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    If I read it correctly, you pay when the project is 100% funded. Once a project is funded, the money falls into the hands of the project creator. At that point, Kickstarter cannot get a refund back for you if the project fails. Looking around the web for reactions to this, I was pointed to this Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1311401276/little-witch-academia-2 $150,000 for a 40-minute episode. The extra 500,000-extension is for audio commentary and making-of-documentary for the Blu-ray release. Compared with HG asking for $500,000 for one 24-minute pilot. Now I know there's some markup for exchange rates, licensing, and other stuff, but wow...that's a heck of a markup for 24-minutes.
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    Let's play devil's advocate. So it was Carl's idea to use the interwebs to fund a new Robotech series. So if that fails, will Carl get the blame by all those rabid, silly RT fans? So Tommy will throw Carl under the bus if this fails? If this does get funded and they fail to make the delivery date, what then? It's a well known KS-projects suffer delays. For those of you guests and lurkers that were thinking of donating money, let me remind you, you are giving money away with the chance that this does not launch. This is a RISK. The same risk venture capitalists take on projects. I'm sure HG has approached networks before and most have looked at the numbers and said "Not interested". If you want your money back, Kickstarter does not issue refunds. Refunds are issued at the discretion of the project starter. The big projects on Kickstarter are working because they are actually feasible and will likely work when they launch, i.e. the risk is worth it. Those of you who actually donated to this project should be asking all tough questions. What's the plan? Who is on-board to write, direct, design, etc? How will you distribute this? If this project goes to a full series, will you approach companies for sponsors? Which companies would you look at to sponsor. By putting money into this project, you need to be checking in on them like any project sponsor. You better be checking in on them to see if your money is being well spent. Let's say this project does get off the ground, but fails after launch. Will you fans and project backers blame the producers for the failed project? Look at the track record of the production company. Robotech 3000? Didn't launch. Sequel to Shadow Chronicles? Still in development hell. Love, Live Alive was a reuse of a old production with ~5 minutes of new footage.
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    https://www.facebook.com/stephenamell/posts/676541179097819 Even if they were going to mix the TV and cinematic universes, we are certainly not there yet.
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    What the damn hell!? *Looks at Robotech.com* It's actually real.
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    First look at the Man of Steel from USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/07/03/henry-cavill-batman-superman-movie-first-look/11310229/ Spoiler'd for size: Now it could be 'shopped but the suit looks more blue and the S-shield has more defined red and yellow areas. Oh and the "belt" looks more distinguishable than the previous which blended in with the suit too much, IMO.
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    Well, this is Build Fighters. Whoever built that kit may have added on Shenlong/Altron's primary weapons. Hey, why not kit-bash?
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    I see it in Safari and iOS 7.1.2 and Firefox 30.0.
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    It's Dragon Gundam from G Gundam. Whether it's a kit bash or straight build is unknown. I don't recall it having a pole-arm primary weapon, only lots of beam sabers.
  9. azrael
    Is this what kids are watching these days? Oh wait, that's what I use to watch... Curse you romantic comedies!
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    Trailer #2
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    Thanks a lot.
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    I won't worry too much about SATA 2, 3, etc. as they are backwards compatible. The major difference between each revision is improvements in speed and the likelihood that you will reach those speeds is rare. I too would consider an AMD card if you are looking at performance/$.
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    Normally, I'd look at usage vs costs. Unless she's gaming, a GTX 760 should probably be your high-end. I see a hefty amount of future-proofing and near gaming-rig so I'll just stop there. SATA 2 or 3 is fine. I'd avoid micro-SATA unless you want to hunt for adapters. If you really want the speed, I'd stick with the SSD. But know that you'll have to rely on that HDD for storage. If you want to do away with having to deal with 2 drives, then go with SSHDs. It has speeds better than a normal HDD and bang-for-buck that you don't get with SSDs. Plus, they have those guys in 1 TB-sizes for ~$100. Otherwise I'd consider going down to a ~128 GB SSD with the HDD.
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    Let's see how Ep 7 does first.
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    FRAK. YOU. ALL. I'm gonna ban the next person to make me feel old.
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    Likely a software conflict. And don't wait for a SP2 cuz there won't be one. MS wants you to install Windows 8.1 (which most are avoiding like a plague).
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    Did you get a Windows disc? You can do a repair on Windows with that. Since the computer is booting into Windows, I too, don't suspect bad hardware. If it's software, which is probably the likely culprit, you can try disabling any antivirus if you can ever get it to load Windows again. It could also be a Windows component. It's tough to say though. If repairing doesn't work, nor does disabling/uninstalling software help, then I would find a Windows installation disc and reinstall Windows. It's still new and you haven't loaded a lot of stuff on it yet so I would consider that.
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    Image of the Can-opener Shredder. http://imgur.com/TRZnKxC Spoiler'd for size:
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    Due to spamming, you need a minimum of 5 posts to start a topic in the Sale & Trading sections. Be social, and go reply to a post somewhere in the toy/models/customs sections or the toy sections.
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    GM finally gets some love. Looks like the Powered GM is the base kit for this one.
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    Reminds me of Bioshock.
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    Likely because of the hundreds of thousand fleets still roaming the universe, 1 fleet isn't going to be missed.
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    Seriously, you have to start using a search engine. Google -> Mechanical Keyboard
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    IIRC, the Meltrandi fleet attacked 1st. Thereby, making them a "rogue" fleet. Hence, attack them. And since the NUN had no method of communicating with the Vajra and since the Vajra decided to attack like any animal that's threatened, the order to attack stands.
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    PM. Only members can post, but the forums can be viewed by anyone.
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