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  1. Scyla
    Now with these super line art accurate sculpts I would love the get the cast of Chrono Trigger in the Bring Arts line.
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    Depends what you want. What I really want is a Metal Build Nu Gundam so I won‘t buy one.
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    I’m interested since FM3 was the first (and only) Front Mission game I‘ve ever played.
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    New FF7 BringArts figures (6") of Tifa and Aerith: Even more ridiculously priced at ¥13,200. Especially for not having any real accessories or effect parts. Source: https://news.toyark.com/2022/09/14/final-fantasy-vii-bring-arts-aerith-and-tifa-figures-483285#images I will probably get one of each. Yes I know that I’m part of the problem. I hope they get to Yuffie, Vincent, Cid, Red XIII and Cait Sith.
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    If anyone is interested in playing the Deedlit game, look for cracks in the walls to discover secrets by hitting them. I found some interesting weapons that way.
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    I’m currently at playing Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth on the Switch. Funny thing, die cartridge I imported from Japan comes with English text. It is a fun combination between a Ikaruga like bullet hell shmup and a Metroidvania platformer. It has some issues with the difficulty. So some bosses are super hard until you figure out a strategy that negates all the difficulties (recently fought a black dragon where you could sneak between head and body and be save from most attacks). And Deedlit feels overpowered most of the time but than gets beaten into a mush if you are not careful. Other than that it is a lot of fun to play and probably one of the prettiest sprite based games I‘ve seen on any system. I wish Bloodstained looked that good. And it is good to see something from Record of Lodoss War coming out. Karla on the cover of an anime magazine in the 90s resulted in me buying said magazine and getting sucked into anime and manga.
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    Yay more EW suits. I am excited! Yeah, I’m going to pass too.
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    I got my copy of MPG Shouki in the mail. It is a mixed bag. The ivory and dark blue paint looks as stunning in person as it does in pictures. Very classy. Train Mode: probably the best of the three modes. My main criticisms are the translucent windows were you can see the innards of the robot. I don’t understand why Takara opted for that solution because if you look at the real Shinkansen from a distance you don’t see much of the inside. Same goes for the headlights which would look much better painted yellow and the cockpit windows. Other bummer is the inability of the train bogies to turn. Not a biggie since the wheels of the carbots won’t turn either. Robot-mode is where the issues start to arise. First the good things. The robot looks stunning (from the front) good likeness, excellent head sculpt. I’m not too fussed about the back kibble since it is somewhat accurate. The articulation is adequate for a member of the combiner team and to get there is fairly straightforward even if it is not as refined as other Takara transformations. The problems start with the use of clear plastic for the sides. Which looks absolutely atrocious since you are staring at clear plastic edges where the parts of the outer shell separate. To me it looks super odd and making them out of opaque plastic with dark translucent inlets (like on MMC Volatus) or just painting the windows in a glossy paint would have looked a lot better. You also stare at the clear plastic inlets for the cockpit windows and head lights which looks super cheap and toy like. I think the designer tried to minimize the need to interact with the clear plastic panels but you still have the occasional clear pieces tabbing into each other and clear hinges and rotation joints. Maybe that is why the legs look so unfinished. They look bad from any angle other straight on and really pull this toy down a notch. I don’t understand why the designer couldn’t figure out a way to transform them more since they don’t do anything in combined mode. Oh and the transformation results in Shouki standing on the painted sides of the rear train which is just begging for paint scratches. Don’t move the toy around on its feet or place it on a nice soft piece of cloth. Super disappointing MP toy from the knees down. Which brings me to the torso mode. Sigh, it is terrible. I know that this could change when it is combined with Kaen (the lower torso) but as of now it is super janky and unstable. I assume that Kaen will not only form the hips and waist (given that the leg bots also contain the thighs) but also provide the head on a strut that runs through Shoukis backpack. Maybe this will make the torso more stable. Shouki‘s legs form a backpack which again looks super unfinished and gappy Super unimaginative engineering and a real letdown from Takara. I also think that Shouki will provide the shoulder ratchets for Raiden since the armatures his arms attach to can rotate but they feel pretty weak so I doubt Raiden will be able to hold his arms up. Also rotating the combiner shoulders will rub on the outer shell of the train that is attached to Shouki‘s forearms. Not a good design choice. I wrote somewhere that I buy the Trainbots out of morbid curiosity for how Takaras first MP combiner will turn out. With one bot in my possession it feels like a disaster in the making. If anyone is buying this for the combined mode I would be super worried. On the other hand it is a good robot and an excellent train but for the ¥18k MSRP you could probably get a nicer Shinkansen Type 0 for your train set that can actually drive around the tracks. Could Takara be building a good Raiden? Possibly, but you won’t know until Kaen is out which will be conveniently released last. So you will have to buy them all to find out.
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    I think a lot of odd choices being made by the Hasbro Transformers team at the moment. Stuff like Scourge sporting the wrong deco, the Cosmos/Knock Out allotment, the return of a obtrusive line wide gimmick with the Energone weapons (and from my limited experience the lesser build quality of some Legacy toys compared to the WfC releases). From what I gathered there has been a changing of the guard in the design team, the upper management as well as the economic environment. These changes could accumulate to a pretty drastic change in how Transformers are designed and produced in the near future.
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    I have visited an air show in Styria today. Took some pictures of European fighter jets:
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    Rumors are going around about new Lego Star Wars sets in 2023. If the rumors are true there are some interesting sets in there mainly: A Tie Bomber and a Endor Speeder Chase diorama. The Tie Bomber is more important since I don’t have that as a vehicle. Still can’t believe we will get a new Tie Bomber before the much more prolific Tie Interceptor. The Endor diorama might be good for minifigs and the Speeder Bikes. Promobricks seems to the rumor source.
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    Thanks for the heads up. I probably won’t be able to watch it because will be on assignment. Maybe that is a good omen for a successful launch.
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    The Artemis 1 launch is scheduled for today at 8:33 AM ET: https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#public
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    I don’t know about the sculpt of that Cammy figure. Her bangs just don’t look right to me and something is off with the face sculpt.
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    Thank you for the link. I contacted Anime Export and they will send the Red Dragonics with the replacement parts.
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    There doesn’t seem to be any deco changes on the Strike Rouge so maybe I will skip it and wait for an add-on set with only the pink Aile Striker and the Grand Slam?
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    A new hat maybe? From Gabriel Contreras over at TFW2005. Metal Build Dynames: Now in green with sniper rifle. Source: https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/bandai-metal-build-discussion.1115253/page-294#post-20551447 [edit:] Added a video
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    I like them well enough.
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    It seems like Mononga continues with his „fake it till you make it“ path to world domination in Overlord S4. Since I’m not watching anything else from this season I‘m looking into older anime. Additionally I‘m planning to visit the ocean this fall, I know nothing about snorkeling and I’m giant weep, so I decided to watch an anime about diving. I’m currently going through Amanchu! season 2 to find out more. I already learned some interesting things.
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    I only wish Bandai would release the other suits from Gundam Wing, at least the main five.
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    To me Metal Build is the of a higher quality than the GFFMC line. The GFFMC line only caught up in terms of quality with the RX-78-2 from Gundam the Origin. So this, the Zakku and the Wing Zero Custom. The Zakku feels the most like a Metal Build toys. From reviews I saw of the older GFFMC toys are lacking, especially the Unicorn ones and the Z Plus. I don’t know much about the Psycho Gundam. It probably helps that none of the Metal Builds transform.
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    I wonder if I should buy the Red Dragonics head add-on set to make my Red Frames more diverse. Do we know for which release this set is meant to be? The initial Red Frame release?
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    Is my mind playing tricks on me, or did they remold the complete lower legs to make them more slender?
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    I appreciate the offer @mikeszekely but I hope it will either show up on Pulse Germany or it will be released in Japan and I can lump it in with my bimonthly shipment. I can’t imagine that some of the Velocitron toys won’t be released in Japan. I would rather have an RiD accurate version of Scourge but this would be a fine addition to my Nemesis Prime collection.
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    Looks great. I have the SHF Freya and Mikumo and hoed Bandai would release the rest of Walkure as TWE but that will never happen. So I need to get those because I too want to have them displayed with the Valkyries. Are they hard to find on Mandarake?
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