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  1. kajnrig
    Whoops, that is indeed a Hs head. My old grandpa 30-years old eyes just aren't what they used to be, it seems.
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    Is Bogue's new red SV-262 a Ba (grunt) or Hs (commander)? IIRC it has the Hs wings, but the Ba head...
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    Yeah, the Lil' Drakens were already pushing things. That thing's the size of a VF-1. Imagine that, a VF-31 with two VF-1s hanging off its wings...
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    Oh, that again. I thought you thought they were literally not to scale. I can see where you're coming from. It's more of a "feels correct" than "is correct" thing. I think it's great-looking, and the lack of a transformation (and, to a lesser degree, anime magic) allows them to stick closer to "reality" than with the VF-1. I suppose your only easy - well, "easy" - recourse is to go for the Moscato resin kit instead... or maybe the old Bandai(/Imai?) kit? Anyone know how that one sizes up, roughly?
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    ...because they are? 🤔
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    I've been ruminating on this movie for the past week or two. It's the best of the MCU trio of Spidey films... but I don't know if I like it on its own merits. It could just be that I'm kind of uninterested in the multiverse as the overarching MCU plot going forward... or I'm Spider-Man'ed out. I dunno.
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    From my vague memories of building it, the VF-1 battroid has plenty of peg-and-socket connections, but it's mostly for alignment purposes and will only very loosely hold together if it holds together at all. The same holds true for the VF-0, which I have fresher memories of. I could test fit everything, and some (maybe even most) parts were able to be snap-fitted, but I remember still needing masking tape... Man, now I want to build more VF-1 and VF-0 battroids again. From the quick build video above, it seems that the majority of reused parts can be encased or sandwiched by the new, indeed snap-fit parts... so you prooobably don't need glue for them unless you want to deal with seam lines. My package is still going through customs, but I'll confirm as soon as I can.
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    Besides the larger boosters, what's different between these and the original Supers? I'm not particularly familiar with the specificities of the -31 Supers.
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    Any reason why this particular episode needs retelling? (Besides it having originally been done by a third party.) Is this specific story particularly resonant with the creators and/or fans or something?
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    Yeah, I'm actually a bit embarrassed. I asked HLJ if they had an ETA on restock, and something like an hour after their response, my order of 2 came in. Can't wait for them to arrive in hopefully a week or so! Looking at the scans - thanks, @TMBounty_Hunter! - I'm glad to see that, while they're unused, the original hands are included as part of the recycled runners. I'm really not sure what they were aiming for with these renewed hands; they look like a weird mishmash of the marshmallow hands in some of the line art and the techy hands in others, and the left hand in particular is so... flat. I have to wonder what source material they based those hands on. The lack of original forearm/calf parts, replaced as they are instead by dedicated Armored parts, makes me wonder: Did Hasegawa specially size the Super parts for each mode, as well? I've built a Super fighter and Super battroid, but years apart, and I assumed they used the same Super runners for all three modes. It never even occurred to me that they might have created differently-proportioned Supers for the different modes... but of course they must have, because the same Super runners couldn't possibly fit three different sets of proportions well. Is that the case? If so, that's some serious dedication to their craft.
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    The VF-1J Armored is now listed as Backordered on HLJ, indicating that it's been released and either HLJ (et al?) simply took on more orders than they received initial stock and/or Hasegawa's production capability was hindered by the pandemic. Did anyone here get their order? Either way, I'm not worried about getting it in good time. Hopefully this is indicative of demand and not... troubles. EDIT: Also, just an FYI, from Hasegawa's JP site (IIRC these listings won't show up on the EN one): Armored VF-1J shipping ... December 17, 2021 (on sale) Release date ... Around December 22, 2021 Regult Shipped by our company … February 22, 2022 Release date …… Around February 26, 2022
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    This was a curiosity to me, too. IIRC, his "goodbye" line has been translated variously as goodbye, farewell, see you later, etc. Of them, it seems like "see you later" is probably the most accurate in terms of capturing both the literal translation and his intent. (Based just on my very rudimentary hearing of the language; I'm sure the native speakers here have better insight.) Assuming that's the case, then it makes sense to portray his lines before that as being fully intended (and his having to kamikaze the Ghost being UNintended). A couple other instances of... over-liberal translation, I think: - Isamu griping about the Guns CDV. In all of the various translations up 'til now (btw, can anyone confirm if this sub is indeed based on the International Bluray release?), that was always translated to something like "You never returned the Guns CDV I lent you!" to which Guld replied "Because you left seven years ago!". In the new sub that line gets translated to a question: "Where's the Guns CDV I lent you? I'm still waiting!" and the reply: "You disappeared seven years ago!" The newer translation feels, dare I say, catty. Sassy. And the response from Guld feels weirdly detached. - Guld, when chasing the Ghost. Variations on "One more minute!" "Just a bit more!" etc., all of which suffice just fine. I suppose "One more minute!" is most strictly accurate. The follow-up, though, "ã‚­ã‚¿!" has itself seen various translations, with the one for this showing being "Got 'em!"... which just seems weird for him to say. The plural 'em instead of singular 'im/'er, the truncation at all instead of them/him/her, the third-person "'em" instead of "you." Not to mention it seems rather boasty, not exactly something I think he would say in this situation. I think the Manga subs is a simple "There!" which seems a better fit all around. - I do love that they tweaked the translation of Isamu's lines to Guld prior to their battle, though. Previously, it was something like "Always following me... Always following people around all the time!", with the repeated verb. I forget exactly what the new subs say, but it finally did away with that awkward repeat and I almost whooped right then and there and confused an entire theater of innocent viewers.
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    Just got home. I was surprised at the turnout; last I had checked there were maybe a dozen seats sold, max, and it seemed to have doubled/tripled that over the last few days. Movie is as good as it always has been. I don't know if the audio mixing is based on the Bluray mix or what. Regardless, it was different from the various stereo mixes I've heard in the past; some of the decisions were a bit odd. The subs were decent; at times they were much improved over the old Manga translation, at other times they were worse. Most fortunately, the video was completely free of the bugs seen on my, uh, rip of the film, as well as on clips/uploads on Youtube. I was most interested in how young people who had never seen Macross reacted to it, and from the handful of teenage/20-something interviewees afterward, it was universal praise. Predictably, some were more attracted to the "Top Gun in space" aspect than the rest of it. My friend, who has seen the Frontier movies, was already somewhat primed for this, but even then the movie seemed to surpass his expectations. He mentioned twice how the movie didn't feel like two hours at all because of how engrossing it was. So, good sign.
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    Actually, I'm curious about this. Did people see anime Jet as anything other than black? It's weird because now that I'm considering it, there's really no more reason why I should have thought he was than not, but I always thought he was black in the anime, which is why the casting didn't bother me at all. Actually, looking it up now, apparently a good number of people thought anime Jet was white... or at least not black. Some of the stories are more loosely adapted than others. For my part, I was also hopeful that the LA would consist of completely original adventures, which it... kind of does, sometimes. EDIT: While we're at it, what are people's thoughts on the existence (or lack thereof) of romantic/sexual tension subtext between Spike and Faye in the anime? Did you get the impression it was there, and would you have wanted it explored more than it was?
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    I'm fairly sure it's a common thing in Hollywood writing that in order to get writing credits and/or paid, you have to contribute SOMETHING to the script, so even if one gets brought to you to be "punched up" that's in perfect order, you invariably have to, well, "punch up" that script regardless. It's a malaise that I would love to see put to an end, but alas... I dunno, I think you're missing the forest for the trees, whether intentionally or not. A lot of these "character complaints" are really minor things in the grand scheme of things. The characters are, for the most part, recognizable enough that I can see them acting how they act. That is... one heck of a stretch... 🤨 Anime Faye is a wannabe femme fatale. IIRC she tries it and it more often backfires on her than not. The only times in the anime that the whole film noir aesthetic gets played 100% straight are when it involves Spike... and I suppose that one episode with Jet. And "unreciprocated love with Spike" is speculative at best. The nature of the Bebop crew's relationship with each other is purposely nebulous. Besides surface interactions, they generally hold each other at arm's distance, and they generally avoid acknowledging the formation of intimacy (this despite, of course, some measure of intimacy forming). Regardless of the exact nature of the intimacy forming, it's the acknowledgement of it at the end of the show that was important. I don't know if Netflix Faye showed any signs of being anything other than a lesbian. Funnily enough, I saw more overt romantic/sexual interest between Netflix Spike and Faye than their anime counterparts... and I didn't consider their interactions particularly romantic or sexual at all. But otherwise, she doesn't show any interest in either of her co-stars - or really anyone at all besides engineer girl. Yeah... I don't know how I ultimately feel about that change. He's enough of a throwaway character even in the original that I don't MIND his being made a crossdresser/trans/what have you character who simply operates confidently and competently in a side role. But the changes are also so unnecessary, and nixed a potential second season story point for it.
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    Yeah, that's a shame. It surprised me how good it was despite itself. If someone decides to plow ahead with it, I hope they retain the cast. They were far and away the best part of the show.
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    In case you can't wait, Amiami's got one of the Yammie version: https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=TOY-RBT-0029-R I know a similar question was asked above, but is the Arcadia toy just the Yammie molds refined and revised, or did they create brand new molds that just necessarily follow similar shapes, lines, etc., as the Yammie one?
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    Color separation and snap-fit assembly confirmed, at least according to HLJ. (Maybe this was already said somewhere, but first time I'm seeing it.) From their newsletter email just now: And from the item listing description:
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    Can't help you there, sorry, but speaking of the Ra Cailum, I happened upon this at Amiami. It might be a decent alternative, though it is a pretty $150 or so pre-shipping. https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-007777-R
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    They have been getting into both color separation and snapfit recently... IIRC their MechatroWeGo kits were all/mostly snapfit and color-separated, as well as maybe another handful of small-scale kits the last few years. It wouldn't surprise me at all if it was all practice runs for this release.
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    Dare I hope for a Q-Rau/Rhea? Gotta get me my Pixie Squadron!
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    The first episode is on Youtube if you want to get a feel:
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    Question for anyone who got one: How does the 3D-printed one that... Xigfrid? lemme check... cooked up way back when compare? If one got that when he first made it, would this be a worthwhile upgrade? EDIT: In case you missed it, here's the first relevant post (progress is made further down the post):
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    This is the one that's basically just the MG kit with some diecast? Or...?
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    Thank Christ.
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