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    HI METAL LOVE THREAD

    VFTF1 posted a topic in Toys

    So, I sat down to the Toys forum, intent on gloating about finally getting my hands on the last of the generally available HI METALS and...there seems to be no topic thread for them... While I love the 1/60 stuff from both Yamato and Bandai...let's give love where it's due! Bandai's HI METAL line is fantastic and...Mastergrade Gundam friendly. And...I again have no clue how to post images now... I tried using tinypic but the "link to a forum" url won't generate a picture here...help! :-) Pete
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    Coincidentially, I too am watching Zeta (the series). Some time agao, I watched the Movie Trilogy, but found it quite dissapointing on the whole (review here: http://dyrl.pl/detale.html?id=1042) The series is naturally much better. Will get around to writing up some reviews soon. Pete
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    Meanwhile, I got around to building my Zeta version 2.0. Happy with this one :-) More nice big pics of the Wave rider mode here: http://dyrl.pl/detale.html?id=1262 Pete
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    I think that's the point. It seems that the beginning of the 21st century is about making the dreams of 80s babies like us come true :-) Sometimes, they come true for the better...other times (I'm looking at you ROTF!) for the worse :-) Sometimes they are nightmares... Expendables is a dream come true. Pete
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    This is true. John Rambo was by far the best action movie in the old 80s vibe - it was the best Rambo movie by far and yes - it did blow away the Expendables by far. But John Rambo was melancholy and sombre; Expendables are just good 80s action fun. It's like - in John Rambo; the character was at the end of his life and, much like in Rocky Balboa, understood that so long as he was alive, he'd never escape who her really was - and a good thing too, since in both cases they were heroes. Expendables does not really put the stress on these guys being OLD and WORN - it's like they're showing off that they can still kick butt and be in their prime. It's a fun ride - and lots of hard core craziness - like at the beginning when they swung the plane around, the dude climbed out of the nose and machine gunned everybody - I mean - come on - that's awesome, implausable - and down right fun :-) I'm still working on my abbs, so lack the confidence to dress like this - but I'm getting very, very close to it :-) Pete
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    I just got word from my customs office that my Figma Haruhi Junior High School version has arrived; very happy about it. I'll be doing a review and posting pics soon. Pete
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    Well, It's already wearing on me. The crane-fight scene was so out of character... I got vibes of the Tintin and the "river of sharks" or whatever that crappy adaptation was called.. Pete
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    I just finished reading this old science fiction novel; it's part 3 of a trilogy. Definitely going to read the first two parts now. Didn't know about this - happy to have found it :-) My review is here: http://dyrl.pl/detale.html?id=1115 Has anybody else read this? I would have preferred if they made this into a movie instead of Narnia :-) Pete
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    The addition of Chuck Norris is too good to be true :-)
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    I'm do there, and I'm so getting this and the first one on DVD when it comes out. Welcome back Arnold!!! :-) Pete
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    Edited it to one R- thanks. I don't know why I wrote it with two..beats me... maybe it was in the subs or something. I watched a dub with sub-titles...if that makes sense. Pete
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    Oops. Thanks for the heads up. I'll change that as soon as I get a chance :-)
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    Hm - so long as one used a Gundam stand,,,this wouldn't be a problem... assuming it's not floppy, Pete
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    I totally forgot that I watched Charr's Counter Attack a while back, wrote up this review - and didn't actually post it...so...here are my thoughts on this OVA: http://dyrl.pl/detale.html?id=1062 Pete
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    Does anybody have the MG O? I was looking at it today, and I'm thinking that maybe next year for my birthday I'd like to get it. It's a unique enemy mecha, and I do like Zeta Gundam... but how's the poseability on those legs? Pete
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    Meanwhile, I'm awaiting the arrival of MG Zeta Gundam 2.0. For those of you wondering about my Nu build...I soured on it and gave it to some other lucky person who wanted it. Icky poo. Too old. Zeta Gundam 2.0 will hopefully be more yummy :-) Pete
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    Just a heads up that I have watched the movie and written up a review: http://dyrl.pl/detale.html?id=1107 No pictures yet to go with the review, mainly because I'm dead tired from work... :-0 Pete
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    Re: Tintin and the Land of the Soviets, Congo and in America - It is unfortunate that these early books get such a bad rap, particularly Tintin in the Land of the Soviets. In a time when the "serious" Western press and academia were lauding supposed Soviet progress, Tintin in the Land of the Soviets was actually telling the truth. The depiction of the Soviet Union in that book is perfectly accurate, even if it's based soley on prejudice and stereotype. History has demonstrated that that particular prejudice was a healthy one and that particular stereotype was spot on and factual. Tintin in the Land of the Soviets is politically good - on par with Tintin in Tibet or Tintin and the Blue Lotus. The only difference being that the latter two books are more sophisticated, while the first is more basic. Still, it is actually extremely accurate. Tintin in America on the other hand never bothered me, and the allegations that it's in any way racist towards indians are strange. Herge was a scout, he loved Indian culture and dreamed of visiting the native Americans. In fact, in Tintin in America, Herge uses satire to show the sad and tragic side of American industrial progress as it destroys the Native American culture. How is that racist? Herge was a supporter of Native Americans/Indians. When he finally visited America, he was very dissapointed when he visited an Indian reservation and witnessed lethargy and drunkeness - he was sad that this culture was eliminated and opressed and his Tintin in America was his grand vision of the western frontier which he adored. As for Tintin in Congo - I think this book is probably the hardest to defend, but Herge himself has said that he was simply ignorant and writing on the basis of existing colonial prejudice. Pete
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    I didn't notice the "vs" part of the post title and got all excited that Yamato was issuing it's 1/3000 SDF-1 in TV colors...but alas... Pete
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    Well, the VF-1D is certainly a gem - because of the nostalgia value and the little Minmey :-) This topic is hard... Pete
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    I was in Brussels this year and visited the Tintin boutique, where I bought Tintin: TOUT. It's a one volume collection of ALL the Tintin adventures (starting with Tintin in the Land of the Soviets and ending with Tintin et L'alph Art). I read Tintin as a child in the US. True, it was never very popular amongst Americans, but I loved it and was happy to be able to get it in Boston. Now I'm happy to have the original in French. Tintin is much better in the original, although the translations are by and large faithful. I'm also excited about the movie, though they do take many liberties. However, I've noticed that the liberties are in the plot - most of the visuals are actually taken straight out of the many books. That yellow plane they fly is from the Crab with the Gold Claws, the desert scene with Haddock in a red headband is also from Crab (I think). It's kind of a mish-mash of different scenes from different books. I would love to see this in French, but as far as I know the "original" is in English. Good thing Tintin has a British accent, though naturally I would prefer it if he just spoke French... In any event - it will be a real treat to go and watch this :-) Pete
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    I wanted to say the exact same thing - albeit not about the 1/60 v.2 but rather Bandai's 1:100 Hi Metal VF-1J. It's superior to the Yamato in every possible way. The sculpt is more anime accurate, the transformation - particularly of the shoulders/arms - is flawless, innovative and far superior to Yamato, and the durability and QC are better too. The pictures speak for themselves: http://dyrl.pl/detale.html?id=994 Pete
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    I hope they're not done with the line. The VF-100s were not perfect, but more than perfect for the price. Pete
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    These look great, but other than price, I am also kind of thinking that I would prefer something in the 1/100 scale that isn't as crappy as the vf100s but rather is as good as the HI Metal valkyrie. I am somehow really happy with my hi metals standing alongside my MG Gundams. I mean, nothing better in real-robot land than in scale collections... On the other hand - these are sweet... Pete
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    No, the poll is just distorted. If you add those who "like" Bassara to those who want to have his love child, Bassara clearly has more positive ratings ("like" and "want his love child" are both affirmations) than he does negatives. The poll is biased against Basara And...my two cents on the kamikaze thing: Insofar as I cann tell, almost NONE of the Macross pilots were Kamikaze except Guild and (maybe) Kinru. Kamikaze is flying into the enemy/running into the enemy with the INTENTION of giving up your life/commiting suicide for the purpose of killing/damaging the enemy as well. Most Macross pilots, like most soldiers DO RISK their lives - but they don't go into battle for the express purpose of getting killed to achieve their strategic or tactical goals. Basara certainly did not fly into battle as a kamikaze - and neither did Hikaru, Shin, Alto or almost anybody else. Guild - as far as I can tell - did for sure. He decided it was the only way to beat the ghost and give Isamu the opening to save Myung. Kinriu...i am not sure...I don't think he definitively intended on dying - but he was pretty clearly ready to give up his life to save Macross 7. I think that maybe if he could have someone escaped while achieving his goal - he would have... Anyways - it's all beside the point. Basarra never cared about the military or strategic ramifications of his actions anyways. He didn't think in those terms because military terms bread eternal conflict. Basarra wanted to think of the Macross colonies as primarily missions of Culture. He realized that it was ultimately Lyn Minmey who saved Earth and not armed force. He viewed all of the Macross colony vessels as primarily becons of culture for the universe. Pete Pete
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