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Not totally on-topic, but as far as the just-released transforming model kit is concerned, the landing gear doors (on the nose, at least) don't swing downward as per tradition. Rather, they hinge up into the gear well. I don't know if this is how it's appeared in the anime, but there you are. From this video build: https://youtu.be/hjLwEBE2q8w?t=6m55s
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Connector pieces? Are you talking about the pegs for the snap-together mechanic? If so (haven't seen much of the video yet), then usually that's done to simplify the disassembly process (the pieces hold together less firmly) for those who prefer to cement/paint/mod/otherwise build the kits "traditionally." Snap-build pegs and sockets are great for, well, snap-building, but they also mean lots of extra plastic that tends to get in the way of a modeler. Otherwise maybe the person's just not paying attention due to speed concerns.
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Could have just not had them in the first place. Y'know, like the YF-19. Just extra verniers/missiles/propellant. Alternatively (also borrowing from the YF-19), maybe the Super Packs could include arm cannon replacements. They would require the arms to transform slightly differently, which could free up some space on the lower fuselage for boosters. Keep the two on top and add two beneath and it would at least look more... symmetrical? Probably a bit too bulbous, though.
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http://scope-eye.net/?p=838 There's a link to a blog post by gunpla builder tetsujin discussing some of the problems with Bandai (Gundam) decals. EDIT: How do the Bandai 25 decals compare to Hasegawa's in terms of fit/shape? Understanding that the Bandai ones are meant for a transformable kit and the Hase ones aren't, obviously. I'm interested in how easily one could use Bandai's decals on a Hase 25, and vice versa.
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It occurs to me that the VF-31 looks quite a lot like the X-02 Wyvern from Ace Combat. And like the Wyvern, it looks best in its "diamond" delta-wing configuration, and worst in its FSW configuration. I doubt a kit of the 31A will ever become reality (or if it does, it'll be a P-Bandai exclusive), but I'm already dreaming up ways to mod the FSW version into something that approaches it (and/or the YF-30 and/or the X-02).
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Dang it. I had had that on my backorder for so long before finally biting the bullet and getting one on the forums (thanks Duymon!.....I think?). And not one month later it comes back in. Though it's again listed as backordered, so who knows. In other news, got my payment request for the 31J. Into PW it goes for a couple days, then I'll see how improved it is, if at all, over the Frontier kits. I've made no secret of how disappointed I was by the Bandai 25s.
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Macross Δ (Delta) - Mission 11 - READ 1st POST
kajnrig replied to azrael's topic in Movies and TV Series
Who's the one who constantly seems to be at odds with the rest of the Aerial Knights? The silver-haired one with the glasses? He seems like my candidate to defect. Then again I haven't been paying as much attention to the show as I probably should. Definitely need to binge the series so far one of these free weekends... EDIT: Damn you, phone, learn how to spell. -
Macross Δ (Delta) - Mission 11 - READ 1st POST
kajnrig replied to azrael's topic in Movies and TV Series
Isn't Bogue the one constantly trying to blow them to smithereens? -
Macross Δ (Delta) - Mission 11 - READ 1st POST
kajnrig replied to azrael's topic in Movies and TV Series
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http://hlj.com/scripts/hljlist?SaleGroup=SUMMERSALE2016ACT&DisplayMode=images&Dis=2&qid=MWQ71E2FVJEXCQ&set=1&SeriesID2=934 VF-2SS and VF-4G Lightning III on sale. Also the Arcadia YF-19 from earlier this week.
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http://hlj.com/scripts/hljlist?SaleGroup=SUMMERSALE2016ACT&DisplayMode=images&Dis=2&qid=MWQ71E2FVJEXCQ&set=1&SeriesID2=934 VF-2SS also on sale. Also there's the previously mentioned Arcadia YF-19 from earlier this week (which I think is still on sale). I think that's it for toy discounts...
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Right, apologies. I had only asked because it was a cursory interest; won't dwell on it.
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One of the AU mangas has Ranka hooking up with her brother (because of course she does).
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It's an idea Macross has been toying with for a while now, and while I don't think Kawamori will ever just outright make it so, I do think it's worth straying from the "two people fighting over the third" trope. It seems he shares this sentiment/desire as well, with one of his ideas for Delta being to not have romantic entanglements at all. And while I think they will be making the triangle A Thing That Happens, I also feel that it's going to be (and indeed has been) not nearly as strong as previous triangles. You can feel his resistance to the idea in how the characters play out with each other; there's less romantic tension and more camaraderie. But mostly I just think it's uninteresting when two members of the triangle don't share much aside from their mutual interest in the third. Part of what made the "triangle" in Zero so unspectacular was that Mao and Sara shared almost nothing except for their supposed interest in Shin. I mean, they're sisters too, I guess, but nothing comes of it; there's no intersection of their sisterhood and their romantic competition. SDF had sort of the same problem (you can't really imagine Misa and Minmei sharing a hobby or something), but it had the individual characterization to make up for it. Frontier and Plus do their triangles the best, and in different ways, but both of them treat all three characters as wholes unto themselves and not just The Competition. I said this before, but a Kaname/Arad/Messer triangle could have been great, especially since it's one where everyone harbors an attraction, romantic and/or otherwise, to everyone else, and the possibility of romance isn't ruled out for anyone with anyone else: Arad and Messer clearly have a strong comrade-in-arms thing going on, which might or might not be more as well; Kaname and Arad work well together and it's already been noted that she has an eye for him; and Kaname and Messer play out a bit (but not too much, importantly) like the "redeemer" and the "sinner," respectively. In fact, I'm realizing it's similar in many ways to the Bruce Wayne/Rachel Dawes/Harvey Dent triangle in the Nolan Batman movies. Perhaps Messer HAD to die for the sake of the story. He and Arad and Kaname are Delta's Mercutio; their triangle had to be killed or else they would have killed the show. Anyway, I'm rambling now. Same-sex triangles? Sure. It's a neat idea, at least, but neat ideas don't necessarily translate to good execution, so... eh. I don't think Kawamori would be able to pull it off well, at any rate. He and Macross are too entrenched in the anime mainstream, as it were; there's too much cliche and trope they have to stick to.
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Arcadia YF-19 back in stock and on sale at HLJ: http://hlj.com/product/ACA82042/Sci
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So this isn't exactly related, but while I was perusing the HLJ sale, I came upon this F-15 with a "Nipako" design: http://hlj.com/product/TMT27759/Air Anyone know what this is about? It looks cute.
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A bunch of model kits on sale at HLJ right now. 1/48 VF-1/YF-19, Frontier Super Valks, Wave 1/100s, etc. http://hlj.com/scripts/hljlist?SaleGroup=SUMMERSALE2016SCI&DisplayMode=images&Dis=2&qid=ASX9GMOIAI3W3ZA&set=1&SeriesID2=934 http://hlj.com/scripts/hljlist?SaleGroup=SUMMERSALE2016SCI&DisplayMode=images&Dis=2&qid=ASX9GMOIAI3W3ZA&set=1&SeriesID2=3659 Site is down for me right now, though. Too much traffic, lol.
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Ah, I see. Well... all I have left to say is that that sucks. That certainly puts a damper on my enthusiasm for getting my own A1/C1 combo...
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Macross Δ (Delta) - Mission 10 - READ 1st POST
kajnrig replied to azrael's topic in Movies and TV Series
You don't have to be in love with someone to care deeply for them. Kaname clearly felt some deep attachment to Messer and vice versa, be it romantic or not. It was rather nice, too, to have them and Arad be equally at ease with each other, romantic interests be damned. That's partly what makes/made them a much more interesting "triangle" than the main one. You don't get the feeling that they would easily let jealousy get in the way of their relationships; in the same manner, they're free to feel sorrow for and about each other without it being tied to romantic developments. That being said, this does feel like exactly the kind of disruption of the status quo that would push Kaname and Arad into, well, disrupting their status quo. Messer played a seemingly major role in both of their lives, and so their response to his sudden permanent absence can play out any number of ways, but almost certainly their relationship with each other will be affected. The romantic in me wants it to bring them closer together, and the cynic in me wants it to pull them apart, but what would be most interesting is of course a mix of the two: they come together and/or drift apart in spite of and/or because of lingering reactions to this momentous event. As for Arad specifically, I'm definitely interested in seeing how he reacts to this. Does he release the limiters on his true ace abilities in order to trounce Keith in the next clash? Will he overdose on revenge therapy? Perhaps he captures an Aerial Knight and takes part in torturing him for the sake of finding/killing Keith. Will he become a reckless and ineffective leader? He's ripe with possibilities. -
It's way early 2000s; such things as this aren't uncommon. Even modern MGs are fine with leaving some small details for stickers/masking and painting. Also, because it's an early 2000s MG, the mold is hardly in pristine condition anymore. Obviously the lines won't be as clean as if you'd gotten an early-release kit. Bandai could create new molds, but why bother when the demand isn't exactly there? (That being said, I've been itching to get the A1/C1 for a while now...) And to be fair, it's not like masking and painting it will be an arduous process; it's hardly a complicated edge. Modern HGUCs might mold them separately (I doubt so), and for sure modern MGs would do so, but it's illogical to expect 2016-level engineering in 2001. Anyway, I was snapping together a Tryon 3 that I had purchased a few weeks ago on a whim, and while fiddling with trying to recreate as much of the original ZZ as possible (about the only things missing are the knees and the majority of the backpack), I managed to jerry-rig a ZZ Gerwalk: EDIT: Dang it, David Hingtgen, now you've got me looking up those two on HLJ. And they're in stock, too. I'll see if they go on sale during this just-started summer sale first, but either way I'll be sure to bite before they go away again. (Might pick me up an 08MST Ball, too... god, that's such a great kit...) Link to the Summer Sale that just started (again, no Gundam yet, but there are some nice aircraft kits on sale): http://hlj.com/summer-sale-2016
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One major gripe with the RG Sinanju, though (at least from the pics): Why beveled edges? Say what you will about how problematic the HGUC and MG are, at least their gold and black form suitably sharp angles with each other. The RG has noticeable and ugly crevasses along the border between black and gold parts.
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Hnnnnngh~!!! By the by, was the VF-4 always nicknamed the Lightning III, or did they retroactively up the number after the F-35 took the II designation?
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I'm hoping Bandai will provide fixed-pose shield alternatives as well the way they do for the MG Unicorn's v-fin...
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Some answers, mostly just additional commentary:
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What ever became of Jubilee in the comics/cartoon? I remember her being sort of a half-baked X-Man, with powers that were unpredictable at best and usually ineffectual, and I never paid attention to much beyond that. I remember really liking that they combined her and Rogue in the movie version of Rogue, and equally as much finding her distracting and unimportant in this movie. (Did she even do/say anything? I don't think so...)
