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Hobby Japan Web has an interview with Koichi Takazawa "Wave" and their continuity of development of their 1/24 scale kits wich we should know soon what the next release should be.... The new kits that 100% are quite nice and detail, But lack the paint application from the Bandai Hi-Metal R line but are also made for the modeller! But I think both lines are the best we can get at the moment in both toyÄs and models! Maybe the golden years of Votom's? just hope they don't overdo it and people have no more interest when the marked is flooded.... But for now the releases from both Bandai & Wave are quite nice and have a High degree of quality! 🤗
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The nice thing is that it's water-based, as opposed to the Tamiya stuff, which is more lacquer solvent-based. You can just use a wet q-tip to wipe the excess down while its wet so there's no sanding of any extras. It's too bad they got the B-deck stripe colour wrong, I think I might re-paint that light grey and do a wash on the saucer edge sensor bands but otherwise it seems like a pretty nice representation (if I ever get mine and the seams aren't too bad) https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CgLE81yPn/ https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EgrP6kLh2/
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It would be cool if they produce it in the Seeker colour scheme.
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Apok451 started following Stands comparable to yetistands
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Well damnit, now I need to buy anotherr valk......
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I've found the legs are much easier to deal with if you open things up a bit. Pivoting the smaller nose wing part first allows you to pivot the chest, wings, and arms up out of the way.
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Star Wars Maul - Shadow Lord, 2026 on D+
mechaninac replied to sh9000's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
You mean, like Paramount did with ST: Starfleet Academy?... I do think D+ will have much better returns with what is just the pointless filler that is Maul than P+ had with the THE MESSAGE-bloated cringe-fest unintended parody that is Academy, but the decision to approve a second season without proving the viability of the first comes from the same place unearned confidence and arrogance. At least in Filoni's case, CG animation is his wheelhouse, though he should steer clear of Live Action; nobody has been able to ever find Kurtzman's forte, other than being a consummate BS artist.- 52 replies
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Your Most Recent General Toy Purchase - 2024 Edition
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Star Wars Maul - Shadow Lord, 2026 on D+
Roy Focker replied to sh9000's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
A 2nd Season? Its creator and showrunner must have really impressed one of the heads of Lucas Film. Just imagine how good it must be to approve a 2nd season before any audience or critic feedback. Filoni is blessed to have Filoni working for him.- 52 replies
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Finally received my 40th Anniv. Hot Rod. So relieved to have not gotten a lemon and the weeks of waiting and worrying are finally over. Just the usual minor qc stuff that took a couple of minutes to touch up. I was so focused on the updated colors of this release that I never really paid attention to the accessories, and when I got it I just felt kinda indifferent about the color update... either deco is fine with me. But what I never realized I wanted or needed that came with this release is the fishing rod! It's probably the only accessory I'm gonna be displaying this Hot Rod with .- 18291 replies
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Medicom/Hot Toys and all 1/6 scale figures
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Schway! Yeah, that's gonna a must-buy.
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STAR WARS Merchandise Episode - 2
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The Unlicensed Third Party Transformers Thread
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My first instinct was to fill in the leaks with some white liquid putty before I emailed them about it. I haven't read any of the forums about it. Why in the world would they use grey putty on a white ship? Looks like I'm picking up some white putty. My last bottle of Tamiya liquid putty solidified long ago...
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I haven't gotten mine yet (still in Japan when I checked tracking yesterday), but your description is quite apt compared to the several vid reviews I've seen thus far. Toyrise was going for a simplified, playable approach to the Legioss while still producing a faithful rendition of it and in that they succeeded. My main niggle remains the limited arc of motion for the font part of the feet, and the open forearms to a lesser degree. I figure some of these TF third parties might be able to address that as they do with so many TF toys. Small shame that all the little doors don't open on the legs to show the rockets, but it's a small sacrifice. The Sentinel does it brilliantly, and the Pose+ will, too, so I'm content with my high-end toys featuring all the bells and whistles while the Toyrise does what it was meant to do: be a fun toy first and foremost. I'm looking forward to getting my copy and I'm glad I decided to get the Omega, as the design appeals to me, I like the colors, and it'll be great to have a Legioss that's easier to transform and handle than the more complex and fragile-feeling Sentinel. The Toyrise is about the size of a leader class Transformer, so technically, since these first three Toyrise versions are non-canon, one could incorporate them into their Transformers collection if they so desired. Slap a faction symbol on there and make up your own head-canon.
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I don't properly remember how diver mode generally works, but I did take a good spread of fighter and bot mode pics. Honestly, these are so close in fighter that's hilarious. Sentinel is 8.5 inches long with a 6.4 inch wingspan. The Tomy is 8.4 inches long, with a 6.1 inch wingspan, though you could say the Tomy cheats on the length a little by not collapsing the feet quite as far. Either way, they're just really close. Height-wise, the Sentinel grows more, so it comes out about an inch taller overall, closer to 7 inches than the Tomy's roughly 6 inch height. Overall? The comparison I was expecting was something like a DX to an HMR.. but I think that's actually underselling both of them in a couple of ways. The Sentinel feels incredibly over-engineered, but it pulls off the design amazingly, in ways no one had tried before. The Tomy version just feels like someone decided to take more creative liscence with the transformation, and then asked "How can we do this for half the price?" And I do not mean the Tomy feels cheap by that. It's obviously simpler, but compared with the complexity of the Sentinel, it's also a lot more fun to mess with. The Sentinel feels like a (very small) high-end collectible. The Tomy just feels like someone wanted something fun to mess with in the same scale, and at a much more reasonable price. I'd say they succeeded in that. It's really enjoyable to transform, I just yanked it out of the package without even looking at the instructions, and was posing it in a couple of minutes. It just feels like it could use a little paint on things like the landing gear (which do give the chest ground clearance, by the way). Sadly one of my copies also came missing the yellow end-cap on the right arm, so I'm going to have to try and navigate HLJ's customer service about that one. It's not a complex part, so maybe something I could also scratch up a copy of, but if these get released stateside, I might try service on that end. Honestly, I'm kind of tempted to pick up more of these guys, they're just very fun. I went and ordered a second copy of the black one when the reviews started hitting, but the green was sold out.
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@derex3592Congrats. Now just make the $255 look like a $ million.
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I so wish I was able to find the vinyl or plastic versions of anything BGC. Your build is inspiring me. Hanami time. My wife and I were in Japan for Hanami 8 years ago. Such a beautiful time. 🌸
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The Unlicensed Third Party Transformers Thread
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Aw, too small to run around and pew pew with. They look similar in size to that ChangTiao core class-style Megatron.- 9551 replies
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Mine arrived today from HLJ. First reaction.....it's fun.
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Sometimes you just gotta have a lil laugh I hear they’re working on more animated silliness and I can’t wait.
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