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Amazon maintains January 31st for the VR-052F, and February 28th for the VR-052T.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
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The Last Jedi has now officially grossed more than Rogue One... and it hasn't even been released in China yet. I can't help but feel a little disappointed.
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Solo: A Star Wars Story, in theaters May 25, 2018
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It's also likely that Disney wants to lock down the edit before releasing trailers, so we don't end up with another Rogue One trailer fiasco: https://www.inverse.com/article/25246-rogue-one-trailer-scenes-missing-from-final-film-star-wars -
MOSPEADA INBIT KIT REVIVAL IV: EAGER?
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If you've already received your kits, then your order was among those that made this revival possible to begin with. Thanks for helping to make it happen; without our initial support, none of us would have these in-hand now. Be proud of what you contributed toward, and enjoy having those Invid in your collection!- 50 replies
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The Transformers Thread (licensed) Next
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Obi-Wan took his boots with him, and Yoda's robes disappeared when he did; if articles of clothing are fair game, why not an artificial limb? I think the far bigger sin is granting Luke that ability to begin with. As Revenge of the Sith established (and Liam Neeson's appearance in The Clone Wars confirmed), Qui-Jinn was the only Jedi Master to have discovered the key to life after death. ROTS wiped out the entire Jedi Order, and none of them faded away or survived as Force ghosts; only Yoda was shown this ability, who then imparted the wisdom to Obi-Wan. How is it that Luke, with his incomplete (and ridiculously limited) training, managed to do what even Darth Sidious couldn't?
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I preordered mine back in November... https://www.amazon.co.jp/HI-METAL-超時空要塞マクロス-スーパーバルキリー-約140mm-塗装済み可動フィギュア/dp/B077P66PDZ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1514622405&sr=8-1&keywords=VF-1A
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STAR WARS Merchandise Episode - 2
tekering replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
No vulptex figure on the horizon, I'm afraid... but making my own might present an interesting challenge. Sometimes significantly smaller, sometimes substantially larger, depending on the character: More scale-accurate, basically. Sure, if they're properly articulated. Unfortunately, most of the sequel trilogy figures are very poorly articulated. I've just watched it (thanks for the heads-up, Black Valkyrie!), and it's fascinating. I especially liked seeing the original wooden patterns for the Kenner Falcon: The photo collages they put together representing different eras are fun, too. Although hardly accurate... Isn't that a Yamato v.2 Valkyrie? -
Bummer. I already had a blue and white one. Of course, the FAST packs add a little more distinction... However, attaching the larger missiles to the right wing turned out to be an impossibility: Arcadia still can't get the hard points right. You can see where the outer missile mount just fell out, and how the plastic is all mashed up on the front of the inner hard point because the tolerances aren't quite accurate enough to successfully attach the missile mount... so I'll have to file down some plastic and try again. Take care, guys.
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Am I first? What do I win? Nice clean paint work, especially on the figure... Crisp tampography, as good as Yamato's... ...and even some details absent from my Yammie, like the numbers on the back.
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See, this is what I meant by "a common vocabulary." In Votoms, the mechs (including their cockpits) are clearly Seen: I don't even know what "weight-scale" is, but it obviously doesn't apply to the Scopedog. It turns out we won't be able to communicate after all.
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Communication requires a common vocabulary; we have to agree on what words mean. Either you're confused as to the concept of "scale," or you confused as to the meaning of "fine." Ah, just as I figured. You have no concept of "scale."
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STAR WARS Merchandise Episode - 2
tekering replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
"New, from Kenner's Star Wars: The Last Jedi toy line, it's the Crait Resistance Base playset!" "Featuring a retractable shield door..." "Working elevators for transporting personnel to the Ski Speeder hangar..." "...and an emergency exit through the crystal foxhole." "Desperate to defend the base from the First Order, General Leia confers with her Resistance fighters." "At the last minute, Jedi Master Luke Skywalker arrives to save the day!" "Action figures sold separately." Looks like something the old guard at Kenner might've produced back in the day, eh? -
Sorry, it never occurred to me that a Bubblegum Crisis fan such as yourself wouldn't already have them... It's not like there's a lot of competing BGC product, after all. It's a glass table I bought from a second-hand furniture shop a few years back: The background is just a large sheet of "Ultra White" photography studio paper. Crap factory, just like Toynami's.
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Good news, my friend! Having completed rough assembly on both kits, I can now confirm the Imai 1:12 Mospeada bikes scale perfectly with Aoshima's 1:12 Moto-slave. Aoshima's Priss figure (above right) is clearly too small, as previously noted; however, we don't need her. Atelier-Sai already released a proper 1:12 scale Priss in hardsuit, pre-painted and fully-articulated. Even mounted on the bike, Atelier-Sai's figure looks much better... so much so, in fact, that I might get three more of Aoshima's Moto-slaves, and paint one up for each of their "S.M.S." Knight Sabers figures.
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I've preordered mine from Amazon.jp.
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For well over a thousand years, English speakers have ignored foreign pronunciation rules and just applied their own phonetic conventions instead... which is why we pronounce karaoke as "carry-okie" instead of "kahra-okay." To mispronounce Legioss is simply part of that proud tradition (and perfectly consistent with English phonics, at least). If Tatsunoko really gave a damn, they would've used a spelling like "Leggy Ohss" anyway... and we wouldn't have this trivial problem. And yet, despite repeated apologies, you do (ironically enough) pronounce "Gakken" correctly.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
tekering replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Having never seen "The False Songstress," I had little interest in the YF-25 Prophecy... but I've admired it from afar, and -- seeing its value going up and up on the secondary market -- I finally decided to get one while I could still afford it. I'm glad I did. It's a gorgeous bird. -
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MOSPEADA INBIT KIT REVIVAL IV: EAGER?
tekering replied to captain america's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
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I stand corrected! Your clarification is much appreciated. I do think "android" is entirely inappropriate for a piloted mecha, but that's a different issue entirely... So how about that Kidz Concept Robotech toy line, eh?
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It's a portmanteau of "battle" and "humanoid." Just because Japanese can't be bothered to look up (let alone remember) how to spell "battle" doesn't mean we have to legitimize their lazy ignorance. "Battroid" is just plain wrong, and always has been. And yeah, nothing changes with regards to rights until the existing contracts expire.
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