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  2. Tking22
    Caught Derry last night, great first episode, definitely some easter eggs for King's other works, particularly The Shining, there's a character straight from that book. Really solid first episode, well paced, scary, hell of an ending. It's him, I just don't think he's taken the clown form yet, or he doesn't favor it yet, he's a shape shifter and took many forms before he was Pennywise the Clown. he also doesn't always appear as Pennywise since he's a shape-shifter. Gotta say, didn't expect that ending... I'm definitely looking forward to the rest of the season, great start so far, and we won't have to wait until Sunday for another episode, they're doing episode two early on Halloween.
  3. Dualcast_Ultima started following Macross 2 vs Macross plus
  4. Dualcast_Ultima
    Hi, I’m new to watching macross and I’m almost finished watching the original series, just wondering if I should watch macross 2 or macross plus next? Is macross 2 not essential as I’ve heard mixed reviews on it. Thanks.
  5. M'Kyuun
    There certainly does seem to be an unsettling trend of one-upmanship with Fans Toys, and I'm sure they're all too aware that they have a devoted following that they're all too happy to exploit. For my part, while I own a number of their figures, I'm not a star-struck fanboy. Actually, I'm not a devotee of any particular company, as I'm picky and patient, and I tend to fence-sit waiting for the version of a figure that most appeals to me. I will say, however, that I'm happy with the FT figs I own and I don't regret buying any of them. But their practice in light of other companies' releases is shady, especially when history tells us that a promise of a new figure often takes years to fulfill. As my collecting is tending to wane, I'm watching most of these conventions with an air of vicariousness; while some things are interesting, the increasing prices and my lack of space conspire towards cultivating an attitude of more looking, less buying, alas. I too, favor MMC for their combiners, as I'm definitely a fan of the all-in-one engineering they've come to master. I would have loved to have had their Bruticus, and I like what they're doing with their Constructicons. I think XTB are doing a great job with theirs as well. I'm especially enamored with the fact that their Long Haul's dump bed can actually dump, an unfortunate rarity. I bemoan the lack of functionality with Hasbro's latest Constructicons' alt modes although they did a good job with Devastator. I thought the Combiner Wars version was a hot mess, but this one looks appropriately G1 and, what's more, unlike its predecessor, this one is solid once combined and lends itself admirably to posing. It speaks to lessons learned, so good job, Takara. Returning to FT in regard to the above pics, once again the promise of a new Prowl figure incites my interest; however, their too-toon leanings and tendency towards over-engineering for its own sake leaves me cold. I'll be happy when the toon-slavish trend fades and toy designs favor surface details and more of the OG toys' features over the toon's plain and simplified forms. Unfortuantely, according to Evan Brooks at the MCM London Convention this past weekend, Has/Tak are adopting the toonish aesthetic more and more going forward with SS86 which doesn't inspire me. Fortunately, I already have the vast majority of G1 characters that I want from the last few years' releases, and I'm quite satisfied with them in the event they go fully toon and lose my interest completely. Agree, except I've been wanting it since 1984! 😄 Even as a kid when Transformers were shiny and new as a Western concept, I found the toys extremely lacking for their limitations, chief among them, articulation. When Classics was coming on the scene, I hoped for more G1 designs, but nope- just G1-ish with liberties. That said, I love Classics Mirage, Bumblebee, Hound and Ravage, all designed by Alex Kubalsky. They're still some of my absolute favorite TF figures. I think that was the early allure of MP- the designs skewed towards the toon look well before the main line stuff did and it took them a long, long time to realize maybe the main line should follow suit. I'm glad they arrived at the realization, and the toys have been good to excellent for the most part, but it's lamentable that they didn't come a couple decades ago when prices were cheaper and the toys enjoyed greater parts counts at smaller scales. Imagine had they done SS86 or the current main line in 2007. Somewhere in the back of my mind I'm vaguely familiar with the Prowl as a part of Devastator storyline. I haven't seen or read it myself, but over the years, I remember its being mentioned in some fashion or other, likely here on this forum, the one I frequent most. As to DST's take, oh my, the liberties! I fear it's not for me, but in the interest of completing that story in toy form, it's cool that DST has you covered, in their singular fashion, of course.
  6. Dualcast_Ultima
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  8. pengbuzz
    Okay... you raise several good points. Got it; see my reply below... Well, then I have a SW story for you:
  9. Master Dex
    I am not sure those specific numbers refer to anything other that fitting the melody. They are also, as can be seen in the visuals, apparently Alto and Sheryl's respective phone numbers. So that gives an idea how that works in Frontier era at least.
  10. Chronocidal
    Yeah, it looks like everyone is somehow just completely missing all of the ways to get it aligned better. I'm not sure what to think there.
  11. SkullLeaderVF-X
    Thank you too for your input and help as well Scyla! I hope we can get one day get a good transformation accurate, or at least as accurate as one can possibly get for the VF-2SS. I really like the design and sleekness of it.
  12. kajnrig
    I am almost positive this has been asked before, but does anyone know: 0215-F09 0258-S04 "021_-___" and "025_-___" = the 21st and 25th large scale emigration fleets, ie Macross Galaxy and Macross Frontier "____-F09" and "____-S04" = "Fairy 09" and "Skull 04", ie Sheryl and Alto "___5-___" and "___8-___" = ??? and ??? The 5th ship within the 21st fleet, and the 8th ship within the 25th fleet?
  13. Thom
    I don't read the supplemental stuff, like comics that are supposed to 'continue the story.' I want to watch the movie and get all my needed info from it rather than spend and give them more money. If it's need to know, put it in the movie. A new story with Finn should be trying to find his family and maybe going on a revenge kick if something bad happened to them. Well, compared to Star Trek, it is the 'used' universe.
  14. PointBlankSniper
    Gotta wonder why nobody seems to be using the mega grip swivel on the gunpod. I would think the slider and bendy mechanisms shouldn't even need to exist if the grip swings so far. It really doesnt look like the under barrel fin gets in the way of anything. I wanted to say it might be a matter of the swivel being loose, but he slider already puts the weight on the back which should give the muzzle the tendency to go up. Really a headscratcher ATM...
  15. MKT
    Hmm for all the extra engineering Bandai did, it's kinda strange they missed on having the gunpod pointing straight in Fighter, and this perhaps may be the most crooked gunpod in DX history. Most of the other DXs released over the years have their gun pods aligned very well. In hindsight, I looked back at the PO pics and they never showed it mounted in Fighter lol.
  16. TangledThorns
    This is a huge move and will probably nuke Paramount+. The many Taylor Sheridan series is the only reason why I keep my subscription with P+. Taylor Sheridan To Leave Paramount For Big Film & TV Deal At NBCUniversal https://deadline.com/2025/10/taylor-sheridan-leaving-paramount-film-tv-deal-nbcuniversal-1236598297/
  17. Knuckles7173
    Here's hoping Arcadia will re-release it.
  18. treatment
    hacchaka's pictorial review now available: https://hacchaka.net/archives/52126590.html downscaled samples:
  19. MechTech
    @Cheese3 And the collection grows before our eyes! Cool! @electric indigo Great looking fix to the kit! @pengbuzz Cool! I look forward to seeing it get an update! @Thom The Sea Vixxen was all kinda funky! Even the poor radar operator had that "skylight" window. I look forward to the build! - MT
  20. Black Valkyrie
  21. Radioguy
    I wish things were reversed! I need that PF...
  22. Apok451 started following Bandai 1/60 DX Chogokin Macross 7 Fire Valkyrie
  23. Apok451
    I Iike it, but at the current price Ill hold off for now. I got the HMR at such a crazy low price, a whopping $65 on Amazon. But eventually Id like one to add cause I like how it stands out from the rest.
  24. Graham
    I'm picking up mine tonight.
  25. VF-Zero
    Turkiye.
  26. treatment
    not sure if AI/LLM bot-scrapers are heavily scraping MWF right now, but forum's been weirdly slow in response-times. As such, import-pricing is currently down to 27.5k-yen for now at amz-jp as of this posting: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0F62BC2MB . Not as low as the the previous 26k-yen import-pricing or the <22k-yen jp-domestic pricing, but at least it went down from the regular 30k-yen from earlier this afternoon's pricing. fwiw, this particular jp-tweet says it's a "reseller killer" (scalper-killer) due to the current discounting. At least for jp-residents: https://twitter.com/ikayaki9156/status/1982586405751767274 web-translated: If amzn-jp lowered it to below 20k-yen for import-pricing, then it'll be very tempting for me to reconsider biting on it...
  27. maxcas
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  28. Big s
    Black Panther 2 was pretty bad, and some of the shows have been worse, like She Hulk, Secret Invasion and Iron Heart. Disney may not have started Star Wars down a crap path, but they’re definitely toxic to every franchise they seem to acquire
  29. treatment
    not really sure where else to put this notice for now, but since I preordered the upcoming SDF-1 reissue from them... https://support.hlj.com/hc/en-us/articles/51806261169049-HLJ-Small-Pack-Is-Back-for-US-Customers
  30. Knuckles7173
    Definitely gonna get this to go with my PF SDF-1.
  31. Chronocidal
    I think you could maybe say that about some of the MCU releases, but as bad as some of those got, I don't know if they actually sank to the level RoS dug to.
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