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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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    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.
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    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...)
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    Definitely more interesting. I just find Messer to be kind of a boring character so far. The "perpetually broody" archetype has never struck my fancy; even just a little bit of levity would go a long way towards making him more bearable. My favorite "broody" characters (Cloud and Vincent from FFVII) are also capable of cracking dumb jokes, whereas the worst ones (Lightning from FFXIII) are mopey to the point of self-absorption. His backstory makes him a bit more understandable (if not empathetic), but I'm waiting for that moment where he cracks even a small smile and there's not a big deal made about it. I hate that kind of storytelling even more than I hate that archetype.
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    Clear styrene in general tends to be more brittle than solid colored ones (in my experience anyway). Bandai clear plastic is particularly troublesome because they tend to use thicker plastics in general. It's easy to cause internal stress fractures that'll mar the clarity of the plastic (though that shouldn't be a problem for you if you're going to be painting everything opaque anyway). When removing nub marks I find I have to shave small slices off little by little.
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    Civil rights were literally a political agenda, though. When it comes to LGBTQ issues, sure the movies are more obvious about it, but then there's always been significant overlap between the struggles of the LGBTQ and other minority communities. Moreover, being social commentary/critique and being mass entertainment are not mutually exclusive (and in fact rarely are). At the risk of sounding dismissive, the full context of that quote isn't a directive to judge by character and not skin color. It's from his "I have a dream" speech, when he's talking about the vision he has for the nation. "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." It's the world that he wants for future generations, not the world as it was then/is now or a set of instructions about how to get there.
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    Decent episode overall. Nothing much to say, except that Kaname is quickly becoming my favorite character in the show bar none. Still hoping for a May-December Kaname/Arad pairing by show's end, or they trio up with Messer, or nothing happens at all. Though I just noticed in the opening Chuck's sister(?) checking out Messer from afar same as in the show. Maybe something will happen with that. The main trio are still fun, can still go in any direction and I'd be fine with it.
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    Bit of both, I'd say. Certainly the movies have tended to veer more towards LGBTQ-specific issues than general civil rights ones. ("Have you tried NOT being a mutant?") Bryan Singer and Ian McKellen are both gay, which likely played a part in that trajectory.
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    It certainly isn't REQUIRED to be sociopolitical commentary, but homosexuality and LGBTQ specificity does seem like an inextricable theme owing to X-Men being, well, X-Men. The franchise was always a fictional representation of the LGBTQ community as much as it was popcorn action flick (or, rather, popcorn action comic). And it's not like it has to be blatant about it. The comics wouldn't have become as popular as they are if they had been. First Class (yes, I will keep coming back to it) had a lot of social commentary in it, both in regards to LGBTQ discrimination in particular and social inequity/inequality in general, but it wove that commentary into the movie such that it could coexist peacefully with a summer action blockbuster. But really, my knock against the movie has less to do with "it's not LGBTQ enough" and more to do with "it didn't do anything new and/or interesting with anything."
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Tangent: I noticed that the interval between the first and second planes veering off was longer than the same interval between the second and third, and third and fourth. Is the timing of that maneuver true to life?
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    Saw it last night on a friend's urging, and... Well. It wasn't the worst way to spend $12, but there were certainly other, infinitely better, options showing around the same time.
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    ...I thought carat was a measure of purity? As in how much of a gold nugget is actually gold as opposed to other elements?
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    I wasn't aware the manga was still ongoing. Wow. Elysium is bad for many reasons, but I'm not sure I saw much Alita in it. (But then my memories of both are super faded, so... eh.) Either way, I'll take your word for it. I agree it CAN succeed today, just that given the current Hollywood blockbuster culture, I'm a bit more cynical about its chances.
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    Well right, but I mean how much have you been itching to get more of it? I loved me some Mermaid Saga but I don't really feel like it needs a modern remake. But then again, I wouldn't complain if one came about, so maybe that's the sentiment here.
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    How popular is Alita? Or rather, how big is the property as part of the (inter)national zeitgeist? She really seems to be time-locked to the 90s, and I'd find it hard to believe that this series specifically resonates with the modern day. It might be better to just make a new story using thematic/design elements from Alita rather than an all-out remake... I mean, I don't have particularly strong feelings about the series. Do other people here have strong nostalgia for it?
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    I must admit, watching the raws does force me to try and keep up with the dialogue as best I can, which is definitely helping the whole language acquisition thing.
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    I dunno, from my limited experience with gg (literally just this series) I find myself having a lot of fun with their work. Lots of Woolseyism in effect. That "He would be proud of you" thing? Yes, it's not literally correct, but it carries the same sentiment as the original while being neatly creative and arguably working better in English. There's certainly something to be said about their work distracting from the show itself, but still, I find their sub work to be, on the whole, fun.
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