mantisfists

Just got the Youth versions of Dragstrip Overheat and Breakdown Crackup in from TFSource.  Unfortunately, Overheat came with a broken shoulder out of the box.

As long as I can get a replacement part/figure for him, I love the pair.  Crackup is a perfect homage to the G1 toys, in my opinion.

He's definitely a sexy MFer.  Even The Ravishing One himself would have been happy to be get a Rude Awakening from him....

Not bad at all for $45. Can't wait to get his buddies who are on their way from China.  

Review for the armor parts set.  In Japanese but subtitles do help.

This thing looks amazing.  I've wanted one of these since I was a kid and this'll be my first set.  Can't wait to get this in my hands.

Nevermind.  I posted before I watched it.  Was a preview and I saw review.  Oops

1 hour ago, vladykins said:

I'm just trying to remember who I ordered mine with now. 

Me trying to scroll back through old emails to search for confirmation messages to do the same.....

I really need to learn to be more organized.

8 hours ago, mikeszekely said:

I just ordered the two that are on sale. 

Well, dammit.....I just did the same.  Works out well because the youth Wildrider is on sale at Show.z for $67 with no tax or shipping fees.  I'd been eyeing him for a while now.  Picked up Gravestone from Show.z as well.  Looks like I'll be all in for this set, too.  Along with Cang Toys' Predacons, Dream Star's Aerialbots, Gigapower's Dinobots and whatever the hell else is going to get me divorced.

1 hour ago, Mog said:

She (and her bike) can be painted. 😉

Not possible, unfortunately, when you got hands like this

and eyes like this

when it comes to painting, especially anything that size.

40 minutes ago, levzloi said:

Finally got all three on the shelf, now if Sentinel will only release a TREAD. 

That pink, though.  Ugh.....

*edit* Your display looks great.  Love how these look. Personally, I even love the shade of green.  It's just the pink....

Godspeed to the true, original Street Fighter.  F*ck Covid.

Don't know how many metal heads we have on here, but one of the great ones passed.  Slipknot was one of the huge reasons I got back into metal and Joey's drumming in particular was a main factor in that.  He'd left the band a while ago, but his influence helped bring about a whole new generation of great metal bands and drummers.  Godspeed, my brotha.  That's one hell of a jam session you're gonna have up (or down) there.

Welp....not happy about having to pay another $35 in shipping from BiJ but the crap got here in 2 days. That's just insane.  Course, I'm stuck at the station for the next 72hrs so I won't be home till Sunday.🤦‍♂️  Almost feel bad about the nasty email I sent BiJ about charging me twice for overly expensive shipping.

Almost

Just got a message from BiJ that my prepaid order is ready to ship......for an extra fee of $36.  Won't be using them again.

On 7/5/2021 at 6:31 AM, sh9000 said:

 

Huh.....that's weird.  I though this was the TC-02 Bee transformation sequence

On 6/26/2021 at 6:59 PM, Kuma Style said:

 

 

 

 

This thread still makes me sad.

1 hour ago, Podtastic said:

Hello @mantifists

You arent disagreeing with anything really.

I know the official canon scales and I reject them in favour of my own which have absolutely nothing (mostly) to do with anything but my own desires.

My preferred scale (please nobody have a canon-attack) would be something roughly like this. Human marine in middle.

The OS Invid Project was probably the closest I would have gotten to a toy at least close to this scale.

 

I get what you're saying.  I think what I disagreed with was you saying that 1/48 scale was a useless size for this toy when what you meant was 1/48 was a useless scale for you.

 For what it's worth, I do hope they make the larger version as more options are always better.  

Personally, for me though, it doesn't make sense to shell out for a scale that's in between the two scales I'd like, even if it meant getting the larger scale built.  That would essentially double the cost for the larger scale I really want.

9 hours ago, Podtastic said:

Well its not going to happen if they cant even get 200 orders to justify the 167mm.

The 176mm typo size (closest to 190mm) would have suited me better than 167mm (too small) or 209mm (too large), but I could use either in a pinch. The 1/48 is pretty much a useless size for a toy, its way too small a toy to pit against even the Revoltech Regults.

 

I disagree with this completely.  The Gurabs weren't that big.  Size charts confirm it.

I love scale accuracy and having them like that reminds me how small they were.  It's why I like the Sentinel toy size.  It confirms to me just how tiny an aircraft the Legioss was in comparison to Yamato or Bandai's 1/48 VF-1s.  There are larger Inbit mecha.....it's just not the Gurab or scout for that matter.  I think it would, however, be cool to have a Gurab or scout at a scale that goes with the Sentinel or Beagle ride armors.

I realize the size makes the Gurab underwhelming on their own.  But their danger was never as individuals but more in swarms, hence getting more than a few. It also makes the poseable figures and bikes included with the Sentinel Legioss all the more viable now that they'd have enemies to pose with.

Just my opinion, anyway.  

I'm in for a few each of the 1/48 scale MEP Toys figures.  The larger one is just too small for what I'd want it for, which would be for the Sentinel ride armors.  If they upscaled it a bit to scale with those, I'd be in for a few of that one as well.  

On 5/20/2021 at 5:40 AM, tekering said:

I buy any super-deformed Valkyrie I find...  I'm proud of every Roy I own that sqidd doesn't.

Banpresto's 1999 VF-1S Fokker Special is pictured here with the DX Chogokin, in a feeble attempt to steer the thread back on-topic. 

Ummm......where's his thumb?

Where's  Roldo?

11 hours ago, borgified said:

I'm getting a mental breakdown just thinking of a space to put a 1/35 sized valk in my display case (and give the box to my cat as a sleeping bed). 

I'd definitely need to keep that box for myself to sleep in once the wife saw what I'd bought.  I'd have to change my name to Anton

2 hours ago, sh9000 said:

"Where's me spinach?"

3 hours ago, Saburo said:

I wanted to ask if anyone who ordered the 2nd release of Super Parts from Big in Japan have you received your sets via DHL?

I got mine in last week.  Think I remember a few others on here as well getting theirs around the same time from BiJ via DHL.

18 minutes ago, General Rasp said:

Are we still discussing the PO for the DX GBP armor in this thread? Bandai announced they are doing a second wave of just the GBP armor. 

https://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000156477/?source=rank&medium=C2581

Is that going to be another web exclusive item?

Personally, I think this is it for me.  Unless/Until they do a VE-1, a VT-1 or the Roy variant Armor set, I've got pretty much every valk I want.

Ok, maaaaaaaybe I need a CF. But, that's all I need.