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    Arcadia VF-5000G

    M'Kyuun replied to daBlah!'s topic in Toys

    Man, those look good. Experten's really strutting his stuff with that design; unlike a lot of his garage kits, which betray their compromises, this thing looks so well-designed and put together. It just whetts the appetite for a proper toy.
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    Really?!!! I had no idea. That show was so kitschy and appealing to kids (with some adult humor in there too, just like a lot of Looney Toons). I thought it was great when I was little. However, the Superfriends cartoon largely eroded Batman's appeal for me as I got older, as he couldn't really do anything without his utility belt. I called him Utility Belt Man for years until '89 rolled around and Burton's Batman was announced. As it happens, I had a friend who was huge into Batman, including the comics. I got him a copy of one of Frank Miller's graphic novels for his birthday, and of course, I read it before I gave it to him.😄 That changed my perception of Batman quite a bit as well as all the info my friend and his brothers told me about the character, as I think they were all versed somewhat in the comics. Batman: TAS went a long way towards righting the wrongs of the old 70s and 80s Batman toons- just an excellent show. Warner Bros also started turning comics into animated movies, which also lent some grit to the character for me. Rocksteady's Arkham Asylum/Knight series still stand as some of my favorite games and just a fantastic depiction of the Caped Crusader. It's a shame they stopped at three games. With all his tech wizardy, Batman and Cyborg definitely qualify as sci-fi staples, at least for me, as they both rely on neo-futuristic tech to do their thing. Batman Beyond certainly qualifies, as that's sci-fi through and through. I still need to finish that series. I started it last year and kinda fell off. It's good- I'm just easily distracted by shinier things and then I forget.
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    Beautiful lineup! Some of Kawamori's most striking designs, especially the YF-19. Love it!
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    Interesting. I just had an upgrade kit from TFSafari get delivered this past Saturday by Uniexpress. Normally these things come via USPS and get put safely in my mailbox. The Uni guy put the package in front of my garage instead of putting it on my porch. I wasn't aware of the delivery, as I didn't look at my email, so it sat in the pouring rain and then my dog destroyed the outer cardboard box and part of the inner product box before I discovered it on Monday. Fortunately the innards were still intact and serviceable, a lucky break for sure, as my dog is a serious chewer and would have absolutely destroyed the contents had it remained outside for much longer. The kicker is that the Uni dude took a picture of the package placement from inside his car and he caught my dog scrambling down the porch steps in the photo he sent me. Lesson learned- I need to really stay on top of tracking in the event these guys deliver another package. BTW, this was my first delivery from them AFAIK. Not the best first impression. As to the VF-19 Fire Valkyrie, the painted and lined shots look great! Kudos to the talented folks who enhance the beauty of these lovely beasties and generously share pics. Like other folks here, I'm not a big fan of the red and yellow/gold or the face, either, but I still love the design, the silhouette. I went for the HMR version of it, however, as it was the more affordable and space-saving option, since I'm out of room for 1/60 scaled valks. Moreover, it's pretty much perfect transformation, and that, too, appeals to me, as well as its being a smaller capture of the larger DX. I own a Yamato Blazer valk, and I love that thing's design, but I like the straighter nose of the HMR/DX. I'm happy to have both in my collection. The other aspect of the HMR toys is that they seem more playable, if that makes sense. I'd rather fidget about with them than the 1/60 toys, even if a little more care needs to be exercised around needle thin antennae and such. That said, and in spite of my lack of space, I'm still holding out useless hope for Arcadia to release their VF-5000G. I'd far, far prefer it in this color scheme, but I fear beggars can't be choosers, and we'll be lucky to get it at all at this point since it was revealed back in 2022 with little news since. I'd happily take and HMR, though. 😄
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    I get what you're implying, but honestly, I don't think anyone was really thinking that way in the 30s and 40s. I never made that correlation as a kid watching Batman in the 70s and 80s so I think that's more of a worldly adult POV. In retrospect, a lot of superheroes have questionable costumes hence the reason none of the actors in recent decades have worn skin-tight body suits like Batman '66 or Chris Reeves' Superman. Beyond that, the majority of female superheroes and villains were drawn to accentuate their feminine appeal, which generally means a fair bit of skin showing or just really form-fitting suits with ample bosom and plenty of cleavage. That trend carried over to sci-fi as well.
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    Well, you're not wrong. It is odd that she traipses around in a thong regardless of situation or environment and nobody bats an eye or shows any discomfort. I realize she's fully prosthetic, but it seems she's anatomically endowed and fully functional. She sleeps topless in just panties next to a teenaged boy in 2nd season after emerging from the shower in said panties with naught but a towel draped around her neck to partially cover her breasts. Moreover, after he inquires whether she can have sex, she playfully invites him to find out. A bit risqué if not ethically questionable. If the genders were reversed, I think there would've been far more flack and attention given to it back when it was airing on tv. What's more disturbing about it is that she's a cop.
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    Cat guy, too. I thought about grabbing some of the other kits for the Constructicons, primarily the ones with replacement arms, but the expense just doesn't seem worth it to me when so much of what's in them would just stay in the box. Hence my wish for an arms-only kit. I think they'd get more sales of that than these kits with superfluous stuff in them.
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    I wish one of these 3P upgrade kit makers would release a scope that transforms to make the part between the arms look like it's part of the tank, y'know grey with some tank grrebles, and make the part of the scope forming his cannon rotate up and down so that the tank mode looked and functioned more realistically. It seems like such a no-brainer to me, as that was my first and only want from an SS86 Megatron upgrade kit, and yet no one has done it. Maybe I'm just weird for wanting that? My DK-71 Long Haul upgrade kit arrived on Saturday, but I failed to see the delivery email, so it sat outside for two days in the pouring rain. To make matters worse, my stupid dog ravaged the cardboard box it was packed in, as well as taking a chunk or two out of the actual package within. Fortunately, the contents were all intact, so small mercies. FWIW, a company called Uni made the delivery and they placed it out in front of my garage instead of bringing it up on my porch. Not sure if the dog was out at the time (he's a 90lb pitbull-husky mix and looks like a German Shepard), but it seemed an odd place to deliver a package considering how many deliveries I receive. The vast majority attempt to put it on my porch, and one delivery person, afraid of my dog, was intercepted by my next-door neighbor who was kind enough to bring the package over. Either that, or, fearing my dog, they'll postpone delivery to another day. FWIW, my dog is big, he jumps a lot when he's excited, but he hasn't a malicious bone in his body. Anyway, I'm trying to think of a solution so that it doesn't happen again. My wife won't let me get rid of the dog, as much as I've emphatically declared how badly I want to be rid of him for numerous reasons beyond his ruining my toys and preventing deliveries, although those are high on my list. Alas, it's my own fault for agreeing to getting him when he was a pup. Shoulda known better. As to the kit, it adds some nice waist swivel to Long Haul and raises his legs in combined form to cover the area behind Hook, which looks better to me. Too, it lowers the wheels to ankle level in Long Haul's bot mode, which also looks better. Kinda wish they swung inward instead, but it's still an improvement. I still wish they'd release an arms-only upgrade kit with improved arms for Bonecrusher, Hook, and Mixmaster. No useless horns, no fillers- just arms. I'd buy that for a dollar, or $40-50.
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    I don't mind scantily clad women; however, make even the minimal apparel fit the genre. If she was wearing a two-piece bathing suit with a gun belt holding a laser rifle and wearing some sort of space helmet or even a visor with headphones and a little mic, with maybe a hint of some cybernetic limbs, at least she'd fit the part. Just, no Vikings in a robot battle, please. Having just watched GitS: SAC, Major Kusanagi comes immediately to mind as one of those more well-known scantily clad sci-fi women, and I'm good with it. More Motoko, less Viking. 😄
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    As popular as the Dinobots are, making new toys is like printing money. I'm sure Grimlock will sell well (heck,, I've not been interested in the line thus far, but even a Missing Link version of Grimlock has my antennae perked). I'm sure we'll get the whole team, righting a serious wrong that they committed with MP Grimlock. 🤣 Typical! I'm just now getting caught up on the news (7:30 PM), but I noticed those shoulders right off the bat, which I'm sure is the point of contention. FWIW, I don't disagree; that was a well-pointed out niggle that most fans had with SS86 Hot Rod (and Rodimus), which despite that particular wart, still stands as one of the best releases in the SS86 line. However, Takara should have the awareness that simply upsizing a retail figure or bringing over a well-pointed out weakness of said figure into a MP figure is just a no-no. This was a read-the-room moment for them and they're obviously oblivious or just don't care. Since I've pretty much dropped out of MP scale collecting, I have nothing to gain or lose. I'll just watch from the sidelines as the fans gather with their torches and pitchforks. And then fight to get in their preorders anyway. 😄
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    I like everything about that last painting except the out-of -place Viking chick; she's too much of a fantasy trope that sticks out like a sore thumb in an otherwise very sci-fi environment. For the record, I'm not much of a fantasy fan, and I generally like my sci-fi more on the science-y side than otherwise. The robots look great, the domed cities in the background are absolutely apropos, and the ships, which remind me of a cross between manta rays and the Horton Ho 229 or this set from the LEGO Ninjago Movie are fitting. If the girl was wearing some sort of space suit or jumpsuit with sci-fi accoutrement, it'd be perfect.
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    Unfortunately, the attempt to capture the real car as accurately as possible takes precedence over functionality. It'd be nice if they could do both, but that would entail making a lot more specialized canopy/windshield pieces as well as compromising the look of the vehicles. I came to terms with the compromise back when they were still only 6-wide. The move to 8-wide gave the designers more real estate and thus more options. Moreover, the steady addition of new elements every year to better capture the curves and contours of the cars has greatly enhanced what's possible with the brick. Kids now just don't know how good they've got it compared to what we had to work with from the 70s through the early millennium.
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    I've always loved this cover illustration of R. Giskard from Asimov's Robots of Dawn by Michael Whelan. Still have my copy from when I was about twelve years old. It was the cover that caught my attention, and ever since I've always wanted to see Asimov's robots depicted in a show or film like this. Chris Foss has an impressive body of work, and while his style doesn't always appeal to me, his work manifests a great imagination and the wherewithal to make it come alive on the canvas. Harkening back to @F-ZeroOne's post above, two founding fathers of Sci-fi, the British H.G. Wells and the French Jules Verne, painted their pictures with words and established a foundation for the early sci-fi genre using their knowledge of scientific advances of their eras and weaving them into narratives that continue to influence sci-fi to this day. Much like today's authors, they engaged in speculative fiction, which built upon nuggets of accepted scientific fact and liberal license as to how that science would manifest in various circumstances.
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    Such a huge missed opportunity! Definitely would've nabbed a copy. Welcome to the Speed Champions rabbit hole! These sets are brilliantly executed in small affordable packages. IMHO, they offer some of the best building experiences for the size and price. I'm not a car guy, but there's certainly an allure to all these supercars, and while they don't always achieve a perfect capture, given the limitations of the medium, the designers acquit themselves quite admirably. As to Bond cars, they've already done the classic Aston Martin DB5, so hopefully that opens the door for more.
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    I'm so happy you were successful in scoring the Delorean. For my part, I was expecting a queue out the door, and indeed the place was packed nigh to capacity when we arrived (about an hour after they opened), but we essentially got right in. I was expecting their stock of the Delorean to be depleted, but they had a number of copies on-hand and a I happily snatched one. Ours is a pretty small store ( the Pick A Brick wall is only about five bins across) and the only one on the eastern side of WA. I think Boise is the next closest on this side. I wish it was a little bigger considering it services this side of WA, our Canadian neighbors, as well as NW Idaho, and Montana but beggars can't be choosers. After living in WA for over twenty years and hoping fervently for a LEGO Store in town or nearby, I'm just glad we finally got our own.
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    My 2026 haul thus far. I picked these up at my local LEGO Store yesterday. I built the Delorean first, and like most Speed Champions sets, it was full of interesting techniques and some new parts, including this new much-needed bracket in black. It was a fun build and yields a respectable model of the Delorean. It comes with a generous number of printed pieces, and the sticker sheet was downright modest by the usual standards for these sets. Best of all, unlike most SC sets, this one comes with two minifigs (Doc and Marty, complete with his orange bubble vest piece) and the ability to change the Delorean's configuration between the first film and the second with a few parts swaps, all for the standard $28. If this is the benchmark for licensed sets based on media properties going forward, I'm here for it. I have my wishlist of sets I hope they do, starting with KITT and the Mach 5. I have yet to build the Ferrari and Bugatti, but both look like the usual adventurous builds we've come to expect from the line. Moving on to the new City sets, I have a soft spot for farm and construction vehicles, and this new tractor does not disappoint- well, almost. The build is solid and looks great with the new smaller front tractor tires, giving the whole a nice congruency. The tractor has one of these hinge joints in black both front and rear for ball-joint connections as well as one of these hinge plates mounted just above. There's a sense that perhaps there was going to be some sort of attachment that was left out to keep the price at $20. However, there's a sense of purpose missing from the set due to that omission. The tractor looks beautiful, but it has no utility and I hope that's remedied by the spring or summer sets in the form of some more farm sets. I find it ironic then, as utility in the form of working features is one of the hallmarks of Designer Chris Stamp's direction for City. However, it's evident with the new Recycling Truck, which packs a number of working features into the model. The front forks can engage one of two recycling bins (one for paper products and one for plastic) and raise it up and over to dump into the truck's receptacle. The little dumpsters' lids are on frictionless hinges and open nicely with gravity. The functionality is ok- there's not really enough of a funneling effect to capture all the debris and some tends to fall overboard no matter how slowly or meticulously you attempt to dump the stuff into the truck. A for effort, though. There's a moveable baffle in the truck's receptacle that allows you to choose between paper or plastic depending on which you're dumping, and conveniently, the dumpsters' lids are printed with appropriate logos, as are the two sections of the receptacle. Once you've collected all the debris, the entire receptacle can raise and where you generally only have a single large door at the back that opens to allow all the trash to spill out, there are two doors, each corresponding to the two different types of recyclable materials. This in turn, allows you, if you wish, to dump the materials back into their corresponding dumpsters without mixing. It's a cool feature and it adds an extra element of playability to the usual garbage truck play pattern. One thing that needs mentioning- there are no stickers- any part requiring a marking is printed which makes the build process nice and smooth without interruption. I hope this is the new trend. Just from this small selection of sets, I feel like we're off to a good start for 2026 LEGO. Happy building!
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    Despite having been to England a number of times, including having lived there for four months (stayed at least a couple weeks at the Bell Inn in Thetford- never saw any ghosts though), I remain largely ignorant to a great deal of British media, especially comics. I've never really been into comic books, even American ones, so I'm woefully out of the loop. Of course, Judge Dredd has seen a couple retellings via Hollywood, for better or worse, and stuff like the Thunderbirds and Space 1999, as well as the wildly popular and long running Dr. Who series have been airing on American tvs for decades, not to mention toys thereof. I had to employ some Google-fu to look up the respective artists you mentioned, and I'm sure what popped up only scratches the surface of each artist's body of work. I was surprised to learn that there was a PS4 game based on Collin Wilson's Rogue Trooper called, appropriately enough, Rogue Trooper Redux. Duncan Jones helmed an animated film starring the likes of Hayley Atwell, Sean Bean, Asa Butterfield, and Aneurin Barnard as the eponymous Rogue Trooper. It was intended for release in summer 2025, but has been delayed, date to be determined. Anyway, thanks for sharing these memories of early British sci-fi. I was moved to look up other UK based artists in sci-fi and discovered Peter Elson, whose work is exemplary and definitely merits mention and a look. I never heard his name before, but I'm wowed looking through his various works. This Is Cool has a nice brief gallery as well, and serendipitously turned out to be an awesome resource for myriad international artists doing sci-fi and fantasy art. Jim Burns is a multi-Hugo-award winning sci-fi and fantasy artist, and Chris Moore, who sadly passed in Feb 2025, was an eclectic artist across themes and styles. Many of his works graced book covers, his claim to fame, if you will. I think I'll also mention the late H.R. Giger here, a Swiss artist best known for creating the Alien Xenomorph, as well as other designs across the Alien franchise. Beyond that, Giger had an incredible and unique talent for creating otherworldly biomechanical creatures, objects, and landscapes, often with sexual overtones. He also created the look of the alien leads in Species and Species II. For creating one of the most notable of sci-fi movie monsters, still highly relevant today, and for his signature style, Giger merits a significant mention.
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    Yeah, that was the pretense behind which LEGO shielded themselves from a potential serious endemic issue with gear failures. Instead of canceling the set outright, I wish they'd admitted the issue, put the set on hiatus to fix the issue, and released it. A bunch of lucky reviewers and LEGO ambassadors got the set for free. It quickly became sought after and the prices exorbitant.
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    Considering the immense strides taken within the Speed Champions line, and the subtle bleed over to City cars and trucks over the past few years (very likely due to former SC designer Chris Stamp, now a design lead for City), it's unfortunate that some of those innovative techniques haven't been applied here. I realize this is targeted at a younger age bracket than SC, but would it hurt anything to dress up a fictional fighter/aerobatics jet to impart a slight air of refinement? For me, since I was a wee lad, I've always prized folding landing gear in a toy, especially since the occurrence was, and still seems to be, a rarity. Regarding the Blue Power Jet, let me preface by saying I was following Mike Psiaki's creations long before he got hired by LEGO, and knowing the quality of his work, I was very much looking forward to what he'd bring to the table. He certainly hasn't disappointed, and while the Blue Power Jet remains on permanent display in my collection, and while I'm a fan of his Expert Creator cars, his impressive upgrade to the Galaxy Explorer remains the crown jewel, IMHO, of his catalog and I'm exceedingly grateful that he, of all the talented designers, was the one to tackle that design. I honestly don't think it would have been as great as it was under any other hand. Look no further than the lackluster followup, The Blacktron Renegade, which felt like a disappointment after the stunning and innovative Galaxy Explorer. You probably wouldn't like my VF-4 or one of my current projects, as I used cones to create the noses on both. In certain circumstances, I think they perform the job adequately. Not perfectly, but they get the job done and look closer to RW jet radomes than wedges, IMHO. The fact that The Blue Power Jet was nigh unambiguously an F-35 in airshow colors and got released, yet the Technic V-22 in rescue livery was canxed citing LEGO's "no current military" stance is laughable on its face. I was sooo looking forward to building that V-22, one of my favorite aircraft. Ironic, then, that about a decade ago they released a very V-22 inspired heli-plane set in their City Cargo subtheme. How does that work?🤨
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    Well, anytime a toy is upscaled, the strength, durability, and range of the joints are always a greater concern. Too, the use of diecast, which, for some, gives the impression of greater quality given the increased heft (I think I prefer more plastic with judicious use of diecast where sturdiness is a major factor). I like the look of the Pose+ and the increased scale certainly allowed them to do much more with the figure than Sentinel's little 1/48, which I still consider an excellent toy overall. However, my display space is exceedingly low these days and I wouldn't know where to put such a large figure if I got it. That's a personal issue, but anymore, I'm looking to smaller scaled toys like the HMR line over 1/60, which is my preference. However, I've been rather impressed by just how many features Bandai has managed to cram into the HMR figs, and Sentinel managed to cram a lot into their Legioss, so even at these smaller scales, a lot of these toys are proving quite impressive for how much can be built into them. I still wonder, with all the other built-in stuff Bandai manages with the HMR Valks, why they don't just integrate the retractable landing gear, too. Seems like something completely feasible. As to Toyrise, I'm thinking these aren't going to be too far removed from Transformers quality. While I don't mind their taking some liberties, I think there's a fine line between just right and too much. I've already mentioned my dislike of the high heels, or ballet shoes- it just doesn't look right or good. Moreover, I don't think the feet retract into the leg in fighter, so there's a lot of foot hanging out back there. And just like their Legioss, if they're taking liberties with one design, it's apparent that they'll do likewise in the event they choose to do a Tread. I wouldn't bet on the connecting mechanism, or connection itself, to be a very elegant thing, either. While a playable Legioss sounds fun, from what I'm seeing, I wish the execution was better.
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    Honestly, I thought this was one of the weaker sets, the jet more than the car. While I like the passenger jets, which benefit greatly from the large specially molded cockpit and fuselage parts, anytime they do a fighter-style jet, they all still look like 80s-90s designs to me. There just hasn't been much evolution in design, which is unfortunate. I understand and support LEGO's non-RW military vehicle stance; however, it sure would be cool if they didn't have that stance and they did a line of fighters with Speed Champions level of design. OR, do a fictional line of more sci-fi-ish fighters inspired by RW designs. My Macross fixation is speaking- I vehemently wish they'd do a Macross line. I'd LOVE to be a part of that design team if it ever came to fruition. For now, I'm happy to support Lendy Tayag's VF-1 on Ideas. I hope it gets the go-ahead for production, as I'm in for multiple copies.
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    I thought I'd POed it when I POed the upcoming BvS and The Batman Batmobiles, but after checking my order status, nope. Ah well, my sister gifted me a LEGO gift card for Christmas, so the spousal unit and I are headed to the LEGO Store on Thursday to scope out the new sets. I'll likely pick up the Delorean along with a couple other new Speed Champion sets. I may have to pick up one or two of the new City Great Vehicles as well. A former Speed Champions lead now leads the City line, and his goal is to impart more functionality into the City line while still maintaining or improving the aesthetics of the sets. I was wondering, especially given the working engine pistons in this year's bulldozer set. That was a surprise and certainly beyond the level of functional detail I've seen in a City set, so I'm quite pleased with this direction. My hope is that eventually they'll start integrating retractable landing gear into their aircraft sets, a bit of RW functionality that has too-long been omitted.
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    I'm having a hard time liking the Toyrise take. I hate the arched feet, and I can't understand why they don't have the upper part of the foot angled forward like the original design. Moreover, from what I can infer from the pics, it doesn't appear that the feet retract into the legs, so all that oversized foot is just hanging out back there. As a toy, with playability being emphasized over slavish toon/lineart accuracy, honestly, I think this is done pretty well, other than the feet. Kinda sucks that the leg panels don't open to reveal the rocket launchers, but this looks to take a note from Transformers with weapon storage essentially coming down to just tabbing them on wherever via 5mm ports. Not my personal preference, but it is what it is. This AWACS version seems a little busy to me, but I like the blue one ok. I'm curious if the feet can be spread like the OG design instead of being bunched up like weird high-heel shoes.
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    I remember Robotix, both the show and the kits. I couldn't get into the former and never had any of the latter. That said, the toys looked cool, and back then anything involving robots or robotics was cool to me. Except the show, ironically. I had Zoids under both the Zoids and Robostrux brand names. I know I found some in stores throughout the 80s, 90s, and into the millennium, but I think I probably got one or two, especially my copy of Radox, from Sears or JC Penny catalogs. We didn't have TRU near us, but we did have a few dept stores which carried toys, but my mom didn't drive, so the catalogs were her go-tos for a lot of my toys at Christmas and birthdays. I still have this guy packed away in a box somewhere. I probably have 20-30 Zoids/Robostrux kits, mostly the small to medium ones, with Radox, IIRC, being the only large one I own. Well, my Kotobukiya Blade Liger will be on the larger side if I ever get around to building it. This toyline definitely struck a chord with me for both the engineering involved, but also all the mechanical details. How can you say no to robotic dinosaurs and insects, especially when they're done this well? This is definitely new to me, an American. Despite being slightly more cosmopolitan than the vast majority of my countrymen due to my military travels, there are always new things to learn which is why forums like this are such a fantastic medium. Those are some interesting designs, and the artist appears to have taken inspiration from 1950s and 60s aerospace designs like the XB-70 Valkyrie and perhaps some of the Gemini/Apollo stuff, with some artistic flare, of course. Neat stuff! Thanks for sharing! Love that ship in the center, a nice precursor to the NASA orbiter. The spherical tanks, the opening cargo bay, and the long extended forward fuselage impart a sleek yet utilitarian aesthetic that makes for a believable craft. I'm not crazy about the yellow color (b/c yellow is a horrible, horrible color), but everything else is groovy.
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    Just finished Leviathan on Netflix. As an alternative Dieselpunk pre-WWI history, I thought it was pretty decent. I liked the main characters, especially Dylan/Deryn Sharp. I thought it a bit odd that only Dylan, a Scottish girl posing as a boy to join the British Navy, and all the Brits speak with the appropriate accents. Neither Alek, an Austrian prince, his two advisors/minders, nor the Germans, nor the Serbians, including Nicola Tesla (who was raised in Austria), mischaracterized a bit, IMHO as a bit of a flamboyant megalomaniac, speak with appropriate affectations, but simply speak with American accents. Anyway, the series spans three novels by Scott Westerfeld, so obviously, from my gleanings on Reddit, there are characters and plotlines that were removed to decant it down to the essentials for the anime adaptation. However, the anime piqued my interest enough that I may seek out the books, as I liked the overarching story. I read Westerfeld's Uglies series years ago and enjoyed those, so I'm keen to give these a read as well. My wife has a couple of weeks off for the Christmas/New Year holidays, so I'd planned on a long overdue rewatch of GitS: SAC S1 and 2, which we started after Leviathan. I remember it was a good show, but damn, what a good show. I've never read the manga, so I can't speak to it, but of all the incarnations of the Major and Section 9, this series is the pinnacle for me, and I own Arise and have seen SAC 2045, which didn't impress me nearly as much as the first two seasons. We're about halfway through S1 and we're both looking forward to continuing the adventure!
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