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Does anyone know, was there ever confirmation whether the recent TV show re-release box set included English subs? Scouring the thread, the listings across Amazon/Amiami/etc. don't list English subs and many assumed that meant there aren't subs, however @no3Ljm pointed out that the Delta movie(s?) didn't note English subs but included them.

I'm sure everyone's already seen them, but just in case, store pages have additional pics of new runners/parts: VF-0 Gerwalk: https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/11120966 YF-19 w/ FAST Pack: https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/11120943

I figured some of the older heads here would like to be aware of this. Anandtech closing down: https://www.anandtech.com/show/21542/end-of-the-road-an-anandtech-farewell

Shame that the decal sheet only covers EITHER M OR M, not BOTH M AND M.

Yep, there was that whole series of GM and GM-esque kits from the mid-00s to the early-10s that either shared all the same I'm guessing CAD data or outright shared a dedicated hand runner. I'm pretty sure some of the Zaku-type kits shared their own runner, as well. Those weren't the most aggressively detailed like the Builders Parts hands were, but they were detailed enough, and they were nicely-posed to boot. I don't know why Bandai didn't just keep reusing them. It's so frakking bizarre, they had a great thing going, and then they REVERTED BACK to those painfully ugly square-hole type hands from their earlier HGUC and HG Seed/00 kits, the only positive of which was that they allowed for simpler, easier-to-equip weapon handles. And on the topic of hand variety, yes, it galls me to this day that Bandai just refuse to give you left weapon-holding hands, especially gun-holding ones, and ESPECIALLY canted-wrist gun-holding ones. Their Builders Parts hands are way too detailed to match, and the posing on them actually kind of sucks, defeating the purpose for them at all... Meanwhile, Kotobukiya gives you full sets of hands with every kit AND offers hands as standalone add-ons AND offers them with a variety of posing/connecting options. asd;kflja;sldfj;lasdf;laskdjf; I've bitched and bitched about this for so long now, sorry for being a broken record, everyone. I don't mean to imply that others should be ashamed of liking gunpla and easy snap-fit stuff. I do, however, think it's a fair and objective observation to make, that Bandai deliberately engineer most of the "challenge" out of their kits. And this is another matter entirely, but I also see a lot of gunpla builders - hobbyists who build exclusively gunpla - develop a sort of... lack of curiosity, so to speak, precisely because they build gunpla. They build easy, unchallenging stuff, and at best they lack interest in challenging material (even if said material is something they're interested in, like Gundam), and at worst they actively deride challenging material for not being unchallenging (even if said material is something they're interested in, like Gundam). Like, the attitude a majority of gunpla fans would take towards the aforementioned 90s 1/144 Gerbera Tetra is that it's inferior to the HGUC because it's old, has seam lines, has arguably worse articulation, maybe not as good color separation, etc. But I go and build it and find it such a more fulfilling build experience, and it looks better, too. I get the sense that a lot of the gunpla community would agree, and they would demand better of Bandai, if only they pushed past their own comfort zone.

Bandai kits don't really challenge the builder. That's their strongest and weakest point simultaneously; when you build them, you ooh and aah at the impeccable engineering, but that's marveling at the job Bandai did, not anything you did. I find I've had a lot more fun working on their older kits, like up through the mid-00s, which still allowed for effort on your part. Their 90s 1/144 Gerbera Tetra shocked me with how much better it looked and how much more fun I had building it than the 2013 HGUC counterpart. (Plus they've sucked at and continue to suck at and seemingly will forever suck at making hands. I don't know why they continually drop the ball on those, but they do.) Hasegawa I wish would tackle more subjects more often, but their design decisions - and especially their aesthetic choices - are solid and stand the test of time. Their recent kits demonstrate that they've been able to adopt modern design sensibilities - ie snapfit technology - without compromising on said design decisions and aesthetic choices. (From all indications, the YF-19 that is still sitting in my HLJ PW continues this trend.)

Second movie, yes, and yes. EDIT: Shame it's not the Ba. Guess it's fortunate we still have the Bandai/Hasegawa kits.

Is this the first time it's been remastered in 4k?

It's very blink and you'll miss it, but Rook refers to him as an ND-somethingsomething model. Probably also because android, yes. ...I think? Are they androids? Robots? Cyborgs? Androids are humanoid robots, or humans with robotic augmentations? I wouldn't put too much thought in it. The theater I went to was surprisingly full, and the screen right next to us, screening an earlier showtime, had like a handful of seats taken. Reception seems to be split, too, with some fans, critics, and general audiences alike all seemingly evenly-dispersed along the like it-hate it spectrum.

I wouldn't even consider it a plot hole, really, more a reasonable suspension of disbelief. That said, it does feel like the kind of innocuous handwave that CinemaSins would !DING! the movie for... EDIT: Also, I had myself a good chuckle when the credits came up and the lead actress just happens to be named Cailee Spaeny.

Don't we have a dedicated Romulus thread? No? I must be crazy, then. Anyway, saw it, enjoyed it. I saw the director's credits included Evil Dead, which had me worried because the most recent one was kind of meh, but it turns out it was the earlier 2013 reboot, which I really liked. As a non-fan of the franchise, I didn't get caught up in recognizing (and judging) many of the callbacks, and I enjoyed the few that I did. It was smart about remixing ideas from previous films while maintaining its own identity instead of just being disjointed winks and nods toward the camera. I especially enjoyed I know that's been like, a thing about the franchise since its early days, and it was done smartly here. I don't mind the Prometheus/Covenant references. I don't know if I like the lore that they bring to the Alien universe per se, but I'm not married to rejecting them, either. As someone who hasn't seen Alien 3 or 4... or even most of 2, now I think about it... I find the Prometheus/Covenant lore at least somewhat more interesting than whatever those films did. Clone with genetic memory because Ripley Xenomorph baby plus Queen DNA in lava? What? I think I just kind of don't care too strongly either way. But regardless, again, it went about it smartly. I, a super casual, had a fun time with the movie. They go ham with the sex imagery. I know that's also a staple of the franchise, something something sexual violence metaphor, but they really go ham with it this time. Things that look like an engorged penis REALLY look like an engorged penis, and whatever doesn't looks like an engorged vagina instead. Just... everything alien is either a wang-wang or a hoo-hah.

Seems a lot of the Joker rumors were false. Method acting, placing rats in costars' RVs, etc. I don't get why people dislike him so much, either. He doesn't seem anything super special nor super offensive.

Hey, all, just asking what's already been asked because I don't know how far back it is. What are the known issues to look for at the moment? What I'm aware of: - head laser bent - under-intake stabilizers? are the same, should be separate right/left side - canopy hinge can be broken - paint blemishes (- ailerons loose - many other small parts too) ...and fortunately for me, I think I only have the bent head laser. EDIT: Oh, and I'll go looking, but in case I can't find it, what's the US email for replacement parts? https://www.bandai.com/returns-replacements

That's what I thought at first, too, but if they do one as a standard release, I find it hard to believe they won't do the other as well just so the ability to complete the set is relatively consistent. But I also don't see them releasing either one as a standard release. But I also don't see them releasing each one as P-Bandai individually. I keep coming back to the notion that they'll release them as a pair on P-Bandai, similar to the HGUC Mercurius/Vayeate bundle for Gundam Wing. I dunno. Probably not. Maybe it's just the colors.

HLJ preorder: https://www.hlj.com/1-72-scale-plamax-vf-19-custom-fire-valkyrie-basara-nekki-unit-macross-7-max01395 Amiami: https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=TOY-RBT-8073 USAGS: https://www.usagundamstore.com/products/macross-7-plamax-vf-19-custom-fire-valkyrie-basara-nekki-unit-1-72-scale-model-kit BBTS: https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/286913?o=4