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  2. Seto Kaiba
    To be fair, it was mostly trash back in the day too the same as American animation. What changed for Western audiences is simply that we are getting more of it and we are getting it faster. Back in the day, we were getting carefully curated collections of only the most popular and successful shows because they were going direct to video and it took like a year or more for them to come out in the west. Distributors weren't willing to risk it all for mediocre or bad shows with their razor thin margins, which is why so many older shows never got licensed at all. Nowadays, streaming is giving us so much broader cross-section of what's available in anime and we're getting it within a few days of it coming out in Japan thanks to anime having adopted the simulcast model for streaming. We get a lot more variety, but as an inevitable result of that we get more of the mediocre to awful stuff that that has always been there that licensees of the past would previously have just ignored. Even back in the '80s, for every Macross or Gundam the Mecha anime trend turned out there were probably half a dozen copycat shows that were borderline unwatchable like Southern Cross. We'll get more information in time.
  3. Today
  4. kanedaestes
    Same. It almost costs me with shipping the price BBTS is charging. The only real difference is I can get it now and not in a few months but that price is too much
  5. VF-1A Grunt
    That looks awesome! Can we start a rumor that Hasegawa is going to offer a 1/72 U.N. Spacy vehicle set based on the little “jeep” getting flung about in this artwork?
  6. Big s
    Yeah, the modern stuff is mostly trash. I miss being excited for anime, but I’m oddly finding more excitement for American animation these days. Can’t wait for more Invincible and curious if Black Knight gets a full series cause that teaser was awesome. But I do feel curious about the upcoming Macross show, although I really know nothing about it
  7. Big s
    Looks like they went with the classic with Max chasing her down for the showdown
  8. Bolt
    Awesomeness
  9. electric indigo
    We have boxart, and it does not disappoint.
  10. Duke Togo
    Out of the four shows I was watching this summer, I've dumped two. Done with Kaiju No.8 after two seasons. It just wasn't the show I thought it was going to be when I was first watching it. Also, I stopped watching Gachiakatu after 15 episodes. I hated the art style and the story wasn't going anywhere. I'm still on board with Dan Da Dan and Clevatess. DDD really turned itself around after a slog of a start to the second season. I think the new season of Ranma 1/2 just dropped on Netflix. So, need to watch that. Not sure what else I'd watch right now. I have trouble finding stuff that appeals to me in modern anime.
  11. MacrossJunkie
    I got hit with shipping shock from HLJ as well. came out to something like $118. Yeah... I'm not buying from them anymore. At least not while this tariff bs is ongoing. I paid it and that will be my last item. It would have been far cheaper to buy it over Amazon at this point. Even the JoyToy stuff I've been collecting doesn't have tariff fees this high and those come straight from China...
  12. electric indigo
    You'd think that Tron is a pretty recognizable brand with unlimited merchandise potential across all ages. All it needs is a more compelling narration that A) roots it deep in the 80s retro game vibe culture or B) makes it more relevant in the recent tech/AI development background. Ares was neither, and the narrative failures finished it off IMO.
  13. Big s
    Some people are showing issues on the P Bandai American site. Seems certain items aren’t showing properly. Sometimes things don’t show if they’ve sold out, but this time around most of the stuff didn’t, they’re just awkward to find. One of the items I wanted and was one of the only kits for G Quuuuuuuuuuuuuuux that I don’t think is totally ugly is that Gundam 01. For me it didn’t show on the preorder page, but I had to go to the hobby section and then to the hg section and it still didn’t show in the preorder spot, but I did find it at the recently added list that you scroll to the sides with. Anyway preorder is there and it’s pricey, but it’s there.anyway, I preordered it, even if I’m somewhat regretting my financial decision and did get a confirmation.
  14. Big s
    That has got to be the most epic opening crawl ever. Not sure if we get an intermission after those two hours before the movie actually starts or if the movie only has a two hour run time and credits just roll after the crawl
  15. pengbuzz
    I read that a little too quick and thought you said:
  16. pengbuzz
    Not to mention all the chafing from that armor... 😶
  17. Bolt
    Riding into battle in a thong. Why not.
  18. Scyla
    Being from the EU I can tell you that HLJ never undervalues their items so I always have to pay the full 20% import sales tax (the tariffs) every time I order something through them. So I am not surprised that they follow the other laws strictly as well. I remember watching an interview with Scott (the founder and at the time owner of HLJ) who said that they don’t do a lot of business with the EU compared to the US (Gee, I wonder why this is). I assume they will not start losing customers from the US as well with applying the correct tax percentage to customers from there. The other store that is very strict with following the regulations is amiami, I wonder what their state on these new US taxes is.
  19. Scyla
    May I ask for one final Thing? had an awkward turn in the latest episode: And I wasn’t expecting that.
  20. jenius
    HLJ just got back to me insisting "the rate is correct" so I'm going to see what other stores charge me. I love HLJ, would hate to have to stop using them because they go overboard with these things. If it's universal, then I might have to cool off some purchases for a while!
  21. kanedaestes
    I usually get import releases outside of Mafex figures three to fourth months after release with BBTS. Especially big items
  22. Cheese3
    Finished the -1j !
  23. Angesdad
    For some reason stuff I wanted such as dx fire valk, sdf-1 reissue, etc all ended up getting released the month of October, my wallet is literally bracing for impact.😁 release delay? Yes please.
  24. treatment
    https://twitter.com/Mrk_arcadia/status/1981505792223416393 web-translated:
  25. jenius
    I also have the SDF-1 on order and some other high ticket items. Hopefully we can convince them to change their tactic.
  26. Yesterday
  27. jvmacross
  28. Shawn
    ha..the fix is to use Buyee to get it from HLJ, then you'll 'only' get the 15% tariff penalty 😛 oh crap...I have an SDF-1 on preorder from HLJ....crap crap crap, that is going to be a 30% er. UGH.
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