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  1. RavenHawk
    Oh, I have been! Haha. He's been listed on pre-order for like a year now.
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    Thanks for the recommendation. I'll keep an eye out for good deals on that one. It's not that I'm not a fan of planes. I love planes, cars (thus the not-Throttlebots that I collected), trucks (as in tractor trailers and Ultra Magnus, big time), and motorcycles, and have since I was a kid. It's just that there came a point where I had to decide what to focus my collecting on, and, since I'm most passionate about bikes, that's the route that I went. That said, the Technobots were a personal favorite in a big way when I was a kid, and I was really tempted to get Quantron. Blindfire, funny enough, was the most tempting to me, since I really dig that scifi fighter design, loved the original toy from the '80s, and felt that Blindfire and Overheat were the two new designs that most clicked with me. I didn't end up getting him, but already regret not getting Quantron this most recent Black Friday... Edit: I forgot to mention that I also have MakeToys Battle Tanker (I think in two different colors) and am really impressed by that one as well. That fell under my first culling of collecting, where I narrowed it down to Motorcycles, Ultra Magnus-related stuff, and Prowl.
  3. RavenHawk
    That's likely just intimidation on their part, overstepping knowing that you're not going to spend the money on fighting it. Using a minimal amount for review purposes typically falls under fair use. You just can't use more than is really needed to be able to do the review, though that's all subjective. The transformative aspect isn't even relevant in this case, or needed.
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    I have to say that I've become a big fan of MakeToys' stuff. Their designs really, in my opinion, do a great job of being very original, while still being homages to Transformers (and other things, as well). I have Overheat and Axle and really was impressed by both. I don't collect planes anymore, but if I did I'd definitely be getting Buster Skywing or Stealthwing.
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    I know I've mentioned them before (but heck, I REALLY like them), but the Toyworld non-Throttlebots were the perfect mix of vehicle mode accuracy and compromise on robot modes, while all but one were, in my opinion, genuinely solid and fun to transform. Did they every accomplish anything similar for planes? (not my pics, fyi; Google searched some, since mine had to get boxed up due to space constraints)
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    What do people think we can expect for actual price? I think most of the ride armors were offered by the usual suspects at preorder time for around 10-15% less than the MSRP.
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    I believe that definitely one, and possibly two, of their designers are based in Australia. From what I can tell from various posts, videos, and comments made about conventions, the design team (which basically comes up with the looks of the toys and general transformation guidelines) is in English-speaking countries, and then manufacturing (and final designs and transformation details) are done by a handful of Chinese factories.
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    Well, gray market goods are generally still authentic licensed products, just not sold through the approved channels (i.e. a Japan-only product being sold in the USA), but I get that that's not your point. When it comes to trademarks, that's not exactly the case. The issue isn't about precedent in one specific infringer's case, but rather in weakening the trademark. A trademark that is not enforced can later be invalidated by, potentially, anyone. That is one big companies often will send a cease & desist letter to small infringers, including charities, and then offer to license the mark to them for a nominal fee. It is part of the obligation of policing your mark, as well as insuring quality. Copyright enforcement isn't quite the same situation, and there it can be a matter of not pursuing an infringer on one copyright infringement does not necessarily carry over or benefit other infringers.
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    The situation is odd, really, for more than just the above reasons. These types of companies aren't really even gray market. Their business models are essentially heavily based on (strongly arguably) trademark and copyright infringement, and they get by through (in my opinion) being small enough to not be worth the hassle of pursuing in combination with a degree of anonymity as to their actual ownership. I may be wrong, and maybe it's all just "it's good for our reputation to let you keep infringing", but that seems unlikely due to the potential trademark risks associated with that. I suspect it's mostly just a "you're not worth the litigation expenses". Signing a licensing deal with a more visible company seems risky.
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    Seems unlikely. They're experienced at ignoring feedback they don't like. It's definitely possible, though my understanding is that their team do this professionally, for a living. Some of their projects have been done as a hobby, with hopes of them turning into profit makers, while the rest of their projects are paid for with the full intent of being a revenue stream. In this case, my suspicion (just a guess, really) is that it was some combination of a few factors. Maybe they did not get the positive glowing feedback that they have come to expect from their more devoted customer base, HG took issue with the crowdfunding approach and so they had to pull everything (which, if it's the case, would be foolish of them for not getting this nailed down beforehand), they jumped the gun in assuming HG was going to give them a license before all of the final numbers and details were agreed upon, or they have legitimately gone back to the drawing board on this and prefer to delete any references to version 1. EDIT: Just checked FB, and the pictures are all still up, just silence since 1/15 (as was mentioned). So... uh... who knows?
  11. RavenHawk
    That makes sense. I also think that the dimensions were likely fluid during the animation process as well (i.e. "Crap, we forgot that we are putting it on the back of a flat bed in this episode... well, draw it smaller.")
  12. RavenHawk
    Found a teaser trailer for the anime here, along with a more intelligible synopsis: https://www.yualexius.com/2018/10/chinese-manga-armored-gull-revealed-anime-trailer.html Armored Gull is a chinese webcomic by LAS that covers a wide section of the mecha genre, from mechanical limbs, killer androids, the titular power armor Armored Gull, transforming vehicle robots, wanzer mechs and exoskeletons to put your exoskeltons in all fighting alongside or against each other in the seafaring corporate owned mega fleet of Sigma City. Falsely accused of corporate espionage and treason to the state Gwen Pullan a gifted roboticist is rescued/kidnapped by an anti-corporate terrorist group. Caught up in the bloody slum wars between the group and andorid augmented police, Gwen is given an opportunity to fight back by a mysterious third faction in the form of the Exoskeleton Frame Armored Gull.
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    Looks like there are a handful of chapters here: https://note.mu/weibocomic/n/n22e69371a0d9
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    I hope so too. Scrolling through his Twitter, it looks like he's done a fair amount of pretty cool looking transforming designs. I'm just surprised. It seems like there are 40+ chapters of this manga/comic released... but I can't find them anywhere, except for a couple download sites with broken links. Can't find any official site, let alone print copies.
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    Is anyone familiar with "Armored Gull"? I believe it is a manga (well, Chinese, not Japanese, I think), and possibly there is an OVA in the works, but I really can't find any information on it out there. I came across some images from it while looking for other things, and started searching for what they were from... and that's about it. Lots of gorgeous (in my opinion) artwork out there, some people mentioning having read the books, but nothing else that I can find. I did come across the Twitter of someone who says they are the artist, with some nice artwork and some cool computer animations too:
  16. RavenHawk
    Sorry, I guess I misremembered. I thought the plane at that point in time wasn't transformable, but just a somewhat generic fighter (and a burner vehicle, as you said).
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    For me, I absolutely LOVE the bikes, and it's all about the bikes for me. That said, I do like the Legioss and TLEAD a ton. I had sworn off collecting anything other than bikes a while ago... but MOSPEADA is kind of the exception when there's a toy that really strikes my fancy. Depending on the final pricing, I'll likely pick up one of each of these. As a side note, Aramaki once said in an interview that they designed the show around the bikes and that was what they really wrote all of the original proposals around. The toy companies were telling them that they needed some planes too, due to the success of Macross licensing, so they basically went back into the office over the weekend and worked out the Legioss and TLEAD in a rush overnight for a pitch in the morning, just to keep the potential advertisers happy.
  18. RavenHawk
    Actually, Duke from their G.I. Joe crossover line is probably a better example of the synthetic human with a people suit on.
  19. RavenHawk
    I was pretty sure you were, but couldn't help it.
  20. RavenHawk
    They make them for the 1/6 scale ones, just not the 1/12
  21. RavenHawk
    Ooh, you got the test body one. Very nice. Congrats!
  22. RavenHawk
    I don't know what I'm looking at... but I like it.
  23. RavenHawk
    I have a few resin model kits. They pop up online fairly regularly, though I think they're recasts of older resin kits mainly.
  24. RavenHawk
    THIS! Especially with a transforming Armored Personnel Carrier that can fit inside of it or, alternatively, combine with it.
  25. RavenHawk
    Haha I cheated. It has a white Pretty Armor figure stand supporting it.
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