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    I got my first JoyToys toys. Four Dark Angel marines. They are nice, playable and easily amassable toys. I already ordered the two Dark Angel captains and I need to resist buying Rowboat Girlyman because that will lead down a dangerous rabbit hole once they start releasing more Primarches.
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    I would be all over new SHF Street Fighter releases. I would buy all the rest of the Super Street Fighter cast but what really hurts is that they never did a Guile.
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    @mikeszekely I think it works quite well, especially the paint job on the chest gives it a stitched together look. I don’t know what else they could have done with Frankenstein's Monster. Maybe lean more into the asymmetrical look of Autobot Spike? On this note I would have preferred it if they named the toy Frankentron's Monster and never reveal who Frankentron is.
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    Available at Anime Export (pay now ¥30800): https://www.anime-export.com/index.php?product=71883 [edit:] sold out now
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    According to ami ami in 2 hours at 4pm JST.
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    Metal Robot Damashi Side MS Ka Signature - Prototype ZZ Gundam available at Anime Export (¥27000): https://www.anime-export.com/index.php?product=71809
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    The Metal Structure Sazabi is available at Anime Export for ¥305000: https://www.anime-export.com/?product=65375 [edit:] sold out now.
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    @jvmacross Next preorder 08/01/23: VF-171EX Nightmare Plus EX (Alto Saotome machine). From @enphily. https://tamashiiweb.com/item/14559/?wovn=en
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    Awesome, I was browsing Mandarake for an VF-171EX Alto Custom but couldn’t find the Armor Parts so I will definitely jump on this one.
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    Hacchaka's review of the Metal Build Divine Striker: https://hacchaka.net/archives/52099038.html
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    FYI according to the shipping papers from HLJ the Princess in the Sky version was produced in the Czech Republic (iirc). So maybe Bandai is producing less of their collector items in China after Covid. Regarding the QC issues. The Exia releases were pretty notorious for their gate nubs and loose joints. The gate nubs are even a problem for the Astraea's that are based on the Exia. From my own purchases I couldn’t determine if the QC gone up or down; they roughly stayed the same.
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    I agree. I hope the show is roping in enough money so that the studio is able to tell the whole story. I don’t want to revert to reading a light novel.
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    I have no joint issues with my Red Dragonics. Just be aware of the issue with the flight pack thruster joints as @PsYcHoDyNaMiX mentioned. I don’t know where the info with increased QC issues due to Covid comes from but I had two issues in the last three years with Metal Build releases: a misaligned print on the Strike Freedom gun and a missing panel on the Hi-Nu's leg. I wouldn’t characterize both as Covid related issues since these are things that can happen in any mass produced toy run.
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    Looking forward to my copy. Especially combining it with the Divine Striker, giving it a badass claw. [edit:] I wonder if we will get a Green Frame next.
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    Maybe the collaboration with Airbus allows for a Eurofighter, ehm, Typhoon, uuh demonstrator jet? Or maybe one that was modified as a rescue jet? The pods under the wings are clearly designed to extinguish forest fires!
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    HMR VF-0D is in stock and available at HLJ: https://www.hlj.com/hi-metal-r-vf-0d-phoenix-kudo-shin-machine-bans65126 [edit:] sold out
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    The Takara Tomy Optimus Prime Lunar Cruiser is also available for preorder. Odd I thought this was a crowdfunded exclusive: HLJ (¥9000): https://www.hlj.com/lunar-cruiser-prime-tkt90661 Anime Export (¥8000 now, ¥9000 later): https://www.anime-export.com/index.php?product=71011 Amiami (¥8800): https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-157939
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    Is there actually a big difference between a Takatoku 1/55 and DX Chogokin VF-1 articulation wise? Honest question. I own none of those two Valkyries but in my mind the Chunky Monkey has a pretty good articulation already.
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    I was looking at a picture of Armada Megatron from the Legacy Evolution line: And I was wondering if Hasbro is planning to release a remold of him as Animated Shockwave: Don’t know if the could integrate a Longarm Prime mode into it but it would be certainly cool getting another shot at the double agent Shockwave.
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    Luna Park has it for ¥49,800: https://www.lunapark.store/product-page/metal-build-freedom-gundam-concept-2-snow-sparkle-ver-japan-version?utm_campaign=bc86ee0d-0427-4865-a327-de1136f1e473&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=69b82863-ebd7-4004-b9af-b40da453cdee ¥19,000 seems a bit steep to me. [edit:] The ¥30,800 is probably without the Japanese sales tax so the markup is not as steep.
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    I’m excited for this release. It is the last VF-19 variant I’m missing from the Yamato mold. I'm split on the gold paint. I kinda like the Mickey D's paint scheme it is much more garish than the red with gold highlights and fits Basara better.
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    Got my Fans Hobby Huntsman this week and as an Stalker homage it is excellent. I think it is the best they could do with a Doubledealer remold and the given budget. Love the clashing neon colors. I would love to have another company make an upgrade set for it. There are so many possibilities: Accurately colored hands: both the original Stalker toy had neon red hands so the black ones on Huntsman really stands out An accurate gun An accurate missile tip and armature to attach the complete missile on his back A clip in cockpit piece for the empty spot on his right shin Ah, one can dream… The base mold is ok. The biggest problem are the feet that have a hard time supporting the figure in a lot of poses. It also has a lot of vestiges from Doubledealer that make the toy more unwieldy than it needs to be, like the 100 pieces that make up the backpack and were the wings on Doubledealer. I only bought one previous FH product which was their Archenemy (RiD Scourge). And based on this toy I felt that FH is lacking some of the sophistication in sculpt and execution that I would like from my collectible toys. And that is certainly true for Huntsman as well. Most of the ratchets are too strong and too widely spaced and the whole toy is missing a certain something that makes it great. As is Huntsman is a good toy. That is also true for all the other releases by Fans Hobby from what I gathered watching FH product reviews. I would love to get a Powermaster/Armada/Energon Optimus Prime but all their products are not what I want from my MP Transformers. Their Buster/Dreadwind looks very promising though, so I look forward to that.
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    Apparently Bumblebee is not only the better movie than RotB (at half the costs) but also gave you the better toys.
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    Got my GN Arms out of the box. It is super nice, chunky, detailed and pretty stable for what it is. I love the powder blue finish that Bandai uses for it. Makes me wish for a Metal Build Ptolemaios. Maybe not the in scale ship but the Ptolemaios Arms from Build Divers. Could combine with a Gundam too. What I don’t like is the fact that the cockpit doesn’t tab in so it flops around during handling. Also it feels like you are bending the plastic panels near the attachment points of the "skis"/landing skids when moving them into position. I'm glad I bought it since it is always nice to have some variety on display and not just blue/white/red Gundam suits on your shelves. Now give me a Skygrasper, Bandai; pretty please.
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    Is the landing gear mechanism linked to the one lowering the nosecone? So when when you lower the landing gear you simultaneously lower the nosecone.
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