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* The Aoshima MOSPEADA Legioss

Toynami employees were happy to set the record straight on this new product, since rampant misinformation has saturated the internet. The new fighters are made by Toynami, for release in Japan by Aoshima. They feature a re-engineered mold that includes reinforced hip joints, the shoulder missile launcher, and extra missiles under the chest pieces. The evolution of this piece is as follows: Aoshima contacted Toynami, wanting the Alpha mold for release in Japan. Toynami, seeking to protect the collectible status of the Alpha MPC, refused to hand over the molds for the now SOLD OUT Alphas. Instead, Toynami set out to create new/distinct molds, incorporating some new features and fixing some issues pointed out by the fans. The Aoshima Legioss will come in three ‘anime’ colors that are different from the Alpha coloration. In Japan they will run 9,000 Yen (approx. $85 USD) and will see release in the U.S. with the Aoshima label. In addition, there will be Aoshima-color matching Betas!!!

They make absolutely no mention of the arm friction joints which have trouble dealing with their own arm weight.

It's far more anime accurate than the MP release, and that's all that I wanted.

Starscream: "You said there were nukes here!"

Battle Pod fan-mode!

The botcon sets are sold out.

Saw this pic on the MP-05, which did pointed out a thing I've missed on the leg panel. Might be helpful.

Immensely helpful! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

This figure just went up another notch from awesome to pure awesome. I had half of those hints already figured out. But I had no idea that extra upper leg panel lock was there. And raising the feet does make a positive aesthetic difference.

Thank you!

I gave up. I couldn't find the Megatron piece in that picture.

I do wonder though, I saw your Alphas on those stands. I would love to get a decent stand for my Unicron in planet mode. The one that unicron.com sells is a complete piece of unstable crap. How well would something like that support a heavy tf like Unicron? Or is there a better stand that could do it?

Based on the VTOL fan and his arms, I really get a Armada Thrust vibe from him---anything from "directly inspired from" to "reworked unreleased mold".

Armada Thrust was the first thing that came to mind for me too, and that's not a good thing.

Although I found out that this figure/mold is essentially a drone from the videogame, so I can kind of forgive how sloppy/nonexistent the transformation is.

So last night I was messing around with my 20th Ann. Prime when I popped his head off on accident. Oh well, goes right back on, but I decided to examine it a bit more when I realized when I thought I was looking at a trick of the light underneath his face plate, I was really seeing a snarling (or teeth baring) mouth under there.

Did any else notice/know about this?

Is there a way to take his damned head apart without breaking it? The screw in the back doesn't release anything.

I've seen a pic of it. It's pretty much the teeth arranged perfectly symmetrical, one row on top of the other. It's actually kind of scary. Neat little detail, but nothing I'd try to pry the face plate off to examine first hand.

The botcon seekers are looking pretty nice so far, but that MP3 Soundwave is way too white.

I'll buy MP Skywarp, although I'm a little dissappointed that this means that a more anime accurate G1 MP Starscream is much farther off now. At least Skywarp is recognizable and sharp, unlike that mish mash of Screamer, Thundercracker and sea weed that is MP Starscream.

And as for that movie Thundercracker, it's funny how much better it looks(colorwise and head sculpt wise) than the official seeker in the movie.

I just watched a fan edit of Star Trek Generations with Kirk completely edited out, and if anything, the movie, as flawed as it is, is better with him edited out. Makes me realize even more how poorly conceived and haphazzardly put together the movie was just to have Kirk and Picard on screen together.

Wonder if they can do something with Superman Returns. :ph3ar:

He did, but it didn't pique my interest as much. The only positive I could see about his cut is that it removed the Stalkerman elements which didn't bother me all that much anyway.

The Austin Powers cuts with the deleted scenes re-inserted are worth a look-see too. Goldmember's a better movie with them in.

I came across the existence of this recently and finally had the opportunity to watch it. Some of you may have already heard of Adigitalman and the edits he's done of various movies. He's really quite talented. This one really piqued my interest though because as it was advertised "two imperfect movies merged into one cohesive movie!". I really wanted to see how they did it. I absolutely loathe Superman 4 and Superman 3 is a guilty pleasure at best. Both have some good scenes despite being surrounded by campy cringeworthy nonsense.

Honestly, Adigitalman did a REALLY good job. He took all the good parts of Superman 3 & 4 plus some scenes from the Lester version of Superman 2 and unused footage from Superman 2: The Donner Cut and arranged the scenes so it made logical sense. Richard Pryor and the evil corporate profiteers are completely gone as is the super computer, John Cryer has minimal screen time, and the Daily Planet tabloid takeover and ALL of the annoying characters involved are completely absent. The basic lynch pin bridging the two movies is that the Paris terrorist bomb from Lester's Superman 2 is the catalyst to the nuclear arms removal. The Lana Lang story is completey in tact. Instead of tar kryptonite, Nuclear Man's scratch is what causes Evil Superman. So most of those Evil Superman scenes are there. Luthor is the big bad and the unused prison break sequence from the Donner Cut is cleverly used.

It's not perfect though, mainly because of the source material, and there's some abrupt cuts from scene to scene which were kind of unavoidable. However, this has effectively replaced Superman 3 & 4 for me now. I can watch all the good parts of 3 & 4 in ONE ninety minute viewing and without most of the cringeworthy moments from both of those movies. It even makes for a watchable sequel to Superman 2: The Donner Cut.

Definitely recommended.

Rumble and Ravage are Walmart exclusives. From what I understand, that was the only way to get these two final molds to market.

And yes, the Titanium distribution sucks as much, if not more, than the Alternators distribution ever did. I just went to buy an Ultra Magnus from BBTS and they're already sold out again.

Its clear you are totally missing what is going on with the series. You keep bringing up probability and chance, and neither of them have anything to do with what is happening. They are all part of a finely orchestrated play, and they just don't know it yet.

And again, *I* *get* *it*. I *totally* understand what you were saying from the get go and what the writers may be haphazzardly implying. I just think that it's *totally* stupid.

Alright, that's the last post on the subject. I promise!

I didn't see that in Star Wars (if anything I feel that Lucas tried to incorporate too many locales and too many characters in the prequels, as opposed to what we saw in the OT). And with what we've been given with BSG, and what we can make educated guesses about, you've still lost me. It would be like putting a DVD in of Fight Club, watching it more than once, and expecting "Jack" to not be Tyler Durden in further viewings.

BSG is pre-determined, pre-destined; it has happened before and will happen again.

Chewbacca and Yoda know each other on a first name basis, among many MANY other unbelievable coincidences. I read once(some author who's name eludes me was giving advice on storytelling) that in order to have a good story you're only allowed one unbelievable event or absurd coincidence, any more and you're straining the credibility of the world you're trying to create. 1 in one billion I can accept and not further question the story, but doing that not only 5 times but simultaneously as well? My internal logic mechanism has a problem with that. My worry is that BSG *appears* to be going in the direction that Star Wars unfortunately went in.

You're saying it's predestined. I get that. I'm saying it doesn't matter if it is or not because the character links and history to make this revelation true are nonexistent to weak at best when considering the odds of survival and the scope of the initial genocide. I feel I made my point. This is the way *I* feel about it, and arguing predestination against my point that I think this style of predestination is poor storytelling is moot. We're going to have to agree to disagree.

I'm really hoping the writers pull this out and prove my worry wrong anyway so this silly internet debate about a sci-fi show we both have affection for is rendered completely pointless.

I'm crossing my fingers for a Rumble recolor KISS Frenzy, but I was once told that the KISS storyline doesn't exactly lend itself towards that possibility. I don't know much about that storyline though. So I have no idea. *shrug*

No. Actually, you've totally lost me.

The universe shrank exponentially in order to accomodate these unbelievable coincidences. Hey, that may be predestined or happened before and happened again. Regardless, the universe WAS large, and now it's incestual and teeny tiny. My awe of said universe shrank in exact proportion, and that's my problem.

I'm really hoping the writers pull this off, transferable software AI non-fixed body cylons would help here, but I'm a little wary.

if it's predestined, the odds are not astronomical. There are no odds. it's GOING to happen. Thus, predestined.

Ok, let's put it this way.

The original Star Wars trilogy took place in a galaxy far far away.

The new Star Wars trilogy established that there's only about two dozen people in a galaxy.

See the problem I'm having?

You're totally not getting it. This is all pre-determined.

"All of this has happened before. All of this will happen again."

Oh no, I got that too.

The odds of these events transpiring so these select people would be cylons and *still* be alive, predestined or not, are astronomical, and that's what bothers me.

I'm praying for these cylons to be transferable software AI.

You haven't been paying close attention while watching, have you? None of what has happened/is happening is by accident.

Oh, I have been paying attention that's exactly why the statistical improbability of it all is so bothersome.

Lol...Oh, no...

Funny thing is that there was a Bionic Woman remake about 10-15 years back or so......

starring Sandra Bullock.

And no, I'm not joking.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096931/

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And as for the Galactica finale, I'm quite a bit bothered about it because of the statistical improbability of these four(five if you count Starbuck) surviving the initial Cylon attack, finding themselves on a ship with an FTL drive, staying on a ship that hasn't been destroyed since they've been running, surviving New Caprica, and finally all of them finding themselves in or next-to key power positions.

And in the case of Anders, the improbability of it all becomes even more absurd because it was pure luck that they managed to go back to New Caprica to rescue what was left of his decimated rebel force.

I had trouble buying Starbuck being a cylon or special or whatever. This is really pushing the suspension of disbelief though. My hope is that these final five are "software" in that they have no true physical body and thus move their consciousness from person to person. Or something similar. I just can't accept without question that these five people are and have been cylons from the get go.

And if Tigh's a cylon, how does he get drunk?

So no classic Galvatron . Hasbro should at least reissue the original Constructicon set.

I'm holding out hope that the Titanium 6" line does a G1 Galvatron. They already did a great job on G1 Rodimus Prime, Scourge and Ultra Magnus. A Cyclonus would be nice too.

I'd love to see a G1 Constructicon re-issue set with extra gestalt parts that allow for true articulation. The upcoming Classics Devastator is just a repaint of Energon Constructicon Maximus, which is a pretty decent set.

I still have it.

Let me see if I can find it. Been a while since I looked at it...

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I reuploaded it:

Let me know if there is any problem. As usual you will need to unzip the files to a temp directory. Then just get a webbrowser (like the thing you are using to view this site) and drag and drop the .htm file into the browser window to view.

Thank you! This was super handy.