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  2. Powered Convoy
    Purchased a sealed case of wave 2 to look for the evasive opaque hair Roy Focker (I had what I thought was the opaque hair Roy o only discover it's the clear hair version). Not only were each individual figure sealed but the case as a whole. So the figures hadn't been swapped in the case or with other cases (which is what I think was the case with my wave 3 case that had 4 Max figures in it). Here is the case layout for the two columns: Back Misa | Clear Misa Roy | Clear Roy Basara | Clear Basara Sara | Clear Sara Minmay (watercolor) | Minmay Front So even placement of each respective character with the variants being on the left and the normal version being on the right (watercolor Minmay being the normal version for this release and the other version being the variant).
  3. mikeszekely
    So, yeah, way more powerful than the Switch 1, but after 8 years so is your phone (probably). The takeaway I was reading somewhere else was that there's a bigger gap between docked and handheld performance on the Switch 2 than the original. Which makes sense; the Switch was 720p handled and 1080p docked, the Switch 2 is 1080p handled and 4k docked. Going from 720 to 1080p is just over doubling the pixels, but going from 1080p to 4K is quadrupling.
  4. jvmacross
    https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-inside-intel-hyperspace
  5. Duke Togo
    Come on, man. It's Star Wars. You don't think too hard about how hyperspace/light speed works.
  6. mikeszekely
    A Gigil-Elgerzorne-Megatron combo. Instead of a trailer he could come with a ball that has a little Sivil-Starscream inside to sing "Power to the Dream" at.
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  8. Black Valkyrie
    Like I said before Soundwave should get the VF-19 treatment.
  9. F-ZeroOne
    So, as much as I really enjoyed "Andor", there is one little thing thats been bugging me... and thats travel times. It seems like most of the locations visited are within a "days" travel from anywhere else. That doesn't bother me too much for, say Corsucant and Ghorman, but it does make it feel like a certain Rebel base is pretty damn close to the seat of Imperial power. It may just be because I remember how hyperspace worked in the old West End Games RPGs so it just feels a bit odd in comparison...
  10. mikeszekely
    It's nuts how last year it seemed like a struggle to find something to play but this year I've got Clair Obscure, Atomfall, and now Doom just waiting for me to finish AC Shadows and the Oblivion Remaster.
  11. jvmacross
    Nah...Andor definitely still panders, but not in the way practically every other SW TV show does....essentially relying on it to an absurd amount and hoping it distracts from poor writing or worse, an unnecessary story like Obi Wan.... The Mandalorian, at least initially, also worked and also lives in the OG SW timeline....basically the time before the ST takes over... Andor's showrunners made the difference....they respected the original source material and thoroughly understood their "demographic"....
  12. Seto Kaiba
    Nah, that's not quite right IMO. Disney has been fairly consistent in trying to keep Disney+ Star Wars titles at least as family-friendly as the Star Wars main series movies. However, only a few titles are actually made specifically for children. That's your LEGO Star Wars titles and Young Jedi Adventures, and arguably Skeleton Crew. Most of their output is nostalgia-driven, fanservice-based material that's aimed at an audience with fond memories of the Prequel Trilogy. Filoni's shows are practically all based on his The Clone Wars cartoon from 2008. Rebels and The Bad Batch are both direct sequels to The Clone Wars. With, I think, one exception the three seasons of Tales of are all prequels or sequels to specific character arcs from The Clone Wars and/or the prequels. Most of the stuff about Mandalorians in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett is from The Clone Wars and supported by Rebels, particularly the darksaber and Mando's weird cult. Obi-Wan Kenobi is built on fandom's profound affection for Ewan McGregor's performance as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the prequels and the character's sassmaster role in The Clone Wars. They're not aimed at kids, they're capitalizing on the nostalgia of people who were kids (or die-hard fans) in the 2000s when the prequels and The Clone Wars were new. The Acolyte is one major exception there in that it's not directly tied into any pre-existing movie or series. It's a tie-in to an ongoing Expanded Universe multimedia project instead, and suffered badly from being run by a promoted fan who was a devotee of that specific part of Star Wars history. Andor, though... Andor is what happens when Disney stops trying to pander to Star Wars's aging audience with promoted fans writing glorified fan fiction in an attempt to set the Guinness record for most franchise references per minute of screen time and, instead, hires talented non-fan creators from outside to develop and tell a character-focused story for more than just Star Wars fans.
  13. Tking22
    I stayed up for an irresponsible amount of time last night and Played Doom Dark Ages, it's frakking fantastic. I'm enjoying it more then Eternal, and as much as 2016. It's not that I didn't like Eternal, it too was near perfection, just in a different way, and Dark Ages just vibes more with me, and I'd say 2016 is still my favorite of the new Doom era. My only downsides would be the mech and dragon sections, they don't offer or demand much from the player, kind of just mindless padding, fun enough and there's tons of spectacle, those sections are just really easy and mostly forgettable.
  14. Kabelum
    Kabelum joined the community
  15. mikeszekely
    Compared to Star Wars, sure. But, as terrible as they were, the Transformers movies were were huge, and I'm fairly confident that even in Japan Transformers is much bigger than Macross. This pretty much sums why I think the crossover is for Transformers fans first and Macross fans second. Macross fans already had the cool transforming planes, this is taking over of those planes and slapping a recognizable face on it for the Transformers crowd.
  16. Scyla
    The inclusion of the trailer is terrible for me. I want to buy two for an extra guitar (and a Fighter-mode for the Valkyrie) to add to a 1/60 VF-19 Kai. But I don’t want any part of that trailer sound stage. I can barely justify having one so a second set is out of the question. Clear case of making a great thing worse for no apparent reason.
  17. jvmacross
    When Star Wars actually caters to the OG (rapidly aging) Star Wars fans...you get Andor.....when Star Wars wants to force (pun intended) itself upon the preferred demographics or even the original, non-existant demographics (kids)...you get everything else.....Acolyte and Space Pirates....both trash in their own way....one failed because it alienated half their audience...the other failed because kids don't give a sh!t about Star Wars....
  18. Tking22
    Yup, got spoiled with Tom Hardy double duty, he's got the new series on Paramount, and he had a new movie on Netflix. Mobland is great, I miss Taboo.
  19. TangledThorns
    Not yet but its on our list!
  20. M'Kyuun
    If so, ugh. It's reminiscent of what they did with poor Legacy Silverbolt by adding all the gestalt armor onto his Concorde-ish mode leaving him far less svelte. I think Takara was just looking for an artificial way to bump up the price on BP and added a superfluous "stage" accessory which they then ham-handedly attached to the valk mode. IMHO, it adds nothing to either mode and it's just a big hunk of plastic that would stay in the box for perpetuity. A big hunk of plastic, I might add, that I'd rather not pay for given my druthers. Your "face of Optimus" argument does makes sense from a marketing standpoint, as he's very likely the most iconic character in the franchise (not sure if there's a poll to back that up). However, I remain steadfast in my belief that trying to comport all these crossovers, especially the VF-19, with Optimus' look just doesn't come off well, IMO. I'd just rather have a Fire Valkyrie over this kludged design. I love the YF/VF-19's design, so my bias plays a role, but honestly, which looks better, the actual VF-19 or Takara's mash-up? You know my answer. Likewise, my thinking extends to all the other crossovers they've done where they tried to use an established TF character rather than inventing a new one. I think the GI Joe crossovers, particularly, suffered from that approach. YMMV, of course.
  21. VF25-F
    Aomori Nebuta (floating lantern) festival in August 2025! This year with May'n attending, she has her own custom design lantern (pix below). I hope it turns out fine cause it looks like a horror story! XD https://ubgoe.com/projects/857?fbclid=IwY2xjawKS06dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFSTjk4MGVMS2hyZzdMdzdHAR6gzuh-q3WpQYhL08wWhshlMlnpw7s5zOZtxwKzDaptbLQVwaxZsAVUWKpE8Q_aem_kcMjS3yMwZLtOsDfikEd-w
  22. Big s
    They look like smaller, yet simplified versions of their 1/72 kits, but I feel like this scale will work for more diverse displays
  23. Big s
    Is this a different version than the one that already came out?
  24. Scyla
    To me, Transformers in these crossovers (Hasbro or Takara) are always the smaller franchise. So from my point of view it makes sense to use the most recognizable face of the Transformers franchise. And to me it makes sense that this was the reasoning of Takara to base all SynergenX releases around Prime (and Megatron for Godzilla). Anyhow, Adamas Machina Predaking looks absolutely fantastic. I don’t know what it is but Lion heads on the chest of Japanese robots just draw me in. GaoGaiGar, Tryon-3 Predaking:
  25. captain america
    Captain's Log: Thursday, May 15th, 2025 Because this model project has so many large components, it's important that I hollow therse components out as much as possible, and that';s what's happening in pic 49. There are several reasons for this, and not all of them are immediately obvious. 49.HEIC -Firstly, it saves on casting resin, which immediately affects the cost of the kit -It also saves on overall shipping weight, which affects the total cost to the customer -Thirdly, it makes a kit easier to build, since the parts need much less structural reinforcement at the joints -Lastly, it improves kit balance. Because it's a very top-heavy design, all of the lower body component will be cast solid, and the weapons drums and main gull will be hollowed, making it easier to pose and less likely to topple-over. In pics 50 and 51, we see the first appearance of polyester putty to manage the complex curvatures and shapes around the shoulder protrusions. I always add extra putty, then when it starts to harden, I can trim-away some of the excess with a knife, then allow the rest to harden and sand parts to the desired shape. 51.HEIC50.HEIC Pics 52 and 53 show the creation of smaller detail parts: I take smaller pieces of Renshape and carefully cut, shape, and sand them before adding them to the kit surface. 53.HEIC52.HEIC This follows in pics 54 and 55, only with styrene. In reality, I will use many different materials to achieve the desired result. This particular component is the shoulder joint, which was neglected by the line-art, and most of the commercial offerings. I thought this would be an ideal component to “greeblify”. It provides just enough realistic, mechanical detail while still fitting-in with the overall aesthetic. 55.HEIC54.HEIC Pics 56 and 57 show the back-end of the huge missile containers, which went through the whole line of operations: the band saw, the mill, drill-press, the Dremel and then hand-shaping. It was a component I was worried about due to its complex shaping, and yet I was able to make it symmetrical and didn't even need to use any putty! 57.HEIC56.HEIC Pics 58-62 show all the progress I have so far. It's hard to convey just how massive this model is with the camera; it really dwarfs the Thomas Hawk in terms of shelf-presence! At this point, most of the major components have been fleshed-out, so next week's update will consist of small, but important refinements. Stay tuned! 62.HEIC61.HEIC60.HEIC59.HEIC58.HEIC
  26. Papa Rat
    I am also looking forward to these.
  27. Big s
    Moderoids are snap kits
  28. Big s
    I need these to go with my 1/100 Valkyrie kits
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