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    Yeah I agree with you that the shown figures don’t male much sense to me. Still my fear was that they wouldn’t release any more Marvel characters since we had no new announcements recently. So even if they are not the figures I would want fist, I’m glad that they are continuing the line.
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    That Captain America will look awesome on my MvC shelf. And new Marvel releases mean that the hope is alive that the will complete the X-Men teams they started.
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    It seems like the Ultra Magnus took a lot of inspiration from the Masterpiece version. But the Studio Series heute one has a way better head sculpt.
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    The Robosen Grimlock looks awesome. Even better than the MP Grimlock it seems to be based on. I can hardly comprehend that it automatically converts. I need to watch a video later.
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    If anyone is interested in the FansHobby Huntsman it will go up on The Chosen Prime (today at 10am PST) and the FansHobby shop website around the 20/21st of July (depending on your time zone). More details here: https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/fh-x-tcp-mp-19c-huntsman-tfcon-toronto-2023-exclusive.1250372/page-15#post-21513005
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    Thank you for all the hints were to start looking. I will check Mandarake if they have the Japanese one since I plan to order from them next month. [edit:] Many thanks to @sh9000 too. Didn’t see the post at first.
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    I’m a big fan of the character art on the front of the G1 boxes (probably an even a bigger fan than of the toys inside). Is there a nice coffee table book that compiles all the G1 box art as high quality prints?
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    I find it odd that you can order the E.M.M.I. from HLJ. They didn’t list Samus and I had to go through Anime Export. Did they just decided not to carry her? I also find it odd that this robot is on the top of the sales charts at HL given that they never had Samus up for order.
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    No news from XTB, but Bandit is real : https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/15/tfcon-toronto-2023-3rd-party-panel-slides-in-full-489651
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    I don’t think so, but TFCon Toronto is this weekend, so the possibility for news on the XTB products is higher than usual.
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    Good review of Armada Optimus @mikeszekely. I wished the Hasbro designer would have given the Super Mode a more defined shape. As is, it looks like a still wrapped chocolate bar. No definition in the torso, shoulders and legs. It is uninteresting to look at. Also the designers of any Armada Optimus seem to be hell bent that he needs to have kibble coattails. FansHobby did the same with their release. I guess the whole toy is relatively accurate to the source material. I’m not a fan of the show, so having a toy that is less accurate but better looking is a bigger priority to me. I'm in for a Nemesis version, even with the trailer to have and increased play value. Still odd that FansHobby never did one.
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    How about playing the SNES Shadowrun game in the meantime, while deciding what to do next.
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    The Chosen Prime and FansHobby are continuing their TFCon exclusive like of repainted/remolded Euro G1 characters. This year they are doing a Stalker from Doubledealer: More pics and info over at TFW2005: https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/fh-x-tcp-mp-19c-huntsman-tfcon-toronto-2023-exclusive.1250372/ Limited to 600 pieces, 210 CAD. I’m very tempted since we probably never gonna get a proper Stalker but on the other hand it just doesn’t look quite right.
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    I think the ending followed the formula of Raiders, Crusade and Crystal Skull were the otherworldly element comes into play late in the movie in one scene. It would have made the movie more interesting when you diverted from the formula a bit more and it would be interesting seeing the scene at the end expanded. Maybe the problem with these movies is that they are too formulaic, so it is easy to compare them with previous (better?) iterations and sometimes it is an unfair comparison. While Dial of Destiny is not a bad movie (the Last Jedi is a really bad movie and a pretentious copy of Empire) it is not as good the first three movies. Maybe that is also the problem with Crystal Skull. Indy is now older, so maybe you should have adapted the story accordingly. Less bombastic action scenes and more archeological stuff and character studies (like working on his marriage). I’m older now too, so I would have appreciated that.
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    Just saw the movie in the theater and I quite liked it. However it is plagued with several tropes of modern movies: rehashing of old story threads, too long, too much action scenes, many scenes are too dark, lazy writing to resolve plot threads… I find it genuinely baffling that Disney could not find writers that don’t rely on those tropes but maybe that is how the current studio system works (I think I counted four writers credits which probably didn’t help).
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    I wonder why we don’t see any new Marvel announcements. I’m severely missing a Rogue in my collection and the teased Captain America is nowhere to be found. Could it be an issue with the licensor? They clearly still have a working relationship with Disney since they release more Star Wars figures so maybe keeping two licenses was too expensive?
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    I just wonder how either such decisions are made in big cooperations. It seems improbable that, for example, RiD Scourge's wrong color scheme slips to so many nets until production without someone noticing that this is not right. So they probably didn’t care that it is wrong, which indicates a lack of passion. Or maybe I’m reading too much into it. @JB0 Bishoujo Starscream looks good. I think the skin tone could be a shade darker and the while the design choice of using a bag as Starscream's wings is smart I think the sculpted on Nullrays are tad too much. They all look great so far (Bumblebee is my favorite I think) but I’m trying to abstain from this line and not buying my favorite characters. Plus I’m not too hot on Nemesis Primes expression and the figure is a convention exclusive. I don’t know if I could pass on a scientist Shockwave with an eyepatch though.
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    If anyone is watching this thread the Ryujinmaru is available at HLJ (¥22800): https://www.hlj.com/metal-build-dragon-scale-ryujinmaru-35th-anniversary-edition-bans65485 [edit:] order stop at HLJ.
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    @mikeszekely some of the decisions Hasbro takes are really questionable in the Legacy line. Why the extensive remold of Blurr into Defcon but no remolded car chest for Breakdown (which is a much more beloved character I assume)? Why the missing research in the proper RiD Scourge color scheme? Why doesn’t Prime Dreadwing have its proper colors? On the other hands characters like Skullgrin or Metalhawk get a unique mold or extensive repaint. Confusing…
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    Preorder link for the MB Ryujinmaru reissue/anniversary edition at amiami: https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail?gcode=FIGURE-156572 Only 20 hours to go (07/04/23 11am JST). [edit:] Available at HLJ: https://www.hlj.com/metal-build-dragon-scale-ryujinmaru-35th-anniversary-edition-bans65485
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    That looks good. I think it will look striking in color. I wonder why we never got a BotW Link from figma.
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    Wotafa's review of MPG Yukikaze and Suiken:
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    I’m disappointed that the stand has no added decals. At least some markings that it is the Type-E would have been appreciated.
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    That is true and I stated as much with the previous releases I got. However, with each new set of in hand images or official advertisement, I’m shocked to what extend Takara pursued the train mode accuracy abandon many design cues of official Transformers on the way.
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    I visited the aircraft museum in Toulouse, France where they have not only one but two Concordes on display (a test aircraft and MSN 9 from Air France). So excited seeing this beautiful bird in person. I’m even more excited about the potential Lego Icons set now. The most stunning detail were the tiny windows. The Concorde flight simulator is cute too: They have a couple of more birds on display (for example an A380) so it is highly recommended if you are an aircraft nerd yourself (and in Europe).
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