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I don't think there are actually that many forgettable characters in Beast Wars, and certainly none of the recurring cast. Rhinox served several roles - scientist, enforcer, inventor. All wrapped up in the most adorable alt mode ou could ever want -a rhino.
As much as I loved the guy, I didn't exactly jump on the preorder when MP59 was announced. It was close to $300 CAD before shipping and I didn't like him enough to pay that. Turns out it was a good thing I didn't because a week after it was released in Japan, a few stores there were having massive sales, dropping the price by 35%.
That's how I ended up with one from Amazon JP for about $250 CAD shipped.
I guess if I had to describe the size, I'd probably say Seeker like - pretty big, but the bigger ones are generally the more massive figures. Accessories seem to be adequate, with an extra face, trader twin Gattling Guns (with accurate blades for once), and a few things my memory doesn't really bring up, namely what I think is a Spark extraction device and a Spark.. maybe it was from the episode where Primal takes on Optimus Prime's spark to keep it safe while the body is being repaired?
The Beast mode offers more articulation than the original toy, which truth be told, isn't saying that much. You get lower leg articulation (swivel) and the head can be pulled out so you get some neck articulation a long with a moving jaw and articulated eyes. I have no idea how this compares to more recent releases like the Kingdom version, but I suspect if it's anything like with Rattrap, this is probably much better. For what it's worth, it's certainly a much better looking Rhino, and like the others in the series at least the mode LOOKS like animation model.
Transformation into Bot mode involves quite a few panel shifts and tucking things away, but ultimately the experience itself wasn't as stressful as with other figures with known joint quality issues. The robot mode is pretty faithful to the animation. There are of course things that aren't going to be accurate (such as the extra bulk needing to be taken into account) but overall it looks gorgeous. Love the giant hands even if the thumb articulation is kind of weird. There's probably also some angry mob upset about hollowness of the torso, which to be fair isn't nearly as bad as other offenders.
The alternate face plate shows more teeth so when you open the mouth it looks more natural... as if a robot with teeth ever looked natural to begin with.
If there is one low point to the figure, it's robot mode articulation. It's not terrible, it's just that after all that work to turn it into a humanoid, I'd have hoped for something with better articulation than a Voyager. Pretty as he is, Rhinox only has maybe 30 degrees of waist swivel in either direction and shoulders are standard, which means no butterfly joints for arm crossing action. Other areas function as expected - unfortunately for me they fused the second and third fingers on each hand. Head articulation is pretty good with a very good head tilt range of motion.
Overall when it comes to posing, it's really what you'd get with a good Mainline figure, so basically it's alright.
Paint Applications are gorgeous. Colour choices are ripped right from the show. There are some flaws here and there, which is typical of mass manufactured products such as this. I didn't notice anything that was a show stopper so for me this seemed fine.
Build Quality seems to be wonderful. Everything fit together nicely, nothing seemed overly fragile, joints did their job.
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Title: Traité de médecine et de thérapeutique
Creator: Girode, J. (Joseph)
Creator: Brouardel, P. (Paul), 1837-1906
Creator: Gilbert, Augustin Nicolas, 1858-1927
Creator: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Publisher: Paris : J.-B. Baillière
Sponsor: Jisc and Wellcome Library
Contributor: Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh
Date: 1902
Language: und
Description: Cont: t. 1. Maladies microbiennes. 1895 -- t. 2. Maladies microbiennes (suite et fin); maladies produites par les champignons. 1896 -- t. 3. Maladies parasitaires, intoxications, affections constitutionnelles, maladies de la peau. 1897 -- t. 4. Maladies du tube digestif, maladies du péritone. 1897 -- t. 5. Mal;adies des glandes salivaires, du pancréas, du foie, de la rate, des reins, de la vessie, des organes génitaux de l'homme et de la femme. 1898 -- t. 6. Maladies du coeur, des artères, de l'aorte, des veines, du système lymphatique et du sang. 1899 -- t. 7. Maladies du nez, du larynx, de la trachée, des bronches et des poumons. 1900 -- t. 8. Maladies des plèvres et du médiastin, maladies de l'axe cérébro-spinal. 1901 -- t. 9. Maladies du cerveau, de l'isthme de l'encéphale, des méninges encephaliques, de la moelle épinière, et des méninges spinales. 1902 -- t. 10. Maladies des nerfs périphériques, névroses, maladies des muscles. 1902
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A bit dark. Look at the details at the trees and stuff in the background. Snow and stuff gives most cameras a hard time.
Advanced exposure modes –
P – Programmed autoexposure – Camera selects f-stop and shutter speed to ensure proper exposure.
A – Aperture-priority autoexposure – User selects f-stop, camera selects shutter speed.
S – Shutter-priority autoexposure – User selects shutter speed, camera selects f-stop.
M – Manual exposure – User selects both f-stop and shutter speed.
Automatic exposure modes -
Auto with green camera – Automatic
Arrow crossed out – Same as automatic, but flash is disabled
Woman’s head – Portrait mode – Softly focused backgrounds
Mountain – Landscape mode – Keeps everything is sharp focus
Child – Child mode - Same as portrait, more vivid
Running man – Sport mode – Fast shutter speed to avoid blur
Flower – Macro – Soft focus backgrounds for close ups
Figure with star - Evening mode - Softer lighting, brighter backgrounds
Guide – How to use the camera
Display test, CLR key
Pressing any of the other screen-function keys (besides the ones used for the 3 test modes) makes "INV ENTR" appear at the bottom of the screen. Pressing the "CLR" key seems to reset the screen, and clears this text. None of the other keys do anything as far as I can tell.
Full description and reverse-engineering analysis here: www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/looking-inside-an-old-airc...
This picture just brought to mind, those early years as a conductor
on every trip with Buffalo guys or Conrail engineers despised running with class lights .
many times id be told to shut them off.
( i liked them )
But as i see now they have been removed , just like mechanical interlocking removed, but with no love lost.
With so much taken from railroaders tasks in jobs the only thing left is still complaining on getting up for work.
The railroad today can very easily remove a person from operating altogether everything is now in place on modern locomotives that would not require employees at all.