MikeRoz
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Filler, especially in a community based around an anime like ours, has a very specific definition: anime-original content that was added by the animators so that the source material could catch up (or for other, similar, often production-related reasons). By definition, it has to have no consequences to the ongoing plot. It just bugs me when people use 'filler' to mean 'I didn't like this' or 'this bored me' when talking about an original work.
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I already have the first release, and I'll probably give in and double-dip on the promised upcoming NA release. No interest in a triple-dip. All those years ago I figured I'd mux in the best of the fansubs with a raw rip of my physical copy, and I never got around to it.
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The episode was good. But one thing I really appreciate about it was the TIE fighter hangar. They didn't have fold-up wings (which weren't canon prior to Disney), they hadn't been landed on their solar panels (also not canon prior to Disney), they didn't invent some new third landing method with super-long landing gear. They were held in a rack and dropped into flight, as they were always meant to. Bravo!
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Ironic, for someone who has so much fun pointing out contradictions 😜
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NYCC2022 Bandai Macross Survey... (yes it's toy related)!
MikeRoz replied to PsYcHoDyNaMiX's topic in Toys
Why should that be surprising they're on the list? I know there was a bit of a rough patch with those DX VF-1 movie supers, but they came through it okay, didn't they? Doesn't anyone remember how they were the only ones delivering Kairos stock, months after the other retailers had cancelled everyone's pre-orders and resold their stock at the scalper prices? PO madness being what it is these days, I have a feeling half the members here grit their teeth and placed an order once they missed out at HLJ and Ami-Ami trying to pre-order this latest reissue of the VF-25F. They're just ashamed to admit they're paying the mark-up. Which wasn't even that bad this time, I might add!
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My Nin-Nin order with EMS ended up being only $10 less than BBTS, but that's because I accidentally ordered in USD and Nin-Nin hit me with a $10 "exchange charge".
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RightStuf has it, $271.99 https://www.rightstufanime.com/VF-25F-Super-Messiah-Valkyrie-Alto-Saotome-Custom-Revival-Ver-Macross-Frontier-DX-Chogokin-Figure
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As expected, they told me I was out of luck. I was told to "be more vigilant" next time.
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BBTS is about $10 more (before tax) than my Nin-Nin order with EMS, thanks to that $10.53 "exchange fee". I have a ticket in to see if I can re-pay in JPY without losing my place in line, wonder if that will get anywhere...
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That's good - but now I'm struggling even more to see how they're going to drag the rent-a-cop through more arcs. That sounds impressive, but someone without much knowledge of US economics and demographics might be impressed if I tell them I'm going to steal the Federal government's entire quarterly payroll for North Dakota (when other states or even cities would be comparatively much more impressive targets). As a casual viewer and student of some of the good parts of a now-defunct EU, I have no idea exactly how big a deal that's supposed to be. But if it's only one of four stories we're getting this season (and thus two remaining), I tentatively withdraw my complaint, and I look forward to seeing how the Lord Walder's ISB gets pulled into the mix.
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Nin-nin's preorder is still open, which doesn't engender much confidence. How blacklisted am I if I cancel after finding it at a domestic shop?
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Actually, in my case, I think the conversion was happening on Nin-Nin's side, and Paypal was merely reporting it.
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Dammit, I checked out at nin-nin but through Paypal and in USD. Couldn't find where on the 'select payment method' screen to switch to JPY.
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I forget, is nin-nin one of the ones we trust these days?
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Finally had a chance to watch the four episodes of this currently available. Six whole years ago, I wandered in slightly late to a showing of Rogue One in theaters. The early parts of that movie featured our now-titular hero skulking about with a blaster and using it very early on to let us know that he was not your typical goody-good Star Wars protagonist. These scenes reminded me of another non-Star Wars show I had on my mind at the time: Homeland. While I appreciated Rogue One for what it was, I still was left thinking to myself "They should make a Star Wars show like Homeland." A scene of Carrie hiding from a lone guy with a gun could have as much or more tension as any of Rogue One's big, bombastic scenes. There's a great show to be made if they lean into the espionage angle and keep the mind-reading space wizards off-screen doing other important things elsewhere. A while back when they announced they'd be making Andor, I thought "Oh cool, they're making that show I wished for." Or are they?
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How is ordering from US sites on a PO night like this? Should I expect a BBTS link to go live at 3 AM? Do BBTS and other US-based retailers experience huge server issues when the link goes live like the Japanese vendors used to back in the day? I recently reached out to HLJ to inquire about what the shipping price would be for an MG kit I had on backorder, and the shipping was easily more than the kit itself. So I'm not that opposed to eating a bit of markup to buy domestically, so long as the shipping is reasonable.
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Very tempting... If nothing else, this will probably lead to some cheap offerings of the original release in the FS/T forum. I know if I bite I'd be looking to sell one or both of my original releases.
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The Wing Zero EW is still available. I'm really torn on whether to pick it up. For that price, I can grab a MG Wing Zero EW Ver Ka model kit from HLJ, ship it to the US, pay eBay prices to grab a MG Tallgeese Fluegel, grab the Snow White Prelude version of the Zwergs from eBay, and have money left over. From what I understand, neither of these kits would offer a huge challenge to someone as inexperienced as myself. I kind of don't like the way that the main wing subdivides into almost skeletal feathers, but that's a feature I could just elect to not take advantage of when posing. I wish there was a side-by-side somewhere of this item and a completed but unpainted MG kit.
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I was just thinking I should sell all my Hi-Metal R products and exit the line entirely, and then this comes along and I start salivating. When will I ever learn?
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Has anyone done this on a VF-19 Advance? Didn't even occur to me that this might have yellowed until I took off the shoulder armor and it was lighter underneath. I'd be concerned about the peroxide taking it too far and making it look like an Arcadia VF-1. Valid fear?
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Awww. There goes that idea. Maybe if they ever get around to a 1/48 Millia I can use that N-Y store credit then. Is it me or has it been forever since the last 1/48 VF-1 release?
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It never occurred to me that you could essentially transform any Valkyire into an Armored VF-1J with the extra head included with that set. I think I've finally found something on which I should spend my N-Y store credit.
