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Jelze Bunnycat wrote:whacko wrote:Why would Takara release both an MP and an MPG of the same character at the same time? This just seems like it would cause confusion and cannibalize sales as most collectors will choose either one or the other instead of both just because of price. Just seems like a really bad strategy as many collectors might be willing to get both as long as their wallet isn't getting hit so hard all at once.
Missing Link Convoy did the same thing. If I read it correctly, the standalone Ginrai is in toy-accurate colors, while Super Ginrai is anime-accurate... like Missing Link Convoy.
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:whacko wrote:Why would Takara release both an MP and an MPG of the same character at the same time? This just seems like it would cause confusion and cannibalize sales as most collectors will choose either one or the other instead of both just because of price. Just seems like a really bad strategy as many collectors might be willing to get both as long as their wallet isn't getting hit so hard all at once.
Missing Link Convoy did the same thing. If I read it correctly, the standalone Ginrai is in toy-accurate colors, while Super Ginrai is anime-accurate... like Missing Link Convoy.
Syclone wrote:I am also going to throw my hat into 'The Great Sticker Debate' and say that, I'm an adult. It's 2024. These things cost hundreds of dollars. Please paint all the details you want on the figure and leave the stickers out.
Also, I understand what this subline is but, damn, just give me a true Takara masterpiece Devastator...
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Wait, I think there might be some confusion. As it was initially presented to me MP-60 Ginrai is the cab and MPG-09 is the TRAILER ONLY. You have to buy both to form Super Ginrai, at the current exchange rate that's already around $500 before God Bomber and sight unseen. No idea of quality or durability. Are you telling me that MPG-09 is the COMPLETE set with the cab AND trailer? if that's the case my opinion has heavily changed!
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:We'll know one way or the other eventually.
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:We'll know one way or the other eventually.
Sooner than later I hope.
blackeyedprime wrote: time for some MP (HD?) action masters
blackeyedprime wrote:Ginrai looks good, trailer looks bad. Big bot mode also not looking great either, hopefully better bigger pictures can convince me. Now that hasbro is doing O-ring ghostbusters.... time for some MP (HD?) action masters
Emerje wrote:Syclone wrote:I am also going to throw my hat into 'The Great Sticker Debate' and say that, I'm an adult. It's 2024. These things cost hundreds of dollars. Please paint all the details you want on the figure and leave the stickers out.
Also, I understand what this subline is but, damn, just give me a true Takara masterpiece Devastator...
The stickers are optional and for people who buy both and would rather the trailer have to stickers to match MP-60. My understanding is that MP-60 will not have stickers.
As for Devastator, considering how Raiden turned out I'm not sure that's a good idea. Combined he'd still only be 12" tall and we're already getting one that height in SS next year.
Emerje
Syclone wrote:Unrelated to anything, I just noticed my TWENTY YEAR anniversary of being part of this forum was last week![]()
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-Kanrabat- wrote:Syclone wrote:Unrelated to anything, I just noticed my TWENTY YEAR anniversary of being part of this forum was last week![]()
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You've been here for 20 years yet you only have 89 posts? That's just one post around each 11 weeks.
That is, unless it's a second account.
I think it's just being cheap, or in the case of 44S, trying to keep the cost on an expensive tooling manageable. It was billed as a companion piece to 36+ Megatron and that toy has really nice G1 toy detail tampos all over it. Even MP Artfire has tampos. For toy-inspired redecos like these, I'd much rather have tampos than stickers.-Kanrabat- wrote:About the stickers, those are only optional if one want the "toy" deco.
So it's a compromise that is acceptable because the MP line is all about toon accuracy after all.
ScottyP wrote:I think it's just being cheap, or in the case of 44S, trying to keep the cost on an expensive tooling manageable. It was billed as a companion piece to 36+ Megatron and that toy has really nice G1 toy detail tampos all over it. Even MP Artfire has tampos. For toy-inspired redecos like these, I'd much rather have tampos than stickers.-Kanrabat- wrote:About the stickers, those are only optional if one want the "toy" deco.
So it's a compromise that is acceptable because the MP line is all about toon accuracy after all.
Signed,
A guy that's really bad at putting stickers on straight
Syclone wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Syclone wrote:Unrelated to anything, I just noticed my TWENTY YEAR anniversary of being part of this forum was last week![]()
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You've been here for 20 years yet you only have 89 posts? That's just one post around each 11 weeks.
That is, unless it's a second account.
I was looking at that too and that doesn't seem right. I posted a ton when I first got here. It's definitely slowed considerably since then and, with my collecting focus being solely the MP line, I don't pop up for everything. Still, I feeeeeeeeeeel like it should be way higher than that. If old threads are long deleted, at least my join date stayed
Syclone wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Syclone wrote:Unrelated to anything, I just noticed my TWENTY YEAR anniversary of being part of this forum was last week![]()
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You've been here for 20 years yet you only have 89 posts? That's just one post around each 11 weeks.
That is, unless it's a second account.
I was looking at that too and that doesn't seem right. I posted a ton when I first got here. It's definitely slowed considerably since then and, with my collecting focus being solely the MP line, I don't pop up for everything. Still, I feeeeeeeeeeel like it should be way higher than that. If old threads are long deleted, at least my join date stayed
Emerje wrote:When it comes to stickers, use tweezers, they make everything so much easier, especially smaller ones that need to go into recessed areas like on Titan Fort Max's legs.Syclone wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Syclone wrote:Unrelated to anything, I just noticed my TWENTY YEAR anniversary of being part of this forum was last week![]()
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You've been here for 20 years yet you only have 89 posts? That's just one post around each 11 weeks.
That is, unless it's a second account.
I was looking at that too and that doesn't seem right. I posted a ton when I first got here. It's definitely slowed considerably since then and, with my collecting focus being solely the MP line, I don't pop up for everything. Still, I feeeeeeeeeeel like it should be way higher than that. If old threads are long deleted, at least my join date stayed
Pretty sure there was a forum glitch or server crash that resulted in a bunch of topics and posts getting lost. A lot of pictures from older forum posts and news articles have been lost as well.
Emerje
chuckdawg1999 wrote:As someone who has done some Gunpla in my day tweezers help, a lot, but they're not perfect, especially if your hand shakes or the glue isn't good, or they're just not cut right.
Emerje wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:As someone who has done some Gunpla in my day tweezers help, a lot, but they're not perfect, especially if your hand shakes or the glue isn't good, or they're just not cut right.
Don't forget static. I've had stickers that had a little bit of static on them and when trying to apply them they kept bending toward the figure instead of staying flat when placing them. But still, I can't think of a situation where they made applying stickers worse.
Emerje
-Kanrabat- wrote:Emerje wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:As someone who has done some Gunpla in my day tweezers help, a lot, but they're not perfect, especially if your hand shakes or the glue isn't good, or they're just not cut right.
Don't forget static. I've had stickers that had a little bit of static on them and when trying to apply them they kept bending toward the figure instead of staying flat when placing them. But still, I can't think of a situation where they made applying stickers worse.
Emerje
As someone who applied a lot of Reprolabels, there's one recurring thing that is very annoying: When a tiny sticker act like a "flea" and "jump" out of your tweezers to disappear into the ether.
-Kanrabat- wrote:Yeah, no way will they release the trailer alone. That would be completely daft.
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