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  2. RDX17

    Hi-Metal R

    RDX17 replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Right! They're half-way there. Come on Bandai.
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  4. Seto Kaiba
    Remember that time Captain Kirk literally advocated for the literal devil? Fun times... and a much better episode than anything Starfleet Academy has brought to the table despite being cornier than a state fair. That's not a sonic weapon then, that's a gravimetric one that produces sound as a secondary effect. Oh, yes... the novel Forgotten History. Weird story, that one. Equal parts fix fic for a bunch of old TOS episodes like "Miri" and "The Omega Glory" and attempt to un-noodle the DS9-era DTI's noodle incident-induced loathing for James T. Kirk and his promotion to Admiral between TAS and the first movie. The life support belt - and personal forcefields in general - was a really short-lived concept from TAS. Same as a bunch of other actually pretty useful ideas like having automated defenses against being boarded. It's part of why I'm so very amused to see the humble life support belt back on top after a whopping 926 years.
  5. Chronocidal
    Ok, I will give them credit, Gene's an amusing addition, but I don't think anyone would have predicted someone releasing a Lucy action figure in this era. I don't even generally buy figures at all, but that is just funny enough a concept that I might bite. Though, I wonder if anyone would make a Desi Arnaz head to swap onto Gene... The tiny desktop Enterprise model is a nice addition too, especially now that they actually found it after being "misplaced" so long.
  6. Seto Kaiba
    When it comes to unnecessary and plot-derailing callbacks, continuity nods, crossovers, and cameos from Darth Filoni, you'd better believe that...
  7. Chronocidal
    So a small note from anyone getting that new Vader tie. If you ever want to get it back in the box, you may have to mod it before snapping the wings on. Got mine yesterday from a local source I had a gift card for, and in my enthusiasm at how massive it is, I slapped the wing panels on, and now they will not come off. The snaps looked about like what hold the E-Wing's wings on, but the wing panels are a kind of rubbery material, and once snapped in, the mushroom pegs will not let go. I stood on the panel and lifted the body with both hands, and nothing budged. The screws on the inner surface of the panels did nothing. I expect I would have needed to mod the pegs or sockets to let them snap in and out easier, but it's not happening now, so this monster is going to be sitting in my hobby room looming in the corner.
  8. Bolt
    I will certainly mod one of mine w a missile pack, if not . Is there any existing line art for that variant? The Quadoran- Ro would be awesome, but it's probably a long shot, no?
  9. jvmacross
  10. ImChris5115
    Done basic shape (few days needed to fine tune the shape/angles ) > Time to chop in parts > adding details > Test assemble >adjusting > Test assemble >Prototype printing >Printed parts assemble test
  11. ImChris5115 started following WIP-1/48 VF 19plus 完全な変形
  12. ImChris5115
    Since making of 1/48 VF 22plus, why not start 1/48 VF 19plus
  13. TangledThorns
    I rewatched badlands on Hulu. Just as enjoyable at home as the theater.
  14. sketchley
    Question is: will they release the missile pack equipped version in the near future? And what about the Quadoran-Nona? It would be a good way to milk those Quadoran-Ro molds!
  15. GMK
    The rest of the box art.
  16. JB0
    Devil's advocate, what if the sonic weapon is actually a specialized tractor beam that alternates pushing and pulling to induce vibrations in an audible frequency range on the target? As an aside, in a shockingly reasonable and logical piece of writing for Trek, Memory Alpha tells me that one of the novels mentioned the scant appearance of the life support belts in the setting. It said they were retired due to safety concerns. If an EVA suit is damaged or suffers an equipment failure you have a chance to patch it or return to safety. If a life-support belt fails, you just die. Which makes a lot of sense. It also kind of reminds me of the real world with NASA's Manned Maneuvering Unit rocketpack being retired after the Challenger incident because untethered spacewalks were extremely dangerous by their very nature, and the risk couldn't be justified. There's an obvious answer that author missed, though: Build life-support belts into EVA suits as an emergency backup. If something goes wrong, you slap the big red button to activate the life-support belt. This would even extend the accidental parallel with real world space exploration. After we retired the MMU, we proceeded to build the SAFER rocketpack that every astronaut wears when they go out the airlock so they have a chance to get home if they somehow wind up free-floating with a failed tether.
  17. davidwhangchoi
    the real Astrotrain for reference to comparisons of ss86 vs. siege
  18. JB0
    I am considering Shockwave the newest. If it shows up at a store, I will have to make an executive decision on the shade of purple they used. There is a range of purples I adore on Shockwave, a range that is completely unacceptable, and photos are often misleading on specific shades. (There's also a range of purples I can take or leave, but that's not a useful category.) In a way, it'd be good for my use case. My Siege Shockwave wears some of the extra bits, because I thought "Shockwave with a rocketpack" was kinda cool, and it'd be nice to have a "clean" Shockwave without the armor and texturing to stand next to him.
  19. grogall
    Instructions are up, on the Hi-Metal R Scopedog! Incase nobody knows what to do with the unit! 🤣
  20. rsvictor1976

    Hi-Metal R

    rsvictor1976 replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    It looks cool, but I hate transforming that VF-2SS. My favorites are definitely the Regults, Glaug, and the MAC II.
  21. mikeszekely
    It's my understanding that they used unpaintable plastic for that part. (Note that "unpaintable plastic" doesn't mean it's actually unpaintable, just that for whatever reason the factory can't paint it). Every time I've preordered something at Walmart (almost entirely Walmart-exclusives) either they've canceled it, at which point I'd find it later at a local store anyway, or I'd cancel it myself because the toy turned up in my local store before Walmart bothered to fulfill the preorder.
  22. Bolt
    Daaaamn dude! Awesome
  23. Jasonc
    Just came back from my trip to Japan, and went to Wonderfest 26 Winter. There were some cool Macross kits, but most were sold out. By the time I got to Experten's table, all the new stuff was sold out. When I asked aobut the t.v. Zentraedi (one of the figures is made to fit the Hasegawa Glaug) he looked around, and pulled out a box. In English, he said, "Last one". I was pretty lucky to score it, but the kit had inside 2 standing and two sitting figures. I'm quite excited to put one of these together.
  24. Valkyrie Hunter D
    Back to robots, this was quite a display:
  25. Big s
    Finally, a Superman with a smile
  26. sh9000
    TMNT Usagi Yojimbo.
  27. Big s

    Hi-Metal R

    Big s replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    I don’t think it needs a bigger scale. Just a better heat shield design. Beyond that, I really like it
  28. sh9000
    1978 Superman.
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