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    I found a preorder here: https://www.nin-nin-game.com/en/gundam/195711-re100-1100-mobile-suit-gundam-f91-xm-02-den-an-ge-limited-edition-bandai-spirits-.html I never used this store but others had positive experiences with it I believe. I usually bought my Gunpla from HLJ. They usually have all the non exclusive kits. If you have never bought from Japan before aware that you have to pay 20% customs fres/VAT on top when you import the item from a non EU country if the total order (including shipping costs) is over €100 (this might vary from country to county. On top, the local carrier usually has a service fee to import the item for you (filling out the customs paperwork). For me that is usually around €7 for DHL. Plus shipping from Japan can get expensive too when you buy from smaller stores (i.e. not Amazon Japan).
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    The UCS Death Star has finally been revealed and I’m stunned how bad it looks from the back: I know no one will display it like that but since it has the window bulging out and those ugly rods from the stars in the landing bat it would had been nice if Lego took greater care with the backside… …for you know a $1000!!! I was thinking it would be cool if the backside had an approximation of the outer shell so you could display it from both sides. Since the outside is anyhow not scale accurate with the turbolaser pointing out and the elevator knob looking like an mobile home exhaust vent you could have an mini diorama of the trench run or the entry point of the Millennium Falcon and Wedge’s X-Wing from RotJ (two super iconic scenes). As is it just looks cheap and like a cost cutting measure. These bricks are super cheap for Lego to produce so it wouldn’t have reduced their profit margin too much. The minifigs also look like nothing special with no dual molded legs (besides the Hot Tub Trooper it seems) or arms and lots of stickers in the set. I’m all for high priced collectibles but they have to look the part.
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    For anyone who had the TechKaiser SP//dr preordered apparently this project is being cancelled: Announcement on X/Twitter:
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    The standee and patch can now be added to an existing backing: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/madoverlord/macross-ii-lovers-again-alus-edition/posts/4472714?ref=ksr_email_mktg_auto_backer_project_update_registered_users
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    Amiami is opening preorders tomorrow (08/29) 11 (am I believe) JST: https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail?gcode=FIGURE-190956
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    The (mini i.e. 19.5cm, just under 7") SoC Metal Gear Rex available at Anime Export (¥33000 pay later): https://www.anime-export.com/index.php?product=96021
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    Hacchaka’s review of the Metal Build God Gundam: https://hacchaka.net/archives/52124401.html I’m shocked that Bandai didn’t include the standard Metal Build arm for the base
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    I give Hasbro some leeway for their kids line and it is hard to separate my adult sensibilities from what kids find fun and engaging. However, I find this Galvatron too simplistic and nondescript (what is even that beast mode) and I don’t understand the $5 up charge for only adding such a simple weapon. With regards to Wild King I’m looking forward to having mine in hand once HLJ is restocking more limb bots.
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    OMG it is happening, stay calm everyone: I’m ready to be disappointed!
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    Is Robotoybase still active? I tried to reactivate my old Chimungmung (?!?!) account and tried to create a new one but nothing worked.
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    Now Rouge is scheduled for September. While I gladly buy more 90s Mafex X-Men I just want to finish my X-Men collection with Rogue. I wonder what is taking them so long?
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    Since it is rare to find Transformers in (toy) stores were I live - and even rarer to find some that I have (fleeting) interest in - I present to you Cyberworld Galvatron: He is tiny, has limited articulation (the head can’t turn, the arms don’t bend and turn) so you can’t give it a cool arm cannon firing pose. With a couple of steps he turns into a dragon: The chest folds out the backpack and folds in the head (1), fold out the head (2), fold up the legs to turn the knees into the beast legs (3), lock in the arms (4) and partsform the weapon and tail. No articulation in beast mode besides the mouth that can open. Now my understanding is that this is a remold of Cyberworld Bull Megatron (which is $10) and this was $15. The $5 is in this picture: Yeah, I don’t know if I see the $5 value here. This piece of plastic is probably less than ¢10 to produce. Overall this feels like a Happy Meal toy instead of a retail toy. I think the Lemmy mustache is weird but I like the blocky nature of the alt-mode. I think young kids might enjoy the simplicity of the transformation and the gimmick of the weapon. For all other fans of Transformers this is a pass.
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    New promo video for the Macross 7 x Transformers crossover Basara Prime. Stupid trailer is still stupid:
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    New promo video:
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    I’ve been watching the "Activate your alt-mode" from afar (since I don’t have an Instagram account). Now that Shockwave has been determined as the character it would be funny if the further choices are water based alt mode and the mode is a steam powered, icon clad dreadnaught.
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    Person I want to display it some 6” figures in my 80/90s nostalgia shelf and he might be a little bit too small for it but I will wait for the full reveal, maybe he is bigger than he looks. Rex seems to be the same size as the ThreeA Half Size one but I probably will like Bandai’s execution more and I’m no fan of the weather on the ThreeZero/ThreeA toys.
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    Update 34, the character good will be available for adding to the crowdfunding order on September 1st. The acrylic Ishtar stand will be $30 the Ishtar badge $10: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/madoverlord/macross-ii-lovers-again-alus-edition/posts/4435436?ref=ksr_email_mktg_auto_backer_project_update_registered_users
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    Since I don’t collect the regular characters of the Hearts of Steel robots but their repaints I really would like a Nemesis Prime/Skywarp and Cliffjumper/Galvatron repaints of these so I can compare them to my MMC/Mech Planet versions (sans Galvatron). However, wasn’t it announced by Hasbro that these Timelines releases are meant for evergreen characters? I always took this as no repaints (but it could also mean repaints are a possibility but no molds for minor characters like the Insecticon train).
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    OMG yea, this and a Metal Gear Ray is what’s missing from my "important mecha from my childhood” collection. I was so mad that I missed the ThreeA Half Sized versions. Apparently it is already on display (and looks super tiny):
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    Yes, of course the shuttle scene is from ROTJ but most of the dioramas in the set are from ANH. In my head I’m trying to come up with a story why all these dioramas should be inside the first Death Star. That’s why I said I can explain away the shuttle ramp since the first Death Star probably had one, even if it was not shown on screen in ANH. However, with the throne room I cannot do that. Probably because it features so prominently in an iconic scene from ROTJ and there was little to nothing of the Emperor in ANH. So in my mind the Death Star 1 was Grand Moff Tarkin’s flagship while the Death Star 2 was the Emperor’s one.
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    This is the part that also sits wrong with me. To my knowledge the Death Star 2 is much bigger than the Death Star 1 (and much cooler looking with a much better looking main laser shot). Yet we have dioramas from both movies, and Darth Vader’s meditation chamber was shown to be on the Super Star Destroyer from ESB. I know why they did it, because they wanted to catch all iconic scenes from both Death Stars but for me this makes the set even less desirable, because it is confused by its own identity what it wants to be. So it is clearly the Death Star from ANH. You can tell by the shape of the laser bean and because in the hull section below the main laser there is no interruption in the hull, where it is not finished shed. And while I could argue away that the first Death Star had an Imperial Shuttle (even if there were no Imperial Shuttles in ANH I believe) and a similar looking landing bay than the one from ROTJ the throne room diorama sits really wrong with me. In the first movie there was little talk about the Emperor or that the Death Star was meant as his personal vessel so I find it really off putting to have it there (again I understand why it is there). It could be that there was a scene with that throne room on the first Death Star in other media (and the meditation chamber) that I am unaware of.
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    Smoker is smoking two cigars; I’m impressed.
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    Images of the $1000 UCS Death Star have leaked: https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/the-lego-thread.173890/page-2169#post-23592282 While I think the idea of a huge (i.e. bigger than a free standing orb can be) Lego Death Star that you can display with one side to the wall (maybe even hang it up like a picture frame) I think the realized product by Lego ultimate falls flat, because it is missing an exterior hull, that you can fold away to reveal the interior.
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    Hey look, it is the Exaxxion
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    Maybe @M'Kyuun is right and it is the gray color that brings out the greeble much more, or it’s because my mind associates Studio Series 86 Prime with MP-44 (which is super smooth), but in my minds eye 86 Megatron is a greebly mess, whereas 86 Prime is G1 cartoon smoothness; odd. Thank you for the comparison picture.
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