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electric indigo replied to David Hingtgen's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
It's not a bug, it's a feature 😁 - Today
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imagine if they sell the parts separately? like the sword striker pack? I'd get the feet and legs first and maybe the chest next...
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You did indeed call it... three weeks ago on August 27th, to be precise. 👍 That, IMO, is the sucker bet. Practically guaranteed to happen to prevent an outbreak.
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I never had any of the OG Deluxe Insecticons (I only had Kickback and Shrapnel), but I do have a downscaled Convertors version of Barrage and I always thought it was a cool figure. I wish Takara/Hasbro had gone all-in on making new molds for Barrage and Chop Shop to match their OG toys as well. Regarding Venom, I know there's some complaint about the wing attachments, but it follows the OG toy quite faithfully and IMHO that's a strength, mostly. It would have been nice had those attachments swiveled to his back to get them out of the way, but overall, I'm extremely happy with how he turned out. Still waiting for my copy. Since they've demonstrated the willingness and ability to back-engineer Venom, I hope they'll do the same eventually not only with Ransack, Barrage and Chop Shop, but also Whirl and Roadbuster. I really want a proper Mugen Calibur as my Roadbuster. Missed the preorder today so I didn't get SS86 Soundwave. Got a little sticker shock from that $60 price tag. Just not seeing $60 worth of stuff there, and being a fan of the cassette-bots, the new molds with him aren't exactly inspiring. I'll likely get him eventually, but man these prices are becoming a bit off-putting, especially when 3P legends makers are, IMHO, crafting superior versions of these characters for around the same price and they're much more space-friendly, an appealing factor when I'm just about out of space for Hasbro's mainline/SS stuff.- 17654 replies
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I called this weeks ago. Now allow me a new prediction...
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Since Tesla's abominable safety record came up recently, this feels a bit relevant: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/09/tesla-model-y-door-handles-now-under-federal-safety-scrutiny/ The Office of Defects Investigation in the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is the latest national regulatory body to take up the question of whether the flush/retractable door handles used on Tesla vehicles (and on select models of other brands) meet vehicle safety standards in the event of a crash or a 12V bus failure. Similar regulatory probes are already underway in Europe and China, with the latter already floating discussion of a ban.
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renegadeleader1 replied to David Hingtgen's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
If the Boulton Paul Defiant breaks your brain you should look up the Bell YMF-1 Airacuda, a twin engined pusher "bomber destroyer" that had gunner positions in the engine nacels in front of the motors. The USAAC had a squadron's worth of these things operating with the USAAC/USAAF at the start of the war before those in charge realized how much of a deathtrap it was and quietly removed them from service and scrapped them all two months in. If you need more obscure WWII aircraft there's also the B-32 Dominator which was the backup from Consolidated should the B-29 fail, and the Brewster SB2A Buccaneer a dive bomber so terrible the Navy and USAAF chose to send most of them directly to the junkyard for scrapping rather than use them as trainers or target tugs after they failed miserably at those jobs. Probably one of my favorite obscure aircraft is the Curtiss-Wright AT-9 "jeep" trainer. It looks like a cartoon come to life looking a half used toothpaste tube mixed with a Japanese style super deformed Beechcraft Model 18. It was deliberately designed to fly like crap so as to simulate adverse flying conditions brought on by battle damage. -
Yeah, Alien: Earth's showrunners and writers did not understand the assignment. Xenomorph XX121 has never been less scary. The mature one spends the first three episodes mugging for the camera before being killed with the cutting arm from an office paper cutter by a girl/synth with no combat experience or training, and the second one is... The other four groups of critters really don't seem to be engaged in the story to any significant degree. The main source of menace seems to be the obligatory Horror Movie Stupidity that most of the cast contracts at one point or another, and that's not exactly scary because you can see it coming a light year away.
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Oh man, I really like how Venom came out! I never owned the deluxe insecticons, but I sure wanted them. Wish the whole team could've gotten this treatment, though Venom's probably the one that we win most with. Chop Shop's gotten pretty close with a Shrapnel rework, and the other two ... their original designs aren't near as good. I agree they should've found something better to do with the wings rather than being slavishly toy-accurate. The orange bit in his torso is a nice accent that I think improves the design. I probably would've updated the axe-head to a kukri knife if they'd asked me. Insert "biblically-accurate aerialbots" meme here.- 17654 replies
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Every time I try to "reconcile" what's going on with the toon Aerialbots, I give up. I think it's compounded by the fact that if you ever freeze-frame them (especially the combination sequence), it REALLY looks like the artists "lose track of who's who", and switch designs/colors half-way through. It's like, "Skydive leaps into the air, gains Fireflight's colorscheme, then Air Raid's robot design/wings, then turns into a leg" or something like that. It's that, AND the whole "can't tell wings from tailplanes, so they just tend to add lots of them all over" syndrome. It's like everyone has wings on their legs AND tailplanes on their legs, AND wings on the backpack AND the tail on the backpack. Just, 'stuff everywhere' combining all the robot modes from the whole team on every individual. It's just a mess. If there's one team where you should NOT attempt to closely copy the cartoon, it's the Aerialbots. Because while the Combaticons may alter their color/design when combining, at least they don't turn into each other while doing so...- 17654 replies
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Thrills and chills don’t exist in this show. That’s why I started viewing it as a comedy instead. If you try watching it that way it’s far more tolerable and kinda enjoyable with all the Scooby Doo style scenes. It’s literally a bunch of stuff goes wild, some one hides things pop out of unrealistic places and then people hide again while the next group passes by not noticing the first group while things happen and pop out unexpectedly. I’d almost think it might be even more enjoyable if you replace the background music with the Benny Hill theme. It is tough to like the “children” mainly because they seem to want to help people, but don’t really seem to care much for people. the Aliens are far too invincible and the soldiers are far too useless. Aliens had the problem where the soldiers were extremely effective and the aliens were only a problem due to numbers, but here we have soldiers that are seemingly super ninjas or something with bullets that can’t even injure the Aliens. Nobody that takes over an Alien project is on the same page and everything just kinda feels a bit like a jumble. I do actually like the Eye Guy and I am having fun with the show, even if it’s not for the intended reason. And poop jokes should never be used in something trying to be serious, but it works great for a comedy. Pi or pie? This show makes me laugh
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They look great! I would like to pre-order. Enjoy, they make a great addition to your collection. MB
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Excellent work 👏 I love 💗 it!
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It was a slightly better episode, but now we're gonna be in this rush mode with episode 8 being the finale and that kind of pisses me off a bit. There hasn't been any suspense, thrill, or chills this entire season. I mean if I were to compare this series to Romulus, Romulus was oscar performing in comparison.
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frakking finally. I need more SEED. Also I completely missed the 1.5 being available to pre-order. Was it a web shop exclusive?
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i hope it has some of cheap lecture laser pointers built in to guide the attachments docking
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Yay on the Impulse announcement. In other news Hacchaka’s review of the 1.5 Gundam: https://hacchaka.net/archives/52125239.html
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