jenius
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I wonder if KC will ever ship my armed battlepods.
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Unfortunately, every single company involved here could easily be the pain point: BigWest Harmony Gold Sony Disney Of them all, Harmony Gold of course has the worst track record of being difficult. BigWest though, is no peach either. Both of those companies are but tiny drops in the huge oceans of dysfunction that are Disney and Sony. -
I saw this post today: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2024-12-30/.217013 but it's only notable because BigWest gives this non-answer to why Disney+ hasn't put the catalog up in the US: “We know that fans are eager for a response, and would like them to know that their voices are being heard. As fans ourselves, it's been gratifying to see Macross finally starting to be released overseas, and we look forward to seeing the ongoing rollout of most of the Macross library.” Unfortunately, that platitude is all the meat, with everything else being supposition as to the causes.
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Yep, just fighters.
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Since they went full drone at the end of the show, it would be cool to develop a drone fighter that converted into a GBP or super parts like accessory for the Legioss.
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Here's what I was seeing: https://paypayfleamarket.yahoo.co.jp/item/z374408332
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Agreed, if you're just getting one, it's the Beagle and buy a replacement suit at the same time. I think you can get the suits for like $15 on Yahoo Japan. If you don't mind a modern reinterpretation then the sentinel is very good but does have a couple hinges you need to keep an eye on.
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The computer and electronics super geek thread
jenius replied to azrael's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
We've used super cheap Amazon tablets for the kids and other than some busier Roblox games, it was never an issue. Then a relative gifted my son an iPad and it has been the most infuriating experience. It's the only apple product in our house but it needs to be tethered to an iPhone for parental controls (which we obviously don't have). Since we're on Google Fi, Apple wouldn't even let us register for Apple accounts refusing to accept our phone numbers but they never explained that with every failed attempt. I hate Apple's ecosystem so much. -
Yes, nothing comes close. It is small and complicated though.
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I feel like miscasting Lex Luthor is becoming an art.
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Over compensating much with those guns? They look huge! The metalic paint on that build totally gives me 70s/80s metal toy vibes.
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Yep, I'm still really hoping a PF announcement will come also... I already repaired the hip joint on my 0A long ago and it seems to have held so a PF would be much more exciting for me. I don't use the website formerly known as Twitter, is Mr. K still active there? Maybe he'll share some insights.
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KC started shipping the battlepod in July, and it sounds like Cyrus is saying he told bbts back then that the listing should change. If so, then only orders before some July date sounds include the pilot figure... But this gets back to it being better for bbts to simply state there is no pilot figure and it's up to you if you still want the pre-order so they don't have to deal with the headache. It definitely sucks and is a good way for KC to ruin their relationship with toy shops. They need to stick to promises they can deliver on.
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Not quite worldwide according to that listing.
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Not quite worldwide according to that listing.
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Not quite worldwide according to that listing.
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I'm really hoping a PF will be announced.
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No, that was resolved long ago, though they're still not metal so they can be broken.
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Great news!
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Some auctions specify no proxy services, seems lame that auction didn't specify and created the role after the fact.
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Uh... "no reason"? I can list lots of reasons but if you're good with a model, that's good for you. For KC, the Gluu Ger was a preorder bonus. Any current listing on the KC site won't have a Gluu Ger because it's not a preorder any more. They took down the "with Gluu Ger" listing around the time they started shipping the Battlepod. I noticed it when I did my review because I couldn't find any listing at all at that time to confirm they didn't jack up the price. I 100% think this is it. KC can't even say when the Gluu Ger is going to ship so BBTS is in a very uncomfortable position. What if KC NEVER ships a pilot? BBTS would have angry customers hounding them. So, as much as I would have hoped they would have added a "Gluu Ger preorder" to everyone's private warehouse, it is much simpler for them to update the listing and give people the chance to bail. If KC was already shipping a Gluu Ger, things could easily be different. On the plus side, a single generic pilot will scale very well with Hi-Metal R toys.
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Lol, Kawamori is feeling mighty safe from AI threats right now! Those mecha were dreadful! The characters were fun though some felt realistic while others felt like realistic animation if that makes sense (like eyes were too big to be real).
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Makes sense to me. I am tainted by Robotech but I thought the mecha were designed based on inference of the height of the beings that would have occupied the ship. So the VF-1 is larger than the tallest a zentran seemed like it would be while still small enough to navigate their corridors.
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Maybe that depicts the real world sizes and, for purposes of the dramatized TV retelling of events, they made everything alien bigger for dramatic purposes.
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If you believe the official specs, they are 1/60 scale in the Macross universe and scale perfectly with a Yamato. Of course, they were often depicted as being much larger in the show. You would have to backward engineer a proper height from the most consistent sizes represented in the show to figure out which VF-1 scales best 'to your memory'.
