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    MacrossWorld's PO Thread - NEXT PO of 2024 will be JUNE 3RD at 4PM JST...HI-METAL R VF-4 Lightning III - Flash Back 2012...a WWM Release...POST LINKS TO AVAILABLE PO's and KEEP DISCUSSIONS ON POs HERE

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    Posted · Edited by treatment

    22 hours ago, treatment said:

    fyi

    as of this posting and windows-clock (pst):

    https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0CP4ZKHJM/

     

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    18 hours ago, Radioguy said:

    Gone.

     

    6 hours ago, MKT said:


    Back in stock.. and at a sliiiiiiiightly lower price lol

     

    Yup.  Back in stock at a lower price-point of 15854y for those still looking to get this item :

    https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0CP4ZKHJM/

     

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    edit/update:

    Well, darn!   Deal's gone just right now as of this edit.

    Try to check it out again some time later if this amz-jp deal goes up again...

     

     

    Macross Shooting Insight for Switch, PS4 and Steam

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    Posted · Edited by treatment

    1 hour ago, ckhtiger said:

    Also, looks like there was a 1.02  update, but I can't seem to find any info as to what it was, and it's pretty substantial in size. Anyone have any ideas what it was?

     

    The 1.02 Patch seems to have been just released today (or 8hrs or more so ago tokyo-time).

    https://macross-si.bushiroadgames.com/news/post-13/

     

    Hopefully it's available as an automatic download/update for the respective consoles. I dunno who or what they referring to as "John" is from the web-translation below...  

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    The Transformers Thread (licensed) Next

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    1 hour ago, mikeszekely said:

    The truck itself could almost be mistaken for the G1 toy from most angles, as the most obvious difference from the back and sides is that the Autobot insignia on the sides is tampoed instead of stickered.  Likewise, the stickers on the toes are now molded into the feet and painted.  From the front, though, there's a bit more going on.  The translucent plastic on the windows seems a bit more yellow, but I think that's less to do with the actual translucent plastic and more to do with the new stuff behind it being more reflective.  There's no cutouts on his bumper, and his headlights are a bit smaller and lack the peg holes in the middle.

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    About that reflective bit... the front of the cab can still fold open, but the little Dialcone seats (that were useful for storing the original toy's fists) have been replaced by a new chunk of large chrome plastic.  That's where the new Matrix accessory can be plugged in.  Not gonna lie, I'd have been pretty into it if the G1 toy were reissued with a piece like that and a Matrix back in 1986 after the movie came out.

     

    The Missing Link's Matrix chamber/housing is designed to be easily removable,  so you can get the seats back.  I removed mine since I don't like the Matrix and I got some Dianauts and pilots I can use as driver/passenger...

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    1 hour ago, mikeszekely said:

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    Of course, I don't think anyone is buying Missing Link Convoy for the truck.  After all, they're nearly the same except the original can launch Roller but the new one has a detachable repair drone.  The star of the show is the robot mode... which, at a glance appears mostly the same.  You'll quickly notice that, as I mentioned with the truck mode, that the Autobot insignias on his shoulders are tampoed, and the sticker details on the arms, knees, and toes are now actually molded onto the plastic and painted.  Other than that, the biggest difference is the the hands, which are are bit closer to something you might see on a modern Generations figure than the bulbous mitts with lipped 5mm ports that the original came with.  Unlike the original toy, these hands do no partsform or plug into the headlights.  Instead, they fold inward, which causes the headlights to fold out from inside Convoy's forearms.

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    Not much difference besides the hands on the sides.  You can see a little difference in the waist/pelvis area, though.  Most noticeably, there's a tiny peg hole for a flight stand on Missing Link Convoy.

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    A Matrix, a revised rifle, an axe, and hands that don't partsform are all well and good, but they hardly represent a "missing link" between the G1 toys and modern Transformers.  No, if there's on thing even the harshest critic of modern Transformers has to admit, it's that the modern toys have far greater articulation than the borderline bricks of the '80s.  Heck, the original G1 Optimus toy could swivel his shoulders 180 degrees, he had a backward butterfly, he had bicep swivels, he could bend his elbows 90 degrees, swivel his wrists, bend his hips back 90 degrees, bend his knees 90 degrees, and bend his feet down, and that put him miles ahead of later G1 figures like Hot Rod, who could do nothing but bend his elbows.  So that's what the "missing link" thing is supposed to be- the form and aesthetics of the original toy, but with modern articulation.  Missing Link Convoy's head swivels.  His shoulders can still swivel and have that backward butterfly, but they also can move laterally 90 degrees.  And additional hinge on the inside of the swivel will let you extend his arms even further.  His biceps and wrists still swivel, but his hands also can bend inward, and his fingers are hinged so he can open his hands.  His elbows bend 90 degrees laterally.  He's got an uncomfortably tight and fairly limited ab crunch.  The tires that are on his hips are hinged so they can get out of the way, allowing you to access a limited waist swivel below his bumper.  His hips can still go 90 degrees backward, but they can now also move almost 90 degrees forward or laterally.  His thighs swivel now.  His knees, which are ratcheted now, can hyperextend a click, and bend over 90 degrees.  His feet still tilt down due to transformation, but not up, while the front of his foot is now on a swivel to give him a faux ankle pivot.  All-in-all, it's articulation that wouldn't be particularly remarkable on most modern Transformers figures, but it's far more than the original toy, and it's kind of neat seeing what appears to be the G1 toy in these more dynamic poses.  The thing is, though, I'm not sure how far this gimmick can actually go.  To me, the appeal of owning a G1 figure is having the toy I remember playing with 40 years ago.  If it's a reissue, that's fine, but I want it to be as close as possible to the original.  With new molded detail, tampographs, accessories, and a ton more articulation that isn't what Missing Link Convoy is.  But on the other hand, if I buy a modern toy with modern articulation, I also want modern aesthetics that go harder into the Sunbow models.  For all the modern articulation, Missing Link Convoy still has all the G1 jank aesthetics left over from his Diaclone origins.  And I think that's where I'm starting to run into trouble.  As a one-off figure, Missing Link Convoy is a very neat experiment in taking what is essentially the G1 toy with it's weird proportions and most of it's gimmicks but allowing you to pose it the way you imagined it in your head as a kid.  But it's kind of like this... am I willing to rebuy a bunch of G1 toys, or nearly-identical reissues?  Yes.  Am I willing to buy all those G1 characters in modern toys with modern articulation and aesthetics?  Yes again.  But am I willing to invest in a third line of toys that look mostly like the G1 toys I had but clearly aren't the toys from 40 years ago because these ones actually have articulation?  Honestly, probably not. 

    So, yeah, I like Missing Link Convoy.  I think, if you grew up with the G1 toy there's a lot of nostalgia here, and because it's Prime I think it's worth checking him out and seeing what an articulated version of that most classic of toys is like.  But I'm not exactly clamoring to see what might be next for Missing Link, and I don't think I'd want to buy a Missing Link Ironhide or something the way some people seem to.  Heck, this wasn't even my favorite Optimus I got today...

     

    also, thigh-rotation and stuff...

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