Kuma Style

1 minute ago, no3Ljm said:

I'm US-based. But I will be busy with family stuff during the vacation so I'm not sure if I can secure a PO if it's going to be a regular release. So for me it's good thing that it's going to be a Tamashii Web Exclusive release even though it's pay upfront which most of us here hate when it's TWE release.

 

Now, sorry if this reads stupid but I've never done a Web-exclusive release first-hand even on the P-Bandai U.S. site; what about it being a TWE makes things easier to secure? On face value it seems like it'd be harder.

On 11/9/2017 at 4:53 PM, Jeremy007 said:

Blah blah blah

If literally the only thing you have to contribute to a thread is bitching and moaning, then you should continue to just lurk. I don't know what kind of attitude you feel that you presented here, but I'm guessing it's a lot more shitty than the one you felt was given to you in whatever response to whatever situation by whatever reviewers. And you weren't contributing prior to my arrival, either. Even calling on-topic posting "spam" is outright bizarre. 

On 11/8/2017 at 10:23 AM, no3Ljm said:

Oooooh! I so WANT it! Hope there's an Avalanche Dash Weapon set soon. 

As much as I hate to pay it in advance since it's TWE, I'm super thankful that it's TWE.  

I'm going to be on a vacation during the PO start date and scared that I won't be able to get one. But this way, I can. I just need to pay it in advance. 

 

Are you overseas then? This piece is beautiful, btw.

11 minutes ago, slaginpit said:

Now your making stuff. Up.

I'm not making stuff up if I'm quoting you directly and going off of what you said. Let it go. You're unsubbed. I still don't care. The world is still rotating around the sun and stuff that actually matters to both you and myself are still present. Considering I don't know your youtube username you can try leaving a comment to see whether you were blocked or not. That simple.

I'm here to converse about toys and the hobby as a whole. Sorry if it comes off too nonchalant for your liking but fact is, I literally have no reason to have a problem with you, regardless of if you are a subscriber to my youtube channel or not. It's really not that serious.

At this point, I feel that explaining both my messages and your own to you would be outright condescending so I'm moving on.

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Tomorrow getting the review up for the Iron Factory Fangs of Tyrant set. Pretty excited to as I really haven't gotten to mess with these at all so even playing around with them will be a treat.

6 minutes ago, slaginpit said:

Aaaaannnnd why I unsubbed you.

You can do things like that without announcing it. Considering that I don't really care and you felt the need to tell me that as if I did, I'd say the one triggered is you. That's unfortunate; feel better.

Edit: I don't know of you or remember interacting with you, but if I told you to "stay off" on my youtube channel, I'd bet my bottom dollar that I blocked you directly after that meaning you didn't unsub but were kicked. I feel that if you would of left this bit of info out, you stating that you unsubscribed would've had more of an effect if there was one to be had at all. 

No problem, man. Tomorrow I'm going to get the ball rolling and get at least the Fangs done (Coneheads.)
 

You do what you want with your own photography.

The Full Review for Fansproject's TFX-06 RED Armor is up. http://kumastyledesigns.com/fansproject-tfx-06-review/

I definitely lay it all out in terms of my thoughts in the article but here are some pics from the gallery portion:

The full review for Generation Toys' GT-2 Tyrant is up.  http://kumastyledesigns.com/generation-toy-tyrant-review/

Article and video go into detail but overall, I really dig this one minus a few nitpicks. Here are some pics from the gallery:

On 11/2/2017 at 2:40 PM, M'Kyuun said:

Lovely, indeed.

Kuma, In regards to your statement regarding straying from third party MP offerings, I'd recommend MMC's Remix Jaguar, a full sized cassette version of the character. Granted, he can't fit in Soundwave, but on its own, a splendid figure. The Toyhax/Reprolabels set give it a nice finish. I always loved Ravage, and this fig was a no-brainer after watching a number of reviews. I'm anticipating getting their condors, as well as their Rumble and Frenzy. Love me some transformer cassettes, and these figures are well done and, in their bot modes, fit right in with the rest of the MP figures.

I've messed with Ocular Max's Jaguar quite a bit in-hand and honestly I love the engineering of it, particularly with the "flexing" but I guess I'm just not so huge on Ravage that I feel the need for that large of one even as a desk bot. It's a really nice piece, though.
 

I agree. It's a very "well-done" piece whether one likes the particular styling or not. 

Full review for this guy up tomorrow:

On 10/31/2017 at 9:53 AM, M'Kyuun said:

Damn, you've got a great eye, Kuma. Your passion for these figures really shines in your photography. Thanks for sharing.

After seeing your Conehead pics, I checked out your IF Starscream and Ultra Magnus reviews. Amazing figures for the scale, although for UM, bot mode got all the love. But then, who's really going to keep him in truck mode? I think they struck a better balance between modes with the seekers, and the landing gear is a nice feature that's usually not seen on figures this small, especially the HasTak stuff.  Like you, I dig these smaller figures, and I find these Iron Factory toys to be really well done. I don't own any (too many other pursuits, not enough cash flow to fund everything), so I appreciate the photography and reviews to at least vicariously appreciate the craftsmanship and engineering that goes into them. Thanks.

Wow... that's a big compliment, and I really appreciate that. Thank you.

For Magnus, the alt. mode isn't too bad for the IDW version it represents but I agree that as the products have progressed there's been a lot more balance between the authenticity of each mode and the Seekers are definitely a high point! I'm at a weird point because I feel like Takara is just hands-down killing it with Masterpiece scale so 3P just end up being expensive fillers so I may just wind down to Classics stuff from MakeToys/FP/MMC/etc and legends stuff like this for that non-licensed fix. I primarily a Super Robot collector so I understand cash being spread out completely.

Got the full written review up for PerfectEffect Gorira Jr. 2-Pack up!: http://kumastyledesigns.com/perfecteffect-gorira-jr-review/

Here are some pics from the gallery:

It's pretty damned good. Unfortunately these weapons expose some floppiness in his bicep swivels as they aren't weighty at all and makles the arms just spin trying to hold them. Very unfortunate.

Sorry for veering off Megatrons. But I got a bunch of stuff this past week so I'm going to be posting a lot of pics and reviews.

TBH, MP-36 Megs is by far my favorite rendition of MP-scaled Megatron. The robot mode is just glorious but I think it's the worst of all of the alt. modes due to the panel line breaks throughout it.

Fan's Hobby is doing the work of a higher power with that PMOP.

3 hours ago, derex3592 said:

Damn that is just all kinds of awesome!

And it's freaking huge.