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  1. tekering
    Obviously, 24-karat would be preferable, but 18k gold is nothing to scoff at... But seriously, how does this guy have the kit already? I can't even find a pre-order link.
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    Whoah... Ned and Betty were a married couple in the comics?
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    Whatever was being set up in the second episode, there was no evidence of it in the third... Seeing the bridge crew sharing a little downtime at the end of the episode, it occurred to me how underdeveloped these characters still are. I only remember Detmer's name from the previous episode, and Tilly because she seems to serve in every part of the ship simultaneously... but after 32 episodes, the others are still just familiar faces with no names or memorable character traits. It may be too soon to tell, but third season certainly seems to be more optimistic than previous seasons, despite the rather dystopian future setting. So far, there have been nothing but stand-alone episodes, and it feels like they're still struggling to find the premise for season 3.
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    FRAK!
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    Prepare for disappointment! I still can't figure out how the hell that happened... SH Figurarts used to have the best likenesses at that scale.
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    What a stunning concept! As an SR-71 is grossly out of scale with a battleship, I think we can give that a pass.
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    A 1:6 scale Hovertank? Sure, I've got a double-car garage.
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    I was happy to see so many new 3P reveals there, but Ryan and Stacey's commentary was worse than Japanese television! Like, are they contractually obligated to heap glowing praise on everything? When opinions are so consistently monotonous, they cease to carry any weight and just become noise. Full disclosure: I eventually gave up and muted the audio, so I didn't listen to the whole video, but... was anything even remotely critical expressed about... anything?
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    Their last MCU release, Loki, made that abundantly clear... but that looks to be the least of the problems with the "Birth of Iron Man" Tony, who doesn't even look Caucasian (much less anything like Robert Downey, Jr.)! Despite the awkward English captions, this reviewer has truly mastered snarky sarcasm... ...or else he's the worst reviewer I've ever seen on YouTube.
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    I must say, I'm happy to see the reduced budget hasn't significantly impacted the scope of the storytelling. The Icelandic settings are epic and otherworldly, the visuals retain their feature-film sensibilities, and (other than some dodgy greenscreen compositing) the effects still look great. Ah yes, "The Escape Artist," second-best of the Short Treks. Honestly, though, here's the one real advantage Discovery has over Picard or Lower Decks; since every legacy character is recast, and the production design is so far removed from classic Trek, it's easier to simply accept it as alternate-universe setting (like the Kelvin timeline stories) and judge it on its own merits. Mudd is as unrecognizable as bearded Spock, grey-haired Pike, or hairless Klingons, but that's fine if you approach the show as a remake (regardless of the producers' intentions). With the participation of Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, John De Lancie et.al, the other shows are more difficult to dismiss.
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    That would be awfully disorienting, I imagine. While Lower Decks remains largely episodic, Discovery employs seasonal arcs the same way most modern television series do... and there's enough leftover baggage from season 2 that I'm finding it a little confusing myself (since it's been nearly eighteen months since last season). Actually, we heard him speak in at least two previous episodes from last season ("An Obol for Charon," "Through the Valley of Shadows").
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    That's De'voreaux White as "Argyle." My God, he's 55 now!
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    Oh, absolutely. It was even more obvious than the casket-lands-intact-on-the-genesis-planet ending. I'd rather Picard was ignored, personally. Third-rate Trek is still Trek, but Picard... commits even greater sins.
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    I was so disappointed she doesn't scale with my Frontier Valks... or rather, that we don't have any 1:48 Messiahs.
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    Sure, if you discount how they retconned shuttle design, holographic technology, and starship control mechanisms back to 22nd century levels.
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    Well, if none of our comments were enlightening, perhaps you'd find die-hard Trek fans Mike and Rich more illuminating:
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    God, what awful singing. My ears are bleeding.
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    I can't believe Hasbro's gonna sell me another Boba Fett figure... Probably. I'm quite fond of that one... and it'll match the "Vintage Collection" scheme on the toy I'm replacing.
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    While the same is undoubtedly true of "Girder," that was actually MakeToys "Wrestle" I photographed...
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    I like 'em both. MakeToys "Wrestle" is more of G1 toy homage, whereas Masterpiece Grapple is pure toon. Edit: It turns out you meant Ocular Max "Girder," whereas I was thinking of "Wrestle."
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    The Aoshima 1:48 variable Legioss kits are about the same size as the CMs, the Toynami, and the Sentinel. They are cheap and plentiful. I imagine upgrading your CMs toy would require far more than just the intakes, however...
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    No, the Sentinel can pull off that pose no problem... Maybe @jenius needs longer arms.
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    Funny, I thought the third season of Transformers: Animated was the best...
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    So the whole epic will finally be available in HD. Great news for video snobs such as myself!
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    You forgot one, @valhary... Honestly, though, I can only look on with bemused disinterest. Once I've got my "Thomas," the last significant hole in my Masterpiece collection will be filled; I couldn't care less what characters TakaraTomy make next, 'cause I've already got third-party representatives superior to anything they're likely to produce officially. Starscream 2.0 3.0 is merely the latest in an increasingly long line of characters that have already been done better by MMC, Maketoys, Magic Square, FansToys et. al. Masterpiece has officially jumped the shark. I'm far more interested in what the Studio Series does with the Sunbow characters, 'cause that's clearly where the talented designers have been assigned.
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