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  1. danth
    Yay! I won't lose any sleep then.
  2. danth
    Good to know. But I don't even care about the tariff stuff*. I'm just worried about them not getting any Treads, or not getting enough. *I mean, I do, but that's a whole different subject.
  3. danth
    Anyone else have the Tread on preorder from BBTS? I haven't heard anything and I'm wondering if they'll be able to honor my preorder.
  4. danth
    The terrible gaps, the bad proportions, the wrongness of the legs and shoulders...it might be the perfect Robotech toy!
  5. danth
    It looks bad but I don't think it's a Disney problem. It's late stage capitalism problem. Everything is enshitified, including animation. Lower budgets, hiring less talented/cheaper animators, using algorithms/AI to generate in-betweens and animate, manipulating vectorized images to animate instead of hand-drawing more frames, all that. People of course deny that animation studios even do this stuff, when it's proven they do. They will also swear up and down that anime is just as good as ever, when it clearly looks lifeless and sloppy next to hand drawn cel animation. Strong recency bias with anime fans these days.
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    I've always had a thing for Ultra Magnus since my friend had one as a kid. The white Prime is what I was enamored by. Something about seeing Optimus in a totally different color blew my little mind. I've always been a sucker for repaints. I like the Delta Magnus coloring even more, and I assume they'll do him as well. But anyway, the MP Magnus toys don't include the separate cab bot mode, which is what I liked the most about the G1s. So hopefully the Missing Link versions don't have any weird concessions! I'm also really hoping for the Zs. And the Seekers, if they're even possible.
  7. danth
    Ohhh, this was when the forum hiccuped and posts were getting lost. I thought maybe I was going crazy, but it was the forum going crazy.
  8. danth
    What is the point of this post? Does anyone know? Three random pics of Global? Why? What's the point of this post? "It's the mustache." What's the mustache? What's the point of this post? A random Fire Bomber post/album cover? What does this have to do with Macross in the weirdest places?
  9. danth
    I bet it was a swap meet! My parents loved swap meets, and did get me some giant Transor Z/Mazinga toys from swap meets. Coulda all been bootlegs too (including my Srungle) as far as I know.
  10. danth
    Welcome to Kickstarter. The only way to sell something if you have absolute contempt for your customers. (Here's a good explanation of why I say that. It doesn't even touch on the standard multi-year delays.)
  11. danth
    I was searching for pictures of the Cosmo Tiger when this unexpectedly popped up: https://ourstarblazers.com/vault/models1115tf/
  12. danth
    Somehow, I received a 1:100 Clover Srungle as a kid right around 1985. My mom thought it was a Transformer. I have no idea how she came upon that thing in Nowheresville California, but she did. My dumb friend eventually broke it. But I always had fond memories of the toy, even if I had no idea what the thing was. 35 years later I'm laughing at the "MEESHON -- OUTTA SPACE" anime intro on Youtube and it hits me -- was my mystery childhood toy from freakin' Srungle of all things? Indeed it was. $100 bucks + shipping later, and I have it again, basically new in box. I guess not many people collect Srungle.
  13. danth
    The Pose+ has cool features too be sure but why prioritize them over full length vertical stabs and a less gappy fighter mode (esp. around the arms)?
  14. danth
    So do we think yahoo japan is going to be the best option or might these show up anywhere like HLJ, Ami Ami, BBTS?
  15. danth
    Ugh, I could try. Do you think the hand will break while cooling if I leave the weapon in?
  16. danth
    As a Joe fan I look forward to seeing/hearing what you think of these!
  17. danth
    I picked up the Reaction+ Jinx, Falcon, and Cobra La Royal Guard. Jinx and Falcon are kinda rad but the Royal Guard definitely can NOT hold his weapon without breaking his entire hand. No idea what they were thinking with the completely different size hand holes. Falcon's hands are too open to hold Jinx's weapons so they just fall out. Jinx can't hold Falcon's gun, and her hand grip is so tight she can barely hold her own weapons. Seems pretty bad when a figure can't hold his own weapons, and figures in the same series can't hold each other's. Also I wish the Royal Guard had a little more texture because he's kind of boring. The original has little details all over.
  18. danth
    You're right. I was being a little hot headed. I am honestly fine with people liking things uncritically. I was more talking about people who are militantly uncritical, and will not only write lengthy defenses of toys and their manufactures, but mount attacks on those who are critical, essentially acting as opinion police. I've seen them over and over on pretty much every fan website I've been on, including MacrossWorld (in the old days, but thankfully not recently). I've been on the receiving end of their ire enough times that I reflexively think of those kind of people as "uncritical" fans. Which is probably not fair to the average person who just likes toys without picking them apart they way we might.
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    Oh, and furthermore, the people who get butthurt about poking fun at fanboyism at large will be the first to absolutely savage you if you dare to be slightly critical of anything they like. I mean full on harassment campaigns. I remember, years ago on the old MW forum, catching a guy red handed using multiple accounts to shill and attack me personally for some pretty mild criticism I had of the Yamato toys.
  20. danth
    I, personally, think an uncritical fandom deserve all the ridicule you can throw at them. And if anyone feels personally insulted, well...a hit dog hollers. They do real harm, too, being a large part of why companies can get away with worse and worse products.
  21. danth
    I'm only a TF dilettante, but I caved on the Void Rivals Jetfire mainly for the o-ring (Joe-ring?) figures. I mean, Jetfire is cool too. But I might pawn him off on my friend who is more of a TF fan than I. I also recently bought both Missing Link Lambos due to Lambo FOMO. I love the Countach, and Sunstreaker was the first ever transforming car toy, so I kinda had too. And I want to support the Missing Link line out of hope for eventual Seekers and Fairlady Zs.
  22. danth
    Definitely.
  23. danth
    I think a new thread for non-Lego bricks makes the most sense. I think a large contingent of Lego fans just aren't going to care about other brands.
  24. danth
    They block the intakes in fighter mode right? What's funny is, if they were just mounted under the intakes, they'd still be facing forward in armo soldier mode anyway, without further complicating the transformation.
  25. danth
    Oh, I am definitely feeling some resistance towards the colors and the face. 😁
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