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    For those of you as confused as I was, these designs are apparently from a 1994 video game, not the Paul W.S. Anderson film.
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    Can you believe this guy? Dude makes our childhood dreams come true -- on a regular basis! -- yet still feels the need to apologize when I find fault with his work. Is that magnanimous, or what? Worthy to wield Mjรถlnir, this guy. I'm happy to share, if my reference material is of value to anyone else. I do a ton of research before starting work on this sort of project, including making my own digital color guides using existing line art: I also like stitching screengrabs together to reproduce some of the more dynamic cel layouts from the animation. When in doubt, always go back to the source: the animation model sheets. ๐Ÿ˜Ž I imagine they rotate, perhaps to allow the angle of the handlebar to be adjusted to the rider's preference... At any rate, there are plenty of images to suggest your positioning is accurate. Or, as our Captain says:
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    No wires necessary, man. I have the LED and battery housing installed in the thruster bells themselves: Screw them in tightly enough, and the batteries will come in contact with the LEDs and light up the thrusters. Actually, it's not the existing surfaces that need finishing, so much as all the accurizing work I've done that requires clean-up. The more I study the animation (and the model sheets it's based on), the more discrepancies I find with the resin kit: The most prominent (and consistently depicted in the show) is the wide gap in the front that extends out from under the blasters and down the sides of the craft. The corresponding groove on the kit's fore platform is only as wide as all the other grooves: Thus, I needed to carve a much wider channel. It took many layers of putty, sanding, primer, more sanding, more primer (and often more putty) to finally match Moscato's clean line work. The yoke guards are supposed to be thinner at the top, with oval-shaped cutouts on either side of the lower steering column: The Moscato kit doesn't even try to emulate that shape. Easily modified, however. Easier still to fix is the engine grill at the back (which is supposed to be recessed, not protruding). This will only require a styrene frame to be built up around it. A few millimeters deep should suffice. This gunk clogged in the starboard aft corner proved much more difficult to clean up... ...but not impossible, with the right tools (and sufficient putty). The last issue to address is the fore blasters, whose placement must've been a cause of great consternation for the Cap'n. His instructions suggested they should be positioned over the edge of the deck, which is how they're depicted in battle: ...but the line art and animation often depicted them recessed aft of the control yoke, particularly when not engaged in combat. Was this merely the result of inconsistent design work, or were these blasters supposed to be retractable? Either way, I'm going to make sure they can be mounted in either position. ๐Ÿ˜Ž
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    "You're gonna need a bigger box."
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    Engine bells are always an open invitation to install LEDs... ๐Ÿ˜Ž ...but damn, these hover sleds are huge. I'm already burned through two cans of primer on this one, and the surfaces still need work...
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    Holy Gozer! Spoiler alert!
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    They did not. Honestly, the only film franchise that's objectively worse, start-to-finish, is Friday the 13th.
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    Well, The Animatrix was 2003, so... that's just about right. I wouldn't say "awful," though. Just... derivative.
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    No, @Chronocidal just proved that's impossible. It's gotta be over 6 meters in length.
  11. tekering
    I think... Yes, I can just make out a light up ahead...
  12. tekering
    Actually, if history is any indication: BARTLEY = End of line.
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    Actually, that's a common mistranslation. "Transform" is a much more accurate translation of ๅค‰ๅฝข (henkei). As to the use of the verb, however... https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformation#.22Transform.22_as_a_verb
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    October 22, 2021 is the currently-scheduled release date... ...but the simultaneous HBOMax release means more people will pirate the film online than pay to watch it in a theater... ...and box-office returns probably won't be enough to guarantee the sequel gets greenlit... ...meaning a significantly long wait to see the story actually completed, if at all... ...lest we end up with another Alita: Battle Angel situation, where only the first part of the story gets filmed.
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    Good call, dude. Fist bump!
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    Come and gone, yes.
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    Apparently, these re-released figures with Cartoon Network artwork will be Walmart-exclusives. Good luck finding MOC samples...
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    That's got nothing to do with Evangelion. He's describing the premise of Westworld season 3. ๐Ÿ˜Ž
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    Neither, I fear. The third film is particularly problematic; after the premiere of 3.33, even the Japanese voice actors were at a loss to explain the film.
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    Light grey would be most anime-accurate... ...or perhaps silver was the intention...?
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    Look, it's not that I mind having you in my lap, girl... ...but there's no way the canopy's gonna close with you there!
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    There are alternatives... Arcadia's 1:60 figures are, as always, roughly equal in size to Bandai's 1:48th.
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    Damn you, Deformation Space! Now I have to buy a whole 'nother set of MP seekers!
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