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  2. tekering
    You had me at "the horses they ride on top of that one Star Destroyer." 🤣 It's a miracle that Rogue One, produced under the same studio conditions, turned out to be so good... and doubly miraculous that we got both seasons of Andor. I mean, has there ever been a greater gap in quality within one franchise? Even the abyss that separates The Wrath of Khan from Section 31 isn't as vast (and those were produced four decades apart)!
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  4. tekering
    Well, this is unexpected. With Nacelle's first wave of figures "in the final stages of production," according to this article at TrekCentral, they're suddenly claiming to be 1:10 scale... and BigBadToyStore has updated their listings accordingly. 😲 As I posted last year, this would actually make a lot more sense, since they'd fit with all those Diamond Select Star Trek figures from TOS, TWOK, TNG, DS9, and Enterprise... ...and low-and-behold, it actually seems to be happening! Naturally, this begs the question of when (if not why) this decision was made, why we're only hearing about it now, and how it's likely to affect sales going forward. How many more fans would've preordered these figures earlier, if they'd been marketed at this scale to begin with? How long was production delayed in order to upscale the line, and how much will the final figures differ from the prototypes we've seen thus far? How much were production costs increased in order to make the change? 🤔 Of course, there are other possibilities to consider. Maybe the latest press release was a mistake, and they're actually still 1:12 scale figures... 🤨 ...or perhaps they were designed at 1:10 scale to begin with, and the original announcements were in error. 😒 Either way, Nacelle now looks even more like a bunch of amateurs that don't know what the hell they're doing. 😂
  5. Chronocidal
    Yeah, so, I'm not trusting that example. That's not being pushed down by the crotch plate, it's not even touching when you view it from the front. I think that's mostly just user error not understanding how to mount the gun so it doesn't drag. Not to take all of the blame away from Bandai though, the real problem (on this and the YF-19) is that they expected a nearly vertical grip mounting point to somehow support an angled grip without the gun also tilting downward the same amount. The whole issue for both versions could have been fixed if they just.. you know.. planned. It does look like they've attempted to address this with the Fire Valk, by making the gunpod handle rotate, but we'll have to wait and see how effective it is. That display though.. that honestly looks like they purposefully mounted it as droopy as physically possible. And I'm not one to explicitly trust Bandai not to lie with its pictures, but the single picture in the instructions showing the mounted gunpod puts it at no worse a position than the YF-19 or Yamato version. Over time, I've managed to get my DX YF-19s to display it very nearly level. Honestly, the main issue? It's that blasted connection they added so the shield locks into the torso. I hate to say this, but just like MOST of their Macross products, Bandai is absolutely terrible at understanding the necessary tolerances for the parts they design themselves, and how they have to fit together. They have never understood the complexities of how to get arms and legs to mesh well in that configuration. There's never enough room for the parts they design to fit the way they're intended, and it just leads to everything being off-kilter. In the case of the YF-19, they incorrectly toleranced the distance the arms need to attach to the shield and have it lock in correctly on the rear of the fighter. What that means is that the when the shield is attached, it rotates the lower arms upward, because the shield is pulling forward on the upper surface. That, in turn, means the gunpod is forever pointed downward. It's really easy to fix though. Detach the shield, and the arms and gunpod line up perfectly fine. All you would really need to do is lengthen the shield a few millimeters, and the issue would be gone. In the YF-19's case, you know what I did? I yanked out the attached neck cover. Leaving that structure out allows the shield to flex a bit more, letting the arms settle into a level position, and leveling the gunpod completely (you know.. aside from the bent barrel, because they still mounted an angled grip in a vertical arm slot ). I don't know if the shield on the Fire Valk is attached in the same way, and I doubt it can be, because of the shoulder flaps, but the way to get the gunpod level is probably going to depend on slightly detaching the shield from the arms to let the arms sag a little, and drop the rear of the gunpod lower.
  6. mikeszekely
    I just don't care for FT's entire MO anymore. Announce everything so that you don't buy the competition, only to eventually get an over-priced, overly-complicated figure that values paint and diecast over posability and playability. Honestly, the only stuff coming out of TFCon that has my attention is MMC's stiff. Specifically their Constructicons. I looked at FT and XTB's Scrappers, but MMC'S looks to be the (G1) set for me.
  7. davidwhangchoi
  8. JB0
    Having read a whole bunch of the manga... that's how I hope it ends too.
  9. Seto Kaiba
    Let's Play dropped its fourth episode, and honestly this series is still kind of headache inducing to watch. The story fairly screams that its creator has at-most superficial knowledge of the "gamer culture" that it's supposedly deconstructing, it does demonstrate a very clear understanding of one thing: toxic online fandom. There's actually a very good moment early in this episode where Marshall Law's YouTuber girlfriend talks him out of attempting to publicly apologize to Sam for his overwhelmingly negative review of her game and shame his fans into deleting their negative reviews. She practically recites John Gabriel's Greater Internet F*ckwad Theory while explaining to him how his fans, being anonymous and knowing their actions are largely consequence-free, will likely double down instead of doing as he asks and not only make Sam's life worse but turn on him as well. The first halfway interesting thing this series has done is show Marshall grappling with the desire to make things right and the knowledge the internet simply won't let him undo the damage, and making things worse with the person he's trying to apologize to in the process. Sadly, that moment of actually-interesting character writing is short-lived and the series quickly pivots to its usual cringeworthy nonsense.
  10. Big s
    Just finished Wayward on Netflix. Kinda a mix of a cult horror thing and a Y.A. Type story mixed into one. It has all the awkwardness of both genres, but lacks the excitement making for a kinda dull weird watch that gets increasingly frustrating. You get left waiting for these people to finally make their moves and when things actually start to happen, the show ends at a cliffhanger. It’s a limited series, so there’s no expectation of more episodes and seems after doing some research, that it has not been given a second season. Basically, if you want to watch a boring show that will just make you feel awkward without a pay off and no ending, then this is probably a great show, but for everyone else, I’d recommend staying away and save yourself a few hours to spend doing household chores for a more enjoyable day
  11. Big s
    It’s definitely a bit tough to tell here. She does have a very similar build to the male figures which is out of place for a property like G.I.Joe, but realistically makes sense. Tough female soldiers in real life rarely have a feminine build, and if they’re supposed to be elite guards they’re probably gonna be more manly. The Zap figure below her has a similar hip and waist and almost looks like he even has a bigger chest than her
  12. jenius
    To bad they couldn't figure out an extension gimmick for the grip to make it last flat but, even then, it would have to be nearly lying on the ground to clear the waist area.
  13. treatment
    with the gunpod... https://twitter.com/simsim5479/status/1982444341974208610
  14. Hikaru Ichijo SL
    A wild last boss appeared was so funny yesterday. Onsen episode.
  15. sh9000
    Happy Anniversary.
  16. sh9000
    Cool.
  17. TangledThorns
    Injured my left hand and can't play games so gave this series a go and it's waaaay better than expected. The pilot was a slow burn but the series got more and more interesting. Good cast and sci-fi story so I recommend it as binge worthy since it's only six hour long episodes.
  18. Mommar
    Where do you live?
  19. David Hingtgen
    Looks like the nosegear has the same issue as the YF-21, where it doesn't seem to be able to QUITE fully unfold, leaving a kink/gap in the middle of the strut.
  20. treatment
    full-scale fighter-shots at Heppoko's tweet below... https://twitter.com/simsim5479/status/1982436897487290452 web-translated: downscaled sample:
  21. Seto Kaiba
    Understandable. After all, The Rise of Skywalker was a pile of desperate corporate-dictated course corrections in a trench coat pretending to be a movie. 🫤 's kind of why I've been arguing that there's no saving The Rise of Skywalker's big bad switcheroo plot twist no matter how much setup you do. He's still an outside-context problem brought in because the studio probably felt Kylo Ren's villain cred was insufficient to carry the final third of the trilogy.
  22. VF-Zero
    I ordered Ultimate Iron Man yesterday from a local store. It is really a matter of luck with Marvel Legends figures for me. Local Stores don't import everything, but they imported Ultimate Iron Man to my luck. Figers crossed for Gameverse Punisher & Nick Fury two pack. Ultimate Iron Man has a nostalgic value for me. When i saw the Ultimate Iron Man Armor Design, i really liked it so much back in the day and followed Ultimate Iron Man Comics monthly. I was so disappointed when i found out that Ultimate Iron Man series was just a mini series. I was really enjoying it.
  23. Froy
    MAKKUSU!!! A quick snap while cleaning my bead headboard. and testing new phone photo filters.
  24. treatment
    Pilot seat does not rotate on the Bandai DX Kai: https://twitter.com/TakowasaShell/status/1982051807846429098 --- add/edit: Heppoko recently tweeted his DX Kai comparo-pics. Click on his tweeter-links for full-scale of his pics below: https://twitter.com/simsim5479/status/1982443757107908824 web-translated: https://twitter.com/simsim5479/status/1982443761394483657 web-translated:
  25. sh9000
    Yes.
  26. sh9000
    Obviously.
  27. Captain Global
    Apparently as @itachi_neko points out, the battroid pilot hatch gimmick is still present. I find it wierd it's not present in the manual, just a little easter egg. It seems the Yamcadia DNA runs even deeper than I thought. https://x.com/itachi_neko/status/1982369012760940786/photo/2
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