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  1. tekering
    The CM's are superior in every way to B2Five's offerings (except durability, of course). 🤕 Despite what @jenius says, however, the MegaHouse ride armors are also superior in certain respects: Excellent reviews and pictures (as always), but I don't see how he can claim B2Five made a more accurate (or attractive) ride-armor than MegaHouse did. 🤨
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    Thanks for the kind words, gentlemen. While painting Sentinel's tiny Borough Superior, I also painted EXO's 3D-printed ride armour figures to match: Which is considerably more time-consuming, in fact, considering all the tiny support marks that need to be sanded off the backs of each figure... ...and the necessity of scratchbuilding replacement parts for damaged components (like those tiny fins around the verniers). Of course you'd mess it up! Anything requiring the use of paint brushes is an exercise in damage control, and the smaller the figure, the more mistakes you make. The secret to a decent paint job at this scale is perseverance. You'll have to paint the same areas four or five times, each pass correcting mistakes you made on a previous pass. You've just got to keep at it until it finally looks good. That's why it takes so damn long. 🤕
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    Hang on... His auction listing shows the Massimo Tonielli prototype, which is clearly NOT the toy he posted about earlier: Anyone bidding on the auction should be aware that there's a second (arguably superior) prototype he's ALSO likely to sell. Certainly. If we assume a height of 6.2 meters in battloid (awkwardly undersized, but official stats frequently are), a 1:48 toy would stand 13cm tall. That's about a head shorter than an HMR Valkyrie. 🤨
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    "Finally," he said, five months ago... 😅 Well, SS-101 was just released in Japan last Saturday, so now I can join the party. The film's already available online (following its lackluster theatrical performance), so we now know exactly how poorly Scourge matches his onscreen counterpart... at least, in robot mode. Still, there are minor ways to improve him: Forcing the shoulders up as far as they can go prevents them from sticking out so far, and ruining the silhouette... Similarly, folding the sides of the cab outward reduces that massive block of kibble that forms his backpack. Most importantly, that ridiculously long neck has to go. I cut the top and bottom ball sockets off the neck piece, and just glued them together to make a much shorter neck. I also trimmed the rubber cowl around it to fit. Finally, some drybrushed silver detailing brought out the various faction symbols visible behind his grill, and a little red paint in his eye sockets results in a much more menacing appearance. ☺️
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    Anyone familiar with sound design will recognize most "classic mecha SFX" as repurposed sound effects from Hollywood sci-fi movies. Hundreds of anime titles feature sounds taken from Star Wars and Aliens, for example.
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    For a busy dad with parental obligations to manage, you really knocked that review out of the park! Thanks for throwing the spotlight on more Transformers toys I never even knew existed.
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    Gawdammit. 😡
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    I'm more than happy to prioritize my Southern Cross projects, if it encourages you to do the same. 😇
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    Case in point: Check out the detailing on the inside of the missile covers! 😲 We are all blessed to know @captain america.
  10. tekering
    Looks legit to me. I mean, did none of you watch Rebels? 🤨
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    I just want to state for the record, I HATE having to paint tiny details by hand. Thanks for the "before" pic, @jenius. ☺️ This took much longer than expected. 😳 We love the little pilot figures, Sentinel, but could you paint them yourselves next time? 🤕
  12. tekering
    This is The Way. Screw the scalpers to the sticking place!
  13. tekering
    Heads up, the Micro Galaxy Squadron Imperial Shuttle is available again at Walmart.com!
  14. tekering
    Given you both have the same problem, are we to assume this is a widespread issue? Are they ALL this way? 🤨
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    Or, like the Inquisitors in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series, they could be thrown in with no explanation whatsoever. 🙄
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    That's damn cool... ...but the AT-ST is clearly the Return of the Jedi version. ☺️
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    I think that's supposed to be the Walking Cannon mode, actually... although it's hard to tell. 🙄 Strange thing is, it looks nothing like the Massimo Tonielli design MEP displayed in New York three years ago: "Decent" is charitable, but it's an improvement over the 3D-printed prototype above. 😅 It's not a poor design, by any means, but any attempt to engineer a transformable toy inevitably results in aesthetic compromises. I'd much prefer a non-transformable model of each mode that wouldn't require such compromise.
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    Don't worry, something much more accurate is on the horizon... ...but you'll have to paint and assemble it yourself.
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    Considering the cockpit has to be large enough to fit Roy, Rickaru seems just the right size to me. 😅 Of course, I'd be shocked if their VF-1S comes with an appropriately-tall Roy figure. 😲
  20. tekering
    Good grief, 37 steps! This is as complex as your Buster kit!* 😲 *Well, almost. Those destructions were 38 steps. 😝
  21. tekering
    Looks like that ship has sailed. 😐
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    I had a friend in high school who drew derivative mecha like that. Very similar proportions. We weren't impressed with them, either. 😒
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    Yeah, with all these ugly (and unnecessary) design changes from Sentinel, MoShow, and now Pose+, it's beginning to seem like they're deliberately avoiding copyright infringement or something... 😒
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    You'd think, with all that blatant Photoshopping in their promo pics, they wouldn't leave half the windows unpainted... 🤨
  25. tekering
    I've had KFC's "Rhinohorn" for years, and it looks nothing like yours... Looks like they must've gone back to the drawing board. 😶
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