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  2. sh9000
    Peacemaker.
  3. M'Kyuun
    I'm not so sure that Kirsch is interested in catching Morrow; I think Kirsch is playing on his own team, as I don't think he likes being condescended to by Boy Kavalier (Stupid name. It's more like a descriptive phrase than an actual name). I think on some level he cares about the hybrids, certainly more than Kavalier does, but being more analytical than sentimental, I think the Morrow-Slightly situation interests him from a point of gaining knowledge or perhaps some position of power or leverage over his maker. I'm just waiting for his Soundwave moment: "Kirsch superior, Kavalier inferior!" 😄 Yep, but Kirsch is not telling anyone, which points to a probable agenda. And yeah, on an island that one would assume would have the absolute state of the art info security and monitoring systems in existence, created by the world's smartest douchebag, Morrow's ability to avoid detection by all but Kirsch, whose sole ability to detect it remains mysteriously unexplained, shoots a huge hole in the presumptive infallibility of said douchebag and his technological wizardry. But then again, so does psychologically unbalanced Nibs, as one would think the super-computer brain would be equipped to deal with errant thought patterns and such, but hybrids with flat affects wouldn't make for good tv, I guess. LOL. I'm enjoying the show, but it requires tabling a lot of WTF issues. It's apparently getting great reviews now, but I wonder how it'll hold up under the microscope of time.
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  5. Goodman Models
    So it appears that none of these links are working anymore?
  6. Seto Kaiba
    Aside from his communications with Slightly, we mainly only see Morrow interact with the computers on his own ship (the Maginot). In space, nobody can hear FX lazily rip off the original Alien in the hopes that that will make this mess less unwatchable?
  7. Seto Kaiba
    "Four and a Half Vulcans" It's funny that we flashed back to the episode where Una was prosecuted for being genetically modified, when what the crew are about to do here is almost certainly illegal. There's a really weird and nonsensical leap in reasoning here. Why is it necessary to go in disguise at all? Why does the injection make the crew racist?! WHY IS THAT A QUESTION I HAVE TO ASK?! I very nearly stopped watching at that point. I am 7 minutes and 38 seconds into this and I am very ready to walk away and skip the rest of this episode. This premise is awful. It's just awful. Genetically modifying someone to change their species doesn't magically implant that species's cultural norms and social values into that person. The whole crew just sort of rolls with the idea that talking like a Vulcan and being a racist arse are just genetic. The opening credits are more than ten minutes into the episode's runtime, and I'm ready to drop the entire episode before the damned title's done. Is this really just going to be forty minutes of Pike, La'an, Uhura, and Chapel being rude and racist to the entire rest of the crew? I think the writers may have forgotten the "Vulcans think Humans smell bad" thing was mainly a problem for Vulcan women, who had a heightened sense of smell. I also think the writers may have Vulcans confused with TNG-era Soong androids given that the episode seems to think being Vulcan gives people Super Multitasking Powers. ... this writing is terrible. I'm not quite 25 minutes into this trainwreck and I'm ready to put this one down there in the Hall of Shame with "Spock's Brain", "Turnabout Intruder", and "Code of Honor". I am unaccountably gratified to see that Star Trek fans on social media are already calling this episode out as inherently racist in its premise. That might be the stupidest plot twist since Dr. Brahms found Geordi's holodeck deepfake of her. Apparently Vulcans are now the kind of generic space elf that is deeply offended by the existence of spices and seasoning. I know it's a popular Tolkien-inspired elf trope, and I hate it. Vulcans are desert-dwellers. They should have a pretty refined appreciation for spices and seasonings instead of being offended by the existence of salt. I'll admit, "Doug of Vulcan" is growing on me. Kind of surprising he's not in Starfleet, considering he seems to be quite the xenophile by Vulcan standards. He's a very T'lyn sort of free spirit. Either that or it's because he's the only Vulcan in this episode who's not being a racist prick. The episode's problem is then solved offscreen, for maximum frustration and minimum catharsis. I cannot begin to express how frustrating that is. This episode has a post-credits scene. That. Was. F***ING TERRIBLE. I have an actual headache from watching that. It really was about thirty minutes of the crew being racist for no reason.
  8. M'Kyuun
    Well, to really appreciate the scope of toy options available to us, one needs to consider both official lines (Hasbro's main line, i.e. currently "Age of the Primes" under the Legacy umbrella, and Studio Series, which is a slightly more premium take, or supposed to be, on characters as they appeared in various media), Takara's Missing Link line which reengineers the G1 toys to feature full articulation and improved complexity all while retaining the look of the OG toys in both modes, Takara's own lines which recreate figs from the Japanese TF shows, the MPG line( formerly Masterpiece), their own releases of Studio Series and mainline toys, oft with better paint apps than their American versions, and other independent lines like their current Wild King show/toys aimed at younger kids. Additionally, there is Robosen, who's producing high-end, sophisticated, fully motorized, self-transforming, walking, talking Transformers. They currently represent the pinnacle of technology as its applied to our favorite Robots in Disguise, even featuring phrases recorded by the original voice actors. They come at a significant price tag, but they're astounding achievements and really cool additions to one's collection. They're a bit out of my price range, but they represent everything that I oft dreamed of in a "perfect' Transformers toy. Lastly, we get to third party companies who've been serving the fandom for about two decades now with figures both faithful to source and with a range of liberties taken in virtually every scale, from legends (slightly smaller than official main line) to Masterpiece, with varying levels of complexity, detail, 'animation accuracy', etc. there are also companies like Blokees, who make non-transforming model kits of popular TF characters, companies like ThreeZero, formerly ThreeA, who make high-end incredibly detailed non-transforming TF figures. I'm likely forgetting a few, but these are the ones that occur off the top of my head. Lots of options for the intrepid Transformers fan. As for the combiner frame system, I'm of two minds: yes, it imbues the gestalt with much greater stability than the poor Combiner Wars figures, but at what point does it simply become an easy crutch to lean on in lieu of better engineering. They didn't use a frame for Devastator, which proves they can make a combiner without it. Granted, Devy has large partsforming bits to complete the gestalt, but aside from the mad all-in-one wizardry of MMC, the vast majority of combiners, official and non, have relied on partsforming bits to accomplish mashing a bunch of smaller robots into a big one. It's an acceptable concession, and one I think most of us, even the most ardent no-partsforming critics like myself, have come to accept, if grudgingly. It's simply the most practical and economical way to achieve the combining gimmick. Hasbro's frame system is a similar tactic, love it or hate it. I'd prefer they used it more sparingly, allowing the limb-bots to actually be the limbs instead of accoutrement on a frame, but I get the reasoning behind it. If there's a cheap and easy solution, Hasbro will find it, although Takara does most of the heavy design work, so it's a good bet they're more to blame for the heavy use of the frame in lieu of more creative engineering solutions. Macross, alas, is such a niche franchise, especially on this side of the Pacific, largely due to Harmony Gold's litigious shenanigans over the last nigh-40 years, damn them. The subsequent rarity of toys, especially high-end toys like Yamato/Arcadia's, cause availability and pricing to put them out of reach of many a fan. It's the sad reality of Macross fans everywhere, unfortunately. I was hoping that Big West's and Harmony Gold's agreement as well as Disney's airing of the majority of the various Macross Series would spark a renewed interest in the franchise in the West, especially a heightened desire for the toys, but that hasn't happened. Thus the anemic status quo remains. I'm thinking he will be able to pull off that pose and probably poses more dynamic than that. They're just teasing us right now. I want to see that list done, too, especially the Datsuns (I want Prowl in the worst way), the cassettes, some of whom, like Ravage, are in desperate need of a good update. FWIW Fans Toys did a pretty good job with their version of Ravage for Acoustic Wave, both of which are pretty peak. I'm really curious how they'd approach the van brothers, as the Diaclone toys just never really fit in well with the rest of the Diaclone car bots, which makes their inclusion in the TF toyline, which seemed to cherry-pick the best looking of the bunch, oddly questionable in retrospect. We have Floro Dery to thank for the much-improved bot modes in the animation. However, Missing Link is all about improving the G1 toys as they were, warts and all, and it remains to be seen how or if they'll attempt to do something with them. We definitely need Soundwave, Megatron, and the Seekers as well. I'm most curious to see how they'll improve both of the latter. I want a fully poseable G1 Megatron.
  9. Mog
    Pretty cool take on Ken’s theme:
  10. sh9000
    $399.
  11. sh9000
    I want more HMR Orguss releases instead of the one and done.
  12. sh9000
    Emperor Doom.
  13. sh9000
    Player 2 Cammy.
  14. Graham
    Nope. Deathly silence from Bandai. I'm not gonna hold my breath waiting for these. My feeling is, if Bandai had planned to release the FP's they would have released them together with the Bogue SV-262Hs, following the trend of recent releases which are bundled together with the FPs, Such as Hayate's VF-31J Super, Alto's VF-25F Super, Michael's VF-25G Super, Alto's VF-25F Tornado, Alto's VF-171EX, the recent Brera VF-27 Super.
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  16. sh9000
    Honest Trailer.
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  18. sh9000
    From the resin prototype of ML Ultra Magnus I can see new joints in the hands, hips, knees, ankles, and Matrix Chamber. Ultra Magnus can finally do its own G1 box art pose. And I also want the G1 Datsun brothers to be released in ML along with the rest of the cars, Seekers, Dinobots, and as many other G1.
  19. sh9000
    I don't think that info is correct. Matt Smith will be in it. https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-starfighter-cast
  20. sh9000
    Star Wars MGS TIE Reaper x2.
  21. renegadeleader1
    The cynic in me is saying watch Star Wars Starfighter not be about starfighters and space combat, but be some Bloodsport knockoff fighting tournament set in the Star Wars universe.
  22. Duke Togo
    Hell of a cast. And an Oscar-winning cinematographer.
  23. mikeszekely
    Oh, that's cool to know someone who worked on the Charger's development! Like I said earlier, I don't know if it's going to win over the V8 crowd, and I'm not sure the Daytona actually counts as a muscle car, but I definitely prefer whatever it is to the electric "Mustang."
  24. rsvictor1976
    Yeah, I keep seeing YouTube reviewers saying the same thing about how it’s a great time to be a Transformer collector now. I was really impressed with the Studio Series Optimus Prime for how anime accurate it is and the price point (at least compared to Macross toys). And I’ve always had a weakness for Devastator. My only regret is missing out on that Legacy Menasor set. I’m still a little on the fence about the Age of the Primes combiners using that frame system, but I guess for the sake of accuracy and stability it makes sense.
  25. Axelay
    I think one of my biggest WTFs about this show is that Morrow is supposed to be a cyborg apparently incorporating tech which is over 65 years old... but yet can still interface with modern tech like it's not an issue. That seems like a bit of a stretch to me. TVs from 65 years ago aren't exactly going to be able to interface (easily) with tech from 2025. Trying to imagine that level of future-proofing is very difficult for me to accept. I hope there's some bit of explanation for this. I honestly really want Kirsch to catch him.
  26. Axelay
    Too damned long. I was foaming at the mouth with the first photos. C'mon Arcadia, give me something NEW which I have wanted since college.
  27. M'Kyuun
    Welcome back to the fold! The toys have come a long way, and for the most part, the SS86 line has been delivering the toys that I think the majority of us have wanted from Hasbro/Takara since the 80s. I've been in the game since it all kicked off in Sept '84, and I'm thrilled that they're finally making figs of the G1 characters that are a balanced mix of toon and original toy, although they tend to skew more towards the animation aesthetic, which seems to be what most fans want. But yeah, we're eating well, as the saying goes, and while it took them about thirty years too long to get around to it, I'm glad they're doing it now while the G1 generation is still around to enjoy them. You picked a good time to come back to the hobby, as G1 fans have never been so well served. Cheers and enjoy!
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