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  2. mark-1s
    I understood that reference…….unfortunately.
  3. jvmacross
    Timely...
  4. VF8000G
    I think it must be a really low production quantity, and the announcement of the gloss finish version may have temporarily tanked the price of the regular release on the second hand market. Before this, it used to regularly go for $6-700 before shipping which is ludicrous. Kotobukiya doesn't usually make a lot of large high-end action figures, and to my knowledge I don't think they've released anything like this in the past. It reminds of the boutiqueness of Wave's Tetsukyoujin figure which also seemingly came out of nowhere and remains elusive on the aftermarket. I will say though, the 48,000 yen MSRP doesn't seem as absurd as those new Metal Builds from Bandai which are roughly the same price and give you a lot less.
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  6. Seto Kaiba
    If you think about it, it's not surprising that Zentradi would make up the bulk of anti-government militants. There were 8 times as many Zentradi as Humans living on Earth after the First Space War, and there's likely been a fairly decent intake of Zentradi over the decades as the New UN Forces encounter and defeat various Zentradi scouting forces and such. It's been fairly well established that a lot of Zentradi struggle to adapt to a life without the rigor of military discipline and the adrenaline high of combat. Some get over it in time. Some turn to substance abuse. Some join the New UN Forces to find a "healthy" outlet for their urges, and some wind up joining anti-government groups either because they feel discriminated against or simply so they can indulge their designed-in instinct to fight. The number of incidents seems to have gone down with time, though... whether that's simply because the New UN Government is getting better at rehabilitating Zentradi soldiers and integrating them into society or because the Master File-mentioned gene theraphy is helping more Zentradi control their inbuilt aggression is unclear. Probably. I'd expect there are some medical firms researching ways to make micloning safer and more reliable, since there are at least a minority of people who suffer some kind of health problems because of it. It certainly seems to have been, yes. You already beat me to the reference I was going to point to, and Exsedol's bio suggests that micloning him involved removing a bunch of the biotechnological "features" that his role required... and that he reinstalled them when he returned to living as a giant for fear of running short of memory capacity. For what it's worth, Ranka's hair is never mentioned as being a quirk/abnormality... just a trait she has through her Zentradi heritage. We know almost nothing about Tokugawa-san, that giant Zentradi enka singer from Folmo mall. He doesn't quite have tusks... but two of his bottom teeth do protrude past his lip almost like he has cute girl fangs. That could be a genetic quirk, or it could also be an affectation he's adopted for his career as an enka singer along with his traditional Japanese wardrobe. We do see other Zentradi with aggression/anger management issues in Macross 7. The only hint we have as to why that tapered off is Master File's assertion that there was a gene therapy developed in the 2040s and 2050s that dialed the Zentradi's aggression responses back to Human levels, eliminating the need for the kind of medication that Guld was taking in Macross Plus. Now, we know he has a history of choosing the underdog/losing side in basically every conflict he's fought in... but he's not that old. His official bio says he's "in his 40s" in Macross Delta's TV series, meaning the earliest he could've been born is 2018 (assuming he is 49 in 2067). Quamzin's forces were wiped out in 2012, six years or more before he was even born.
  7. Roy Focker
    Andor = The actual historic events of the Star Wars from eons long ago. Original Trilogy = The mythology legends of the Star Wars passed down through the eons to our modern day. Prequels, Sequels & Everything else = A modern reinterpretation of those Star Wars bedtime stories now for a new young and hip audience.
  8. Chronocidal
    Not a bad price considering the rarity, but yeah, I haven't seen much fanfare about it. Maybe because they were testing the waters for this product line with a fairly unremarkable design? I know it was a headliner for AC4, but I don't recall that game getting nearly as much fanfare as 4A when it dropped. I do keep hoping they'll do more figures at this level though, since the first one wasn't really a design I was interested in. They put out a White Glint though, and I will be all over it immediately.
  9. Old_Nash_II
    Brazilian Neptune
  10. TG Remix
    ...Huh, well that's both underwhelming and mildly annoying. Maybe it's because I've recently went through stories on the generic side like M3, Digital Mission VF-X, and 7 Trash, but I'm not necessarily of a fan of how the franchise defaults to making rogue Zentradi being the only source of Anti-UN activity within the government's sphere, when we had material like Zero showing that humans are still as a big as jerks as we can be. I suppose it is supposed to be some kind of irony that the one fleet who went over and beyond with their cybernetics is the one population that had no Zentradi at all, but still....It definitely makes me appreciate VF-X2 for playing it a bit smarter then just yet more jolly green giant falling back to instincts. Reminds me of one VF-1 Master File book that had a small blurb about Regults being stationed as garrison units for Macross City because some giants were unable to be micloned....Which had to suck for them and others who had the same issue when the ban was put in place. Even with the ban in place I'd imagine some areas being more savvy to researching it. Rich places like the Frontier fleet of course had a island block dedicated to them, and Ouroboros has a notable population of Zentradi that work as giants, even with specified mining suits for them. And at least with 30's novelization having some of their woes being treated as nothing more then "walking Destroids," if not living as one full time, instances can exist where some study can be done with them in a somewhat consistent basis. I wonder if that was the material's way of having both SDF and DYRL designs work in tandem one another, where the former could be seen as his miclone appearance without the specialized brain capacity of a archivist type. Would that imply that with some cases miconization would actively change the physical form of someone if necessary? Macross Outside Story seems to suggest something like that, since it mentions giants having the placement and even amount of internal organs being modified, where their miclone bodies are the exact same as humans. Something's bound to change during the process. Does seem like with his case, alongside Guld's and Micheal's, that even if some were more overstated then others, that they were still playing with the concept of unforseen consequences of Zentradi hybrids, or at the very least with Klang's, Zentran born through normal reproduction. Makes me wonder the other quirks we see with others in Frontier are a result of that, like Ranka's emotive hair, and a background one that I could've sworn had orc-like tusks. Definitely can be an amazing in-universe study on how random it is and why some are hit harder then others, since Guld seems like the odd man out regarding his enhanced aggression with other half-Zentradi, and Micheal's incapability to become giant. (Well ignoring the fact that they're not as marketable as those like Ranka and the Jenius daughters lol.) Ernest being half-Zentran intrigues me somewhat; in Delta's mini theatre it presents him with a very extensive (and quite frankly questionable) career going between many insurgent forces; specifically the Kamujin Clan, rogue Zentradi, and Black Rainbow, which surprised me the most considering most of the animated material opted to not really mention or reference spin off material. Kamujin's mention also caught me off guard since his reign on Earth didn't really last beyond two years. I'm only assuming he'd have remnants to follow where he couldn't? His character page in Macross Chronicle did mention a child he was rumored to have with Laplamiz...
  11. Papa Rat
    Thanks. There was some trepidation in sawing it in half but it was not a big deal. A first for me.
  12. Seto Kaiba
    If I could change any one thing, I'd have kept the F-bomb in the conclusion of Maarva's speech in "Rix Road".
  13. Mog
    The one-two punch of the prison escape then Luthen’s awesome monologue sent it to another level. And who’d have thought they’d make compelling, layered characters out of cereal-eating Syril and typical, rank-climbing antagonist Dedra? Even the minor characters are well developed.
  14. Seto Kaiba
    Andor has always been among the very best Star Wars has had to offer... IMO, it crossed the line to being The Best back in "One Way Out" and cemented its permanent residency in the top spot with "Rix Road". Haven't seen the new episodes yet (that's tonight), but I am VERY much looking forward to it.
  15. VF25-F
    Good night everyone......and sweet dreams
  16. tekering
    I came to that impression back on Aldani, and the whole Ghorman arc has confirmed it. I don't think there's any question. Maybe if The Empire Strikes Back had been over twenty hours long, it could've been as dramatic as Andor has proven to be...
  17. Thom
    Good improvement!
  18. Thom
    The scene was very good as is, but that just jumps it up to a whole other level.
  19. Mog
    Maybe not the absolute best, but it’s definitely shot itself up to the upper echelons of damn good Star Wars.
  20. Thom
    I do. It looks fun and exciting. Just like the OG.
  21. Duke Togo
    There was a moment during last night's three-episode arc where I wondered to myself if this was the best Star Wars has ever been.
  22. mikeszekely
    It better be. The Ally X already is. That said, as developers start making ray tracing mandatory the Ally and Ally X are struggling. I can barely get 30fps in AC Shadows with everything on low settings and some pretty aggressive upscaling. The flip side, though, is that with the tariffs and what not I'm feeling like the Ally 2 is going to cost more than $1000, leaving plenty of room for the Steam Deck to sell to people who just don't want to pay that much for a handheld.
  23. Scyla
    I get your points on the Lego building. They have been mostly facades in my childhood too (see 6080 or 6392). And I get that you can easily modify the sets because of the basic nature of Lego blocks. However, with this train station it looks like this is even easier. Just buy three and bush them together like books on a shelf and you have a whole building (of course it is not so easy see for example the elevator). Rant: I also find it difficult to modify current Lego sets with other pieces from current Lego sets. For one thing, they are build with contrast pieces inside that makes building them easier (supposedly). Your bright teal and pink comes to mind. Then you have too many colors nowadays. I was trying to rebuild the Minecraft turtle house and I had three slightly different shades of green to distinguish and sort out. You also have too many different pieces so you are trying to find what you need in a see of greeble. This makes it all in all more difficult to build something on your own. Compared to the 80s where you had a limited palette both in colors and pieces (my child mind was blown discovering a brown Lego piece in my first Pirates set). With the Arctic sets I enjoy them from afar. I didn’t mean to imply that only kids can enjoy them but rather that Lego designed something that my kid self would enjoy. Nowadays my Lego collection is fairly limited to basically Minifig scaled OT Star Wars vessels. My budget (mostly time and display space) is limited so I have to pick and choose what I collect and not just buy what I think looks neat.
  24. VF8000G started following ARMORED CORED Kotobukiya Decoction Models
  25. VF8000G
    I just bought this for an incredibly good price on Mandarake (~$380 shipped); when I receive it I'll be sure to share photos and thoughts on it. Very few reviews in any language on this figure so far.
  26. Big s
    Looks pretty basic, but I did laugh at the struggle with the phone
  27. Mog
    Can’t take credit for transcribing this. But yeah, the message will stick:
  28. Danwenton
    Danwenton joined the community
  29. davidwhangchoi
    i wonder if this is better than steamdeck for games
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