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  2. Thanks, man, and an advanced happy birthday to you! I didn't get the large '66 Batmobile, but for sure, I was eyeballing it for parts and I definitely noticed those windshields. I'm not sure what use I'd have for them, though, but they are cool nonetheless. I have soooo many different canopies that I've collected over the years that it'd take probably take me another fifty to use them all. but options are nice. agree with you regarding Bumblebee- just wasn't up to Optimus's level (different designers, and to be fair, Joe Kyde, the designer of LEGO OP used to work for Hasbro designing...you guessed it: Transformers, including a few OP toys, so he had a leg up, so to speak). Sam Johnson, who designed Bumblebee, also designed LEGO Voltron, but his Bee was a little weak coming after Prime. Soundwave, by all appearances, seems to restore faith. I've a ton of Insiders points, so I threw some on an order of Soundwave and the new Speed Champions Lamborghini two-pack. Love the SC sets- little masterpieces in their own rights. Hopefully, I'll be building Soundwave this weekend. I wish you every success on your Shuttle/Carrier redesigns. That set aesthetically just doesn't live up to the Icons Shuttle Discovery set or the Ideas Saturn V Rocket, a masterclass in design.
  3. Not just over the weekend. At least twice now a several posts just vanished. Doesn't look like it was purposeful moderation, in one case it was basically every post over a 14-hour stretch. I don't know if it's happening in other topics or sections of the board, I noticed it hear because this is where I'm most active.
  4. Preliminary images D2C: 10356 - Star Trek: USS Enterprise D (18+) • Includes 3600 pieces • Minifigures: Picard, Riker, Worf, Geordi, Data, Dr. Crusher, Wesley Crusher, Troi, Guinan • US $399.99 - DE/FR €TBA - UK £TBA • Release: NOVEMBER 28TH 2025
  5. 👆 - It's only the Ozma 25S all I care about. 😁 Yeah, Bandai and those Lego type decals was the motivator to paint all my gundams in military schemes, which turned out to be a better thing.
  6. That Cat is looking good, @pengbuzz!
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  8. Happy birthday! Mine's later this month, so I might burn my VIP points and pick up the Shuttle carrier to redesign. That Batmobile does look great though, I might have to grab it. I picked up the big TV Batmobile earlier this year, primarily for the selection of parts (those windshield parts are amazing), but it's an amazing set altogether. Bumblebee didn't convince me, but I might grab that Soundwave though. Otherwise, still searching for options to reshape the shuttle OMS pods.. I might need to pick up a few more small brackets to stack to form the rear thruster banks better, and maybe get the color divisions better.
  9. OK THAT is a new one!!! If you watch the video in the thread above, it is in ENGLISH If you click it and watching on Youtube directly, it is in Japanese. Apparently there is now an auto-dub option? What a crazy world we are living in
  10. Did something odd happen to this thread over the weekend? I've been trying to keep up on the Bruticus news and and it seems some stuff got double posted, some got deleted, I thought I saw more pics of the new Blast Off somewhere but now I'm not seeing them.
  11. I might beg to differ a bit on the comment in that page regarding the weird detailing "Looking closely, the details are a bit crude and sloppy , but in a way, it's typical of 1980s robots. " Look at the Mospeada cutaways recently posted, or the strike valk poster in the gold book or the other Macross cutaways...the details are far from crude and sloppy in my opinion. Maybe wing flaps/spoilers/slats would be too fragile for handling something so large and bulky, since the wing edges are naturally something you'd granb onto, so they needed to add something interesting for the large wing areas, and came up with the split in half. Its definitely unique. And yes I will still buy one of these even if I find their choice of detailing odd.
  12. Yeah, that fin is huge! I like the solution that Mark divined for it, as it's two parts connected by a single clip and bar. But it looks good, And it utilizes two of the new 1x6 curved slopes, a part that's been desperately lacking in the palette for, well, ever. 😄 2025 is shaping up to be a really good year for new parts that have been notable omissions thus far. Still many more they need to do, but at least they're moving in the right direction. Aw, thanks, man. So very kind of you to say!
  13. Update: started paintwork. Kind of crude right now; will refine as I go:
  14. more on POSE+ Legioss 【POSE+新作】 デカい! 内部メカ再現! 究極のレギオス登場!? 【モスピーダ】 - イベント&新作展示レポート
  15. Bittersweet considering this year. I never realized the fin from the Batman Forever batmobile was that enormous, lol. Happy Birthday to one of the coolest dudes on the forum!
  16. Can't wait to ship mine from AE but hace to wait for the Legioss release.
  17. Awesome! I’m excited to see some pics. 😊
  18. Secon Part
  19. Those yard bits make the best ground work for earthy scenes. I’m kinda doing something similar trying to find light grayish small rocks for a bit of a lunar look to mine, and I got an idea for an abandoned outpost or something if I have enough time to slap it all together
  20. Hahaha Thanks. I am liking this brush painting thing. Having fun. I have also collected a bunch of debris from my yard for the display along with some coffee stirrers per suggestion, and used some air dry clay slapped on top of an old yogurt lid. Being resourceful feels good and I hope I can pull off a proper diorama/stand.
  21. Love seeing the Mk II Monster get some arcade love! The animation looks great and the firepower feels spot-on. Hope this inspires more retro-themed arcade shooters based on classic mecha. Would be awesome to play this in a cabinet someday!
  22. My birthday falls in July, but I told my wife I'd hold out until August for my b-day gift since a spate of new sets were releasing, chief among them the new Soundwave. Off we went Saturday to Barnes and Noble where we have a membership that chips a bit off the price. Sadly B&N didn't have Soundwave (though they did have Optimus, still, and I've seen Bumblebee there too). So we went to the nearby Target and, alas, same story- both had a number of the new August releases, but not Soundwave. Target did, however, have the new Batmobile from Batman Forever, and while I'm not a fan of the film or its Batmobile, just from a building POV, it looks amazing and captures the look of the movie design really well. Plus, I like Batmobiles in general, so I had my wife get me that and the new V-19 Torrent Star Wars set in lieu of Soundwave. After building the Batmobile, I have to say my gut was right: it provided a very enjoyable build and I very much liked some of the solutions that Mark Stafford, the set's designer, came up with to realize some of the more challenging parts of the design. However, if you're hoping for some internal lighting to give it that movie glow, there's no light brick in the set. Moreover, unlike the previous System Batmobiles over the last few years, this one wasn't built to minifig scale, although a minifig of Val Kilmer's Batman in his silver Batsuit (which ironically he wore after his Batmobile was destroyed) with a soft rubber cape is included. The set comes with a new 8x8 canopy piece in trans-black and the front cowl is a printed 4x6 windshield that can lift up to reveal weapons in the front of the car. the ribbing along the sides which define the look of the car are only held on by one stud apiece, and yet the model can be handled without their falling off. It's a sturdy model overall and IMHO, it really captures its subject well. Unfortunately, it's not in scale with the previous Batmobile sets, being on the larger side and that kinda sucks for continuity. However, from a builder's POV, I found it to be a fun build with some interesting solutions and a fantastic end result, even if it's far from my favorite Batmobile design.
  23. It is scheduled to be released at the end of this month.
  24. Make sure you clean the plastic before painting; I recommend alcohol on a q-tip so you can carefully wipe it down.
  25. Do we have a release date for the re-release of the Legioss Eta? I can't find it anywhere...
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