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I honestly find it very hard to maintain any sense of anger... but I also don't think "foldildo" is offensive in anyway. Sure, the joke may be old but it doesn't make it less relevant. The thing looks like a light up dildo. I say, let the "foldildo" continue and with any luck will get a packaging misprint like Gakken's old "Blowsuperior" ride armor. Oh good times.

Shin's combo pack comes with a more solid-colored light gray version of the Ghost. The stand alone Ghost comes with the blue and gray markings and can be connected to either the existing VF-0A or the the VF-0S.

Wow, I procrastinated a few days, used the cheapest shipping, and I still got them today. I opened the boxes to confirm there's one of each and didn't see any obvious flubs like Hiriyu's messed up Miria. Not a bad first impression although when these were first being called like "magnet action" I really was under the impression they'd be a bit heftier.

Good question. Basara would still hop out and sing at the enemy though which would still result in the enemy infiltrating the ship. I'm thinking if the X-9 were present we would have just seen far less space battles in the first 20 eps and more chaos within the ship.

Well I think we should all acknowledge that having a wall tapestry of a swastika or glorifying it in some way would be a big no-no. Having swastikas on mechs, toys, or whatever is just a way to denote "bad-guy" and that shouldn't be an issue IMHO.

What's wrong with having a swastika on a mech?

duly noted.

Just be glad you didn't order it from Amenbo.com. They still haven't officially announced they're out of business but their site has been closed for a LONG time. If they're putting up a new Internet store they must be waiting for the time when they can actually deliver the toys through the Internet also.... EDIT - I just got FLOOD CONTROLLED on that last post... interesting.

I'm loving this thread. I'm single again but man, you guys are making me feel like I've been the luckiest guy ever when it came to love. Sure, some of my exs were a bit quirky but damn, never once did I feel like any of them were sucking away my soul! Heck, I've loved some of them MORE than transformable robots ("the hell you say!"). If you find yourself surrounded by terrible girls I suspect you have a terrible approach or simply have no idea how to pick the good from the bad. It's like produce at the store, just because it's for sale there doesn't mean all the pineapples are ripe or the pears aren't bruised. You gotta sort through them and grab the ones worth buying. It's even more of a joke when we start saying that American women are more problematic than women from other countries... that just makes me think someone needs to do more traveling. Women are people, people are universally flawed and difficult to click with or understand but every now and then you'll find yourself greatly rewarded for your efforts. Did I mention the man room? That's still totally the way to go.

Me thinks you are all looking into a bucket and seeing an abyss.

Chowser hit the nail on the head. In fact, I remember hearing a discussion about the complications involved with the cockpit. The cockpit is supposed to fold into the chest cavity. Gakken's 1/72 simulates this by simply folding down (without a chest cavity really being present). The toynami has never, to my knowledge, been shown in a mode where the cockpit would be showing. I heard this was because Toynami was still working on the mechanism in which the cockpit would be able to open as they were very hopeful to be able to include a pilot figure (this may be speculation or rumor that I've overheard though). Remember, the Beta only has a cockpit when flying solo.

What I like to think is that prototypes are purely meant for marketing purposes as far as the public's being able to look at them. They generate stir as people debate how they could be better or what they like about it. Therefore, all the speculation we're engaging in is exactly what the company would hope to have happen. Then, in the meantime, the designers and powers that be within the company really dig at the prototype and determine what they can do to make it better and easy to mass produce. I don't think they're really scouring the Internet for other people's opinions though, I would guess the designers of these toys have a good deal of passion and resources and any nitpicks we're coming up with they've already been over 100 times. They probably do stuff like communicate with the original designer of the mecha and review the very best lineart and stuff like that to see what changes they ought to make. In the end, it may seem like they've responded to Internet criticism but really they just refined their own prototype to meet their own high expectations. Of course, no one is more acutely aware of the compromises that need to be made to make an awesome toy that is also profitable than the people being told to make their dreamwork of engineering simpler and easier to handle.

I think everyone has been pretty clear that it's just the prototype they're picking apart and that we all have higher hopes for the finished product. I see absolutely no harm in viciously ripping every aspect of the prototype apart... that's exactly why prototypes are created. You get the thing in hand, you pour over every detail, you figure out what does and doesn't work, you refine the product. Hopefully, no matter what amount of rape we claim, the people over at CMs are being even more critical of the product.

No way, Toynami has to think a full year at LEAST in advance. I mean, just look at the MPC Cyclone announcement... when do you think you're going to be able to buy those bad boys? 1/100 Fast Packs? Oh they're coming... next year.

I can attest to the fact that Hikaru and Roy have gone into the 13K plus level. That isn't to say hidden inventory won't pop up but those two MPC figures definitely made it the whole way through. Also, the Archer figure had only a 5K run and the two I've handled were both in the 4900 range so I think it's safe to say those were all released. As to the MPC Alphas... I'm more skeptical there. In fact, I'm starting to think the 10K-15K number will be what Aoshima releases. I honestly really doubt it. The production number is unknown and the second editions are all just actual improvements. I *think* first editions tend to be more valuable because later editions feature simplifications in the manufacturing process or improvements for child-safety which typically make the later editions less cool than the first editions. This isn't the case with the Yammy.

One argument against this being a mistransformation though would be the back of the Legioss' legs in Sodlier mode. For some odd reason there's a big chunk missing from the calf area. One reason for this would be if the legs angled outward instead of sliding straight in.

Yeah, that's the obvious answer. I think we should more answer this from the perspective though of someone who may be thinking about ditching the hobby though and wants to know which toys they should hold for a while and then dump later.

Wow... that's bad... still, all of this is based on prototypes (with some sweet paneling) so I'm just hoping these are bits of mistransformation/rough draft. it also looks like the shoulders might have the wrong shape to them and there's definitely some wonkiness with the arms in general. So the Legioss won't look good in any mode other than Armo-Diver?? Let's hope there are many changes still to be made!

A little note on the long nose preventing the soldier from mating to the tread in that mode, it should still be possible since we're talking about a toy with a separate mounting piece. All you would need to do is give it a bucket that attaches to the crotch of the soldier (with slots for the hip connections) and then have the arm back to the tread have no center so the arms go around the nosecone. Theoretically this would be a shorter piece so that the front of the Tread was much closer to the back of the Legioss. The connection would be precarious but it could be made pretty solid if it had a locking mechanism that grabbed the top of the crotch area (you would have to hold the nosecone up, lock the connecting arm into place on the legioss, put the nosecone back down, then connect it to the tread and lock it into the tread.

Are we just talking modern toys? Here's my bet for toys that will either never be reissued or won't be again for a very long time: 1) LowVis 1 2) Stealth "Special Edition" Combo Pack (they would reissue the armor parts or the valk separately going forward I'd think). 3) WHAM SDF-1 1/5000 4) 1/48 Hayao Kakizake 5) 1/48 GBP II (Woodland) 6) 1/48 LVII Hmm, that's it for now. I think we will see re-releases eventually of the CF and Super Hikaru but Knight is right at the moment, the toys he listed are becoming scarce.

Sniffle... I swear that my website exists more and more just so I can lock my toys away in boxes but still visit them without having to dig them out. You should be happy it's your future wife making you put the toys away instead of jobs and frequent moves. I hope some day to have a man room where my toys will be free once again... that's the angle I'd shoot for if I were you.

I ordered that set of 7 too. I'm going for the cheap shipping though so it'll probably be quite some time before I have a detailed review.

nevermind.

If they don't sell it as a package then I imagine each individually would be in the $99 ballpark. I don't think many people in these parts would mind that so much. Worst-case scenario would price them comparatively to Yamato's 1/48s as they'd be similar in size and complexity.

It would be a relatively simple task if only the manufacturers would use a larger scale. 1/32 is admittedly rather large for the Tread (but seriously, how friggin' cool would it be??) but 1/32 is the PERFECT scale for the Legioss. The Legioss is a tiny bird, a bigger toy is needed to deal with all its tiny complications. Also, if they made the Tread in 1/32 they could make some really BEEFY connecting mechanism that could be concealed within the large toy.