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    Episode 3, and... whew. It certainly is a Starz show.
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    Getting through Bayonetta, and... ho hum. I can see the clear DMC influences (the originals, not DMC: DMC), both in gameplay and design. And it elicits a lot of the same reactions as DMC does, both good and bad. I hate the guns. I never got used to them in DMC, and I still can't get used to them here. They follow the same trend as Ninja Gaiden's default shuriken - rapid-fire, super low-damage projectiles that don't have much practical use. It doesn't help that they're mapped to Square in a two-button melee system. I'm used to Square = Light Melee, Triangle = Heavy/Alternate Melee, Circle = Skill/Etc., X = Jump. Having my main melee button shoot instead takes getting used to, and even eight hours into the game I sometimes end up breaking combo. The Ninja Gaiden games (1 and 2, at least, haven't played 3 and don't ever plan to) at least have the projectile button mapped to Circle. The lock-on is super annoying, too. On top of having to hold R1 to lock on, the game also consistently just ups and changes your lock-on target. Given how hectic the game is and how visually cluttered it is, I sometimes won't even know I've switched targets before it's too late. Both of these issues were greatly improved upon in subsequent Platinum games. I'd like to pick up Bayo 2 whenever I can (hopefully for Switch?), because those and some other issues aside, I do like the underlying combat. The timing for dodges and counters, i-frames, etc. is much more strict than in MGR, and I love a game with such meticulous combat systems even if I've never been all that good at these games. And hopefully Platinum implemented some of their improvements in that game, even though I know it was basically just a matter of dusting it off and ironing out a few kinks for the Wii U release. As it is, I'm still on the fence about doing anything more than just beating the campaign, but we'll see. It's a good time overall.
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    Hasegawa VF-31

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Model kits

    Maybe I'm wrong, but I always got the feeling that the -27 wasn't all that popular. It got overshadowed by the -25 and later on the -29, and didn't really seem to develop an identity, a personality, of its own. Compare that to the Draken and the SV-51, both of which make a serious impression as enemy mecha in their respective shows. Then again, that could just be my personal biases showing through. I didn't think the -27 was all that impressive. :/
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    ...not to be That Guy again, but isn't that basically what Macross Zero was? Unless you're talking Pre-pre-Space War 1, in which case all they'd be using are fighters, maybe rudimentary walking tanks, and... like at the very end maybe, the first "transforming" machine, a T-1 or some other trainer that can switch to a "Gerwalk"ish VTOL mode with manipulator arms stored in underwing pylons that fold up for aerodynamics. Actually, now that I think about it, I'd be pretty down with that. What are these Packs of which thou speakest? EDIT: Also congrats on 6,666 posts. O_O spooooky
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    Ah, true enough. Certainly the knife fight could only improve with the addition of some modern sensibilities.
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    Hasegawa VF-31

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Model kits

    Why, was there a prototype VF-27 showed off at one point or another?
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    I don't care about idols, but then I don't care about war, either, and I'm willing to sit and listen to good war stories. So... As for an updated SDFM, isn't that exactly what Macross the First is?
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    I'd be totally fine with a fixed-pose Battroid. It's simple enough to add joints if you really want to. A poseable Battroid would definitely shoot up the cost significantly. That said, I'm slightly disappointed (but relieved?) that no third tripod emerged.
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    I don't know if I'll be able to handle it if in a few hours they reveal another tripod.
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    I don't know if it's "meant" to be any way in particular. The rotating section changes all the time from company to company. The Hasegawa kit mimics this one, whereas the Bandai one puts the rotation around the knee area. Personally, I've always preferred it rotating closer to the "hips" a la the Hasegawa/this. It seems more realistic, and imitates life more closely. If there's any disappointment it's that there doesn't seem to be any "cover" for that area (like rubber mesh or so), and the "rotating joint" is just a block with one corner protruding past the leg armor.
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    Even being fixed-pose, that Gerwalk must have a whole lot of screws/pins/rods strengthening it.
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    That's pretty darn impressive for a first go around. Have you done any similar projects since? I always love seeing what people come up with to handle the wiring and power sourcing and such.
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    SUPER/STRIKE TOO!?!?!?!?!? yoooOOOOOOO~~
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    It didn't last a very long while. I received mine early last week (I had bought them when they went back up for backorder on HLJ). It looks like HLJ went through their entire stock of reissues already. You can try emailing them and asking if/when they can get their hands on another batch.
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    I had a good time with it, same as the first. Got really dumb-cheese at the end, but forgivably so. You can dust it off your shoulders because the rest of the movie - like the music, the editing, the humor, so on - is well-done. Contrast that against a certain other movie, which also gets dumb-cheese at the end but doesn't do any of the rest nearly as well... Loved the entire drawn-out sequence of finding tape at the end. It's like the Simpsons rake scene played out over two and a half minutes.
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    When's the Kaname one, though?
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    Hasegawa VF-31

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Model kits

    Hasegawa YF-30 when now?
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    HLJ's video of the various sci-fi booths, starting with Bandai and Gundam: Me, I'm more interested in the Aoshima re-releases of their 1/48 M9 and Arbalest kits, with a 1/48 Laevatein coming soon as well. HYYYYPE! While we're on the subject, here's HLJ's video of scale model kits as well:
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    https://hlj.com/product/HSG65837 SV-262Hs w/ Lil' Draken up for preorder already.
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    Dunno if there was prior confirmation about Ghost add-ons (I remember there being discussion, but nothing concrete), but it seems they are in the work: https://twitter.com/hobbylink/status/862494972272009216/photo/1
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    I'm tempted to say there are way way WAY too many Unicorn options to choose from, and yet here I am salivating over the possibility of a 1/48-scale kit... That ZZ looks alright, I guess. I'll need more looks from different angles, but the proportions don't seem too bad at the moment. Properly chunky where needed. The wing flaps on its arm wings are still downright ugly, though. Revive BD-1 means a Revive Ground Gundam, right? Right? (I would also settle for a 2.0 MG, or a recast of the Neo Grade PG conversion kit.) Wasn't the Zaku II already released in the Origin line? Maybe I'm thinking of Char colors or something. I can't keep up with that line's dozen Zaku variants. That was a selling point of the other MSM releases, right? Light-up eyes, at least? If they did include LED features on this kit, I wonder if they would bother trying to light up all the psychoframe or maybe just stick with the cockpit and/or eyes. What is that? Jegan, I know, but from what depiction?
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    Is this a P-Bandai release? Limited release a la the VF-25 Deculture kits? Promotional decals for purchasing Delta items?
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    I dunno, the transformation gimmick is a major drawback in my book. The MG was finnicky enough; at this small a scale, building this thing will be a lesson in frustration. I'm actually super hyped about the 1/48 MSM, though. A huge honking Unicorn Mode would be just awesome. Is that a Bird Mode I see on the Wing Zero HRM?
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    Just in case anyone's interested, the latest in Kotobukiya's Frame Arms kit series, the Byakko, is up for preorder on HLJ: https://hlj.com/product/KBYFA-049 on Hobby Search: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10465646 (5800 JPY retail, 4640 JPY on either site) It's designed by Yoji Shinkawa of Metal Gear Solid and Zone of the Enders fame. You can see the clear similarities to his other designs, especially the head design. And overall, I think it looks a lot like a copyright-safe MG Sahelanthropus from MGSV. Just needs a fuel pod/radome on that left shoulder. It seems to deviate quite a bit from the standard Frame Arms inner skeleton, as well. I'd be interested to see how much of the original Frame Architect is in there.
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    True enough, and to be fair, all transforming renditions of the VF-1 look wonky in one form or another. I just prefer the way Hasegawa did it with the three separate kits, each emphasizing that particular mode's strengths.
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