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  2. Chronocidal
    You know what's irritating now.. I could easily use a few of those new compound curves to refine the OMS pods on my shuttle, if I can get them in white. I've been trying to come up with a better arrangement of elements, and that might make a really nice option for those curves. That Countach is really tempting though.. but sadly I probably do not have the spare funds to pick anything up at the moment, just from other priorities. Will have to see though.
  3. Seto Kaiba
    A couple months back, James Gunn made some rather enlightening and illustrative remarks on that point in an interview with Rolling Stone. In his view, the number one reason the film industry is struggling (or "dying", in his words) is that studios are shooting shows and movies without a finished screenplay in hand. The problem is potentially more severe than having nobody review the writing. Studios are moving projects into production with incomplete screenplays and then literally attempting to make up the rest as they go. Which would explain an awful lot of Alien: Earth's problems like wildly inconsistent pacing, a lack of meaningful character development for almost the entire cast, the underutilization of most of the monsters from the Maginot, the way characters and monsters seem to engage in offscreen teleportation, the inconsistent security of the "secure lab" that requires door codes only and is supposed to be Synths only when it's dramatic but otherwise lets any rando walk right in and out, or the hilariously forced Peter Pan motif that doesn't actually fit in the story thematically after the first episode or two.
  4. M'Kyuun
    @Chronocidal, food for thought! I picked this up at our local LEGO Store this weekend after some hmmming and hawing over various options. I believe the last one of these I built was the Mustang, actually, since you mentioned it, and I considered the Countach, as it looked amazing. But I love dark blue and I love the look of the Cobra, so I made an executive decision! No regrets; as usual with these premium car models, there are plenty of interesting techniques, a few new parts which will come in handy for MOCs, and just an overall excellent capture of the real car's details and design, not to mention working steering, opening doors, hood, and trunk. This is a very curvy car, and the new 4x1 complex curved slope piece (7206 left and its analog, 7205 right) really allowed the designer(s) to execute them in an accurate manner. The model is stunning in-hand and I'm glad I chose it over some of the Marvel sets I was considering. The sticker sheet was small with only three or four stickers that weren't difficult to apply. The striped parts are all printed, as well as a 1x1 round tile with the Cobra emblem, and a few generic 1x1 round tiles with the gauge pattern. The build was smooth, as too are the functions of the final model; the doors have a satisfying little 'thoop' to them when they close and the hood/trunk open on double hinges that allow for them to close flushly like buttah. Overall, I give it a solid recommend.
  5. sh9000
  6. Mommar

    Hi-Metal R

    Mommar replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    I don't know the base price of the shipping for this toy since I don't know the box size. I can say the base price for shipping Mafex Andrew Garfield from HLJ was 2200 yen plus 15% of the items price (3300) total and Nin-nin are known to be dirty so it sounds to me like they're frakking you.
  7. sh9000
  8. sh9000
    https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/tomy-plus/1-10-kitt-knight-rider
  9. Mommar
    Yes it is the same figure in different colors and higher price.
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  11. treatment
    Slow Horses (apple-tv) Season-5 Ep-1 is on now! Get to it!
  12. M'Kyuun
    Your talent, creativity, and skills are remarkable in the truest sense. I don't know about the other fellas here, but I'd love for more toys and animation that's similar to Macross, in the same vein anyways, but perhaps with a different narrative or justification for the need of variable planes and other vehicles. This is obviously an ambitious and downright impressive feat of design and engineering and I'm glad you've shared it with us here. I very much hope you get your wish and meet Kawamori-san at one of the Fests. He's not getting any younger and if Macross is to continue beyond his lifetime, there'll be a need for a protege who designs in a similar fashion. I'd say this makes for one jawdropping resume if in fact you wanted to pursue that. I've enjoyed seeing and reading your posts on both the process and the progress leading up to the finished product and it's both astounding and inspiring. Thanks and every success to you!
  13. Bolt
    Totally I enjoyed the visuals and world building. Definitely edges closer to Blade Runner. The actions of most of the main characters were an ongoing head scratcher. And the big bet on a second season is so obvious it hurts . If that's true, it might explain a lot. But doesn't anyone review the writing?
  14. rsvictor1976

    Hi-Metal R

    rsvictor1976 replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    The new DHL Duty Paid shipping that Nin-Nin is offering costs 10404 yen. The toy itself is 18900 yen. I don't think that new price structure is any better.
  15. treatment
  16. borgified
    Pre-orders up on October 1. Who's willing to pay up to maybe $500 USD for a Artisan Mohair Dolly with the additional taxes added and to be like those HT special influences online?
  17. anime52k8
    Solid 9/10 season, I'm looking forward to season 2. The baby Xeno is cute. only thing that kind of bugs me is
  18. Seto Kaiba
    All right, let's stick a fork in this space turkey. Season finale: "The Real Monsters". I've heard it said that Noah Hawley confessed to using ChatGPT to write this series, as a way of explaining Boy Cavalier's incorrect attribution of Clarke's Third Law. I think he might've used it to try to understand how tides work too. And our next contestant on the galaxy's favorite show Play Stupid Games is... We get a sitrep from Eins to show how screwed they all are. That seems like a rather glaring oversight, doesn't it? More of Noah Hawley's oral fetish. This is why this series is not scary. Nobody in this series behaves like they want to survive this. There's no fear or tension built by the monster if everyone is a Maximum Idiot who seemingly craves annihilation by the monster. OK, almost nobody. Credit where credit is due, Hermit's old unit actually seem like they want to live. ... what? Surprising lack of main character deaths so far... let's see if we can't bump those numbers up. Oh ho... I guess that's one we didn't see coming. Gettin' real tired of your Mary Sue BS, Wendy... Back to the beach? First... ugh. Second... UGH! I can't even call that hot garbage. It's more like a retaining pond of room temperature untreated sewage. They are clearly banking on getting a second season, and I don't think that's going to happen. So there's this non-ending with no significant plot progress, no closure, nothing in terms of interesting scares or even impressive practical effects. Just a bunch of PG-13 stock jump scares and pretentious nonsense. They clearly want this to be a big thing, like a huge threat to the planet or something, but we know nothing comes of it because Aliens is set 59 years after this and, y'know, Carter Burke and all don't mention half of Earth being destroyed by a horde of rampaging killbeasts and murderous synths. I'd say I look forward to Alien: Earth II: the Wholly Preventable Consequences of Idiocy... but I'd be lying.
  19. davidwhangchoi
  20. davidwhangchoi
    very interesting. Camera Robot and Cassette Robot... robot detailing of Soundwave, Rumble and Reflector on top of Mospeada.
  21. Papa Rat
    Whoa. I hope you are ok. That sounds scary.
  22. TangledThorns
    Seeing a LUCID Gravity drifting is pretty damn scary to watch, lol.
  23. no3Ljm
    PATLABOR EZY. 2026 Release. The story is set in 2036, featuring new members of the Special Vehicles Section 2. The production of "Mobile Police Patlabor EZY" was announced in 2017, and the pilot film was shown at an event in 2022. It had already been revealed that staff members from previous series, including Yutaka Izubuchi, Kazunori Ito, and Kenji Kawai, would be involved. It has now been announced that J.C.STAFF will be in charge of animation production. Mechanical design is by Kanetake Ebikawa and Toshiaki Ihara, with character design and chief animation director Takamitsu Sato. Also released are setting drawings for the Ingram Plus (AV-98plus), a modified Ingram (AV-98) used by Special Vehicles Section 2. The part of the Ingram depicted in the previously released teaser visual has been replaced with the Ingram Patlabor-ezy-pilot.mp4 patlabor-ezy-behind.mp4
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  25. Papa Rat
    While I build sub assemblies, sort and sand the KOG I’m going to crack into this Dunbine box set I got off that Bandai site thing. Going to kick it off with Bozune. It has two runners and a small piece of ribbon. Really basic, I love basic. Hahaha. I’m very excited for this and I guess the KOG is going to be awesome too for different reasons. Sooooo shiny! Lol
  26. Mog
    The problem with BOBF was that they made Boba a complete and utter putz. I get the idea of going from crime underling to crime boss is a difficult transition. But don’t tell me Boba didn’t pick up a few things and learn a few key lessons hanging around Jabba and his palace crew. The absolute defanging of Boba was what brought that show down.
  27. Tking22
    Lol yeah it's Cena-ish, I guess, I used to think Mafex was head and shoulders above Figuarts for faces most of the time, but honestly, it may have been rose-tinted glasses. Like Bandai, looking back, I feel they've been off as much as they've been on, actor likeness is all over the place on their releases.
  28. Big s
    Just leave the helmet on, because I have no idea who that is that they used for a face model
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