Graham

Looking forward to the upcoming RG Force Impulse next year, it's one of the few things I like about Seed Destiny.

I watched the Netflix Witcher series knowing nothing about the games or books.

Initially, the first 2 episodes didn't grab me, but as I watched more I started to get more and more into it and by episode 8 was loving it and wanting more.

The time jumps were a bit confusing at first, but it wasn't difficult after a while to piece things together and figure out when things were happening in the timeline.

Anyway, really looking forward to season 2 and hope it contains lot more episodes.

8 episodes is just too short for a series.

My wish list for Gundam figures is:

1. Metal Build Crossbone Gundam X3.
2. Metal Build Crossbone Gundam X0.
3. Metal Build Victory Gundam (with optional Dash Packs and Hexa head).
4. Metal Build V2 Gundam (with optional Assault/Buster parts).
5. Metal Robot Spirits Xeku Eins.
6. Metal Robot Spirits Xeku Zwei.

That's an easy pass for me, as I'm not a fan of the Barbatos design.

I did watch season 1 of IBO recently and thought it was OK. Will probably get around to watching season 2 eventually.

Binged watched season 2 over Christmas and enjoyed it.

But yeah, I also would have spaced Smith a long time ago.

Zero desire to ever watch this, same as the first movie. Thankfully I don't have a pre-teen daughter, so no pressure to go see it.

I hope this sequel doesn't have a super annoying song, which my nieces are gonna be singing non-stop, like with the first movie.......groan.

Saw it yesterday. Thought it was just OK, but quite rushed.

Probably won't go to see it a second time at the cinema.

On 12/17/2019 at 11:34 PM, Arky said:

so detailed!

It seems to be out.

Saw it in a shop near my office today for HK$12,000 (which is about US$1,538).

On 12/15/2019 at 4:18 PM, bleecher said:

Engineering on the figure looks amazing. I am especially impressed by the remote control LEDs. Hopefully they produce more hero units.

As good as this looks, 1/72 scale is a deal breaker for me, as it's not going to match any other mobile suit toys or models I have on my shelves.

If it had been in either 1/100 scale or 1/144 scale (or there about), I would likely have pre-ordered it.

 RIP.

Just been working my way through DS9. On season 5 at the moment.

I just watched all of season 3 of Legion on my flights to UK and back.

Definitely enjoyed season 3 far more than season 2.

3 hours ago, carlsylar said:

I think it is a bit over priced especially the funnels are sold separately for 27500 yen

There's been loads of videos and still images of the Metal Structure RX-93 Nu-Gundam, highlighting the gimmicks, features, opening hatches, LED lights etc, but almost nothing about the articulation, or perhaps lack thereof.

I'd love to know what range of motion this thing is capable of? I think so far all we have seen is that the elbows can bend 90 degrees.

I'm not expecting it to be super articulated, I do understand that the size, weight and gimmicks may be limiting factors to the amount of articulation that can be added.

However, at the insane price they are asking, I'd expected at least strong ratcheted joints on the shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, with at least a 90 degree range of movement on the knees and elbows and hopefully close to that for hip front and rear range of motion.

Hopefully this thing is not just a statue with only limited  movement in the arms.

But not unboxing it until Christmas Day.

Picked up the just released Metal Build Crossbone X2 Gundam last night.

Haven't opened it yet though. May hold off opening it until Christmas and make it a Christmas present to myself.

I really hope we get a Metal Build Crossbone X3 and also a Full Cloth version of the X1.

Loving it, especially as I'm someone who grew up on Spaghetti Westerns,

I can't understand why a few people think the pacing is slow? To me it seems fine, but I'm not of the Fast & Furious generation that needs an explosion or car chase a minute or they get bored......LOL

1 hour ago, carlsylar said:

Finally got some time to play these around, and some new arrival of metal robot and robot spirits of KA YAY. Waiting for X2 and EVA-02(*❦ω❦)  

 

On the blue F-91, does the beam shield attach securely to the arm?

I have the white Metal Build F-91 and the beam shield can get knocked off even if you look at it the wrong way.

So, in episode 2............

On 11/12/2019 at 6:00 AM, sh9000 said:

Now that I'm defintely getting.

On 10/30/2019 at 10:00 PM, sh9000 said:

“Yeah?  Good.”

Chicken winging that rifle.

Saw it with my son on Saturday. Really enjoyed it. Definitely the 3rd best Terminator movie after the original and T2 and a worthy sequel to T2.

Wasn't overly blown away by the trailer.

Didn't like the horses also.

Still, I'll watch it in the cinema when it opens. Its a tradition. Probably see it at least twice, even if it's bad.

What's a good Defiant toy? recommendations?

On 9/30/2019 at 8:07 AM, no3Ljm said:

So I'm guessing these are non-transforming plastic model kits, that look to be equivalent to about Bandai HG in size and quality?

I bought the Bandai Metal Build Crossbone Gundam X1 and Bandai Metal Build F91 last week.

No pics yet, but here's my observations:

Firstly, I need to say that I'm a big fan of late UC era miniaturized mobile suit designs such as the F90, F91, Victory Gundam etc.

I didn't use to be a fan of the Crossbone Gundam, but after recently reading the manga, the design has really grown on my to the point where it's now one of my favorite mobile suite designs..........I now own the 1/144 scale Crossbone X1 RG model kit, the 1/100 X1 MG model kit and now the Metal Build X1 toy.

Metal Build F91 Gundam Comments

First the negatives:

1. The Metal Build is not anime accurate. It is a stylized redesign/reimagining. This is what put me off buying the Metal Build F91 for so long. If you are like me and love the anime movie F91 design and want an anime-accurate high-end toy of the F91, the Metal Build may not be  for you. Sure, it is recognizable as an F91, but nearly every part has been changed so that it is NOT anime line-art accurate. The most notable and easily spotted changes are the redesign of the VSBRs, the redesigned shape of the chest grill and the redesign of the shoulder armour. The classic and iconic F91 shoulder markings have also been changed so that they are no longer solid red. These redesigns may not bother you, but as an anime/line-art purist they bother me. I did know it was not anime accurate when I bought it, but still went ahead.
2. Next negative - The V-fin does not attach securely and gets knocked off extremely easily during normal  handling at the slightest touch.
3. Next negative - The beam shield does not attach securely and gets knocked off extremely easily during normal  handling at the slightest touch.
4. Minor negative -the box is constructed of quite flimsy card. Maybe I'm spoiled by the Macross Delta DX boxes. Anyway, I'm not a box collector and have already thrown out the F91 box,.
5. Last negative, there is no gimmick for opening the cockpit hatch. Maybe I'm too used to Master Grade kits, but I love to be able to open the cockpit hatch on mobile suits and see the pilot figure inside. You would think on such a high-end and expensive toy, which is actually physically larger than the 1/100 Master Grade, which does have an opening cockpit feature this would be possible, but sadly it is absent on the Metal Build.
6. On the positive side, joints are nice and tight, fit, finish, paint applications and markings are all excellent and articulation is very good.

Metal Build Crossbone Gundam X1 Comments

1.  A near perfect figure. Tight joints, great detail, tones of accessories. Looks awesome.
2.  Good articulation, great fit. The finish, paint apps and markings are perfect. No flaws on mine.
3. Only negatives I can think of out the box card stock is a bit flimsy. But as with the F91 I have already thrown out the box to save space as I  seldom keep boxes.
4. The wrist pegs for the hands do seem a little thin, so I'm a bit concerned about stress or breakage if I change the hands too many times as the hand-to-wrist peg fit is quite tight and a bit of force is required to push the hand onto the wrist peg.
5. The Crossbone Gundam X1 gets a 99% rating from me.

Finally just got around to finishing the last few episodes of the GRRM based Nightflyers on Netflix.

I'd watched up to episode 6  when it was first released and then I got bored. and moved onto other things.

Finally decided to push myself to finish it last week, but what a shitty ending/non-ending.

And from what I've researched it's not been picked up for a second season either.