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I forgot about this issue, so I went back to check. Thankfully the paint on the stabilizers is done correctly.. However, I then noticed the modex numbers.. Looks like I got KC-ed! The numbers on the vertical stabilizers are correctly aligned though. On a related note, I wonder why the numbers on Max & Ben differs from Macross. Here they are 113 & 202, but on the Yamato 1/60 Kakizaki it is 112, and Chogokin Max has 111 printed. Another inconsistency is the numbering fonts used for Ben's 1A & Rick 1J. On Rick, his modex is 101, but the font used for the number 1 is just a straight 'I', whilst on Ben's as seen above, it is '1'. But at least for Rick, there won't be the issue of the modex being upside down!
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I received the Vermillion Squadron in their new, smaller packaging today, so just some brief unboxing impressions: Rick's packaging comes in a black box, no viewing window, with a sleeve that goes over it.. The new box is substantially smaller than the old packaging, although they have the same thickness.. Just like before, the valk is packaged in Battroid and comes with its own clamshell that fills up the whole box. The accessories tray goes under it. No missiles or stand in this new package. Max & Ben also come in the same smaller-sized packaging, but unlike Rick there's no sleeve but just stickers on the black box to indicate the product within. I opened all three of them just to inspect for any defects. Apologies if no further pics here, but just describing my impressions of them from here on. It has been a long while since I laid eyes on a KC valk in person, but it does appear that the quality of paint and tampo have considerably improved from previous efforts. We know that most surfaces of the valk are painted, and the paint looks really consistent in terms of thickness & application. No unevenness, orange peel, stray splotches or over/under spray can be detected on my copies. I can see the panel lining have been done very well - no irregular line thickness or splotches where 2 lines meet. I briefly compared the tampos with a v1, and this current version has more, such as the 'no step' markings along the wing edges with the tampos being very sharp & legible even if the fonts are tiny on some of them. Rick's was the first one I opened, and an additional surprise awaited. I was expecting the predominantly white valk to be all matte finished. Instead, selected areas have a slightly different finish on them; a somewhat subdued sheen that contrasts just a little to the matte finish on rest of areas that is not easy to capture in pics. It is not a glossy finish like the older Bandai DX, but a very soft lustre - think of a timber surface that's been lightly finished in natural oil instead of synthetic polish. Despite the different surface treatments on the valk, the whites remain evenly matched. In default Battroid, it really looks good but given the build's finicky nature, I don't think I will transform it to Fighter to see how the different paint finishings look like. For better or worse, this dual sheen treatment isn't carried over to Ben's or Max's toys. Everything is matt-finished on both of them. I don't know if it will be odd putting all three of them together and Rick's slightly shinier whites being very conspicuous, but I don't think so. Given the outstanding paint job it has, which is really the one & only thing going for it, it is quite a shame that KC's build quality & fit continue to feel suspect with this mold even if there haven't been widespread reports of catastrophic breakage. When I took the valks out for inspection, I was very reluctant to move any of the joints, such is the play-unfriendly nature of this mold. I'm pretty confident Threezero's upcoming iteration of the VF-1 will easily surpass KC's in the build department, and hopefully the paint (if not molded in coloured plastic) will be as good.
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Never knew there are video essays this long on YouTube lol.. I recently so happened to be contemplating on what little highlights I recall of SNES Super Metroid, and that section of video was a timely reminder of specific gameplay & stages I have mostly not seen since completing it eons ago. From what I remember, it took quite some tries for me to finally get invested into the game. At that time, there were lots of buzz in practically all the magazines that covered SNES (my main & go to gaming mag was EGM, anyone remember that?), but just from the printed still pictures, I recall the game looked rather dull. Everything looked dark with rather flat colour palette. When I finally got a copy of the game, I promptly got bored within perhaps the first hour or two. The graphics, visuals & overall presentation were very different to the types of games I was playing at that time. Eventually I sat down with it again at length, persevered, and I remember there was a point far enough into it when everything just clicked and then I could not put down the gamepad! Fast forward to comparatively more present times, to when I picked up gaming again. It was Tomb Raider 2013, and the way one gets to access new areas in older stages with newly learned abilities from later stages was a huge deja vu moment - a direct callback to my Super Metroid experience, and I soon learned that Super Metroid was largely responsible for this aspect of game design in the years after. I will always have a bit of soft spot for Samus, even though Super Metroid was the only Metroid experience I had. I did not watch the whole 7 hours of the video, but it is a great way to glimpse into all the other Metroid versions & sequels that came after. Thanks for posting this.
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Haha I should have known not to discount these little figures. Having occasionally peeked into the 'Collectors' section, there must be some toy produced of every mecha from the original Macross at a time or other..
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Many moons ago in the mid-90s I came across by chance and picked up a Macross soundtrack CD. The album contained tracks mostly from TV / DYRL / FB2012, but there were a few extra unfamiliar tracks in there which sounded really good and eventually I got more hooked to them than the songs from the aforementioned Macross titles. The album was obviously entirely in Japanese, so I would not know the name of the songs and only go by the track # for playback reference. I think it was only within the past few years that I found out these extra tracks actually came from Macross II, so it was a pleasant surprise as my only other touch point to Macross II up till then was the old RPG books. Eventually I watched the anime, and although it was ultimately average & falling short as a whole, there were still nice things going for it but I suspect it's mostly due to individual nostalgia elements rather it being a great story haha. Nice to know the Kickstarter for it is now more than a massive success. -
We can also see a very brief glimpse on the waist rotation mechanism in a previously posted video. On the 17 second mark:
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@m0n5t3r Nice that you managed to not use any stand for the CM's figures. The included ones are quite fiddly anyway, I switched some of them to using KO Tamashii Stage Act stands. Are the VF-1s on Yamato Mighty Block stands?
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I sold my duplicates of VF-19 Advance & YF-19 FS, but seeing the buzz & videos of this release makes me want to pick up this release lol.. Coincidentally, I was trawling through early pages of Arcadia's YF-19 tread, and all the excitement & chatter back 10 years ago make me realize how Arcadia was such a trailblazer on YF-19's design, and how much of it was carried over to the DX VF-19 Advance and now the DX YF-19. Of particular historical interest is the implementation of the high-speed mode wings, and although may not lock properly on some copies (I personally have no issues on both my Arcadia & DX), the solution deployed was pretty innovative and somewhat outside of anyone's best guesstimate at that time.
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Wow the eggs come with radiation I wonder if there's a way to attach it to the Arcadia SDF-1 PF ARMD, and do ARMD punch in blacklight lol
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Pop-up parade SF6 Chun-Li & Juri, Yen 5,500 each: https://www.goodsmile.info/en/product/15303/POP+UP+PARADE+Chun+Li+SF6+Ver.html https://www.goodsmile.info/en/product/15304/POP+UP+PARADE+Juri.html
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Watch Bandai spin the 'super parts' into being the barrier punch effect parts lol.. Not sure what it means by the 'crotch block' but if it is the red circled part, I don't recall there were any problems on that area in the previous release..
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Haha it was looking like the PO for YF-21 is coming up, but the pic just says it is still a prototype. What may be interesting is that, if the translation is accurate, it says the actual product will be different. No words along the likes of 'subject to, or 'may be'.
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The struggle for space is real, and hats off to him for keeping everything still organized. Barely..
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In a twisted way I'm thinking it would be cool if someone made a diorama of this, complete with a figure walking on the sides of the capsized ship.
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Haha you got me, I listened to the whole thing then only realised who it was later.. Couple of years back I discovered Streets of Rage Remake, but what floored me was the remixed soundtrack. Although some were tinkered too much and are duds, many of the old memorable tracks really hits the spot by combining the classic key instrumentations with an updated touch and they overall felt like a very natural modern arrangement. For eg: The whole playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXXNiBF4C9hEfJE4gIQuv8UZNJ1te4wCH
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I love your forced perspective pics!
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The Unlicensed Third Party Transformers Thread
MKT replied to slaginpit's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
LOL! Yeaahh not too happy with the dust too.. Due to my very makeshift photography set up, sometimes this is the result when after wiping the toy, I am unable to recreate the same angle & lighting of the prior quick & dirty impromptu test shots. I processed these quick shots instead, and imagine the dust being there from Barricade patiently waiting for a long time for the time to pounce. -
The Unlicensed Third Party Transformers Thread
MKT replied to slaginpit's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Hiding in the shadows.. "To punish and enslave..." Waiting for the right moment to strike! Transformers 2007 will always be etched in my mind as a cool entry to the franchise. I liked their take on the Decepticons' aesthetics - still somewhat hominid but with otherworldly alien proportions, as opposed to the more conventional humanoid Autobots. Barricade here is one that made a strong impression as one of the bots revealed pretty early on in the show.
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It's not only quiet on the VF-5000 front, but they've also gone a bit silent on the other major release the Hargun that they've been previewing for a long time. Maybe all these re-issues they are doing now is really needed to amass more funds to take the new releases to the next level.
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Don't think anyone ever did. Even for the kits, outside of Moscato or resin ones, I think there is only the little 1/44 Bandai ones. @guyxxed Hope to see more pics. At end of day it's just everyone having fun with the toys.
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I get the impression that the current prices of Yammie VF-0 Ghost bundles reflect the demand for the Ghost itself which Arcadia has seemingly refuse to make.. The standalone Ghost is even harder to come by these days.
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Pew pew pew! Experimenting with software bokeh effect.. There was chatter last year that MCU's Ironheart took inspiration from the Q-Rau, and in some ways the resemblances do look like more than a coincidence... And this concludes the Q-Rhea Klan Klang picture series, she goes back to the glass prison after this. All in, had quite a bit of fun with this figure - the loose hips were a bit of bummer, but the tight feet & great overall articulation more than made up for it.
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This looks like a great figure! I'm late to the Figma Samus line, so the secondary prices are pretty astronomical. Eventually settled for a small Amiibo Samus as a representation even though I don't have a Switch.
