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  1. Mechapilot77
    Man i got into the habit of ignoring delta valks (ive just bought 2 over the years, a messer and a kairos and i almost boight the newer J )...but man this vf-31AX is awesome.. like the kairos with some more flare. Haha, kinda love it...kinda afraid to look into what it woukd take to source one now. I dont think id need the super parts set even....hmmm.
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    the siege soundwave alt mode IS equally bad if not worse....at lesat it was a pretool for netflix earthrise version
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    the ER cliffjumper looks so much better than the buzzworthy redeco though. i mean the grey legs is nice (should be darker still but not black like ER), and forearms but the rest....is better on the ER IMO.
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    does it come with those 2 x2 cubes? or someone just used the ones from the 52Toys stuff (i assume those DO come with them?).
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    great review as always. i've had TE's for a while and just got a "Backup" copy from showz since at $50 that is a STEAL. IMO he is one of the best carbots around. In a perfect world speedstar would have the details and mould lines i craved from PS-01A and the silhouette it currently does. the alt mode does look better with the toyhax set even if the blue isn't 100% matched well. I ordered the decals from china (which i think are a better set) but they got lost twice in the mail so i gave up and went toyhax and i'm happy enough with it that way. MMC's still kills it in alt mode but at least the TE looks way better than it did before. i will be skipping any FT version that comes out as i think $150-200+ for MP carbots is close to insanity when $50-70 gets you TE's very awesome mirage. if they do more decos i'm in too but who knows if that will come to pass. stll got mmc's alterate ones (red and also a half translucent) for that i guess.
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    i have probably said it before and while its probably good for the Tranformers franchise, i personally think FLAME toys desings try too hard to be "i'm a cool mecha!!". its just not very "TF". i don't like most of them as TF characters. as far as that don Figuera concept art. its legs looks just like one of his other designs basically.... oh and yeah takara MP skids looks great! i do hope somebody makes a nice sticker set for even more toy details though. the XTB one is good too but more in line with the toon uber alles aesthetic although there is enough there to make it still look way better than some of the uber toon takara designs in recent years. also wish he came with a toy head or that somebody will make one.
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    they make good non transforming toys....so why not ZENTRAN and ZENTRAN/MELTRAN mecaha?!! err.... Zentradi soldiers and mechs in Robotech speak! looks like they will do a Vf-1J first? could be cool but man.....if you make non transforming toys, make a model that doesn' t need to transform!! i for one think a 1/60 battlepod or glaug would ROCK and ALSO be compatible with arcadia stuff. hell go all out and makea 1/49 glaug to pair with a bandai DX Chogokin Vf-1J for that iconic battle. i mean sure a 1/36 or so sized Vf-1J is cool but i'll always wish it could transform.
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    the chosen prime doesn't charge tax except in state btw guys. just put my order in before heading here to report on it. i feel guilty the bbts email notified me that it was available here stateside not for PO but went to toydojo (sold out) and then TCP to order. haha. if this is the way its gonna be from now on.....thank the macross gods and birdhumans and whatever!
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    must resist tech on avengers....they look so good.
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    i think i'm gonna skip defensor altogether in MP scale unless XTB's REALLY steps up from their streetwise. really nice alt mode...kinda not a great bot mode, just ok. SHITTY transformation. their first aid looks really good (so far better than mmc's but time will tell). mmc's aesthetics on the defensor set really turn me off though. first aid is clunkier than even their combaticons (like i like most of their combaticons and have all of them but their onslaught bot mode was very badly proportioned and swindle was just too clunky and chunky and IMO pushes the set from MP to somewhere unique and not really fitting anything else) and the alt mode is terribad with painted on windows....which also make defensor's arm look terribad.
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    if you mean in 2011 when the renewals came out you are about right. with discount i got mine for 10150 yen, that was with amiami's PO discount - not sure on percentage. Assumign that was 10 percent it'd be 11280 yen msrp roughly....so you're right on! then agan, that was in 2011. and sorry i'm gonna be very america centric here but for me what mattered was in 2011 one dollar was about 80 yen so msrp was about $141 for us. today its one dollar being 114 yen so the 22000 price is $192...so yeah its more expensive for me or 1.36X the cost...which is why the "double" comment had me checking. you were basically right but when i converted in my head i was like "yeah under $200 not so bad" and i roughly remembered paying 150ish (really it was less) back in the day. the 1.36X number doesn't even take into account how much more stuff costs in general now then 10 years ago.
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    i think its blue because max. we've only recently learned he lived at least until during the frontier and delta timeframe. the deco is reminds me of vf-1EX from delta or like you said macross the first. also seeing the old school skull (vs. the sms bullhead skull) on a frontier era valk is cool as hell. WWM? coulnd't care less about it. haha agree macross kite woulda been nice on the wings or something.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Mechapilot77 replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    hi metal R LIVES!!! TOMAHAWK!! woohoo!! totally getting that VF-0S phoenix too. not sure i need the vf-1s hikaru. i mean we've gotten the DYRL roy and supers before so at this scale imma call that close enough. if the price isn't horrible though still might get it. the tomahawk i will get 2 though. the phoenix is instabought as well.
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    Oh my!!!! Worldwide??? No po madness? Sooooo want!!!
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    i've got frosh light on preorder too but he is more or less gonna be a standalone because like you...i don't have much that goes with him. hmm i do think mmc's roadbuster fits the bill (to a lesser extent maybe kultru, exitus and whatever their roller is called). heck hasbro's roadbuster will wwork too...i think Fansproject roadbuster is a little too far off. you knwo i've been looknig for an excust to get mmc's roadbuster. hahaha
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    went with cdj this time around (been a while since i used anyone from japan other than amazon japan or a proxy service!), roughly 195 total shipped to the states via EMS FWIW. This will be my first houquet after what like 35+ years? ahha i do hope they improve the headsculpt though or that the aftermarket will take of it if they don't.
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    Looks like tbey used 4th pic ad main reference? Face is ok but hopefully will be improved. Rest is great!
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    i'm seriously thinking of getting the newage one or the magic square one in case nobody else ever makes it like this in a bigger scale (i mean WFC is OK for mainline but its kinda an abomination in truck mode and too bulky in bot mode). any thoughts between the two? i think i like the newage one better but the legs are a bit short as is the trailer....hmm. the magix sqaure one is bulkier lookign overall, has a stranger looking trailer though its not super short which is nice. haven't checked the tranforamtino between the two, but i sense newage looks to have some more parts forming? i guess i don't mind that at this scale either.
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    wow you even save mainline stuff boxes?! i see lots of 'vintage" 3P TFs. haha. are the toys on display somehwre or are there actuallly toys int here still. igear coneheads and con air raprtors FTW. haha
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    that bbm wheeljack looks decent. the alt mode is a bit busy/full of hinges right before the front wheels but otherwise not bad. i dig the headsculpt and the leg design.
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    personal opinion? cost. an mp level prime figure will price at around $100 or so (well 2 years ago), likely $130ish (see gravestone). for them to make an armor for that that compresses out of a convincing carrier (the new age and MS look ok but those proportions are wrong for an Mp alt mode) AND have the combined robot not be super oversized the way mp-22 was i think you are looking at a trailer that would need to cost another $130 or so bucks priced out for consumption. $260 ish for an MP magnus from XTB with the "questionable track record"....i don't think they think they can sell that. The all in one likely made sense for cost, size, and the "toon accurate" crew. granted i'd love to see someone tackle a prime in armor. maybe DS/TE or somebody else. heck i'd love for unique and DX9 to rise from their grave and do it.
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    man if this was ever oversized into WFC/chug scale i'd be all over it. it has a way too short trailer and other issues but at legends scale or even mainline scale i'd overlook it for sure. at mp scale it'd be no sale unless lots of improvements are made but i love the white prime with armor thing...something XTB's awesome looking all in one MP scale guy will never give us.
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    just did the survey today too. we should all do it!
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    so he is like ironhide size ish...does his height in bot mode scale correctly to the "holy" scale chart? i'm guessing they picked it so that it would but made it a differet line becaue there is no way that combined mode will scale. i'm thinking combined mode is 16 inches tops (smaller than CW devy) or maybe CW devy height MAX, which is out of scale with MP bots. i'm guessing they picked this because if the combiner is in scale the bots modes won't be and better to have 1 large bot out of scale than 5-6 figures out of scale. that said, i don't give a crap about raiden so at roughly $200 once all is said and done with shipping etc....i gotta skip. better value most likely than the TT MP Seekers but not by much.
  25. Mechapilot77
    so wait is the armored parts only set (no valk) out yet not not? iused a proxy buyer for mine this time. want to know when to bug them. lol.
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