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  2. Dangard Ace
    Definitely not revealing “not SnowCat”.
  3. Tking22
    Yeah the VF-2 is a crazy design with a lot of anime magic going on, this scale serves the design well. That said, I'm sure a company more competent then Evo Toy can make a better, bigger scaled VF-2, the Evo Toy figure wasn't bad because the VF-2 design, it was bad because the Evo Toy figure was just bad.
  4. M'Kyuun
    I didn't own the previous version, and I suspect the new tab is an improvement. It was nice and secure when I transformed it, so it does its job. The box art was specially done, likewise the stand, but I prefer to let the toy speak for itself. I think this is the perfect scale to execute this design; any larger and challenges are going to arise with striking a good balance between getting strong multiple joints to support the legs and their becoming too large and ungainly. I'd still love to see Arcadia take a stab at it, what with their history of innovative solutions, but as it stands, I think everything balances out about as well as it can with the HMR. The VF-2SS is just a neat looking design and I'm really happy to finally have a nice toy.
  5. davidwhangchoi
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  7. Seto Kaiba
    Eh... it should be pretty damn difficult for Bandai Namco Filmworks to screw up Hathaway's Flash Part II. After all, Hathaway's Flash is an adaptation of the vintage light novel by Yoshiyuki Tomino himself that was penned at the peak of the Universal Century. This isn't some half-assed fanservice-a-thon with an inconsequential plot like Unicorn or Phenix Hunt. This is a story written back when Gundam had a soul and a message.
  8. jvmacross
    Yeah....the image/video posts out of HK are slim to none as well....maybe it was a very limited batch that got released....I think KC had posted that it was just for the initial buyers of the PO for the Regult w/gluu-gers...the "Adam" fig with the Metallic paint...the waiting continues....
  9. grogall
    One observation which I hope Bandai fixes before production starts is the front barrel part of the G-BATM-04 Catapult Launcher should actually be the turquoise colour of the FATTY, wich it actually was in the prototype stage! But for some reason they changed it to black in the final version!? should be changed back! But one thing that is really cool is the panel that's under the FATTY's seat is also present on the model! 😉
  10. Big s
    I’m pretty sure it’s just rough test shots, the last time around they had some stuff to show that they fixed up a little and I’m hoping that’s what they’ll do here hopefully, you never know until it’s finished, but I really liked the first movie
  11. Tking22
    The slightly longer head tab seems to be the only real difference between this and the original release, so I think I'm good and can pass on this, cool box I guess?
  12. MKT
    Not a purchase, but someone gifted me a little Amiibo Sonic. It's a KO, but I'm pretty happy with it just as a little reminder of the Megadrive / Genesis gaming days.
  13. M'Kyuun
    Mine just arrived, a day early no less! I've been wanting a good toy of the VF-2SS for a very long time, and I've skipped every release until this one. In hand, it's a beautiful piece with a great deal of articulation, even the doors on the leg packs, which makes the point of making the landing gear partsform seem ludicrous by comparison, but IIWII. Anyway, compared to the HMR VF-4 and VF-0D that I own, this is a bit fiddlier and fragile. The legs tab into the arms in fighter, but the arms themselves don't tab into anything, at least that I could see or saw in the instructions, so they basically hang there by din of friction and your calibrated eyeballs to set them in the approximately appropriate positions. The left arm pauldron falls apart extremely easily on my copy and I may have to figure out the best place to add a touch of glue to keep it together without affecting its functionality. Those things are very small and easy to lose, especially when they're just hanging off the bottom of the plane and could fall off with the merest provocation. Thus far, I've only played a bit with the battroid, checking out the articulation (the knees are particularly involved) and then transforming it to fighter. In doing so, I was more acutely aware than ever before how much inspiration this took from the VF-1 and the intention by the Macross II creators for this to be its successor. While I believe in canon that role fell to the VF-4, a righteously awesome design in its own right, the VF-2SS indeed feels like an advancement of the original Valkyrie (VF-0 notwithstanding 😉) while being its own unique design. I think it's beautiful and I'm so glad to finally have a pretty accurately designed and well-articulated figure of it in my collection. After addressing that pauldron, I'll probably attempt to attach the SAP bits and get her all armored up. Word of caution- those head antennae are really, really thin and fragile. despite having a plastic spacer in the box around the head to protect them, one of mine was ever so slightly bent so I moved to bend it straight and though I didn't break it, it felt like it gave a little too much and I'm rue to touch it again if I can help it. Fortunately, it comes with spare antennas, but I'd rather not break the ones I have so I'm trying to manipulate them solely at the base as much as possible. Probably goes without saying for most of you, but I'll put the caution out there anyway. To quote Stevie Wonder, "Isn't she lovely? Isn't she wonderful?"
  14. sh9000

    sh9000's collection

    Images added to a gallery album owned by sh9000 in Macross Collections

  15. sh9000
    Bandai 1/65 VF-17D.
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  17. sh9000
    Tank gun.
  18. sh9000
    Haslab GI Joe Classified Cobra Rattler.
  19. Seto Kaiba
    Finally, some competent storytelling.
  20. Seto Kaiba
    Yeah, making hyperdrives "speed of plot" engines really was the only way to go.
  21. mikeszekely
    I just don't know how, on a Hasbro budget, you do that without making his arms more turret-shaped or his pistol barrel more tank gun-shaped. Like, yeah, it'd make for a way better tank mode, and would probably look great on an updated pseudo-G1 Megatron from IDW or something, but it'd make those elements less cartoon-accurate in bot mode. For me, who thinks Megatron's real alt mode is the pistol accessory, that's not a compromise I'm comfortable with.
  22. Big s
    Yeah, now you can do the Cyclops versus Potter scene with all those effects parts, although I think that Cyclops seems to have more going on with those epic eye beam effects parts
  23. Thom
    Good looking work on the stand @pengbuzz.
  24. Thom
    I fully agree with that. Don't rush it and concentrate on getting it right.
  25. Test_Pilot_2
    And right behind it, a loose, but in great shape Bring Arts Weltall-ID. Does need some dusting/clean up but it's all there and solid. Now I just hope someone makes a similar-scale Xenogears to finish the trifecta/Xenogears display.
  26. sh9000
    Marvel Legends X-Men '97 Wolverine.
  27. Test_Pilot_2
    Formism Weltall
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