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    I'm curious to hear your impression, if it's any more favorable than the general consensus.
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    I get it, I just don't understand what's problematic or unnatural about it. I suppose it's just so common to me that I've sort of become numb to it. One way to "fix" it is to change up the posing of the arm so that the elbow is protruding away from the body a bit. That should free up some space that the handle can drop into. You'll want to manipulate the wrist as well, such that it's in line with the shoulder in whichever direction you want the gun to be pointing. Really, though, Bandai should be including specialized hands specifically for that gun.
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    I'm not sure what the issue here is. That's just a natural consequence of the gun's handle design. Apparently the 31AX has a new hand angled specifically for holding this gun? Is that the case or no? If Bandai were smart they would have included one, but if their hobby division is anything to go by, then they'll be as cheap as possible and you'll just have to deal with it.
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    Because the movie needs there to be that many. It literally did not give it any more thought than that. Remember when the first movie went into exhaustive detail about extracting broken dinosaur DNA and splicing it together with reptilian genes, then chemically manipulating the gestation in order to control the population numbers? Good times.
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    I do, too. It seems to be more and more common with these big Japanese corporations, though, and I don't know why. Square Enix's FF14 dev team doesn't have any cool name, it's just "Square Enix Business Division 5." Konami is similar. Apparently Bamco is the same. I hope Project Aces isn't next to go...
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    This happens every year. People think this or that announcement is a joke, but April 1 just happens to also be the start of the Japanese (or at least a bunch of Japanese companies') fiscal new year.
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    And once again, I can't figure out the head. Looks like... 31A head? I don't remember 31A having those cheek pieces. E-type head? Gahhhhhh.... EDIT: Colors seem really out of character. I would've expected red and gold, or at least pink.
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    Oh, I didn't know we had a dedicated FM thread. Nice. Did the Direct mention if they were ports of the PS1(?) originals, or remasters, or full-on remakes? Incidentally, I was getting ready to sell my Structure Arts Vol. 1 1/72 kits. Still prepping pics and organizing a FS thread, but if anyone wants a set, lemme know. I've got 2x complete sets of 4 kits, one set snapped together, one set unbuilt. Haven't considered price yet, feel free to PM me an offer.
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    Watch them actually be PS4/X1 remasters and the Switch early releases are cloud-based like the KH games. Because that's working out really well.
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    I have a vague recollection of what you said, so my response might not be on point, but I found both of Mother's "outfits" so to speak to feel adequately artificial and uncanny. You might call it physical perfection compared to her anemic form or however you put it, but I find that comparison ironic since it's very much a living statue-esque look, in its own way just as sterile a representation of the human form as her "mother" look. Not that I disagree, I think it looks great, too.
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    Macross figures

    kajnrig replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    Maybe. If it's the same as this: ...then yes. If not, no, and now I'm triple excited. A new Minmay AND a new Ranka AND another new Ranka AND a new Sheryl? Come oooooon, roll the dice, let's get that Mirage announcement!
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    In a good way. In all seriousness, though, a lot about the Mother character had me making comparisons to Rei Ayanami. She checks a lot of the same uncanny valley checkmarks. It's one of the highlights in a story that otherwise hasn't sucked me in that much yet. I'll give it another episode or two, maybe it'll grow on me.
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    Have been quietly bingeing The Expanse. Quite good, glad to have followed y'all's recc's. Also watched the first episode of Raised by Wolves tonight. My god that bodysuit is dangerous... but otherwise I struggled to keep focused. Whoever recc'ed it, boo on you!
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    Arcadia VF-5000G

    kajnrig replied to daBlah!'s topic in Toys

    It's the size of a VF-1? Really? It certainly fills out...
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    Macross figures

    kajnrig replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    Same here. I'm amazed there haven't been more figures for such a milestone character... or maybe I'm just overstating her influence on the industry. I've been wanting to get a quality figure ever since that wonky Arcadia figure was announced - wasn't it super expensive, too? - so I'm happy to see this announced. And the new Ranka figure, too, I feel like everyone's ignoring it here.
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    Maybe Ace Combat 7's just on my mind, but I half-suspect that's just a balloon plane for the sake of counter-espionage.
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    Link for the above-mentioned Guntank MP: https://p-bandai.com/us/item/N2612413001001
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    Am I just crazy, or are the noses a bit short and stubby? Maybe the lack of the rest of the airframe just throws it off, but I could swear these should be longer than they are.
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    @pengbuzzI've been meaning to ask, what were you attempting to do with that Cat's Eye? Was it like a "heat warp" effect on the hull? Or...? ...or now that I look again, is it a duct tape model? What is the backstory of this build!?!? I am INFINITELY fascinated.
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    I'll be interested to see how the Gouf Custom compares to the original RD (EDIT: and HGUC kit) of it. And that MP Guntank is a welcome boon that's been sorely missing on the hobby side of things.
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    In other completely unrelated news, I just tried out the Lady Gaga song pack for Beat Saber PSVR. So far there are one or two iffy ones in there, no matter what the difficulty, but the majority are pretty good. So far, "Bad Romance" has been the most fun, albeit slightly easy even on Expert. I was able to clear it in one go.
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    Imagine this giant space god looks at you, and at everything around you, sighs in defeated resignation, mutters "I'm so tired of this crap," and casually pulls its own head off.
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    wait what When/where was this? I need to rewatch all the classics again (or maybe it's best I don't...), because I could swear they were just weapons created by the PC and they envied humanity because it seemed to them (the Zen/Mel) that they (humanity) were the PC's chosen inheritors...
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    A couple questions since I'm not as familiar with this design as some of the others: 1) Is the extra arm armor based at all on the Armored Pack? I saw in the video a couple pages back that the Armored Pack's arm gatling guns include a similar armor panel that fits onto the regular 31J/C/etc. arm. 2) That being the case, can the extra armor be removed here to reveal a regular 31 arm beneath? 3) From this video (timestamped), it seems the extra arm armor slides up the forearm toward the elbow for fighter mode, and down toward the wrist for battroid/Gerwalk mode (probably frees up space for the elbow joints to move). Does it being in the lower position inhibit the ability to stow it away in fighter mode? 4) The bicep portion of the arm armor, does it ever change orientation relative to the bicep, or is it always in line with the elbow bend? If the latter, could it reasonably be attached permanently to the bicep, and its own "elbow" joint removed? Would this interfere with transformation in any way? I think it's obvious what I want to do with this information, if possible: - permanently affix the bicep armor to the bicep - remove the extra elbow joint - have the forearm armor permanently in the "down" position
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    I agree; I figured it would be as such. Some folks were wondering so I figured I'd give an impression as soon as I could. I just wish I'd had time to add pics to the post as well to clarify my points, lol. (I'm snapping it together as much as possible at work, then I'll finish it off at home.) Yeah, going by the instructions it looks to be a major hassle. But it should be simple enough if you leave the Armor panels for last, since they simply snap into place. Assemble the leg sans Armor and knee, attach the knee to the leg, glue on the knee cap, and then snap on the Armor around that. That's my initial thought, anyway. Typically I would want to cement the Armor parts together, which would necessitate any number of creative assembly options for the parts being encased by them, but they seem to fit nicely at first glance with no need for any seam removal. Anyway, can't agree more about loving the kit. It's been too long since I've built a Hasegawa model. They're always fun, even if I'm too lazy sometimes to do what they need me to do.
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