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Yep, they always had a hard time believing it would sell enough units to be worthwhile... seems they're still struggling with that. Once we started seeing new prototype pics I thought they were finally over that hurdle but I guess not. I ordered the newest ride armor but I'm not shipping mine until the 0A Hi-Metal R hits shelves.
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As producer guy would say: Wow wow wow... wow
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If anyone else goes, I could use that tiny session metallic exclusive!
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jenius replied to SMS007's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Can they get the Rock to play the Boulder? My kids loved it so I loved it, in for two more seasons.- 38 replies
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I saw it today too. I agree that if you liked the first one, you'll probably like this one. I'm not a huge Dune fan but my wife and her entire family LOVE it. I read the first three books and then I had to give up. Dune for me is "miserable people behaving miserably." I don't need happy books, I loved Consider Phlebas, but Dune crushes itself under its own mass. So getting back to this movie: One thing I really hate is the depiction of the Harkonnens. They are cartoon bad guys, so over-the-top they are unbelievable. Then they're rendered in black&white to try to invoke WW2 nazi propaghanda. Houses at war with each other can consider each other evil and treacherous, and the actions of the Harkonnens largely do that, so why do we need all the ultimately silly ultra evil moments? I'd say it's a decent 7/10. Visually splending, paced decently, and I don't know how you make a better Dune movie than these two stitched together. That said, any 'movie' that takes nearly 6 hours to tell shouldn't be a movie in this day and age, it should be a mini series on a streaming network. I haven't seen the original Dune mini series but I've heard great things and would think that's the way to go again.
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Ooh, I just completed my first 3d print today so the timing is great.
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Here's the thing, doing Macross the First doesn't make much sense. It easily leads to this line of thought: "Hey, we're revisiting the era, let's finally get clear of these licensing problems". We might get new/unrecognizable characters and mecha. Hikaru is a girl, Minmay is a boy, Max and Hayao are twins, Gloval is gay, Misa is in a wheelchair, Roy is black, Claudia is hispanic, and of course they all have different names, slightly different backgrounds, and slightly different wrinkles to their stories. The SDF-1 is now the UNSS-1 and it's purple and still looks like a Meltrandi ship from DYRL with minor tweaks. The VF-1 is now the F-99 and looks like the VF-0 had a baby with an F-22. Add some dialog about spiritia at some point. Now, that could still work out to be an awesome show but it's gonna be a real punch to the gut for anyone that was in the "Just do the show over and make it look pretty!" camp.
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I'm going to see dune in IMAX in Sunday.
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The folks who this matters most to are less and less involved in the franchise. Money is a powerful motivator and it's only a matter of time before someone reboots!
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I like small! I'll grab 'em.
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I have spent the limited free time I've had over the last few weeks just doing odd missile mash-ups. Maybe this will inspire some of you:
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Huh, didn't know that existed.
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I with there was a more objective way to judge that... feel can be so misleading. I thought my threezero scopedogs felt good but all of them had breaks. Sadly, time these days is super limited so anyone living vicariously through me is going to have to be very patient!
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My order is in, looking forward to them!
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The hurdle of secondary prices will face you everywhere unless you go with Kitzconcept, but they are Robotech/SDF license limited. Macross goods get limited production runs and remain out of print for years. The drop in quality going down the price spectrum from HMR is steep; worth it to hunt and be patient for secondary market deals rather than collecting something you're not thrilled with.
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Hi-Metal R sounds like it fits your parameters pretty nicely. Small, mostly affordable, varied line up.
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Was this in the show as one of the bad guys?
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At the end of the day, it still has to be a toy. They want you to be able to put an actual pilot figure in the toy? Imagine how heavy that cockpit is going to be. with lights, doors, and equipment. HMR style joints aren't going to pull that off. I'm guessing they've greatly reduced the knee articulation and hopefully added a ratchet. EDIT - Is the pilot articulated or is it just something that stands next to the Battlepod and never goes in?
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This isn't the thread for that... that goes in the BL thread.
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Used them once and got what I ordered.
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Maybe the Ostrich has different behind the leg armors but Bandai is using some standard ones painted orange as a stand-in for these early displays.
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I wonder if they're going to fix the side of leg armors to cover the back of leg armor more completely.
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They showed them at a convention but so far, it just seems like something they did for fun. Someone said they're homages to 80s Motorcycle paint schemes.
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Frozen 2 makes zero sense but Frozen felt much more sequel friendly than Moana. I'm very skeptical of this.