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    Man, imagine if we got a 1/48 Monster, eh? 😄
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    Any info/WIPs/reviews/etc. of the old B-Club 1/100 "Ver Ka" conversion kits for the HG Endless Waltz line? I'm asking on the off chance that someone here might have seen something in the wild or perhaps even worked on one. Google and Youtube haven't borne any fruit, and my Japanese is not deft enough to trawl the Japanese interwebs. There does exist a review of the Sandrock conversion kit by Henry McClellan aka vegeta8259, but nothing on the others. To be clear, what I'm referring to are B-Club conversion kits that allowed you to transform your HG 1/100 Wing Gundam Zero Custom HG 1/100 Gundam Deathscythe Hell Custom HG 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Custom HG 1/100 Gundam Heavyarms Custom HG 1/100 Gundam Nataku into their "first season"/"Ver Ka" predecessors (HLJ links for reference): 1/100 Wing Gundam Ver Ka 1/100 Gundam Deathscythe Ver Ka 1/100 Gundam Sandrock Ver Ka 1/100 Gundam Heavyarms Ver Ka 1/100 Shenlong Gundam Ver Ka I've gotten another itch to get the old HG 1/100s again, and I wondered if it might be worth it to try and find one or more of these to work on. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks!
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    Given modern Square Enix's track record of success when it comes to maintaining their back catalog? I dunno about that. Who wants to bet on the FM1 and 2 remakes being horribly optimized junk compared to the originals? They couldn't get Chrono Cross to even match the PS1 original's performance...
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    Just wanted to confirm: Was the Mirage pushed back to April from March, or to May from April? EDIT: I may be confusing it with the WWM -25, so clarification on that would be appreciated, too. Mirage = Apr 2022, from Mar 2022? WWM = May 2022, from Apr 2022?
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    Lighting makes it look awfully pink... Which I think looks fine. Red or pink looks good. So long as it's not actually maroon.
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    Can anyone summarize what happened Macross-wise at this event? There's this, the surprise Arcadia Destroid Tomahawk announcement, a notice of delay on the WWM VF-25 and Mirage VF-31AX... anything else? Or was the movie announcement actually all there was and the others just coincidentally happened around the same time?
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    Look up "Gundam G-Frame." Basically hand-sized toys packed alongside a piece of gum. They're sold in packs of... 6? boxes to retailers, to put on display and sell each box individually. Typically, each Gundam came in two varieties in two different boxes (so three different Gundams per G-Frame pack/release): - one box had a fixed-pose frame plus armor - one box had an articulated frame plus accessories (usually weapons, shield, maybe a stand, etc.) Seems these Eva Frame are following a similar route, except it'll be - top half (the Eva 02) - bottom half (the Eva 02) - armor (everything else) - articulated frame (everything else) + a standalone options set to be used with the other releases?
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    Those were my thoughts, too. The arms look especially stubby in the lineart. Just an awkward pose, perhaps... And speaking of female leads, would the pilot of the Stargazer count? Sure that "show" was all of... 45?... minutes or so, but I remember enjoying it way more than anything else Seed. Or is the Strike... Noir?... pilot considered the lead? I'm liking the name of the show, I'm liking the lead's design, I think the Gundam looks decent. It's got some THICCCCCC thighs, though... Feels really unbalanced, like the only day it DIDN'T skip was leg day. I'm not a fan of the clashing shapes, either; the upper thigh all linear, the lower all curves... I'd like it more if they blended into each other. As it is I keep getting the impression that it's running around with its pants down.
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    So... "canonically," where would this variant fit into the Exia's lifespan? Probably some "00V"-esque prototype equipment thought up during the transition from Astraea to Exia but never put into production, a la Avalanche/Dash parts?
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    Thanks for the clarification, @dero. That's a shame about Amiami/CDJ/et al. Seems kind of heavy-handed on Bandai's part... Wouldn't a cease and desist have sufficed?
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    I have a bunch of legacy kits on backorder at HLJ, expressly because they're old and/or OOP and/or otherwise unlikely to ever find their way overseas. This new policy kind of really frakking sucks, if it is as it says and it applies to them.
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    Bandai's "Hobby Next Phase 2022 Spring," including HGAC Shenlong. https://bandai-hobby.net/site/nextphase2022spring/
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    Strike ANIME? So does that mean they'll be going back to the chunky proportions of the original? Whoever sculpts their ANIME figures have been phenomenally consistently good about it, but after some 15-20 years of every physical rendition favoring a slimmer look, it'll be interesting to see the response to something that's more "on model," so to speak. EDIT: Also, what new Exia variant could possibly still be unmade at this point? They went so far as inventing a Repair 4 whole cloth(?) just to have an excuse to toy-ize it.
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    Second Yellowstone, though I haven't seen it myself yet. But the director(?) alone makes me keen to see it, and it's gotten tons of critical praise.
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    Lol. I don't remember ever having a D-Hell, though, hence why I finally bought one. (Or I guess not so finally, it seems. ) I'm committing (...for the moment...) to getting a complete Wing EW 1/100 set of the boy band and their upgrades, as well as the TGs... So many TGs. I decided on a whim to buy a Mercurius/Vayaete conversion kit, which requires a MG TG each, and right around the same time the TG Fluegel came out and I had to get two of those, too... and now I'm considering getting another two to convert to a Leo and Serpent... I am going to be absolutely sick of that kit by the time I finally work my way through all the suits based on it.
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    Yep, got mine waiting to ship as well. Just need a couple more things to show up and then it'll be on its way. I can't wait. The Armored was a whole lot of fun, I imagine this will be as well. By the by, for me in the US of A, shipping prices seem to favor DHL on the low end (~$40-60 shipping) but lean back in EMS's favor sometimes dramatically as I add more and more items (~$75 EMS, ~$110!! DHL once I added both Regult kits, a MG Deathscythe Hell, HG 00 kit, some Kotobukiya MSG kits, and other tools). So it seems like shipping services are returning somewhat to their pre-pandemic hierarchy. Just wish the prices would start to ease downward, too.
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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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