SuperSenpai
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I like the proportions on that Blowsperior kit, especially the legs. The Beagle toy generally has a good sculpt, and the legs look decent when the rider is not armored up, but they look to skinny in proportion to the rest of the toy in armor mode. Whereas the Gakken toy has the opposite problem -- in armor mode, everything looks about right (if a bit boxy or bulky), but without armor the rider's legs look ridiculously huge. The Blowsperior kit splits the difference pretty well.
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I might be in the minority on this one, but one thing I think the producers of Robotech did well was updating the background music when they adapted the original anime -- I'm talking about the instrumental music, not the Minmei stuff. I remember watching SDF Macross for the first time after growing up on Robotech and thinking what a jarring experience it was to watch the same scenes played out with different music. And maybe it's just nostalgia talking, but on the whole, I thought the Robotech music fit better with a lot of the scenes than the original music.
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Jenius, are you attending SDCC as a regular member of the public, or do you get some kind of press/industry badge due to your blog and YouTube channel?
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It sounds like HG/Toynami is trying to cover their bases by making the EVO toys Legioss available for order stateside, while also pursuing their own Robotech-branded Alpha design. Seems not unlike what they did when they produced Robotech-branded MPC Alphas while also importing the Aoshima Legioss.
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Can't forget Toby Maguire, probably the most prominent name that was attached to this project.
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I believe that's Toynami's YF-1R Veritech that was used in one of the Robotech video games. It was a repaint of the VF-1J with a head that had three lasers, IIRC.
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Artists or designers you follow on Twitter or Instagram?
SuperSenpai replied to hachi's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I use FB for all personal stuff, but I have a Twitter for following public figures and "celebrities". I follow current comic books, so among the artists I follow: Sean Gordon Murphy Greg Capullo Chris Samnee Yanick Paquette Jason Fabok Peter Krause Lee Weeks Jim Lee -
I'm not a model builder, but if there were a line of assembled figures released based on your designs, with good detailing and paint jobs, that would be pretty sweet. Ever think of doing something like a Kickstarter to generate funds for a larger production run of your projects?
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Nice collection. We don't see enough vintage toys in this thread.
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Fixed it for you. :-)
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I think they are counting on the fact that Mospeada is an underserved franchise, toy-wise. It's lot not like collectors of Mospeada toys have a lot of options.
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If you're willing to take an MPC Alpha, those can be had for not unreasonable prices -- close to retail or even less. A lot of sellers online were asking above and beyond $100 for those, esp. the main hero ones, but I managed to snag a green and red one for $60-$70 each. You just have to be patient. Since I knew the build quality wasn't great, the inflated prices weren't worth it to me. But I would have been willing to pay the $60-$70 for one as a display piece that I didn't plan to handle too much.
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What are Everybody's 3 favorite & 3 least favorite Macross toys?
SuperSenpai replied to Graham's topic in Toys
Three favorite: 1) VF-4G: It's probably my favorite non-VF-1 design. I think it's fairly unique looking in comparison to everything that came afterwards, which I feel have mostly been variations on a theme. 2) Yamato/Arcadia VF-1: the pinnacle of VF-1 toy designs (thus far). 3) Takatoku/Bandai 1/55 VF-1: It's a classic for a reason. Plenty of nostalgia wrapped up in this toy. Least favorites: 1) YF-29: I personally find everything after the VF-25 to be more of the same. Everything that came after is just a VF-25 with different wings or some other slight modification. Also, handling the 29 with super parts is annoying. The wings don't stay in position and are floppy due to the extra weight of the super parts. 2) VF-0D: Too many sharp points and fins make it not fun to handle. 3) Yamato 1/48 VF-1 with super/strike parts and missiles: I'm probably going to get some flack for this, since I know a lot of people still like the 1/48s. But I'm specifically talking about 1/48s with the strike parts and missiles attached. I had a 1/48 a few years ago, and honestly I found it so frustrating to handle the toy with all the parts on. Something would always fall off, and forget about trying transform it with parts on. -
It's a hobby. It's supposed to be fun. Don't take it so seriously. There are more important things in life than toys. If you don't enjoy it anymore then stop.
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It's pretty sad that with all the advances in toy design over the past 30+ years nobody has been able to surpass the old Gakken Legioss toys.
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The latest photos look like an improvement over what we saw in the unpainted prototypes. That said, for a $200+ toy there needs to be more tampo printing. I'm with everyone else who wants to see a review before shelling out. The last toy I paid that much for was the Arcadia VF-0A. After all the hip joint issues started coming to light, I promised myself that would be the last toy I would spend that much money on without a review or advance report of the quality.
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And I just bought a set of M&M HMR, thinking that it would be the only way I could get this pair in any scale at a decent price. At least they could release them closer together so that they can both be shipped by HLJ private warehouse.
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As far as VF-1 valks are concerned, I got into collecting just shortly before Yamato closed its doors, so it was during the era when secondhand prices were going up. I've managed to get most of the ones that I really wanted, albeit at prices higher than some of these guys were paying during the era when you could easily pick up Yamato valks on sale. Although they were priced higher, they were not insanely high, and I was also buying at a time when they seemed to be more plentiful on the secondary market. I snagged a Yamato TV VF-1S for $160, a VF-1D for $200 (w/a broken shoulder, easily fixed), the Vermilion squad for around $130 each, super parts for $100. Those prices are higher than the golden era, but a lot of those valks are hard to find now, and when they crop up they are a lot more expensive, so I don't feel too bad about what I paid. I think I paid the highest secondary market penalty on my Yamato Destroids, which I got for around $150 each I think. That's pretty bad considering that at one point you could find them on heavy discount for almost a third of that price. But on the other hand those are pretty rare on the secondary market, and I think I paid fair value for what the going rate was at the time. Also, if you're just patient, sometimes timing will work out and something you want gets re-released. I wanted a VF-4G for the longest time, but there was no way I was going to pay $400-$500-$600 rates that the secondary market was commanding. Eventually, Arcadia reissued it and I got for under $300 shipped. The two places that really helped me get the best deals were Mandarake and the sale forum here on MWF. Even with overseas shipping, Mandarake was cheaper than a lot of the eBay prices I was seeing. And a few of the forum regulars here gave me some pretty decent deals.
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I read/heard somewhere (maybe here on MWF?) that the reason why the Masterpiece Transformers KOs are so good is because they are made in the same factory with the same molds as the regular MP Transformers. The factory is producing extra runs beyond the order and selling them for cheap as KOs, or they are repackaging and selling ones that were rejected for minor QC purposes. No idea if this is true, but if it is, the MP Transformer KOs might not be the best reference point for what to expect quality-wise from a KO Arcadia toy. Usually when I think of a KO, I think of something where the molds were copied, bought, or stolen, and they the product was made somewhere completely different.
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Robotech Visual Archive 2017: The Macross Saga
SuperSenpai replied to UN Spacy's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
From a company that rarely produces anything new/original, and excels at repackaging old content ad infinitum, my money is on this being a book filled with reprints of art that has already been released in various other forms. You'll recall that they released three volumes of Robotech art books back in the 80s, Robotech Art 1, Art 2, and Art 3. They'll probably reprint the same line art from the Macross section of Art 1, maybe add some of the comic book art or some newer art from Tommy Yune. -
I think they were from a Macross museum display in Japan, IIRC.
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I like how the Legioss/Alpha looks like he's photobombing the Macross toys.
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Doctor Strange, in theaters November 4, 2016
SuperSenpai replied to azrael's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
In the scene right before the car crash where Dr. Strange is on the phone discussing cases, one of the patients they mention is a guy who was injured wearing some kind of experimental armor, which appeared to be a reference to War Machine who got shot down during Civil War. As for Winter Soldier... from what I remember, the purpose of Project Insight was that it was supposed to target any individual that the algorithm determined could pose a threat, either currently or in the future -- basically, anyone that had the potential to be exceptional. At the time of Winter Soldier, Dr. Strange was not yet trained in magic, but he was still the world's foremost neurosurgeon, and we all know what happened to him afterwards. Even if Project Insight didn't know he could become the Sorcerer Supreme, it knew that he would be someone intelligent/powerful/resourceful enough to be a threat to Hydra. -
The Toynami Alphas had pegs to lock the shoulder and forearm joints together too. That didn't stop the things from having that unsightly gap between them.