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I won't get it for a month or so, probably (mail order), but yeah...the need for a prequel to explain too much at once is one of the things I've long considered "paid fanfic." This goes way back to the two Pern novels that told the story of the original colonists, and by the end of the duology...

Yeah, silver Browning is true to the toy that got released in the Masterforce year, but the anime went with brown-for-bronze and I wanted to stick with that. I wish I could find the Shapeways mini of Browning I painted a few years ago to compare and make sure I used the same shade of brown...

I literally have seen no new Earthspark on shelves except for two lone One-Steps from different waves. And Pulse doesn't bother selling Earthspark anymore. ---Dave

Yeah, Hades in FFXIV is very much "we gotta recycle all the lore" and he only goes by the name for one boss fight. Otherwise, he's almost always just Emet Selch (which is explained as being his job title) or sometimes . ---Dave

Very appropriate look for Sunstorm there. ---Dave

But do you remember Xevoz, Stikfas's attempt at a tabletop game? ---Dave, still has a few boxes full of Xevoz....

I'd be interested in Flak as a Wolverine. NEVER gonna happen...if they do a Wolverine, it'll be Ironhide or Optimus Prime or some other major character. ---Dave

As usual for Studio Series Gamer Edition toys, Gamer Edition Ratchet doesn't have enough neon, so I fixed that. Also, I was kinda miffed that the gun almost but can't quite mount on the roof in robot mode (they really dropped the ball on connection points here), and I found that shaving a...

They were trying to get as close to classic GIJoe packaging as possible (certain legal requirements still had to be met, hence the five-language file card), and stands came with the figures back in the 80s. ---Dave

Hot Rod is a butt. Did Gears design these? ---Dave

I saw some of those at CB a few years ago, I was underwhelmed. Also, IIRC they only had four of the components on the shelf, so I couldn't have made the whole combiner even if I'd been willing to drop the wad of cash (it would've been over $100, I think). ---Dave

USSR: We'll make our own Captain America! Red Guardian: (is a combat machine but also a loveable goofball who believes 10000% in the ideals of his country ESPECIALLY when his government doesn't, and barely finishes fighting Bucky Barnes before bonding with the man) USSR: Oh crap, we made our own...

Really didn't care for wedging Bumblebee into the Collaborative like that, so I reshaped the head and did some paint removal and paint covering to get Dunestriker, inspired by Dunerunner. ---Dave

I've ordered cases on AliExpress. (Yeah yeah, Transwarp Key, Matrix...the live action movies don't really care, it's a pointy macguffin.) ---Dave

Yeah, that pointy thing is the RotB version of the Matrix. ---Dave

Drinking water right now, Nurse. ---Dave

The FFXIV crossover ended in a sad and confusing way, which is apparently very on-brand. I mean the epilogue bit, which you only got if you spent several week doing weekly tasks to help rebuild after the Dwarf community was damaged over the course of the main plot. ---Dave

I am glad that the newer ones have the hinge joints already assembled. Snapping the halves together was fiddly and occasionally painful. Not as sure about the newer necks, though. What I'd really like is for the bases to provide a way to keep the spare fists secure, though. ---Dave

Sigh, last night I got a refund and notification that the convention exclusive Lego arcade game case I ordered for today's Brick Convention got cancelled. I hope that was just a weird one-off "the case got lost by the shipping company" thing and not a sign that the convention will be badly run...

I'm dealing with a lot of "why did I buy this?" regret from all the redecos/retools I got last year...having to pre-order so many things to be sure of ever getting them has disconnected the "thrill of the hunt" from the reinforcement of the actual acquisition, and it's dampening my enthusiasm a...