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Hopefully a third party upgrade comes out that addresses the chess void and the leg attachment. The large derriere doesn't bother me too much, even '86 Prime has a big butt.

Not a licensed one, anyway. Most likely because he'll be a heavy re-tool of Vortex, and the way he transforms makes it easier to make his heels and toes thrusters instead of making his toes each one and his heels each half of one with a hump for a smaller one. Wrist-mounted flamethrower. Anyway, my thought seeing this artwork is that I need Hasbro to tell me that they're doing toy colors sooner rather than later. While I prefer OX/toy decos of the Scramble City gang in combined mode in general, I can live with Sunbow for Superion, Menasor, and Defensor. I HATE Sunbow Bruticus, though. Blue legs and silver chest or bust.

Wow, it's like a missing link VF, awesome!

The short answer to all of your questions is that there is no singular "they" like this sentence suggests. There are many local NUNS branches, each with their own requirements and constraints. To further complicate matters, there are non-NUNS outfits like SMS and XAOS that may have their own objectives as well. The federal NUNS on Earth adopted the VF-24 and redacted and tuned down specs were then broadcast out to the colonies to do whatever they wanted with. Some would presumably just build per those exact specs, some would ignore them and use other VFs or all-ghost fleets, and some would use those specs as a jumping-off point for their own designs. Frontier was in that last category. Their local government decided to develop the VF-25 because they wanted a VF to meet their own requirements and because they had the resources to do so. The local government in the Brisingr cluster chose to develop the VF-31 mostly in an attempt to kick-start their economy, which was in somewhat of a sorry state due to their isolation in a backwater corner of the galaxy. Since the Brisingr Alliance NUNS was not the same entity as the Frontier NUNS, they (Brisingr) couldn't just use the VF-25. They (Brisingr) would have to either buy completed fighters outright from Frontier, or more likely, pay license fees to build them locally.

Got my shipping notice for the tread from Yoyaku- about $52 to ship DHL, so not as bad as I thought it might end up being.

Yeah this kit is tiny at 1/35 and I’m doing a straight build which allows me to progress rather quickly. I may add a base to this which will haven’t done before. Maybe add a 1/35 scale animal buddy in there if I can find one in time? I'm also excited to see your build. Make sure and post some progress shots. 👍

Cool perch @Mog!

These all look really cool Definitely a wild amount of work and it’s definitely paying off

You’re like a machine. I started my project a couple weeks ago and barely where I can start painting. The mods I added were extremely minor, nothing time consuming, but I’m definitely at a slower pace. Can’t wait to see your project done

I can vouch for Kicks Generation Toys. I purchased a MoShow Toys figure from them and I came in perfect condition. Shipping was fast, packaging was good, no damage to the box or the figure. Shipping for the Pose+ Legioss should be free from them, orders over $250 get free shipping.

Takara 101: When designing craft that fly or go into space, there will be zero regard for accuracy or faithfulness to the actual design, or general design, of said craft. Moreover, we at Takara believe it is an imperative, a hallmark of our approach if you will, to egregiously ignore actual design traits, to pile as much robot kibble onto the underside of the craft (you know, the part that everyone on the ground actually sees when it's flying), to avoid integrating arms if at all possible (b/c TF fans LOVE jets with arms hanging off the sides), and in general put forth the minimum effort to integrate bot parts seamlessly within the confines of said craft's fuselage. Additionally, whenever possible, we will strive to have minimal to no functional landing gear, as TF fans seem very pleased when only the merest suggestion or better! no suggestion of anything recognizable as landing gear exists on our flying alt modes. Indeed, history indicates that the further we travel from accuracy regarding flying craft alts, the more praise our fans heap on them. Look no further than our magnum opus, MP-52 Starscream for its many blatant departures from accuracy in F-15 mode. It's deliciously terrible which means the fans will embrace it all the more. Or any Silverbolt figure we've ever made (we'll throw in SR-71s too), as the amount of bot that we throw on the bottom seems directly proportional to the adulation of the fandom. We must certainly be doing it right! Regarding the art, indeed, why would the engines be firing when the hand is right there in the blast zone? I guess the artist felt it made for a more dramatic look, b/c physics doesn't matter. Rule of cool, I guess.

Looks great. Can you remind me what tabletop game these are for?

I had thought the NUNS adopted the VF-24, of which the VF-25 was a detuned "Share-Valkyrie" that was sent for free to emigrant fleets and colonies and the VF-26 made by Macross Olympia went nowhere. The VF-24 was described as so powerful and versatile that I can't imagine the NUNS getting rid of it only a decade or so after its adoption.

Hi, so recently I've been re reading the vf master files and had some doubts maybe you guys can help me with. My main doubt is with the transition from the VF-25 to the VF-31. I have some explanations on why NUNS never adopted the vf-25 and instead decided to develop the VF-31 series, but they do not seem quite convincing to me. I would like you guys to correct me if I made any wrong assumptions and perhaps help me to fill in the blanks. Machine translation has come a long way but it is ambiguous or outright wrong sometimes. The way I interpreted the VF-25 and VF-31 master files was that 1.NUNS never widely adopted the vf 25 and derivatives limiting it to select units, however colonies and especially migration fleets truly adopted it in scale. 2.At the same time NUNS still was searching for a cheaper, mas produced aircraft with increased flexibility. The VF-31 A was supposed to fulfill this role and incorporate the multi-mission pack. 3.Following the deployment of the yf-29 they started also looking for a 5.5 or 6th gen platform (project hyper nova). Hence the vf-31S and the vf-31AX were developed. My main question would be why they did not adopt the vf 25 in order to fulfill the vf-31A role and why they decided to pursue the VF-31 project despite already having invested resources on the 25 and the triangle project. I can understand the idea of the project "hyper nova" in order to have some edge against possible rivals, but for the general-purpose machine It still seems a little incoherent. So far, the explanations I was able to find are the following: -Perhaps it was because the 25 was too expensive as it mentions NUNS was looking for a more cost-effective option. But thought the VF-31 master file I could not find any mentions to cost saving measures, so it seems it could be as expensive as the 25. -Another theory is that it is because of the hi-lo mix. As it says in the master file, adopting the 31 series allow to have both aircraft deployed together with increased interoperability and somewhat of a deterrence factor. However, reading the "Variable Fighter Generations" section on the Vf-25 master file, it says that NUNS already considered the VF-171 and VF-25 an adequate hi-lo mix. Perhaps the massive 171 losses on the vajara war proved them wrong. -My last explanation (and this is a personal theory) is that Shinshei and General Galaxy are able to start their ow internal projects without needing a request from the NUNS or their funds. Given how decentralized the Galaxy is they could just develop the VF-31 series on their own, with their own resources and without the need for a NUNS request or them even buying the thing. This would also explain why General Galaxy/SV works were able to fund, develop and build the SV-262 and SV-303 on their own. Also, one thing I find a little weird is that NUNS never seems to fully adopt anything past 2059, although In the 31 and 31 AX master file it present some units thata dop these machines It is never widespread adoption. I understand this lore is only semiofficial and that in macross narrative always comes first. But I would like to know if I misunderstood or if I'm missing something. Perhaps on the next installment of the franchise we are going to see the venerable vf-171 getting hammered (again) by the bad guys in the first episode. PD: sorry for the long post

This is ~3.5 months of 3d modelling work. Translating metal mini's into 3d prints and updating them to artwork standard has been a blast

Can anyone vouch for Robot Toy Base or Kicks Generation Toys? Both are taking deposits ($20.00) for the POSE+ Legioss. The prices quoted below are more reasonable than BBTS, but these prices don't include S&H: I imagine the final prices will all be within a couple $10 dollars of each other. https://robotoybase.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=8238 USD439.9 + shipping charge by airmail https://www.kicksgenerationtoys.com/collections/pose USD475.00 + S&H

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I think the Sentinel toy line is the ultimate Mospeada collection. The best yet, and the definitive one. Quality, design, engineering, color, aesthetics, fidelity, etc etc... Well done, Sentinel.

Hahaha, I've also been saving Macross 7 for the exercise bike. My wife loved SDFM, Macross II, and Macross Plus, but after about six or seven episodes of Basara and Planet Dance, she vetoed Macross 7 off the big screen. I didn't appreciate it as much back in the '90s, but the character art in M7 is really spectacular.

I think there's a directed purpose for that development.

Orion and Canis

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Itano circuses at the ready:

Up at AE as well now: https://anime-export.com/index.php?product=95195