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  1. kajnrig
    The music was good (not great), but it really works best as standalone fare. When they tried to Nyan Nyan Service Medley it in the final battle, I cringed so much. Whoever composed the music for the show was clearly out of their depth. EDIT: That said, I'm all up for a Delta movie that hopefully corrects the many mistakes of the series.
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    Oh, okay. So the 5th-gen VFs do have sliding rails like the older-gens, just extended quite a ways. Given how far the shield has to travel (and the many twists and turns it must make along the way), I just assumed that there couldn't have been any rails involved, electromagnetic or not, and that the kits/toys were accurate in that regard. I meant like an in-cockpit view, literally from the pilot's eyes, with missile warnings circling all around the HUD while smoke trails crisscross everywhere. One extended shot. The YF-21 scene shifts between multiple perspectives, from Guld's "eyes" to directly outside the VF to a wide shot, etc.
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    From what I remember having asked this before too, none of the Delta Squadron units are "official" variants of the VF-31. Being customized units built and maintained specifically to supplement/augment/protect Walkure, I can't say for sure (and I don't believe the Master File does, either) what the minute differences are between the stock VF-31A and the Delta Squadron models. Besides the obvious head and forward-swept wing differences, the stock -31A uses fold carbon instead of fold quartz in its construction (for the clear parts behind the cockpit/on top of the chest), and I believe the front canards are slightly larger on the -31A as well, though I can't say for sure. As for between the different Delta models, the only differences seem to be head design and paint scheme (and default accessory pod, in the case of the -31C). I'm sure there are pilot-specific fine tuning tweaks as well, but otherwise they're the same. You could ostensibly turn any VF-31, even the stock -31A, into a "C variant" simply by swapping out the radome pack. Maybe the -31S has improved weapons/engines/avionics a la the VF-1S, but... eh.
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    I'm going through the Tornado Messiah kit manual, and it reminds me of a couple questions I constantly ask myself: 1) How do VFs with underslung gunpods attach said gunpods in fighter mode? Are there any demonstrations of the mechanics of it? The VF-25's gunpod especially is attached differently in every piece of merchandise I see. The DX toy use an attachment piece, as does the Bandai kit (hardly an elegant solution). The Renewal cuts out grooves in the forearms so the handle can slot in between them; the Hasegawa kit essentially does the same thing plus an extra peg towards the front of the gunpod for stability. What bothers me about those latter methods is that those grooves in the arms aren't even hinted at in the lineart/animation/etc. If there's a sliding armor panel, there certainly aren't the panel lines to go with it. (The addition of Super/Armor/Tornado parts only further complicates matters.) The VF-1 is slightly more understandable because it actually has dedicated hard points on the arms for attachments. The gunpod handle collapses into the gunpod and reveals a plug that fits onto that hard point... I can buy that. (I suppose I could ask about the leather sling while I'm here, but...) 2) How do VFs ensure that, when going from fighter to Gerwalk/Battroid (and back again), they don't lose their gunpods (and shields, in the case of the VF-24 derivatives) in the process? This was one of the things I liked most about the VF-31 design: Nothing loses direct contact with the rest of the vehicle. The railgunpod can still be hand-carried, but doing so is rarely necessary now thanks to both the arm-mounted gunpods and the maneuverable arm upon which it rests. In those instances when it DOES need to be hand-carried, reaching for it is much less risky than, say, the VF-0/-1 having to eject its gunpod off the back of its arm and catch it mid-flight. And the shields, such as they are, are permanently attached to the forearms, a major upgrade from the fifth-gen VFs (though not nearly as elegant, IMO, as the 3-4.5-gen VFs). Oh, and a few more having to do with the Tornado Pack armament: 1 - What are the things attached to the front of the engine pods? (MMM says space equipment, but I'm not sure what specifically they do. I'm guessing extra fuel tanks?) 2 - How much energy do these guns need/produce that they need so much cooling? (The fins on the back of the guns and the extendable radiator on the cooling unit.) EDIT: Unrelated question: Has Macross (or anything, really) ever depicted an Itano circus through the eyes of the one dodging it? Would be interesting to play Ace Combat 7 in VR and have to do exactly that.
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    Could be NY is just unsure how much stock they'll get and want to keep preorders to a minimum until they get word of more stock... As for alternatives, there's From Japan, USA Gundam Store, Tatsu Hobby... The last two are US stores that probably get their stuff through Bluefin; you can probably check its website (if it has one) to see other partner retailers. The first is a third party proxy service, so other proxies should provide the same service. I think Samuel Decal also sells P-Bandai kits as well.
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    I mean... it probably could be, but I just thought it was a funny response to my other post directly above it. It's hard to pick a starting point for criticism, because everything about this movie is bad in one way or another. I don't really want to give this movie much more thought. That said... EDIT: Also, the kids' (yes, kids', as in multiple) acting was terrible. EDIT 2: Also, this, since I know some folks here are a fan of his:
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    Can anyone translate this promotion campaign? It'd be interesting if one could take advantage of the free (domestic) shipping via third parties. http://p-bandai.jp/hobby/special-1000007786/ EDIT: I'm guessing it's "Buy the Sandrock + One or more of the reissues, get free shipping"?
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    Thanks again. Good to know my phone'll be able to produce some generally good photos, then. It's amazing how good lighting can improve a phone camera.
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    Yeah, I wasn't being too serious with that one. I can't imagine what any B-Club recast must be going for nowadays, to say nothing of any originals. Why Bandai did away with its resin divisions, I'll never understand.
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    This showed up in my recommended videos. It's by Nerdwriter1, the same guy who did this:
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    It was terrible.
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    Well... there's this. I'll be honest, though, the original Sandrock never did anything for me. Aside from its more reasonable shotels, it looks... bad, all around. (That goatee...) All of the Okawara Wing designs looked funky in one way or another. It's the only series where I was glad for Katoki versions. Now on the other hand, if they ever come out with 1/100s of the Maganac/Zodiac suits... And while I'm at it, a MG Serpent wouldn't be too much to ask for, would it?
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    Ooh, what's the brand and where'd you get it? And what kind of camera are you using? (And while you're at it, please answer my short list of 300 related questions about cameras and camera accessories please... )
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    Every time I see the five pre-Kai EW suits together, I get the itch to buy all of them together. They just match so well, way more than their upgraded brethren. That said, I'm tempted to get in on this reissue for all the Kai suits I missed, too... The HRM Wing Zero is based on the latest manga revision and then further "bulked up," so it'll probably clash with the EW suits it's next to. Except maybe the Tallgeese, that one has some nice thicc proportions. If you get the original Wing Zero EW, you'll have an older model but one that better matches the bishounen look of the OVA. Too good. Too good.
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    This is something of an oldie, but still more recent compared to most everyone else thus far, lol. DoCo, ie the VAs for the main female cast in Ranma 1/2 (Ranko, Akane, Nabiki, Kasumi, Shampoo), became mildly popular in the 90s. They fashioned their "band name" after an actual pop idol group at the time, Coco. If I remember correctly, some of their songs were covers of Coco's music, too. More recent-ish, Aya Hirano and Minori Chihara became pretty well-known in the 00s for their respective roles in the Haruhi series. Hirano sang a lot of the series music, and Chihara sang the end credits song for the Haruhi movie.
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    I'd just like to say how much I love the dumb nerd stuff we all regularly get into in this thread.
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    This is true, and I'm not a fan of Theron in general. I'd been on the fence because I knew it was by the same team as JW, and then a friend recommended it, so I figured $5 and 2 hours ain't much to spend on a movie.
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    Dunno what everyone's going on about right now, but as far as the movie goes, I saw it the other day and it very much does not veer into this specific territory. She wins more battles than she loses because she kind of has to for the movie to work, but her character gets thrown around more than she does the throwing. I kept falling asleep in the beginning, partly because it was slow going but mainly because I had gotten up for a matinee and was still tired. The action is as well-choreographed as anything you'd see from John Wick, though the style of it is obviously different. Less "ruthlessly efficient killing" and more "fighting to survive." The story's... there. They frame the action within a spy thriller, which works well enough, I suppose. But it takes itself a bit too seriously. Like Metal Gear Solid without the intentional/unintentional camp. I enjoyed it while it lasted, like John Wick, but also like John Wick, it's one of those that I wouldn't care either way if I saw again or not.
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    The only thing I DISLIKE about the Red Frame is the katana, ironically enough. It's oversized, just like all Gundam katanas are. I'd like the design more if it looked like it could actually unsheath that thing in a single motion.
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    That part I was fine with. I suppose when I wrote "asskicker," I was thinking more generally of a character who wouldn't put up with any crap. I thought she could have grown into a nice mix between Arad and Messer, a kind of no-nonsense, mission-oriented and capable mission leader. The thing at the end of the series with everyone confessing to everyone really just... ugh. She deserved better than what she got.
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    Evangelion 1.0 - generally same as the anime, up to Ramiel fight (pyramid Angel, super-laser, Operation Yashima) Evangelion 2.0 - diverges more heavily from anime, Third Impact begins and ends after Zeruel fight Evangelion 3.0 - Nerv (Gendo, Rei, Kaworu) vs. Wunder (Misato, Asuka, new Eva girl), Shinji plays a piano, Fourth Impact happens ...I'm fuzzy on that last one, I didn't pay too much attention to it owing to it tunneling so very far up its own ass.
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    I knew I'd heard about them announcing something, but I must have mistook it for the Reactive Armor kit or... something. Good to know, hopefully it's a new tooling instead of reusing the Yamato one. (Wasn't their VF-0 basically a Yamato reissue? I forget...)
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    Sub or dub? I recommend dub. It's phenomenal, one of the very few dubs I watch.
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    *whimper* I shouldn't have asked. Now I want one... That's because it was designed by Yoji Shinkawa. He really likes that head shape; he started using it with ZoE and has been putting it into his mecha designs since. Metal Gear Ray has a similar head, and his original design for Frame Arms, the Byakko, also shares that look: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10465646
  25. kajnrig
    That's why you're the real MVP.
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