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Stealing seti88's links from the model kit threads. A closer look at the 35th anniversary scheme, this time on the transforming Bandai VF-31 kits as well. Seems more and more likely the unannounced Arcadia toy will share this scheme. Maybe that also means a 35th anniversary DX VF-31?
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Seems Bandai are getting in on it, too. I like this look... Damn it, this forum kills my wallet...
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Lol that's what I figured from the specificity of language, but I had to ask to make sure. Danke danke.
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I'd grab these things in a heartbeat if they were bigger, at least 1/12 scale. The price is just too high for something too small.
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Does Tatsunoko have international distribution rights to the various Macross sequels? If not, and if HG didn't have trademarks on Macross terminology, would Studio Nue have free reign to distribute and/or license distribution rights? Can't they do so already in countries where HG doesn't have these trademarks? I recall something about them registering trademarks across the globe...
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Gundam Figure Thread - Newtype GN-002
kajnrig replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Gonna get to work on it this weekend, but those are a TON of runners... After putting the stand together, note to self: ABS plastic. Knife, even a dull one, goes through it very easily. Must take care in future.
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It might not even come out. How's that for disappointment? Wow, that is uncanny.
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Hasegawa 1/72 VF-19EF/A Isamu Special *March pre-order*
kajnrig replied to slide's topic in Model kits
Just a small bump for more re-order links, this time Amiami. Hobbysearch still hasn't opened for preorders; I wonder if they'll take part in this at all. - VE-1 (October) http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=TOY-RBT-0152 - VT-1 (October) http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=TOY-RBT-4351 - VF-19EF/A (December) http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=TOY-RBT-4209 -
Mirage in a Walkire outfit riding horseback on her VF using the tethers to steer while she belts out a rock opera. Also, I really wanted to get those minimum factory kits, but it turns out 1/20 is such a small scale...
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Exactly what I was thinking, too. VF AIs must be very specifically-tuned to each pilot in order to appropriately interpret pilot inputs, but that doesn't seem to be the case, what with all the civvies stumbling into cockpits and saving idols with them and all... I'm surprised that neither canon has toyed with the idea of having master-slave systems to supplement the traditional fighter controls. The closest that come are the foot pedals you always see being used to control the vector nozzles, but my suspension of disbelief was strained when Hayate used them to breakdance out of trouble. I'd have thought that they would be introduced with the advent of EX Gear in Macross, though maybe they're not needed in Robotech with the use of brain control systems. I think they could get away with making everything, even the Zentraedi, generic. Giant space aliens aren't unique to Macross. I'd love to see mecha based on something like the Ball from Gundam, though. A Ball pod that transforms into a mecha, with maybe a crawler form for hovering in atmosphere?
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That first video's "creator" has all of your vids on their channel as well (along with a bunch of Russian-language videos). Copyright strike all of them and the channel should get suspended. It'd be the first time I see YouTube's copyright strike system being used properly.
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Why and how? From what I remember of the show, both the original SDFM and the Robotech version, the technology wasn't gone into all THAT much, definitely not enough that a brain-control/assist system couldn't plausibly be integrated as well... Call me crazy, but it seems like Robotech fans hate a lot about Robotech... I mean, it's not like they COULDN'T make something decent out of the franchise - you can get blood out of anything, even a stone! - but given what's been revealed above... I think any adaptation would have to be a very loose one.
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I see. Is this true of all SQ figures, even those outside of this series? (ie the Ranka/Sheryl/Minmei figures, other show/game figures, etc.)
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Damn it. That Makina looks really good. I really don't want to spend more money adding to what I thought I just finished, but I'm definitely tempted. But also, does anyone else who has these SQ figures think they're awfully pale? The Walkure Kaname is noticeably paler than its FIgure-rise bust counterpart. I'm honestly debating whether I should mask off the clothing/hair/etc. and repaint the skin tone or not. If I did, I would have to do the entire lot, and that seems like too much work. But it really does look off...
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
kajnrig replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Whoa, is the gunpod supposed to have a blue stripe? I would think it would be (that really nice) maroon to match the rest of the striping. -
Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
kajnrig replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Reina figure finally came in today, so I can take a pic of everything together. The "Blau Blume" Walkure set, plus Best Girls Kaname and Mirage solo: -
1 - I thought Protoculture was the fuel that the machines ran on? At least that was the case back during the "Macross Saga" books. 2 - Lifelike quality? What, like they would make metal "breathe" or something? 3 - This I remember, and it seems just as plausible now as it did then. At least as plausible as the advanced AI systems that Macross VFs used to supplement pilot controls. 4 - This is dumb. This is just really, really, self-fellatingly dumb.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
kajnrig replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
PMed. -
Gundam Figure Thread - Newtype GN-002
kajnrig replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Perfectly. Thanks for the clarification. I thought since the GN Sword II Blaster had received a standalone release, the 00 base MUST have been the Seven Sword, not the Seven Sword/G. I think I'm gonna stop trying to answer these toy questions from now on lol. I clearly don't pay enough attention to or know enough about them. -
Gundam Figure Thread - Newtype GN-002
kajnrig replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
How experienced are you with proxy services? I'm seeing a Metal Build Seven Sword on Yahoo Auctions Japan currently bidding at 10,000 yen. Search results via From Japan (search term "metal build ダブルオーガンダムセブンソード", ie metal build double-o gundam seven sword) : https://www.fromjapan.co.jp/en/item/search/metal+build+ダブルオーガンダム+セブンソード/Al_11_Yh_YhRaAmOm_N_N_0A00ja00_N/lgk-link_search The /G is a P-Bandai add-on, correct? Noel and co, confirm. You'll have to find that as well to complete the SS/G. It might be for sale on the US P-Bandai site... Alternatively, maybe someone in the For Sale section is selling theirs? -
Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
kajnrig replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Oh man. I can't wait 'til the Menat figures start rolling in. Will you be getting that, too, or are you sticking to the main cast? -
The instructions on the Hasegawa kit call for the wings, canards, and head to be replaced. Some parts of the nose cone/cockpit are also changed, but these don't seem to be very significant. The canards (from the Hasegawa instructions, blown up like 400%): The nosecone: EDIT: While I'm at it, here's the closest I can get to a comparison of the heads. I'm surprised that they've gone ahead and molded the entire head. Does that mean there are Battroid/Gerwalk kits in the works? ...probably not, but it's a welcome surprise regardless. I'm thinking I might get the J and C variants, now. So far the only releases have been the J, A, and the upcoming C, right?
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The PS2 also came out before the Gamecube and Xbox and both 1) had accrued a customer base the other two couldn't hope to match, and 2) continued to consistently sell more units until the end of the generation. Developing/co-developing games for the PS2 was worth the trouble of dealing with its unique micro-architecture. The Switch is outselling the PS4 and Xbone right now, but both of those had years to gather a whole bunch of customers. There's no doubt that as it continues to sell, the incentive to develop for it will grow, but comparing it to the PS2 is not apples to apples.
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Never realized this was the reason. I never paid it much mind when looking at IRL ordnance, and figured it was always just there for kicks on sci-fi stuffs.
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Is it worse writing when you make your characters bland and uninteresting from the start (Makina, Reina, Mikumo, Chuck), or when you set up some plot threads that never go explored (Kaname, Mirage, Arad, Messer... and while we're at it, Hayate and Freyja)? Kaname would be less disappointing if she didn't have the "failed idol" backstory, if she were never the leader of Walkure, if she never had any connection with any of the characters? Because her backstory SHOULD be super interesting, her role in Walkure SHOULD be super interesting, her connections to Arad and Messer SHOULD be super interesting. How does she feel about being an idol? (Conflicted; she had moved onto being a small-time bar singer/waitress.) Why did she want to be one? (To make people happy.) Does she even want to be part of Walkure? (Not really; she doesn't care for fold reception or Var, she doesn't like using her ability in the context of war/conflict. She doesn't like being a Lynn Minmay.) Why does she stay, what's her end-goal? (Being the most emotionally mature and senior member of the group, she wants to mentor Mikumo and views her as something of a surrogate younger sister; she also wants to pursue her relationship with Arad, though she doesn't know how a military(? was he part of UNS/NUNS?) guy like him would feel about her conflicting thoughts about her duties.) The Idolmaster girls during the tryouts on Ragna were better characters than her, because they were nothing but visually interesting character designs.