locidm
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Any help on this would be appreciated!
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Hey guys I was messing with my ET Legioss tonight and specifically looked into pegging in the two missile sets that goes underneath the intake. If I’m not mistaken, the end with the red tip typically face forward, but it doesn't peg in well at all in this orientation. However, I noticed that if I place the missiles with the red tips facing the tail end of the fighter (instead of red tip facing forward), the missiles peg in very securely. The pegs actually has different thickness at its base to keep the missiles level when pegged in this way. Upon closer inspection, each missile has two sections, one short and one long end. I believe the short end is supposed to be in the back. However, ET has the tip of the short end painted red and the long end left unpainted. I suspect this was a painting error. If the missiles are placed with the short end on the back, the tip of the long end lines up well with the chest/intake piece, and actually looks better this way. So it may be a simple fix of painting the tip of the long end red and stripping the paint off the short end tip. Can anyone confirm? Thanks!
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Another epic custom, is it the one by DarrinG? I see lot's of EXO's creations as well. Love them all!
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
locidm replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
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Ya tentative preorder means amiami has requested an order of the product from the manufacturer but the order has not yet been confirmed. Once the order is confirmed, if you had made a tentative preorder, amiami will email you and let you know that they are able to confirm the order. At that point they'll also change the tentative preorder to preorder.
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It's just Testor enamel I got from the local Michael's. At some point I'll spray matte coating over it to get rid of the shine. Note that i left the skin and hair unpainted.
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I’m not a modeler either and very inexperienced in painting. However, I think you can pick and choose on these 1/20 kits. Simple design and paint schemes is achievable even for beginners like me. The China minmay is the first human figure I’ve put together and it’s at least presentable in my eyes and wasn’t all that much work because of how tiny it is. I might pick up Hikaru and Misa too. Minmay was a good practice kit.
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And it's sold out
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Mine just arrived from NY. Gotta love how I paid 8,700 yen on shipping when the shipping label clearly states 5,900 yen of postage fees. It's probably still much cheaper than HLJ and other places shipped so I'm not complaining.
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Thanks! THat's the one I remember! Of course it went to Kicker's museum, what better place for it (other than it's creator MT's home). I don't pay enough attention to the Workshop thread as there are some seriously epic projects there, with this one being the king of them all. Now if only I could see that final video on that thread, it doesn't load for me with this error: "This video contains content from WMG, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds."
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Care to share more about this? Does it have an open hatch and have an interior? I remember seeing something like this in the workshop thread but don’t remember if it got finished.
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link not working for me.
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Keep them coming Kicker! Always enjoy seeing your collection.
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That's the plural for VF-1 (VF-1s), not VF-1S.
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It's ok, you can always do the wall mount that tekering did! Get it........before it's gone......
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Sorry for the late reply. I finally had the chance to transform him tonight. I like it a lot!! It’s a much easier transformation than what I remember for the Beagle/Toynami. Everything was relatively smooth and intuitive. I suspect going back to Bike mode would be more difficult, but I enjoyed transforming to armor mode. Transformation wise I think the Sentinel was better than the Toynami so far. Yes the bits keep popping off but it’s a minor annoyance only. The Sentinel doesn’t feel fragile for me. I was a little concern plugging in the knee connection because it’s tight, but other than that I didn’t feel like breaking anything at any point of the transformation. I think the Toynami uses a lot more POM than the Sentinel though, since this one is painted everywhere. I do think the Toynami has a greater range of arm movement with the armor on, but it’s been awhile and I don’t remember for sure. The shoulder area on the Sentinel seems very very tight with all the things jammed in the vicinity. Overall I like this release very much. I’m not into a lot of posing and fiddling, so the limited articulation doesn’t bother me. It looks sooo good once put together in both modes. Overall, it’s up there with the Toynami for me, if not slightly ahead. This makes me want to transform my Toynami! Once Rei hits I might finally open up my Toynami Rei too.
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I haven’t spent enough time with the Sentinel to give a through opinion. The stig figure while poseable does have many things popping off and the Toynami feels sturdier and more fun to handle in comparison (until the cloth start flaking anyways). The cloth seems ok so far on the Sentinel. Obviously no screw hole covering half the neck on the Sentinel. I actually prefer sentinel’s head sculpt in the helmet than Toynamis. I like that the Sentinel bike has a lot of tiny details and paint that makes it look less plain than the Toynami. The bike main body so far holds together well but the side canons are easy to pop off. I like that there are diecast in bars and brackets distributed in different areas so it has a little bit of weight to it. The back of the seat collapses easier than the Toynami one does. The wind shield stays in place well compared to the floppy Toynami windshield. The front body of the bike below the windshield holds together well unlike the Toynami. I like the Sentinel color scheme better. I haven’t noticed yellowing on my Toynami but haven’t looked too closely either I haven’t transformed the Toynami in years but remember it not being a pleasant experience. I expect Sentinel to be about the same. Hopefully tomorrow!
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I look forward to Cap’s creation! got mine and here’s a quick pic with the (grasp) Toynami and ET Legioss. This guy looks really good! Lots of falling bits. I’ve only put him on the bike so far and I’ve already managed to twist of his head, his top torso, his shoulder pad, and his ankle guard multiple times. Looks really good though.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
locidm replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
I always say; money, time, and health; you can usually have only two out of three. When you get older and have lots of time and money, the health part goes away. Such is life which is why we treasure the time we have always because it’s always going to be a struggle one way or another. -
Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
locidm replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
I picked up some smaller items during my HK/Japan trip: Then when I came back there were these waiting for me. it’s been a nice few days of toy opening. Hopefully the Sentinel ride armor and MB Mazinger arrive tomorrow! -
In anticipation of the ride armors coming out I finally picked up the ET Legioss. Boy my expectation was low but it managed to not meet it. I do like the soldier mode but it leaves a lot to be desired like all other Legioss toys before it. It’s good to finally have something next to my Toynami. my copy came with some strange double tapes on the inside of the plastic insert. The adhesive from the tape kind of made a mess on the surface of the interior plastic insert, but luckily didn’t affect the toy itself. Did anyone else have this? I couldn’t attach the missiles below he chest and will probably just leave it as is until it goes back into the box. Did others manage to attach them?
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I lucked out and got the Legioss when amazon.jp had it priced low enough to be less than $200 shipped. Have yet to open it though!
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HLJ notices finally went out! Just in time for me to ship it with MB Mazinger.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
locidm replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
In case you want to chase your childhood memories and buy the modern version of the same toy, Megahouse made one and it's pretty nice. I held off buying one until I saw one in person. It's nicely made! I must admit that I still haven't transformed mine..... THey're sold out now but here's a link on HLJ: https://hlj.com/product/MEG81807/Act -
MOSPEADA Inbit Revival Part II: Gosu?
locidm replied to captain america's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
What a waste! You’d think they’d send someone with at least some knowledge on the subject matter to do the interview! The reporter probably didn’t appreciate what she was seeing, at all. I hear you about the figures. I got questioned once over a very innocent looking Minmay figure fully clothed in her signature DYRL pose. You’re wise to do what you did.
