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  3. Big s
    I like the box, not as much as the 1/72 one though.
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  5. MKT
    Now this fighter gives me the vibes of.. a Space Battleship Yamato jet fighter? Or an Ultraman jet. Perhaps I can expect it to land on Mazinger Z's head & form the brain lol.
  6. sh9000
    https://delta17.myshopify.com Delta-17 figures.
  7. Black Valkyrie
  8. sh9000
    Where did you buy it?
  9. MKT
    I was curious about Triple Jim because it seems much time has passed without any news. It could be the project has been shelved for time being since there's been no updates. Action Toys is affliated to Pose+, via Awaken Studios. I always enjoy the videos this studio puts out, as the designer explains the design philosophy behind the stuff they put out, and so for better or worse we can appreciate why certain aspects of the toys are what they are. I wish Bandai would do more of these sorts of communication behind their Macross products, but alas the rare ones they do are usually some light fluff segments or interviews.
  10. MKT
    Got a cheapo 1/36 VW Beetle from a thrift sale to complement the 3rd party Transcraft BB. Initially wanted to get another Transcraft for alt mode - love the sculpt, but mold is plaque with QC issues so just leaving it in bot-mode only.
  11. sh9000
    Transformers Generations Studio Series TFTM Scourge x4.
  12. grogall
    Bandai will be rereleasing the HG accessories kit 3-8 in May!
  13. sh9000
  14. nightmareB4macross
  15. nightmareB4macross
    That spring loaded tab is there specifically to keep the front and back halves together in Battroid mode. When pressing it down to disengage from Battroid to fighter it is always best to hold the back plate so you don’t force the metal shoulder hinges to warp and eventually break the plastic clips that keep them in place. Plus it keeps the Battroid tighter. If you often mis-operate these parts the front and back halves will get very loose and sloppy over time. And when you pose an arm with the GU-11 pointing forward the two halves will often split and the arm droops down. And as an FYI, a similar clip system is used in the 1/100 Takatoku figures, but the clip is attached to the nosecone underside and has no spring tension. Hope this helps.
  16. nightmareB4macross
    Looks like we got a new update.
  17. treatment

    1/55's revisited

    treatment replied to kanata67's topic in Toys

    As such, here's Wotafa demonstrating his "own way" of untabbing/disconnecting the peg by pushing it down with his forefinger starting at the 13:14 time-stamp (turn on english-subs for context): snapshots: That is the process that you and Betsuni discovered, right? Or at least, close to it? I know I've both read and watched some fan/fans detailing or at least noticing that particular part some years ago before, but I can't seem to find it anymore right now. Maybe it's in one of the old MWF threads back in the day. Maybe in this very thread itself since this thread has been active since 2005... 😅
  18. azrael
    I think Chromebooks and the cheap Windows laptops just got serious competition with this release. Schools looking at un-tethering their students from Google could probably do it with the Neo. College students who only need the bare essential laptop could also use this one (let's face it, kids these days will use the phone more than anything). You are not gaming on the Mac. Period. But parents wanting to limit their kids to school work, videos, web. This is that laptop. And you are not the target demographic for this device. Dell consumer or enterprise (i.e. servers)? And Dell and Lenovo sent out notices that prices would be increasing in March. I see the Air (M4 or M5) as the "traveling-work-laptop" now. It's lightweight and can do professional workloads for brief periods. The Neo feels like the M1 Air replacement. The "Couch computer" would be a good take on the MB Neo. After using my M3 Air (and an Intel-based Air before that), the Air feels like the best everyday-worker's laptop. I've had family say they would upgrade to the Neo because the use-case matches exactly what they want. If you are planning on going iPhone, the iPhone 17 (no Pro, no Air) is the best bang-for-buck. Unless you need more lens for those perfect shots, the Pro is overkill. The Air's only selling point is the thin-ness. The new 17e is an upgrade to the children's or older parents' phone. It works and it's cheap, but there's better options.
  19. Roy Focker
    Latest was probably the best episode of the season. A legitimate good episode. I still question the intelligence of Star Fleet. Earlier on in the episode the command staff start sharing notes trying to guess what the bad guy's plan is. It is pretty obvious. You'd have to be a complete idiot not to figure it out. They're bunch of idiots.
  20. treatment
    Bummer. That's been the bane of Macross collecting since, well, forever, I guess. Neither Arcadia nor Bandai really provide any global support for their toys. Only jp-residents get support. We foreigners may get some occassional courtesy-support like Arcadia's, but your experience seems to have ended even that courtesy. As such, we're all stuck with only respective jp-shop "support", with really only returns/refunds within certain times after purchase-date. If even at all...
  21. treatment
    Most likely missed it, but is it easier or more convenient or less pricey for you to get that CostCo prebuilt you linked earlier than building one yourself?
  22. Papa Rat
    Built up a tiny PKA with my kiddo. I really like these 1/35 Artpla MaK kits. They usually come two or three per box so you can give one to a friend or build them up with optional gear/parts that they come with. Great value and smart fool proof construction that has creative peg shapes so there is no guess work. Mak for dummies. Hahaha
  23. David Hingtgen
    I am due for a new phone... Any upcoming iPhones have a better camera (read: zoom/night performance) on the lower-end versions? "ultra-super-duper-wide panoramic selfie" is of zero use, but if there's a second lens, that's what it's for. "optical zoom" is only ever present as a third lens on the highest-end version. But really, it should be the first, default lens. (because the actual default lens for about every iPhone ever is zoomed out to 0.75 or so--it's not even "reality", just giving me 1:1 zoom compared to what I see in real life would be an improvement)
  24. Slave IV

    1/55's revisited

    Slave IV replied to kanata67's topic in Toys

    Ok, yeah, it doesn’t “launch” the tab out with spring action like the missiles in the gunpod😂. It just releases it so you don’t have to use force to pull it out. But as you mentioned, it was also probably designed to reduce stress and breakage even if you don’t press down to release.
  25. treatment

    1/55's revisited

    treatment replied to kanata67's topic in Toys

    Yeah, I know. It does have a spring in the assembly of it. But it doesn't do any springy-action when you push down to disconnect it. I can only guess that Takatoku engineers figured out that it helps in easier alignment connection and cuts down on structural breakage by isolating it.
  26. sketchley
    Yeah, that was where I was coming from when I brought it up. It's old and decrepit enough to look like it's been around much longer than the Macross 7 City Ship it's attached to, and Macross Chronicle's description is pretty suggestive... Thanks. I didn't really look at it that way—gotta break out those meme's about Macross 7 having everything, again! This adds so much. Not only the out-of-universe evolution of Fold Quartz, but also suggests so much about the in-universe discovery and initial exploration of the material's capabilities. The other line of thinking I had is "what real-world situation or country was Kawamori-san basing it off of?," as he is quite concerned about justifying fictitious things (E.g. the "dancing Battroids" in Macross Delta to justify manned transforming humanoid robots when a drone jet would suffice.) The coal-mines is admittedly a blink-and-you-miss-it, throw-away line that I'm probably overthinking, as it's goal was most likely only to justify the need for the YVF project in Macross Plus. Agreed. While the Master File books hold a bit more weight (as Kawamori-san was directly involved as a "supervisor"), ultimately they are glorified fan fic. And as Kawamori-san has said himself: each Macross production is a dramatization made in-universe about real events, the same holds true for the Master File books (as in-universe publications—that may or many not be fanciful extrapolations—about "real" events, technology, and equipment!)
  27. Slave IV

    1/55's revisited

    Slave IV replied to kanata67's topic in Toys

    I don’t have any Takatoku or early Bandai chunkys easily accessible to see but from the pictures I’ve looked at and SH saying he has it on his Jetfire, I’m assuming it must have been an original design that was on all of them. You can see in this picture that @jvmacrossshared of his Strike Valk, that it seems to have the same design. So that tab sticking out, push from the top (above it) down (towards the black screw) and you should notice it is spring loaded. I’m definitely also curious if it is not on some versions. Again, that would be very interesting since every write up I’ve seen that mentions differences in the various releases has never made any mention of that clip and if they were aware of it, surely thy would have mentioned the existence or non existence of it.
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