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    Strike a pose, anything goes!

    in Anime or Science Fiction

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    11 hours ago, MKT said:

    @lechuck Is that the SOC Mazinkaiser? Nice pose btw :good:

    Thanks! Indeed it is the SOC Mazinkaiser SKL.

    Honestly it is a bit of a disappointing attempt by Bandai, most of the articulation doesn't have good range and the biggest offender is when attaching the two guns to the chest. They do not lock in securely enough and will easily pop-out when touching it from certain angles due to how rounded the chest is.

    Unless you are a die hard SOC collector or big fan of SKL, it should not be priority purchase. My hope is that Sentinel might take a stab at it in their Riobot line.

    Gundam METAL & Chogokin Line (MBuild/MStructure/GFFMComposite/MRDamashii)

    in Anime or Science Fiction

    Posted · Edited by lechuck

    On 9/16/2023 at 6:36 AM, no3Ljm said:

    It would be nice too if they remake a Metal Build Hi-Nu closer to that 'design' as well. :good: 

    Not official Metal Build, but it is possible to achieve that now with some third party offering a replacement metal frame for the MG Hi-Nu Ver.Ka.

    TLX 1/100 TLX-04 Metal Frame Upgrade Kit for MG RX-93-2 Hi-Nu Gundam Ver.Ka
    Point Factory Studio 1/100 Alloy Frame Upgrade Kit for MG RX-93-ν2 Hi-ν Gundam Ka Versio

    Tamashii Nations First US Flagship Store - New York

    in Anime or Science Fiction

    Posted

    Nice. Now imagine walking in there and asking the store clerk when the latest Transformers will be incoming. 🤪😄

    Hopefully we get to see something like this in Europe, but I'm guessing it would probably end up in London or Paris not anywhere in Germany.

    9 hours ago, PsYcHoDyNaMiX said:

    Sorry I didn't really bother to check the prices of the Valks because my logic was everything is already marked up (to prices you can probably find at other retailers usag, bbts, gp, etc.)... aside today I wasn't there for the Valks.

    Also it didn't really help that almost all of the displays and the product stacks had no prices listed/displayed. My friend had to ask the store employee the prices for the Store Exclusives NXEdge Hi-Nu and NG. 

    And... the line to pay, especially the cash only register was right next to the DX Chogokin Display/stacks and people were standing/lined right in front of it.

    Right in line with every other nerd/geek boutique shop out there, followed by people catching on that prices are too high, less visitors/buyers, no new stock, shop going into a lull sitting on old stock and finally closure after a brief couple of years. We will have to see how long corporate Bandai will want to entertain something like this outside Japan.

    Star Trek: Picard (CBS All-Access)

    in Anime or Science Fiction

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    22 hours ago, CoryHolmes said:

    Nay nay!  THIS is peak Picard, at his awesomest.

    He's diplomatic.  He's working towards peace.  He's trying to bridge the gulf between two species so recently enemies.

     

    But he's nobody's fool, and he's NOT to be trifled with.  The very definition of silk hiding steel.

    The greatest victory is that which requires no battle or in trend speak – total ownage! After all these years, this is to me is still a great TNG/Picard moment.

     

    Arcadia VF-5000G

    in Toys

    Posted

    Just catching up with the latest pictures and this to me doesn't seem like great engineering.

    For something that will probably be around 250€ in price I would expect better range for leg/hip articulation and not having to worry about denting or scraping bits on the toy.

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    Playmates Toys Star Trek figures and toys

    in Anime or Science Fiction

    Posted

    This is so bad.  Why bother with saucer separation if the battle head is going to be bland and incorrectly sculpted. Then we have thick edges around the pylons and rear, the warp nacelles missing the lower socket part that connects to the pylon, saucer impulse engines all red, main impulse engine sculpted wrong and ugly seam lines everywhere.

    It's like they took that age old AMT/ERTL model kit as basis and decided to make it even more uglier.

    Sorry, but Aoshima's Enterprise-D is still the best to me, there is nothing out there that beats it at the moment.

    Gundam METAL & Chogokin Line (MBuild/MStructure/GFFMComposite/MRDamashii)

    in Anime or Science Fiction

    Posted

    On 8/7/2023 at 3:57 AM, mog_kupo said:

    Last month was a good one

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    Nice haul, that Strike Freedom Soul Blue must have been costly or did you somehow land a good deal?

    1 hour ago, Scyla said:

    Luna Park has it for ¥49,800:

    https://www.lunapark.store/product-page/metal-build-freedom-gundam-concept-2-snow-sparkle-ver-japan-version?utm_campaign=bc86ee0d-0427-4865-a327-de1136f1e473&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=69b82863-ebd7-4004-b9af-b40da453cdee

    ¥19,000 seems a bit steep to me.

    [edit:] The ¥30,800 is probably without the Japanese sales tax so the markup is not as steep.

    That's actually the price including tax, so the base price is 28,000 Yen. Definitely feels like Luna Park is price gouging, even compared to aftermarket prices of regular Concept 2 (sealed) we are talking anywhere from ~10k to 15k Yen markup.

    Not sure that is really worth it for a slightly different colour variation.

    L-GAIM

    in Anime or Science Fiction

    Posted

    Personally I still prefer the HMR version.

    Engineering and articulation on Sentinel's take will offer a much greater experience compared to the HMR, but I just don't like Takanori's stylistic approach.

    Those very wide hips and the generous spacing between the crotch makes the overall silhouette and proportion incohesive, the very angular edges on the upper thighs vs. the rounded lower legs is jarring, giving it high heels instead of the flat two pronged heel design is a distinction that gets lost for the Mk.II and the exaggerated chest clamps don't do it any favours either.

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