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4 minutes ago, stratos said:

I just got a notification from BBTS that the Sentinel Tread and Legioss preorders are processing in the next couple business days.

Whaaat? It's happening?! Yay!

Although the price went up due to tariffs. Grr. 

19 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

Sentinel is 8.5 inches long with a 6.4 inch wingspan.  The Tomy is 8.4 inches long, with a 6.1 inch wingspan, though you could say the Tomy cheats on the length a little by not collapsing the feet quite as far.  Either way, they're just really close.

Awesome comparison pics. Thanks.

Not measuring from zero is madness though. I assume you were balancing the ruler on the arm of the Legioss and had to center it. The Tomy looks 7.5 inches long by my read, and the Sentinel 7.8ish. But I think they're supposed to be longer...

I found Tiger Force Snake Eyes at my local Target. Which was a shock, considering they never have anything good, especially Super 7 Reaction + GI Joe. 

Also, shipping was almost as much as the item itself! 

14 hours ago, M'Kyuun said:

Got the shipping notification for my Omega about thirty minutes ago.

Thank you. Checked my email and I had a payment request from Ami Ami that I very likely would have missed otherwise. I honestly couldn't remember if I even ordered this thing, but I guess I did!

22 hours ago, Big s said:

I can never get sick of those two characters. It’s odd because one is the guy that says the most from the og show and the other says the least 

I was mildly obsessed with Snake Eyes during childhood so I never tire of him. 

2 hours ago, Big s said:

Now, if only someone would get serious about Samurai Showdown. I had fun with Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter and King of Fighters, but the one I really loved and really want figures from is Samurai Showdown and not just a couple characters, but probably all of them.

Dude, I loved Samurai Shodown! I was never any good at the other games but I could hold my own with Galford and Haohmaru. 

People always say they're sick of CC and Snake Eyes, but damn do I want this treatment for the Snake Eyes silent issue!

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?

9 hours ago, M'Kyuun said:

Lovely little ship- those angles are great, like an extrapolation of the Horton Bros' and Jack Northrop's flying wings. This itself would make for a splendid set, just saying. I'd be in for a couple copies.

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. 

9 hours ago, M'Kyuun said:

I'm a big Space fan, too, but I'm waiting for the fervor to die down, or for a double points period, or a visit to my local LEGO Store, whichever comes first. I don't have anywhere to display it, and this is definitely a display piece. I read a review saying that the head doesn't rotate, which would be fair if indeed there was some sort of hidden rocket buried within. However, the review made no mention of said hidden rocket, so it really beggars the question of why they'd leave such an easily accomplished bit of simple articulation out of the build. It's also a bummer that they used two 2x2 slopes with modern computer graphics instead of resurrecting the old CS computer graphics, a move that surely would've made a lot of Space fans giddy. Lastly, and the biggest black eye, they didn't include a proper astrofig. This would've been the perfect opportunity to officially give us the coveted light bley astrofig without resorting to piecing one together from disparate sources. The light bley fig would've been an apropos compliment to the large blue fig, recalling the old blue and grey ships. Just seems a huge missed opportunity to give Space fans an extra bit of Classic Space goodness.

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: 

On 2/1/2026 at 6:05 AM, F-ZeroOne said:

Supposedly theres a "rocket" hidden inside the Spacemans helmet (as per the description on the US Lego store) but I haven't seen any evidence of that in the released photos so far.

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?

On 1/30/2026 at 9:07 PM, sh9000 said:

 

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):

1 hour ago, Major Tom said:

Ok, I believe the one you saw in the machine are plastic copy of the Gakken mini diecast figure line (2.5")  there are 3 types shown on back of the box.

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 hours ago, locidm said:

I wish they have a better picture of fighter mode.

Yeah, crazy that isn't the second pic. 

2 hours ago, Big s said:

I still drive by an old spot that used to be my favorite hobby shop because they would get old school kits from Macross and Dougram and Mospeada and a bunch of other cool stuff I had never seen before. I think it’s unfortunately just a nail salon now, but I still look over to that spot and have my memories of how cool the place used to be back in the day.

I feel that. There are so many places with memories of what used to be. The world I grew up with is gone.

1 hour ago, Major Tom said:

are they like this one? 機甲創世記モスピーダ 消しゴムフィギュア - メルカリ

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:

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. 

3 hours ago, AbdnAllHope said:

I asked at the end of December and this is what I got as a reply. 
 

 

 

"Thank you for reaching out to us about your Genesis Climber figures. We still have hope that they will arrive at our warehouse. At this time, we have not received any confirmation that the figures will be canceled. Until we hear directly from the manufacturer, we always assume that our orders will be fulfilled. If the figure is canceled by the manufacturer, then we will always reach out to you via email about the cancellation. 

I hope this information is helpful. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance and I will be happy to help. Have a great day!"

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. 

On 1/27/2026 at 4:40 PM, kevco said:

I read this post previously and decided not to ask. 

“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.”

At this point I guess I’ll hit them up and see what they say.  

Did you ever ask or get an answer?

On 2/3/2026 at 4:15 PM, Big s said:

I guess they can’t really mess up the story since Matchbox never really had one

I can't imagine what this movie will have that makes it "Matchbox". Cars are just cars. 

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"about a group of friends since childhood who have their lives upended when undercover CIA agent Sean (Cena), their long-absent former leader, returns to their small town and unwittingly gets them embroiled in a frantic international pursuit"

I have literally seen this exact movie 10 times in the last 4 years. 

2 hours ago, grogall said:

They are Ariel units, not ground units which have the reverse colour kite!....

I've been a Macross fan my whole life and never noticed this!

Damn, this one sucks. I adored her. She was fantastic in everything. 

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. 

18 hours ago, renegadeleader1 said:

So far this year the only new releases that have caught my mild interest are the new "Education" Moon and Mars space sets.

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. 

3 hours ago, M'Kyuun said:

Got up the courage to transform my Sentinel Eta last night with the help of @jenius' guide. (Thank you!)

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.

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?

17 hours ago, Mog said:

I do find it amusing that the front canards are bigger than AND as tall as the tailfins. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Yeah...adding an additional set of tailfins to the front kinda feels like something AI would do.