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  1. Gakken85
    You guys are making me want a 1/3000
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    I don't think they are far enough along to show the finished product. They have a mould and are showing off painted pieces and how much diecast they are using.
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    Doesn't have anything to do with being a toy designer, just common sense. I think they ran out of time and money. It's not like they can scrap a bad design and start over... Takara would lose way too much money on the work they'd already completed. Anyway, it's 2 months until he's released. We'll find out then.
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    Should be interesting.
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    More lion voltron pics from miracle/infinity/ whatever
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    http://comicbook.com/2014/10/01/dredds-olivit-thirlby-creates-day-of-dredd-video-for-fans/ Dredd's Olivia Thirlby Creates "Day of Dredd" Video For Fans
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    StarSaber lost his base mode for sake of a better toy. It's a toy that's full of love and blows Um out of the water in terms of gimmicks and looks (even if you don't like the design). I don't think it's about glass half anything. David picked this fight. Not me. I guess bitching about blue wasn't enough. It's just being honest about what you see in the cad designs, the transformation pictures, and the final look of the toy. If Mr. K popped out some finished pictures of the VF-0D with a giant butt flap do yout think people would care? Scale gripes have been huge since day one for MP's. MP-10 was suppose to be the baseline, and they threw that out the window. He's a fictional CAR CARRIER, thus the design can be fudged. Nothing is inherent other than he can carry a car. It's not worth ruining the bot mode and making the transformation an oragami in the process. Nobody said ignore it. They said don't overbalance the design for one mode just because of a gimmick that doesn't need to be restricted by the design.
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    Looks great.
  9. Gakken85
    Still haven't seen this. Don't plan on it either unless riff trax picks it up haha
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    I don't think you can really say what we can or can't have... especially on a project that was passed off from one designer to another and obviously has problems. (buttflaps and bad poses aside) There are several different ways to design anything, and this way seems inferior. You're presenting a false dichotomy that isn't even the real issue with Ultra Fattimus. The real issue is that he wasn't designed smart and instead of an accurate and fun looking bot mode with scale (Which again, is the desired aim of the line) you have a truck mode that looks "good" even though there are no real design constraints on a fictional truck. I don't know of any freightliner car carrier with missiles. Nothing looks like ultra magnus in truck mode so there are no constraints other than the G1. They over balanced one mode to fit one semi-interesting gimmick that most people won't use. I've never even put a car in the back of my MP-10, and the trailer stays in the box. Maybe their are people that do, but they could have suffered for a better toy. I think most people would have given space for a car or two for a better looking toy with less kibble. Not Ultra Magnus: You can have great transformers, and great looking robots, you just have to charge more and push innovation. Everything is possible with time and money. You think kids in the 80's would have believed that a VF-1J v2 would ever exist? Anyway, He isn't a perfect looking robot in anybodies description, and he isn't a good-looking transformer either. The pre-order pages prove that. Nobody is scrambling to get UM because he looks like bantha poo-doo. People are just accepting this because A. they are Ultra Magnus fans and don't care how it looks, or B. It's good enough and why complain right? Alt mode consistency has to go eventually if any combiners are to be made. That's not to say it wouldn't look like the object it's suppose to be disguised as, but you can't have alt mode in a "scale" with other alt modes. It's pointless.
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    That's a guy who grew up in the 80s
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    Chrome trooper from episode 7:
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    That's cool Damn that EVA MP-10 KO is even uglier than the real one. I think that picture of the Bape is the legit one... The white "UM" might be worth grabbing as it will never be made. Maybe somebody can cut up a spare MP-Ultra Magnus and make an armored version that looks good. Would be a hell of a project.
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    Yeah, they are all over Man. Just buy one there.
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    That's pretty cool. HG lawyers incoming.
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    You don't need insurance with that do you?
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    Saw this on Tumblr. Very nice. WildRiver荒川直人ジオラマ作品展 - WildRiver’s World 円形劇場 - 2012/７/５～１２ コトブキヤ 秋葉原館 ５F　＜コトブキヤベース・アキバ＞
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    They are pretty lazy about following up on PO's that they miscounted or whatever. I'd follow up with them.
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    I think the next release should be Long Haul with an accurate Alt mode.. Same size as Ultra Magnus on Alt mode, and you can just fold his load area over 5 or six times to make him to scale with Lambor. The fanboys will love it.
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    IE - how to tank the line completely. Wallets in disguise.
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    http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=108391 Fincher talks about where he would have taken episode 7: "I talked to Kathy about it, but I think that it's a different thing from... I don't know what Disney-Lucasfilm will be like." He added, "It's tricky. My favourite is The Empire Strikes Back. If I said, 'I want to do something more like that,' then I'm sure the people paying for it would be like, 'No! You can't do that! We want it like the other one with all the creatures!' "I always thought of Star Wars as the story of two slaves [C-3PO and R2-D2] who go from owner to owner, witnessing their masters' folly, the ultimate folly of man... I thought it was an interesting idea in the first two, but it's kind of gone by Return Of The Jedi."
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    Exactly haha
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    Yeah that would be cool. Easy to do too.
  25. Gakken85
    Well, they never actually told me why it was listed as a B. Even though I've asked three times now. Even if they know it's a manufactured issue they should list it. Other than the bum shoulder it's a pristine piece. So they must have known and didn't list the problem, AND didn't mention it in a follow-up before the purchase. For a $140 dollar markup over MSRP + shipping I think they owe a buyer more communication. At any rate this should help them in the future if they buy from the same person. Either way... Jungle won't get my cash unless it's super rare and sealed. Not pleased at all haha.
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