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  3. Seto Kaiba
    I'm not sure that necessarily even implies anything. After all, the Excelsior's prototype-era bridge wasn't that much bigger than the regular Constitution-class refit bridge of the era or many of the more modern bridge designs that would follow and Starfleet ships of that era seem to swap out bridge modules with a fairly high frequency. (This, of course, being an in-universe justification for having struck sets, redressed or modified sets to the point of being unable to revert them, or simply built more advanced sets to replace the ones previously used.) The change in the bridge design may have nothing whatsoever to do with ergonomics and simply reflect whatever Starfleet settled on as a standard operational design or include some unspecified modernizations. True, but at the same time it's also true that fuel has never really been a concern for Starfleet ships in normal operations in Star Trek's various series and movies. Fuel concerns only ever really come up prominently in Voyager and Enterprise. In both cases, those are stories depicting a Starfleet ship ill-equipped for its current situation that is operating many months or years away from the nearest friendly ship or starbase that might be able to replenish its stores. Mind you, it's worth noting that in both of chose cases it's also true that the entire plot hinges on a critical research failure. It's always deuterium they're running out of, and while deuterium is rare relative to elemental hydrogen it's simply not that rare. The implication going back as far as TOS - and explicitly confirmed in the tech manuals and some onscreen okudagrams - is that a Federation starship typically carries enough fuel to operate away from base for months if not years. Even the Danube-class runabout in TNG "Timescape" is said to have enough fuel for a month and a half (over 47 days) for each engine. And given that mass does not impact acceleration or flight performance for these starships due to the way they get around by bending space-time and the amount of other stuff they're carrying, a bit more fuel mass seems like a negligible concern at best.
  4. Dynaman
    Well, just watched it. It was OK, nothing great. I don't think it will be enough to get the show back on.
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  6. The Shade
    😄 I can believe that there will be some pages. There were a lot of us who backed that kickstarter.
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  8. rsvictor1976
    Doesn’t the figure or the Battle Pod interior just get scratched up?
  9. mikeszekely
    I dunno, I loved all three of them, but I was like 5-6 when the second season aired. Beachcomber sucked, though.
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  13. Dynaman
    Since it supposedly released yesterday it makes sense to advertise. I'll have to give it a look tonight.
  14. Dynaman
    And Matchbox is the "realistic" of the two car lines. Hot Wheels at least had those outlandish cars that would have been distinctive.
  15. Morgen Black
    I had a pre-order from early last year and I saw that they were available. I told them, that I wanted my order and threw in Dolza to make it a three pack. If I wouldn't of emailed them, I am pretty sure my order would still be pending. FYI. MB
  16. jenius
    It sounds like you can request a pilot figure be shipped if you buy something else and pay for combined shipping. That works for me... I'll give it a try.
  17. Pontus started following Kitz Concept Toy Thread 2.0
  18. Pontus
    Wait, you actually got a figure to fulfill the regult preorder, or did you have to purchase these? The site doesn't show either Seth or Adam available for sale or even preorder. What do you mean by "more or less?" Are they finally fulfilling the promise to include a figure with every regult preorder? Or are you saying they're only fulfilling the promise to make a figure that fits in a regult?
  19. pengbuzz
    I feel the same way; they ended up being parodies of characters in my mind rather than characters in and of themselves. Powerglide sounded like a cross between a ring announcer and an car salesman; Seaspray sounded like Popeye trying to talk while gargling water (or whatever) at the same time, and Warpath.... let's not even go there (which is a shame, since I love his Generations design!). On that note: if they wanted to update their personalities, tone down that stuff (not remove it completely) in the voice acting, and make them a bit more like military personnel in those assigned roles: Powerglide: self-assured pilot/ aviator. Not obnoxious like the G1 cartoon version, but showing come competency. Almost like a Tom Cruise Maverick kind of spirit. Seaspray: an "old salt"; much traveled and experienced... weathered many storms, both metallic and terrestrial. A dash of Quint from Jaws (Robert Shaw) would work well. Warpath: grizzled old Army Vet (WWII). Nothing really phases him; seen utter hell and spat in its' face. Squints hard at danger and then slugs it right in the chops. (for some reason, I love listening to the "Police Academy March" when I think of him.... ) Just my take on this.
  20. Valkyrie Hunter D
    240?
  21. jvmacross
    Directly from KC.... Also got my Battlepod Pre-order figs.....opted for one "Adam" just to have one and 2 "Seth" variants... The figs are nice and fullfill "the promise"....more or less....of a Regult with pilot.....but they are just way too small to display with any other Macross toys that are not in "HM-R" scale.... KC 1/72.... HM-R VF-1... Yamato 1/60 VF-1.... THREEZERO VF-1.... KC 6".... HM-R Defender....
  22. The Shade
    How many pages are going to be just the backers?
  23. jvmacross

    JVMacross Kit Concept Collectibles

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  24. pengbuzz
    No, but they did scale it back down regardless and I suspect it was because the ergonomics the classic bridge setup possesses begins to lose cohesion with larger spaces. Echoing the massive ring of nothing that the writers seem to have inherited from Discovery. While all that may be true, it still expends fuel (deuterium/ antideuterium) which is extra mass they must carry (the old conundrum more mass= more fuel= more mass). I'm not saying it'll "make or break the ship" per se, but that the thinking behind this is not solid by any measure and lacks the fairly tight economy of some previous starships.
  25. sh9000
    Got $200 from attending a meeting so it helped cut down the cost and fees. Ended up being an excellent purchase.
  26. sh9000
    And ordered at Kohl's for pickup.
  27. sh9000
    Mezco 5 Points 1989 Batman x2.
  28. shazam
    Bandai - Dragon Ball Super - S.H. Figuarts Super Saiyan God SS Goku x 3
  29. jenius
    How did you buy it?
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