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Honestly? The 5000 is niche enough that they should release the M7 version, then release an Assembly Kit version. It should be cheaper for them since they don't have to pay for assembly and paint, and the hard-core fan would get the scheme they want.

What is with that music? Oh I dunno, the aforementioned anime movie was played pretty much completely straight and managed to be a banger. SF2V is a fun little alternate universe romp, but I find I just lose interest by the halfway mark every single time I try to watch it. And whereas the movie had a major influence on the franchise going forward - establishing Sagat's shoryuken-derived scar, the lightning storm meadow as a recurring stage, Bison's entire design, etc. - basically nothing the show does has any lasting impact. It's no real fault of the show's - it can't help its being made alongside the similarly-intentioned Zero/Alpha series - but still.

David Dastmalchian look like he's playing Raul Julia playing M. Bison. I have very little hope for this movie.

Oof... this season has just been an absolute mess for me. Mechanical Marie, Isekai Quartet, My Awkward Senpai, and Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! have remained pretty enjoyable. May I Ask for One Final Thing? is my stand-out for the season. Scarlett is just a delight to behold. It's not often in this sort of series that the main character actually takes direct action instead of working through proxies, and Scarlett is the type to say that she knows violence isn't the answer and that she got it wrong on purpose. It's a huge breath of fresh air in the stale as hell villainess genre. Tales of Wedding Rings, The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess, A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace, Lil' Miss Vampire Can't Suck Right, Let This Grieving Soul Retire, The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest, My Friend's Little Sister Has It In For Me!, and Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota are all just kind of white noise. They aren't terrible but they are so underdeveloped and one-dimensional that it's hard to pay attention to them for any length of time because there's just nothing engaging going on. (A truly ironic statement when that first title involves a man who gets superpowers from polygamy!) Let's Play never stopped being an audiovisual trashfire in the key of "Ally McBeal but Anime". This series is all bad, all the time, to the point that it's somewhat worrying. It's one of those cases where someone's creative vision clearly needed corrective lenses, or maybe a cane and a seeing eye dog. The only reason I'm still watching Solo Camping for Two is bile fascination. It's like the Hindenburg disaster of hobby edutainment. It is almost Springtime for H****r levels of Doing It Wrong when it comes to trying to present camping as a fun, interesting, and enriching hobby. Its own author seems to be unable to conceptualize any aspect of "camping out" apart from pitching a tent and day drinking. The picture it paints is that camping is a hobby for low-functioning alcoholics and misanthropic loners only, and the main girl seems to only be there so Gen has someone to dispense product placements to and so he won't feel so much like a future serial killer. A Gatherer's Adventure in Isekai apparently decided to engage in some Rian Johnson-esque "subvert expectations" partway into its run and is now being really obnoxious with it. So not only did we have that amazing hot take on elves, the quest to find Brolite's sister that underpinned this entire story arc ends with the two of them brawling because... actually... why are they brawling? I think it's just because the writer thought it'd be funny. It's not, but bless 'em they're at least trying now.

I wonder if they and Bandai would ever consider a partnership. Bandai obviously has the finances, and Arcadia has the passion for Macross. If Bandai absorbed them and let them do what they do, that'd be a win for everyone. I appreciate that they were a nice bit of competition for Bandai, but with their offerings coming at a glacial pace these days, I'd prefer to see them come under Bandai's umbrella rather than their becoming insolvent and merely remaining one of the greatest footnotes in Macross toy history. One way or the other, I hope they find a way to produce the VF-5000. I'd rather have the VF-500B in M+ game colors over the G's teal and yellow, but I'd rather have a VF-5000 toy than not, and since Arcadia has had the design lying around since about 2022, they've had plenty of time to tweak it so that if the means to produce it come about, it should be a well-studied design by this point. But I'd also be happy if they licensed or outright sold the design to Bandai; if nothing else, I'd love to have it in HMR scale.

@jvmacross From one of the producers: In an interview with Radio TU, Muschietti revealed that “season 1 is 1962, season two is 1935, and season three is 1908.” Each era is drawn from the original novel’s interludes, which chronicle an investigation by Mike Hanlon (Will Hanlon’s future son) into Derry’s gruesome past and the three major events linked to It.

I think you have it backward, the Legioss should be resized to the HAND!

Wild ending, but felt they tied up all if not most loose ends.... Felt like if they did not make any additional seasons, the story would be just fine as a one-shot prequel story....

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Terrible but I think I've seen similar stories out of Hollywood before.

Maybe the DRAM shortage will see the return of bubble memories!

Was just watching this story. Guess the son is the prime suspect

Both were found by one of their daughters in what is being investigated as a homicide. https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/rob-reiner-los-angeles-homicide-investigation-what-to-know/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Looks really great.

Made a bunch of progress on the IMS Vaiola. It’s my first 1/100 MH build and it’s way larger than those 1/144 kits I’m used to. I have three more 1/100’s in my stash and trying to decide which one to tackle once I finish this one up. 🤔

That’s even worse. I guess there’ll be a lot more waiting than usual for this one

wow, that's nuts, in addition, this wccftech article You Might Soon See 8GB Laptops Everywhere, as Manufacturers Are Likely to Make High-RAM Configurations Unaffordable

Those third party sellers are absurd, who knows, it's not the least or most shady thing I've seen from an Amazon third party seller, it's like the wild West sometimes. I see no benefit so who knows what they're getting from it, I see no end game, just a really odd listing This listing was a bit different though, it's for a product not even officially announced by Hiya themselves, a third party seller took it upon themselves to make a listing for something that hasn't been pushed back, just not actually announced as in production and there hasn't even been a prototype shown.

LANDMAN Season 2, so far, it's everything you could hope for, great show!

The nice thing about the combaticons is the toys are even less detailed than the cartoon, so I don't have to feel too cheated by the current hyper-toon-accuracy focus. The OG Brawl toy in particular looks like he just got in from Battlezone(which would actually be a cool repaint now that I think about it). And man, Swindle's animation model was just made from whole cloth, wasn't it? They didn't even look at the toy... which is no great loss, there's not a lot to take FROM the toy even when it's fully-stickered(and I KNOW some of the animation models are based on unstickered toys). These guys are impressive as heck for what they're doing, even if they aren't really my jam. And I do appreciate that they use the vehicle windshield for Swindle's chest instead of stashing it and using a fake-windshield, moreso given how many fake parts ARE on the robot.

Nope. I already think thought 24" figures were pushing the limits of practicality, both in terms of how much space they take up and in on unwieldy they are to try to transform and pose. Tell you what I do got, though... MS-04 Munitioner. Magic Square's MP-style take on Swindle. MMC's Swindle, though very good, struck me as a tad busy. He had kind of chunky legs with alt mode bits on his feet, gappy knees, and panels on his shins that simply aren't present on the animation model. And much like with their Brawl, Magic Square comes onto the scene with a smooth, clean figure that just nails the animation model. Seriously, they went to almost ridiculous lengths to get the cartoon look. MMC put faux wheels on their Swindle's shoulders, Magic Square put faux wheels on Munitioner's shoulders and on his legs- inside and outside, because that's how the animation model works. His smooth shins have a taper, but also the slight cutaway in front of the outer wheels because, again, that's what's on the animation model. He's got the purple hood chest like MMC, but also the smaller waist under it that the animation model has. Unique Toys' Swindle was one of their best Combaticons, but the extra greebles on his legs, the big fenders and real wheels on his shoulders, the dark biceps and wrist stripes, and the more muted colors speak of a time before everyone committed to going full cartoon. And Zeta's Swindle... was certainly a thing. So, aesthetically at least, I have to give the edge to Munitioner. Heck, the only thing I can find to complain about is his somewhat boring facial expression. Swindle needs a smirk. Oh, and would you look at that! Munitioner comes with an extra smirking face! He also comes with his arm cannon, his gun that's just a missile, and the bit you need to mount both to his alt mode. And if you were paying attention to what came with Heavy Gunner, you could probably guess that Munitioner was coming with the other combined mode foot. And just like with Heavy Gunner, Munitioner doesn't just look nice, he poses nice, too. Head is a hinged swivel, with downward tilt until his head touches his chest and upward tilt just short of 90 degrees. His shoulders swivel, with 90 degrees of lateral movement on the correct side of the swivel then almost 90 more on the other side of the swivel due to his transformation. Sadly, no butterfly joints, though. Biceps swivel, and his elbows bend over 90 degrees on a single hinge. His wrists swivel and can bend back, like Heavy Gunner's, but they're a tad smaller. As a result, the thumb is on a ball joint with one more hinged knuckle, and his index finger is hinged is separate from the others, hinged at the base and mid-knuckle but lacking the ability to splay like Heavy Gunner. The other three fingers are also hinged at the base and mid-knuckle, but they're molded together. His waist swivels, and he's got that double torso joint that gives him both a back bend and an ab crunch. His hips work exactly like Heavy Gunner's as well, giving him 90 degrees of backward and lateral movement but close to 120 degrees of forward range. His thighs swivel, and his double-jointed knees bend nearly 180 degrees. He has a very slight upward toe tilt, nothing down, and his ankles pivot 90 degrees. Once again, we have a small tab on the missile gun's handle that plugs into a slot in his palms, and once again it's a little on the small side and prone to popping loose. And just like Heavy Gunner's alt mode leftovers had a flip-out handle for him to hold it in bot mode, so goes the connector part for Munitioner's weapons. It doesn't really look much like a weapon, though, and I find myself wishing that there was literally anywhere else to stow it. As for his arm cannon, if you want it on the side of his arm so it doesn't get in the way of his elbows, there's tiny pegs that fit into the center of the fake wheels on his shoulders, much like MMC's Swindle. However, if you prefer the on-the-front look he often had in the cartoon (and on his control art), there's also a tab on it that fits into the front of his shoulders. Lastly, there's the alternate face. Swapping is easy, just tilt his head up so you can get under his chin and slide his face forward; it's just tabbed in. Pop the smirking face on by pushing the tab on the back into the slot on his head. In what I think is going to become a theme here Munitioner's transformation is a lot like Heavy Gunner's. You need to basically turn him inside out, as the real front wheels, fenders, and grill are inside is torso and need to trade places with his head and arms, and the process seems more complicated than it strictly needed to be. Once you have the top/front sorted, you again need to explode the legs into a variety of panels that end with the actual real wheels, sides, rear, and seat backs coming from inside his legs while his shins for the top of the rear and the outside edges of his legs forming the bottom. A bit of a tougher call than Heavy Gunner, I'd say. There are a few more details like marker lighst and what not on MMC's Swindle, but a few visible joints and more seams as well. Zeta gets immediately disqualified for having the wrong alt mode entirely, but I appreciate how well Unique Toys' has held up, with a bit more realistic details than Munitioner while also managing to be cleaner than MMC's. Then again, the space between his shins on the back of vehicle is actually on the animation model, and there's an argument to be had that the smooth sides are also more cartoon accurate. I do personally prefer a bit more realistic alt mode detail, though, so I'm a bit bummed by the lack of taillights. I can't help but note that amount of visible legs bits folded up but not quite concealed under the vehicle. Munitioner does have a steering wheel, but no shift knob or anything else in the interior. Well, there are the seat backs, but the seat cushions are just the tops of Munitioner's thighs. Yep, Munitioner's interior is mostly his butt. He rolls on his wheels. The connector clamps between his legs, then the handle of the missile folds in to reveal a little peg that fits into a small hole on one side of the connector, while a hole in the side of the arm cannon's barrel fits onto a peg on the opposite side. The connector can swivel like a turret, and the weapons can swivel on the connector to aim up/down. With no breakages this time! On the whole, I think the competition here is a bit more fierce than yesterday. I do still think that Munitioner pairs the best-looking robot with excellent articulation, but the transformation is a bit more tedious than Heavy Gunner's. I do prefer realistic alt modes, but there's a certain cleanliness to Heavy Gunner's super-Sunbow tank mode that Munitioner's visible leg kibble is missing. I'd still recommend him as the "best" Swindle, but the gap between him and MMC's Swindle is definitely smaller than the gap between Heavy Gunner and MMC's Brawl. Buy Munitioner to replace Unique Toys or Zeta, sure, but this isn't the figure that's going to sell you on upgrading from MMC.

It may not be so much a fake timeframe, but the timeframe given by the manufacturer. Seems to happen with all their stuff lately. They’ll possibly do the monthly date change thing for a few more months like they do with the rest of the sellers.

Yeah, I kind of hate that I was considering ordering two of these after the holiday rush, specifically to have the spare parts to make that version. Looks good though. Maybe funny to say, but I think the up-greebling of that design actually helps the ship look better overall. At least with the giant phaser cannon in place, the underside of the saucer is supposed to look blocky. Franchise-wise, I have to wonder if this one will have the same longevity that Star Wars has had. It's taken them four or five iterations of a UCS X-Wing before they made some of the changes it needed from the first version, but I'm thinking it's unlikely we'll be seeing that many redesigns and re-releases of Trek ships over time.

All Good Things Enterprise by Rod Reyes.