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  1. danth
    Why do these gotta be so weird? The crazy colors, the weird wings, and goofy giant guns together is too much. White, black, red, and yellow are a lot of high contrast colors on one mecha. Is this Gundam? How about we do the normal black & grey stealth Legioss colors for starters? The "head for a cockpit" thing is interesting, and reminiscent of the drone Legioss, but combined with the strange wingtips and huge cannons and crazy colors, this is pretty far removed from any familiar Mospeada design. I want to like these but they aren't meeting me half way. And maybe spend some time figuring out how to get some clearance for the landing gear before designing another freakish variant?
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    Thank you! A while back, I sketched out some jokey ideas for spaceships -- one based on a triangle, one based on a rectangle, and one on a circle. This is the triangle ship. I designed it in Studio, and since I was also in for a copy, I only used pieces currently/recently in production. I figured that way, if anyone likes it (including me), they can easily/cheaply bricklink the parts. Well, semi-cheaply. Europe seems to have way more stores and better prices. Dang, the head doesn't rotate? I guess with the back of the helmet flat against the top of the air tanks, there's no way for it to swivel. I definitely would have preferred an astrofig to the droid, especially in a color we haven't gotten yet (blue, black, or light bley like you said). I was also hoping for some sort of gimmick, like opening the backpack to reveal some trans yellow panels and a computer room or something. It'd be cool if the back of the printed panel had another print, something like these:
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    Oh yeah, I noticed that too. According to the instructions, there is exactly one robot (even though the product description says "robots"), and zero hidden rockets. WTF, Lego?
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    I ordered this when I stayed up past midnight this Saturday (or technically Sunday). As a Lego Space fan it was a day 1 purchase. Apparently it went into back order the same day. I ended up also buying the Arcade Machine (40805), the Moon Mission Science Kit (45200, already have Mars Mission), and the Baby Construction Loader (60483, mainly because of the dark orange parts I want to use in a 2024/25 City Space MOC). The Arcade Machine breaks my No Stickers rule but it does have a decent number of large prints. I also splurged on the recent Bricklink Designer Program Alchemist's Shop, because it's just super great. I've also been MOCing myself and designed this little Spaceship (sorry for terrible quality photos):
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    Could be! I figured it might be some bootleg from who knows where. I do specifically remember it had the thigh armor as a separate piece. Which seemed too engineered for a capsule toy.
  6. danth
    Yeah, crazy that isn't the second pic.
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    I feel that. There are so many places with memories of what used to be. The world I grew up with is gone. It was a long time ago but I specifically remember different colored parts, like red and yellow, within a single figure. These are the best candidates I can find:
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    Story time. Somewhere around 1990, I was at the supermarket in my hometown in California, and on the way out, I saw mother-f***ing MOSPEADA gashapon figures in the gumball machine. I knew how impossible it was to find Robotech anything in 1990, so my jaw dropped. My penniless ass had no way of acquiring these other than begging my mom for some quarters, which she immediately declined. No amount of beseechment moved her. I was so pissed! Those toys would have made my year. I did find that crappy smallest scale transforming Gakken Legioss & Ride Armor set at an import store a few years later. But honestly those were so bad. I preferred the non-transforming gashapon that at least looked good in a single mode. I still, to this day, eye the gumball machines on my way out of the grocery store. I know it's never going to happen, but I can't stop.
  9. danth
    Interesting. Thanks. They're not exactly taking any initiative here to ask the manufacture why the order is months late. Seems like they would want answers, so as not to leave their customers hanging.
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    Did you ever ask or get an answer?
  11. danth
    I can't imagine what this movie will have that makes it "Matchbox". Cars are just cars. I have literally seen this exact movie 10 times in the last 4 years.
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    I've been a Macross fan my whole life and never noticed this!
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    Damn, this one sucks. I adored her. She was fantastic in everything.
  14. danth
    I'll watch the movie, but want nothing to do with these toys. The Mattel Retro-Play figures (or whatever they're called) are too perfect. I don't want or need actor's faces on my He-Man toys.
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    The Mars rover looks really cool IMO. Like something from the late '80s or early '90s. The Moon set is not as exciting IMO but has the beginnings of a spaceship. I'm not sure if a minifig can fit sitting down under the windscreen, because the minig is shown standing up "Slave 1" style in other images. In other news, the upscaled blue astronaut is slated for March 1st according to recent leaks.
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    Be careful with the hands. The tail fin sliced one of my Legioss' thumbs clean off when transforming to fighter mode. And it was easy to do. There's barely enough room inside the forearm, plenty of ways to orient the hand incorrectly, and nothing protecting the hands from the tailfin, and you have to use force to squeeze everything into place. I'm shocked more people haven't experienced it. Luckily I got a replacement hand.
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    I wish the wingtip guns and front canards were optional/removable. If they're gonna put hardpoints all over the damn thing, why not make the weird bits optional?
  18. danth
    Yeah...adding an additional set of tailfins to the front kinda feels like something AI would do.
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    Not a fan of this particular variation, but if they do a delta wing I might be into it. Hopefully withOUT yellow/gold/orange this time.
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    I don't think this is true, and historically, these kind of forced gimmicks fail. Vidiyo, Hidden Side, Dimensions... The Mario theme is doing okay, I presume, probably due to the popularity of the franchise, and the quality of set designs, and if I had to guess, not at all due to the weird Mario/Luigi figures with the embedded electronics. For instance, I bought this set, but I have no interest in the Mario figure (shown faded out). But even though I don't really like that Mario figure, at least it makes sense. Mario is basically the "smart brick" in these sets, and his expressions and speech change based on the tiles he interacts with. You move him around, he says things and makes faces. That makes sense. But just having a brick, sitting there in a exposed in a weird spot, making primitive noises and flashing? That doesn't really work. What's well integrated in Mario sets is weirdly forced into these Star Wars sets.
  21. danth
    Nice! He wasn't even on my radar until the Galaxy Explorer. Full agreement!
  22. danth
    I wish I liked these. The designs are pretty weird.
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    You're not wrong. The jet design is kinda whatever. I just like that you get a whole ass jet and a cool car in one set at $30. I like the jet's colors and prints, and the windscreen. I'm not sure about the angular nose, and the wings are literally just wedge plates. What do you think of Mike Psiaki's Blue Power Jet?
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    The 2026 City lineup seems really strong to me, and for the first time, all but the very largest sets have only prints. I like to think it's due to his PTSD from leading Sticker Champions. The Jet vs Car set looks surprisingly good, in terms of subject matter, value, and lack of stickers.
  25. danth
    In other news, I assume BBTS is just not coming through with my Tread. I dare not ask them about it, since they might be looking for any excuse to cancel my pre-order. Maybe I'll console myself by pre-ordering those Moderoid ride armors.
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