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  2. rsvictor1976
    You gotta love that AI english translation... "It's so cool. It's so cool. It's so cool. I'm so happy. I'm so happy..."
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  5. Seto Kaiba
    She's a minor character in The Rise of Skywalker. Rey's group meet her and her tribe of ex-First Order stormtroopers on the ocean moon of Endor while they're looking for the throne room in the wreckage of the second Death Star. She later goes with them to Exegol to fight the Sith and brings the horses they ride on top of that one Star Destroyer. At the end of the movie, she goes off with Lando Calrissian to look for her original family... though TBH the vibe I got was that she was meant to be the daughter Lando mentions was abducted by the First Order as a toddler. Nah. Disney backed away from the idea of Rose being Finn's love interest after she got almost Jar-Jar levels of hate when The Last Jedi came out. It did seem like Jannah was going to end up Finn's new love interest for a hot minute there since they were paired up several times in The Rise of Skywalker, but nothing comes of it either.
  6. Big s
    I have no memory of this character. I only watched that last movie once and even though there’s a picture and a name, I don’t remember this person. Did Finn cheat on Rose to be with her or something?
  7. Seto Kaiba
    Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota remains cute but directionless in its fifth episode. It has exactly one joke, and that is a deadpan reaction followed by serial escalation. My Friend's Little Sister Has It In For Me has hit almost white noise levels of unremarkable.
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  9. Seto Kaiba
    They've delved into his history in secondary works, based on what I can find... and his past is exactly as unremarkable as the films made it out. Basically, he was "recruited" at age 3 and raised in the First Order's indoctrination centers to be a future Stormtrooper cadet. He did well in training though got up to various comic relief-type hijinks on various assignments and the rest of his squad didn't like him so he never got a nickname. Jakku at the start of The Force Awakens was his first time in combat outside of simulations. He means Jannah, the female ex-First Order stormtrooper that Finn partners with in The Rise of Skywalker. (Yes, I had to look up her name too.) Nobody in Star Wars gets to live happily ever after. Only misery in this galaxy.
  10. Thom
    Ha! This chickee.
  11. sh9000
    Hasbro's 6" Tron Legacy figures will probably not do well either.
  12. sh9000
    Preorders go up on 10/29. Target Exclusive. Arcade Sentinel Variants.
  13. Big s
    I don’t remember Rose having an afro, but maybe the first Star Wars romantic comedy where they try and just settle down. One character doesn’t know how to function well in a non military environment and the other is so derpy she barely knows how to handle a domestic life. And then awkward adventures keep popping up and an out of place revelation into Finn’s past to give a bit of seriousness so it’s not totally silly kinda story and gets his series some interest.
  14. sh9000
    Preorders go up on 11/4.
  15. sh9000
    Preorders go up on 10/28.
  16. sh9000
    Preorders go up on 10/27.
  17. Thom
    Actually don't think I'll be doing that one. That's going to be sooo cool!
  18. pengbuzz
    Current project: Making the 1992 Kenner "batmissile" Batmobile into the 1989 version. Using this one for the correct length and (mostly) accurate proportions. Stay tuned...
  19. Papa Rat
    That looks cool. I’m a sucker for the good old shark mouth on aircraft.
  20. Thom
    I think if they did delve into his history, it could work. As mentioned, he has the whole backstory of being a child soldier with a lost past. Make a story of him trying to find where he came from, have him encounter other troopers, mainly those who did not turn against the Imperial Remnant (First Order) and with the afro chick and Lando along for the ride. Make sure the scripts were more dramatic than funny and I think it could work.
  21. Seto Kaiba
    Honestly? In my opinion, any potential Finn might have had as a character was squandered by The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker. He didn't have a lot to do in The Force Awakens aside from being Rey and Han's comic relief sidekick. The film did briefly tease that he might have the force potential to become a Jedi in later installments, but that was ultimately dropped. His subplot in The Last Jedi was one of the most heavily criticized parts of the movie and I think that was ultimately what got him demoted to almost an advertised extra in The Rise of Skywalker (alongside Disney's worries about the box office take in China). None of the main characters in the sequel trilogy are what I'd call well-developed, but I feel like Finn was the one who had it the worst by a significant margin. He's basically only ever a sidekick. First to Poe, then Rey, then Han, then Poe again, then Rose, and finally back to Rey. He gets Worf'd so Rey can look good, he sets up catchphrases for Poe, etc. He doesn't ever really get to be his own man... which I find disappointing because he was set up to have a much more interesting character arc than Rey (the Chosen Mary Sue) or Poe Dameron (cocky Ace Pilot rogue) given that he was a defector from the First Order. All of that said, I feel like at this point characters and set pieces from the sequel trilogy are water from a poisoned well. He didn't have enough of an arc for there to be any sense of direction to his character that might drive an original series centered on him. If anything, he might get to come back as a minor character in some far future story where we'll learn that he's serving as a general in the Defiance as they fight the Second Order on the New New Republic's behalf because it can't be arsed. Other than that, he's probably going to be strictly an EU novels character.
  22. twich
    I got some money for my birthday, went to a casino, got promotional cash for it being my birthday, and ended up winning some money, enough to order the Hi Metal R VF-2SS reissue and will now have it to go along with the kickstarter UHD copy of Macross II, whenever that releases! Quite the year for Macross II lovers! Twich
  23. Thom
    New on the bench!
  24. Papa Rat
    Oh yeah baby! I’m excited to get this primed and painted. Had picked this kit up at a huge discount form Newtype last year. 1/144 Engage SR3 Late Junone FSS
  25. Big s
    I think Boyega is strong enough to do a show, but his character was weakened a bit too much. Although I guess that since he didn’t end up with lil miss Skywalker that they could try and do something a bit more detached with him and Rose. But that involves using one of the more hated characters. Personally, I think they should just move ahead without using any established characters in a new adventure that doesn’t rely so much on cameos, but gets the narrative moving beyond the Rey era. Basically just leave the past in the past and give us a new beginning
  26. pengbuzz
    Do you think there's any potential for Finn to get his own miniseries? I think there's some storytelling potential there, and the comedy could work in his favor, allowing for some lighthearted adventures (just keep the Jedi out of the story along with Dave Filoni!!). The one counterpoint I can think of though is that Boyega may not have the gravitas/ ability to carry a miniseries as a main character, and that Finn might not be persuasive/ interesting enough a character. Your thoughts?
  27. pengbuzz
    Going to be taking a look at May I Ask for One Final Thing? https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GW4HM7WQ5/may-i-ask-for-one-final-thing?srsltid=AfmBOorFGrSeWqs_grsG6MRShgOGdT340dPlESdqAv9RYyo07sEs9sRg Looks to be at least moderately interesting, although with the premise, I suspect it'll get stale pretty fast.
  28. Shawn
    The intra-Japan shipping is 100% dependent on the seller source. YJ is almost always buyer pays intra japan from the seller to the buyee warehouse. Mercari on the other hand, is the opposite. Almost all the products on there are intra-japan shipping included. Perhaps there is a smaller fee for placing your item on Mercari vs YJ, or they incentivize them in some other way, but that is the pattern I've seen over the years.
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