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  2. Seto Kaiba
    Thank you for the heads up. I got one as a gift for my nephew, and will pass along word to my brother so he doesn't get caught by that rather odd issue. đź‘Ť
  3. Seto Kaiba
    The real question is even more direct than that... "Does warfare change after the sequels?" With Dave Filoni still firmly in charge of Star Wars, the obvious and extremely safe answer is "No". Part of it is that LucasFilm CCO Dave Filoni clearly does not like to leave his creative "safe space" (Star Wars: the Clone Wars), but to a large extent the lack of any real change will be easily attributable to the fact that the two confirmed post-sequel projects in development are only set a few years after the Rise of Skywalker. It's unlikely that war will change, both because it hasn't meaningfully done so in the 68 or so years of time encompassing the Skywalker Saga despite three major wars and because technological improvements are a main driver of change in how wars are fought and technology in Star Wars seems to be almost entirely stagnant across at least the 168 years of onscreen time we've seen thus far. Given that both of the announced post-sequel movie projects are supposedly set only about 5-15 years after the events of the Rise of Skywalker, I think it's safe to say that we'll be seeing the scattered remnants of the First Order harassing the reconstituted New Republic or whatever successor state replaces it in the same way we see the scattered Imperial forces harassing the New Republic in the time between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. Like what we see in The Mandalorian and Ahsoka. A very cynical part of me is inclined to suspect they'll try to go for an EU-esque approach to the period similar to what the previous work titled New Jedi Order did. That situation likely suits Dave Filoni's creative process just fine. He won't have to develop a new antagonist faction for either project. He can just rebrand the Empire again, and if he wants a dark sider for Rey's crew to fight he can just have some forgotten Sith apprentice come out of the woodwork the same way Order 66 Jedi survivors have been doing for decades. Starfighter's so close to the previous film he doesn't even have to come up with new designs, he can plausibly continue to lean on the existing designs from the previous film which were themselves just the classic designs from the OT with minimal facelifts. It's a near-perfect setup to play it extremely safe with future projects. The one risk I feel like they're taking is basing another movie (New Jedi Order) around Daisy Ridley's character Rey. Even excluding culture war nonsense - and a directoral choice seemingly intended to provoke culture war nonsense - Rey is a polarizing character to the target audience. She wasn't handled well in the sequel trilogy, so a lot of the audience is seemly rather ambivalent about her return.
  4. GMK
    Looks like you get decals for both included in the Max Battroid kit.
  5. Duke Togo
    I've seen several reports now that she's playing the bad guy.
  6. Dynaman
    All I can think of with that quote about ever expanding Death Stars is "Gurren Lagann", without the charm of course. It does give DisneyLucasFilmInc a direction statement, perhaps I can sue for a finders fee in a few decades (well, my offspring can).
  7. davidwhangchoi
    i like that of the tiers comes with a pedal to duck and cover reload.
  8. F-ZeroOne
    Thanks for the replies about data transfer. I don't have Nintendo Online so wasn't entirely sure about that.
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  10. Seto Kaiba
    To be honest, the direction I feel like they're going with Nyan is that she's the person who's been swept along by events her entire life without any real means of control. What little exposition we've gotten about her paints the picture of someone who's been on her own and at the mercy of others from a very young age. She's from Side 2, and she lost her home and her entire family in the One Year War... likely in the One Week Battle, where Zeon's unprovoked attack on Sides 1, 2, and 4 with nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons wiped out approximately 1/2 of the Human population at the time. She was 10 or 11 at most when she was orphaned and made a refugee. She lived on her own in an illegal tenament in Izuma colony's illegal refugee district and worked as a black market courier to make ends meet, always fearing arrest by the Side 6 military police. When she meets Machu, she basically ends up under Machu's thumb and dependent on Machu's earnings in Clan Battle. Then she's dependent on Shuji for escape, and finally on Xavier's kindness and Kycilia's use for her to make any kind of life for herself. One has to wonder what will happen when she finally gets a measure of control... like her own Gundam. She unflinchingly killed two elite veteran soldiers in her only prior combat outing and she didn't hesitate to vaporize Miguel either. One has to wonder what she might do if unrestrained for the first time.
  11. Negotiator
    I enjoyed it for the most part. I didn't like the battle in the third story it just seemed really unfair but I figured out that that character would need to be used specifically for something later on. I would like to see a sequel and I hope the sequel isn't bad lands.
  12. Pakir1550
    Pakir1550 joined the community
  13. Papa Rat
    No more loose hatch on the monster. Went for some magnets now I hope I can cover them up so they don’t look so out of place. 🤔 Also decided to submit a model for a show event. This will be a first on many levels. It has to be a Bandai kit and Gundam. I don’t know anything about Gundam so I went with this Tallgeese kit. I thought it looked cool and would be fun. I have only built the entry grade RX-78-2 kits so a MG should keep me busy. Now to think of a badass color scheme?
  14. Valkyrie Hunter D
    The setting has changed, but it looks this game got the green light:
  15. Darus0968
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  16. Big s
    The decals will probably also be included in that fighter version with all the sets. Unfortunately that won’t include Kakizaki himself or the Awsome box
  17. kajnrig
    Nice, thanks. I was just looking at stores last night since the first pre-order caught me by surprise. EDIT: Well dang, looks like it's back to discontinued already. Must be popular... or really limited...?
  18. kajnrig
    Since it's not a Bandai kit, I didn't think there'll be any stock issues. I've gotten all my Hasegawas, Plamaxes, Kotobukiyas, etc. from them right on schedule. Still, fingers crossed. On the subject on Bandai and HLJ, I got orders fulfilled of some random repros in the last few months. Nice surprise, that. IIRC a Mega Size Zaku and a HG O Gundam. So it's still a decent way to get their back catalog at a good price. Just add them to the PW pile you're already building up.
  19. KOG Water Dragon
    I want it for the Kakizaki decals and the box art. I'll pay extra if I have to.
  20. jvmacross
    The shipping costs are too high now on single book purchases....not particularly interested in the model books though, but need to order 3 or more to justify the shipping expense
  21. pengbuzz
    That's what happens when you feed your valk Taco Bell...
  22. Duke Togo
    I wasn't able to suspend my disbelief through any of this, and I immensely dislike the implications of the ending. I'm not sure who the audience for this is supposed to be. It had the logic of a kids' cartoon, but the violence of something for adults.
  23. Big s
    I kinda get his basic point. Although not to any extreme. When she does get in the battle for the first time, she overdoes the Kira Kira and kills another pilot, but that’s usually what happens to Kira Kira users. And during the battle with the not Titans, she tries to convince Shuji to leave without Machu, although she just might’ve been panicking due to the situation not being ideal, although I get the feeling that her character is a bit of a subtle planner. She seems to kinda pick up on things faster than the rest of the trio. That’s kinda how I feel about finally watching Hundreds of Beavers on amazon. It’s not a great movie and most people would just nope out at the preview and most of the rest would probably give up ten minutes into the film, but I loved it for what it is. I could give all the reasons in the world why I liked it, but I’m pretty sure a majority of the people would feel tortured by it
  24. Thom
    That is really good! Really evokes the emotions of the scene.
  25. Big s
    I think the real question is, How does warfare change after Andor and the sequels and stuff? do we get more lightsaber ships? Are tractor beams mostly unused anymore? Are light speed suicide ship tactics a deterrent? Is mounting a Jedi as a hood ornament better than a the usual shielding?
  26. Big s
    How good are you at making copies? At that scale, it would be very easy to lose details
  27. Thom
    I'm ready for DS V-III to be the size of a solar system, with every planet holed through and fitted with focusing crystals. Once they all align, the Nu New Newest Newer Republic better watch out!
  28. sh9000

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