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Well, it's FINALLY here. The Takara Tomy Transformers Missing Link C-01 Convoy, aka Optimus Prime.
This figure is exactly what it looks like. Takara Tomy released a G1 Optimus Prime, but reengineered with modern articulation and other conveniences, which I'll get into shortly. The C-01 is a G1 toy deco and comes with the trailer, whereas the C-02 is just the cab and has cartoon colours. Having never owned an 84 Prime, even after Lord knows how many reissues, I opted to get the full package.
So first off, in terms of contents and size. Going off memory and online pictures, it doesn't seem like this package shortchanged anyone looking to relive those simpler times. I know the missiles (yay spring loaded launchers), Ion Blaster, and the hose/gas nozzle were present back in the day. Not sure about the need to attach the wheels to Roller (Silver version) and maybe the Matrix and Energon Axe came with one of the Encore release? I just know it's all there. Tires on the main components are rubber, branded "Formula Desert Dog: Size wise, it looks about the same, if not exactly the same. All of this is kept in a styrofoam tray, which isn't something you sere that often these days.
Documentation wise you get Tech Spec Card, the red decoder strip for the back of the box, instructions, stickers, and what I believe is a pamphlet hyping out the figure that you've already bought. The stickers do not appear to be the cheap foil ones that Hasbro released with Victory Saber, but ultimately for my sanity I'm not going to apply them anyway.
The trailer itself functions almost the same as the OG. I mean, it gets towed by the cab, and splits open to reveal the Repair Drone and the various battle stations for the old Diaclone figures. I'm not sure if the Repair Drone being removable and on wheels is an OG thing, an Encore thing, or influenced by MP44, but it comes off. Repair Drone still features a functional cockpit and is on an arm that can be used to raise the Drone into position for its various modes. I didn't take a photo of Repair Bay mode because I forgot and TBH, I just don't like most of base modes throughout Transformers history. The only modern convenience I noticed is that the arm on the Repair Drone is now mounted to the body via a ball joint rather than just a swivel.
The Cab is where you'll see more innovation, though it's not exactly as earthshattering as I'd like. Parts of the Cab are diecast metal, though I'm not sure if the amount is the same.
The head appears to be the same one used in the recent Walmart reissue, though I'm not sure if that's exactly the same as back in the day. The forearms, knees and toes feature actually moulded details rather than relying on stickers, and in the instance of the C-01, these details are actually painted in. The Cab interior is now modified to be a Matrix holder rather than having seating for Diaclone figures, though again, this might have happened during a reissue.
The shoulders and arms are OK. Shoulder now connect to the body via an additional swivel joint, which allows the figure to raise its arms laterally. Fists are now built in and can open/close. Elbow is a ratchet joint and you can now rotate the forearm, though you're still limited at a 90 degree bend. Head can rotate, though I'm not sure if this is new or not. You're also given an ab crunch, which is nice.
The legs are where I'm kind of iffy. There's a slight bit of waist swivel. The legs now have a bit more articulation, which includes hip, knees, and toes. Legs can spread apart wider, with the tires of the cab capable of swinging out of the way so the legs can move more. What doesn't thrill me is that the legs are attached to a pair of plastic panels that are maybe 4mm thick each that need to be slid apart as part of the transformation process. I worry from a durability perspective, both due to the sliding mechanism, and the amount of force put on the hip joint itself.
Another thing that annoys me is how the production process (or rather, the trimming/sanding department) left four unsightly sprue marks on the back of robot modes legs.
Otherwise, Paint isn't bad at all. The most impressive paint would be on the face and the various raised mechanical details. There's also a nice return of chrome to the figure, which is something that is sorely missed from the current Walmart Retro collection. Printing on the decals looks very sharp. Colour matching between die cast and plastic parts isn't bad, but it's noticable. As for Build, there's my concerns over the engineering and construction of the legs.
"For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons." (Douglas Adams)
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First instance of the shutter starting to get too cold. The last eleven shots on the roll look like this.
Russia is advising residents to keep away from journey to Canada, citing what it calls quite a few instances of discrimination towards Russians, together with bodily violence, its International Ministry stated on Saturday.Canada is likely one of the most vocal backers of Ukraine within the battle towards Moscow's forces and has imposed sanctions on lots of of Russian officers and corporations in addition to wide-scale commerce bans."As a result of quite a few situations of discrimination towards Russian residents ... in Canada, together with bodily violence, we advocate you chorus from travelling to this nation for the needs of tourism, training, and within the context of enterprise relations," the Russian International Ministry stated in an advisory."If you're already in Canada, we urge you to be vigilant, particularly in public locations."The advisory, dated April 20, was posted on the Ministry's foremost Telegram channel on Saturday. The Canadian overseas ministry was not instantly obtainable for remark.Shortly after the battle began final yr, Canada suggested residents to keep away from all journey to Russia.Russia final week imposed sanctions on 333 Canadian officers and public figures, together with outstanding Olympians, in what it stated was a tit-for-tat response to Canadian restrictions on Moscow and help for Ukraine.
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Pictures from level 50 instancing in LoTRO - Fornost when levelling, Carn Dum entrance and new Annuminas instances
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Would "amid" have been a better choice than "among," in this instance.
All this talk of "scrub" and "wash" has got me craving a sponge and a bucket of soapy water!
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In Grand County, Utah, on August 22nd, 2022, Cisco Wash as viewed from the west side of a bridge on Cisco Highway.
Cisco Wash flows to the Colorado River. The land in the foreground is Bureau of Land Management public land. In the distance are Union Pacific railroad tracks and the Book Cliffs.
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Another instance where the lens correction settings in LR did not export into PS5, anyone else having this issue. Huge natural light coming in from the left, notice the carpet color difference on both sides of the DR table. LR and PM Fusion Plugin 3 shots -2, 0, +2, GF flash fill.
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Instances such as this really are inspiring, great to see this type of support in helping this man achieve his goal!
*Just before mile marker 26 at the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Roosevelt*
Braden, Spiritslayer (Grimdeth) and Guildmaster Khelek save Westfall from the clutches of VanCleef. Huzzah!
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There are many instances when the Hire a nanny Los Angeles individual will be travelling or going to office, it is really tough to manage or keep small kids. In such situations the role of nanny is important and it is really worth to have the best professionals working. There are some nannies for hire Los Angeles advanced as well as best of new nanny services coming up in the market who will help in making it certainly as well as unique experience.
For instance, the selection of colors, placement of buttons, choice of accessories, fit of the garment and the overall styling of the outfit. And if the garment is a bespoke suit, the designer and the masters
Over the summer I came across two instances of night photography that stuck in my craw. A friend started posting images from night time alley ways where he lived. Simple but effective images of quiet alley ways with deep shadows, garage doors, garbage cans, and orange diffused street lights. Then a photographer named Pete Mauney came across my socials feed with his night time long exposure lightning bug photography and I was obsessed. The thing is, I wasn’t really sure HOW to shoot clear crisp bright night time photos. I have a lot of basic knowledge but thanks to memory issues and a head bump remembering that stuff is almost impossible. I started doing some research on YouTube, Google, and Reddit. I came away with a general idea of next steps that aligned to some photography basics I remembered from my film shooting days and this morning was my first foray into those experiments. The light trail stuff was just something I had fun with in the past with sparklers… also its fun to spin around in the street alone in the dark morning quiet with a flashlight laughing. I’ve learned some things and don’t have the words for questions on some others, but I’m going to write down what I can and figure it out and try again.
Flythrough, for instance, is a model based on the practice’s Telephone House proposal, into which a USB camera has been inserted. The camera moves along a set path through the model to show off the space in the style of an architecture walkthrough video, projecting its findings on a nearby screen. The twist, however, is that the model has been built entirely to facilitate its video – huge chunks of the building that would remain unseen in the video have simply not been built, with upper elements of the structure instead propped up on spindles to reveal the void below. It feels a visually inventive means of critiquing the manner in which architecture is mediated through images, and the display also gains spice from the real-world sustainability debate surrounding Telephone House, which proposes to demolish an existing building in favour of a new build. What within our current practice and discourse is hollow, what meaningful? Flythrough provides an elegant means of accessing these issues.
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Supermodels - an exhibition of super architectural models by the Piercy&Co studio - opens 25 November at Regent Quarter, Kings Cross. Piercy&Co will install eight moving and animated models across the eerie setting of an empty central London building site. Supermodels represents the distillation of 20 years of the studio’s design thinking around the importance of the haptic, sensorial and experiential in architecture.
The mechanical automata, projection mapping, sound, light and scent employed by Piercy&Co in Supermodels are not the everyday techniques and products of an architectural project. Rather, they are a creative body of work and an experiment in how far the model can be pushed as a tool for communicating architectural ideas. The models were made over a five year period in Piercy&Co's London studio by the architectural team, between and around projects.
Each super model is based on a building by Piercy&Co - some built, some unbuilt - and abstracted to capture the kernel of the idea behind the building. The ‘coming alive’ of the models through film, sound and movement plays into the mysterious allure of objects with a miniature life of their own - the dolls house, the cuckoo clock, the model railway. The evocation of delight is intentionally egalitarian - an exploration of a mode of architectural communication that is ageless and universal. Supermodels seek to reconnect digital and physical worlds through a childlike sense of wonder and unfiltered joy.
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2023-07-16: Atef Majdoub, President of Instance Générale de Partenariat Public Privé (IGPPP) Tunisia addresses on stage during the PPPs in North Africa, for sustainable and inclusive growth at Tunisia ( Day 1 ).
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Pictures from level 50 instancing in LoTRO - Fornost when levelling, Carn Dum entrance and new Annuminas instances
Rare instance of a SIA Boeing 777-200(ER) operating this route, as usually it was an A330-300. Coming into RWY 25R as Singapore 178 Heavy
Another instance of someone trying to acclimate their dog to the lake. In this case he would stand on the board and paddle with the dog balancing on the front. To me, the dog did not look particularly enthused about the project.
Pictures from level 50 instancing in LoTRO - Fornost when levelling, Carn Dum entrance and new Annuminas instances
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brutal massacre of adivasis in Bijapur in Chhattisgarh by the armed and paramilitary is yet another shameful instance.
of state repression. .
We are also witnessing rising fascist and communal attacks on democratic voices and people's movements, and arenewed communal offensive all over the country. In Bharatpur (in Gopalgarh district of Congress-ruled Rajasthan)and Rudrapur town of Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand, communal violence was unleashed by hindutva.
fascist brigade. Earlier in 2011 , in Nitish Kumar-ruled Bihar, brutal police firing and atrocities in Forbesganj killed 4.
innocent Muslims and left nine others severely injured. Also, Darbhanga in Bihar has emerged as the latest site ofminority witch-hunting, where Muslim youth are picked up, branded as .
'terrorists', arrested and tortured without ashred of evidence. In Delhi too, well-known journalist Qazmi has been arrested under completely spurious charges.Meanwhile, the victims of communal and casteist violence time and again fail to get justice in the courts. A Delhi courtacquitted 82 of the 97 people accused in the Mirchpur killings, for "lack of evidencell. The Patna High Court acquitted .
all the perpetrators of the horrific Bathani Tola massacre. In Gujarat, whistle blower policeman Sanjeev Bhatt and.
other democratic voices exposing state complicity in the 2002 Gujarat genocide are being victimised and silenced bythe Narendra Modi government. .
While peoples' movements against state repression, forcible land grab and corporate loot Intensified, the CPI(M) and.
the CPI were reduced to their lowest ever tallies in the Lok Sabha elections of 2009, both these parties suffered yet.
more electoral defeats in 2011. The left front government was absolutely routed in West Bengal after being in power.
for more than 30 years. Unfortunately, right-wing forces like the Trinamool Congress capitalised on the public anger.
against forcible land acquisition in Singur and Nandigram and against the Left Front governmenes corporate land graband state terror. After coming to power, the reactionary right-wing TMC government in West Bengal has repeatedlybeen showing its real draconian character -brutally clamping down on women, farmers, workers and any democratic.
dissenting voice. .
It is in these times that the JNU students' movement and JNUSU has stood as a firm defender of students.
peoples' rights against these multiple assaults. ' and .
J NUSU: Carrying Forward the Mandate for Social Inclusion, Democratization, Against.
Comm ercialization and Administrative Assaults .
After a protracted legal and political struggle by the student community, the JNUSU elections were finally restored inMarch 2012. JNUSU we all recognise not a seat of power; rather it is a seat of struggle. JNUSU stands committed to.
broadening the horizons of the student movement of JNU -carrying forward struggles for social inclusion and social.
justice, against commercialization of higher education and for greater democratization. Immediately after being" .
electeci, the JNUSU called for GBMs in all schools/centres in JNU to prepare a Charter of Demands. Thus, withthe broadest possible participation ofthe student community, the agenda for JNUSU was prepared..
The current JNUSU had a very short tenure, having being elected only in March 2012. However, every single day of.
this tenure has been utilized to carry forward and strengthen our struggles. Several init iatives were taken up for the.
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For the first time in JNU's history, the JNUSU took up the issue of the high weightage of viva marks in.
JNU's entrance exam. The viva committee was forced to accept JNUSU's analysis of systematic.
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Following JNUSU's intervention, for the first time, JNU as an institution conduced mandatory gender.
sensitization and orientation classes..
A national platform for campus democracy and against the Lyngdoh recommendations was forged.;. Tatkal services in railway reservation were operationalised in JNU for the first time..
For the first time in JNU, systematic, institutionalized efforts are being taken up to make JNU barrier-free for.
physically handicapped students; readers' and escorts' allowance for PHN H students has been increased to.
Rs 2000 per month. .
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Plan, for increasing MCM, for building more hostels, forbetter health care facilities and for improving other infrastructural facilities..
:,. Improvements in hostel allotments: This year, unlike before, SC/ST/PH students received hostelaccommodation within a day of applying, and OBC and general category students were allotted hostels.
simultaneously. After JNUSU's intervention, the old SPS building has been renovated and turned into a full-.
fledged dormitory for boys to address the immediate accommodation crisis..
> After three long years, JNU's Central Library procured around 3,700 new books. There have also been.
cataloguing. .
several changes and improvements in the library facilities, including renovation, digitisation and improved .
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In an instance of perfect timing, after the beignets we ran into the traditional easter parade (apparently there is also a raunchy Bourbon Street version which we missed). This event is all about ladies in hats and champagne. Luckily, we made friends with the champagne man on our way to the Cafe du Monde, as you will soon see.
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