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  2. Big s
    Another Led Mirage in the way in 1/100
  3. Test_Pilot_2
    Great for travel for consuming content on planes and airports. Great for discreetly consuming content when you don't want to rope in other folks... watched Alien Earth while my littles were watching Bluey. For the glasses that look semi-normal ish and don't impair your vision... Great for consuming training classes, certification prep, or news at work in between meetings or tasks. Even driving around/commuting while letting the material passively play in the background - essentially an amped-up ebook experience. They have their use cases for people even if they don't for you.
  4. Big s
    Kinda curious about articulation. I know there are a lot of joints, but there’s also a lot of armor that probably block movement, just wondering about its range of motion
  5. MKT
    Not surprisingly, many of the engineering from the DX YF-19 has been carried over. The eccentric bendy gun for Fighter mode is kept here. I think we have noticed before how Bandai went the Arcadia route for leg proportions. The manual reconfirms the knee gap in Fighter, with leg shortening in Battroid for bulkier proportions. Earlier pictures seem to indicate Bandai got rid of the shin panel covers. However, the cover is still there but re-engineered into a simpler sliding cover instead of the previous swiveling panel. The previous solution is visually better though - it hides the whole cutout space completely, whilst the new solution hides the uglier parts but the cutout space remains. We get to see how the new integrated neck cover works. Although there is still some back collar showing in Battroid, overall I like how they attempted to solve the previously only partsforming feature of the DX 19. It's in keeping with the innovations they have introduced starting with the VF-19 Advance. (for eg, one feature I feel that's a bit underappreciated is how the front canards elegantly hide into the Battroid back spine) Barring any factory assembly QC issues, this looks like it will be a solid release.
  6. SteveTheFish
    I found info on this sofubi kit on the Macross World legacy site here. It's at the top of the list: https://www.macrossworld.com/macross/models/hobbybase/hobby_base.htm I have another Valkyrie sofubi kit that's not on that list. It's a VF-1S in Battroid mode. I noticed that the legacy site does not list any figure models, such as the Arii sofubi kits or that clunky ABS(?) kit of Misa DYRL by Tsukuda. Sofubi kits aren't as popular as resin kits because they're a bit different to build. Many people don't have patience for them, but I'm rather fascinated by them.
  7. Papa Rat
    A quick update on KOG aka “my little buddy” before I hit the hay 💤 I might do one last gloss coat on it after finishing tonight’s final brush painting. I have never been so nervous to paint tiny, tiny details. I didn’t use any of the color correcting decals. I wanted to paint the few color details including this tiny white outline on shoulder “eye” designs. I was stressing but got it done. Not too shabby. My thoughts and feels on this new Volks 1:144 scale KOG Delta Beren is outstanding! It was a treat from Start to finish and can’t wait to do the larger 1:100 scale once I find that Gaia paint. Here’s a few photos taken at the bench. I’ll grab better pics tomorrow with some natural light hoping the gold has more sizzle if that’s a thing. Lol
  8. Papa Rat
    That’s super generous of you. I will keep that in mind if this doesn’t shake out locally. Also, congrats on the new kit. I’m not familiar with that one, will make sure and look it up. 👍
  9. azrael
    I'm still trying to determine what the use scenario for AR is. Industrial Design & CAD. Content consumption. Medical conceptualization. That's about all I can see for AR goggles. Those things are just too big, distracting, and silly to wear outside of building/controlled setting.
  10. Big s
    Definitely not a Sith, he was. Knight of Ren and Stimpy or something
  11. mikeszekely
    So Samsung just unveiled their rival to the Apple Vision Pro, the Galaxy XR. On the plus side, it's lighter than the Vision Pro, costs like half, and the Android XR OS is getting some praise for its usability and compatible with regular non-XR Android apps. But on the minus side, it's still like triple the price of a Meta Quest 3, and I'm struggling to see the actual market is for XR yet. While the Quest 3 can do some XR stuff, the main draw there still seems to be VR gaming.
  12. mikeszekely
    Yeah. I think I'm good with my non-Xbox Ally X for awhile yet.
  13. treatment
    per Heppoko's tweet: https://twitter.com/simsim5479/status/1980865962858647722 DX Fire-Valk instructions-manual pdf (colored) now up and available: https://tamashiiweb.com/images/item/item_0000015361_4C6Kwya3_300.pdf so you can dissect it the usual MWF way... --- edit/update: sample page-snap: errr. Bandai still seems to luv making their DX Macross valks look derpy in their instructions-manuals...
  14. Mommar
    I haven't touched a Mezco in years but I might actually pre-order that Casey.
  15. SteveTheFish
    Well, when I worked for Aoshima, the Macross license was open, meaning if you pay for it then it gives you the ability to do anything Macross-related, including Macross II, Flashback, and other minor stuff. That was in 2015 when that open license was revealed, and I was at the All-Japan show working for Aoshima's booth when that was announced. In recent years, I've just wondered if the villains at Harmony Gold may try to do something about that and perhaps companies might be selective regarding their projects.
  16. Seto Kaiba
    Oh, undeniably. I'm sure there's some OTM shenanigans that make the wing surface a more effective radiator than it would otherwise be, but the main way to dispose of the coolant that has absorbed heat from internal components is much more straightforward. It's also propellant, so they can just get rid of it by shooting it out of the main engines or verniers as the Valkyrie maneuvers. (Thermoelectric converters are also used in the VF's power systems, so maybe that plays a role too.) Probably just a smaller shield like the VF-19F/S's vs. the larger one on the YF-19/VF-19A/C. By this generation, the shield itself almost seems redundant given that they're working with the second generation of pinpoint barrier technology.
  17. Seto Kaiba
    Nah, Kylo Ren/Ben Solo wasn't even a real Sith. He was basically Palpatine's unpaid intern. He ain't just gonna walk off death itself like everyone's favorite evil space wizard.
  18. sh9000
  19. sh9000
    Transformers Generations Earthrise WFC Smokescreen x2.
  20. davidwhangchoi
    that price
  21. davidwhangchoi
  22. PointBlankSniper
    By mecha convention, it's kind of a goofy shield, but IMO it passes for a buckler
  23. Chronocidal
    Honestly, it's probably more about the licensing, like so many other things currently driving the franchise. They seem to be prioritizing designs they can freely sell to anyone, rather than just the local fanbase. Or from a different angle, they might not be able to get the licenses to make those specific characters. We haven't seen anything from the other pre-Frontier series either, I think. I still want an actual Sheryl valk though.
  24. Chronocidal
  25. Bolt
    I agree. You're definitely not wrong. lol yeah I didn't catch that one. Interesting idea. Goes further than being schooled by a force ghost..
  26. Froy
    There was a novel telling a history about Palpatine having a some clones around the galaxy and how siths "survived" by passing their essence into other living beings or even objects. Sadly Disney ditched all of that. At less they could have a explanation on the Palpatines return on the ROS and the history wouldn't have ended being a huge meme.
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