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  2. Thom
    @505thAirborne Nice. On my desk, the Lighting-C's big wings are coming into their own. And the seat is done. One of the tasks to come is tinting the canopy a clear yellow. I have Alclad Transparent Yellow for that, but dipping in a test piece had it coming out a bit 'pebbled.' I was hoping it would be as easy as dipping it in Klear. I'll experiment a bit, more, thinning certainly as it is a darker yellow straight from the bottle. Time to look for a spare canopy as a mule... Thom Some great builds there @electric indigo!
  3. electric indigo
    @all Looking forward to see your exciting work in the new year! Here's my output for 2025:
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  5. 505thAirborne
    Thank you @Thom, yep, that deck will go all the way through. I'm 99% sure I'll be putting some fiber-optic lighting this one, so all the details can be seen.
  6. jenius
    So there's going to be some sort of ten pack available? Maybe if I buy the ten pack I can also get the one they owe me.
  7. Thom
    @505thAirborne Looks like a nice update coming for the old gal. Are they going to be thru-deck?
  8. Thom
    Micro Galaxy Squadron's TIE Defender.
  9. jenius
    I feel like you guys have been a part of a different hobby for the last twenty years with all this talk of toy company warranties... Wouldn't that be nice! I usually beg friends in Japan to ask politely for me and if it's been more than a few months since release nothing comes from it anyway. Sometimes I'll get the ThreeZero treatment where they pretend they want to help but it never goes anywhere.
  10. Seto Kaiba
    Nah, that's not even close to accurate. The genre that has absolutely dominated public perception of anime for like 20 years now has been shounen anime. If you turned on Cartoon Network in the late afternoons or early evenings you'd get the Shounen Jump Big Three (One Piece, Bleach, Naruto), reruns of older shounen anime like Dragon Ball Z, Yu Yu Hakusho, and Ruroni Kenshin. Titles have come and gone, but shounen has basically ruled the airwaves and the conversation that entire time. So much so that the negative stereotype of anime fans - the weeaboo - is intrinsically associated with the Naruto's ninja headbands and its occasional bouts of untranslated Japanese words like "nakama". 😅 Isekai anime is trendy, but it's nowhere near that level. It's definitely the most numerous genre after shounen the last several years, but I think it seems more pervasive than it is that we're seeing a lot of isekai tropes leaking into non-isekai fantasy titles. Like The Banished Court Magician, I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince, New Saga, Scooped Up By An S-Rank Adventurer, Welcome to The Outcast's Restaurant, etc. Particularly instances of fantasy worlds running on JRPG or MMORPG logic for no clear reason, and stories that start with the protagonist being reincarnated in the same world but in a much different position. I do think we're entering the dying days of the isekai genre's trendiness, though. Like any new genre, you get that first couple big hits, a double handful of less-appreciated "cult classics", and then a lot of low-effort copycats. For mecha anime, Gundam, Macross, and VOTOMS basically defined the genre, you had some successful by less appreciated follow-ups like MOSPEADA, Orguss, and L-Gaim, and then a lot of unsuccessful genre followers that don't do very well like Southern Cross or Dragonar. We're in that "unsuccessful genre follower" phase right now. I wonder if it'll just peter out or if it'll die out with a last big deconstruction. I suspect not, since the actually-successful titles in the genre are mainly ALREADY deconstructions.
  11. Chronocidal
    Yeah, that's also something to consider. They might cover the purchase price for a refund, but you're probably not getting any support from Bandai for replacements. Not that that's exactly new, but it's kind of wild seeing Bandai's customer disservice on display internationally.
  12. sh9000
    https://www.operationrecall.com
  13. 505thAirborne
    505thAirborne changed their profile photo
  14. sh9000
    Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider goes up for preorder on 1/1.
  15. Chronocidal
    Honestly, moving to the wedge nose is a huge upgrade over trying to blend in actual cones. I've hated how those transitions work since I was about 6 years old, and always worked to make better-shapes out of slopes and wedges. I do think that Blue Power jet set was one of the best they managed though. I love when they break out of the standard wedge plate angles by stacking them to combine into new angles, and especially when they make the extra effort for retractable gear. The fact that the thing is basically an aerobatic F-35 is more hilarious than anything though.
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  18. sh9000
    https://www.kitzconcept.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=160 https://www.kitzconcept.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=154 https://www.kitzconcept.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=161
  19. Radioguy
    As previously discussed, USA warranty coverage may be non-existent now for this particular release. Stunning to imagine, but it should be considered here before jumping on. That's also assuming it's new...which has also been reported as often inaccurate as well.
  20. Hikaru Ichijo SL
    With You, Our Love Will Make It Through ended. I thought it turned out well.
  21. 505thAirborne
    I recently acquired this old Monogram Galactica dirt cheap, I didn't have the funds for the Moebius kit at roughly $150.00 and up plus shipping. This one had some missing parts and a few breaks to it, so definitely an ideal candidate for some customizing. The forward section had a panel missing and as well the front nose section is gone, so I'll have to make some new parts for that. They're in the rough stage but they ought to look really good when finished. While I grew up with the original BSG, my biggest gripe with this design were the flight pods, they always looked under-sized to me, with the help of cardboard, glue, putty, eventually some photo-etch parts and paint, this Galactica eventually will have some beefier looking flight pods and an even more dominating appearance. Just some super quick pics for what I'm jabbering on about.
  22. shazam
    MST EX Metal Plus - Saint Seiya - Leo Aiolia figure x 2
  23. Rock
    I can't bring myself to. It's one thing to pay shipping costs and tarrif cost... it is entirely another to also have to pay hlj the same cost + some in handeling fees. My breakdown is something like: $65 fedex shipping $44 tarrifs $112 handeling fees It be one think of my warehouse was older than 1-2months old where I could understand it a little better. I think my oldest item is 2.5 weeks.
  24. danth
    You're not wrong. The jet design is kinda whatever. I just like that you get a whole ass jet and a cool car in one set at $30. I like the jet's colors and prints, and the windscreen. I'm not sure about the angular nose, and the wings are literally just wedge plates. What do you think of Mike Psiaki's Blue Power Jet?
  25. Chronocidal
    Amazon's been pretty regularly beating the Japanese prices, partly due to the free shipping and lack of duties, but the heavy discounts only tend to hit on certain releases that they seem to have over-supply of. I think I grabbed Max's YF-29 for about $175. The hard part is predicting which releases are going to hit that point. I don't think I've seen the YF-19 on heavy discount, but I was tempted to pick one up for the better tail mounts.
  26. Old_Nash_II
    Primal Season 3 Jan/11
  27. Shawn
    That is a great price, skips tariffs (min 15%) and free shipping($50), and is new (not used), with a warranty. We've finally beaten Japanese prices
  28. Dangard Ace
    Tojima is great. I really haven't paid KR much attention even though I watched a KR movie a couple of years ago. Think it was a remake of of the OG. It was fun but didn't follow it up. After Tojima though I've hunted down all KR and I'm ready to binge decades worth of this stuff. I need some japanese superhero stuff since Super Sentai is ending in the next couple of weeks. Or going on hiatus and replaced with Space Sheriff Galvy. And yes, there's is too much garbage isekai out there or "banished from party but I'm the strongest xxxxx". Lasts one season/12 episodes, gets cancelled but rinse and repeat the next season but with different names but same story. Basically shovelware. At least mecha were OVA quality 1-3 episodes and done or 30-40 episodes and lasted the year. Agreed. Used to be able to trust Bandai to crank out a robot show every year but not lately. Don't they still sell robot model kits and need a anime commercial to sell them? /s. At least Gundam Hathaway is coming January 30. I'm also going through my backlog of mecha shows that I haven't gotten around to. AMAIMA and Code Geass are next.
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