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  1. Stampeed Valkyrie
    It looks like they made a Toynami Super Pose-able and made it transformable. I'm down for a Stampy Valk. But I still like it.. its quirky.
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    I got dragged along this season and with things wrapping I will add my thoughts.. Helck.. TBH not as terrible as I thought but nothing to write home about either. Most of this series completely ignores the events that set the whole series up in the first few episodes. I would assume that this will start coming back into focus in the 2nd half. However this series is too silly for me to take seriously no matter what they decide to do. The Duke of Death S2.. As I mentioned previously I absolutely loathe this CGI . The group I watch with kept at it and much content was cut to push this series down the path. The 2nd season ends with the start of the climax of series. Basically its going to be read the Manga to know more.. OR we actually get a S3 depending on how S2 did. And an update.. S3 has been announced.. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-09-24/the-duke-of-death-and-his-maid-anime-gets-3rd-season-in-2024/.202765 Horimiya -piece-.. As already known this series is focusing on much of the content that was edited out of Horimiya. TBH as a standalone this series really does not make any sense as it jumps around ALOT. It also seems to focus on making Hori look terrible on how she treats Morimiya. You MUST be familiar with the source to debunk either of this. Regardless I really enjoyed Horimiya as a whole, I still would recommend it but only after watching the original series. Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha Ⅱ, Suki na Ko ga Megane wo Wasureta, Hataraku Maou-sama!! 2nd Season... I have the same opinion for all 3.. Dropped. I know my group kept up with Megane, but I passed. Uchi no Kaisha no Chiisai Senpai no Hanashi, Not terrible, but not particularly noteworthy either. I have seen worse takes on this trope, but in the words of the Mrs. Its cute enough to keep her interest. I went along for the ride. Undead Girl Murder Farce.. It started with an interesting premise, but lost me with the "Pretty Boy" variants of Lupin and the Phantom of the Opera. I have caught up to episode 11 as of writing this, so unless they stick the ending.. meh. Temple.. I am up to episode 11 of this one as well, Its a Harem Rom-Com with ample ecchi. I don't expect this series to end with any real BANG, so if you enjoy the premise you'll like this. If not.. pass. Lv1 Maou to One Room Yuusha.. this is my choice for Best of the season. Its not itself anything SUPER but it stuck its ending and was a standout in an otherwise weak summer season. AI no Idenshi.. this was my late addition, with many people talking about it being an underdog. I am only 2 episodes in and will try to finish if I can get into it.
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    I'm still on the fence. I'll wait till the product is in hand and see what the verdict is. Even then I may just hold off entirely since I have so many other VF1s floating around.
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    Mine came with one from Area 88. (while cool, not macross) Obviously not released like that.
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    I really enjoyed this series, mostly because it was dumb, had plenty of humor and a good helping on ecchi. Don't expect depth cause there is none, but it held my interest. I probably should go through and give it a rewatch. I had to sit through the first few episodes of this, I think the art is really well done but its premise is weak. The viewer is expected to go along with the main gag every episode and its not a particularly interesting series to start with. Again I only got through 4 episodes before I tuned it out, it was rinse and repeat at that point. Looking ahead and Fall Anime season looks to be quite strong...
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    RIP Met this guy, while SM was doing a tour and ended up at a local theater in Grand Junction CO. Small Venue he came out and hung out with the fans was super cool, but also super drunk. Shame. Rest in Peace Shrek song guy..
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    Been awhile since I have heard anything from Calibre Wings.. then I stumbled across this. I am shocked this has not popped up sooner. Continuing the 1/72 VF-1 Series line is a 40th anniversary gem.. Flying Mule has them for preorder currently ..
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    about as much as they are into limited releases! Seriously though, doesn't this price point pretty much kill the Toynami 1/100 line? Outside of the vintage box art, KC is better in every way at this price point.
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    Kinda went down the Youtube rabbit hole, and found an Anisong that I have never heard before that was quite the Banger of an ending. I figured I'd give the anime a go Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon. I am about halfway through it, circa 2015 and its nothing spectacular but its better then 95% of whatever they are pushing currently. TBH the ending theme "Calling my Twillight" is the most outstanding part of this whole series..
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    Possibly.. I am still chuckling at the 100 pcs line.. Right now I am looking at about 6 different versions of the Fokker/Hikaru 1S. each one was super limited!!!! I am enjoying the unique paint schema's but KC needs to put out something other then a VF-1S to keep my interest. Suggestion.. SD GBP maybe?
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    I'm slacking this season, I've missed most of the group watches cause car stuff. With that said.. Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru made ni Shitai 100 no Koto aka Zom100 is probably my favorite of this season. The manga was enjoyable and I am curious how far the anime adaptation is going to go. Its more lighthearted then your typical Zombie genre, Its no HOTD, or School Live.. Horimiya -piece- Also really enjoying this one. Its hard to keep up with all the skipping, but again I like the fact that they are going back and covering some of the skipped content in this series. I admit I am biased as I enjoyed the Horimiya TV anime along with the Manga source. Lv1 Maou to One Room Yuusha. Also enjoying this one, the back and forth between the Demon Lord and the Hero is amusing. Not much to it to be honest unless it pulls something out of left field but its entertaining enough to keep me coming back. There are several others that the group is following.. Kenshin, Helck, Duke of Death S2... and a few other that I can't remember. I may give Kenshin a go after it runs, if I care enough to do so. I'm familiar with the manga, and the original anime. And it doesn't have Heart X Sword as one of its ED songs.. so meh. Helck.. is pretty vanilla only caught an ep or 2 early on seemed kinda silly. Duke of Death S2.. I really enjoyed the manga for this.. but the CG artwork killed the first season, 2nd season is the same so I safely pass.
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    So what price point are they going to be selling the D at? If its gonna be $30-$40 then I don't see an issue. I still have mine from the 90s and it looks to be about the same other then button placement and the separating saucer.
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    I'm kinda amused that they keep up with the only XXX made limited edition thing. Sure XXX made of this release, but in a year or so we will just change the color of the base and release XXX more. Then next year XXX release, but remove the missles and base. Then the next year another release XXX but it has Fast Packs! *Sigh*
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    Well on the plus side the Metallic VF-1A set does not look as obnoxious as I originally thought. As for the M&M 1J set, I can't see myself plunking down anything to get a different colored base.
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    So what is so special about the Special Color Roy VF-1S? Am I missing something?
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    Dumb question time... Why the gimmick with the nose cone? Did I miss something,, I know that some vendors you could remove the nosecone and have a radar thingy (tech term). This one just points down cause dragons?
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    Got my KC Dark Blue VF-1S in today, this might be my favorite paint schema to date... other then the Purple GOF. They did get the UPC code correct on this version, I am not seeing any glaring QC issues which is always a good thing.
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    Yeah, TBH Harrison Ford was too old when Crystal Skull came out.. that was it for me. A buddy took his kids to go see it, he didn't knock it but he wasn't particularly enamored with it either. The teenagers enjoyed it but he was pretty blunt.. he called it IJ and the Dookie of Depends.. for what its worth.
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    I had the Army Gear Canteen.. the jet was pretty cool, was an SD F-14. I also had the M16, but my parents started taking all my gun stuff away when cops started shooting kids in the 90s for having toy guns.
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    I picked up the Max version of the YF-29 here, which is a release I probably would have passed on with my overall aversion to Delta. Figured I would toss em a bone since I was there. Got some other pictures of the standees that were not Macross related.
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    haha lol.. now Black and Blue... sonofa.... My wallet is on life support from AX...
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    I wish TBH, the 2 or 3 times I passed by this setup there was nobody around to ask, outside of AX Volunteers.
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    I saw this display at AX, I was impressed with how the toy looks in person. The tampo decals were spot on, and I think it rivals the KC TV Hikki 1J.
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    So I got a chance to try out a Demo on a laptop at AX2023. This game reminds me very much of an old PS1 game called Philosoma, especially how it changes its views as a shooter. I had a chance to get hands on for about 15 min or so for the Demo. Only 1 pilot playable, it looked nice, but I was not overly impressed, I'll hold my judgement until it gets an official release. I snapped a pic at the con, not me playing.
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    I understand the sentiment @commodore256 but I do not believe statements like the Golden Age of Anime, or Anime is dead are true. Everything is subjective and anime much like any other medium adapts in order to keep selling. I don't disagree that there have been many changes to the modern Anime style that I could live without, but there are still the breakthrough titles (to me at least) and while rare are still out there. I think I will eventually age out of modern Anime, and that is probably sooner rather then later, but so long as there is still 1 show every couple of years or so that really stands out... I'll watch. As for SciFi.. I haven't followed anything mainstream in years. I would recommend short stories or some of the independent lesser known content. Hell some of the best examples I have found for this are old Radio Shows from the 30's and 40's. I am 100% right there with you about not wanting to be preached at when I go to be entertained, but this goes for all current things. Not to pick on Star Trek, but Fan content (Axenar anyone?) is more of my speed then anything Discovery and post Discovery.
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