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Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu - May 22, 2026
Roy Focker replied to sh9000's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Boba's character assassination was result of I think them not wanting lead characters to be bad. Children are watching. We can't have him a crime lord doing criminal activity. -
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu - May 22, 2026
Thom replied to sh9000's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
And that 'defanging' became even more evident when Mando showed up, showing a far better written and plotted character than Boba Fett turned out to be. - Today
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Nice. I saw that too. I have a few of those HG kits waiting to be built. Might be a fun kit to bring with on a trip or build while chilling on the couch watching a movie.
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I know I pre ordered this, I just can't remember where
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Arcadia's website has been down for a long time now, so I wouldn't read too much into it. It's probably quicker and easier for them to do updates via social media.
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I do love dunbine. I built a lot of those back in the day. They never looked as good as the artwork on the box though. I was on that site as well and it seems they have all three of the new hg dunbine colors available. Those are really fun quick kits. And a bit pricey, but super relaxing since they are stress free. I’m still hoping they update more of those cool bugs.
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Those super parts give me VF-19 and VF-25 vibes and I like it.
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I enjoyed this show. I get the cheesy tropes and stupidity, but I give the show grace and call it campiness. I don't know that aside from Alien: Isolation (putting the player in the hot seat), we'll be able to invoke the level of horror that Alien did - and I don't know that I'd want that to begin with. Alien is one of the greats and I doubt you can ever re-create the theater feel of that subject matter breaking for the first time. Aliens... Again, one of the greats for me. It's hard for me to imagine topping this movie - the Alien with ALL the 80's over-the-topness. Remember, the only one in the movies that really understood how screwed everyone was all along was the cat. I do not agree with Alien: Earth sitting above these two on Rotten Tomatoes... That's a travesty... but for a TV "show" I think it has been great. Looking forward to next season where I hope the success of the first gives them a bigger budget for the effects and they use it wisely.
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Well, it's a historic scene from the 1980's, where astronaut Bruce McCandless III first tested the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) in space without any umbilical. So with that said, it's been disassembled while I sand down the horizon on the planet. It can be; I lose memory when it happens, and my poor wife has to deal with me losing consciousness and pretty much spasming like I just got electrocuted! It's a result of a TBI (traumatic brain injury) in 2007. A lot of folks say "you don't look or talk like you're brain damaged"; it largely depends upon what part of the brain was damaged. And they change their minds pretty quick if I end up having a seizure. There are still people who avoid me like the plague after they saw me have one.
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I did my own calcukatuon for shipping an item, don't know what the handling fee nonsense is but either theirbcalculator is broken because the shipping and duty fees are both doubled or Japanese companies have difured out there's enough confusion they can screw us. Those numbers are not correct. Duties are 15% from Japan, not 30%, and I priced DHL directly.
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They haven't been charging me a carrier handling fee and 4200 is 30%.
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With a 95% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes, it would seem many agree with you... It's fresh and exciting. 🤨 Most of the YouTube critics I've seen agree with you. It's a dumpster fire. This is the most polarizing sci-fi I've seen since The Last Jedi. 😲
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Hope it's not game over for Arcadia.
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I just checked HLJ. A similar item, the HI-Metal R VF-2SS sells for 14000 Yen. HLJ wants to charge me 9500 Yen for DHL + 4200 Yen for Duties + 3300 Yen for Carrier Handling Fee, for a total of 31000 yen. HLJ actually wants to charge me more for shipping than the item’s value?!
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So my lady wanted to watch Ice Road Vengeance on Netflix. I said ok reluctantly, but mostly due to me picking the last couple movies. It’s pretty much garbage, but with a bit of Liam Neeson charm. It’s pretty bad when the movie has ice road in the title, but there are barely patches of snow on the ground in a couple spots. The highlight of the movie is that Liam Neeson can somehow get a bus’s Front axle removed, climb down a hill with a a wench they somehow set up using the wheel of the bus and remove the parts off another turned over bus at the bottom of a cliff and with very little help and get the new one set up in less time than an oil change all while bleeding from a gunshot wound to the side of his belly. All mechanics should be shown this scene and shamed if they take more than an hour to work on your car. Seriously, this movie is trash, but if you owe a favor then maybe it’s worth a watch. Or maybe if there an eventual Rifftrax version it might be more fun.
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Very nice read. Makes me hopeful of further toy developments that will be in the $100-$150 range for the toys is always a bonus. While I have never touched the Sentinel Legioss or Tread, they look absolutely wonderful and worth the $200-$400 price tag, not to mention the Mospeada. The POSE+ looks awesome, but is way out of my league for price. The scale is perfect, but the cost is just too much. Hope to be able to acquire one of these. Twich
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Any word on Hikaru's VF-1A? Thanks.
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I’d have thought the metallic paint would be more expensive, guess it’s just Gambit doing another of his little scams
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Man, you said it. I'm also working on a mostly white MOC and could use those in white as well. The Countach is an impressive set and I'm still tempted to pick it up, too. I kinda wish they'd done it in red, but I think they wanted it as a counterpoint to the Speed Champions version, which was also white. OR, perhaps, Ferrari took issue with making a Lambo in red. IDK- just spitballing, but some of these car companies can be rather fussy and demanding. I would have preferred it in black, too, over the white.
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These are the planned super parts?
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The Unlicensed Third Party Transformers Thread
Scyla replied to slaginpit's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Thanks for the mention @mikeszekely, I usually don’t but KO but if Hasbro never does a Studio Series 86 repaint (the same way they never repainted the Earthrise version) I might have to look into this version. [edit:] I wonder why they didn’t bother painting a faction symbol. They clearly knew they could get in trouble thus not marking the box with a company name. So why not go all the way and paint the faction logo. It would have been a nice touch- 9365 replies
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You know what's irritating now.. I could easily use a few of those new compound curves to refine the OMS pods on my shuttle, if I can get them in white. I've been trying to come up with a better arrangement of elements, and that might make a really nice option for those curves. That Countach is really tempting though.. but sadly I probably do not have the spare funds to pick anything up at the moment, just from other priorities. Will have to see though.
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A couple months back, James Gunn made some rather enlightening and illustrative remarks on that point in an interview with Rolling Stone. In his view, the number one reason the film industry is struggling (or "dying", in his words) is that studios are shooting shows and movies without a finished screenplay in hand. The problem is potentially more severe than having nobody review the writing. Studios are moving projects into production with incomplete screenplays and then literally attempting to make up the rest as they go. Which would explain an awful lot of Alien: Earth's problems like wildly inconsistent pacing, a lack of meaningful character development for almost the entire cast, the underutilization of most of the monsters from the Maginot, the way characters and monsters seem to engage in offscreen teleportation, the inconsistent security of the "secure lab" that requires door codes only and is supposed to be Synths only when it's dramatic but otherwise lets any rando walk right in and out, or the hilariously forced Peter Pan motif that doesn't actually fit in the story thematically after the first episode or two.
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@Chronocidal, food for thought! I picked this up at our local LEGO Store this weekend after some hmmming and hawing over various options. I believe the last one of these I built was the Mustang, actually, since you mentioned it, and I considered the Countach, as it looked amazing. But I love dark blue and I love the look of the Cobra, so I made an executive decision! No regrets; as usual with these premium car models, there are plenty of interesting techniques, a few new parts which will come in handy for MOCs, and just an overall excellent capture of the real car's details and design, not to mention working steering, opening doors, hood, and trunk. This is a very curvy car, and the new 4x1 complex curved slope piece (7206 left and its analog, 7205 right) really allowed the designer(s) to execute them in an accurate manner. The model is stunning in-hand and I'm glad I chose it over some of the Marvel sets I was considering. The sticker sheet was small with only three or four stickers that weren't difficult to apply. The striped parts are all printed, as well as a 1x1 round tile with the Cobra emblem, and a few generic 1x1 round tiles with the gauge pattern. The build was smooth, as too are the functions of the final model; the doors have a satisfying little 'thoop' to them when they close and the hood/trunk open on double hinges that allow for them to close flushly like buttah. Overall, I give it a solid recommend. BTW, they had the Black Pearl at the LEGO Store and it is a large and impressive beastie to be sure. It's not really my jam, but for those who've hoped for a set of this magnitude, if they can spare the ducats, I'm sure they'll treasure the experience. Arrrr! From what I've read, the Pearl was designed by Mike Psiaki, Senior Designer extraordinaire, who has been responsible for any number of notable sets, especially the Icons Cars and the 10497 Galaxy Explorer. He has demonstrated time and again, a penchant for devising techniques and ingenious solutions to achieving very challenging shapes, functions, and features posed by the subject matter of the sets he works on. He was a brilliant MOC builder before working for LEGO, and we're all the richer for his having joined the company.
