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Page 383 and 384. Lot of the posts from Friday afternoon to Saturday are missing. For some strange reason, some of the posts in Page 384 are repeats of what’s seen on Page 383. 🤷‍♂️ Weird thing is that the Mospeada posts I made at those times are clearly documented in my own personal profile page for the forum. Very odd.

Yes, but not ideally since Crysis is designed for high single-core performance. ... Actually, "not without mods". Crysis uses 3DNow! instructions when running on an AMD processor, and AMD removed 3DNow! support.

ok services restarted, let me know if stuff is missing!

Thanks for the heads up. Yes shipping is going to be interesting.

I think I'm in for Red Hood. I have Robin, and Nightwing pre-ordered, gotta have the whole Bat-Family including the three main Robins. I'm hoping we get a "modern" Batgirl at some point, maybe an Alfred and Bat-Cave diorama set would be neat too.

Do I need to tell anyone here who this is?

I saw that happen as well...then stuff just reappeared I'll reboot the server tonight to see if it flushes out whatever is going on. We did a forums update last week, but did not restart the services S

"Canon" size aside, the Legioss looks stupidly tiny compared with anything modern, to the point that it's not even believable. The 1/48 cockpit is cramped enough that it looks like it should be 1/60 anyway.

Hey @Gabe Q, there's a much easier way to remove that moldline now (I used to scrape it with an exacto, then sand, then Tamiya Polish and clear coat by dipping it in Future). I found these GodHand sanding sponges and you work from 2000, 4000, 6000, 8000, 10000 lightly sanding the seam and it dissappears crystal clear! I still dip my canopies in Future to make them extra shiny though, but its not to hide any scratches from the sanding anymore. Hey @pengbuzz that Klingon Battlecruiser turned out amazing!!! Great paint finish on it too! Thanks for the colour info, I have to bookmark those for future reference. Hard to believe it's been 20yrs since I bought this kit! Here's the VE-1 I did 18yrs ago for comparison when I was trying to do the smoothest coat of paint I could and weathered everything (post shading) with an airbrush - it looks too clean and slick (although I purposely tried to restrain the weathering on both of these as I thought they'd be better kept than something in used in war). Not that I've been building consistently for the last 18yrs, I've taken many years off but I like seeing the progress.

Starscream is a hugely popular character; Target might be the only way to get him in 2026, but just like Crasher and Cosmos (and, spoilers for next year, Hound), I fully expect him to turn up in a regular retail line eventually. BTW, another Bayverse Dinobot in 2027. They're shooting for '28 and '29, too, but those years aren't set yet.

I’m a little worried that since I joked about it looking a bit explicit, that they took that seriously. I just noticed my joke comment got wiped as well. Sorry, if that’s why it got wiped

Either that or it’s a water, fire, ice thing since the first one had them flying around in the wind

I think, when KC did a renewed push last year on the GBP that included free base valk (the first ‘upgrade’ he’s referring to), response must have been quite tepid. If I’m reading correctly, it now sounds like there will be a v3 VF-1 with more metal. Hopefully it finally solves all the shortcomings of the current mold.

The Legioss is listed as being 8.75 m tall in robot mode and 10.25 m long in fighter. At 1/60 scale that would be about 14.6 cm and 17.1 cm respectively.

They block the intakes in fighter mode right? What's funny is, if they were just mounted under the intakes, they'd still be facing forward in armo soldier mode anyway, without further complicating the transformation.

I like the shoulder cannons.

It’s his reply to one of the questions in that FB post.

Only noticed now it has a similar head to the Eva Mark 6...

I've never been a toy car collector, so my familiarity with most Hot Wheels and Matchbox is minimal, but I still have my copy of the M-8 Rescue Vehicle and I wouldn't mind a TF version of that. They've both done any number of beautiful sports and concept-like cars over the decades and some of those would be cool as well. The two current HW crossovers don't really do much for me (not into hot rods, and while the blue guy is better, it still doesn't grab me like some other car designs would). Prowl's one of my all-time favorite TF designs- I love the way he looks. He was also my first TF toy, so there's some nostalgia there as well. That said, I passed on "Dead Prowl", all the dead SS characters for that matter, as that's not how I want to see or remember them. If they do a slight retool of the ER, if for no other reason than to give him accurate spoiler-less feet, I'll likely pick that up. I 'm rather skeptical of a situation where a retail Unicron, done as a titan or perhaps a new larger size/budget class, could or would turn out better in any way than the Haslab, which itself is just a huge shell-former, virtually devoid of any noteworthy engineering. However, if Takara ever wants to make a hatching-egg toy, they've already laid the groundwork. I wish, for the price, that it had been closer to what Studio Cell did with their take, and given the choice again, I think I'd have passed on the Haslab in lieu of the Studio Cell. At this point, I don't think there's even a question of whether the designers like Mark and Evan are devoted fans; it comes through loud and clear, and it's one of the major reasons why I think putting them front and center in these fanstreams is such good PR for Hasbro. Moreover, it makes them feel approachable and also softens the blow a little when the toys aren't quite up to fans' expectations. At least we get a little explanation of why and how various decisions were made, how the budget affected those choices, and other background regarding the process of making a toy. I'd love to hear the metrics, as I'm curious how much of an impact doing these streams has had on sales. At the very least, I very much doubt it's hurt them. Anyway, I too respect that they're trying to put out what fans want, that they listen to the fans, and that they labor under limitations that most of us are unaware of to try and bring those wants and desires to the fandom (and the three kids below twenty who know that G1 exists and buy the toys). Product exclusivity sucks. I get why, but it sucks nonetheless.

Check their front page if the shipping delays are still ongoing. Their busy revamping their warehouse and my last order earlier in the month sat there for over 2 weeks before it could be shipped out.

Much appreciated Steve, but by the time I read this, I had already done most of the work in masking tape: Had to do quite a bit of research on this one, as the colors looked gunmetal grey in parts of ST:TMP. I found color pics of the filming model here though: https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/4487-polar-lights-model-kits-ktinga-the-colors-man-the-colors-pt-1/ and https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/4500-polar-lights-model-kits-ktinga-the-colors-man-the-colors-pt-2/ I still have several small details to add in; those are ongoing, as is the installation of windows (not 11, thank heaven!). Stay tuned...

Well what's another year. My initial Heavy Armor order was only 4.5 years ago

I guess saying the delay is due to "wanting to deliver something better" than originally offered sounds way better than saying....

Same here. It's time to empty out my private warehouse. Gonna be a large box..