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    That depends on two factors: What size you define as a "poster" What resolution you'd consider "high quality" If your expectations are anywhere near mine, I'd say... no.
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    Good call, @jenius. The size discrepancy is far less significant in "attack" mode... and now I'm starting to notice other little inconsistencies in the line art as well. Were these little differences a mistake, or did Miyatake deliberately fudge the proportions between modes for aesthetic reasons...? I suppose I'll have to decide whether to choose accuracy in one mode over another, or just produce a hybrid that compromises both...
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    Overlaying the line-art confirms the length of my cannon booms is accurate, but illustrates a new problem to address... The Daedalus isn't too far off, but look how much bigger the Prometheus is supposed to be...! The so-called 1:3000 Prometheus toy is barely any bigger than Hasegawa's 1:4000 model! I guess I'll have to find a more appropriately-sized aircraft carrier model (or toy) to modify...
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    Looks like it's been to hell and back. Cheers, Bolt.
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    I know Al Matthews is blocking a proper Apone, but what's holding back Drake? Or Gorman? Come on, fall in, people!
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    Yeah, it's my current favorite from Yamato... at least, among Macross toys. I tried to keep my answers Macross-specific, but Yamato did some fabulous Votoms toys, Arcadia's Garland tops any of their Valkyries, and Bandai produces action figures, toys and models from so many great properties... I wouldn't even know how to choose! Almost exclusively, yeah. There are Furuta/F-Toys, Eaglemoss, Johnny Lightning, Hallmark... lots of companies represented there. More-or-less, yeah... the starships in that display range from 1:2850 to 1:3200. My ships are arranged by scale, not by manufacturer. Repulsorlift technology. It's a galactic standard.
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    Yeah, I've already changed my mind. I love Yamato's 1:48 Woodland GBP, and think it's been unfairly overlooked:
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    But... the super/strike packs were only for use in space, and wouldn't even function aerodynamically in an atmosphere... What would be the point of a camouflage color scheme?
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    My thoughts exactly. And you succeeded! But that's pretty much the opposite of what I'm going for. I want it to look like a modern toy, not a chunky monkey. The stumpy main cannon booms were always what bugged me most about the toy, so that was the first problem I decided to address. Now, since they tended to droop a little in cruiser mode even before I extended them, I've taken steps to keep them level with the main body of the ship: See the notches I've cut into the base of the boom arms? They'll fit over the tab that sticks out in front, to help secure the booms in place. After considering a series of slots and tabs to keep them locked together more securely in cruiser mode, I instead chose to reinforce their connection with magnets.
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    Why not just take the whole display?
  11. tekering
    Indeed, as one of the first to prove this turd could be polished, your input is most welcome. I've already managed to improve the silhouette, at least...
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    Since my unpaid COVID-19 "vacation" has been extended another couple of weeks, I've decided to rescue my poor old Matchbox SDF-1. Love it or hate it, most of you have one... ...and, if you were anything like the ignorant teenager I was, you put stickers on it, played with it, broke bits off it, and left it in direct sunlight for days at a time. Now, there have been several others here who have taken a toy in similar condition and restored it, repainted it to be more cartoon-accurate, or even made structural improvements to it, and I've been inspired by your work... however, the underlying proportions remain a problem. Here's what a side-by-side comparison reveals: And here's how I've decided to modify it. The legs will be repositioned and extended, the cannons will have a whole new section added to lengthen each, the bridge will be substantially modified, and the biceps will be redesigned from scratch. The result will still be a transformable toy, but with significantly different proportions: Step one requires scratchbuilding extensions for the cannon booms. These are just hollow boxes I've made by gluing pieces of 1.0mm styrene together.
  13. tekering
    Yeah, that color scheme is awesome.
  14. tekering
    It's what we called "politically correct" in the '90s, showing sensitivity towards issues of race, gender and sexual identity (and more recently, representation of same in works of fiction).
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    It's a fabulous toy, but the color's wrong. The VF-11B should be an IJN gray, something like this... ...but Yamato's is more of an ocean gray, with a lavender tint to it.
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    Geez, I didn't even recognize her.
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    Look, I realize I'm the one who led us into this particular minefield, but I think you two better dial it back a bit. You're gonna give poor sqidd an aneurysm.
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    Now that @jenius is contributing to this thread, my participation seem redundant...
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    Note Yamato's first VF-1 toy (the 1:60 v.1) was released in October of 2001, and the first 1:48 VF-1 was released in November of 2002. Bandai's first 1:48 VF-1 was issued in late December of 2018. Frankly, though, it sounds like a pretty dull comparison. There's so little visual difference between the 1:60s and the 1:48s that I wouldn't bother putting them in such a display at all. By choosing the biggest available options, you're only representing the best of the best, as it were... and ignoring the much greater variation in VF-1 toys that exists at smaller scales. Consider, instead, something like this: Going back to the '90s, and including manufacturers like Arii, Kaiyodo, and Toynami, you'll find much more significant differences in proportions, detailing, and articulation, and provide more visual interest (particularly to anyone not intimately acquainted with the Macross Valkyrie). If you're gonna restrict your display to a single mode anyway, including such non-transformable action figures expands your options tremendously.
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    That's one advantage novelizations have over the prequels themselves -- you can read what the characters are trying to communicate to each other, without being so distracted by the poor acting as to lose sight of the purpose of the dialogue. Whenever I see Hayden Christensen on screen, I simply can't concentrate on what the story is trying to convey... and a lot of the other performances are similarly bad. Like, distractingly bad.
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    Wow, the aesthetics blend perfectly with the nu-Mospeada look, and the stickers are a great touch. "Hive Breaker" is a good name, Perxion. "Hivebuster" might be better.
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    Well, if you thought TOS was "mostly crap," I'm certainly not going to change your mind about TMP. But consider the thematic concepts, the ingenious visual effects work, and the soaring Jerry Goldsmith score... Now compare the themes, visuals, and music from Into Darkness... and remember how it treated the legacy of Star Trek II. You'll soon realize which one is the crappier movie. I thought that was Star Trek V.
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    Ah, that's no fun. Criticizing Star Trek is the primary motivation for watching it, and has been since its heyday. Even as a teenager, my friends and I bitched and whined about every new episode of The Next Generation, because we cared. It's only fans dedicated enough to nitpick every flaw that are truly appreciating the show. Casual viewers like you are understandably confused by our vitriol, I'm sure. Enterprise was cancelled before it finally found its feet, but much of Season 4 was good. We do not. Precisely. Star Trek fandom is no longer enough to sustain a Star Trek series, so they've adapted to service a more mainstream audience... and failed to satisfy either group, it would seem.
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    I don't even need to watch the video to make that determination: the thumbnail alone says it all. Looks like pewter. Edit: Okay, having watched it, that's just a result of crappy lighting... ...but I see other reasons why credibility is an issue. It's YouTube reviews like this that inspire me to do my own, if only because I know I couldn't possibly do worse.
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