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    Nice pics Where is the guitar from?
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    Went to watch it on a whim yesterday on the back of generally good early sentiments of it. Before this, I've only ever watched the first teaser trailer that came out months ago, and at that time it felt a bit wearying like its beating another tired old horse, with the visuals looking like it was made more for streaming rather than with a big-screen experience in mind. Came out pleasantly surprised that the flick is so much better than what the teaser suggested. I think the visuals looked exactly right, with good effects and mood setting throughout its runtime. A problem I notice more often with cinemas post pandemic is that the equipment may be behind on their maintenance schedules, and movies with dark and limited light settings like this demand good projection calibration in their brightness settings, so I was thankful there were no issues on this aspect in the hall I was in. I'm only catching up with detailed reviews now, and there have been some criticisms on its story in that it recycles a lot of old ideas. I think it depends on how much of a fan one is of the originals, and when was the last time we watched it. It has been many, many years since I watched the originals, so although there were homages that I recognize, I didn't think it was too much on the nose. Sometimes, franchises do need this after years of straying into the wilderness - to remind what makes the originals great but in a different take, with enough scenes that makes it stand on its own. This is why I thought SW Episode 7 was pretty enjoyable when it came out, which in turn reminds me exactly of how Macross Frontier homaging its older brethren at that time. There have been other titles more recently that lean into nostalgia like Ghostbusters Afterlife & Prey, but I think Romulus is a better movie from this standpoint. I'm hearing terms like 'back to horror' being thrown about, but at this point most of us are pretty familiar with the xenomorphs that it is not scary anymore. The movie does have thick suspense & some inventive scenes though.
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    @jenius’s transformation video is up. Edit: Video re-uploaded by jenius, see his post further down this page.
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    From what I’m hearing about Bandai overseas support, they are nowhere as efficient as domestic JP. Any replacement parts can take up to 6 months to arrive, so just have to tamper expectations accordingly.
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    Random buys again. Sega prize figures of something called Heaven Burns, apparently a mobile RPG game. I just like the very dynamic poses of these ladies with their weapons, which is somewhat rare for prize figures.
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    More details end of this month. From Stone Cheung:
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    I’ll always remember Frontier valks as my entry point in Macross & toy collecting. I’ll never forget holding a renewal VF-25F & going misty eyed seeing how much toys have progressed from as I was a kid. Just only few years prior to that, I happened to pick up a Transformers Alternity, and only that in isolation, and thought that was the high line of toy engineering. How wrong I was.
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    +1. Though these days if it’s a movie I’m interested in watching at the cinemas, I won’t first read the entire piece in case of spoilers, but just key summary to know if it’s worth watching or not. Then only get back to whole review after the show.
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    Yup at moment KC’s looks to be a great toy, much more so than their mainstay VF-1. The Yamato 1/60 posted above by @Ignacio Ocamica really looks majestic. Can be found here. Poster seems to be adding pics over time so check back on it occasionally.
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    The packaging look to be the key offender at initial glance, much in the same way the YF-19 Full Pack did with so little clearance on top, but then again every single report we’ve seen of broken stabilizers are of the left side.
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    In addition to @Ignacio Ocamica’s list, there was also a reported case of having 2 of the same sided mini-fins below the intakes.
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    If Bandai follows the HG 1/100 scaling as an example like what we are sort of seeing with Fire Valk, then it’ll be even more jarring if HMR YF-19 & YF-21 gets made. Despite what the official comparative specs say, I’m just so conditioned in thinking the VF-1 as among the smallest VF by far, so to see it being mid-tier height needs quite a mental adjustment lol. On other note, that sensor module is something that looks really out of place. The whole Ghost look sleek but then it’s as if Kawamori (?) remembered Zero’s to take place in an older era so tacked on a brick on top.
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    At this point this is the only realistic option. KC must have tried hard to make it work with one figure, just like they tried with Dana.
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    Epic Gerwalk pic from Macrossover.
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    From Pigpig Wei:
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    ^^ SF2 will always have the most memorable & melodies tunes in fighting games. At same time throughout the 90's, I spent lots of time playing SNK fighting games as well, and the following brings back nice memories as most of the tunes are from titles of that era. It's first time I'm watching the prosaically named SNK Sound Team performing.
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    This shot in Wotafa's video really exemplifies how much out of whack HMR Macross scaling has become. I'm usually not particular about scaling, and Bandai did indicate they are non-scale, but I can understand if others have frustrations about it.
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    It could be the ear antennas need to be removed and the Soundbooster adapter plugged in place. That seems appropriate, the Kai will be wearing the biggest mecha headphones ever known. Can't wait to plug in the Soundbooster that way in Battroid. Part of me still hope they will release both Ghost variants as a set on its own with 0S attachment parts thrown in, but that seems so unrealistic now as the existing Ghost mold's clearly not intended to be a standalone item. Such a missed opportunity..
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    So what happened to your copies from @LUNA PARK? Well, holiday week in Japan makes sense now. I requested shipping over the weekend from HLJ but nothing is moving yet.
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    I don't have sufficient affinity to their releases, but Ramen Toys' really churning out great vehicles for the price.
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    Picked up couple of CM’s Ride Armors - Ray’s & Yellow’s. Again, can’t thank @jenius enough for his web site to identify what is what since they are so many different versions but in almost the same box. They might as well as come in blind boxes lol.
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    Nice voice.
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    Oh wow totally missed that! Thanks for pointing it out. It's great we can use the HM Soundbooster right off the bat. Digging more, I found couple of user pics online showing HM Soundbooster with the new HMR VF-19 Kai. (from Onizuka Eikichi Siu) (from Yiu Nim Lau) Unfortunately, this is only half the story. After scrutinizing the package contents from @Usagi's video & also the manual, Bandai for some reason only included the Soundbooster adaptor for Battroid. It looks like the Fighter-mode adaptor will come with the upcoming 'new' HMR Soundbooster. Way to go, Bandai.
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    I see what you mean. The 1/60's lower backpack, enabled by the different rotation point for the speakers compared to the HM, certainly makes it look better and now I can't unsee it lol. So actually, it looks like only the Soundbooster battroid adapter is different for the HMR compared to the HM, with an additional new Fighter-mode adapter. One can re-use the HM Soundbooster for the HMR by just printing new adapters.
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