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>>11660853
Action Toys? Can't say I'm familiar
Speaking of Brave, I've now opened Toyrise Exkaiser.
He's a pretty solid deluxe, if on the smaller end. As the comparison with AotP deluxes should show
I'd say perfectly doable as a Hasbro release but there might be a few too many paint apps and screws

>>11660836
Airazor?

>>11660889
Who?

>>11660802
>>11660830
I think that’s a somewhat fair trade for $100 less and not having to worry about it hitting a certain number of backers
>>11660889
No MP toy yet

>>11660853
>how unappealing I found most retail TFs to be this year

Yeah, most of the 13 primes look way too generic and boing, even the centaur one has a shitty deco, only the partsforming guy and megatronus look cool

>>11660797
Oh..ok, I m not a big fan of transformers either, other than bayverse, and even that is quite a stretch regardless.

>>11660770
>>11660797
Transformers Masterpieces don't have fully articulated fingers, just partially. And those hands are third party add ons, they're not included with the figure.

>>11660831
I had MP-01 Optimus, and he 100% had fully-articulated fingers.

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>>11660837
Your definition of fully articulated is pretty different from mine then, because I still own MP-01 and his hands ara a joke compared to SoC GaoGaiGar, pic related. MP-01 thumb is just a solid piece on a balljoint and the individual fingers are molded in a curved pose and just have a single joint at the base. GGG has three joints per finger plus they can be slightly splayed.

Even Armada Unicron has more finger joints than MP-01.

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https://weibo.com/3468043824/QkEuP89IS
After Chinese New Year

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>>11660735
I was going to pass but Jesus Christ I don't think I can.

>>11658020
we don't do original concepts anymore. It's tooner-pandering or bust.

>Showz shipping prices are suddenly much higher to Puerto Rico.
Great, guess I'll have to use bbts.

>>11660819
>Same guy that does the berserk
How do we know that?

>>11660821
We have eyes.

>>11660819
I can't believe they made Griffith so ugly. Being hot is integral to his character and design

>toku SHFs are generally great, maybe missing a few accessories, sculpt isn't perfect but still looks great
>anime and movie SHFs are a fucking diceroll but generally meh
Why is that?

>>11660887
The line was created for toku
So anything not Kamen rider related may as well be made by the B team

>>11660174
Being wrong, as usual.

>>11659318
So maybe they are tapping into the TOA Sunthetic Human market next? Would be neat if these are more like Assemble Borg looking, which are Microman inspired of course.

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more pics

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also i found out that juri has a butterfly joint BUT the shoulder joint has to absolutely be facing the right direction

>>11660835
That's the first thing that came to mind, it looks cool I guess

>>11660602
Probably a lot considering all the people he's conned out of money and all.

>>11660520
People reply with shit-posting no matter what, especially subjectanon. He's ruined every Joe thread for the past few months with his bullshit, and that was long before I posted those pics. I didn't "spam" by showing what's possible with AI renderings.

Speaking of the professional complainer:
>>11660593
I wasn't bumping. I was showing figures that'll never get made, and what they could look like if they were (as well as a fucked-up AI interpretation of the Ghost Viper that looks like it belongs in Tron). I don't give a shit if a topic fills to the bump limit because a new one will just get made. And you bitch about EVERYTHING. You've ruined every Joe topic over the past few months with your complaining and picking arguments over any excuse. Before I posted those pics you were arguing with people who disagreed with your belief that Classified is a failure because you can't find it where you live. And your next excuse for starting shit is always right around the corner..............

>>11660773
Sorry but posting AI slop should be a bannable offense at this point. I don't care about what if concepts or whatever. Keep your bullshit to yourself, stop dumping it here, and stop being an overly sensitive bitch when no one appreciates your bullshit. Goddamn what a baby you're being.

>>11660782
Based. You btfo that tranny

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>>11660773
You wanna post AI mock ups then make a separate thread about it. Don't assume you're welcome here.

>>11660388
How thin do you mix your paints for airbrushing? This vallejo paint I have is currently less liqud than fat milk, but more liquid that enamel paints straight out of a can.
When I thinned paints for brush painting, I get enamels to consistency of milk, and acrylic ones thin enough that surface tension can kinda be seen.

>>11660470
If I had a good answer for you I would give it to you, but I have never thinned with a specific aim of paint consistency. I just wing it every single time and add a drop or two as needed of thinner. For my green and tan zero I did not thin down the paint at all but the bottles are fairly inconsistent in regards to pre thinning

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>>11660372
Thanks boys, can't wait to wrap it up. I'm hoping to make a mini-diorama for it, just gotta wait for all the parts to come in. In the mean time I made a base for it, still have to sand it down properly. I'm doing the chipping using enamel paints because at this point I've already spent a bunch of time on this model, and the last thing I want to do is fuck it up with acrylics and have to re-paint and re-weather.
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>>11660372
Funnily enough, I like to make a upper and lower half for each individual track assembly. I give it a little bit of extra-thin cement so that it's still very flexible. After about 15minutes I pick it up and drop it from about 1" and see what comes loose. If it comes loose, more cement. Around this time I like to wrap the tracks around the sprocket and idler. After it's taken shape I give it little tugs here and there to see if anything is still loose. Either way, it is a pain in the ass.

>>11660455
Nice fingerprint on the windshield.

>>11660437
Nice build m8, looks almost real

>>11660784
People consider like half of those minifigs you listed as being inaccurate, or straight-up bad. I honestly don't care about stuff like helmet holes, and I can even look past minifigs that are wrong. Like, I like the Fives minifigure, even though the helmet is completely wrong, and there are other issues.

I do agree that the last two years have been pretty good. There have been a lot of great sets for sure, but the other major issues is the sets getting smaller than the build from past years, while the prices are going up.

Nevermind if you have sets that are a combination of all three; bad or wrong minifigures, high prices, and smaller or just bad builds. Current Turbo Tank is probably the biggest culprit of this. I actually like the new MTT a lot, because I like that they went with a more themed color scheme/detail on it rather than just another brown box, but it also pretty small and it (and the aforementioned Turbo Tank) are probably at least $40 over priced.

And then you have things like the $45 battle pack. I think that still to this day, LEGO doesn't really understand the point of battle packs. They've knocked it out the the park a few times over the years (what feels like accidentally) at this point, but now the prices are just absurd. Even the almost $25 for a standard battle pack is kinda too much.

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>>11660799
I forget to mention picrel
>>11660803
>muh accuracy
It's fucking Lego, it's never been fully accurate, they used to be very simplistic, now they make more detailed figures, and neckbeards complain that it has 2 buttons instead of 3 and other dumb shit.
Also, the price thing is purely an American problem, in Western Europe and Australia, the prices are much better, even before sales. Battle packs definitely could use some improving, but I'm not super worried. I just get the 501st troopers from the 2020 battlepack and the current scout troopers for cheap in those foil bags that come in the eurozines. No helmet holes. Now I'm just waiting for a new Kashyyyk battle pack and I'm set. What they really need to fix is the fucking clownish Stormtrooper helmets.

>>11660788
It's kinda insane that there was only one set released with kaadu and that was when lego star wars just started.

I have been hoping for a speed champion podracer theme so lego would release other iconic podracers.

>>11660737
Like a bantha

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>>11660812
>It's fucking Lego, it's never been fully accurate, they used to be very simplistic, now they make more detailed figures

They've been capable of making highly detailed minifigure prints for decades. Figures like pic related came out before LEGO even had the Star Wars IP. We can give them the benefit of the doubt, since when they got SW they probably were playing it a little safe, and on top of that the Prequels weren't even out yet, other than TPM.

The problem is that people feel like they sort of regressed, since some figures had accurate details even 5-10 years ago, and somehow the newer ones are more inaccurate. I mostly agree with you, I don't think a missing dot or a line ending two pixels too soon on a clone trooper's helmet is worth screeching over, but some weird shit like the printed on kamas already looks kinda goofy, and then they can't even print it all the way around the legs. Then they site things like "Well, we moved away from cloth and/or plastic ones so the figures can sit down...never mind the fact that you could just take the kama off yourself, or the fact that on some of those very same figures, they have backpacks that might not be accommodated for that you end up having to take off anyway so the figure can sit down.

>>11660485
Everyone who cared about Zatanna needs to remember this the next time they are considering getting a McFarlane.

I call the man who leads mcfarlane toys now the mad dragon. He ruins relationships with customers that were decades long in but a few years. What else could drive such a man but madness. Not only does he botch toys as they did before him but now they are overpriced in addition. Who would buy such toys?

>>11660596
I call him Ol' Swole, im raw and puckered each time I buy a Mcfarlane Toys figure.

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Almost all the DC at Target is marked down somewhat (15-50%), except for the Sonic collab. These are also back in stock, until they clearance out.

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Here we go. We're going to see Zatanna's ugly mug in a promo image today if they don't do max scam and swap in the platinum head.

In the meantime here is Bird Guy. They made a whole new tool for his chest when they could've just painted all that on. Wow such luxury, very $35.

>>11660759
>$192 will ruin your finances
Just because you're poor doesn't mean everyone else is, anon.

>>11660759
>Less than $200 will ruin your finances
Damn bro, how hard on do you have it?

>>11660759
I got them anyway. When I get back from vacation I'll sell the xeno versions 5 and 6 and make my money back

>>11660871
Are you ordering all 3 to sell 2 of them? If so whats the point? Surely you don't make that much unless you hold onto them for a year or two.

>>11660878
It'll be at least a 40 buck profit

are all Legends heads interchangable? I wonder if game verse Nick furys head would fit on the bodies of ww2 logan and savage land professor x?

>>11660809
There are various different ball pegs for heads. I have the 3 pack Fury, that can head swap with Gamerverse, so I can try that out on Chuck and WWII Logan in a bit after I dig them out.

>>11660814
that would be very nice of you.

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>>11660824
Here ya go anon. In reviews for the Gamerverse 2pack I saw that people could swap heads with this Fury head so the Gamerverse head should fit on both Savage land Chuck and WW2 Logan. As far as the skin tones matching, I have no idea. The skin tones on WW2 Logan match quite well with 3 pack Nick and I won't lie, it looks pretty damn good, except that his proportions don't quite work for Nick. It's definitely fugable though, especially if he's in an action pose.

The skin tones on Savage Land Chuck however are completely different. At a distance it's probably not bad, but up close it's really noticeable. The head sits well on the body though and isn't over or undersized which is nice. It does sit a tad loose on the neck peg, but not too bad.

>>11660756
Most of the female figures have good asses though, anon. I'm more interested in the effect parts.

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>>11656611
You shouldnt sell your childhood toys OP. Im in a similar boat where i feel like ive become rusty brown lite but IRL and i plan on giving away/selling alot of my hoard but i still intend on keeping a bunch still and i still will buy some new stuff now and then. You will regret giving away tour favorites im afraid. Also i sorta agree toys have been getting less fun as of late. I know for me its because franchises like star wars keep producing crap characters as figures

>>11660742
>You will regret giving away tour favorites im afraid.
I sold off a whole lot of stuff ten years ago because I simply needed the money after running into personal problems. I'm trying to re-collect everything now AT MUCH HIGHER PRICES.

So I agree with what you post. He needs to keep the senmtimental stuff because I can say from experience that it won't be any cheaper to get later on.

>>11656630
This is all I do. I mostly grab the stuff I wanted as a kid but never got because it was expensive, or really hard to find etc. I never care about any newer or updated figs at all, I want the originals or a perfect rerelease of the original. Even if they looked bad or had no articulation, it's just the one I wanted back then.

I only occasionally come around here since I have collected up just about everything I wanted a while ago and stopped caring about what new stuff is out since I never bother getting them anyway. New figs or statues do not interest me at all. If anything, whenever someone makes some classic (like late 80s-early 90s) video game things I might be interested like NES Mario or Bubble Bobble something. But those are rare.

>>11656611
Good, this hobby fucking sucks, get out, is expensive and you get nothing of value, you don't develop a skill, you are just basically hoarding mountains of plastic.

>>11660864
Model kit building is similar but you do develop a skill with building and painting them right.

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>>11660772
the only way Lego makes a Megatron is with a small, stylized Brickheads with a chibi gun next to him. even that might have an orange cap on the gun part

only Transformer fans would know some kind of Cybertronian tank or spaceship. the general public would not be interested at all in that. it's so much frustration knowing they've done like 30 modern movies, and in none of them did we get a great re-design for Megatron. he was always a tank or plane that looked like a robot lying down. a silver blob with pointy spikes all over. every movie they blow the opportunity. if it wasn't so tragic it would be hilarious. poor Megatron

>>11660738
zesty

>>11660738
humiliation ritual

>gay in canon
>made into a fortnite character
>turned into a jeet
>gay dance

>>11660863
he looks latino to me

>>11660738
He should be doing the Triple Tiger Sashay.

>>11660621
Aren't the mighty morphin power rangers martial artists to an extent?

>>11656857
No. It's the fans' fault for hating it, and pretending Mutant Mayhem is any better

>>11660686
It's Nickelodeon's fault for making it.

>>11660686
Rise was fucking cancer though, mutant mayhem isnt perfect but was far better

>>11660179
Nuh uh they have a MBA so they know business gooder.

For me it’s not a money problem, it’s a space or “hoarding” problem. I can buy what I want because I don’t spend like crazy, but a big part of that is because I’m picky.
1. Ask yourself if you want to buy it or if you actually want to own it. Buying stuff is fun, opening stuff is fun, but a lot of times owning it afterwards is largely meaningless.
2. Realize that less is more. When you have a bunch of crap it begins to blend together. I’d rather have less quantity and more quality as well.
3. Consider how much you will use the product after getting it. I only have 12 toys (all bought in about a year and a half) and I still barely have time or the inkling to mess with them. Having more figures would mean more things collecting dust.
4. Recognize the fleeting joy of buying something new. I have 3 unopened boxes that are months old in my closet yet I still want to buy more stuff. Like the Lingjihun turtles, the deformed BW megaton, Cuphead nendoroid. All things that I will like and enjoy, but I know that if I do buy them that I’m just going to move on to the next thing. These fixations are very fleeting. Which is why preorders suck. By the time they come, what are the odds you actually still want the item?

By nature this “hobby” leads to accumulation so it’s imperative to be really picky. At the same time though, life is short and spending money on something dumb and fun like a toy can help lighten the monotony of life.

>>11660412
I don't buy other stupid shit so I have all the money i need for this stupid shit.

>>11660577
>Never buy female figures just because you pp hard
And yet you will buy 100s of figures of half-naked men. Sounds kinda gay desu

>>11660856
ai reply

>>11660869
then it's ai that data-farmed the right parts