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  2. Duymon

    DX Chogokin VF-17S

    Duymon replied to GGemini's topic in Toys

    You know this isn't a mega popular release when you can still nab one on HLJ XD I totally forgot about it and then got on HLJ and put down my order for one, out of respect of it being a VF-17 related toy and I love all my VF-17 stuff, even the ugly ones.
  3. Seto Kaiba
    Let's hope Season 4 is a return to form, because the scores for Season 3 are in and the news is not good. A 25 point plummet relative to Season 2, putting Season 3 on par with Star Trek: Picard's oft-mocked first season and only slightly better than Discovery's much-maligned first season. Paramount and the producers are blaming the broadly negative reception of Season 3 on the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes in '23, though they seem to at least be willing to admit the season went too hard on comedy and too hard on La'an and Spock's dance-focused relationship. Apparently Frakes et. al. were a bit surprised that "A Space Adventure Hour" and "Four and a Half Vulcans" were not as funny as they sounded in the writers heads.
  4. Chronocidal
    I think the trick to this is that, if you didn't have to stick the gunpods to the outside of the YF-21's belly plates, you could absolutely just make a small bulge like the Yamato VF-22s had, and it would look much better than their actual gunpods. Yamato didn't attempt that internal mount either, it's just not physically possible. At least with the VF-17, you can just leave the gunpod off, and pretend it's internal.. but then again, you're still missing the actual gunport on the leg, which I'm fairly certain Bandai couldn't be bothered to even paint on. Which.. yeah, that's another ten pounds of $#!7 on this dumpsterfire. Even ignoring the proportional differences, the 17 and 171 share almost no panel detail whatsoever, and the 171 is covered in micro-missile launchers that the 17 never had. I think the absolute best case you could ever make for this thing? It looks like a halfway point between the 17 and 171, as if it was a test model for the upgrade process. Which.. ok, yeah, I could buy that, planes go through those sorts of mid-lifecycle upgrades all the time. Still, I absolutely recognize that it's just my coping mechanism to explain away things that don't make any sense in-universe. I kind of came to appreciate the "Strange New Worlds" Enterprise in the same way, since, if I ignore any actual adherence to any timeline at all, it looks like a mid-point between the TOS and TMP versions. I can appreciate the design and its theoretical lineage, even if it's completely outside the bounds of the canon.
  5. David Hingtgen
    I think you forgot "The Fly" in that list. (I saw it in the theater!)
  6. David Hingtgen
    Also just watched---agree with Dangard Ace. It's fine, and Leto is surprisingly "un-Leto-like". Unless you truly despise him, he's "acceptable" as the lead. Plus, half the movie is just dialogueless face-less programs doing cool trippy stuff to a synth* track for minutes on end---and that's really the main draw, isn't it? *please forgive my lack of sub-genre knowledge. I have no idea what to call it, past "it's not rock, it's not country, it's not classical jazz".
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  8. PsYcHoDyNaMiX
    Probably, but I'm thinking Bandai was looking for a product for regular retail release not a lottery/premium bandai release. Bandai would also need to figure out what to do or re-design the entire undersection with the belly plates as the VF22's design/line art would've be broken up with the current transforming sections for the YF21. Or do something else/simple like the conversion project I did and just make VF22S belly plates. Yea, not sure how Bandai would even attempt the internal gunpod mounting for the VF22S. But being Bandai, they'll just slap/leave them on the bottom just where the YF21 has it currently and if we're lucky Bandai will make some small adjustments so they don't droop. Enough off topic talk from me, lol.
  9. Hikaru Ichijo SL
    Li'l Miss Vampire Can't Suck Right started. I thought it was a fun 1st episode,
  10. Big s
    Kinda forgot about the show and it’s odd in universe fan fictiony kinda sorta side story
  11. TangledThorns
    It works for me because of lack of time. I can jump in, play a match or two and leave. Single player games are more demanding because if I don't stick with it for a while I forget what I was supposed to do or where to go, lol.
  12. jenius

    DX Chogokin VF-17S

    jenius replied to GGemini's topic in Toys

    MMmmmmmm but the gunpod mounting would almost certainly be totally wrong on a VF-22 also right? That YF-21 toy is not good... hard to imagine how a VF-22 made from it would be any better than a VF-17 made from the VF-171.
  13. Seto Kaiba
    It'd probably be more accurate to say that the 5th Generation VFs like the VF-25, VF-27, and VF-31 are derivatives of the YF-24 Evolution rather than direct descendants of it. The VF-25 and VF-27 were developed using the YF-24 Evolution as a starting point. However, the design was adjusted accordingly to suit the unique requirements of the emigrant government defense forces soliciting the new development and to either replace omitted Earth-proprietary technologies with locally-developed alternatives as well as the addition of locally-developed proprietary technology. The YF-29 and YF-30 are a bit more distant, since the YF-29 is a branch of VF-25 development that shares a lot of parts in common but also includes a lot of proprietary parts that were developed for its different operational profile, and the YF-30 is more a derivative of the YF-29. Probably worth noting that the art being referenced here is from Master File, not the series proper. The blisters on top of the head are present on the VF-25F type. I've seen nothing to that effect... aside from a brief note in Macross the Ride's Visual Book Vol.1 that the YF-25's composite sensor cluster is set up for data collection.
  14. Froy

    DX Chogokin VF-17S

    Froy replied to GGemini's topic in Toys

    At this point a VF-22 would have been a better choise for Bandai. A different head and modified belly plates would have been easier. That gunpod mounting is totally wrong, you just can't remove it and no problem but that shows how halfa$$ed Bandai went with the 17.
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  16. Old_Nash_II
    Fionna & Cake is back
  17. Seto Kaiba
    It seems to be aimed at an audience of people who enjoyed Star Trek: Discovery and thought it was a worthy installment in the Star Trek franchise. Watching this teaser, I was struck again by the same thought that struck me after I watched Section 31. Paramount seemingly doesn't understand that most Star Trek fans did not like Discovery and were either hate-watching it or holding out hope that it would Grow The Beard like TNG did after its lamentable first season. It's following Discovery's formula in pretty close formation. The protagonist is a resentful kid full of unprocessed childhood trauma who joins Starfleet via nepotism rather than talent. There's a giant alien category traitor from a one-temperment species (a Klingon med student), a girl with apparently-untreated severe autism, and some legacy characters who are there to convince fans to tune in (USS Voyager's EMH Mk.I and Jett Reno), and a ridiculously scenery chewing villain with no redeeming qualities whatsoever from a TOS-era species to make an unlikable main character seem less awful by comparison. You'd think Paramount would take stock of the audience review scores at some point and realize the pattern. Of the 64 seasons and movies put out so far, the 15 bottom ranked titles include all five seasons of Discovery, both seasons of Short Treks, Section 31, the first two seasons of Picard, and Strange New Worlds season 3. The only other titles on that list are the worst of the Old Trek movies... 5, TMP, Insurrection, and Nemesis. It seems to be a very similar premise to the unsuccessful Star Trek: Starfleet Academy comics from the 90's. That is to say, a diverse squad of freshman cadets including an everyman, an admiral's kid, proud warrior race guy, a Betazoid, and the clearly autistic one from the incoming class at Starfleet Academy's San Francisco campus are assigned to a supervising officer with multiple lifetimes of experience and pretty much never attend any classes because they're giving a ship right off the bat and spend all their time fighting threats to the Federation. The Starfleet Academy TV series has the everyman (played by Sandro Rosta), the admiral's kid (Bella Shepard), proud warrior race guy (Karim Diane), the Betazoid (Zoe Steiner), and the clearly autistic one (Kerrice Brooks). They've traded the Trill in for a half-Lanthanite played by Holly Hunter, added a spoiled rich kid (played by George Hawkins), and for a ship they have an actual starship not a Danube-class runabout, but the rest seems pretty on the nose. Having read the comic, I should probably just be grateful that they've skipped the inclusion of the other character archetype from the comic's cadet squad who was killed off and replaced by the Betazoid. The preachy Soapbox Sadie girl with the implausible backstory whose entire identity and character was tied up in oversimplifying a politically charged topic. Anson Mount carried the second season, that's why they gave him his own show... so he could carry the franchise.
  18. azrael
    I know I should get it but ya know...Time.
  19. mikeszekely
    I'm not touching Starfleet Academy with a 10 foot pole. The first season of Discovery was mediocre at best, and while I'll admit to actually liking most of the second everything that's happened since they went to the future has been straight trash and I refuse to acknowledge it. Anything set after the early 2400's is non-canon in my book.
  20. pengbuzz
    Okay...somebody please initiate the self-destruct sequence for this steaming pile of QI'yaH...
  21. guyxxed
    All of the line art was grabbed from Macross Mecha Manual, and definitely isn't perfect, but is good enough to draw distinctions from. I did a quick comparison back to what's shown on screen and it's a good representation. Good catch on the 25F missing the sensor pod, didn't even notice that. I'm with you on the head and using the 31A as a guide, that seems like a good fit. I don't think the YF-25 is too useful in this case, the shape doesn't lend itself to a top mount laser and the big dome on the front would be at least partially visible in that line art if that were the design. I half remember the YF-25 being designed the way it is for ECM purposes as well, though whether that has anything to do with the head shape, I have no idea. I've always had it in my head (based on nothing 'official', mind you) that the VF-24 was a seriously military, heavy combat oriented craft and so have always had a no nonsense design like the typical A shapes for its head turret. I almost wonder if something like the helm of a suit of armor would work, with a ridge or brow to protect the cyclops eye and give it a 'I mean business' vibe in battroid? I also think I have some lattitude to mess with the shoulders a bit to give it less of a 'football player' look like the 25s and maybe something a little more dangerous like the 27 (though obviously not that wide). Don't know. In the end, how much or little I do will mostly depend on how hard it turns out to be and how lazy I get. 😉
  22. twich

    DX Chogokin VF-17S

    twich replied to GGemini's topic in Toys

    I Love the DX Chogokin VF-171EX renewal that I have, and this looks to be a nice design. I know that isn’t a popular opinion, but I think it would be a good addition to the upcoming VF-19 KaiFireValkyrie. Twich
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  25. sjoebarry

    DX Chogokin VF-17S

    sjoebarry replied to GGemini's topic in Toys

    Same. This new one is so unappealing
  26. sjoebarry
    NOICE!!!
  27. Hikuro
    I've said it before I believe in last years teaser, it's like they spent all their budget on hyper realistic scenery and backgrounds then said screw it on the rest. I liked the first movie, despite the fact it had very little mobile suit action let alone involvement and dealt more with the character drama and slow story progression. It still had some of the best animation a Gundam anime has ever had. But this though......it feels like a step back because they're trying to blend in realistic looking environments with 2D animation and jarring camera movements. I'm not to sure I'll be able to handle watching it like this.
  28. Scyla
    If I remember correctly Club Tamashii is a Japanese exclusive loyalty program. Depending on how much Tamashii Nations Exclusive items you buy directly from them you advance a ladder that allows you to enter lotteries and buy items that other members and the general public doesn’t have access to. I assume all the stores that act as a middleman for these items have the highest level of this membership scheme.
  29. Big s
    I’ve been hearing that at this point there won’t be a season three and they’re just mostly gonna work the character into movie and show cameos. If that’s all true, then it really was a crappy way to end a show
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