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  2. Mommar
    Any links ahead of time to sit on?
  3. Seto Kaiba
    For me, that's exactly the part that makes the series so disappointing. GQuuuuuuX seems to be painfully uninterested in its own main characters and, at times, its own main story. Machu, Nyan, and Shuji are supposed to be the main characters, right? Not only has the story generally avoided any kind of character development for Shuji or Nyan, the actions of the main trio are never more than peripheral to the course of the show's story. The role of a main character is to be the perspective the audience views the story through as well as the driving force behind the story's progression as they navigate the conflict central to the plot. None of that is really happening with Machu, Shuji, or Nyan. It's really clear that the story of those three is not the story the writers care about telling. Nothing the main trio do has done has meaningfully affected the course of events in the story and the writers of the series keep having other characters like Challia and Kycilia remind us that the real story is something else entirely that's going on behind the metaphorical curtain where we're not allowed to look. It's kind of frustrating because not only does that other story sound WAY more interesting, but it's like... why not just show us that story instead of this one you're clearly not feeling? More than anything, I show up to Gundam for the character writing. It's a franchise that's had some of the strongest character writing in the industry. GQuuuuuuX could have been something really interesting, but the character writing in it is so thin that it's barely there at all. Engage with the characters and let us see what makes them tick, y'know?
  4. mikeszekely
    I was just coming to post that. Based on past history, I'd expect SS86 Megatron to go up for preorder around 1:00pm ET that day. Also, Target's doing a Geek-Out 2025 on June 13th. I've heard there will be a Netflix Optimus/Megatron pack (as if we needed more copies of the Siege molds), Devastation Sideswipe and Wheeljack (likely the Earthrise molds will cell shading), and a 4-pack of Deluxes Bumper (Earthrise or SS86 Bumblebee retool), Ultra Magnus (fairly sure it's a repaint of the toy-style Legacy Deluxe Optimus), and Horri-Bull (gotta finish those Headmaster Juniors!) vs Voyager Nemesis Prime (Earthrise, maybe?).
  5. mikeszekely
    Well, after spending the day with my Switch 2, I can confidently say that unless (like me) you're worried tariffs are going to drive the price up even higher, you can probably skip for now. The launch lineup is extremely sparse, with almost every good game being available on some other console*. Seriously, most people seem to be playing Cyberpunk 2077, and hey, if this is the first console some people bought that can play it more power to them, but I'll stick with PC for that. Mario Kart World is probably the only Switch 2-only game most people will look twice at, and... well, it's kind of just ok-ish. The open world map that's supposed to shake things up kind of doesn't. You can only play singleplayer, and unlike games like Forza Horizon you're not driving to different racing events. About the most exciting thing I found was the occasional P-switch that would start a short mission. The mission is always to get to a goal by a certain time, and the rewards seem to be stickers and maybe a new outfit. The meat and potatoes of the games is still Grand Prix, which is still a series of four races for points. I did two cups, and both of them started with a typical three-lap track, followed by three courses subdivided into three segments instead of laps. The idea is that one course flows into the next; these courses do exist as part of the open world. But since you're not actually racing in the open word it's not actually doing the game any favors. Rather, it reduces the variety of the courses as they start to blend together- and there's no Rainbow Road! Honestly, I think I'd rather play Mario Kart 8. The majority of my time with the Switch 2 was spent playing BotW with the $10 upgrade pack... a game that, as a Wii-U title as well as a Switch 1 launch title, I don't recall pushing the Switch hardware the way TotK did. Is it actually better on Switch 2, then? Actually, yes... right away I noticed textures like the filigree in the Sheikah ruins is a lot sharper, and HDR means the colors pop more. Going back, it makes playing on the Switch 1 look kind of muddy and washed out. Link's character model doesn't look all that different, though, and I've noticed several instances of shrubbery popping in. Ultimately, the gameplay is unchanged, and after awhile you kind of get into it and stop really looking for or noticing differences. I'd say if you get a Switch 2 and want to play BotW again it's worth getting the upgrade for it, but the upgrade for BotW isn't worth getting a Switch 2 over. Frankly, I think Nintendo should have stockpiled consoles for another month and launched it with the new Donkey Kong available. And while you're probably thinking it's pretty cool that you can use the Switch 1 Pro controller on the Switch 2, I think Nintendo did it more so all the Virtual Console controllers they've sold still work. Nintendo definitely wants you to buy the Switch 2 Pro controller, and they made sure you know it by making the old Pro controller unable to wake the console from sleep. *Even though the Remaster is exclusive to Switch 2, the original Bravely Default can still be played on the 3DS, so I'm not counting it as a Switch 2 exclusive. Hey, @Hikuro, I'm a little bit of a car guy so when you post a picture like that I'm looking at your dash, no the Switch 2. Is that an early 2010's Infiniti?
  6. sh9000
    I think Psylocke vs Thanos and Weapon X will go up for preorder at 9 am EST.
  7. Today
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  9. sh9000
    I'll be checking it out.
  10. Radioguy
    Meh. I've seen better.
  11. Radioguy
    That's a first (in my experience). One of the Bandai replacements I had was out over a year.
  12. Radioguy
    Agreed, but I'd take another color first...
  13. Mommar
    So even Hasbro claims Psylocke goes up for pre-order at 1pm Eastern, but will that mean it's actually 9 am like it was for the Blue Guile I got screwed out of?
  14. mikeszekely
    My wife bought a new microwave and stove last month, I think they both do wifi. I should figure out how that works...
  15. JB0
    They had problems with tape not sticking, apparently root-caused to a broken air conditioner. Everyone was miserable, and this made it worse.
  16. Big s
    Birds would be particularly dangerous on earth. The ground creatures can splash acid when killed, but it would just soak up into the ground as long as it doesn’t get on you, but a flying bird getting killed hast the potential for deadly acid showers if you only wound it
  17. Big s
    They had a limit for three of the decals, maybe it was karma for passing their invisible limit
  18. Big s
    Not really
  19. KOG Water Dragon
    I did. I did order the VF-22s on day one. I actually got 6 sets of the decals from HLJ, but 0 of the kits. 🤣
  20. Thom
    Does he have to be white to be White..?
  21. Yesterday
  22. Hikuro
    while watching the trailer again I this time paused some of the end segments. Looks like somehow our lil synthetic heroine is gonna hook a xenomorph right on its secondary mouth and properly just rip the dang thing right out maybe even killing it or getting a big acid splash, guess wait and see. There's at least some differences from what previous movies have tried like introducing other animals and species....it would be really. neat if they do the ol' kenner toy bit and we see the Xenomorph equivalent of those creatures.
  23. azrael
    Ummmm...I'm blaming Nintendo for that. That's all on Gamestop. Why the hell are you STAPLING a receipt to the box? What happened to just taping it? Or neither.
  24. Big s
    I still find the show entertaining. It’s not my favorite gundam show, but definitely far from the worst. I think this particular episode that we just had was the only one that really let me down. Some of the others were a little fillerish. Although I do think that one of the biggest problems with the overall show is that it’s more about everything else and not much about the main character. Kinda like a main character that would be fine in a three episode quickie that somehow got a bigger series and now just kinda reacts mostly to the more interesting stuff going on in what normally would be the background. kinda like the background and foreground are reversed
  25. Big s
    I’d definitely agree there. I don’t buy those either though due to price, but if I won the lottery and had my choice, I’d easily go for the kit
  26. Big s
    I gotta say that stapling receipts to a box is pretty stupid. That should never have been a thing in the first place for any product. They petty much trashed a few hundred thousand dollars or possibly much more worth of product. I bet the people at Nintendo are all fairly confused over this one.
  27. Big s
    I’m guessing Perry White will never be white again.
  28. Big s
    I’ve been getting the hlj orders on kits. Even the VF-22’s in sets of three. Just they limited the decals to only three, so I had to get those locally. I think the trick is to just order on day one for the kits you want. Bandai seems a bit slower at reissuing kits than they used to be and these days it may end up cheaper at some of the local spots. Personally, I haven’t ordered any of the delta kits because they haven’t announced the one I would buy. the Bandai figures at hlj have been tough, but at least they put order stop on those. Wasn’t able to get that Char Aznable sh figuarts and unfortunately none of the local spots have had preorders for him.
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