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  1. Scyla
    The inclusion of the trailer is terrible for me. I want to buy two for an extra guitar (and a Fighter-mode for the Valkyrie) to add to a 1/60 VF-19 Kai. But I don’t want any part of that trailer sound stage. I can barely justify having one so a second set is out of the question. Clear case of making a great thing worse for no apparent reason.
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    To me, Transformers in these crossovers (Hasbro or Takara) are always the smaller franchise. So from my point of view it makes sense to use the most recognizable face of the Transformers franchise. And to me it makes sense that this was the reasoning of Takara to base all SynergenX releases around Prime (and Megatron for Godzilla). Anyhow, Adamas Machina Predaking looks absolutely fantastic. I don’t know what it is but Lion heads on the chest of Japanese robots just draw me in. GaoGaiGar, Tryon-3 Predaking:
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    Metal Build 1.5 Gundam preorder at Anime Export (¥53480, pay now): https://www.anime-export.com/index.php?product=92228
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    I absolutely think Basara/Fire Valkyrie is the face of Macross in Japan. Yes he might not be as popular as Sheryl but the combination of iconic character, mecha and music makes him an ideal choice (I mean what mecha is Sheryl known for? The Koenig Monster or the transport shuttle?) And don’t forget, Frontier did a whole tribute to Fire Bomber and Basara M7. And I really this is a line is meant to draw other people into Transformers and to them and not for Transformers fans who know who the other characters of the evergreen roster are. Sure some people might know who Bumblebee, Starscream and Megatron are but non are as iconic as Optimus Prime. If you really want to cash in on the Macross fandom use something that they know for sure. Sometimes it is hard to imagine what the outside world looks like if you are neck deep in the fandom. But if people know anything about Transformers it’s Optimus. [edit:] A Bumblebee/Sheryl/YF-29 makes no sense to me. [edit2:] I also cannot comprehend the notion that to the average Frontier fan an Optimus Prime mecha has any kind of draw because they are not in it for the Valkyries (or their pilots) but for Sheryl/Ranka and J-Pop music.
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    On the show floor there is a silhouette of the third mode. To me it looks like some sort of Mospeada Legioss/Tread combination where the VF-19 transforms into Gerwalk-mode and attaches to the trailer. Maybe it has some wheels in the lower legs and smokestacks on the side to emulate some sort of truck but it will be far from a real Optimus truck I think. To me it makes a lot of sense to be Optimus. It is the face of a franchise combine with another face of the franchise (Godzilla, Shield Liger, Basara, Rathalos). While other characters might make a lot of sense for crossovers I don’t think it is the intent behind the SynergenX line. While I could see that a Laserwave/YF-21 would be a sensible choice, this line is a marketing vehicle so Transformers can benefit from other fandoms. But their fans who this line is for don’t know or care about Laserwave (or the YF-21) they know Optimus/Convoy.
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    The robot also has smoke stacks for some reasons. So maybe it is a triple changer. However, I think it is more likely that the Valkyrie will be able to be attached to the trailer. I wonder were the inspiration for the trailer came from. The only thing that looks vaguely like it from M7 is this: (image courtesy of the Macross Mecha Manual: https://macross2.net/m3/macross7/tractortrailertruck.htm) From the shape of it it looks more like Rodimus’ trailer:
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    The 1.5 Gundam preorders will start soon (¥48200 tax included). Some pictures from the Tamashii Nations store: https://www.passion4fun.com/bandai-metal-build-gundam-00-revealed-chronicle-1-5-eyes-gundam/
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    I get your points on the Lego building. They have been mostly facades in my childhood too (see 6080 or 6392). And I get that you can easily modify the sets because of the basic nature of Lego blocks. However, with this train station it looks like this is even easier. Just buy three and bush them together like books on a shelf and you have a whole building (of course it is not so easy see for example the elevator). Rant: I also find it difficult to modify current Lego sets with other pieces from current Lego sets. For one thing, they are build with contrast pieces inside that makes building them easier (supposedly). Your bright teal and pink comes to mind. Then you have too many colors nowadays. I was trying to rebuild the Minecraft turtle house and I had three slightly different shades of green to distinguish and sort out. You also have too many different pieces so you are trying to find what you need in a see of greeble. This makes it all in all more difficult to build something on your own. Compared to the 80s where you had a limited palette both in colors and pieces (my child mind was blown discovering a brown Lego piece in my first Pirates set). With the Arctic sets I enjoy them from afar. I didn’t mean to imply that only kids can enjoy them but rather that Lego designed something that my kid self would enjoy. Nowadays my Lego collection is fairly limited to basically Minifig scaled OT Star Wars vessels. My budget (mostly time and display space) is limited so I have to pick and choose what I collect and not just buy what I think looks neat.
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    I think the biggest flaw is that Hasbro/Takara (and this is an assumption on my part) are using the same manufacturing resources for their collector lines (MP/MPG/Haslab) and their $4.99 soap bottle toys. If they design a toy that requires some sort of finesse in production (tight tolerance, crisp paint application, sensible material choices ) their manufacturing resources have trouble building them properly and implement proper QC processes. I have experienced many toy lines from different manufacturers and Takara products have the shoddiest quality of them all. They have many of the issues mass produced toys for the retail market have. Which is not that big of an issue when it is a $20 toy for a young child that will break it eventually but a big deal if you spend $300 on an end all be all collector piece. What is the saving grace is that their engineers are able to design a transformation that is fun, engaging and rock solid. Something that Bandai and Sentinel fail at more often than not.
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    Thank you. Your recommendations are much appreciated. I think the second book is what I was looking for.
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    Hello, I have quick question: I’m looking for a coffee table book of the Kenner 3.75 Star Wars toy line. It is a birthday present for a friend who had a lot of these toys in the 80s but lost most of them. They are also not in the toy collecting fandom. It should contain nice pictures of the figures, vehicles and play sets and maybe some write up on the history of the line. Is something like this available out there? Any input is appreciated. Thanks!
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    @M'Kyuun that sad to hear. I hope everything will work out in the end. I really like the design of the City train station. However, this seems like a set designed (either by accident or on purpose) to buy two or three copies to build a more substantial building that is not just a facade. Other sets like that are the icons Great Pyramid or the 3in1 castle sets. The Arctic sets look great I would loved to have those as a child. Makes me wished they would do an Ice Planet set in the Icons line (but this could be a Monkey’s paw situation).
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    There was a sale going on for an EU shop for the May 4th Star Wars celebration so I bought Jabba’s Sail Barge. Now the only thing I’m missing for my Lego Star Wars collection is an UCS Imperial Shuttle. I greatly dislike the old UCS one (the color scheme and the cockpit; I also don’t like the wing construction but I don’t think you could do better at that scale) so I hope Lego revisits it in the future. Oh, and while I have a Minifig scale B-Wing (75050) I think a bigger one in the style of the $100 X-Wing would be awesome.
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    I made a meme
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    While Chrono Trigger is my favorite video game of all time, I’m not a huge the 2.5D semi pixel art style they implemented for the Live a Live remake and such. If they want to sway me over with the remake, they need to do something really, really special. The SNES version is a flawless masterpiece to me. I know I’m setting myself up for failure but the remake will only succeed if it makes me feel like my 14 year old self playing Chrono Trigger in 1996 on a CRT TV on an original SNES. I still have that SNES, that controller and that cartridge. But no CRT and I’m not 14 anymore.
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    I just had the idea that it would be funny if Hasbro would scale down Omega Prime to scale more accurately with the mainline and sell it as a Commander/Titan toy. It wouldn’t technically mean that Hasbro sells a Haslab product at retail and they could max out their investment.
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    I wonder if I will be able to order one via HLJ/amiami. The Seed Freedom one looks cool and is not too on the nose with the source material.
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    Wotafa’s review of the Zeta Gundam: Looking at more reviews I wished they would have found a way to cover the hinge in the chest. Looks way too much like a toy. I wonder if we will get a Zeta Plus (red and blue creamsicle) from that mold. I would also like to add that the Metal Build Zeta looks like a Transformer; what are you doing Bandai?
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    Metal Build Hyper Mega Launcher preorder at Anime Export (¥13980, pay now): https://anime-export.com/index.php?product=91561 [edit:] sold out now
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    I can understand that. For me the word that comes to mind is "regular". It feels like a (Metal) Robot Damashii release missing something special. It could very well be that this perception changes in hand but looking at reviews it feels very mediocre (but not in a bad way).
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    I’m not surprised. I’m sure the outlook of having to pay a high tariffs payment probably doesn’t help with enthusiasm from the US fandom.
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    What are your main grievances? Mine would be that it has not enough accessories (hello, $100 hyper mega launcher add on set). My main issue is that it looks not stylized enough. He almost looks like the Ver. Ka version. There are some differences and I’m looking forward having the opportunity to looking at one in person. Thank’s to the review I cannot unsee how big the head of the MB Zeta is. Hacchaka’s comparison with the MG: MG Ver. Ka:
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    As a big M7 fan I think the screaming face is a great addition. Love the standing Basara: Ore no uta o kike!!! I think I might buy two of the SynergenX Transformers Basara Prime if the guitar is big enough so I can give one to this VF-19Kai. Yeah, the spine in Fighter-Mode is ugly. Too bad they didn’t try to implement a cover that goes over the head turret to give it a more smooth looking spine. I think it will look better with a VF-19F/S head laser though.
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    I’m still salty that Bandai didn’t continue the TMNT line. I want a 6" cartoon accurate Shredder and this one looked so good.
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    I think the challenge is in the placement of the white Prime in the G1 toy: The waist of Ultra Magnus is not where the waist of the Prime is. Likewise, the knees of Prime are at the waist of Ultra Magnus. I don’t think those are insurmountable odds but I feel they would have to change ML Convoy to give Ultra Magnus more articulation. I think they could skip the waist joint but I don’t see them skipping knee. I also think as a fan of the Missing Link line you would like Takara to stay as close to the original as possible. That cloud potentially look very weird so my train of thought was just a white Convoy would be much more likely. And Takara already released a repaint of ML Convoy with Sentinel Prime.
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