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The hands were pretty bad and likely getting brittle at this point so don't fight them too much. Best to remove the hand, install the gun, then reinstall the hand. I think someone here sold cast hands once upon a time and there were some with the GBP and TV toys 

4 minutes ago, Lolicon said:

Bandai should have given us swappable stabilizers like the Angel Birds. The shorter pair for transformation, and a longer pair for those who want to have proper sized VF-1 stabilizers. And packing them separately would have avoided the broken tailfin issue.

I thought the same. I'm guessing they were concerned the way the wings are grabbed in battroid might cause them to come out with the weight on the backpack.

The first Genesis breaker you seemed to sell well, I wonder why they haven't announced a second... OR THE TREAD???

Maybe they'll announce reissues of all the Legioss and then do the TREAD.

I took mine out for a hot second but I'm still focusing on the YF-21 for now. As someone else observed, the stabilizer that is frequently broken was knocked inward on mine but it wasn't enough to break it.

My first VT-1 has intact vertical stabilizers.

My VT-1 from Yoyakunow is arriving tomorrow.

While the sentimental side of me still loves glossy plastic toys, that matte finish is looking superb. 

The Matchbox 1/3000? I don't have any tutorials but it's a very simple toy. I took one apart and put it back together for funsies. I have one now that has been needing a shoulder repair for years... some day I'll get to it.

39 minutes ago, graphic revolt said:

I'm still waiting for Robotech's ride armor to have the rider mount on the bike. Will it look like the old Gakken where the rider is way oversized for the bike or does Harmony Gold / Toynami / Kitz Concepts whatever this cyclone is cuz it looks like a hodge podge of bits and pieces from here and there and applied over-exaggerated detail that makes the whole bike's appearance way too busy. It looks like a concept design that a student concocted and applied over the Gakken mold. Don't get me wrong, I might purchase one but if the build and finish is not there this will quickly become a one and done!

Call it the "Moshow Cyclone" as they're the ones behind it and it won't confuse it with previous efforts. I agree... it does seem like that rider might not be very natural on that bike. 

Roboemo, it feels like you're probably as much an authority on the uniforms as any of the show's creators. What I mean is, since we haven't seen something specific in the pretty hefty amount of production materials that are public, they likely never laid out nuances. You could probably outline it all and it would be as close to canon as we'd ever get. 

Thanks for the quick report, I was curious if they would make some improvements but it sounds like a straight reissue other than the text. 

Yamato's GnuDou was a really good battroid only toy that emulated the line art very well. 

My brother gave me a little handheld system (anbernic) that emulates lots of systems and is preloaded with roms. I just spent my train ride back from SDCC playing DarkWizard from the Sega CD... train ride flew right by... I forgot how grueling that game was. 

2 minutes ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

Don't mind me.... I was just playing with my daughter using paint program. We made this Super Ostrich together...

 

Better than blue spandex with a big 'S' on the chest. 

I imagine we should believe that it is the mechanical element acting like a traditional knee.

The more complicated the pose+ alpha gets, the less I think it will be made.

I kinda like it as a battroid mode only toy... Almost feels kit bashed to make the other modes work.

I'll check my archives when I get back from SDCC but hopefully someone else can point you in the right direction beforehand. This was 16 (maybe 17) years ago so it may take some dredging!

Toynami was making their own masterpiece toy but abandoned it when they saw the Beagle and instead made a deal with Beagle to import their toy with a new head as part of their masterpiece line. 

1 hour ago, Big s said:

Taco Bell is back door action 

So true.

The Boys is probably my favorite show right now. I read an interesting article (I thought I was going to scoff at) about how the writers didn't really think through how Hughie would really react to the realization that he'd been sleeping with a shape-shifting, homicidal stranger and how no one else seemed to act naturally to that news. I could nitpick a few elements of Season 4 but I still loved it. The person who originally told me to start watching the show surprised me by saying he had given up on it. Apparently, the political machinations of the show were starting to seem to similar to real life to him and it moved from being a fun escape to an exagerration of all the stuff that was already stressing him out. I'm still loving it and bummed we're heading to the final season. I think I'm going to have rewatch Gen V because I was surprised to see some of those characters return in the capacity they did return. 

I thoroughly enjoyed the first film. I went in with no expectations and was happy to find it thought-provoking. I'm skeptical of a sequel though because the first was so heavily dependent on its twist (that some of the story was an illusion). That doesn't feel like a well you can keep going back to for compelling stories. If they've used the musical aspect to shift the twist a bit, it may work so I'll give it a try... from the comfort of my own home some time after release. 

5 hours ago, magicsp00n said:

I was just debating whether I would be brave enough to do some shots with my 1/55.... I'm always so scared to pull it out! 

1 hour ago, sh9000 said:

First one dropped into my private warehouse at Yoyakunow.  Once the second one becomes available I'll ship them both together.

Aww, I haven't heard anything from them yet

Fixing those droopy arms would be so stupid easy... Wish Bandai cared more.

And VF-0 heavy armor.

Anything is possible with Bandai's out of the blue release schedules! I think the VF-27 is the most likely in the list given we've already received three (four if you include the WWM) VF-25 toys and two YF-29s. 

20 minutes ago, tekering said:

Three is enough for me, thanks. 😉

I have some potentially bad news, however...

For those who hadn't heard, the papercraft parachute/tent has to be cut from the instruction manual. 🤨

Back in the day you used to be able to get onion skin paper which seems like it would be the perfect medium for this tent. We used to soak it in coffee grounds to give the paper a vintage look (then draw maps on them). I'm sure we'll be getting good recommendations soon for best paper to print the tent on.