Wow. That gray plastic looks like plain ABS. That's incredibly cheap.
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I think most of the paint budget went on the car mode. The original green version's car parts of this toy were mainly clear plastic, with green and black paint (I think)? As the bot was mainly the same colours as the car, they didn't need to paint much of it.
Takara painted this in red, blue, yellow, black and silver, plus decals to match the real life car. They also remolded the head, torso and shoulders, plus gave it a new spoiler/gun (and the spoiler can clip onto the new gun), plus they included the original two black smgs. That's where most of their budget went. Still, for the price of was, it really should have received silver paint.
Still, the bot mode looks anemic and I was never a fan of the Bayverse TLK Prime design. The head on this version can't really turn so much as it gets stuck between the chest "fins" and posing it ridks the back and side "trenchcoat" kibble popping-off (although in this version, it seems the "front" of the coart is now meant to be kept at the sides of his legs, not at the front, which helps to pose the legs more).
I just can't abide the arms of Super Ginrai in truck mode. For something that's supposed to be an MP it's frankly unacceptable.
They should compact more, but the arms being blatently there is cartoon accurate:
I kind of wonder if people who aren't familiar with how (relatively) toy-accurate the Masterforce character models are will complain about Ginrai's smaller robot mode having the real truck front on the back and not hidden at all lol.
That already happened back when the figure was first revealed, hehe.
lmaoooooooo
Yeah, I don't have a problem with them being visibly there, they just shouldn't be sticking 2 feet above the trailer.
Winter Comiket TF Art Book?
At this year's Winter Comiket , held at Tokyo Big Sight, they had a special Transformers 40th Anniversary book (possibly featuring work by director Satoshi Amemiya?), which included artwork used in the recent 40th Anniversary animation.
(Source: Masabon, via social messaging - Thanks!)
At this year's Winter Comiket , held at Tokyo Big Sight, they had a special Transformers 40th Anniversary book (possibly featuring work by director Satoshi Amemiya?), which included artwork used in the recent 40th Anniversary animation.
(Source: Masabon, via social messaging - Thanks!)
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Reminds me of the Elint Seeker from Macross DYRL.
VE-1 "ELINT Seeker" Valkyrie
The VE-1 "ELINT Seeker" Valkyrie is a Variable Fighter first featured in The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? movie. A dual seater varible fighter with sensor equiment, it was developed from the VT-1 "Super Ostrich" Valkyrie. A faster and much more extensively equipped...
macross.fandom.com
Courtesy of Japanese TF fan, Masabon:
Also, some more info about the upcoming "T-Spark Zone" event in Akihabara.
Event Info
Event Merchandise.
Also, some more info about the upcoming "T-Spark Zone" event in Akihabara.
Event Info
Event Merchandise.
(Source: - T-Spark Site)
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Oh, wow... I did not realize that these things aren't Happy Meal toy sized, like Changeables, but are basically full-sized replicas of the food. Or damn close.McDonald's Japan "not Transformers" Transforming Evangelion Happy-Meal Toys.
(Google-translated info from the official site below)
From Kotaku (slightly edited to remove errors).
(Sources: - McDonald's Japan and Kotaku)