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We can't say definitelvy which is best but we can clearly see asthetic and transformation differences that we can easily state which we prefer. As you say, no need to discuss much further here other than what they have showed me is I probably don't want either of the options proposed so far.

Thanks for the details. I've been trying to read the threads on both but there are hundreds, if not thousands of pages I'm behind on at this point so after reading 10-20 pages of people bitching, it gets old, lol. I haven't gotten to anything about transformation or any of that yet. I do hate and mentioned it earlier about MP-44 how TT and in effect, Hasbro is beggining to make everything a shellformer or fold former. That technique is pretty lame in my book. I'm much more interested in transformations that take creativity to figure out how to use existing parts to move into where they need to go to complete the transformation, the way all these characters were designed. If transforming was just constantly folding parts until you come up with something else, anything can transform into anything and there would be no point in the way the bot looks if all those parts are "fake" panels anyways. I've had the old Unicron figure since it originally came out and I never opened it because it never seemed like a great toy to me but at that time, I settled for the $30-$50 it cost me (don't remember the exact cost but it was cheap) because that price point is acceptable to me fr what I was getting. $300+, let alone $500-$600 needs to be a real friggin masterpiece and I don't see either option as being such although I have no idea what Zeta is asking for theirs yet. I'm not worried about time frames. I was collecting when Transformers and Macross first came out, I'm still collecting to this day and I will be collecting in the forseeable future. There is always something great coming out and usually more things than I can or should be able to handle so no need to settle anymore.

Nice Great Mazinger! I need to open mine.

Thanks for the details! I was just hoping for variety since the two I've opened so far have the bombs.

Nice! I got my money on the Brood. @sh9000, Do any of those F-14s have Phoenix Missiles?

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.

My first F-18. I swore to only stick with F-14s (have 3) and A-10s (just have 1) but other models would depend case by case. This F-18 makes the cut. Glad to hear you like the Venom. Mine is on the way. Mafex will be my classic Venom, Amazing Yamaguchi will stay on as my later, crazy monster Venom.

Ok, now that I’ve seen the deco for AFC Vol 36 @sh9000 posted, I’m in.

Sorry, I'm not sure but you can look for something like methacrylate. When I bought mine, it was Pledge multi floor care and it said "With Future" on it. I think they have changed the packging since.

Hahaha, that’s how you do it right!

You like big stuff right? You absolutely NEED the HMR Monster. It is an SOC level toy in build, quality and size. Just happens to scale nicely with all your HMR Valks and Mecha.

Max is the man!

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.

We need to see your pics!

Maybe some bluetac under the feet will help you get a hangar shot? Yeah, I’m thinking Gerwalk may be my preferred mode for long term display. Partially because it is rare to have an armored Valk that can transform with armor on.

Well played

So I got this thing Unfortunately, this is the Mafex I'm more used to expecting. Basically, lackluster. It almost feels like KO quality. The joints are poorly designed and not very effective, the whole figure feels cheap and easily falls apart when you try to use almost any of the supposed articulation. Positives are the paint application is pretty good and the wired cape is nice. I also like the comic panel accessories but think I will end up using the stands for those for something else. I got this as kinda a test to see if I would want more Mafex figures in the future and if I was basing it just on this, the answer would be no. Luckily for Mafex, I got their Spidey figure before this and that is better in almost every way so I guess I'll keep my existing preorders for the other comic Marvel and Batmans. Venom is on the way so hopefully that will be better too. Good thing is I have a character that is unique and not available from any other line. I'd be pretty pissed if I went for the regular Gwenpool since that would be one case where I think I'd rank the ML version higher than the "high end", cost three times more version.

Money shot! Nice. Customs?

To me, the hip issue and what you had to do to fix it was way worse. Basically, you had a non-functioning at all Valk that you had to do major surgery on to fix. This issue can basically be ignored if you just use the double hinges to align the feet. Seems like at worst, you might have to sand two parts that you can't ever see and glue them back together. Either way, it's wack.

I'm just gonna point out that the 0A and 0D had far worse issues (maybe just IMO) but that didn't hurt the value of those much. I won't see my 51 for a while since I shipped it via ferry but already expecting to get two left feet and no reasonable way of rectifying it. I hope it all works out for me, lol.

So what is the issue? That offset part that the ankle attaches to?

Nice @sh9000! I found this today

Nice!

Yeah, I wouldn’t hesitate. There have been several that were preorder madness levels where if you slipped, you missed. Granted the markup may not be much or at all after release on some, you are guaranteeing preorder discount price if you are on the ball.