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    Hi-Metal R

    jenius replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Probably not soon... the toy releases have been coming too fast for me and there's a holiday coming up and an MW convention. Let's see, things to do in no particular order: A) FEXT Hobby Owl One B) Bandai DX VF-31S Arad C) Toynami Robotech action figures D) Bandai HMR VT-1 E) Arcadia M&M and M&M PF (plus I gotta redo those transformation videos) IF I could do one a week (which honestly, I can't) that would already put us in October and there's going to be at Bandai DX YF-19 dropping in September and possibly a ThreeZero Melkia Scopedog.... soooo, I've got a bit of a backlog! A little self-plug here, I do have a Facebook page now where I regularly ask what I should review next. There's like nobody on it since it's new so it's pretty easy to manipulate the order to your liking.
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    Ha, let's not call it "correct" scale, let's call it "published" scale. Why does Mercy Rabbit know how big the toy is going to be? I thought he was an artist, not a toy guy. Ooh, unless he's already working on the box and they told him the text that will be there.
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    There are three, if not four, possible variants so I wouldn't expect it to be more than the ride armor. If it's the size of a ride armor, it may very well be cheaper but I wouldn't get my hopes up that it would be dramatically cheaper.
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    The problem with the Super Ostrich is that word got out quick that the shoulders were broken on them. So yeah, they were shelf warmers, but only part of that can be blamed on lack of demand for the design, the other was lack of demand for a toy that was broken in the box.
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    Yeah, that big crotch VTOL is probably a gap filler in fighter mode.
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    So it does! Just very stiff on mine, I had to close the foot up and rock them to free it after I saw your comment... I'll update the article, not sure what to do about the video :/ EDIT - I'll just incorporate that in the transformation video too. Yay.
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    I thought that step was just referring to placement of the heel when I read the instructions and did the photo shoot. The transformation guide will include it. The scale thing is kind of a loaded conversation so I wasn't sure how to broach it so I just dropped it entirely Glad you liked the review! I ponied up for the blue and white one but now that I know how fragile the paint is, I'm kind of dreading doing a review of it..
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    Hi-Metal R

    jenius replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    You will break it worse removing that pin, your best bet would be to find someone who has one that is broken some other way to land that joint... but it's a Miria version so that's unlikely. You could try putting a bead of glue on there if you're worried about it getting worse. I just bought some stuff that is UV light curing... that looks like the perfect break for that sort of thing.
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    I can't wait to see this thing all painted up. The only thing I don't like so far is that shoulder array. I hope there are swivels at the biceps... I gotta assume there will be.
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    Hi-Metal R

    jenius replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    At least it wasn't the metal part that broke... that happened to me once. It looks like it should still function fine though, just be gentle with it..
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    It seems like the HMR vt-1 and ve-1 didn't do spectacular so I'm not sure that bodes great for Arcadia reissues. That said, I'm sure Bandai pumped out a lot more than Arcadia would.
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    Yep, it's super confusing that the HMR doesn't have the backpack lock that the original hi metal did... What a strange backward step.
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    I think the angle is playing tricks, Yamato backpacks were always low while Bandai typically went a little high. The DX looks like it nailed it.
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    Fighter looks a little awkward still but that head is nicely tucked in and the knee caps look tighter to the chest.
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    I think the elbow line art varied on TV type vs DYRL type.
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    I'm really bummed by the lack of Arcadia Macross news
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    I wonder if the legioss can ride the motorcycle.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    jenius replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    It seems like the missiles have been coming with the 31 toys lately so that's increases the likelihood of tracking them down later.
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    Probably a shrewd move. Honestly, the KOs in gold look better but I'm a sucker for mp10.
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    Anyone in the SF Bay area want to do a group buy? I was looking at just grabbing one set.
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    Shoulder articulation on that thing would be awful. It kind of suffers from the VF-4 issue. A solution (for both designs) would be to have the entire shoulder kibble detach from the body and become the top of the shoulder without a torso connection. Where the top of the arm mounts to the shoulder would also need the ability to angle outward but that's absolutely impossible as drawn.
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    The first trailer I saw of Clone Wars I literally laughed at how awful it looked. I ended up loving Clone Wars though so, we'll see. Like Clone Wars, I probably won't watch it until the series is long over due to my schedule
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    To Tekering's point earlier, every company that does put the rider in the slave mode has cheated a great deal on scale, way undersizing the rider. What's confusing with the Arcadia is they still way undersized the rider and then didn't include the gimmick.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    jenius replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    I would love to see Chuck get made, I am a sucker for the domes, but I think another 31A would be a nice change of pace.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    jenius replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    No, it's not even certain it will be made.
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