Reaper, MT-201 Ultra-Drill Walker, 2009 Space Police 3 Container Heist, Hyper Speed Pursuit, Galactic Enforcer, Raid VPR (a Vic Viper inspired build, inspired by the ships in Gradius made popular by the late great NNENN), Undercover Cruiser, Lunar Limo ( featuring LEGO's first and only pimp-inspired minifig😄), 2011 Alien Conquest Tripod Walker, Alien Mothership, Earth Defense HQ, 2013 Galaxy Squad Hive Crawler, Space Swarmer, CLS-89 Eradicator Mech, Vermin Vaporizer, 2022 10497 Galaxy Explorer (LEGO's 90th anniversary), 2024 City Space sets, all featuring sci-fi or futuristic designs akin to the old Space sets of yore, and finally, Friends Space, also leaning into sci-fi design. I hope this trend continues with City Space, or that the sci-fi element splits off once again into its own subtheme. Holy cow, how could I forget Zoids?!!! I have a small army of those kits that I've accumulated and built over the decades, starting in the 80s when they first premiered. My Kotobukiya Shadow Fox still stands guard on my desk, and I have an unbuilt Kotobukiya Blade Liger that I bought about a decade ago sitting under my desk that I need to put together. Definitely one of the coolest robot lines, especially given the ability to swap weapons and accessories. The early kits were notable for their motorized movements, although I prefer the non-motorized highly articulated kits that emphasize posing and display. Great mention, @F-ZeroOne! I'll note, too, the old Mego Microman toys circa 1979. One in particular that I owned was the Hornetroid, which had a manual flapping-wing mechanism, closing front jaws (using a fig to push in the tongue- brilliant!) an opening cockpit that could seat a Microman figure, folding landing gear, and removable weapons. It was such a unique and playable toy that it still holds a fond place in my memory.

Still love it. One of the more fun real robot shows. Not really in for expensive toys personally, but still hoping for some model kits maybe if moderoid tries to do them

I barely remember Megaforce other than being a joke on Southpark and the recent model kit. Surprised it’s actually popular in Japan, must be the flying bikes

I tried looking for the answer in here and couldn't find one, but if it's here and I missed it I apologize. What's the deal with the slum that Basara and Ray live in in Macross 7? I know it's called Akusho and that its attached to the outside of City 7, and that it seems to be roughly the equivalent of one of the smaller Island ships that follow the main ship, but that its either a part of the main structure or was attached later. Im just unsure why this was done, and why its allowed to consume resources when it's in such horrible shape. Was it an Island that got wrecked and they strapped it on to the main ship to save it for some reason? And are Fire Bomber the only ones living in it? A Semi-related question: How does the Shell projection work? I guess this also counts as a Frontier question since its the same idea. From inside the dome it seems like the sky is projected onto the dome to simulate day and night. OK, I get that. But then from OUTSIDE it looks like the Shell hs the Projection on it. DOesn't that mean that from other angles the actual sky would be visible? And the Akusho wouldnt have simulated daylight or sky at all, because it's outside the dome.... right?

This, right? Looks like they might have disengaged the nose cowling, but it's also entirely possible Isamu damaged it enough that it was barely hanging on.

Main fuselage paint progress.

Legs/ fast packs painting.

An icon from my parent's generation, RIP

Tales of Wedding Rings Season 2 ended. I enjoyed it. It was trash. But Hime made this show tolerable,

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/28/brigitte-bardot-french-screen-legend-and-animal-rights-activist-dies Even though his last years were somewhat questionable and controversial, it was still a great contribution to art. Thank you for your films.

Silksong: Christmas DLC.

Re-release figure (or is there any changes?).

One Piece - Nami (Romance Dawn) S.H. Figuarts 5.5" action figures ( x 3 figures )

That's at a bit after 31 minutes into the movie, after the test montage and the first Sharon Apple concert. The scene where Isamu finds Dr. Neumann hiding out in what looks to be a either a supply closet trying to "kidnap" Sharon Apple. There's no clear event that led to the YF-19-2 being in such a state in the movie version, due to events being reordered.

Well, there's Alita Battle Angel 2!! ....oh no, wait, no there isn't'....

Looking very impressive from that low angle @tekering. This may be the start of a whole city center for you! That Enterprise is going together just right @pengbuzz. I like the idea for the grillers.

Oddly, Anaconda looks more fun. Didn’t really care for the original, but kinda like the concept for this one

Ugh, its either this or Anaconda for our NYE date.

Saw that a few places on the Face, but not sailing!

So, the day has come. Our Bucho is getting Married! The guy is a guitarist. Congratulations!

ZOIDS! Piloted mecha dinosaurs! How have we not mentioned "Zoids" yet?!

Couple toylines spring to mind here when it comes to SF designs, but not the ones everyone probably knows - "StarCom" and "MegaForce". I never had any of them but they stand out as having a relatively "realistic" (by I guess "Action Forc - ", excuse me, I mean "G.I. Joe" standards of "realistic") aesthetic for the time. Early "Britains Space" also arguably had a more "grounded", "2001" style look compared to the likes of say "Star Wars" or "Micronauts" - if you ignore the yellow/orange paint of the original "hero" vehicles (Britains normally made military, farm and construction vehicle toys so I wonder if they used what they had in stock... ). And while I'm getting lyrical about old, obscure British toylines - "Action Man Space Ranger"!

UPDATE: Over the holidays, someone was kind enough to send me a couple of projects (much thanks to them!) as to keep my mind from going to complete $#!7 with current circumstances. Here are both of them: And I started the first a few days ago: Have yet to do decals and painting: Keeping it in components so I can actually do this without driving myself any further up the wall than I already am: Planning on doing transparent purple over the inner grille to replicate the lit "warp effect" without lights. Stay tuned...