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  2. Black Valkyrie
    No please no.
  3. Black Valkyrie
    https://www.toyark.com/2025/06/27/console-heroes-sega-genesis-cartridge-dioramas-565977
  4. Test_Pilot_2
    Here's where it ended up going and some other retro eye candy.
  5. Test_Pilot_2
    Added MUSHA with the display collection up top with some of my other favorites.
  6. Old_Nash_II
    https://screenrant.com/transformers-movie-michael-bay-director-return/ Not everything is victory
  7. Today
  8. Dynaman
    I think you nailed it there. The modern look just doesn't work with this particular story.
  9. Bolt
    This may create a fever dream of possibilities in Hollywood. Someone might be thinking, "now's our chance.." I was never too excited over the live action idea. Between the manga and the anime. It's as good as it could ever be. IMO. But the wasteland of creativity in the film industry surely has some execs pondering the renewed potential. Whether we like it or not.
  10. Thom
    Never interested in the anime, but having it go back to the original publisher could be the best thing. I think it would do better in the smaller Japanese market where there would be far more of a fan-base. Bringing it over here just got it lost amid the Hollywood Shuffle. Plus, if it was made here, you'd probably have another Ghost in the Shell, with its divisive reception.
  11. Old_Nash_II started following AKIRA LIVE ACTION MOVIE = Life Support?
  12. Old_Nash_II
    Great Simon Furman's Ghost Akira is dead! https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/akira-rights-up-for-grabs-warner-bros-1236299695/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLMwmRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFZb1ZiS2t4c1VyZUNxQWRTAR7d7iQowLz4NPWx2CS6KSNHJC5AzEK-aUsRCJCetxp4W_VD6GbnA8ICeCXukQ_aem_xyAcdIkEBFMMSv73skIe6w
  13. jvmacross
    I wonder if BBTS is taking any hit from this shipment in terms of an import tax?
  14. jvmacross
    Thanks for posting this....
  15. Pontus started following Macross in the weirdest places
  16. Big s
    It’s gonna be tough to get the look since most anime these days looks too clean. The old one had a gritty look that helped sell the apocalyptic feel. As far as story, I think that’s really gonna be up to the writers. One thing I’ve noticed with a lot of these retro shows making comebacks or reboots is that the majority don’t feel like they were worth the trouble and that the original often is still the better choice. But sometimes it’s still fun to see them try.
  17. sh9000
    Super7 O-Ring Back to the Future and Universal Monsters.
  18. sh9000
    Lucky. I haven't received my Zentraedi figure or 1/12 Max.
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  21. sh9000
    SDCC.
  22. PixelatedShinobi started following Macross Books
  23. PixelatedShinobi
    Got a very nice assortment of artbooks, manga, and LNs today! At some point in the future, I'd love to scan some of this, the 30 artbook and Nyan Dora especially. Alto Meets Sky is gorgeous enough that it /has/ to be shared. Unfortunately, I don't have proper scanning equipment, and I'd also ideally like to find second copies of them to take apart. For now, they'll be personal treasures. I'm very excited to have a copy of Wired Warrior, included in the short story collections! In image: Macross 30 Complete Visual Guide Macross F The Wings of Farewell Official Complete Book Macross F Nyan Dora Macross Frontier Diaries Macross Frontier Memories
  24. PixelatedShinobi
    The "Nome" theming might also be a connection drawn to everyone's favorite (mine, at least) Galactic Fairy?
  25. treatment
    here's the new McD-jpn nostalgia-bait ad using at least three beloved 80's anime series... https://x.com/McDonaldsJapan/status/1938416994446958647 web-translated: here's the direct link to the video if you prefer... edit: apparently coz it's the 100th anniversary of the Showa era in Japan this year...
  26. grundee
    Looks like if you ordered from BBTS you will be getting the figure.
  27. David Hingtgen
    I often run with the side of the case off, so lots of air...
  28. Mommar
    Thanks for the update. Odd the Walmart one is a full month later.
  29. Dynaman
    I'm thinking more of the content - it was the quintessential late seventies / early eighties apocalypse universe with martial arts thrown in. I can't see them getting the vibe correct any longer.
  30. mikeszekely
    Who is, of course, Commander-class Long Haul. Where the the first three Constructicons were slightly improved but pretty similar to their Combiner Wars cousins, thankfully, that's not at all the case for Long Haul. I don't think that saying Long Haul was the worse of the Combiner Wars Constructicons is a particularly controversial statement. He had a huge upper body with dinky little arms and thick-but-stumpy legs, and a weird transformation that made his shins part of his bed but had him wearing the majority of it like a cape. Studio Series Long Haul is still a thicker boy than the skinny cartoon model, but with proportions that are more swole than "giant baby." With black arms and no silver anywhere but his face his colors are more cartoon accurate, too. There are some flaps on his back, but nothing like the Combiner wars version. If we're being technical the animation model doesn't have the wheels on his legs; I do wish they had hinges to fold against his calves, but it's far from the worst thing ever. It kind of feels like nitpicking to even bring it up, but then again I could just be cutting him slack because he's such an improvement over the CW version. I mean, look at this! Opening his front is a necessary step in transforming him, but the designers went the extra mile and included some molded engine details that they even painted silver. Long Haul comes with a pistol that's, oddly, in two parts, a green handle/receiver and a black barrel. I've also decided that the rest of the accessories in the box are also Long Haul's; you've got Devastator's hips and thighs, the center portion of his chest shield and the two wings (which do, by the way, have tabs that fit into slots on Scrapper so you can have the flying loader mode), and Devastator's forearms/hands. The Devastator parts all fit together in a non-Devastator fashion. Lift the hip skirts and move the thighs into a sitting position, where you can then tab the skirts into the thighs. The kibble on his butt will wrap around under the thighs and between the knees. Then the center of the chest shield uses a pair of tabs to plug into the hip skirts, while the wings fit onto tabs on the sides of the thighs. The fists fold into the forearms, then pegs that fold out the backs of the hands plug into peg holes on the top of the kibble wrap. It's like a little trailer. I wouldn't say I needed his combiner parts to be a trailer, but it's a handy way to keep them all together at least. In fact, I think my only complaint is that there's nowhere to store the Devastator gun parts that came with Scrapper on the trailer. Getting back to Long Haul himself, it's not just his looks that have improved. His articulation is much better as well. His head is hinged, so he can't really look up or tilt his head sideways, and he can only look a little. His head does swivel, though. His shoulders rotate and move slightly over 90 degrees laterally. His elbows are ball joints, so he can actually bend his elbows forward 90 degrees and not just waggle them sideways, plus the ball joint doubles as a bicep swivel. No waist swivel or wrist swivels, though. His hips can go forward, backward, and laterally 90 degrees, and his thighs swivel. His knees are interesting. There's a joint behind the red panels that you can use as a knee that bends over 90 degrees, with a skinny "thigh" behind the truck bed. However, Hasbro seems to have intended that as a transformation joint, and gave him another, separate hinge below the red panel. That one, due to the tires on the backs of his leg, gets less than 90 degrees, though. So why not use both, and get nearly 180 degrees of bend? Lastly there's his feet, which don't tilt up or down but do have 90 degrees of ankle pivot. Long Haul holds his gun without issue in either hand. He lacks any other storage for it in robot mode. SS86 Long Haul's transformation is a bit closer to the G1 toy than the Combiner Wars toy. His head tucks into his chest, but you have to open it to make room, and his chest folds up. His legs fold around to become the truck bed. And his arms tuck underneath, but they fold up in an unusual way with the fists pointing backward instead of toward the front. Long Haul's alt mode is pretty good. There's a bit of a gap between his feet and backpack that don't quite sell the idea that the "hood" over the cab is actually part of the bed, and there are gaps along the sides where his shoulder joints have to fit through. Speaking of the bed, it doesn't look like he'll be hauling all that much since they're full of robot leg. But his arms are tucked away nicely, and the cab, grill, lights, and smokestack details are all cartoon accurate. There's a little space between Long Haul's legs, and you can capture a purple hook on the trailer in that space so Long Haul can pull the trailer. Again, not something I necessarily needed, but it's at least some attempt to integrate Devastator's parts. As for his own gun, you simply plug the handle into a 5mm port on either side of his bed. I'll cut right to the chase... yes, I recommend SS86 Long Haul. He's such an improvement over the Combiner Wars version that he justifies the entire Commander set, and then with Long Haul and Hook at this scale you might as well buy the other four- two of whom aren't out and I haven't even reviewed yet. Yeah, Long Haul is good enough to make you replace all your Constructicons. But should you actually replace Devastator? Unfortunately, we're going to have to wait for Mixmaster and Scavenger before I can answer that.
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