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  2. pengbuzz
    I've tried that, and it never worked well for me. I think you'd be better off priming over clean plastic than a surface like that, as the paint has a much better chance of staying on the model!
  3. Dynaman
    1 - Who come and go FAR too freely. Those who actually know the location should have been kept on a very tight leash. 2 - They should have known it exists but not where it is. They are always one step away from being caught. They should also have insisted they not know where the base is. The base also should have had a code name they used instead of "Yavin base". 3 - Those two get a pass even though they were also one step away from getting caught. They were the ones who knew everything (and somebody like that always exists) 4 - He gets a pass too, since he is just a nut. A far more capable nut then the rest of the Rebels too. Andor gets great marks for making more complex characters then Star Wars has had before (Lucas tried with Anakin and boy did he blow it) but it also needs to take the lumps for items where it is lacking. Last note - Even with the minor problems more stories like this is what Star Wars needs right now. Stories about the average(ish) people in the SW universe.
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  5. Papa Rat
    Thanks for the tip. Am I not able to prime right over it?
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    sh9000's collection

    Images added to a gallery album owned by sh9000 in Macross Collections

  8. Big s
    I already mentor in the general streaming section, that this unfortunately has that recent ugly Berserk anime kinda look. Not a fan of this appearance, but might give it a try just to see if it’s totally annoying
  9. mikeszekely
    Sorry. It covers all the US toy releases through Action Masters, then has a big section covering JG1 from Headmasters through Battlestars, before going into G2. It finishes with an "oddities" section that includes a lot of various back-of-package, early concept art, Microchange and Diaclone art, unused G2 art (like Nacho Cheese Jazz, Watermelon Mirage, and Tiger Stripes Grimlock), etc. They mention the UK in the oddities section, but only to show off UK artwork for Grimlock, Slag, Snarl, Blaze, Piranha, Blitz, and Sizzle, plus art of Galvatron that was used for a jigsaw puzzle. That's it. It's like Euro G1 (and Machine Wars) didn't happen). Regarding Superion, well... I'll save it for when I do my final review. I will say, though, that it does make me wonder what they're going to do with Bruticus, though. I mean, I know they're doing the frames and the splitting alt modes for the arms (which I'd give a pass too, except it looks like Vortex will be upside down)*. They could maybe get away with plugging Swindle into the back of a frame, too, given how the Sunbow leg is basically a yellow lump with a purple stripe and not very Jeep or Swindle-y. But Brawl's turret is very obviously the shin, so... do they not do a frame? Do they remove Brawl's turret and plug it on the front side of the frame? Pass it through? I guess time will tell. *Nevermind. While this image from Vortex's instructions leaked: Mark put a photoshoot on Instagram with Vortex rightside-up on Superion's arm. EDIT: Actually, now that I think about it, I think they'll do the frame for the legs but backward, so that Swindle and Brawl plug into the front.
  10. Scyla
    Yes they could, but I think when they designed Superion they still had the mindset that you need to have a playable combiner if you just bought Silverbolt on its own (for $90!!!). You know for the kids that these are supposedly made for. I don’t know why that changed with Devastator but there were probably too many design constraints to make a full skeleton for him or the accepted that only people older than 40 are buying these toys. This is one of the reasons why I like 3rd party Transformers, they don’t have to take so many shortcuts. And soon I will have a Superion and Menasor from FansToys without many shortcuts.
  11. pengbuzz
    If you're planning to paint that model in classic colors, I strongly recommend you strip the metallic finish off it before the attempt. L.A. Totally Awesome!! cleaner removes chrome safely and effectively; just let it soak overnight in it (available at your local Dollar Tree or dollar store).
  12. davidwhangchoi
    trailer teaser
  13. M'Kyuun
    Yeah, the indeterminate window for standard parts deliveries can be frustrating. I dislike that they break them up into bestseller and standard categories in the first place, but then they also charge $7 service fees if a minimal number of parts isn't met, and that goes for each category, so you can end up paying $14 on top of what you're paying for a smaller order. I'd rather my money went towards actual bricks, so I always wait to order when I've got a project requiring, or potentially requiring, enough parts to exceed the service fee limits, as was the case with this last order. The numbers of parts compared to actual numbers I ordered were so random and excessive at times that it raised my antennae. I've never had such an odd experience before with their online Pick-A-Brick. I appreciate the free extra parts though. I'm curious if I'm going to have the same experience with my standard parts. Guess we'll see.
  14. Bolt
    Looks awesome. Very much looking forward to seeing this come together.
  15. M'Kyuun
    Or, now bear with me, they could've taken the extremely radical step of making the leg bots actually become the legs by virtue of their collective forty-plus years of experience designing transforming toys. I figure if they can pull it off with the Constructicons, they can pull it off with other combiners, too, especially if the knee joint is part of a large partsforming waist and thighs, at which point the knee just needs to slot into or otherwise enjoin with the leg bot.
  16. M'Kyuun
    Seconded. Takara could learn a few things by studying Kawamori's design approach. Alas, since they've been taking the same terrible lazy approach to jets for over forty years, I think both the designers and the vast majority of the fandom have become indoctrinated to the idea that robots that transform should be blocky and that those blocky robots that turn into jets should also have an element of blockiness to the alt mode, or should have arms hanging off the sides, barely if at all integrated or disguised as such, with kibbley, uneven, and virtually never smooth, sleek, or aerodynamic lower fuselages in the least. I've mentioned before how Maverick, certainly one of the best looking jetformers in jet mode that Takara has ever made received a great deal of criticism for its robot mode. Given that it takes a number of cues from the VF-1, it just struck me how the same fandom could love Jetfire but heap invective on this figure when the similarities in design are so apparent. Too, fans complained about how skinny or lanky it is b/c they're just so used to seeing a chunky bot with a heavily compromised jet mode that anything that doesn't fit that mold, so to speak, just doesn't compute as a Transformer. Unless there's a sea change at Takara in its approach to jetformers (much like the one that Alex Kubalsky introduced in the early 2000s with his general design approach, still used today), I think we'll just keep seeing more of the same from them and Hasbro by extension. I'm glad I discovered Macross in the 90s; it's been my refuge for excellent transforming plane designs all these years. Touch Toys is impressive for some of their recent releases as well. I have their J-16 (fully licensed) and man is that thing gorgeous with some very impressive engineering, form, and functionality. It hides its transformable nature more effectively than any other transforming jets I own, including my Macross valkyries, if only by a minimal margin in some cases. One caveat, however, is that the valks all have pilots in their fully detailed cockpits whereas the J-16 has neither. In all other respects, however, it's a remarkably realistic and nigh seamless design.
  17. JNordgren42 started following YF-19 Alternate Livery Line Art: USN VF-1 Wolfpack Inspired
  18. JNordgren42
    I'm in the final stages of my Hasegawa 1/48 VF-1S build in low visibility Jolly Rogers livery. I've had a lot of fun with the build and really expanded my repertoire of techniques. It's really rekindled my love of Macross and after rewatching Macross Plus, I really want to do a YF-19 build next. But me being me, I can't do an out of the box build and want to do something different again. So I'm delving back into the waters of the US Navy (pun intended) and the F-14 Tomcat that so heavily influenced the VF-1 design. The Jolly Rogers have always been my favorite aircraft livery, but the VF-1 (not to be confused with the Valkyrie) Wolfpack markings are also up there, especially the first high visibility iteration when they were the first squadron to get the Tomcat. In order to make sure it is feasible with the aftermarket Wolfpack decal sets available, I did a quick scaling exercise to see how the YF-19 might look with the iconic red wolf tail and nose flash. My OCD being what it is, that quick and dirty sketch ballooned into a full blown foray into an Illustrator line drawing. The lines are based on the paint guide included in the Hasegawa 1/48 YF-19, and I'm really liking how it looks in the white, light gull grey, and red markings. So without further ado, I give you my alternate dimension YF-19: assigned to US Navy Fighter Squadron VF-1, call sign Wichita 100 I still need to do the bottom at some point, but I'm confident I can get the paint job done with the available decals. Here is the inspiration for the design. VF-1 was the first squadron to receive the F-14 Tomcat, I love the old high visibility markings with the stark red on the grey and white. The radome tan nose is a nice little touch and I included it on the YF-19 livery:
  19. Big s
    Kinda reminds me of that horrible Berserk anime
  20. Old_Nash_II
    New anime trailer
  21. Seto Kaiba
    Forgive me, but this doesn't quite make sense in context if you think about it. After all, the characters who know Yavin is the location of the Rebel Alliance's main base are all either: Alliance soldiers who are stationed on Yavin IV, and whose comings and goings are carefully policed by the Alliance's commanders. (e.g. Cassian, Melshi, K-2SO, Vel.) Rebel senators who are the Alliance's political leaders as well as its financial and logistical backers. (e.g. Mon Mothma, Bail Organa.) Luthen Rael and Kleya Marki, rebel organizers and spymasters who built the pre-Alliance rebel network from the ground up and without whom Yavin's base would not exist. O.G. rebel Saw Gerrera, leader of the first and most extreme anti-Imperial resistance and GFFA Not Getting Caught champion (20 BBY - 0 BBY) who only really uses that knowledge to periodically call Mon Mothma up and tell her she ain't sh*t. It might seem like "everyone knows", but that's only because everyone who's not an Imperial on the main cast is a highly placed rebel organizer or operative. Cassian, Bix, and Wilmon are basically Luthen's three best agents, K-2SO and Melshi are rebel soldiers at Yavin base in Cassian's unit, Kleya is Luthen's right hand man, and Mon Mothma and Bail Organa are the ones literally paying for it. The only folks who aren't part of that tight circle who ever hear about Yavin are the Maya Pei brigade, who end up there before the base was founded and get eaten by the local fauna, and Lonni who is shot dead within a few minutes of hearing the word for the first time before he can even get out of his seat. That's just truth in television.😆
  22. TangledThorns
    Yavin's secret is on the low end of the logic breaking in Star Wars. lol
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  24. Dynaman
    Finally finished watching Andor it is holds up well. The only problem I really had with it is that everyone and their uncle knew that Yavin was the location of the rebel base, for the Empire not to have found out is beyond belief. Things others have brought up too (like the woeful security at the Senate) were more momentary so easier to ignore. It is Hollywood though so not a deal breaker on an otherwise well written show, nuanced characters being very hard to come by in Star Wars.
  25. Papa Rat
    I’m a total noob on things Gundam but this is looking great! Got to work on the IMAI 1/100 scale Glaug “iron type” Going for a complete build instead of separating out parts based on colors. I’m also going to brush paint most if not all of it in its classic scheme. I never have done that before and think it’s a great opportunity for me to try. I was inspired by the hand painted Hasegawa version I saw on HJweb. Should be fun if not a complete failure. Lol 😂
  26. jvmacross
    Probably the first time I have had zero interest in any item tied to a Macross event....would have tried to grab a D+ Macross Poster if it had been made available
  27. Big s
    Hlj had them, but are currently back ordered. and Hobby search still shows in stock. I don’t think any North American places had them though. They’ve been waffling on wether to carry Macross stuff from the og series and the DYRL movie, and I didn’t notice any that listed these
  28. Seto Kaiba
    Caught the second episode of Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter... and oof, don't fail to miss it. It's developing exactly as I expected, as a low-effort lolicon harem series. Lord of Mysteries is also eminently skippable, as it turns out. The first new episode of My Dress-Up Darling dropped today, so that's some good news at least. Hm? You mean besides Legend of Crystania, Magical Warrior Louie (localized as Louie the Rune Soldier), and Record of Lodoss War: Next Generation? NGL, I actually rather like Louie for how incredibly irreverent it is as a fantasy series.
  29. locidm
    I asked my friend but he said the standees were sold out within minutes. Gosh I hope it didn’t go to scalpers only. I wanted the set!!!
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