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    While I have little faith that Takara can surpass the Yamato one (haven’t shipped my HMR one yet), I think a Soundwave VF-19 is a great idea. It looks like the nosecone (with canards) is folded onto the back with the tailfins on the legs and the wings nowhere to be found. So it probably won’t look anything like a VF-19 but the color scheme. Maybe it‘s a re-shell of Needlenose?
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    Metal Build Dragon Scale - Marishiten -Pure Elements Guren available for preorder at Anime Export (pay now ¥42800): https://www.anime-export.com/index.php?product=82821 [edit:] sold out
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    I understand that people are dissatisfied that this is a remold of another 00 suite instead of a completely new toy but I‘m just glad it is not another Strike, Exia/Astraea or Astray Red Frame. This looks good, and I‘m glad we are getting the Full Saber variant. Do we know what is meant by labeling this as an Event Exclusive? Is it for an upcoming Tamashii Nations exhibit?
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    I really wished they would ban questions like: "will you do character X". I can’t remember when there was extracted usefulness information out of it. Of course every character is a possible release in the future. And it takes away slots for useful questions like what is the decision process for the Commander Class releases, or why there was no remolding on Cyberverse Tarn.
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    It was not just the missing paint on MP-49 (and MP-44 was fully painted) but also the quality of the black plastic (feels terribly cheap) and the plastic choices for the teal inlays on his waist. Basically the toy feels like a bad knockoff of MP-44. That‘s what I meant with a missing baseline for the Masterpiece line. Some releases are fully painted, others are not. Some are devoid of details, the next release is not. Some sacrifice everything for cartoon accuracy others just give up midway. Some have all the articulation you would need and then some, while others miss basic joints. The other "high end" lines I collect (Metal Build, Kuro Kara Kuri, DX Chogokin) usually center around a certain set of aspects that all their releases fulfill. Certain releases have spikes in both directions from the baseline but they are not as extreme as the ones in the Masterpiece line. I understand that it is more difficult for a converting toyline to keep it consistent but I have the feeling that Takara has no idea how to do that or that they even care. You say that Studio Series 86 Optimus has no MP DNA in it but what is the MP DNA that all Masterpiece releases have in common? There is none. My expectation as a collector for a high priced collector focused toy line is that they keep their releases consistent with the president the manufacturer set with the first releases. If you want to change the DNA of the line just do a new one. Takara had the chance with MPG but three releases in (Raiden, Super Ginrai and black Ironhide) it is already a hodgepodge of different aesthetics and design approaches. Maybe I am the weird one and an atypical collector but I love to collect unified sets of finite things. Both because to keep me sane and not to overspend and because it soothes my need for whatever went wrong with me as a child (for example I hate it when season 5 of a physical media release suddenly has a different box style). Thanks for the links to the press releases. I‘ve read it more like T-Spark can use characters from Transformers/Zoids/Diaclone for T-Spark but it makes sense to include them. Time will tell what it is going to be.
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    I‘m so happy that Jada is doing the Mega Man Robot Masters. I hope they sell well (I‘m on board). I hope they do Skull Man and Pharaoh Man too.
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    I don’t know. I own a lot of Masterpiece toys and they frequently populate the bottom of my least favorite toys list in my collection. MP-24 Star Saber is probably the worst toy I own. Other notable toys are MP-48+ Dark Amber Leoprime, MP-49 Black Convoy or MP-11 Lambor. They are so bad that I stopped buying Masterpiece toys after Raiden (another contender) altogether. The main line Hasbro toys are at least cheaper and mostly more fun to play with. There is a good chance that Studio Series 86 Optimus turns out better than MP-44. If I didn’t collect MP I probably be much happier with collecting the main line. As a bonus you actually get the characters you want. Takara just can’t deliver a consistent baseline on their collector Transformers line. And I find it funny that the MP line is not part of the new T-Spark branding that ought to be the equivalent to Tamashii Nations.
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    In my opinion what people want is well written, well produced, well thought out, well acted movies/tv-shows. If they don’t get that, they start nagging about minuscule little details because the overarching story is bollocks. I don’t know what the reception of ESB was (besides people trowing a fit about Darth Vaders revelation) but I don’t assume that they nagged about how Luke had a chance of possibly defeating Darth Vader because we see him training with Yoda for five minutes on screen. To me this is what Disney doesn’t understand, that the baseline of your project needs to be good (or they understand it and can’t deliver) otherwise people won’t like it. Especially with a franchise that is now contaminated for the next decade. If they want to get out of that quagmire that they produced and earn money (and fandom goodwill) Disney needs to produce quality content. Then they can sprinkle whatever amount of Star Wars nostalgia they deem adequate on top (or their woke agenda if you believe in such stuff ).
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    I think a big problem (and I stated as much when the Acolyte trailer was released) is that the writers/producers can’t distance themselves from the Lucas movies. For the new Disney Star Wars movies I think it would have been fine if the setting was in a far off sector of the Galaxy far far away where communications are unstable. The Senate sent Ben Solo as an envoy to explore some undisclosed accident or rumors that the Empire/Sith is reforming. Hab Solo as a New Republic general, Luke as his master and head of new Jedi order and Leia as a Senator could give him a send off as he boards the ship to link the new generation to the old one and Ben is on his merry way to find his own adventure. I think everyone would be happy with that. Instead they build a story around them that was set up to fail at least a portion of the fans. And I don’t say that you can’t tell a story about Luke were he ends up in a position like in The Last Jedi but you need a dedicated movie(s) for that to believably tell that story for long time fans. Same with the Acolyte. By linking it directly to Yoda, Ki-Adi-Mundi and the Sith they invite easy criticism by social media influencers that seem to have built a career around criticizing Disney Star Wars. Just let it go… … let it go, let it gooooo
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    MB Bellvine up for preorder at Anime Export (¥39800, pay now): https://www.anime-export.com/index.php?product=82202 [edit:] sold out
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    I don’t understand Bandai sometimes, why are they producing Indian Spiderman but I can’t get an SHF E. Honda action figure. Did they have a pivotal role in the Spiderverse movie?
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    Yeah, it was Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth. I just thought "Record of Lodoss game" was an easier to type description for it (now you made me type it out ). Anyhow, I bought the physical release of the game from amiami because I like physical media, wanted to own Lodoss war merchandise. As a bonus it turned out that the game is actually quite good.
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    No, it played just fine. If it is a language barrier thing than I would definitely go with a version that has English subtitles. From your text I just thought that there is a technical reason why the games won’t play. Like with regional codes for BluRays/DVDs or how you couldn’t play NTSC games on a PAL SNES. Luckily, and to my surprise, Lodoss War came with an English language pack (but packaging was all in Japanese).
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    I don’t know if this is necessarily true, I bought the Record of Lodoss War game from amiami and could play it without any issues on my EU Switch.
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    I‘m disappointed that they didn’t keep the transformation of the Masterpiece version (and the animation) but I guess it helps with transformation and articulation. They probably do Dragon Kaiser next right? I wonder what the rights situation is with Brave and the designs. I always thought the character license belongs to Sunrise and this Bandai (similar to the GoBot/Machine Robo situation). I can see were the toylike impression comes from. The sculpt is very simple. I think if they went a more stylized approach (like Metal Build) it would look a lot better and "cool". For me the Masterpiece toy was the coolest thing since sliced bread for a long time. I guess Takara is trying to position T-Spark as their equivalent to Tamashii Nations. I could see this first wave as an experiment to see what sticks with the collectors. For me they all look to toy-ish to be really interested (all the screw holes in the back yuck) other than curiosity. Takara never was able to really pull of a collector focused line that is really high end.
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    Few observations: It is not so far removed from the Metal Build pricing. The last retail Metal Build Gundam was the Exia Devise for ¥22000. The latest release (as far as I can tell) was the Ryuoumaru at ¥33000 and the Lancelot Albion at ¥42800. But the Metal Builds come with a lot of accessories: hands, a stand, different weapon layouts, effect parts, etc. Rodimus comes with 3.5 Also from seeing the prototype in person and from the pictures I would assume that the toy is not build the same way as the MBs. You can see exposed screws in the arms and parts like the shoulders are quite hollow and the toy could be not fun to handle. Also some of the deco and details on Rodimus is quite a bit simpler compared to the Metal Builds (and especially the K^3 Rodimus). So I would say it is a good prices (personally I‘m shocked the toy is not ¥45000 or more) it is not that big of a gap to the Metal Build line.
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    It seems like Fans Toys is getting ready to complete their first combiner: I have to say no matter how good or bad it will turn out, it can only disappoint.
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    Have you tried to reach out to Cobi directly? I would try to send them an email and see if the can get you sorted at: customerservice@cobi.eu
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    It seems like the MB Zeta is the furthest along in the development. The other two might be teasers to gauge interest in the designs.
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    Hopefully those new suits are not vaporware, like the red Seven Sword and Force Impulse Gundam they teased at previous events.
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    So when are we expecting preorders go up the reveals at the Metal Build Festival? Directly after the show, or later? I‘m tempted by the new MB Strike Freedom but I already have the two previous releases, so a new mold would have a higher priority.
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    @mikeszekelyI ordered it from Hasbro Pulse Europe directly. Yes it is impressive that they retooled Mindwipe into Squeezeplay. To me he is ok. With regards to Tarn he is the Legacy version which is even worse because the one from the multipack can actually hold up his arm. Aesthetically he just looks like a thin cuboid, especially from the side lacking any body definition. The transformation is unimaginative, not very smooth and boring. The exposed hands and jutting out kneecaps look unfinished. The articulation of the arm has to work around the a cannon and feels clunky and not well thought out. The proportions of his legs is super off to me with the long thighs. And finally he has fake wheels on his treads that end up on the front of the toy which looks terrible and serve no purpose other than give the outside of the shoulder treads enough space so that the tank sits evenly on the ground.
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    I‘ve got the Prime Universe Cliffjumper against the rest of the world multipack. Cliffjumper (which is the figure I bought the set for) is fine but he has color differences in the red plastic, an odd weapon and weird shoulders. Squeezeplay is fine as a retool of TR Mindwipe but the pieces that suppose to look like the alt mode legs are hindering the handling of the toy a lot. Tarantulas is probably the best toy in the set even if I‘m not a big fan of beast mode toys. Nothing to complain about. Super nice looking alt-mode. Cyberverse Tarn: trash, trash trash. Probably one of the worst looking, worst engineered figures in recent years. Looks nothing like the character he supposed to be.
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    Are we sure the live-action Turtles are not using plateau shoes or stools in this shot in order to satisfy their inferiority complex?
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    Nice review @mikeszekely. I think the size confusion comes from New Age released their Turtles as a retool of the Brawn mold and we just collectively assumed Hasbro would do the same. Plus the Turtles are always depicted as being smaller as a regular human, so it would make sense that the Crossover toy is smaller than the other releases of the line.
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