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On 1/14/2020 at 9:50 PM, nightmareB4macross said:
Great collection Kicker773 and SH9000
We need more monsters!!
Ok, did nobody comment about the skeleton just hanging out in the background? Did I miss something? LOL. I mean, I know some of us are out of the closet when it comes to our deepest, darkest collecting secrets, but this is a bit much.
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21 hours ago, Lolicon said:
I'm a man-child who loves giant robots.
LOL
21 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:Well, I think for some of us we collect for various reasons and it’s not just to collect.
My tendencies are as a hobbyist:
- Collect the series or buy what I like. I usually do the former for most of my purchases.
- Nostagia. New and vintage.
- Mechanical design and visual appeal.
- MIB, open and play, display, customize, whatever comes to mind when purchasing. And method exercised during purchases usually leads to multiples.
- Buy extras for the kids to play with aside from what I buy for myself.
- Army build, to mostly customize.
While I do like to collect, my display itself is limited by me as don’t want to display everything all at once or I feel I would get bored of it. Cycling my collection throughout the year helps keep things fresh and appealing no matter the age or subject.
My collection has a purpose, to basically tell a visual story of what I like and who I am. I think that’s how most collectors are.
This is basically the kind of collector I want to be, I just don't have the stamina to do it. I can't put in enough time to organize, design and display my collection in a way that automatically bestows admiration and jealousy in the eyes of an admirer as they lovingly pass through (le sigh). Nope. Can't do it and don't care. What I do instead is gorge myself on the best of the lot when I have the money to spend, obsess over the crap I don't have money to spend on, and pine over the one(s) that got away. I've literally lost lives (or perhaps, future wives) over this. LOL. But hey, it's all good.
23 hours ago, sqidd said:There is a third kind of collector. I'm what I would define as a "art" collector (I have a lot of actual art too). Not very much of what I have as far as toys goes is about being tied to a show/characters (aside from SDFM). I get toys because I think they're pleasing to my eye. I can't say I even enjoy transforming them for transformation sake. For me it's all about the presentation/display. Transformation/posing is a tool to complete that goal. For most toys if it has multiple modes, I get one for each mode and display them simultaneously. If I'm not too turned on by a mode I don't get one for that. I very, very rarely change my displays up once they're done.
-I don't buy for nostalgia (aside from SDFM).
-I don't buy for character tie ins.
-I don't have any drive to finish a line/set. If there are six in a series and I really dig two, I get just those two.
-I don't have anything I don't display.
-I don't buy to "play with". I barely have time to un-box/transform/display as it is.
I'm not passing judgement on any form of collecting. I understand the drives for all of them. I just do it the way I do it because it makes me happy to look at them.
And this is basically the collector I am (absent the lack of nostalgia and the display part). I think I buy the vintage toys for the nostalgia bit (but also the amazing variety of characters they had - which matters when it comes to nostalgia, and also when it comes to the older cartoons when they actually had characters and storylines that were more appealing; now, it's another story). And I buy for the swank design and engineering for the modern "toys." To be perfectly honest with you, I think we're witnessing a large-scale paralysis in the ability of our modern storytellers to come up with anything new. Most of all in Hollywood, but I think it's affecting the traditional robot craze in Japanese anime. When was the last time you saw an Evangalion, or Voltron, or Optimus Prime. So the characters definitely matter more to me when it comes to the vintage toys, but not so much the modern ones. I can pass on six different versions of a VF-31, whose characters bear only a passing resemblance to the Roy Fockers and Rick Hunters of old. But doing the same for Sunstreaker, Sideswipe and Red Alert is a different story (if I had the money!).
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11 hours ago, DewPoint said:
Happy New Year!
I will argue that Valkyries are very "Doll" like. A lot of you baby them, play dress up with armor/missiles/SSP, and depending on which ones you have, you can play Mommy/Daddy or romance dating with them. You can even get a hanger to play house!
MISB collectors don't have this problem. I honestly have to head scratch sometimes. Trying to figure out how collectors get so many long hours playing with their toys out of the box as grown adults. I've found that my imagination, once boundless in childhood, is definitely restricted these days. i tire easily when handling them, not to mention their origami transformations. Still, they do look good on display out of the box.
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On 12/26/2019 at 11:13 PM, Slave IV said:
Maybe some people just enjoy their toys without needing to pull out microrulers to make sure everything matches every source drawing out there even though those drawings are completely inconsistent.
LOL
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On 12/27/2019 at 10:15 AM, nightmareB4macross said:
Nevermind.
On 12/27/2019 at 1:37 AM, Sanity is Optional said:FYI, there's already a thread for this in another section of the forum, as this is technically a model kit.
Had no idea. Thanks for the info. All the same I wouldn't have bought into the line anyway. Adult collectibles have exploded over the past few years and I can barely keep up as it is.
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Thoughts on this? I personally don't need a gigantic 1/24 scale valkyrie that doesn't transform no matter how many light up features it has. And definitely not one that isn't the grail. Curious though.
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On 12/20/2019 at 12:52 AM, Mommar said:
Too many liberties with theory of special relativity?
Popularly understood to signify the nuclear age.
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8 hours ago, Big said:
I second that! I must say i am disappointed. Back when they had the DX VF-1J exhibited with a board of super-parts, strike-parts, missile-set etc., they showed a armor-leg part with detail, as well as schematics of the boosters with detail! Making us believe, that that is what we were getting!
Wow, what a disappointment. And this was one of the few Bandai items I managed to snag a preorder on. Boy do I regret that. I mean the fit and finis is excellent, but come on Bandai, there's more to modern collectibles than that. You need the odd gimmick or two to keep hope alive.
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10 hours ago, Pontus said:
Godzilla is neither hero nor villain but both the bringer of death before him and life after him. He arises from the bowels of the earth and is the embodiment of her fury that also brings life. Praise be to the great, green, beneficent one, the destroyer, the creator, the alpha, and the omega. May his path be blessed and his rest be deep.
So yeah, crazy cult Godzilla. Hail Godzilla!
The way Godzilla is portrayed on the big screen he's an avenging angel. He "rises from the bowels of the earth" amid the ash of the nuclear fire storm as a way of chastising all of humanity for its abuses of nature and god's laws. So yea, he's basically a wrathful god taking aim at humankind for taking too many liberties with E = mc2. So both good and bad at the same time.
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On 12/7/2019 at 10:10 PM, chyll2 said:
These are some of the most gorgeous valkyries out there. The cannon fodder still holds up. I don't know what they did. Officially I don't think there was any tweak to the VF-25 design, which I think they had perfected by that point. Still, it looks lean, mean and pretty, and stands head and shoulders above the other v2's out there. Just can't put my finger on why.
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5 hours ago, Kuma Style said:
Support. One of my absolute favorites.
This is by far the best Metal Build/Fix Fig out there. It's simply gorgeous. When it came out I did everything I could to get it.
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11 hours ago, peter said:
Reposting a pics from the original post, got buried fast with all the chatter about the new Hikki 1S, lo!
Some of you mil guys will get this pose.
I can't imagine Max giving anyone the knifehand, but I'd imagine it would be a $hitty experience because he seems like a pretty chill dude.
I was trying to recreate that scene where Max finds himself in a Zentradi washroom but this was the wrong angle and there was no urinal.
But the washlet didn't turn out in this photo. I think the Zentradi wouldn't have been so pissed off if only they could $hit in luxury.
This is pure Macross love. Awesome photo set. And if you don't get why the DX 1/48 is the best one out there, look no further than the gerwalk mode here. Pure badassery IMO.
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10 hours ago, peter said:
My latest haul from my Japan trip:
(everything except for the black label). Had to buy the 7-11 whiskey for $hits and giggles.
The bottle on the left is just a run of the mill bottle of Koshi No Kanbai. The bottle on the right is produced once a year and not exported outside of Niigata. This might only mean something to hardcore sake fans.
The only box I'll open. The rest is MISB.
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11 hours ago, DYRL VF-1S said:
Finally got an old retail case off of Craig’s List repainted and set up with LEDs.
Love the old and new here. Awesome.
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16 minutes ago, Chronocidal said:
People will complain, it's just what we do here.
Literally though, it's mostly that Bandai is just loosely interpreting the design in ways Yamato didn't on their version. Are the changes worth it? Maybe, that will be up to individual opinion on whether they want a better fighter or battroid.
In my case, I think they toyed with the dimensions of the fighter a little too much, and like the style of the Yamato one a bit better, but can't deny the legs are a lot closer to the art on this one.
I absolutely think their limp posing is not doing it any favors though.
Fair enough. I myself prefer Bandai's "tweaking." I see it in the Metal Build line. I thought what they did with Gundam Destiny was just amazing, and time and again they've come through with special little variants of the original design that really pop. That's actually what I look forward to. But I guess when I think about it, I'm more of a design purist when it comes to Macross more than any other line. So I agree with you there. Only thing is I don't mind it so much on the Macross Plus line because I wasn't wedded to it Max+Miria style the same way I was with the original Macross series, which I watched when I was a child along with GI Joe, Transformers, MASK etc. All of them when it first aired (a magnificent time to be a child in this country!). So it occupies a place in my heart that all the rest of the spinoffs never could. Never mind the fact that the storytelling has gradually degraded over time with the franchise.
But I digress. Either way, to my untutored eyes, this looks absolutely gorgeous and one I've been waiting for.
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This is absolutely beautiful. And with the rest of the DX gang, I'm sure Bandai will knock it out of the park. I don't know what people are complaining about (or maybe it's just high-anxiety anticipation OCD collector-style!).
This is definitely something I've been waiting for to complement my DX YF-19. Can't wait.
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6 minutes ago, sqidd said:
That's Dr Jones to you lady!
Dr. Jones was the father, but you can call him lady if you like.
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On 10/6/2019 at 11:52 AM, Saburo said:
Aw damn!
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1 hour ago, Lolicon said:
So do you, Dr. Jones.
I wonder if anyone got this, Indy.
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On 4/26/2016 at 7:30 AM, spanner said:
mate this means nothing till you post up a photo for all of us to see!
chop chop!
Since you asked...
And I don't see why the 1/48's are so maligned. Clearly Bandai's 1/48's are not the revolutionary toy everybody hoped for, and truth be told, the Yammie 1/48's really transformed the toymaking industry. It was the first time that CGI was applied, and applied so elegantly. Bandai really raised their game after this. It was only then that the MF toys started making their debut. So yea, I still have to hand it to the 1/48's. Pictured here is the toy that started it all for me way back in 2003. Got it all the way from Japan in a crumbling box with the edges exposed. Sent it off to AFA and it scored a 90, one of only two for the Low Viz in existence. Will always love and cherish it!
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On 9/20/2019 at 6:58 PM, connor99 said:
This...
Digging this. There's something about obscure toys that I really like. Or even obscure versions of toys. I'm a vintage collector and I have a fair number of Convertors, the trashy second- to second-rate Gobots that never made it to fabled 80's toy lore. They just languished in the dustbin of collecting history, but seem to be gaining momentum these days. Not saying this is trashy, but obviously different from the MetalBuild and Fix Fig lines, both high end.
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On 9/16/2019 at 11:51 PM, Slave IV said:
Yeah, the big reason I got back into collecting in the first place was because of 3P. I didn't care for most the designs TT was coming with in their MP series but 3P dragged me in and here I am today. I barely care about TF anymore because I got most of what I want and can just sit back until somone makes the last few characters I want to my liking, Jazz and Galvatron.
After looking at both Unicrons again, I think what they have proven to me is that neither are good enough. I want Zeta bot looks and features, Hasbro planet mouth fuction and size. And someone can deliver all that at a lower price, I'm sure.
One thing I definitely don't like doing and really don't do is settle. There are too many choices in the world to spend money on to settle for something not good enough. People will say there are already options for Jazz and Galvatron but not for me...those existing ones don't make my cut. Same with all the Seeker options so far.
I hear ya, but what has everybody up in arms about the whole Zeta Toys thing which I kinda agree with is their version of Unicron was on the whole a better one. The poses were far more dynamic, the sculpt was great, and the transformation was far more intuitive and a lot less messy. I saw an interview with Hasbro's PR crew at a toy event somewhere around the world and they were so impressed with themselves. They claimed it was like engineering a complicated jigsaw puzzle. They had this vast impression of themselves as being consummate geniuses, and here Zeta Toys showed them how easy it really was to create a realistic looking piece with half the transformation involved. It was quite elegant. I think Hasbro knew this. They were on the ropes, and couldn't let a little third party company upstage their efforts with all the heavy PR they poured into this. So they threatened to sue, and the rest is history.
We'll see, I'm hoping Hasbro will back down after the dust settles on this one, after they get their money. The thing about the Hasbro Unicron I don't like is it's basically a shell former. Zeta's was definitely not that. The shoulder was actually built from the shell itself, and so were the legs, rather than hiding the legs and arms and conveniently collapsing around it in robot mode. Which was what Hasbro's does. That was the huge difference for me.
I see what you're saying about perfection. I don't like to settle either. But I guess for me collecting involves a limited time horizon. Other priorities begin to take shape in your life, leaving you only but so much time to amass as much of what you can. There may be a perfect Unicron in another ten or twenty years, just like Hasbro's latest version is a leaps and bounds above the Armada version, which I also have. But the thing about Zeta was that it took the best of both worlds, an elegant transformation, simple and intuitive and cartoon accurate, rather than some overly complex monstrosity which is what Hasbro's is shaping up to be at this point, and paired it with some really great, dynamic poses and evocative sculpting. That's good enough in my book, and something that Bandai at its best does really well (especially with the intuitive articulation of the Metal Build line, which, although somewhat limited, lends itself to human-like movements with the kind of natural limitations you would expect in a robot). But, it wasn't meant to be, at least not for now. I may be looking at the perfect Unicron ten or fifteen years from now, but may not have the appetite any longer to sink so much of my hard-earned income into these pieces, or may just have simply moved on with my life, taking up other hobbies, etc., and so Zeta as an ideal will have to do for now. Maybe forever.
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On 9/15/2019 at 1:14 PM, Slave IV said:
Really? I haven’t been paying attention to the whole thing but after I heard about the Zeta Unicron, I thought it looked better in many ways and had a few better features minus the working mouth in planet mode that Hasbro has. Zeta is also a lot smaller. Looks like HasLab has stalled even with the extension. At this point, I actually hope they just fail.
Yep, really. And I agree with you. After this latest attempt to foil the third parties, I think I'm going to just boycott the Hasbro release. I actually think it's kind of a strange situation. Hasbro has to balance their IP interests against the real world scenario where the third party companies are largely responsible for generating interest in the Transformers franchise, at least from a collecting perspective.
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On 9/13/2019 at 11:27 AM, anubis20 said:
Hasbro just forced Zeta Toys to take down their Unicron over an IP dispute, but they have no problem lifting Bandai's Metal Build designs to incorporate in their Transformers franchise. Hmmmm.
It looks great, but I attribute this bad ass look entirely to Bandai's genius.
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(formerly of the belief that this was just another would-be victim awaiting his fate, looking askance at his doppelganger with a profound sense of uneasiness and despair)