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  2. Big s
    The only thing I found on scale was the bbts listing it as 8 inches tall. Not sure if that counts head lasers or not. It sounds like somewhere between 1/72 and hmr scale wise
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  4. MacrossMania
    I love the backlighting effect of the first image up top. Most shelf displays suffer from the classic overhead lighting effect. Too much glare, monochromatic setting, vanilla display. By choosing backlighting from below, you've enhanced the drama noticeably. Very cool. A big fan. Never seen that before. But I noticed you've done that with the others as well. Unless there's some magic of photography I'm missing, you have a clear grasp of light contrasts. For this reason, it's the best shelf display in tight spaces I've ever seen. (Anybody can do large spaces, that's child's play.). Bravo.
  5. Radioguy
    Obviously. Scale was the basis of my initial posts long ago saying they must be different, and that was why they could co-exist, but I remember someone saying they were the same (here or on TFW). They attempted to eviscerate my argument that there can't be two licensees for matching products (brand, scale, articulation, materials, etc) in the same market as it would potentially leave a licensor liable to litigation when each complains the other is undermining sales. So, TZ don't list a scale? Interesting. I guess we'll see if they are significantly different when you post a video of TZ and KC standing side-by-side. Hopefully that video won't have to be played subsequently in a courtroom. Still, I thought the burden lies on the company to restrict licenses, or else the outcome I described would happen constantly and tie up the courts. I mean, why would a company seek a license to produce the same product as an existing licensee in a market already saturated by them, and especially when the licensor would grant the same license again the following day to create an additional competitor in the same market? It's not quite wholly analogous, but I always think of franchisers and franchisees when thinking of this topic. In point, how many franchisees have sued franchisers for over-saturating a market, unknowing to a potential franchisee, with that new franchisee discovering sales are poor due to other franchises in the same market being awarded before or subsequently. I guess we'll see how the product quality is. It's gotta be better plastic than KC, but those heads and that chunk...we'll see. KC has set the bar on including additional features. It would be a shame if TZ doesn't meet that bar, and if Bandai doesn't pad theirs to compete (If anything, they've reduced included accessories, so likely not). I'm surprised KC hasn't done strike part sets available separately. Perhaps they will to squeeze some more money if they will be winding down at some point.
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  7. jenius
    TZ I believe are "non scale" and KC are advertised as 1/72 but are technically too big for that. Scale only matters when exclusive licenses are purchased. Usually it's the toy company that would want the license to be exclusive to limit competition. They could limit it by lots of ways: region, MSRP, scale, or even be the exclusive provider of toys altogether. The license holder charges more depending on how tight a hold the licensee wants on the property.
  8. Big s
    Hobo Cop
  9. Dinosaur
    So wait, you guys had to wait in line for a ticket for an autograph. Then ANOTHER line to get the autograph? Why can't we just buy the ticket online? And how much do these tickets usually go for?
  10. Valkyrie Hunter D
    Same here, and I've read that physical English releases will eventually be made, just not by the same publisher for the Asian ones. Still waiting on Scramble Vice though.
  11. Paco Grande
    My very limited understanding of the licensing is that it may be per scale or something. KC is 1/72 scale isn't it? TZ is 1/60. So they may both have the license at the same time. I'm not sure why more than one company can't have the license at the same time anyway. As long as they are all paying the license fees why would the license owner care? I'm pleased that TZ are eventually releasing the M&M 1Js since Bandai DX seems to be slow on that front. I'm hoping they eventually do the super packs as well. Especially for the M&M 1J valks. If I like the TZ products enough I was planning on skipping the DX versions to save some money.
  12. jenius
    Looks like there has to be overlap. The TZ is now shipping in May but KC has the GBP and metallic VF-1 scheduled for after that.
  13. MacrossMania
    Awesome collection. I have a couple of these.
  14. Radioguy

    Hi-Metal R

    Radioguy replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Alright, if that stuff came out anytime soon, I might shift some money back from DX savings.
  15. Radioguy
    I know it hasn't been mentioned lately, but are we certain that KC's license has zero impact on the TZ situation? I know I had thought KC needed to wrap things up on valks for TZ to take over (but I was disabused from believing that by several folks). Likewise, I know KC is announcing more figures and Zentradi stuff, and still wondered if that might be a needed shift as TZ is getting close to getting their valks out. I guess it will be put to rest once TZ ships, and if KC still has theirs up for sale.
  16. Radioguy
    OOS, yeah? I still haven't seen the link. Gotta be frank, I had imagined years ago how cool it would be to have a diecast Prime at that scale, and this doesn't seem to disappoint. I do want one.
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  18. no3Ljm
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  21. no3Ljm
    Yeah. Too bad, P-Bandai US doesn't adjust their price. Their 1:100 conversion been like that ever since no matter how high or low the Yen is. Hobby-Genki has it for Y49350. But it got sold out the moment it went live. For some reason, Anime-Export didn't carry this web exclusive item. But if you're interested, Nin-Nin-Game has it for Y54990. However, the page still says 'Soon available' on the button even though the given PO start time already had past. You can probably try and do those 'notify me' buttons just in case. Hope that helps. Good luck!
  22. mikeszekely
    I actually had one ready to check out, but I was very on the fence. I kept getting an error, decided it was a sign, and gave up.
  23. electric indigo
    Apparently, converting the 1/20 Valkyrie into Battroid is too easy, so let's just use it as a figure base.
  24. Seto Kaiba
    Well, two reasons. Practical effects were the only real option when the first three movies were made, and that made alien characters very expensive as they either required prosthetic makeup or an uncomfortable and downright unsafe full-body costumes. (Consider the hell Tony Daniels and Peter Mayhew had to go through playing C-3PO and Chewbacca.) The other reason is that it's a bit of truth in television. At the time the original three films were made, many combat roles in the armed forces of most nations were not open to women. That didn't start to change in the real world until a few years after [i]Return of the Jedi[/i] came out, when Norway and Israel opened all combat roles to female troops. Other nations like the US and UK only relaxed those restrictions in the 2010s. There was similar thing going on in the original Star Trek, with the network rejecting the "The Cage" pilot in part because they felt having women in prominent positions of military(-esque) authority was not believable at the time it was made (1964). Like any other work of fiction, Star Wars is very much reflects the era in which it was made. Even though the prequels are set before the original trilogy, they were made after it and reflect the societal values of a later day. The same will be true for The Acolyte, sure as sure.
  25. sh9000
    Was busy at work and totally forgot about it. It's ok though since they were $80 each. The mainline version with the trailer that doesn't transform is listed at EE for $5.99.
  26. weiser21
    $420, pretty steep.
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  28. Big s
    Nice, if an English version for the switch comes up I’ll buy it. I’ve never actually played it and always wanted to
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