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    This movie was brilliant itself, it REALLY doesn't need a half assed, half hearted US remake. The same thing happened with the really good Spanish zombie movie Rec, it was remade in the US as Quarantine and it was completely pointless, literally the same exact situation here, I don't even need to see the US version. The Korean original is perfect as is, adding white people and native English won't enhance anything, especially if it's just a crappy near shot for shot remake like the Rec remake, I mean there's absolutely no way the US version could add anything to the original, or improve upon it. I thanked everyone of relevance when the US Raid remake got murdered, once again, the original is perfect, Hollywood makes enough garbage, we get it they're out of ideas, but this is getting absurd, remakes of less then two year old foreign films? I hope this tanks on what I will assume will be a small budget.
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    I got my Badcube Speedbump/Trailerbreaker in a few days ago, gorgeous figure, the paint apps are phenomenal, but the transformation is complete ass. I was sort of eye balling the MMC version before my Badcube version arrived, it definitely has some sweet spots on it, and it does some things right that I feel Badcube flubbed on, but then I saw these shots of the god awful horribly mis-matched paint, and that is a immediate deal breaker. That is painfully bad, and I feel this is totally unacceptable for one of the big guys like Ocular Max/MMC. This is glaringly obvious, and I'm baffled this is what they were comfortable with sending out. Depending on your collecting tastes this may not bother you, apparently it isn't noticeable at all in bot mode, but that is a sexy alt mode, and that paint absolutely ruins it. If alt mode isn't a concern for you I think the bot mode still looks fantastic, but that is just too bad for me to even consider, shame on them, they should have done much better then this, especially at the current price point.
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    I got another package in, two more third party MP Transformers and Figuarts Raph. I'm 4 out of 5 on FansToys Dinos, Grinder WILL be mine, and with him as my Grimlock I will have MP Dino completion. Scoria is great, especially this newest re-issue from FT. I know they have Cesium on the way, which is basically an updated Scoria, but I think this guy does just fine. He's very tight, no paint issues, he's pretty damn beautiful. I couldn't settle for the official MP Inferno, he just doesn't do it for me, the official MP line in general is gradually losing my interest with each new release. I got Backdraft for $70 on Black Friday, killer deal, I would've paid his $100 retail but a sale works fine too! Raph is great, all the Figuarts Turtles are great really, now I'm just wondering when Mikey will drop so I can finish the team.
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    Doctor Strange will be web exclusive, NY and other sites like it only. Doesn't bother me, he's a must have, he looks amazing. Plus Hawkeye is still looking really good, mine has been paid off for quite a while now. I'm a little baffled next year will be when we can FINALLY finish our Ultron Avengers Figuarts team, better late then never I guess. Plus apparently the MK I armor is happening. And MK II. I mean I guess these two aren't guaranteed, but Tony armor's sell, and Bandai really seems to like making them. I guess I should have just did this in one post, oh well. Bought for both, they look good. V2 Death Trooper I guess? Old Obi-Wan is still looking good, but where the hell is my Leia? Looks good, but where's my Rey?
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    It's solid in my opinion, not as memorable as some from the past, but it holds it's own most of the time. The cut scenes are really well done and the score usually picks up and gets good when it needs to, the giant insane set pieces have some beautiful music flowing through them that really adds to the scene, like I said, solid in my opinion. Funny enough you can buy a music player and CDs that contain classic FF themes and music on them, then you can listen to them anytime. I was rolling down the road listening to the original FFVII and FFIV themes, good stuff.
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    FYI for those that heard about Japanese players beating FFXV in 15 hours, they ONLY did the main story quests, and they skipped ALL of the cut scenes. That's not how most people will play the game. Also, most of the people that finished early finished with their level in the thirties, that's barely scratching the surface for what's out there. I managed to put in about 5 hours last night, I'm feeling it today but the game is phenomenal, this coming from someone who hasn't played a FF since 8. The story is quite meh, I haven't seen any of the extended stuff like the short anime series or the expensive CG movie, but going off what I've played the story takes a gigantic back seat in the first half of the game, aka the most interesting part in my opinion, the open world. I'm sure the story will take full front later as it gets toward the more linear section, but for now it's just a lot of fun open world questing and fighting. Beautiful game, plays well, runs decent on my X1, frame rate dips on occasion when crazy stuff or something massive is on screen. The dungeons are absolutely a blast, I kept reading about some amazing dungeon in the end game that can only be accessed by the airship, level 90 or above recommended, I can't wait to check that out!
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    There are no large Figuarts figures that have a "regular" or "normal" frame or body on them, the only large Figuarts out there have their own unique bodies and pieces, like Broly, and Asuraman from the Kinnikuman line.
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    Beautiful trailer, had a Stranger Things vibe going for it at the beginning, which I like. I can't wait to play some when I get home, reviews are very solid so far.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Tking22 replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    I finally got these two in, they've been sitting waiting in a big Pile of Loot at HLJ.
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    Came home to this. The FedEx shipping option at HLJ is stupid fast, shipped out 11/24/16, received it today. This is easily the fastest, most reliable shipping service from them to the US, and it's even cheaper then EMS, it's a beautiful thing. A box this big has to have some serious goodies in it right? Damn I must've been good, and another two packages still on the way for me? Everything is looking good, but it's a bit too compacted in there. Yup, lots of goodies. I've been waiting a LONG time on some of this stuff, waiting for more and more to release so I could just get one big package. Unfortunately I had to ship this stuff, my tridents were at one more day before they auto-shipped, if I could have lasted another two days I could've added MonsterArts Shin Godzilla and Figuarts EP II Obi-Wan. I can't check out everything tonight unfortunately, but now I've got like 3 nights of messing with new stuff ahead of me, oh boy!
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    Chosen Prime has a video review up for MP-33 Inferno. Still looks super meh to me, glad I passed, not my cup of tea, snagged MMC Backdraft for $70 on black Friday. Credit where credit is due though, that transformation is beautiful. Takara's engineering still seems top notch, but the aesthetic they are moving towards just isn't cutting it for me. Shame too, Takara's transformation and clean ladder in chest bit on MMC Backdraft would be a pretty perfect MP Inferno in my opinion. edit: Optibotimus review of MP-33 is up too.
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    Sequel. John Boyega is playing the son of Stacker Pentecost from the first movie, that was Idris Elba's character.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Tking22 replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Those also weren't transformable though. I feel Bandai could make some excellent Hi-Metal R Frontier stuff if they really wanted too. There were also those crappy VF100 parts forming Frontier valks, also meh, also shelf warmed and were sold for cheap, but once again neither of those lines were Hi-Metal R.
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    Comicave and Figuarts are 1:12 scale. I don't own any Re:Edit Ironman stuff so I don't know how well it'd scale visually, but if I'd guess, with most Re:Edit armors being about 7" tall, they'll be a bit too big compared to Figuarts and Comicave, which come in at about 6".
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    I like NY but I also hate NY. I got a notice this morning that Figuarts Black Panther and Charizard are both preparing to ship, I had requested to combine the orders over a week ago and was flat out denied, apparently paid for pre-orders can't be modified in any way, very lame. Now I've got two packages shipping out from the same exact place at the same exact time, they couldn't just combine them and send me an updated PO for shipping or something, very lame policy.
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    You and me both, that would be SWEEEEEET. That FansToys Omega looks amazing, not a giant fan of the Bot or character so I've got no interest, I bet he'll be a beast once he releases though. As others have said, FT has a ton on their plate it seems, everything announced now Omega, and Devastator on the way in MP form as well, yeesh.
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    Everyone still caught up on the CW-verse? I gotta say, Savitar is kind of lame, I knew he was coming, he was confirmed a while back, but another evil speedster, even one who claims he's a god, is a little old. Barry will have to dig deep again, and get faster, and beat him, meh. I liked Kara's Batman reference on Monday, I guess that means a version of Batman exists in both her universe, and the CW-verse, neat. Arrow is better this season then last, but that's not saying much, his new B-Team of back-ups is still weak, the Artemis reveal was interesting I'll admit, and that could lead to some interesting things, was that random armored evil dude that wasn't Prometheus a while back the Sports Master? Either way I'm still watching, still entertaining stuff overall, and next week starting Monday is the first episode of the massive cross-over, I can't wait.
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    Han went up for pre-order weeks ago with the new Figuarts Rogue One stuff, he's been available at HLJ forever.
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    No offense, but what else would you expect them to do with the kibble and bits that normally go in the feet? It's a necessity of the design, MP Dino feet are massive, there's a lot of room in there, the kibble for the back ends usually ends up by the feet, it's naturally going to have to store there somewhere. Gigapower's MP Dinos had two options, you could either transform it like the FT Dinos and put the feet and tail bits in the foot, or you could go for a G1 toy look and have the leg and tail kibble hanging off the robot foot, and then you can place a block piece in the foot to fill it in. Other then that, I'm not sure what to expect, they really can't get more interesting or innovative with it, not without changing the aesthetic and look, these companies are still going for specific looks, this transformation method works, if it aint broke don't fix it. Would I like to see another way to handle the tail and leg bits? No honestly, not really, it works, it hides away well, it's still clever, and it provides a clean look. Maybe another 3P company should take a whack at some other iteration of the Dinos other then G1, then they can try some more interesting things out with the design, but the kibble in boot trick just works for the G1 aesthetic.
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    I'll catch up after the mid-season finale like I always do now. This show needs to be binged, it's far too boring and middling to watch week after week in my opinion. I did watch the big death scene online, went as expected, apparently this show hasn't been completely neutered, well done Walking Dead, brutally perfect.
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    Oh boy, everyone's least favorite Pixar film is getting yet another sequel. Here I am wondering if anyone cares about Incredibles 2.
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    Optibotimus has reviewed FT Grinder/Grimlock. Looking good, much better review then Peaugh, he actually covered the correct forearm transformation! Amazing what a little effort will do for a review.
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    Another good gallery for Figuarts Black Panther is up. The thing looks incredible, that detail is beautiful, once again, I don't think the Legends or Select comes even remotely close. http://shishioh.info/SHF_BLACK_PANTHER.php I mean look at that detailing!
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    I did indeed, some of the effects shots were great, I think overall TOHO did a fantastic job bringing the titans to life, everything else looked really bad though, especially the maneuver gear shots, they were rough. The story was butchered, as expected, the manga isn't anywhere near done so everyone knew going in they'd go with some awful original ending, which they did, and awful it was. I get it, Japan doesn't have anywhere near the budget US films do, going with a Japanese cast is the cheapest, and logistically easiest solution, but it will never not be distracting in some of these adaptations, a Japanese cast works in most, but not all. I think the Assassination Classroom films were okay, Kenshin was fantastic with excellent casting, Death Note 1 and 2 were great, the third film doesn't exist, Parasyte was solid, Gantz had good casting but the original ending was hot garbage. We'll see on the live action Bleach, going in I'm not expecting much though. And agreed on some of Full Metal fights, I'll watch these live action films regardless of quality and reviews, I just hope at minimum I get a couple of solid fight/action scenes out of it.
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    Lol I snagged three of these already, no intention of keeping them, I'll keep the SNES version when they release it, extra Christmas funds for the win!
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