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  1. tekering
    Between the human figure scales, the Mobile Suit scales, and the battleship scales, the toys, the model kits, and the action figures, the modern stuff, the SD stuff, and the retro stuff, there's just no way of organizing Gundam. I've got stuff in storage in the attic, in pieces in the workshop, on display in the toy rooms, boxed up in the closets, and even stashed in bins on the balcony. It's all over the place. My collection of Macross merchandise is mercifully small by comparison.
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    No apologies necessary, man. We're all geeks with fragile egos here, and we just love to correct each other.
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    That's 'cause Bandai just applied the VF-1D TV colors to their HMR VT-1. Oh certainly, Yamato's 1:60 was a lot closer to the movie color... ...but I think they must've gotten confused by the funky lighting present in the irradiated Earth sequence, and tried to incorporate some of that wine red as well. Do you remember Do You Remember Love? Sometimes, I wonder if you toy collectors actually watch anime.
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    I would wait for the rumored "Premium Finish" reissue. I'm hoping Arcadia corrects the orange.
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    Even the voice could be dubbed by a sound-alike. It's not particularly distinctive. YouTube parodies have already suggested as much.
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    Nah, I imagine it just got jostled around too violently in the tray; there's nothing securing it in place, after all. I can't imagine it happens very often, though. Did it come from ShowZ, @RedLion?
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    Thanks for the side-by-sides, guys. Very illuminating.
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    MP Transformers? Sorry, I still don't follow.
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    I'm sure I have no idea what you guys are talking about...
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    Yes, but I find that dismissive "they" to be problematic. Most of the poor animation was done by Toei (including the movie), but all the truly reprehensible work was done by AKOM (including most appearances of Tantrum). I just think it's unfair to tar Toei with the same brush, since they obviously tried harder than AKOM... A little harder, anyway.
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    New Age figures are generally too small to scale with my Iron Factory, Magic Square "Brobdingnag," or DX9 "War in Pocket" (not to mention the even larger MechFanToys) figures... ...but I made an exception for their exceptional Bumblebee, who's fine being a little smaller.
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    Don't listen to them, man. They're all the same! Doesn't matter how many colors they paint it, how many parts they add to it, or even what scale they produce it at; VF-1 toys have been virtually identical for nearly two decades now. You only need one, really. You only need one...
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    Fascinating! I'll have to try reproducing that effect. Is that the latest release?
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    It was not. They simply had no guide to how the characters were supposed to transform, because the toys hadn't been designed yet! It's ridiculous, but apart from Ultra Magnus (who was based on a Diaclone Convoy variant), the new movie characters were designed with only a vague idea of how they could be translated into toys... which is why G1 toys like Kup, Blurr, and Wheelie sucked so badly, why Galvatron, Springer and Wreck-Gar looked so little like their onscreen characters, and why Arcee and Unicron didn't get figures at all. What's even more ridiculous is how the same problem occurred 20 years later, when Hasbro approved the Bayverse designs (absent of any input from Takara's design team)... which is why the 2007 movie line sucked so badly. In fact, the problem persisted for over a decade. And now we've gone back to CGI cartoons that are so slavishly accurate to the toy designs, their articulation is limited to what the toys can achieve... and they carry around unsightly kibble as a result. Like, didn't anyone learn from Energon?
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    The new VF-1J (w/GBP) doesn't look pink to me at all... ...but it's definitely a brighter white than my Yamato versions (which are closer to ivory). I think the Yammie 1:60 had more tempo, though.
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    Kitzconcept is in Hong Kong, and they ship directly from their factory in China. Nothing to do with Japan Post.
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    It's not the hands that are flipped, it's the arms. That's why the elbow joint isn't visible, but the wheels (and screw holes) on the shoulders are. It's clearly been misassembled.
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    Sentinel's Legioss is still available under ¥30,000, so there's plenty of stock to go around. The Riobot Stig and Ray ride-armors, however, will cost you more. They've definitely appreciated in value.
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    Look more closely, guys. One of them should look plainer than the others... but it doesn't, because it's no longer stock.
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    Not good enough for your toys, I fear... although you may not notice until you've had to pack them up for a while. Direct sunlight will have a bleaching effect, but it's the indirect sunlight that does the real damage. Uneven discoloration is the most prominent and annoying effect, and (not unlike COVID-19) the damage may already be occurring, despite an immediate lack of symptoms. The only halfway-effective solution to yellowing is an absolute zero-tolerance policy, from the moment the toy is opened: no exposure to sunlight whatsoever!
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    Who says you can't polish a turd? Looks awesome!
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    Oh, fer Chrissake... I can't even.
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    I appreciate the expression of differing opinions, and alternative points of view. As a lifelong fan of Trek in most of its incarnations, I have followed each new iteration with interest (with the exception of Star Trek Beyond, which I held out no hope for after the excretable Into Darkness)... Discovery won me over early on, and didn't completely lose me until its disastrous descent into the mirror universe; second season started out better, but ended worse. Picard I was cautiously optimistic about, but quickly disillusioned me with its apocalyptic tone and nonsensical plot; I only finished the series out of morbid curiosity. Lower Decks was as obnoxious as the trailers indicated it would be, but it's actually starting to grow on me. I find the characters more tolerable with each episode, and the tone much more consistent with classic Trek... not to mention its overall aesthetic (which Picard and Disco sadly abandoned). Thank heaven for small mercies. That sounds a little self-deluding... I think it's important to consider majority opinion (critical as it may be), and be prepared to defend shows you see merit in. Nonetheless, I often enjoy a little self-deluding myself, and find it uncomfortable when somebody knocks off my rose-colored glasses. Despite the depths to which Trek has sunk of late, I don't actually expect anybody can screw it up as badly as The Rise of Skywalker screwed up Star Wars. That was a truly unprecedented disaster.
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    I like MEP's Breetai, and I'll happily support their Jonathan Wolff head.
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    Yeah, that detailing might be appropriate for 1:48 scale, but it looks absurd blown up to 1:12. Plus, there are a lot of prominent gaps visible. The whole point of the buttflap/hood is to cover gaps, not introduce more. Ammonite designs get no respect.
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