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  1. danth
    Perfectly said! I have absolutely no need for Robotech anymore. I can enjoy the original Macross, Mospeada, and (I guess) Southern Cross if I want to. I did grow up with Robotech. It single-handedly got me into anime. I'm still fond of the Robotech theme song and BGM (the Minmay songs not so much). I'd even be down to buy the whole series on Blu Ray, had they not Yuned the release by replacing all the original sound effects, which is so jarring to hear that it removes any of the joy of watching what I grew up with.
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    As an 80's kid who graduated from Star Wars to GI Joe, I can't go back to 5POA. Maybe these are for people who never made that jump? Then again I really only like 3.75 inch and don't like the "modern" 4 inch figures; they look like gangly messes to me. I'm fine with '85 Joe style retro articulation don't need "modern" additions, though swivel wrists (standard for most retro o-ring kickstarters) are probably okay. I think for 5POA people and people like me, it's wanting what we had at the peak of our childhoods. 5POA people just peaked earlier. 😁 I wonder how much more it would be to actually produce something with more modern articulation though. A dollar extra per fig at most? These 5POA generally retail for an obscene $20 or so from what I've seen. Couldn't they just pass that extra buck along? I wouldn't pay any price for 5POA, but I'd pay an extra dollar for GI Joe level articulation.
  3. danth
    The new wave of Joes looks pretty damn good to me. Super excited for a new '85 Snake Eyes.
  4. danth
    Wow, as someone who hasn't seen any of the shows, that surprises me. She wanted to blow the crap out of the death star in ROTJ, and I remember her being treated well in the old books. Did Disney do her dirty?
  5. danth
    Ugh. That '91 Snake Eyes might be the one that tempts me to buy a Classified figure. It's not my favorite Snake Eyes design but it has a certain goofy charm. And it lacks the random visual noise (pointless seams and textures) that I dislike on other Classified figures -- if the render can be trusted.
  6. danth
    I need to watch the old series! I was super excited to try out City Hunter, but it was ruined for me by the main character being a total perv idiot. Maybe Cat's Eye is what I need.
  7. danth
    Also even the parts with action had very few frames. So I'm not even sure about smooth.
  8. danth
    Smooth is easy when you don't bother to draw anything carefully.
  9. danth
    I guess if you like ugly character and mecha designs and sloppy animation, this is for you.
  10. danth
    Pics of a Ninjago transforming jet has leaked. It's supposedly coming this summer. Seems relevant to our interests.
  11. danth
    Was KK also responsible for how badly the prequels sucked?
  12. danth
    Hard to believe that's the original.
  13. danth
    I haven't built mine yet, but I'm in total agreement.
  14. danth
    I like how this guy fixed the colors: https://brickset.com/article/117215/improving-the-new-renegade
  15. danth
    I don't think I made my point very well. I wasn't worried about the buggy staying in place. I was just saying that the feature seemed to be focused on the "action" element. You fly low and drop off your buggy in one quick swoosh. Unlike the Galaxy Explorer where you have to first land, open the rear doors, and then pull out the ramp. The former seems more fitting for a kids action theme than an 18+ Icons set. Whereas fiddling with functional bay doors and ramps might appeal more to us older "kids". I noticed that too! Weird.
  16. danth
    In the video, the designer shows the drop ship fall very quickly and swooshes the ship away. I don't think he got the memo on 18+ Icons sets. Adult Icons sets should have interesting, well thought out mechanisms that don't sacrifice the overall integrity of the design for an "action" feature. Just dropping an exposed buggy out of an otherwise empty mid section of the ship -- that belongs in a kid's action theme, not in Icons. The buggy doesn't even look like it fits snugly into the ship's midsection. It just hangs back an entire stud behind the front cross beam. If the front of the buggy sat on and hid the crossbeam, it would feel like, hey, someone carefully designed this. As it is, it just looks haphazard.
  17. danth
    Same. I honestly cannot believe this was approved, especially as an 18+ Icons set. This looks more like a 9-14 set, and is less polished than, say, 70816:
  18. danth
    Personally I don't see the appeal. Ignoring all the small aesthetic changes, I'm not a fan of the legs being so separated (both vertically and horizontally) from the main fuselage in fighter mode. And there was seemingly no effort to recess the head in fighter mode.
  19. danth
    I'm not a huge Transformers fan but I mean c'mon...it's perfectly understandable to wish that projects with the aesthetic and story-line you like get the budget and talent they deserve. And I really hate the sanctimonious invocation of "children's toys" as a shutdown for any and all laments. God forbid an adult want something different than whats on offer from a 40 year old franchise with an entire series of multi-hundred dollar engineering marvels marketed almost exclusively to the "kids" who were alive when it began.
  20. danth
    Entire shape of the forearm and thigh guards and handlebar covers, Yellow's tiny windshield, probably a lot more when you look closely.
  21. danth
    Lol. Of course they would try this. https://brickset.com/article/113691/lego-may-be-considering-phasing-out-paper-instructions
  22. danth
    What, you don't want a $20 skiff plus a $60 mound of sand?
  23. danth
    New o-ring Joes are hitting Targets! https://surveillance-port.com/2024/09/17/super7-reaction-g-i-joe-hitting-target-stores/
  24. danth
    That seems really bad. Seems like a "so close but so far" situation. Maybe they can do another release with a clear coat or no panel lines, and include a gunpod hand that fits into the arm, and maybe improve how it holds together in battloid mode without the side covers. Those seem like minor changes with major benefits.
  25. danth
    So none of the hands that can hold the gunpod fit into the arm when transformed? I don't like that... Doesn't the HRM require the gun handle to be removed to stow it in fighter mode? Does the Three Zero gunpod stow without removing parts?
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