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  1. Hikuro
    Good question, and the answer is no, infact if anything, it'll probably get worse. If any sort of buyer takes over chances are they'll wanna cut corners to make more money in any way they can using cheaper materials and paint while upping prices and maybe even doing exclusives. That's sort of one of many things that did TRU in and one of the biggest, inflation costs causing them to raise prices and attempting to land exclusive deals for certain toy lines only to be scalped and charged 3-5x's the price online.
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    Bankruptcy is kind of a loose thing, there are a ton of different styles out there and doesn't really mean they're going to go out of business. Really it just means they're going to perform some kind of a stunt that gets them assistance in funding probably.
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    I'm on the fence. I haven't built a Macross related kit in forever and feel pretty out of practice. I just wish these had a pilot, hell, I wish they would produce those VF-1's again.
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    I also received my G2 Jihaxus and I love his robot mode, it's fantastic and is fairly comic-like accurate versus his alternate cybertronian jet mode. I guess I was never really happy with the other incarnations of the character cause I had always known him as this form versus the others, I read the G2 comics, and enjoyed them for their dark tones and grittiness, and specifically this character for his savagery towards the end of the series. But seeing how I have a fairly decent size collection now of G2 characters on my shelf there wasn't any way I was going to pass up the chance of getting this character so I had to click on the pre-order. Again though, that jet mode just didn't do it for me, it strays very far from his comic-book styling in either G2 or Regen: One and that sorta makes me sad.
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    I'm thinking about going out tomorrow cause it's been a few months. Anything in particular I should keep an eye out for that might be fun? I'm seeing you guys talking about all this magicsquare stuff, I know they're legend scale TFers but are they really that good?
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    Nope, pretty much membership streaming only.
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    Well, at least it's an actual anime and not a CG "anime".
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    Truthfully the whole thing seems......bad. I want it to be good, but I feel like it's not going too. I might be out of line, but lately a lot of these movies are having heroine type characters who seem out of place or wanna "Be with the boys" and it's written so badly. Now don't get me wrong, I felt Ripley was a great archetype but that was because she had already encountered an ALIEN. Here, we've got some native american girl who wants to be a warrior and now she's gonna prove herself by taking on a Predator? ......I dunno, I just dunno. I'm hoping for the best, but seeing how the franchise has been since the 90's, I just doubt it.
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    I picked up some upgrades recently for a few of my figures like G2 Selects Megatron, Coronation Starscream and Legacy Optimus. For Meg's I got these 3D printed parts going around on ebay giving him a proper shoulder cannon, torso and a various amount of accessories a combination of comics and 90's toy variant. But I also went to Toyhax and picked up decals for him, Screamer and Legacy Optimus to make them into proper G2 stylings. I'm still working on them but Megatron and Starscream look fantastic and there are some extra stickers for Starscream to use the name "Old Snake" on him. Optimus though, is a pain in my butt. I barely got the trailer going, the outside is finished and looks so much fun. The interior though is just a pain, looking over 3 different areas to know which sticker is right. But, they do seem to really help enhance his look which I felt was sorely needed. I'll get some pictures up when I'm done, I do dig how they're all looking and makes me wanna get some more modern G2 looking stuff.
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    Maybe not play Russian Roulette with Paul either....
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    I thought it was okay....but eh. Nothing in it blew me away.
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    I got no clue who this guy is to be number 14, and honestly, I just wish him all the luck cause it's an uphill battle to me. He's gonna get shat on just as much as Jodi was. I dunno if I even wanna bother watching anyways, I haven't since Capaldi left.
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    After family and I had watched and tried to stomach Season 2 of Picard, we were a tad hesitant on Strange New Worlds, but bit the bullet and we gave the first episode a shot. Honestly, that was not bad at all. I liked that Pike kinda poked fun at the transporting thing, the Enterprise sets still while modernized had enough of the old school touch to not feeling alienating and distancing like Discovery. Uniforms I thought are kind of odd, while homaging TOS, there's still several different variations of the 3 main colors and that sorta makes me go "Eh? can't we just settle on one design pattern with the 3 colors?" Yeah I mean I remember kirk had a green tunic and all that, but he did eventually succumb to the standard command gold.
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    The alternators were pretty fun back then, honesty regret selling the majority of them.
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    fairly tempted on backing this. they've got more than enough pledged to do the project....but sametime that basic core set is still pretty spendy for what little you're getting.
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    While a lot of it looks very subtle in a number of locations, I am pretty surprised on how much was different between the original and the directors cuts and what made its way into the standard 4K versus the Paramount+ variant. Kind of wowed, which doesn't happen to me a lot.
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    I just scored Dragstrip and Kickback at my local target which was a surprise cause they hadn't had much of anything for several months....they and walmart have had nothing but last years studio series figures and kingdom. But I also mean this location had the entire 1st wave still which REALLY surprised me. I really only cared about Dragstrip and Kickback and for 25 bucks a pop....yeah. Kickback is really simplistic, can't hope for much since he's based on his G1 instecticon self so yeah....that was a tad disappointing but I get it. Dragstrip though is fun! His transformation is pretty simple but inventive, and both his robot mode and vehicle mode are pretty neat! The only issues I have is the empty back of head to look like a seat, and that my rear spoiler halves don't line up at all. His left foot sits lower than his right causing there to be s shift in appearance. BUT, overall, between the two I think I do like Dragstrip a heck of a lot more.
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    I received my Terrorsaur on Wednesday with a somewhat loose right wing, keeps coming off the plug. But I gotta double check the box cause I didn't see the little side arm blades, that was odd. I also got my Ironhide/Prowl 2 pack, really happy with them...I'm still undecided what I want to do with those upgrades cause it's a significant wait from TFSafari products and I got no clue on Nonnef. Think maybe I'm gonna sit on it for a bit and wait it out I dunno.
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    Recently got my hands on the Prowl/Ironhide 2 pack that's been so elusive from Amazon, still marked up from their original MSRP but I can live with it. What I'm curious over are upgrades for Ironhide and Prowl if available somewhere. Ironhide and Ratchets feet sticking out as the "back" of their respected vehicle modes was certainly a downer and Prowl missing his two cannons was a bit sad for me as well. So I'm wondering if there are any upgrades I can sink my teeth into?
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    After working weekends for the last month and a half I was FINALLY to go to ToyDojo and check things out. Before that time I was actually debating on if I came across a certain 3rd party figure would I buy it and so forth. So like the last time I was looking around online, it was a toss between Sphinx Cell, Hellion, Toro and Locke. I looked at the website from the store and thought it was probably gonna be between Sphinx and Locke at that point, so I went there this morning and took a little look around. I came across both Locke and Sphinx Cell and just sorta hummed and hahed over things until I saw a box with Hellion stamped on it. Talked to the dude for a little bit and I went, "Yeah know, lets go with Hellion and Sphinx" and got them both for under 200. It was kind of a tough call honestly when I was looking at Hellion and Toro online, I liked Toro's look overall, and he seemed to have a nice design really, but there were two things that started to bug me a great deal. 1) His backpack felt very off compared to Hellion, and 2) the fake chest really turned me off. I mean he looked neat, but those things in the back of my head just got to me you know what I mean? Hellion isn't a bad toy or anything but he does feel awfully fragile with tiny limbs compared to his huge torso. But when I stood him next to my MP1.0 Bumblebee it just clicked. Sphinx was a bit of a pain at first. I had a difficult time trying to transform him from F1 to Robot for some reason, lots of things were just popping out of place for me, not to mention he's a bit floppy. I've got those areas fixed now so he's now fairly solid and I like the look of him and how he stands with the rest of my MP figures. I"m glad I got those two knocked out of the way and feel like my G1 cast is a little more closer to completion. I will admit I"m bummed out about not being able to pre-order that new Jazz figure coming out.
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    Hasn’t that been going on for a couple of years now? You’d think it were time to move on. They actually just used a few old interview clips of her from 2019 to round it off. didn’t think this was really anything special for an event. And it sounds as though HBO made a boo-boo inserting an image of a very young Emma Roberts mistakenly as Watson. Fans were blowing up about it too. I can see the mistake they do look similar as kids.
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    it sounds as though WB execs are saying after poor numbers and reviews along with the fact this movie was going against Spider-man, they're abandoning any indications they'll either do any future films of the Matrix series. Meaning no prequels, no new trilogy, it's not worth it. Doesn't surprise me if that's the truth, I felt this film was just not needed and was maybe Warner Bros. way of scraping the barrel cause their DC films are lacking.
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    From what I've understood is the Locke 2.0 is decent from the review videos depending on who you watch, or at least he's better than the original version. And that was another thing with MMC's Sphenix Cel, it sounds like he was better overall in quality and style from their original version. I'm even looking at PS-09A Hellion from MMC and he looks fun and nicely designed versus the Takara sample that was shown. But then I see X Transbots has their own version of Cliffjumper and despite his fake torso and huge backpack, he does seem to fit better with the MP's and his proportions are nicer done than MMC's. I dunno guys, tough call, really really tough call.
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    okay so quick question, X-Transbots, are they any good at all for a 3rd party MP setup? I was scrolling around Toydojo since they're "local" seeing if there was anything interesting out and saw they released a new version of Kup and have an Ultra Magnus which looks kind of nicer to me, and cheaper for order. It's a brand I haven't touched compared to things like Fansprojects, Maketoys and MMC, so I don't have a clue.
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    I remember a few years back when there was the TFvsMarsAttacks crossover came out Cosmos finished off all the martians with Prowl going, "Well, now the Alt mode makes sense."
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