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tekering

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  1. Have you read Michael Pillar's book? As writer, producer, and showrunner for significant portions of TNG, DS9, and Voyager, he nonetheless couldn't get his script for Insurrection approved until he made the requisite changes Patrick Stewart (and Brent Spiner) demanded. Leading actors clearly had clout in the '90s, at least.
  2. But isn't using the title Jacob's Ladder giving away the ending? Might as well have called it
  3. While waiting for the new show to premiere, I decided my ReAction mystic could use a repaint: Before and after. I really should've sanded that seam off his face first.
  4. Of course, they're just inverted animation model sheets. The SDF-1 is a dead giveaway -- they obviously forgot it was asymmetrical.
  5. Never mind about the show. What about the toys? Are we ever gonna get figures of principal characters like Neeku and Tam? Their absence from the toyline has not gone unnoticed. Seriously, for a show as toyetic as this, there's a pathetic lack of merchandising. Disney and Hasbro have really dropped the ball. I mean, even this TLJ turd got a toy... ...but these designs aren't good enough? Talk about a wasted opportunity.
  6. That's Robotech, not Mospeada: http://robotech-reference-guide.org/Veritech/Cyclone.html The bad fan art should've been a dead giveaway.
  7. Don't be ridiculous. It's obviously Willem Dafoe.
  8. A new addition dominates my Gundam Converge shelf: I found this White Base on YJA for 60% off retail, so I couldn't pass it up. Interior hangars are nicely detailed... It's got space for the usual complement of Mobile Suits, of course... ...and it's bristling with optional weaponry. I've given it a prominent spot in my living room.
  9. Kaiju tend to take up a hell of a lot of space, it's true.
  10. Significantly larger, I think... Whoops, wrong Borg ship. Thanks for that.
  11. You're right, of course, but... ...I don't see the problem. Romando did a whole series in 1:7000 scale, after all.
  12. It's a 3D-printed Bioroid kit. Bolt thinks it looks good, but I strongly disagree. Like, I couldn't disagree more.
  13. That seems far more likely. Valkyrie Factory isn't using rejected Arcadia toys, they're using rejected Yamato molds. LEGO knew enough to bury their discarded molds in concrete: If Yamato early test molds weren't properly disposed of, they're probably the source of these knock-offs.
  14. I think the yellow could use a tinge more orange, actually...
  15. No, it's a commercial for anime on Netflix, made by Netflix, that essentially pretends to be a documentary.
  16. Not for anime fans, either... unless you're into some of the bizarre, counter-cultural stuff Netflix is promoting. I foolishly ignored kajnrig's warning and watched it anyway... and it's awful. Ostensibly, it tells the story of this unidentified woman: She narrates the whole thing in the first person, telling us about her exploration of anime and her trip to Japan, without ever even introducing herself or telling us who she is... and since she turns out to be neither the writer, the producer, or the director, it doesn't matter anyway. Of course, this guy makes up for it by introducing himself on camera no less than five times. In a row. This guy tells us he's a time traveler, and introduces his "human" companion, a dog who "can literally understand English." The interview segments got so increasingly bizarre I began to think this was just a silly mockumentary, an awkward parody about cultural confusion... I mean, were any of these new shows actually real? it's not like I'd ever heard of the crap Netflix is co-producing in Japan anyway. I mean sure, they touch on hits like Evangelion, by interviewing... the woman who sang the theme song... ...and their research into Saint Seiya wasn't quite enough to realize it's not the protagonist's name. Fans of Shinji Aramaki's design work will be disappointed to see Mospeada, Bubblegum Crisis, Gasaraki, Witch Hunter Robin, and numerous others get totally ignored... ...and if you know any Japanese whatsoever, you're more well-informed than the Netflix staff. What a tremendous waste of time.
  17. WST Thundercracker. I hear trumpets... and a double bass.
  18. Not if you've seen Otaku no Video... Then the choice is an easy one. As most of us are, I'm sure.
  19. Lest we forget... Note the "Just For Kids" branding. Interesting. Were the Spanish and Portuguese releases also missing 22 minutes of film?
  20. You mean Robotech toys. Southern Cross toys don't exist, and never did.
  21. Not even remotely anime-accurate, either. I spent a great deal of time capturing images of the hangar bays from the Blu-rays as research for my diorama; if you're scratch-building anyway, perhaps these images will inspire you.
  22. So, we should reasonably expect the Lisa Hayes figure to be out by December... of next year.
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