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  2. Duke Togo
    Out of the four shows I was watching this summer, I've dumped two. Done with Kaiju No.8 after two seasons. It just wasn't the show I thought it was going to be when I was first watching it. Also, I stopped watching Gachiakatu after 15 episodes. I hated the art style and the story wasn't going anywhere. I'm still on board with Dan Da Dan and Clevatess. DDD really turned itself around after a slog of a start to the second season. I think the new season of Ranma 1/2 just dropped on Netflix. So, need to watch that. Not sure what else I'd watch right now. I have trouble finding stuff that appeals to me in modern anime.
  3. Today
  4. MacrossJunkie
    I got hit with shipping shock from HLJ as well. came out to something like $118. Yeah... I'm not buying from them anymore. At least not while this tariff bs is ongoing. I paid it and that will be my last item. It would have been far cheaper to buy it over Amazon at this point. Even the JoyToy stuff I've been collecting doesn't have tariff fees this high and those come straight from China...
  5. electric indigo
    You'd think that Tron is a pretty recognizable brand with unlimited merchandise potential across all ages. All it needs is a more compelling narration that A) roots it deep in the 80s retro game vibe culture or B) makes it more relevant in the recent tech/AI development background. Ares was neither, and the narrative failures finished it off IMO.
  6. Big s
    Some people are showing issues on the P Bandai American site. Seems certain items aren’t showing properly. Sometimes things don’t show if they’ve sold out, but this time around most of the stuff didn’t, they’re just awkward to find. One of the items I wanted and was one of the only kits for G Quuuuuuuuuuuuuuux that I don’t think is totally ugly is that Gundam 01. For me it didn’t show on the preorder page, but I had to go to the hobby section and then to the hg section and it still didn’t show in the preorder spot, but I did find it at the recently added list that you scroll to the sides with. Anyway preorder is there and it’s pricey, but it’s there.anyway, I preordered it, even if I’m somewhat regretting my financial decision and did get a confirmation.
  7. Big s
    That has got to be the most epic opening crawl ever. Not sure if we get an intermission after those two hours before the movie actually starts or if the movie only has a two hour run time and credits just roll after the crawl
  8. pengbuzz
    I read that a little too quick and thought you said:
  9. pengbuzz
    Not to mention all the chafing from that armor... 😶
  10. Bolt
    Riding into battle in a thong. Why not.
  11. Scyla
    Being from the EU I can tell you that HLJ never undervalues their items so I always have to pay the full 20% import sales tax (the tariffs) every time I order something through them. So I am not surprised that they follow the other laws strictly as well. I remember watching an interview with Scott (the founder and at the time owner of HLJ) who said that they don’t do a lot of business with the EU compared to the US (Gee, I wonder why this is). I assume they will not start losing customers from the US as well with applying the correct tax percentage to customers from there. The other store that is very strict with following the regulations is amiami, I wonder what their state on these new US taxes is.
  12. Scyla
    May I ask for one final Thing? had an awkward turn in the latest episode: And I wasn’t expecting that.
  13. jenius
    HLJ just got back to me insisting "the rate is correct" so I'm going to see what other stores charge me. I love HLJ, would hate to have to stop using them because they go overboard with these things. If it's universal, then I might have to cool off some purchases for a while!
  14. kanedaestes
    I usually get import releases outside of Mafex figures three to fourth months after release with BBTS. Especially big items
  15. Cheese3
    Finished the -1j !
  16. Angesdad
    For some reason stuff I wanted such as dx fire valk, sdf-1 reissue, etc all ended up getting released the month of October, my wallet is literally bracing for impact.😁 release delay? Yes please.
  17. treatment
    https://twitter.com/Mrk_arcadia/status/1981505792223416393 web-translated:
  18. jenius
    I also have the SDF-1 on order and some other high ticket items. Hopefully we can convince them to change their tactic.
  19. Yesterday
  20. jvmacross
  21. Shawn
    ha..the fix is to use Buyee to get it from HLJ, then you'll 'only' get the 15% tariff penalty 😛 oh crap...I have an SDF-1 on preorder from HLJ....crap crap crap, that is going to be a 30% er. UGH.
  22. Thom
    No, you work up to it. Done right, that opening crawl could fill two hours with total excitement!
  23. SteveTheFish
    Something like a FAG/Mospeda kitbash? https://jp.pinterest.com/pin/336221928450528161/
  24. Seto Kaiba
    A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace has finally had an episode that supports the idea that it's a comedy, and it ain't bad. Kinda makes you wonder why they spent the first two depicting the main character in abject misery the entire time. A Gatherer's Adventure in Isekai is still pretty darn generic to the point of being not really worth watching. It did, however, finally do something reasonably novel. My Awkward Senpai is finally attempting to do romance, though not well. The comedy aspect is still missing.
  25. Actar
    Hm... I got charged for my VF-19 over on HLJ, but it hasn't been added to my Private Warehouse yet. It seems to be still stuck in processing? Hope it doesn't take too long and nothing goes wrong.
  26. Seto Kaiba
    😆 So the important bit is barely long enough to boil an egg and the rest is filler? This feels a lot like that suggestion that Star Wars's creative team use the World Between Worlds from Rebels to retcon the sequel trilogy out entirely... which would then require them to explain WTH the World Between Worlds even was, and feel like the same kind of cheap knee-jerk as what it replaced.
  27. Seto Kaiba
    Another possible explanation for it is that they screwed up what was meant to be the same reference to its pilot that can be found in the game's loading screens. Several machines in the loading screens that are associated with specific characters have a / followed by the character's initials including: YF-29B Perceval /R.B. Custom VF-22 Sturmvogel II / M.J. Custom VF-22 Sturmvogel II / M.F.J. Custom VF-22 Sturmvogel II / G.K. Custom VF-27 Lucifer / M.R. Custom Queadluun-Rher (sic) / K.K. Custom YF-30 Chronos / R.S. Custom Though this convention is NOT applied to the pics for Aisha's VF-19E or Mina's VF-11C. If it had been, they would simply have put the wrong name after the slash since the VF-11C is Mina Forte's custom aircraft, not the VF-19E.
  28. jenius
    HLJ hasn't responded but I think I get what they're doing, they're applying the Chinese tariff rate because the products originated in China. That's really following 'the letter of the law' as they say. I don't think that's what Anime Export did.
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