and that's another one down nice to just do a traditional normal no bullshit colony again, but it kinda does reinforce to me that I gotta play on higher difficulties nowadays to get real engagement out of rimworld might do an anomaly run with that Syndicate mod next

Someday I'll get a good Rack N Ruin.... I got a bunch of other Wreckers but this team, these are the dudes.

So Warbot Assaulter. I've wanted this thing since I was a jobless loser in 2010. Saw it at Ages many times but either didn't have the money or wasn't collecting Wreckers. Does it hold up? Thankfully yes. I'm willing to forgive a lot for good styling and proportions, and holy fuck does he have them.

Well I finally got Assaulter and he is exactly as huge as I needed him to be. Came with a big poorly written sticky note on the front of the box saying BE CAREFUL WITH HIPS PEOPLE BREAK THEM so I've been extremely careful and am probably gonna disassemble and tweak some stuff.

I've been generally ignoring the hastak combiners since they went the dog shit 3p method of "make a mountain of kibble the entire combiner" but the fuck do you mean swindle has a kibble trailer he's a foot he doesn't even become a leg he just slots into an existing leg why does he need a trailer

So, month and a half late, wanted to finally do my top 5 of 2025 for toys. Fairly easy to pick a top 3, but really hard to pick the remaining two. Effectively got the toy I've wanted more than any other my whole life this year, so lol. 🧵🔽

okay finally making a list of all the stuff I bought that came out last year and there's actually more stuff than I figured just annoying trying to make a top 5 in general when I realize my actual tops were stuff like Pose+ Baikanfu which are years old and I just managed to get ahold of last year

guy who considers tracking down the sentinel Liger figure just because he really likes the wrestler and the theme song but has never watched the anime

Felt like bringing out the BD-1 today for no particular reason. Really love the whole ANIME subline, the interchangeable effect parts really make the whole line so damn fun. Gotta get myself more of the machinegun burst parts.

kinda crazy seeing so many companies putting out hellboy figures this year and yet they're all not even remotely close to as good as the now like 10 year old 1000toys release like yes sentinel stuff is always ahead of the curve, but that one still holds up beautifully so many years later

Went absolutely insane over the last hour trying to remember what the song used in the OG1 tv ad was only to have to listen to all the OGs midis until my brain finally switched back on and told me it was the Alpha vocal version of Vanishing Trooper..... www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRRF...

the curry [chicken] rice and peas

so completely enchanted by this game that this line in my head nearly made me shout and flip my chair backwards THAT'S FUCKING RIGHT FIGHTING GUYS 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

oh right also this

Pulling out the f-slurs today.

I've been following the Blaze Mazinkaiser for months because I only have the old SRC (it sucks), specifically because it's a non-greebled version based on the SRW Alpha debut of it and god fuck I've seen the gimmick shown off but this is the sickest fucking shit oh my GOD dudes

just wanted to less with him last night after listening to SUPER VOYAGER again and this really is the best Optimus/convoy headsculpt of all time

get BURN NOW! as a battle theme exactly once and immediately I had to go find these fucking scratch build statue that looks amazing but was never made into a kit, and a hyper early prototype 1/12 that terada showed off and the only thing that ever got mass produced was the minifig....

getting that sandstorm really making me want to finally snap and get that fansproject broadside after a decade plus just ooo, old early 10s 3p toy aesthetic......

Got Sandstorm used today for a pretty decent price. He's alright. I would be very upset if I paid leader price for him because that stupid kibble cage being required to make the car mode look good is abhorrent, but overall he's just okay. Considering repainting his head to be LSOTW style, but eh?

just realized I completely forgot to do a top toys of last year like I was telling myself to, so I think I'm gonna try to do that tomorrow questioning if I should include just stuff I bought in general or things that released in 2025 but we'll see I just wanna ramble lmao

The mechasmile specific site for this is so insanely cool, unbelievably good html design. Even if you don't at all care about da garn or gokin stuff in general you should still check it out because it is SO cool. Can't wait to see the J-Decker stuff after that Duke Fire shown off last night.

Kind of curious but I do wonder if anyone here even knows I have a huge TBS collection based almost entirely on the Respawn games. Was pawing through some old photos and I really do miss this era of my collecting. Really fun army building like this.

they're killing axel now too lmao

type of shit I'm on, fucking JET MAGNUM S yeah give the old man piloting the mass production PT a finisher that starts with an insane sweep, transitions into a judo shoulder throw to ground bounce, and then finish with the magnum stake hit

Continuously so much joy being able to take photos like this, fuck. The Aggressors!!!! Really can't wait to see that RIOBOT Aussensaiter in the coming months. Happy as I am with my custom Mk-III Trombe, I really do just want that more than anything. Even if it can't Pferd Mode.

Yeah this mould is still very good. Proving that the only issue with the first release is that it was mostly unarmed. An MP Mk-II with the mega beam rifle and the machinegun bring so much play value and individuality to this thing.

every time I look at the SRC Alt I am kinda in awe at how good that thing is good solid 1lb toy due to all the diecast, hyper modern poseability despite the brick design of the mecha, and even had enamel paint all over it for what was like 60 bucks at the time

Yep, that's what I've been wanting for fucking ages.

I've quite literally been waiting 17 years to be able to do this.

Even the extreme stuff like high kicks are so doable despite the hip armour thanks to the shifting blue thigh plates. Really wish I knew where my black light pen was because god DAMN this thing is so sexy.

Still fucking around with this thing all day. It's so effortless and fun to pose.

I really do love these things, they're so fun such a little time capsule of how artists could get good paying work, their name on a publisher's desk and get to make something they're passionate about, just the coolest stuff

WHY IS THIS BOX SO BIG LMAO

alright Bandai after revealing this deeply stupid why even try to make it a combiner Exkaiser revealed an SHF Thunder Gridman that appears to be an armour set for the Shinkoccho Gridman which is an insane engineering feat so who knows anymore

kinda losing my mind at how shitty this is from an engineering standpoint and then seeing nearly 500 dollars and lmaoooooooooooooo

select quotes from today's session

got the Kai custom Gespenst mk-II HG for only 4000y and got some old SRW compilation manga in the same order

truly some of the best sprites I've ever seen in my life

remembered I owned RIOBOT Bloodia and this thing still fucks so hard, how is this like 15 years old now

managed to get a grail for a completely reasonable 30 dollars but instead of being in the traditional cassette case format it's coming in a fucking n64 box lmaooo

I'm calling it the Gespenst Type-R, idgaf. Got this when it came out ages ago, still rocks. Hip joint still terrifies me and I'm probably going to pin it ahead of time just to prevent the shearing of it like on my first copy. Really just wish I had more than the Neutron Rifle.

I know that Mai is basically totally distinct from Levi at this point but this dichotomy has been fucking sending me for the last few days

Built the second Gespy I bought a few months ago yesterday both cause I wanted to get some actual time with the godhands I bought. Definitely not the magical panacea people pretend they are, still need to sand and clean most parts, but it is nice. Still a cool as fuck kit too.

been thinking about this art for several days and despite my spoken comprehension only being at like 60% I'm tempted to buy this just for fun

I'm just gonna yak about Mugen Frontier here so I don't clog my media tab on main I cannot describe to you how deep this game's fangs are in me

Alright. SMP Astranagant. Is it worth the 350+ it would've cost to get this imported through official means? Absolutely not. Is it worth the 250ish I paid for it through mandarake months after they announced a reprint? I think so. It's insanely pretty and very well engineered.

much as it does deeply irritate me that Bandai couldn't be assed to commission boxart of any kind for this thing, it is at least really fuckin cool that they got Sachiko to do art for the standee you'd get as a pre-order bonus, and then slapped that on the box flap

finally got my Astranagant

YAHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO