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The 'Hey look at this really cool model build I saw' post
wm cheng replied to Shawn's topic in Model kits
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Yes, the last one was a Crossfield saucer section mixed with my own original design for episode 1 of the second season where there was a rogue fraction building their own "look-alike" Federation Starship to start a war. This was an initial design option, we ended up with an inverted secondary hull and downward nacelles version in the actual episode and there was actually a TrekYards video discussing it and an article talking about how this fixes so many things wrong with Discovery :P!!! (they asked me to work years ago on Discovery but I refused) https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/did-star-trek-just-fix-discoverys-biggest-mistake.html I wished they had done a little research and asked me about the design instead of guessing on their own articles. The script called that we were to shoot the scenes on the Discovery Set (for budget they didn't want to build a new ship interior for just 1 episode) so they scripted a call out that it looks like a Crossfield class (not my favourite saucer design) but I had to follow script! I'm glad they took an older option and made it real/canon in the opening sequence now.
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Hey I'm glad someone noticed! If you mean these extra ships in the opening credits... I designed those in the 2nd season, but it never made it to screen due to budget, but I'm sure glad to see them now! That's why I haven't been building too many Macross models lately, I've been busy in this world 😛
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Does it include decals for the eyes?
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I don't get why they don't just do magnets for all these fast pack attachments. Is there some rule against using magnets in toys?
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I feel exactly the same way @Chronocidal - I feel they just phoned this one in. I was so excited to hear about this one, I love official Lego sets especially their space stuff but there's so many bad shapes that I can't seem to support this set. The 747 shape is so wrong, and my KnightKnight Shuttle is so much better than this one.
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Gorgeous!!! Love that splinter scheme!
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WOW @nightmareB4macross!!! I absolutely love it, I remember the poster that cutaway came from, can'wait to see you finish it!
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Kitz Concept Toy Thread 2.0
wm cheng replied to Stampeed Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
That's amazing! That's almost all my only criticisms of the original Pod!!! (how did they read my mind)- 2545 replies
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Sorry to be late to the party, but which toy/manufacturer is this?
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Glad you're building the 1/72 @electric indigo - you don't see many of those built. What are you going to do with the cockpit? That's one of the reasons I can't think of ever starting mine.
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Macross DYRL in 4K UHD with English Subtitles
wm cheng replied to GGemini's topic in Movies and TV Series
Thanks so much, you guys are bad for my wallet, looks like I need this release. I just got burned with Oblivion 4K which is worse than the 1080p Blu-Ray @treatment I just got a brand new JVC DLA-NZ500 laser 4K projector with 100" screen, a new Denon AVR-X-4800H receiver and Panasonic DP-UB820 4K Player and my old 7.2 Paradigm Studio SEs. -
Macross DYRL in 4K UHD with English Subtitles
wm cheng replied to GGemini's topic in Movies and TV Series
Damn it! Won't ship to Canada. So is this 4K transfer worth it? I have the previous release and it wasn't too sharp and I've noticed a lot of 4K transfers lately aren't very sharp and not a noticeable improvement over the 2K blu-rays (ie; Oblivion). Is it actually sharper or higher resolution and a noticeable improvement over the previous blu-ray release? I saw a Japanese review on Amazon.jp that said it was blurrier/softer than the 2K release - is that true? -
Wow! That looks really great @electric indigo - you made such an ugly duckling look so sleek!
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OMG @MechTech that Gatling Gun is just so many kinds of awesome that I'm speechless. Fantastic work, just the machining would be enough, but to get it to rotate and then you go and light up just the firing barrel was just over the top and now you're just really toying with us. If you can combine forces with @derex3592 on that awesome A-10 and be able to miniaturize that gun to fit into his A-10 nose then I'll give up modeling for good 😛 Wow just amazing work everyone!!! OK @MechTech the next step is to add smoke and slave to tracking - have you seen this? https://www.facebook.com/share/v/12FsTWag4YL/ A little more disaster on that never-ending (16month long project) 1/72 Hasegawa VT-1 - seems like everything that can happen to it did (including that horrible paint crackling reaction after the decals!), so now we had to replace our hot water tank in our basement over Christmas, it started leaking, then they repaired it, then it literally exploded and sprayed hot scalding water everywhere until I could shut it off. Unfortunately, this happens to be right behind my workbench in the basement. So they came to replace it with a tankless system, what I didn't know was that they needed to drill a new hole in the basement to vent the new tankless system, so instead of going to the wall closest to the unit, they tubed above and decided to drill and vent out the opposite wall right above my modeling workbench. My entire bench including all my airbrushes, paint brushes and every tool and pieces of model is now coated with a fine layer of brick dust over everything! It will take days to vacuum and clean everything out (especially all my brushes which were standing on end with the bristles upward now coated with fine rock particles fallen into them). From a guy who used to get freaked out if there was a speck of dust or hair on the paint - now just another reason to delay finishing up that model... if ever.
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Kitz Concept Toy Thread 2.0
wm cheng replied to Stampeed Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
They do look good, I wonder if they would be sold as accessories?- 2545 replies
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I can't believe there's a Black Friday sale on the Canadian Amazon.ca on a Macross Toy?!?! (I would never have thought the day would come - of course I already have one but its a pretty good price in CDN delivered!) https://www.amazon.ca/TAMASHII-NATIONS-Macross-Spirits-Chogokin/dp/B0CRK23S71/ref=pd_ci_mcx_mh_mcx_views_0_title?pd_rd_w=28Mra&content-id=amzn1.sym.132f1a2b-de6d-4eb4-9982-d6fe080f8827%3Aamzn1.symc.40e6a10e-cbc4-4fa5-81e3-4435ff64d03b&pf_rd_p=132f1a2b-de6d-4eb4-9982-d6fe080f8827&pf_rd_r=HWHHEPZ7FEEHCGSWBN7Y&pd_rd_wg=LlJ20&pd_rd_r=b3c024e7-f1e5-4561-9bc8-8fa01b93435d&pd_rd_i=B0CRK23S71
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Kitz Concept Toy Thread 2.0
wm cheng replied to Stampeed Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Thanks @Radioguy - it was my understanding when they filed bankruptcy that the banks and lawyers got all the money that was left, I think that company is a new company and has nothing to do with the old HAL-9000 project (unless you know something I don't - there were a lot of us out $1k or more)- 2545 replies
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Wow! Amazing improvement is an understatement, complete new rebuild that looks F#$%King AMAZING!!!
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Kitz Concept Toy Thread 2.0
wm cheng replied to Stampeed Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
@Radioguy yes unfortunately (and I thought they were thoroughly vetted too)- 2545 replies
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Kitz Concept Toy Thread 2.0
wm cheng replied to Stampeed Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I love my Battlepod! But no more kickstarters for me EVER - I lost over $1K over that HAL-9000 fiasco, it was written up all over the most respected magazines and online, but when it went down and bankrupted none of those outlets that reported on how great it was printed anything about the loss - ARGH! (of course having said that, I did pre-order the Tomy Refit Enterprise LOL - but I think that's a bit different than a Kickstarter)- 2545 replies
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Kitz Concept Toy Thread 2.0
wm cheng replied to Stampeed Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
This video shows the Zentradi markings to be slightly different https://www.facebook.com/share/r/5nx2t8KoFMZx83hV/?mibextid=NpOjYg- 2545 replies
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Kitz Concept Toy Thread 2.0
wm cheng replied to Stampeed Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I don't see the add-ons on their site to order? How?- 2545 replies
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Kitz Concept Toy Thread 2.0
wm cheng replied to Stampeed Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Can you order the missile attachments separately? I can't find where? Great news about the recon pod - I love that!!!- 2545 replies