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The one thing the old ones have is the old-style pilot's seat with the two squares. I think it's more detailed than the "scooped out" version of the headrest in the new ones.
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Sorry Solscud to disappoint you, but the US versions are going to be plastic. Only Masterpiece Prime will have diecast content but he'll also have shortened smokestacks and gross "battle damage". This has all been confirmed through sightings of retail packaged Takara and Hasbro versions on Ebay as well as sources within Hasbro and from Japan. Masterpiece Prime IS NOT an Alternator so the diecast he has does not affect the Alternators line. That will stay plastic and I must say that Binaltech Smokescreen in Diecast is far, far better than the plastic version. He's basically a die-cast 1:24 scale car that happens to transform. The irridescent paint is fabulous and looks much better than the plastic version. Pictures you may have seen on the net don't do it justice and even comparison pics make them look relatively the same but they are definetely not the same in real life. Just in case you wanted to see, Binaltech Smokescreen versus Alternator Smokescreen: http://www.tfkenkon.com/collection/act156/
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Worst Science Fiction Film of All Time
ComicKaze replied to JELEINEN's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
It was a Dodge Interceptor. Wicked movie. -
I understand you SO WELL!!! Same thing happens to me with my employees! I cant receive my toys at my house because of the wife... so I get them at my office. It is a real torture to stop yourself from opening the box and play with it. Is good to know I am not the only one! Hehe ! Glad to see I'm not alone... I actualy receive them at the office to avoid customs (my lil trick...) and because there is always someone home to receive the goods. Montorvillois! I'm also in Canada and wondering how that works. If packages are sent to an office, you can avoid Canada Customs from opening it and charging you?
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Believe me, I watched Eva in and out and read all the commentaries and the manga. At the end of it all, trying to make sense of it, I found it was totally senseless and time I can never get back. A traumatic experience I can never erase, I can only conclude this is the worst anime ever created (besides the beautiful girls and great music!). There is absolutely nothing appealing to me in Eva either interlectually or visually and I am the person that has watched American Psycho over 100 times and counts that as my favorite movie of all time. Fine, take wonderful characters and put them in hopeless, nightmarish situations. Torture them, tear them apart limb from limb, and murder the entire population of the world turning everybody into a giant uni-conscious sea entity of LCL except for Shinji whos pathetic-child fantasies and neuroses are finally realized with Asuka being his victim. GREEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAT. Sure makes me want to slaughter my parents and everybody that treated me badly in school. Heck, if I controlled the fate of the world, the very existence of everybody woukdn't I love to lock msyelf in a girl's hospital room and masturbate to her bandaged body? Oh, just for kicks, everybody will die except for us, except we'll suffer a lot pain but that won't matter anymore. Becuase I am the bringer of apocalypse and the genesis of the new world will be based on me - the traumatized kid whose father abused him and cloned my mother, who I have a crush on, so that he could fondle her to bring about the 3rd impact. Did I mention everybody would suffer my pain?
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No, despite what you all say, I completely agree. EVANGELION IS TRASH written by a maniac depressant. It is a horrible, horrible, cruel, demeaning, and inhumane anime which, to my chagrin, is incredibly popular for reasons unbeknownst to me. Hell, I'm all for insane violence but there has to be a message, there has to be human compassion and experience - like Battle Royale for example. Eva is just the bloody stuff of nightmares and insane asylums.
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The EZF and EZF-2 (different companies) contain more features than the xg2 or flash advance. Plus they are more compatible and have built-in clocks.
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Get the EZF Flash 256MBit flash cart. It's the price of 5-6 games but absolutely irreplacable. I don't even use regular GBA games anymore. This thing can fit about 3-4 GBA games or maybe 140 NES roms (or many other emulators for GBA) as well as music and videos and E-Books! Right now the contents of my Flast Cart are: Solar Striker TMNT: Fall of the Foot Clan Golden Sun Goldun Sun: FAQ (yes there are text readers) A bunch of mpeg movie clips I made from American Psycho DVD Some mp3s and MODs for music Double Dragon Advance (w/trainer) A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking Life, the Universe, and Everything by Douglas Adams And about 20 NES roms. BUT if you are going to buy regular games, the ones I bought because I couldn't be without are: IRIDION II - By far the best shooter there is for GBA, awesome music, great graphics, great price ($15 retail). King of Fighters EX2 - Hasn't been released in the US yet but maybe soon. Best fighter on the GBA. I don't like the ports of the Street Fighter games but the second KOF game is excellent. Bruce Lee: Return of the Legend - Great platformer, lotsa fun. Many moves. Stuntman - The 3D graphics are awesome! About on par with early 1995 Playstation 3D graphics. Great driving game. Mario & Luigi RPG - Just released, great hilarious game. Golden Sun - Best RPG on GBA and many systems period. Puzzle Fighter - Who doesn't like puzzle fighter? GT Advance Racing 3 - Awesome JDM racing game. BTW, because I just bought a flash cart ($150 yikes!) I am selling cheaply if anybody is interested: Wario Ware - very fun, hundreds of minigames, wacky style Zelda: Link to the Past - classic port of SNES rpg with updated graphics and sounds and new multiplayer quest
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Have you built you Bandai VF-2SS William? As for this kit, you guys are lucky now. I paid $80 for mine.
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It looks fantastic. Did you give it a wash? What are your panel lines done with? As for the culture shock, this is great artwork done by Bob in the old Macrossworld forum. Where did he goto? I'm not sure if I still have the original. He drew the Millia but I added the Zentradi's and made their heads blow up as well as censoring it.
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My Starscream Custom & Collection #9 Review
ComicKaze replied to ComicKaze's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Yes, I do realize I was overreacting before and this all works out for the better since I was trying for a more cartoon accurate Screamer anyway It just looked a little odd to me. If only there was a way to get rid of the nosecone and to mount the wings a little higher... -
How did you confirm this was a Takatoku? Taka's usually have underneath that make it easier to identify than by the kana. It looks to be in okay condition, missing most of it's decals though, antenna aren't broken, that's a good thing. I can't really comment on the value of unboxed Takas. A big chunk of their value was eaten up by the Bandai reissues and all the new Macross toys that have come out from Yamato have also sucked up most of the market for these. I personally have a Taka VF-1J and in the past, they could go from $150-$300.
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The Zeta Gundam in Machine Robo!!
ComicKaze replied to DestroidsRage's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I fear dearly that the trend is going otherwise. They are turning more and more to CG and with that, the human element is increasingly lost in the process. Sadly, I don't think we'll see 80s style animation ever again. Boohoo. :-( (breaks out his Gall Force and Saber Rider and even American cartoons like MASK and Centurions) Animation is becoming an uncharismatic bore like Soundwave No, nevermind, Soundwave is cool. 21st Century animation is not. -
The Zeta Gundam in Machine Robo!!
ComicKaze replied to DestroidsRage's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Everything just had an awesome wax job in the 80s And there were pulsating strobes lighting them up from all angles! Gorgeous! The energy effects are also wonderful, being so spastic and flying all over the place. They don't draw lasers and explosions like they used to. -
The Zeta Gundam in Machine Robo!!
ComicKaze replied to DestroidsRage's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
LOL Destroid's Rage, I've been trying for years to put together something that could describe that glinty-shininess instead of shading in 80s anime and that's the most concrete thing I've gotten so far. But other studios also used that technique as it was proliferant in the 80s for almost all animes. Heck, even the Transformers uses it. I hate how they've moved to boring 2-tone shading and CG cel-animation these days. Everything looks so flat and boring. The shapes are too rigid. -
Oh no! A scantily dressed Valkyrie girl! Culture shock is best defense against a Zentradi attack!
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The Zeta Gundam in Machine Robo!!
ComicKaze replied to DestroidsRage's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Man, I really miss that 80s animation. Even in such low-quality middle frames, you get the classic 80s viceral speed lines and feel the energy from the thrusters and lava because they are just drawn so stylishly. -
Has anybody tried goo-gone?
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Wheeljack as the LeMans Mazda 787B? That's a little too old for an Alternator. Wheeljack has to be a Lancia vehicle. He's clearly italian, not Japanese and rotary powered . In my opinion, Hound SHOULD have been a hummer. The WWII jeep G1 Hound was based on was long enough to give him decent looking legs. This current civilian Jeep TJ or whatever that the new Alternators Hound is made of is too short and Hound ends up for little stick legs. Sideswipe should have been a Diable/Murcialago. Smokescreen should have been a Z. And Skids would be... I guess a CR-V
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Umm, Area Seven, actually Hasbro registered all the Machine Robo related trademarks they could think of in order to prevent Bandai from bringing them over with that name. Hasbro is trying to run the monopoly on transforming toys again. Here's a size comparison pick.
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I bought the Hyper Police Set from HLJ because it was only 750 Yen (on sale). That's about $6 US. All in all, I have to say it's very cool. The combined version sure kicks the ass of any Power Ranger Megazord or Energon/Powerlinx Optimus Prime. Brings back lotsa GoBot memories. The leader feels like Turbo and the bikes all look a bit like Cy-Kill. Very cool set but hardly any posability. It's a brick like the G1 Gestalts. All plastic though, no die-cast. Cool if you can find it for $6. They are small, the size of normal GoBots. Not cool for regular price of $22US + crazy shipping from Japan. Vehicles Robots Combined
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POLL: You help choose RHINO future DVD releases.
ComicKaze replied to UN Spacy's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
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Viewpoint! That's an awesome game MilkMan! I was lucky and found copies of Garou and Last Blade 2 in the DC bargain bin. Too bad they spurt milk but oh well...still it's the only affordable SNK goodness I can get. I already blew my $500 on NGPC
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Yeah, I read Insert Credit too. Brandon's a cool guy. Neo-Geo is just awesome, but I have to say that I prefer Garou over KOF and Last Blade over Samurai Shodown. Then again, I'm a Neo-Geo Pocket Color fan at heart. Anybody have any NGPC items they're looking to sell or trade?
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They only released the combiner sets. www.tfkenkon.com