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  2. Chas
    Did we already know that Good Smile is producing both a Stick and a Ray ride armor for the Moderoid line? Pics from Shizouka in May.
  3. pengbuzz
    Your first post here as a newbie, and you start accusing a respected member of this forum and trying to flame them? You just got yourself reported AND placed on ignore, buddy. Take this crap elsewhere.
  4. pengbuzz
    Sorry, my source indicated thousands; maybe I need better sources. Seriously though: I agree that overkill by several hundred is about as bad as overkill by thousands. I guess it would just be a preference of how many smithereens you'd prefer to be in. šŸ˜› An all hands on deck, the $#!7's about to hit the fan event. FRMville.
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  6. Cheese3
    The most fragile kits! They broke a lot in the process. Itā€™s gonna be a cannon fodder vf-1a they look beat up in the show all the time.
  7. talonlm
    Hence 'backwater colony.' The emigrant fleets are designed with firepower necessary to hold threats off long enough to allow the main fleet to escape. Colonial defense--particularly of small colonies--shouldn't call for a significant NUNS deployment unless there's a known threat. PMCs would be ideal for running off criminal elements (assuming, of course, they're not the criminal element) or at least being able to buy time should a more significant threat come up. They wouldn't need top-notch equipment for that--just enough sense to know when to fight and when to call for help. Better (for NUNS), the colony would be paying. I suspect the companies providing the funding for all these ships, Valkyries and equipment are going to want a return on their investment. The PMCs involved would mainly technical personnel--pilots, maintainers, crewdogs, shiphandlers and the like. (Doorkickers, it would seem, do not seem to be in demand in Macross.) The guys these PMCs will hire for these jobs will either be trained in house from the ground up, or they'll be coordinating with folks exiting the services and training them to the standard they want. While I am certain those PMCs vary in quality--they do IRL, after all--none of these companies will want to lose valuable assets to incompetence. I doubt they're going to hire the nearest drunk wearing a campaign hat at the local VFW. Those PMCs will take calculated risks for profits--not foolish ones. Mercenary companies aren't noted for sacrifice--only professionalism so long as the profit is there (note the comment on risk above). Wise leadership would be prepared for that. Additionally, one would hope the leadership of a small colony wouldn't be foolish enough to try to stare down a main fleet. Terrorist bands, pirates and small Zentraedi fleet elements are about the only threats PMCs should be tasked to handle. Anything more should drive either a mass evacuation or a major force deployment by the NUNS with no guarantee of victory.
  8. Old_Nash_II
    Godspeed
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  10. Hikuro
    truthfully not surprised he's gone, at least not this fast. There were stories I've heard where Sharon and him were planning to go to Switzerland cause assisted suicide was a thing. Given his situation and how much pain he was in, falling, back surgery, diagnosed with Parkinsons, I get why it would be a thing. If anything it showed his final concert not even a month ago was a big send off and a message to everyone this was gonna be truly the end.
  11. Seto Kaiba
    Hundreds, not thousands. We don't have a firm size range, but the one branch fleet we have definite numbers for (Vrlitwhai's 67th branch fleet in the TV series) was implied to be on the large side for a branch fleet and consisted of 1,213 ships. Not that there's a huge amount of practical difference in being outnumbered hundreds to one as opposed to thousands to one in a stand-up fight. Indeed. Even in 2058, an armed confrontation with a branch fleet was Serious Business even for the largest and best-equipped emigrant fleets like Macross Frontier. The sort of emergency situation that results in a major mobilization of the New UN Forces and any supporting PMCs alongside them, as seen in Macross the Ride. The sort of affair that you dust off the Special Forces for. If we take Master File at its word (and a grain of salt is strongly encouraged) even the largest emigrant fleets are about 900 ships and a main fleet is the sort of thing where you're not just sending in the special forces... even a small main fleet of a few hundred thousand ships is a "get every fighter, every ship, and every reaction weapon that every planet and fleet in range can spare" sort of occasion. Like what the New UN Forces did in response to the main fleet that bombarded Spica III. Fewer than usual... those Logitech G815s hold up commendably well.
  12. mikeszekely
    If there was a Mount Rushmore for heavy metal Ozzy would definitely be on it. Dude was a legend.
  13. Thom
    Rest in Peace, Ozzy. You were truly one of a kind, and the very best sort at that!
  14. 505thAirborne
    RIP Ozzy.
  15. Big s
    Sounds like theyā€™ve had some issues, but this is going to some extremes. Iā€™d never buy from them if they required that. Maybe try contacting them about the situation and explain why you and probably every customer they have wouldnā€™t feel comfortable doing that.
  16. Negotiator
    there's this too. I got my 1/12 jazz inc version with far more detail, so I'm all good. https://mcfarlanetoysstore.com/drawing-board/
  17. Big s
    I remember as a kid we didnā€™t have MTV because our family didnā€™t have the money for cable and the radio station (Pirate Radio 100.3 for those from So Cal back in the day) had announced he was gonna do an interview. I was really looking forward to it because I was curious about what he had to say. Iā€™d never heard his speaking voice at the time, only his singing voice. Then I was just sitting in my room when the interviewer finally started and I was not prepared for the hilarity that ensued. It was like an episode of Lassie where the guy doing the interview would ask these important sounding questions and all youā€™d hear from Ozzy was mumble mumble mumble. The interviewer would respond saying stuff like ā€œYou heard it here firstā€. This kinda went on for a while and to this day , I always think back to that day and how I still have no idea what he was saying
  18. Test_Pilot_2
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  19. Big s
    I was just watching some of his stuff. It was tough seeing him have to perform from a throne, but also joyous to hear him one last time. This one really hurts. I love Ozzyā€™s solo stuff and his classic Black Sabbath songs. Always on my play list on the drive to work. I think we all knew it was coming, but I guess I thought heā€™d have more time to enjoy his retirement
  20. Negotiator
    RIP Ozzy. grew up watching him and his fam.
  21. Disco Avenger started following Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
  22. Disco Avenger
    Iā€™m seriously in disbelief that youā€™re on a public forum talking trash about your fellow designers in a franchise you both work on. How can you have a job at all anymore as you proudly proclaim you ā€œrefusedā€ to work on a sister show? How did Discovery hurt you exactly? I donā€™t love all of Discoā€™s designs, especially for the Klingon ships, but I like the Discovery itself. It only takes mild inspiration from McQuarrie. It has a great silhouette. Much better than either alternative you present. You didnā€™t fix anything. Since youā€™re criticizing others, letā€™s talk about your designs honestly. Theyā€™re not really original. Your design for the false federation ship is just the NX. Your Nebula class is exactly that. Your cargo ship is messy and its base is a Constellation. All your designs have saucer tops that match the JJ films, not SNW at all. Your pin striping belongs on Refit era ships. You donā€™t seem to know the show you agreed to work on at all and I can see why almost everything youā€™ve done has been relegated to the background.
  23. Lolicon

    DX VF-27 Revival

    Lolicon replied to borgified's topic in Toys

    Yes, it's clear in the original Japanese text that he is talking about the old version being left in battroid pose the entire time and that's probably why the joints have weakened.
  24. Silverstreak
    Legit or not, thereā€™s no way in the world Iā€™d do that. Giving that information out to strangers on the internet, with no idea of how secure their data storage is or how long they will keep it for, is insane. That is serious identity theft waiting to happen.
  25. LocusPocus
    LocusPocus joined the community
  26. lechuck
    Pre-orders for AMT Predaking going up in August. That combined mode look winner and there is also some good articulation to be had. https://www.taghobby.com/archives/792414
  27. Sildani
    Been a while since I've been to this thread - how many keyboards have you gone through, Seto? šŸ™‚
  28. rsvictor1976
    I know it's just X translation. I wonder if he's saying that his older toy has weak joints because it's been on display for a while. I wish he'd clarify if the new version is well made or not.
  29. Valkyrie Hunter D
    Ah man, this one hits hard. Another legend gone, RIP Mr. Osbourne.
  30. Tking22
    The Osbournes was hilarious, and thinking back how long ago it came out, it was kind of at the forefront for the coming reality TV renaissance. I loved that show, it felt like getting to grow up with the Osbournes to a degree, seeing this legend just living his life, constantly picking up little dog turds and getting subtitled every time he speaks, good times, RIP Oz.
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