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[M'Kyuun]

4 hours ago, J.T. Silversmith said:

I think some of us are forgetting the macross crossover figure was also Macross 7 25th Anniversary figure as well as the transformers 40th anniversary.  Is Basara the face of Macross, I would say No, But is Basara the face of Macross 7?  It is either him or Mylene depending on your preference, and as others have said Basara is pretty popular in japan. (Now that I think about it, how many toys have been made of the Fire Valkyrie?  there have been many toys and transforming model kits, lots of versions.  How many transforming versions of Mylene's Vf-11 custom are there? To my knowledge ZERO.)   I can see the logic of the choices behind Basara Prime, but I am still not convinced of the execution of the concept.  I have not seen clear enough pictures of his various modes to see if there is anything I like in there.  I suspect the bottom of the jet mode will be much worse looking than I would like, and I still have not seen enough of his robot mode to understand what it is going on.

The bottom is going to be Optimus' blocky chest with a couple intakes on the shoulders a la the Seekers. From what I can see of the fighter mode, it appears the shoulders are visible, as usual, along the sides of the jet, and I suspect the forearms will somehow, perhaps via a series of joints, fold in between the legs like most valks. The shield is attached to something, and I assume it's likely the forearms. Then again, the outer legs look squared off, so chances are far, far greater that Takara did their usual lazy approach and the forearms will simply tab into the outer legs and somewhat supply the curvy shape of the VF-19's legs/aft fuselage. They generally can't be bothered with finding better ways to engineer their jetformers, so why start now?

The more they reveal of this thing, the more ass-tastic it looks to me. I much prefer my actual Macross toys to this. Too, I'm not a big fan of Basara anyway, so no real loss in passing.

Edited 3 hours ago by M'Kyuun

[mikeszekely]

1 hour ago, JB0 said:

Failing that, Nekkimus Prime should be Rodimus-based, not Optimus-based. Especially if he's getting a Space Winnebago trailer.

I'm always up for more space Winnebagos.