>>10979960
Zelda set reveal in august. Full 2025 theme reveal in November.

>>10979958
they gave him the mcu lines on his costume lol

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How much will the minifig cost?

>>10979964
source- I made it up.

>>10979922
If LEGO made this level goyslop I would never buy from them again

>>10979644
Dunno about that, but these are cheap as fuck to since they only have to produce those extremely simple clothes and there’s no extra engineering character outfits and complex designs into figma. They sell decently, so it’s not failing but it’s pretty uninspiring. I’d be more interested in wardrobe items than more of these full body releases with a single item of clothing.

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>>10979901
I at least want them to keep excessive softgoods use away from existing IPs. I skipped the Kaguya figma because they looked so bad.
Like those cuffs remind me of the shit I used to glue together in elementary school during crafts.

>>10979378
You might be able to custom one pretty easily, you'd just need a base 1/12 fantasy looking girl and then get a 1/12 red hood for her. Anyone have any suggestions for characters anon could use?

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>>10979927
Embrace mecha musume

>>10979927
figma eris might be good. She doesnt have a frolly dress but I ghink the shorts could still work, I'm just talking what I'd personally be alright with. Of you want the full dress thats understandable. Her hair might get in the way of a soft goods cloak a bit though. Could always use a different figma head

>>10979910
The problem is that among those that have seen them, the Japanese G1/Beast Wars stuff isn't terribly well-regarded. Most of the positivity just revolves around a handful of designs like Deathsaurus or the novelty of Big Convoy or whatever. The UT (and to a lesser extent RID/Car Robots) has a bigger footprint for obvious reasons but it's appreciated in similar terms.

I think the original Marvel comics are fairly well-known. IDW was always a fucking mess, though.

>>10979924
>among those that have seen them, the Japanese G1/Beast Wars stuff isn't terribly well-regarded.
Eh, maybe in the 90s/early-2000s, when TF fans were shocked and appalled that the shows they never watched were apparently nothing like the headcanons they built up in their heads and online cliques - but not so much today. When people do watch these shows, it feels like they praise stuff like SGMF, Victory, BWII, and Car Robots to the high heavens because they're actually taking them for what they are (beats me why they praise BWII instead of Neo, which's IMO way better in every conceivable way, but I digress).
I'd even argue that the UT is barely recognized, honestly; maybe someone will vaguely recognize Armada or Cybertron as "the thing that existed right before they were kids and saw the 1st movie", but that's it. I blame TF fans sticking so closely to the terrible dubs for the shows' poor staying power, but that's kinda another topic entirely.
As for the comics, I feel like if you told the average TF fan "hey, the franchise had an entire well-regarded comic that was published by Marvel" then their heads would explode. At most it's like they're vaguely aware IDW/Dreamwave existed, but don't know a single thing about them.

See, I feel like if you told the average TMNT fan
>"Yo, u know your fave franchise that has strong Japanese inspiration? Yeah they made 10 anime, 2 OVAs, and countless manga about it which you can watch in decent fansubs in full on YT RIGHT NOW"
they would go ballistic and make that their entire personality for half a decade, regardless of what the shows are actually like. You tell that to a TF fan and they'd go https://youtu.be/4kEO7VjKRB8
And if a capeshit fan felt they had a great comic run that was never properly adapted, then THEY would DEFINITELY make sure everyone knew about it: look at lit. any Marvel capefan. And if there's one thing I'm sure we can agree on, western TF basically is just capeshit with a different coat of paint.

>>10979910
>>10979924
The animes got railroaded into being considered crappy by boomers running the fandom in the 2000's. There was a lot of mystique around them in the 90's when the only way to get them was VHS copies and, if you were lucky, early P2P pirating, but even then subs and translations were hard to come by. When it got easier in the 2000's, The American side of the fandom that were able to see them kept telling people they were not good and were not worth checking out. Meanwhile these same old fans kept hyping up the G1 Marvel comic as the best thing ever.
20 years later the G1 Marvel comic barely gets attention from new fans because, surprise, most people's attention to this franchise starts with aesthetics and the G1 comic is boring at best and ugly at worst visually for most of it, along with dated writing. The animes, especially the BW ones, had to get proper fansubs outside the TF community because a select few fans convinced everyone it wasn't worth checking them out as anything but a curio. had the fandom done a better job of preserving them, we'd probably see more people aware of them.

>>10979917
Omega Prime is only a HasLab because of Ultra Magnus. Optimus on his own would be a Commander class, so bundling Magnus with him for retail would be a total no-go. And Magnus would never sell on his own (he'd basically a commander in his own right), meaning Hasbro would likely never greenlight producing him, so the only way we'd reasonably get the full combined Omega Prime is if it got the special HasLab consideration.

>>10979965
That's their official answer, but I think it's bull; God Magnus is big but extremely hollow, even on the Haslab. I think they totally could've made him work at Leader price if they wanted. Hasbro generally seems to undervalue Car Robots as a whole though, judging by the mainline releases...

>>10979951
I'm in my early 20s and read the Marvel comic for the first time last year, I think you're bein a bit harsh personally. US's definitely got bad art at the start but really gets nice later (esp when Jose Delbo becomes a regular), and I think the polished-but-still-old-comic look of the book by then has its own charm; plus UK looked good from basically the start.
Writingwise I get where you're coming from, US definitely suffered from many of the human stories and Bob getting overwhelmed by the cast additions, but at the same time he had a lotta ambition I think; dude murdered the entire cast and had the main villain toy usurped by some literal who, leaving the main protag as some literal who pacifist medic, as early as Issue #5, and now Ratchet n Shockwave are considered popular fan-favorites. It certainly wasn't thanks to their nonexistent roles in Sunbow, I'll tell you that. His Cybertron story with Blaster was great, and many of his human stories did stick the landing imo, like with Skids, and the pulpy silliness of some issues also have their charm. It's just harder to appreciate them when they're surrounded by many otherwise-bleh stories.
I think most people today would appreciate UK most, it's got the most modern-style writing and Furman juggled cast additions way better, but it also has some dumb filler in the early years, and the publishing order frequently got outta sync.
I feel a condensed reading order of US+UK would do a great deal in getting new fans to appreciate it, but it seems that doesn't really exist online besides fans saying "just read everything in order lol". I wanna make one myself, where do u guys think I should post such a thing?

>>10979806
Sounds like someone is so pumped full of nigger semen it's backed up your ass all the way to come out your mouth

FUCK
I really wanted those blanks. Is it over?

Americans can't do anything right.

>>10979859
I doubt the one that's now full owner would be scrapping them when the tooling is probably being made right now. They are probably the highest preorders Boss Fight has had in years.

>>10979776
I don't think me saying "all your sculpts are ugly as shit and don't appeal to me at all, make something more idealized please" is me wearing a mask. It's literally me telling them my issue with their toys and how to fix it.

All of their beliefs or extremism or reasoning behind why they make dumb decisions is irrelevant to me. I don't give a shit who is working there or what they believe. I can see the final products with my own two eyes and tell them what I want. Refuse to give it to me? I go elsewhere.

>>10979908
If its that heavily sculpted one you might be able to get thrown a bone from the Mattel guy by having a redo on the generic teen buck I guess. But maybe not

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We've got another dog shit suit boys

>>10979954
That better be fake

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>>10979971
I'm sorry anon

>>10979976
Oh well, another 10 years of garbage movies.

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skill issue dayo

oh no...

anyway

>>10979930
6,000,000

>>10979930
None, because even if I didn't buy toys, I wouldn't have wasted it on African children.

Probably still less than if we just sacrificed a single billionaire every couple of years for them

>could have made toys of any of the dozens of animated characters who never got figures
>instead get worse versions of shit from 2008
I can't wait for warden to come back so CHUG can go back to being mostly g1 instead of this garbage

>>10978662
There was a company that tried doing some of the show-only characters, and it bombed horribly. In any case, just buy Wasp next year. He only had a toy of his Waspinator body.

>>10978476
Bait used to be believable

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>>10973071
>On paper, that seems like it'd be extremely cheap and easy to do.
Even straight reissues would be much more expensive compared to today's moulds as they've been cutting costs for years now. Making modified versions to add articulation would be even more expensive.
>>10973075
>the new one will crumble into dust in 10 years because some genius decided to make half of it in clear plastic
The vulnerability of clear plastic is massively overblown.
t. been collecting since 2005, have hundreds of Transformers and I've only ever had one clear component break (on an Energon Snow Cat which was purchased loose). I've never had a clear figure that I opened from new break on me, neither figures like Micron Legend Crystal Convoy and the 2007 clear protoforms nor my beloved Animate Swindle who's been transformed maybe a hundred times.

>>10979804
Really? Animated Swindle is one I heard can be found with cracked parts in packaging.

>>10978068
A tomahawk would be awesome, id even put together a proper flight team to man it. Joy toy has some stuff at a decent price, im thinking of checking them out. Oh, you may want to look at dollar stores for the final faction series. Theyve got a dune buggy type deal that you can get for $2.50. Oh yeah, whats that krieger looking guy at bottom left?

>>10978074
Maybe Atlantis will re-release the Aurora 1/16 Hiller Hornet. The only one I know that I can purchase is $250.

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>>10978181
Acid Rain's Laurel mech and they've made like a dozen variants so far. They even made yellow construction ones.
Left is the first one. Right is like the 5th or 4th which is a paratroopers version that comes with a parachute (don't even think about seeing if it'll work).

Pretty cool clunky mechs.

>>10978068
>Because their shit is super overpriced
Yes, Subby, we know, you're a poorfag. You don't need to remind us every five seconds.

>>10977832
The issue is, 1/12 isn't really viable for big vehicles, and 1/18 isn't viable without them. At 1/12 most vehicles are just too bloody big to be released at retail without MASSIVE concessions to quality/detail. Meanwhile, 1/18 figures are by themselves pretty mediocre next to their 1/12 counterparts by simple virtue of being too small to fit decent detail or articulation in. And without good figures to put in them, nobody's gonna buy the vehicles regardless of how good they are. Also even at 1/18, vehicles are massive space-hogs, and especially nowadays that the housing market is being fucked to death it's less practical to have a big setup for that kind of display. And without vehicles, most 1/18 figures are just patently inferior to their larger brethren.
That's changing a bit as of late- the Halo 1/18 stuff from Jazwares is IIRC pretty decent and JoyToy's 40K stuff is pretty much carrying the scale by itself- but the combination of 1/12 just being better to work with for the figures themselves and huge toys just not being viable thanks to the socio-economic hellscape we live in now has definitely done damage to the viability of such products.
I will say the crowdfunded stuff we've been getting for 1/12 vehicles has been pretty good; I don't have one myself but a friend of mine has the Classified HISS Tank and that thing is worth every penny it went for. Huge, lots of details and features, full interior, several figures and accessories etc.

>>10979936
Yeah but Super7's standard is "dogshit" so it's a surprised

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>>10979936
Tell that to diamond select

>>10979934
Robo don't know is a fucking faggot.

>>10979934
https://youtu.be/lPlCA0dh-xY?si=e2JVIZVDGACitSC6
Starts at 28:00 if anyone wants to hear it

>>10979710
>all we've done?
not ship your shit?

>>10979708
I think 1 year is fine for loyalty discounts, not so much for "store credit".
Also even if it turns out to be a good decision for everyone indirectly because it makes managing easier for them or whatever and we all benefit from that, I don't quite how they word it as a plain positive change when it's straight up a downgrade for the customer.

>>10979728
Go back to bbts, retard American

>>10979708
It's unreasonable for a store to ever steal your money by taking away "store credit". I expect store credit to be forever until I want to spend it, for however many years it takes, which I guess is why I would never buy off hlj

>>10979710
BBTS has a 90 day limit. HLJ has a 180 day limit. BBTS will auto-ship your stuff AND charge you taxes on it after 90 days. HLJ is tax free.

>>10979728
Nothing stopping you from ordering something within that year and restarting the whole timer. Though if you keep doing it they'll probably ban you.

>>10979904
It's not stealing. You agreed to buy an item and pay for it. When you change your mind at the last second you are sticking them with extra stock that is harder to sell. That's why most shops don't let you cancel and get store credit. They'll just force you to ship your stuff and if you refuse to pay they'll ban you after refunding you.

You are literally being unreasonable.

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Any thoughts on what your ideal modeling/painting setup would look like?
I was thinking of building an outdoor shed, mainly for woodworking stuff, but I thought I might include a setup for scale modeling. Kinda coming up with a wishlist, so I can scale it against my other /diy/ stuff

>>10979614
big metal shelf/shelves to store backlog in plain view. i think hiding it away in a closet makes it easy to ignore, if they're right there they act as a constant reminder of what you still need to get done

>>10979614
build an exclusive cuckshed for your painting needs, I have a workshop for woodworking stuff but there's too much dust so my "painting shed" is separate.
>your ideal modeling/painting setup
a dedicated room.

>>10979614
It would be better/easier to dedicate a room in your house for the purpose, since it would be climate-controlled and you wouldn't be as much at the mercy of the elements. Besides the comfort, it would also make it easier to access running water since you would just need to take a few steps to your bathroom/kitchen. And access to power would also be significantly less of a hassle since the room would already have lighting and outlets set up.

>tfw a speck of sawdust gets in your beautiful candy coat and you have to redo it all over again

>>10979839
Every 3P combiner is just an action figure with other vehicles stapled on. I don't get why Menasor gets whined about when Devastators and Liokaisers do the same

>>10979937
Bruticus is the one that changes between "this can fly" and "strong on land" feeling by changing limb position.

>>10979945
>Scramble CITY
>Military vehicles

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>>10978957
Nothing beyond the initial announcement. But to be fair IF has like three years of backlog at this point. Also its a shame that the add on parts aren't integrated into the transformation. They should steal from Animated and have the exhausts form nunchucks and sword handles.
>I want an MP Motormaster/Optimus Dekatora with working lights so bad now.

>>10979947
Yes. Vehicles used by a species that lives in a city.

>>10977847
I can't get into mechs that just look like a dude wearing armor. Even mechs that look like a party dude wearing armor, apparently.

>>10979626
funny, that's my favorite kind. I remember realizing as a kid that a suit of armor looks like the coolest kind of robot
what kind do you prefer? Exosquad kinda stuff?

>>10979630
Bulky clunky walking tanks are my poison, Mechwarrior and Warhammer type stuff. Metal Gear Rex rather than Sahelanthropus, to put it another way.

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>>10979608
Just don't take his shell off? Unless you mean the front plastron. I get that, it's a bit jarring, but all the turtles had pecs under their plastrons.
>>10979618
So weird and charming I love it.

>>10979432
I was afraid id miss out but ill have one this week. If i could find just a tag of krang id be happy but no dice yet.

>>10979335
Yeah IDK the instructions even mention it and I cracked the ball joint trying to get the Sutherland’s arm in, no idea what the deal is but I don’t recommend going for it. Still haven’t picked up a replacement copy.

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>>10979209
If Roze is piloting it in the first episodes I'll buy it, otherwise I'll wait for his KMF

Did anon get his Strike Freedom yet?

>>10979855
Find out on the 21st.

>>10979855
Lol, lmao
As the other anon said, next episode will be some time after the 21st after ami makes an inquiry

>>10979609
It's the rubber they used for his coat. Like >>10979764 said, you can air it out and he'll get better after awhile, but will start to stink again if you box him back up. You could also put him in a bag with some fabric softener sheets or an open box of baking soda and that will help as well. Figma Casca had the same issue, but her small rubber shoulder-cloak fucking reeked.

Smells like WD-40.

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>>10979095
This fucker was the best smelling figure I ever got. I grew up with Mossman and Stinkor, and their smell didn't last as long as this fucker did. It was like new car, but a thousand times better.

>>10979890
I hope we eventually get him in Black Series

>>10979437
No paint