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I don’t know yet whether I’ll make a limited batch of Legioss using resin and 3D filament, or put it on MakerWorld.

Don't get me wrong, I love my Sentinel Legioss, but transforming it always kinda scares me, given that I actually managed to break the diecast hip joint on a green Sentinel legioss a few yers ago. So, I'm always super nervous when transforming them.

I'm actually super excited about the upcoming TakaraTomy Toyrise Mospeada toys. I think they are actually my most anticipated toys of 2026 so far. And I'm glad they are making new variations of the Legioss design, not just the same TV versions that every company releases. And they may even release the TV versions later, I don't mind the Toyrise Legioss are a bit smaller and more toylike than other company's Legioss toys. Hopefully, the Toyrise will be fun to handle and play with and easy to transform. For those wanting more detailed, larger and complicated versions of the Legioss we have the Sentinel versions as well as the upcoming Pose+ toy. The only thing that bugs me a bit about the Toyrise Legioss is the Crossbone Vanguard style Shot Lance weapon on the green Legioss. Given that it appears to be an Early Warning/AWACS radar type mecha, that should be operating in a support role and avoiding direct combat, I'm not sure why they have given it what appears to be a short range/melee weapon.

Thanks. Luckily I didn't have to do all that work as this is the GFF Metal Composite Wing Gundam.

My name is my real name. And my avatar is from the Yoshiyuki Takani box art from the Wave 1:72 scale VF-17S/D vinyl battroid mode garage kit. I chose this image as the VF-17D/S is one of my all time favorite VFs and Yoshiuki Takani is one of my favorite Macross box art artists.

Loving this one so far

I’m really digging the color! ♥️

Studio Series toys continue to trickle out. I'm still waiting for the two that you really want to hear about, but for now, here's Voyager-class Transformers One Alpha Trion. Well, the new Voyager toy definitely has a bit more detail than the Prime Changers version. The thighs are more accurate, the armor on his chest is colored more correctly (though still missing some details), plus his shoulder pads are asymmetric and one of his horns is broken to better resemble Trion as the heroes found him It's a case of two steps forward, one step back, though, as the Voyager version is missing the kneecaps on both shins as well as the ankle armor, details that the Prime Changer did have. His alt mode paws are better hidden, as is his alt mode head, which reduces his backpack to a more screen-accurate (and, again, asymmetric) hump. Another nice touch is that they added some of the moss that was growing on him in the film. It's most noticeable on his back and shoulders, because that's where they took the time to paint it. Frustratingly, though, if you look you can see some molded on his legs and forearms, too, but the paint budget apparently didn't stretch that far. Alpha Trion comes with a whip-like accessory, similar to the Prime Changer, except instead of being a painted hard plastic it's a rubbery translucent pink. Note the spikes on the end- they're removable (actually not attached out of the box), which will come into play later. It's a dang shame that he doesn't have the cape he had in the movie. If you need a little refresher, the Prime Changers line of figures that were roughly Deluxe-sized, but a little simpler than a Legacy or Studio Series Deluxe, for $5 less than a Deluxe. Similar to an Earthspark or Cyberverse Deluxe, which despite their name were also a little simpler and cheaper than the more regular lines. Why am I bringing this up? Because Trion here is a Voyager, in an age where Voyagers have gone up to $43, a little over twice the price of a Prime Changer. So what's that extra cash get you, besides a slightly bigger figure with a bit more detail (where they didn't subtract it)? Trion's head is on a ball joint like the PC figure, and has similar range. His shoulders can swivel and move laterally 90 degrees, which is similar to the Prime Changer. His bicep swivels, his elbow bends 90 degrees, and although he doesn't have a waist swivel his entire forearm swivels just below the elbow... same as the Prime Changer. His waist swivels (same), and his hips can go slightly over 90 degrees forward, 45 degrees backward, and 90 degrees laterally... which I'll call another draw (Voyager has slightly more range forward, but half the backward range). His thighs swivel, and his knees bend 90 degrees, so again, same. And then there's his ankles, which have no pivot at all. Now, ankle pivots have been pretty standard in various Generations brands since Siege in 2019, and it's become very prevalent in the Studio Series. I'm inclined to complain when a $25 (now $27) Deluxe doesn't have ankles, it's flat out unacceptable on a toy that costs over $40... especially because the Prime Changers version does have proper ankle pivots! Trion can hold his whip in either hand. Although there are some 5mm ports on his butt, shoulders, and the sides of his knees, there's only the handle on the whip so no storage. So Trion's budget didn't go to a ton of accessories or better articulation... did it go to better engineering? Not really! A lot of the transformation is the same as the Prime Changers toy! In both cases you shift the shin armor over the thigh and bend the foot so it's still flat on the ground, in both cases you turn the forearms inward 90 degrees and plug the shoulders in (though on the Voyager you can at least open the forearm to swivel in the robot hand and swivel out the claws). In both cases the backpack shifts up. The Voyager's chest does open up, though, allowing you to fold out the beast head and tuck in the robot head. In both cases the weapon is plugged on to become the tail. It is slightly more advance engineering, sure, but the kind you might expect going from a Prime Changer to a Deluxe... and with more partsforming! All the spikes have to come off of the whip. The big one goes into the beast forehead, while the smaller ones go into the shoulders and hips. Despite the slightly more complex engineering, the beast mode suffers many of the same flaws as the Prime Changer. The beast head is still stuck looking downward. The insides of the shoulders still plug onto pegs coming out of his armpits, locking them in place and hampering the beast mode articulation. The rear legs are worse than the Prime Changer... it at least had a joint to bend the bottom of his lower legs into a more digitigrade stance. The Voyager simply has you bend his toes up, which makes him look a bit awkward to me. The moss is, again, a nice touch, the translucent pink is more accurate for the tail and horn, and the spikes from the shoulders and hips are also more screen accurate. The beast head can open it's mouth, and the tail plugs into a port on a hinge for a bit more articulation there... but with the shoulders and upper arms locked, he's just got a little arm swivel and elbow bend in this mode. The hips and knees technically have the same range of motion as before, but like I said without the additional digitigrade ankle there's not a lot of posing he can do and remain standing, let alone look decent. At a Voyager price tag, especially the $7-increased price tag, Alpha Trion's kind of a ripoff. They made him superficially more screen accurate, but quit painting too soon and left out some details. The engineering is an improved take on the Prime Changer toy that costs half of what this guy does. But most unforgivably, he's got worse articulation in the ankles than the previous toy, and that's just not acceptable anymore at this price. Skip this one. Even if you've got an interest in the TFOne cast, you can console yourself with the fact that Alpha Trion wasn't even in the film that long.

I keep getting that VT-1 email too.

This movie felt like it was made by people who don't understand why we like Tron.

That they are. And, yeah, if you want a more cartoon-accurate MP Bruticus from Magic Square, that'll definitely do it. It's a pretty easy pass for me, though. I love Magic Square's Bruticus, but I'm in this weird place where I like my Combaticons to be cartoon-accurate, because the cartoon shaped my perceptions of them, but I strongly prefer a more toy-style combined mode. I think I spent too much time looking at Bruticus on those checklists that used to come with the toys... I might have bought it anyway, if they'd included a few more options I do want, like a gun for the combined mode (they made one for the Legends toy, why not the MP?), or a new head for Blast Off with purple eyes instead of a purple forehead.

Work on the Bronco II continues. Base coat, panel lines and decals done. Surprisingly the 42 year old decals held up perfectly after a coat of gloss Mod Podge - 0 breakage! Next it was time to dirty her up a bit. One of my favourite things about anime mecha is the fact that, because they are imagined, there is a lot more freedom in weathering them. Here is a first pass with an oil dot filter. You can see the difference between the fuselage which has the filter and the engines without: And here the engines have been done: Next up some selective paint chipping.Not sure which technique I'll use for that yet. I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.

Cool project! Any plans to make your STL files available in case anyone else what's to print this? Carl

ah, finally watched it. Well you could have labeled this almost like any other title of a sci fi movie and it would still be fairly generic. it was the least TRON looking film of the 3, it was bland, I didn't think the music was any good really at all, the acting was subpar and generic, I felt absolutely no attachment to any of this like I did with the original film or Legacy, hell even Uprising. It's like Ronning the director, didn't give a crap about what made TRON such a fun movie and just went with whatever would bring in a box office paycheck for Disney and failed. I honestly would not care if I ever watched this movie again. Leto was a bore, Gillian Anderson who I think is usually an awesome actress provided nothing, Greta Lee felt washed out like for someone who's supposed to be this tech genius really didn't do much except run away, and her team had more importance than anyone else but the least amount of screen time. Maybe I'm just being a little rough, but I expected way more for a 15 year wait on a 40 year old story. Yeah, Disney should just stop and don't bother with it anymore....if you're gonna do something, do an adventure game series, or an animated series to utilize the budget better. This just sucked.

Curious how many of those details have to be applied yourself (like decals and paint) and how many of those are already present on the sprue. Regardless, solid pose there.

That’s shaping up super nice!

Also sampled The Villainess is Adored by the Prince of the Neighboring Kingdom and A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans. Both appear to be passable but unremarkable, utterly by-the-numbers examples of the otome game isekai and "normal guy teaches a class at paranormal school" genres respectively. The Villainess is Adored by the Prince of the Neighboring Kingdom is the story of a girl reincarnated in medias res as the villainess in the otome game she was playing when she died by Truck-kun, regaining memories of her past life just before she's due to meet her fate in the usual otome game villainess manner. Her story starts in earnest when her ex-fiance's plans to send her into exile are derailed barely a minute after being voiced by a prince from the neighboring kingdom declaring that he has Always Loved Her and immediately popping the question. It's not bad. It's just... really committed to that formula. A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans is similarly formulaic. Another one of those series about an eccentric but otherwise normal human getting hired to teach at a school for paranormal beings in part because their life kinda-sorta sucks and also because part of the school's curriculum is teaching said paranormal beings how to act human. In this case, the teacher is a guy with social anxiety who quit his job as a regular teacher and is now stuck with a class containing three animal girls and a mermaid. Also not bad, but following its formula so strictly that you'd suspect deviation is published by caning or something.

Box art.

A-Team van.

Cartoon upgrade parts.

Transformers Generations AOTP Crasher.

Walmart. I haven't had any issues receiving anything from them so I'll report when I receive Astrotrain. I also have Studio Series TFTM Thundercracker preordered at Walmart since they listed it cheaper than other stores. Speaking of cheaper prices, Target currently has a sale on Transformers for 20% off.

There are only like 9 macross items on that store right now.

The third episode of Kunon the Sorcerer Can See dropped today. The first two episodes definitely didn't make a good impression and the series definitely started as it meant to go on. Partway through the third episode, I had to pause when I finally found the words to articulate why this series feels wrong. It's not just that the story is a badly written mess barely paying lip service to its own central premise. The combination of its directionless-feeling story and wildly uneven pacing makes it feel like the series is rushing without a destination in mind. Like they're just trying to get through the story as quickly as they can so they can go do something else. For instance, the main character only just started school the previous episode and is already set to graduate in this episode without ever actually attending a class. The school seems to serve no purpose in the story besides providing another group of randos to frantically glaze the protagonist at every turn. It's done so often, and so such ridiculous extremes, that it's actually quite disruptive to the story. I don't think I'll bother watching any further.