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    A nineteen-year journey finally came to an end today. It began back in 2006, when Shoji Kawamori decided MP-3 Starscream should be a 1:72 F-15 Eagle. That established a robot height later matched by MP-9 Rodimus and MP-10 Convoy, and set the consistent Masterpiece scale we've been using ever since. TakaraTomy's glacial release schedule created a massive third-party market for MP-scaled figures, and almost every onscreen G1 character has seen multiple toy versions released in the last two decades... and, three years after "Medicus" was released, MMC has finally completed their Masterpiece Protectobots with "Ventus." Despite rising costs, fluctuating exchange rates, tariffs, and the global pandemic, they're the first to complete this iconic combiner team, and by extension, my Masterpiece collection... up to Season 2, at least. ☺️ Now if only MakeToys or FansToys or whoever would finish the Headmasters line... 🤨 I admire your restraint. 😛 I've long since filled whatever display space I could create, but that wasn't gonna stop me from buying MMC's best figures! 😅 Of course, I might not be as quick to pre-order a set of MP Technobots or Terrorcons going forward... 🤔
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    But, there's nothing toon-accurate about an exoskeletal gestalt frame that combiners merely attach to... 🤔 ...is there?
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    Pre-orders are open now. https://www.jfstoys.com I was lucky to procure a Clarence signed by Kurtwood Smith, but the international shipping cost alone is over $100 for the five... 🤕
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    Their Dana in armor was similarly metallic, but at least the color scheme was more-or-less accurate... ...but every color on their Zentraedi soldier is WRONG. 🤨 Where it should be black, it's silver. Where it should be grey, it's purple. Where it should be brown, it's bright red. Where it should be dull lavender, it's hot pink! Cyrus must be colorblind. 🙄
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    It was never on the table to begin with. Harmony Gold has no claim over anything beyond the SDFM elements used in Robotech. Not if merchandise is any indication... For every Basara figure/poster/acrylic stand available, there are 50 different Sheryl and Ranka variations. 😅 Even Mylene is more visible over here than Basara. 🙄
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    There's a vast difference between "prepainted" and "parts molded in appropriate colors." 😒 Plus the hexagonal bolts, the horrible orange and teal colors, the ugly-ass head... The whole thing stinks to me. Of course, that's to be expected from "Skunk Works Toys." 🙄
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    The gulf in quality between Andor and Rise of Skywalker could only be measured in parsecs.
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    His Obi-Wan Kenobi film cut (the fan edit that put him on the map) ALMOST redeems that whole mess... and (as with the Patterson Cut of Ahsoka) characters don't survive being skewered by a lightsaber. It improved the content far more than I could've imagined, thanks to a lot of judicious editing (and some subtle VFX changes). The biggest improvement he made to Book of Boba Fett, on the other hand, was simply re-ordering scenes so that Boba doesn't get completely sidelined by Din Djarin... oh, and desaturating the bikes ridden by the Mods of Mos Espa. An admittedly minor (but most welcome) improvement. ☺️
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    Even worse, they claim that the plaza (where the monument to the Tarkin Massacre stands) is where 500 protestors were killed when Tarkin landed his ship on top of them... Where and how could you land a ship that big in a space that small? 🤔 We know that the circular terrace that surrounds the plaza was erected before the event, since it's clearly visible in the promotional video the ISB officers watch in episode 7. The monument is conspicuously absent from the plaza in the video, dating it prior to the Tarkin Massacre. The geography makes no damn sense. 🤨
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    I came to that impression back on Aldani, and the whole Ghorman arc has confirmed it. I don't think there's any question. Maybe if The Empire Strikes Back had been over twenty hours long, it could've been as dramatic as Andor has proven to be...
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    Nice to see a lot of positive comments on the film here... Unlike most of the recent MCU output, which is either championed (Deadpool & Wolverine, GOTG3) or disparaged (The Marvels, Captain America 4), Thunderbolts* seems to be garnering both praise and criticism in equal measure. The response has been surprisingly polarizing (on social media, at least). 🤔
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    How much are you willing to spend? 😅 If you want to go all-out, this is the gold standard: Of course, if you're looking for something cheaper (and more readily available): https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/product/variationdetails/204420 There are numerous books that cover the same toy line -- many of which feature a much larger array of vintage Star Wars collectibles besides -- and the secondary market is filled with 'em, some going back to the early '90s. However, if it's a present, you're probably gonna restrict yourself to what's currently available new... 🤔
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    Oh yes, the imagineers at Disneyland could repurpose one of the more pallid animatronic waifs from Pirates of the Caribbean, hang her prostrate in front of the guests, have her moan "Kill me!" as a chestburster violently thrusts out of her bosom, and all the little kids get sprayed with her blood. Great fun for the whole family! 😄
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    That's precisely Andor's market. There aren't enough space wizards and dogfights and laser swords and aliens to satisfy the hardcore fandom... at least, here in Japan.
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    It depends on what studio animated the episode in question. Some episodes are reliably consistent, some are inconsistent, and some (as you rightfully point out) are laughably bad. Unfair and unrealistic, to be sure... particularly concerning the most problematic Glaug. 😅 The last few years been a golden age for both Macross and Mospeada fans, really.
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    Oh, I can oblige you there. ☺️
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    Yeah, but that line art was produced six months before the series began airing, and designs hadn't even been finalized at that point -- note the funky gunpod that Valkyrie is holding, for example -- and we all know how much the subsequent animation contradicts it. Hell, the narrative itself contradicts it, since Max's Valkyrie wears a Zentraedi uniform as a disguise at one point. In the series, Zentraedi soldiers are consistently depicted as the same height as the Battroid Valkyrie, and the Battroid passes through Zentraedi doorways with ease. They aren't tall doorways, either! 😅 Thus, if Zentraedi soldiers are as tall as Battroids (and Quamzin is one of the taller commanders), the Glaug cockpit should be large enough to fit a Valkyrie. Clearly, that scale chart was eventually abandoned entirely by the production... and yet, it's still referenced in official stats, that unfortunately determine merchandising scales. 😒 If only the Hasegawa or Bandai staff would take the time to actually watch the show... 🙄 As long as the merchandisers continue to accept published stats, instead of doing their own research, the problem persists. 😐
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    Absurdly small. Hasegawa's "1:72" Glaug is barely any bigger than Bandai's Hi-Metal R toy... and considerably smaller than the vintage 1:72 kit. There's nothing right about that consistently-listed 16.5 meter height. 🤣 Maybe Hasegawa based their scaling and proportions on this animation reference. 🙄
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    The first eight Nacelle figures are now available for preorder from BigBadToyStore, for $33 each... ...although once they're released, tariffs will likely double the cost. 🤕
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    Yeah, I got it. It's a major improvement in both editing and visual effects, and probably the best version of Alien 3 we're ever gonna get.
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    Yeah, that's what I meant. It's larger, more posable, and distinctly GeeWunnier. With Fort Max, I'd say the bigger, the better... depending on the asking price, of course. 😛
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    Prometheus might've been less forgettable if it had been more original. 😛 At the same time, it's far more sophisticated than Alien vs. Predator, on every conceivable level. The performances, the dialogue, the production design, the plot, the music, the visual effects... It's arguably less effective than AvP, but it had so much greater ambition, and I'll take an ambitious failure over a middling success every time. Still, did nobody at Fox ever ask "Why are we remaking AvP?" 😅
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    Ah, right. It's a flamethrower in Prometheus.
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    Well, it's got ankle tilt... 😉 But yeah, I'd prefer a figure that looked more like Fortress Maximus and less like a lazy Metroplex retool. 😒
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