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I think that trailer just traumatized me.

That's pretty clearly an entirely brand new prototype. Click here to see pictures of the original prototype. Notice that the new prototype actually has a cockpit and that it folds down in battloid mode. It's really far from ideal since it doesn't fold into the chest cavity and get concealed like I believe it should. The Legioss looks decently improved but I hope that third missile box is removeable, I'm not a fan of that.

6 of one, half a dozen of the other. If Aoshima is releasing a slightly tweak MPC Alpha then it's not a difficult leap to think they'd do something similar with the Tread. Since no 1/48 tread was ever made as a model they probably wouldn't feel the need to tweak the Tread to be like the models they're already selling so it may just be a straight reissue of Toynami's Beta... that is, if Toynami is ever going to actually sell that Beta. Edit - From pics Rob juts posted it looks like Toynami/Aoshima moved the legs away from the waist of Beta. It's definitely a bit curious... it could mean that, if this toy does transform, it would be more capable of having an A-stance because the hips can be pitched inward (if the joint allows for it). It also MIGHT mean that the feet of the alpha can be tucked inside the Beta's frame rather than being outside of them. If the feet do slide within the Alpha this could theoretically add a whole lot more stability to the unified Alpha/Beta. I have a lot of glare on my monitor at the moment so I can't gleam any more details.

I got mine and immediately put the box in storage . I'm hoping to pull them out in the next week or two though.

Auto Pilot Off's pic is of a VF-OS doing the cobra maneuver. If you've seen the last episode of Mac Zero it should be familiar to you. If his pics aren't showing then that's the problem.

The only way to de-brick-ify the Beta is to give it a prominent cockpit in fighter mode. I'm actually thrilled with the cockpit, I prefer it to the slender cockpit of the CMs version. You have a good point as to it not having visible transformation mechanisms though but the only way we'd know better on that is to get a picture from below it... or if any of that Japanese writing says "transformable".

i currently own two of each MPC Alpha. I will be selling one of each and buying one of each Aoshima version. I will also be buying one of each CMs version. I will also be buying every ride armor toy. I am a Mospeada whore.

It would SEEM to me (might be wrong) you're looking at two Toynami products. Seeing as CMs is sold in combo packs, and we're seeing a Tread next to what looks to be the Toynami Ride Armor and no Legioss present other than Aoshima's re-tooling of the Toynami version, I'm thinking it's a Toynami display.

Wow, from rumor central here things to note. I had heard from one very unreliable source and one somewhat reliable source back in the day that Toynami was having a hard time making a cockpit that could fit a figure and that was something they were big on. Looking at this prototype, if it even is a Toynami Tread, it would seem that they finally figured how to pull it off. Note the pin at the base of the cockpit which can either denote the rotation of the cockpit and/OR the cockpit's ability to open. The juicy seam looks to me like that cockpit does indeed open up but obviously that's pure speculation. Any other differences are extremely minor so I can't tell if it's an entirely new prototype. There seems to be very mild differences on what ends up being the chest in battloid as well. Obviously if Toynami is re-working the prototype that bodes very well for us Mospeada fans.

Do my eyes deceive me or does the Ride Armor have the shoulder scope up? I was hoping Toynami would incorporate that.

Oh yeah... well I'm pretty sure you're wrong! No, seriously, we just had a thread not too long ago where a member accused the Toynami version of not having a cockpit because it was never displayed in fighter mode... only combined fighter mode with the Legioss at the head.

The Aoshima (i'm assuming) Alpha looks to have a different color green paint on the Yellow version. It's much brighter. Then again, those could just be old prototype Toynami toys that they still just use for display purposes. What the heck is up with that Beta??? We need more info. If it's the Toynami version that's the first time it's been shown in fighter mode to my knowledge. It looks like it may be a retooled prototype if it is from Toynami which would certainly bode well. Hrmmmm too many questions at this point. Someone read that stuff to me!

I still very much doubt that the Aoshima will have any sort of significant adjustments. Better plastic? I highly doubt it. It sounded like they're just adding a missile bay and reworking the hips a bit. Still.... I may just have to pick up a Stig to double-check....

I loved Jack's Joker, although I'm not sure if that's a popular opinion but I would guess it is, I hope Heath Ledger does as well.

The mass of his arm is greater than the mass of the rest of his body. I mean, I'm no physicist, but that don't look right to me.

Flood control bums me out occasionally at 120 because I like to hop on to MW while at work and make a few quick posts and hop off before any coworker is the wiser

I probably have a pic somewhere in here that'd be up your alley. My review of the super/strike parts probably has a pic or two of the other option you were lookin' at.

That thing is begging for a flexi-stand from LOS. I'm sorry, i think all display stands should be transparent.

I read this yesterday and was thinking "Man, some people seem to think the 360 does nothing but break..." Then I went over to my friends house to watch the Warriors game and he turned to another buddy and said "Gee, sure would like to play my 360 after this... oh yeah, that's right, it broke at YOUR HOUSE." The buddy protested that he was just playing as usual and is started generating error codes and it wasn't his fault. He finished his defense by saying "These things just break, Bryan <another buddy of ours> had his break after two months!" There you have it, I know exactly two people with 360s and both of them failed. That said, Bryan has had a replacement now for nearly a year with no more problems.

Interesting, it shows a VF-0S with the ghost bundled with Shin's valk... I wonder if this means we're going to see a VF-0S bundle as well as a Shin VF-0A bundle???

I think he was going for cocktease?

Humidity is a real killer for boxes. Temperature changes are a real killer for plastic. Avoiding sunlight is definitely a good thing though on all counts. If you put everything in locking plastic tubs (the kind at Home Depot or the like) you'll probably help eliminate your humidity concerns... or at least that was my hope. I put everything in tubs and threw a few desacant packages in each tub and locked them. They're not airtight by any means (heck, most those tubs have a few slots for air so if kids get locked in them they'll have to die of dehydration rather than suffocation) but it's a lot better than nothing or just using a cardboard box. Edit - If you want to go real agro, shrink wrap would probably be the best bet. Unfortunately, that might take you a LONG time. Plastic bags I'd worry about as it seems moisture manages to get into those things and then gets trapped inside. No science to that, that's just how it appears to me.

I did a review of this toy, I tried to picture the differences between the original shoulders and the replacement shoulders but it's really hard to see anything other than the new shoudlers don't have painted tips.

Something doesn't look right about that GBP armor in the front... like it's white where it should be blue or something? You own a toy I never managed to grab though, a VF-1A max JM... fortunately, my dislike of DYRL paint schemes will hinder my jealousy. Thanks Totoro for mentioning my website in that post above. w00t! Obviously your Gakken collection is schweet.

Mac+ was brought over unattested originally so now HG can't contest it. If anyone tries to bring over MacZero there's a chance that HG will contest it (now that they're excercising their rights whenever possible) and that would make MacZero a dead property.