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  1. tekering
    Finally, an Ingram to scale with CMs' Patlabor figures! 😍 Kaiyodo's "Mega Sofubi" Reactive Armor Ingram, to be exact. This is Unit 1... ...the only one I could afford, sadly. 😐 But you know, I had to have at least one. 😎
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    Thanks for the words of encouragement, gentlemen. I wasn't a big fan of it before, but the more I examine the overall shape and the individual parts, the more I see the charm of the design. I've really become quite taken by it now. 😍 That's very observant, and just the kind of constructive criticism I was hoping for. And from the Captain himself! 😁
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    Of course it's out there... not just original scripts, but novels and comic books ripe for film adaptation. What ISN'T out there, however, is: a producer with deep pockets and the courage to gamble on a project without an established market base a thriving home video market to fall back on if the film doesn't immediately find an audience in theaters a studio willing to spend as much on marketing as on the production itself, knowing they'll have to make back FOUR TIMES the production budget just to break even Frankly, the situation is almost as bad in Japan, where an anime series can't get produced without a hit manga, video game, or light novel to adapt any more... Original sci-fi epics like Yamato, Gundam or Evangelion just don't get made any more. 😐
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    So, back in the spring I was whining about MaxLab's "Wolverine," the 3D-printed Logan model they'd developed in cooperation with MEP... I complained about the proportions, the inaccurate details, and the obsolete equipment they'd used for their prototype. Now that I have my own 3D printer, and a few months of experience with modeling software, I've spent the last few weeks tweaking their design to come up with something more anime-accurate: The first (and perhaps most significant) change I made was to add a TASC pilot figure. The hollow shoulder covers were taken from a different 3D model, as were the thinner wings... I made major changes to the legs and the feet, to try and make them look more like the Ammonite line-art... I also replaced the oversized nose cannons with my own scratchbuilt barrels. Finally, I added some additional articulation to the heels and feet with aftermarket ball-joints, and an alternate open hand. The flight stand is temporary; I hope to come up with something more adjustable. Now it's finally ready for painting. 😁
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    That's exactly my point, see: That's how they're supposed to look.
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    I certainly meant no offence, and I thank you for giving me the benefit of the doubt. 🙏 I imagine most of us here (the so-called "Robotech generation") are middle-aged men now, and even those of us who aren't pushing fifty are nonetheless past our prime. My vision isn't what it was five years ago, and I certainly don't expect it to improve...! 😬 I wonder how soon the products catering to collectors of our generation start to reflect the aging market, and how they're likely to change as a result. Kawamori himself is only six months from mandatory retirement, and without his direct influence I don't expect future Valkyrie toys to maintain the same level of quality... 🤔
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    Sure, if you're following Bandai's instructions, and using those little clips... They're supposed to be canted outward toward the front. The only reason why you're suggesting those fins should need to move (or even be able to move) is because Bandai has misled you into believing that's the way it's supposed to be. Their toy is engineered that way, but it doesn't reflect the VT-1 design or its depiction in the movie. That's why I considered glue to be an effective solution in this case. Does your difficulty with dexterity affect your ability to install the gerwalk antenna? Swap out the pilots? Transform the toy, even? Just curious. 🤔
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    Glue. Garden-variety, buck-store CA Krazy glue. I don't mean to belittle those who got broken toys, nor excuse Bandai's infamous QC fails of late, but this one's such a stupidly easy fix... The fins don't have to fold for transformation. Just glue it!
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    If it weren't for MERSA's chronic mammarial obsession, that would've been a fantastic figure... 😒 ...but as always, the breasts end up too big for the character, too big for the body, and too big for the laws of physics. 🤨
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    That was NOT an unboxing. The toy remained in the box. 😅 As a non-canon scheme I don't have the space to display, I'm not even sure why I ordered even one, truth be told... ...but seeing as I'm the only one to have received such a damaged box, maybe I'd have better luck with a second. 🤔 It may be my only recourse, since Show.Z has ignored my complaint so far. 😐 Still happy with the toy, though! 👍
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    X-Plus Minus One attacks! Fabulous sculpt and detail, as always... Naturally photogenic... ...and appropriately-scaled to N-gauge train set dioramas. 😎
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    Arcadia's Garland is the pinnacle of transformable toys, but Yamato's Bubblegum Crisis Moto-slaves deserve a mention, too... ...as does the "Variable Action Hi-Spec" Galvion Circus-1 from MegaHouse. In the grand Hasbro tradition, I rebranded him as a Transformer. ☺️
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    Sorry, I've long since run out of space for displaying non-canon schemes. I'm giving this one a pass. In fact, I haven't even figured out where my DX VT-1's gonna go, much less Fugu's FG-01 Jetfire... They're just cluttering up my photo studio at present. 😐
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    Custom stickers. ☺️
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    Way ahead of you, guy. 😎 It's an easy fix. 👍
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    Macross FTW! I gave Jetfire an appropriately-colored pilot. ☺️
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    The advantage to time-travel stories like The Terminator is that there are infinite possible futures, which is how each subsequent sequel managed to rewrite the timeline and further muck up the continuity. The series was blatantly contradicting itself as early as T2. 🤨
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    Unlike most of you, I'm very pleased with Jetfire's UN Spacy branding. The scheme fits quite well with my various Yamato VFs. Show.Z has been informed. I'll let you know how they respond. The figure's fine, which may actually hurt my chances of getting a replacement... 🤔 "Like, you just want us to send you an empty box...?" 🤨 Perhaps their policy is different when shipping to Japanese customers. I regularly get third-party Transformers from them exactly as they get them from the manufacturer, excepting the Show.Z plastic wrap with the shipping labels attached. I've never seen a Show.Z branded box... and often there's no brown-boxed shipper at all.
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    I was not so lucky... 🙁 The outer box was banged-up pretty good, and the rectangular box inside was worse. 😬 Heads-up for those of you who ordered Fugu FG-01 Jetfire from ShowZ: Their flimsy box may not protect the packaging. 😒 And then there's the inexplicable condition the instructions came in: I have no idea how that happened. 😳
  20. tekering
    With 1:48 Spartas finally available, an increased demand for Bioroids was a foregone conclusion. 😅
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    They were apparently available at WonderFest in the winter of 2020 for ¥20,000 each.
  22. tekering
    Definitely better. The red chin is also an improvement. ☺️
  23. tekering
    In @jenius we trust. 🔒
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    Not if you happen to have any Hi-Metal R toys... 😁
  25. tekering
    It was a great kit for its time, but its time has long since passed. 😒 However, since Wave never produced a Spartan (and Moscato's SPALTAN garage kit is as rare as hen's teeth), this ancient reissue is your only option at this scale. 😐
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