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  2. derex3592
    This shall SOON be on my bench when it's released and I can get my hands on it to complete the 1/144 trio of The BUFF, The Bone and this BAD BOY!
  3. Test_Pilot_2
    I won't/can't post everything, but this just got delivered. I was waiting anxiously for it as I paid a bit for just a box, but it's a win. Card stock, plastic, and printing (both good and bad) clearly ensure authenticity. I bought an immaculate copy of MUSHA over 20 years ago for 10 bucks after a local video rental closed. It was an aberration considering how clean the cart is... I've scoured all the back-end channels for an authentic case this whole time and found one finally. It's not perfect - has some pretty severe sun damage, but it's what I've got and I'm happy. It's all legit. Maybe it'll be another 20 years before I find an authentic manual and whatnot. Don't beat me up about my Nomad - it deployed with me in the mid-90s and got a little beat up. Very happy collector today.
  4. MKT

    Strike A Pose! revisted...

    MKT replied to dapro's topic in Toys

    I assume the suit is a copy of Yamato's? But I may be wrong, apologies if so. This suit is another reason to continue holding on & love the v2 VF-1s..
  5. VF8000G
    The saddest part of it all is that even the "protagonist vs. evil RX-78-2" is itself not new. 00 did it two decades ago, and without managing to be tasteless and desperate.
  6. davidwhangchoi
    awesome game, post your incoming pickups too
  7. F-ZeroOne
    Wow, thats a lucky find! I had a copy myself once, if I only knew... despite its flaws, one of those titles that long sticks in the memory.
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  9. Seto Kaiba
    Granted, Khara leans extremely heavily on its legacy ties with Gainax - its soft reboot of Gainax's Neon Genesis Evangelion being most of its minimal self-produced output over its 19 years in operation - but a good amount of what that video samples from GunBuster to accuse GQuuuuuuX of copying was GunBuster copying Gundam in the first place! Khara's obnoxious self-indulgence and inability to establish a creative identity outside of Evangelion is certainly a problem...
  10. mog_kupo
    And reissue of the 02 and 00 units, with spears too
  11. sh9000
    https://creations.mattel.com/products/jurassic-world-tyrannosaurus-rex-convention-crasher-jcg29
  12. sh9000
    Casey Marie Jones, Odyn, and Uno.
  13. Test_Pilot_2
    Picked up an immaculate black label Xenogears yesterday at a shockingly low price considering it looks barely used/played. Hardly a scuff or scratch on the outer shell. There are signs of use, but barely. Have a second, bigger find coming in, but need to verify its authenticity once it gets here - 20 to 25 years in the making, lol.
  14. sh9000
    Evangelion Test Type-01 with the spear of Gaius.
  15. sh9000
    59400 JPY. Preorders go up on 7/1.
  16. sh9000
    Asuka. Rei.
  17. sh9000
  18. captain america
    Captain's Log--supplemental! I'm still here, just very busy with the molding process! These are all the molds I have so far, with 4 more about to be opened and another four left to be poured! It's utter molding madness, but casting will start next week, praise God!!
  19. M'Kyuun
    I appreciate your insights, Scyla, and you're correct so far as the design methodologies and prioritization. Maverick was indeed done far better than Takara's usual fare, but they also took obvious inspiration from the VF-1 to their credit. Perhaps Kawamori even offered them some guidance. Regardless, it's a rare example of a more realistic and sleek jet mode uncompromised by blocky robot bits or arms dangling off the sides of the plane. When they worked with Kawamori to design MP-03, what we got was arguably the most accurate F-15 fighter mode in TF history, but the bot mode suffered a number of concessions for it. Contrarily, MP-52 went entirely in the opposite direction and what we got was an extremely toon accurate bot mode with a heavily compromised F-15 mode. The pendulum swing within the franchise is pretty wide. Obviously, I prefer Kawamori's approach, as he is able to cobble some really nice-looking bot modes from sleek realistic albeit fictional fighters. I wish the fighter mode was a little more important to Takara, that they would strike a greater balance making both modes look good instead of prioritizing the bot. I realize, too, that, at least when dealing with G1 jetformers, they're tied to their blocky 80s robot designs and cubes and sleek jets do not a good formula make so far as preserving the latter. They have proven, however, such as with Legacy Prime Dreadwing/Skyquake, that they are capable of making a sleeker jet, even if this particular example is a bit on the chonky side. Still it integrates the arms and the overall appearance looks proportional and jet-like. I have both characters b/c I liked the mold so much. I read your comment even while I was in the midst of typing my own. As ususal, our perspectives match. And, seeing Scyla's point, too, I don't think it's necessarily that Takara can't pull off a sleek fighter mode, as they've proven they can, but they're just not interested in doing so most of the time, which is unfortunate as they do a disservice to people like us who really like jets and wish more TFs enjoyed sleeker, more realistic or accurate jet modes without being so heavily compromised for the sake of the bot mode. hell they can make a pretty realistic motorcycle turn into a decent bot, but not a jet. It's purely a lack of care, and yeah, I think it's b/c the fandom has been fed shitty jet modes for 40 years so why start trying now. I think it's telling that Maverick got a lot of negative commentary from fans; it just shows that they've been indoctrinated into accepting egregiously compromised jets. I had to cringe when I watched vid reviews of a few of the recent Aerialbots with commentors gushing over how good the jet looked. Like, really? Have you ever seen an F-15, a Harrier, an F-4 Pjhantom, the Concorde, or an F-16? I just have to shrug and shake my head. But yep, TF fans love shitty jet modes and Takara/Hasbro by extension, is there for them. Thank goodness I can take refuge in Macross and that companies like Touch toys are bringing an alternate reality for fans of transforming robots and sleek jets.
  20. blackconvoy_D01
    Im in the US and haven't heard anything since May.
  21. Chronocidal
    I feel like the biggest "constraint" they deal with is just deciding that it's not worth the effort when people don't seem to care about how ugly the jets are when all they want is a good action figure that looks like the character from a cartoon. You're right about the character designs though. When they aren't hampered by fitting an established character into a jet body we get things like the Tomcat Maverick they released. And while I know lots of people didn't like certain aspects of Kawamori's attempt at a Seeker mold, I think he established a very solid foundation for how you could fit a really good figure into the F-15 body without getting stupidly lazy like the most recent MP Seeker. I really want to see someone take another crack at that general torso layout, but using more modern methods in the legs. Just something that plays with creative rearrangments of the components to give us a more streamlined jet while still giving decent character accuracy. Like since the legs and jet taper opposite directions, what if the shins flipped upside down? Lots of options to try there.
  22. Thom
    Don't need a final trailer, already going to see it!
  23. Thom
    Looking at that map, I can only hazard to say - that light speed is too slow... And clearly they did a long and deep deep dive into all things Star Wars. Very cool!
  24. Old_Nash_II
    Final trailer
  25. jvmacross
  26. VF8000G
    I don't think so, the show never hides its own self-indulgence with the Gainax staff. Or maybe, it was forced to be this way by the committee.
  27. Big s
    I thought it was more of an odd Dunbine reference
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