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  1. tekering
    It says it's only 14cm tall. That can't be right, can it? ¥16,500 for a 1:144th scale Mobile Suit?
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    Sacrilege!
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    Hi-Metal R

    tekering replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Outside of vintage model kits, yeah... but either way, they're too small for HMR (which is generally closer to 1:84th scale).
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    I buy any super-deformed Valkyrie I find... I'm proud of every Roy I own that sqidd doesn't. Banpresto's 1999 VF-1S Fokker Special is pictured here with the DX Chogokin, in a feeble attempt to steer the thread back on-topic.
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    There's an inconsistency with pronunciation that's beginning to bug me. Despite both hailing from New Zealand, Michelle Ang pronounces her character's name as "Oh-mee-gah," whereas Dee Bradley Baker calls her "Om-egg-ah." Since their dialogue is presumably recorded separately, the cast is likely unaware of the discrepancy, meaning the voice director's at fault.
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    Ouch, I sure hope that situation doesn't last long. Yikes! I still can't believe they did that to the largest toy retailer in the world.
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    It didn't bother you before...? Are you that guy who keeps buying Super7's deliberately bad "ReAction" figure lines? I mean, somebody must be buying that retro crap, 'cause they keep making it...
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    I appreciate you being open to constructive criticism, because there is an issue I noticed that bears mentioning. It's a problem inherent to the medium, particularly when adapting hand-drawn artwork, but 3D models have too many perfectly straight lines, too many perfectly flat surfaces, too much perfect geometry evident. Tatsunoko was particularly known for alien mecha designs that looked organic -- grown, rather than constructed -- and Southern Cross is a prominent example: While your models show a tremendous amount of time and effort, I think the individual shapes need more refinement to achieve that lumpy, botanical look. In other words, your math is showing.
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    I wonder what this could possibly be referring to...?
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    While I admire your utopian ideals, that's not how capitalism actually works... Japan Post, for example, is only 57% government-owned.
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    Hmm... Looks more like a robot to me. It cries for a filthy, Mad Max-inspired paint job, which I will most assuredly give it.
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    Looks like a scaled-down version of KFC's "Crash Hog," which is precisely how it should look.
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    Hi-Metal R

    tekering replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Oh sure, they sold all right... just not as good as the Valkyries or Regults, much less anything under the Evangelion or Gundam umbrellas. And given the razor-thin margins on Macross products in general, Destroids obviously aren't a priority for Bandai.
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    Hi-Metal R

    tekering replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    It's not a question of effort; the prototype's been around for years now. It's a question of profit. With so many more popular items in Bandai's pipeline, allocating the factory resources (not to mention the tooling costs) for a minor mech from a 40 year-old show represents a significant financial risk, especially when you factor in the sales performance of the previous Destroids in the line...
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    Your big brother?
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    With resin kits, you'll be requiring significantly more cleanup work than with injection-molded parts on sprues. You're going to need many different grits of sandpaper, as well as hobby knives, saws, and files. I'd also advise using a rotary power tool like a Dremel, and a pin vice with a variety of fine drill bits for accurately-sized holes. Brass rods of different thicknesses are ideal for providing structure and reinforcing connections between large parts. There are a vast array of YouTube videos illustrating basic modeling techniques for a wide variety of projects. I recommend you do some online research before tackling a Moscato Hobby kit.
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    Time to update the corporate branding.
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    Your head-canon requires a macronized Invid Grub taller than a VF-1 Battroid...? [ . . . ] Yeah, better break out those Revoltechs.
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    No, I just did some Photoshop manipulation to MEP's prototype pics, to demonstrate the inaccuracies in Hielo Metalico's sculpt. I no longer use Facebook, but feel free to share the images there... although I'm sure they're much too far along in the production process to fix anything now.
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    Yes, that's standard operating procedure with any garage kit. Since sanding resin produces a great deal of fine powder anyway, I usually do the cutting, drilling, and Dremeling over a sink, and only give the parts a hot bath when I'm ready to start painting them.
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    Are they working for you now? MEP's prototype is on the left side, with my suggested fixes on the right.
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    C'mon MEP, quit photographing that same flawed prototype and take the time to fix the sculpt. You're so close! Just take a second look at the line art, and tweak the proportions appropriately. The "cockpit/head" needs to sit lower and widen as it tapers back, and the cannons have to sit higher up: It's not like you had to make concessions for transformation or anything...
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    Tony in the racing suit looks great. Tony suiting up in the Mark V looks half-assed.
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    Playmates have done such a poor job with live-action properties for so long, a Cobra Kai toyline couldn't possibly succeed without shoehorning TMNT into it.
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