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  2. Bolt
    Jellyfish mecha..
  3. guyxxed
    Yeah, I stopped even reading through that because it was making my brain hurt. 😉 Let's see how long it takes me to get the basic plane done, then we'll see what happens after that. 😄 Another minor update, bit by bit as I get free moments to work on it. Nose and canpoy progress. I shortened and straightened the nose a bit to give the 24 its own profile, though it's still very similar to the 25 and I think still loyal to the art. Canopy I think is a decent balance between the 2D art and 3D necessities, but let me know if you guys see places to improve. Moved the sensor windows onto the nose, but still have to integrate them (either cut in two or just build into the cockpit block and overlap) to accommodate transformation since they span the split line where the nose folds away. That will be tomorrow's task and then on to the shield. Feedback and suggestions welcome (even the nutty super pack ones 😉)!
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  5. Dynaman
    Not completely done, Disney has a couple of Tron coasters to promote...
  6. pengbuzz

    1/55's revisited

    pengbuzz replied to kanata67's topic in Toys

    I know, but I'm a pengbuzz; I have a contractual obligation to take everything way too seriously! For many of us, where toys end and models begin no longer has a clearly defined line!
  7. nightmareB4macross
    It was a j-oke. 😅 Of course that’s why we supplement some of our needs through models and option parts. 😉
  8. pengbuzz

    1/55's revisited

    pengbuzz replied to kanata67's topic in Toys

    This is why I bought the model kits instead of the toys; I wanted the one on the box!
  9. MechTech
    Sorry guys, life has been BUSY the last three weeks! I missed so many pages of AWESOME builds you have been working on! Two weeks ago we had our modeling convention. Here's a couple of highlights that were our better builds from the "Sci-Fi" category. TWO of these were by women! The Gundam diorama was actually entered in the "Diorama" category of judging. This Zoids build got gold and "Best Of" category for Sci-Fi. And for making trophies for our work golf tournament, I wanted patina copper placards. I found a good recipe! Three tablespoons apple cider or red wine vinegar and one tablespoon of Miracle Grow plant food. Let the copper sit in it for 30 minutes. Take it out wet and let it dry. When it dries, it looks like these: I gave it a LIGHT sanding to clean up the exposed copper. Thanks for checking in! - MT
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  11. Test_Pilot_2
    That is awesome. I thought it was a statue at first, but then I googled it and saw it's a figure. Comes with a nice pricetag, too O_o.
  12. sh9000
    Classic TV Batmobile.
  13. sh9000
    https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/x-men-97-renewed-season-3-season-2-release-date-summer-1236086096/
  14. sh9000
    Marvel Legends X-Men '97 Logan x2.
  15. TangledThorns
    Uprising was best TRON imho. Pretty sure TRON is toast at this point. Ugh.
  16. Papa Rat
    Oh, I like this take!
  17. danth
    I don't love the minifig design. I think if a non-Lego brand wants to take off, they have to have a minifig design that is somehow "better" than Lego. I've always been impressed with Mega(Blocks)'s minifigures. But they might almost be "too good", if that makes any sense. Closer to a small action figure than something compatible with bricks. I think they need something cute and blocky and charming to hit the sweet spot, but also ball-jointed to be "better" than Lego. If a company could do that, and put out non-licensed sci-fi Space sets, I'd be tempted to jump ship. Lego's treatment of its legacy themes is f*cking disgraceful.
  18. nightmareB4macross
    It’s how they get you. As an adult, I kept buying these hoping that one day I would get the one on the box. Got bamboozled every time. 🤣
  19. nightmareB4macross
    https://fb.watch/CSbBQ7-p7S/?mibextid=wwXIfr Total Dunbine Vibes!!
  20. mikeszekely
    All I know is I did my part... I dragged two friends to see it one night, and yesterday I took my family. Tron: Uprising was awesome. I should re-watch it next.
  21. Shawn

    1/55's revisited

    Shawn replied to kanata67's topic in Toys

    I love the Imai 1/72 Vf-1J model kit shown on the box of a transforming TOY than could actually represent itself...on its own box.
  22. PointBlankSniper
    The whole sliding and retracting wing thing came about from trying to explain why there still looks like a swing wing slit at the back of the wing root when it can't have swing wings anymore lol. The folding wingtip was simply from recognizing that rectangle-ish shape looking similar to the wing root hinge for transformation. Ultimately, you gotta ignore me at some point, and pick somewhere to stop at, or the project will never end 😁. Meanwhile, the more I cook, the crazier it gets. Now I've realized a further gimmicks could be had with the super pack, by building on the retract and fold features. Maybe it's encroaching on an armored pack... but w/e lol Let's say the wing tip booster wraps inboard over the folded wing a little. Either a simple brick that cannibalizes the wing span, or hinged to flap open in a small tie fighter or x-wing profile for fighter mode. Then also have a clip on wing root booster like the 25, covering the dog teeth. With enough arbitrary wing span coverage by both sections of boosters, when a wing retracts for battroid, the two boosters could mate up and lock together into one solid block of jet pack, while almost concealing the underlying wings entirely. The individual booster pods need not be big like the piececs that inspired them, they just need to mostly conceal the wing surface and form a block of back boosters. In fact, the pods/boosters similar to the 29's or even smaller might be enough. Now also having taken the 29's pack for inspiration, it can't end there lol. The 29's super has a booster pod under the stabilizer. That doesn't work here, because only the 29 has that wide deck of a wing root to accomodate the backwards retracting wing. What does work, is stealing the 31's trick. The very same over wing pack, right on top of the folded tail stabilizer, you mentioned. It's basically part of the jet pack block without moving. But that's not all. Suppose they brought dorsal cannons to the mix, kind of replicating the 29's (more like the 17's individual cannons tbh) gimmick. If my eyeballing is correct, once the wing roots stand up for battroid, the cannons merely need to swivel 90 degrees through the leg cutouts, to become hip cannons for the battroid. Add telescoping as needed. Since everyone's got their super pack lineage traced back into the 24, we can't leave the 27 out. That can be solved by willfully misinterpreting the shoulders in the bottom view. I think you mentioned having leeway to play around with it too. Sure it looks like the 25's shoulders down there, with how the back of the shoulder mates up with the elbow. But since we can't see depth from that view, we can just say it's actually the top of the shoulders folded over the arms like the 27. With that out of the way, we can then steal the 27's shoulder top super part mount, and slap on w/e equipment there. Could be more boosters, turrets, or missile pods for all I care 😉 Based on the 25 and 29, the circles are equipment plugs. The collar set being for missile pods is standard affair. But for the shield though, I think it would be the perfect chance to slap a short missile container on there, and say that's where the 30 got it's gimmick from, since it doesn't have any packs to draw its lineage from. This has gotten complicated and I hope I don't have to hand draw on MS paint to make sense of it 🤡 At this point, I think I need to stop myself or your pet project will be derailed into obvlion 😁
  23. Big s
    They’re usually three months behind and in the awkward political issues, shipping too BBTS may be even more delayed than usual. I’d hang in there if I were you. They’ll definitely give notice if something changes
  24. Big s
    That will make a pretty cool display. I bet that sparkly gold looks way better in real life. It even looks good in the pics, but I know cameras can rarely catch how great metallics actually look. Can’t wait to see this one finished
  25. Hikuro
    It's like anything TRON really doesn't do well in the main stream and tends to have a cult following. Afterall we did get a cartoon series over a decade ago with a solid voice cast though the story was a little messy with Tron in hiding and suffering from data corruption and had not become Rinzler yet, going old bruce wayne mentorship with Beck, a program with the potential to becoming the next Tron. it was an interesting series that only got 1 season.
  26. pengbuzz
    Even worse: pilots doing an animated middle finger to their enemies.
  27. Old_Nash_II
    https://deadline.com/2025/10/tron-ares-bombs-box-office-1236591880/ It's safe to say that none of the films did well at the box office, but this one had better merchandising than the previous ones. I don't know if it was because of the theme, or if Leto's charisma didn't help, but we can say that with these numbers, it will be a while before we see another film in the franchise, or even a streaming series. Sometimes, releasing this type of production directly to streaming services would be a very good idea, as was the case with Prey.
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