Mechanical Skull Studios MSS 01 Sirius ( Armada Starscream )

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  1. TF Hot Rod

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    Ooh good idea. If Hasbro did Core BW show characters stuff that would work for Hasbro stuff.
     
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    Now THAT is a good use of Core class. I rarely buy core, because it feels like the whole legends scale MP trend... the same toys but worse
     
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    apparently the observations that he looks to be about deluxe size is correct as showz has the size listed at 4.92 inches, AKA about the average size of a deluxe.
    i know showz doesn;t always get the sizes accurate, but sometimes they're pretty close
     
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    It actually says 4.72". The deluxe size Hasbro is striving for.

    But it's close enough, and definitely too big for what I want. Maybe from the next company that gives legends Armada a try (nothing I'm holding my breath for).
     
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    I have cancelled Pre Order.
    I thought he is around 15-18 centimetre.
    But 11-12 Centimetre is far to small for me.
    Hope that Fans Hobby gives Armada Starscream a try.
    I always wanted an accurate Starscream, with best
    Articulation as possible.
     
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    Ah good it’s mainline-ish/CHUG sized.
     
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    Yeah 12cm is too small, not going to look good with mainline releases imo. Guess it's a (reluctant) pass from me.
     
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    Bear in mind that ShowZ has a habit of listing the wrong size on their product pages so I would advise against making a decision based solely on that. It would probably be best to just wait for an official size from MSS but I think from what we can tell it probably will end up being somewhere around deluxe size. I was hoping it was a legends scale Starscream but I am still interested in the figure and hope that they continue to release more Armada figures.
     
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    I used to be in the same camp. I still think larger figures are cooler display pieces, but I realized I rarely if ever handle pose or transform the larger masterpiece style figures. Also, they just take up too much space. For me personally, my ideal size class is probably Deluxe to voyager. So MMC stuff appeals to me the most. that being said this is my favorite starscream design, and this particular release looks to be one of the best takes on it. as others have said, I hope fans hobby takes a crack at it too
     
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    To be honest, it won't display well with anything but if it's priced right and looks good I'll probably get it anyway. Armada Starscream is a great design and it'll still make a good desk toy.

    I've currently three billys full of MPs :lol  Just looking at them makes me smile, but I do handle most of them fairly regularly- less so now since work takes up a lot of my time. But I'm still very happy to have them- and to be almost done with what I want! It's made picking up mainline stuff funny cos they all feel so small lol

    Like I said above, will probably still get this as an odd piece, just a bit sad it likely won't replace the Legacy version in the display. Unless they do a whole line in this scale, in which case goodbye official versions :lol 
     
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    I prefer a MP scale but since I have a space issue right now, glad to see this Starscream is smaller.

    Can’t wait to see how he looks with my Classics collection.
     
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    Clearance to use the ab crunch
     
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    That seems like an awful sacrifice to make to the front of the robot for specialty articulation!
     
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    Eh they tried, and you could just not use the joint if you don't like how it looks.
     
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    Probably for this scene, inbefore we get a starsaber and a swap out chest for the repaint.
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    So it looks like he's around 12 cm tall, judging from that Pic. An average soda can is around 12.2 cm. I'm good with that size and really hope this guy ends up being a good release. I also really hope this company will keep the train rolling with more characters from Armada :D 
     
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