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    GRRM = ??? From what I gathered of the novels' ending,
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    If they (Max Factory) prioritize the fighter mode, then the proportions will be off just enough that it won't look quite right in Battroid mode. But seeing this thing in battroid mode is definitely of interest to me as well. Because c'mon. Of COURSE someone(s) is(/are) going to try and do it.
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    /whimpers in Zentraedi
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    That's exactly what I had to do as well.
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    Oh, nice! The Blue Destinies aren't exactly my cup of tea, but it's nice to see something in the -79 family getting some love.
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    You probably meant RX-78, but if you DID mean RX-79, when and where did you pick it up? Because GUUURRRLLLL I want me some Ground Gundam goodness! /snaps fingers
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    Yeah, it's best not to look into the hype and just go with how you feel about his prior movies. I love love love his shorter stories more than his feature length films, and this one definitely carries some of the same flaws as his other features, but it's still really really good.
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    Reviving this thread because I saw episode 2 last night, and boy I'd forgotten how fraked up this story is. I'm not sure if I like that it sticks really really close to the source material, but I certainly don't dislike it. Looking forward to episode 3.
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    Didn't this movie already come and go? I could've sworn...
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    Same. It's not perfect, but it's legitimately memorable.
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    Oh, you're probably right. I guess I just assumed there must have been HG V decals that you used.
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    The editing of all the trailers has been great. I love watching them. Don't know how the movie will fare, but I'm hopeful.
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    Saw this the other day. It's a bit wishy-washy until it finally starts digging into the movies themselves, but I found it interesting nonetheless. The clickbait-y title is kind of gross, but eh.
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    Hey, I remember those guys. Didn't you use the Victory decals for those builds? I thought the red rings were decals...
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    According to http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ghostintheshell2017.htm Worldwide gross: $166 million They put the production budget at $110 million, but some firms estimate closer to $180 million. Plus the marketing (which never has numbers, but people usually guesstimate to be around the same as production), and this film either just barely broke even ($110m production, $50-60m marketing) or lost anywhere from $14-194 million ($180 production, $0-180 marketing). There were news articles (such as this one: http://deadline.com/2017/04/ghost-in-the-shell-scarlett-johansson-box-office-flop-whitewash-1202061479/ ) saying that it was a $60 million flop. It's known that I didn't care for this film from the beginning, and while my feelings on it have mellowed now that it's come and gone, after watching the various anime incarnations and re-reading the manga, I keep asking myself, "Why couldn't they have just done this?" There were plenty of episodes in SAC that could have been translated to screen outright, the Tachikoma-centric ones especially. I've only gotten 3/7 through Arise and even though I have my issues with it, it still has more interesting characters and does a better job exploring a better backstory for the Major. That's not to say that these adaptations deserve to be held up on pedestals, but they're simply well-made and well-told, which is more than can be said of this movie.
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    Yeah, the Unicorn MG has quite a lot of decals, but that's owing mostly to it being a Katoki design. The HGUC also has a waterslide decal sheet available as well. The animation doesn't bother with the markings, of course, which is strange because they used CGI models and slapping on some marking textures couldn't possibly have been very hard. For my part I never bother to use them; I find them more distracting than "realistic."
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    If they were smart they'd do a HGUC and release the RG Unicorn and Destroy modes separately. I mean if they were smart they would just leave the HGUCs well enough alone, but since they HAVE to do an RG...
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    The books were better-written than this. Certainly less hammy. I feel no qualms skipping this.
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    I snapped together the Ba last night and came out with some minor notes: - The circular pieces (H5 and H6) that go onto the swiveling shoulder joints and which the arms then plug into, I couldn't get them to fit in without being crooked for the longest time. After a while I managed to get them to fit, but it was a chore. - The kit still has unsightly gaps and misaligned pieces, but that's just part and parcel to being a transformable kit. I've grudgingly accepted that as the trade-off. I just got the Hasegawa Ba as well, so it'll be fun to see them side by side.
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    Hasegawa VF-31

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Model kits

    Huh. That underside shot, plus the display stand, is starting to sell me on the kit... Damn it.
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    If it's down to that, you're likely only going to have 'til Thursday to catch it. I was lucky enough to catch Your Name the week before it was removed from the theater's lineup.
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    It hardly fits, but the term "space opera" made me immediately think of Lost Universe. (And Macross, of course.) Think Slayers but in space.
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    They've said they won't be... eventually. But yeah, friend codes galore for now. Like wtf.
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    On the same page No3Ljm linked to is the model kit itself plus the add-on equipment kit (which provide the missile launchers). Just FYI, you won't be getting all that dakka with just the base kit.
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    Yeah, I'm not sure what else he could do with Gerwalk myself, but the whole engines swinging down to form the legs thing does get kind of samey after a while. Iconic, but also samey. But also iconic. Ehhhhhh...... The YF-21/VF-22 put a sort of interesting spin on Gerwalk, but I can't help but feel like it was a cheat of sorts. It doesn't so much "transform" into Gerwalk as simply open up the bays covering its limbs and let them fall out. People were talking about the Draken Gerwalk possibly being one- or four-legged, or taking on a dragon mode in the vein of Escaflowne... So I don't think the creativity pool is empty just yet. Maybe another twin-engine fighter could have the engines form into shoulders instead of the legs, similar to the VF-4G's upper fuselage. I remember there being talk about maybe the Draken only having fighter and Gerwalk modes, no battroid. That'd be interesting, and would allow Kawamori to tailor the transformation to fit. But I mean Gerwalk is still a favorite of mine regardless of the VF. Like others have said, it's what makes a VF a VF and Macross Macross. So... I dunno. Just spitballing.
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