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  2. Gabe Q
    Ah man! I forgot all about that Kakizaki version. I hope I can find one for a reasonable price! If anyone spots one could you please let us know?
  3. Seto Kaiba
    Call me a huge literary nerd if you want, but the actual literary definition of a main character/protagonist is the character whose actions are central to the plot and move the story forward through their interaction with the antagonist(s) via the story's central conflict. What you're describing there is a POV character. You can have multiple of those, and they need not be the story's main character, but in general at least one of them spends their time in the story observing the main character whose actions move the plot forward. To give a Gundam example, Reconguista in G shows events through the perspective of Bellri Zenam, Luin Lee, Noredo Nug, and others... but it's principally the actions and views of Bellri that move the story forward making him the Main Character. Framing Machu, Shuji, and Nyan as the show's main characters definitely looks like a mistake at the present time. Shuji, I agree, he's a walking plot device not a character. He has no personality. He's had no real character development. What little we've seen of him suggests that he's basically a sockpuppet for the disembodied consciousness inhabiting the Alpha Psycommu of the Red Gundam and getting raptured out of the frigging story two episodes ago didn't really change anything about the story. Nyan, no... if any character is totally lacking in agency it's her. She is just kind of involuntarily caught in Machu's orbit from the get-go because Machu was sharp enough to notice Nyan had slipped the black market installer device into her bag and spot the tracker on it. The only time she ever really takes action is when Machu can't... when Machu's stuck in that locker with Xavier and will miss their Clan Battle while Shuji's sick, or when Machu needs to rob the Pomeranians to fund their escape to Earth. She only goes to Zeon when things go pear-shaped because Xavier insists on it and she only becomes a test pilot for the GFreD because Kycilia insists on it. She only ever reacts to what other characters do around her, never moving on her own. Machu... well... Machu's problem is just a lack of character development that leaves her actions feeling knee-jerk or motivationless a lot of the time. She's making decisions, but because the writers are much more interested with the background drama surrounding the Zabi family power struggle, the choices she makes don't really influence the story in any meaningful way. Not that Komori or Xavier are any better off than Nyan, really. I'd have to disagree with you there. I don't think good Gundam writing is dead. Gundam: Reconguista in G had an unusual story that went in a very different direction from usual Gundam stories, but in many ways it was a refreshing change of pace and it brought some engaging and likeable characters like Bellri. Mobile Suit Gundam: the Origin was a retread of old ground, sure, but it had its fair share of extremely powerful moments especially surrounding its depiction of Operation British. I remember watching the episode where Iffish is prepared for the drop over a lunch break at work and being disturbed by it the entire rest of the day because it was such an unflinching display of Zeon's willful malice. Iron-Blooded Orphans was so heavy I completely understand why people dropped it because of its unrelenting grimness, but it had a lot of powerful moments in its writing that I think make it more than worthy to be counted among the great Gundam shows. Hathaway's Flash Part 1 was pretty solid too, just like the novel. The only thing wrong with Cucuruz Doan's Island was that they took a story meant for a 23 minute TV episode and stretched it 5x longer than it was meant to be so it feels thin as a result. I think we've had a couple of lazy titles in the last few years... but nothing that was unfixable with a little polish. The Witch from Mercury's had solid, if unremarkable design works and an interesting premise. Its main flaw was just that its protagonists were so wealthy and so privileged that the writers struggled to come up with believable conflicts for them, ending up repeatingly creating and then breaking arbitrary rules in the setting to inject tension. SEED Freedom was a lazy rehash of Destiny, but even that could've worked if they'd picked a new direction to go in with the characters. Requiem for Vengeance may have been a glorified tech demo, but the only thing really holding its story back was the way that the writers inexplicably decided to awkwardly dance around the fact that Zeon were 100% the Bad Guys in the One Year War. Making Iria Solari a villain protagonist or having her struggle with the demands of country vs. her morals would've made her a much more interesting character. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans: Urdr Hunt has the same writing team as the main series, so I have a pretty good feeling about that one.
  4. azrael
    Still gonna wait for Black Friday/holiday bundles. Maybe more brands will release a SDEX cards by the end of the year besides Lexar. Also 1st adopters can work out the kinks. 😘
  5. KOG Water Dragon
    I'm a little worried, no private warehouse notice for the VF-1A Max I pre-ordered yet...
  6. pengbuzz
    Expected nothing, was still disappointed.
  7. mikeszekely
    Alas, no. Though, the can does detach from SS86 Magnus. Maybe I should check if Legacy Prime can pull it... You should be able to open the order from your history and cancel by item (so if you want to cancel the whole order, check all the items). If it won't let you, that means it's processing to ship imminently (at least, from my experience with the US version). Hasbro will sell it on Pulse. I've never been to California, let alone San Diego at Comic Con, but I've had very little trouble getting the SDCC exclusives over the years.
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  9. Mog
    So . . . because of all these “cost-saving” measures by Bandai, is it probably a blessing that the prototype TV SDF-1 has become vaporware?
  10. Lolicon
    The whites on some on a number of my Bandai valks that I've had for a long time have either faded or flat out yellowed. When the white fades, it's only really only noticeable next to the painted parts and/or parts that used a slightly different plastic (or placed next to a brand new revival) but it's there. Yamato valks I've had even longer have not really had issues with yellowing at all. Bandai seems to use a cheaper plastic, at least on these older toys. Only time will tell if they improved it on the revivals. Check another box on the "Bandai cuts corners" list.
  11. tekering
    Damn, those details are CRISP! You've really outdone yourself on this beast. So glad I ordered two!
  12. Scyla
    It depends what you have. Some of the MMC figures are crazy expensive, like Commodus.
  13. tekering
    Really? Maybe I should sell mine... 🤔 I'm a greedy SOB. 😉 Have any third-party figures appreciated in value?
  14. Hikuro
    You can transfer your data to the cloud network with or without the switch 2 ahead of time. I already did all my stuff at work and skipped the prompt. Later uploaded my switch data to the cloud and downloaded it later. either way no matter what you do when you transfer it factory resets. But you can still go back to your old switch, download the data and you should be fine.
  15. danth
    I want the Void Rivals, even though I know nothing about them. I just like retro o-ring figures. There's no way I'm going to SDCC though. Not sure how normal people acquire these kind of things besides eBay.
  16. sh9000
    Yes. Preordered Vega at The Chosen Prime.
  17. davidwhangchoi
    Will the white cabby come with a trailer to carry cars?
  18. pengbuzz
    Yup (on all accounts! ) Working on the model as we speak; at least it's keeping my mind off the diabetes diagnosis I got today (organ damage to pancreas amongst other things). Doctor put me on ozempic, so we'll see how that works. (at this rate, I wonder how it is my body still works at all!)
  19. F-ZeroOne
    Heads up for those that have got a Switch 2, according to reports, if you want to transfer the data from an original Switch you have to do it when the 2 prompts you when first started up, you will not get a second opportunity without a factory reset, which will likely lose you the data you were trying to transfer in the first place.
  20. Scyla
    Of course it is Nemesis Prime. That would be awesome but first I need to figure out how to cancel an order with Hasbro Pulse.
  21. Papa Rat
    I see. That’s a bummer. The 1-D is getting reissued. Maybe we see the same with Hayao and having it available for all regions?
  22. KOG Water Dragon
    Japan only web exclusive or something.
  23. Papa Rat
    Was it limited release? Is Mandrake an option?
  24. KOG Water Dragon
    Do we know if the Kakizaki unit is out as well, assuming one can figure out how to obtain one?
  25. KOG Water Dragon
    I ordered 3 decals along with 3 of each kit. When the kits and decals got released, kits went straight to backorder and i got nothing, but the decal order was fulfilled. A little while later, kits still backordered, but decals sitting there in stock. So I tried ordering another 3, to see what would happen. They went ahead and fulfilled the order, despite my other 3 sets still sitting there in private warehouse. So if they were ok with it, I feel clear conscience
  26. Mommar
    Thank you, I managed to nab Psylocke this time. Wasn't sure I wanted the Barry Winsdor Smith Weapon X headsculpt though.
  27. Mommar
    Are those the full sdcc exclusive figures with the burn victim accessory?
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