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I can't quite make out if that wing root is different.

Presumably they didn't notice the difference.  I know I didn't outside of the fact I think the blue is too bright.

...and looking up the differences now I see why I think the color is too bright.  The WS museum one is a brighter color.  Too bad they got the costumes mixed up.

3 hours ago, glane21 said:

Needs more Blanka!

They haven't shown any of the oversized characters yet.

Amazon Japan seems deadset on this being a September release still...

5 minutes ago, jvmacross said:

Maybe because what you really want is a 4th Sortie book

I don't have 1 through 3 so that can't be true.  Unless the other Sortie books are also in English.

On 7/28/2023 at 10:14 PM, Shawn said:

Picked up one of the Signed Tenjin Comic Con 2023 books currently on ebay.

Its a very nice addition,  with a decent amount of explanation about the series and movies, and notes on various projects Tenjin has been involved with.

I've never gotten into deep into Frontier or Delta at all, but even with the vast majority of the book on those 2 series, going through the pictures was quite enjoyable!
Definitely recommended, even for the casual fans of the new series like myself.

 

How did I miss that Tenjin had a second book coming?

Not noobs, you call something Hi-Metal expect some metal.  And the plastic is cheap.  I think outside of we hardcore fans those complaints are entirely valid.  The 0 is especially cheap feeling as the HMR's have gone.

10 hours ago, sjoebarry said:

Is there something really wrong with it that I’m missing from prior posts?

The plastic is really cheap.  Then again outside of the Destroids I feel like every single one of their Valks has felt cheap.

I'll get one for curiosity like I always do with new Valk attempts despite not really liking the look in any mode.  At the very least Bandai is always good for something that poses well though.  I'll probably be able to wrest a cool pose from it even if the Battroid mode is a bit wonky.

10 hours ago, Mechapilot77 said:

You know I'm coming around in the deco.  Doesn't look half bad to me now at all. looks kinda good.  So... 2024...wallet can breathe.  Hopefully this thing won't be too too expensive.  I know it's smallish like the vf-1...so hopefully that helps.

I can't see it being less than $250 honestly.

12 hours ago, twich said:

to me, this one picture, the nose of the VF-5000 reminds me greatly of the VF-0D Shin Custom from Macross Zero.  I know that they were both designed by Kawamori, but how many years apart was this?  The VF-5000 is from the late 80's, early 90's.....the VF-0 from early 2000's....pretty interesting!

Twich

Never seen any of Kawamori's sketchbooks?  He writes down ideas thirty years ago and keeps trying to work them back in again and again as other design elements change.  The VF-25 Super Parts were originally from the late 80's for instance.

I had no idea Arcadia was still using knurled pins on their VF-1's too. 

4 hours ago, Big s said:

Will this be an articulated figure or a statue? It doesn’t look like the one displayed has any joints, but it’s definitely impressive on the details.

 

 I remember the medieval Spawn as my second figure from the original line. At the time, I thought it was the coolest comic book action figure. I think that’s been the closest to his original appearance. 
I also wouldn’t mind the Greg Capullo version from the spawn bible as an articulated figure rather than the more statue like one.

That's just the sculpt prototype.  Yes it will be articulated.  Unfortunately it doesn't look like that original figure, which was actually my first Spawn figure because I thought it was cooler than the original.

The current Spawn's Universe Midievla Spawn figure is pretty close to the Capullo one there.

Apparently off in the corner there was an Age of Apocalypse Nate Grey they showed too.

17 hours ago, sh9000 said:

Kickstarter Medieval Spawn.

 

My problem with it is the base design deviates from the original comic book.  People still want a highly poseable version of that classic look.  The details here are cool but it still deviates from the original just like the newer Midieval Spawn from the recent comics does.

Thanks.

What does shipping from hlj look like these days?  Also does hlj allow for paying in yen now?  It displays all items in usd for me.

Casey Jones makes a lot of sense.

I'd prefer the version of General Hawk with his jet pack.

Oh yeah...

Nightwing is cool.

Or just buy from the Japanese eshop.  It's simple to setup.

2 hours ago, Raikkonen said:

Someone out there just said "Damn it, I want all 5 figures but my reward for getting them all is an extra one I don't want."

Not how it works.

Damn it, in order to get an Old One I have to buy five figures I don't want.

20 hours ago, sh9000 said:

Movie Realization Obi-Wan Kenobi.

They finally make a human figure and it's gotta be from one of the Disney Crap shows.