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  1. kajnrig
    That makes sense, I keep forgetting the name Imai. Thanks for the correction.
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    I'm not sure if this is the same kit - the box art are different, but it's still the Arii kit (re-released by Bandai), still 1/100, etc. https://1999.co.jp/image/10189110
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    I rather enjoy the artbook, translation errors and all. Lots of fun insights, like Itano reminiscing about pulling an unsanctioned flight maneuver and blacking out. After this many decades dealing with the language barrier, I've come to the understanding that these things are just inevitable; sometimes it's even the case that the creator/interviewee/etc. are the ones staunchly refusing a translation fix, despite how innocuous or inoffensive or logical it might seem to an English-speaking audience. Remember, Shinji is the "Third Children" and all that.
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    On the other hand, they seemed to have issues with my card, so it seems I've been kicked back to the end of the line for now. Woe, woe!
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    Ah, I see. I wondered about that decal, though it might just be fancy fluff. And yeah, I figured it could go there as well. I took a bet on a potential official product being a MB instead of a model kit; I gave it about even odds of being either.
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    Dunno if this is the better place to ask or the Gunpla thread... or the Gundam show thread... but whatever: GundamModelCenter recently showed off a Daban "Astray Destiny Gundam" model kit. Is that just Daban mashing the two different runner sets together, or was there actually a canon/Bandai-released Astray [X] Frame model kit/MB/etc. that included a Destiny Gundam backpack?
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    Got this email from Bluefin about an hour ago (edit: well, mobile deciding to play weird and not let me quote tag): ------
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    I mean, my bed IS taking up a lot of space that goes unused most of the day...
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    Ah, you see, that's because in the interim they decided to update the model and will be releasing it in 1/72 scale. Look, let a man dream.
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    Yep, same here. Noice.
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    A fighter mode kit would require some modding. A battroid mode kit would also require some modding. You wouldn't have to fold the backpack, but you would have to contend with the transformed forward fuselage. No matter how you tackle it, you'll have to cut SOMETHING with a saw to make the mod work. May as well just cut up the kit you get in the box and save yourself $20. I imagine Hasegawa will issue a standalone Gerwalk kit in the future with the necessary new parts.
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    Oh, I'm aware of what the Full Saber is, I just thought for sure it must have been done in MB form by now, what with how popular Setsuna's suits are and how many variations there are of the Exia and 00. The Qant basically only has the Full Saber as a variant... and maybe the alien tech one, I forget what that one's called. But I guess I was wrong. In design art and all physical renditions of the Full Saber, the GN Sword IV Full Saber consists of - the base piece that connects to the mounting arm and houses the main handle - the katar piece that makes up the main blade of the FS and resembles the GN Katar of the 00 7S(/G) - 3x daggers, two flanking the katar katar on either side of the base piece, and one on the underside of the FS next to the Quanta's right arm This version has two daggers on the underside, in the same general area but offset on either side of center, whereas the original one was directly on the center line of the FS. It's a bit of a head-scratcher that they would bother with such a design revision. It doesn't look better. It doesn't look worse. As @mog_kupo demonstrates, it's hardly even noticeable. Perplexing.
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    Hope people don't mind me going back a page to ask about Has the Full Saber not been done before now in Metal Build? If it has, what's the deal with this one having that extra fourth dagger? Just another typical Metal Build flourish, or is it supposed to be an actual new variant?
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    Speaking of: Mighty kind of them to include a copy of their Macross display stand. I would have thought they would include just their usual three-part clear stand, but on second thought, that stand barely lifts the VF-1 Gerwalk off the ground; it wouldn't have been adequate for the VF-0.
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    Bit of column A, bit of column B. Column A: Sexual assault allegations should always be taken seriously. The two allegations are by ladies who don't seem to have anything much to gain from airing this dirty laundry. Column B: The allegations surfaced in an incredibly suspect source (and literally nowhere else) - a podcast helmed and produced by transphobic individuals who have personally targeted and been criticized by Gaiman for his trans support. Gaiman, for his part, says he has been fully cooperative with relevant investigators. The whole thing has the stink of ulterior motives to it, so I'm remaining highly skeptical of every single perspective on it. Would it surprise me if he were a weird sex creep? No. Would it surprise me if the accusers were lying? No. And everything in between. Regardless, I'm happy to see this still coming out. Hopefully it gets to a third season.
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    That's a common break point on that kit, and unfortunately there aren't any simple fixes. You can drill out the detail and insert plaplate shaped to match, or sand away the fin altogether. (IIRC it's molded a bit bigger than it "should be" so that it can double as a peg.) If you intend to display it in Battroid mode, you can replace that structural fin altogether with something like a brass rod to pin the two sections together.
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    Yeah, that's why I no longer feel any qualms whatsoever about buying bootleg if and when the fancy strikes me.
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    Neither do I, I'm just using it as a convenient reference point. Two Kotobukiya ZoE kits, then. 1.1-1.2 Metal Gear kits. Two or three Frame Arms. Heck, two or three Plum Assault Suits Valken kits. The point is that Square stuff is laughably bad value compared to... damn near everything else on the market, and by a long shot. They think their fart smells way nicer than it does.
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    Right, I'm not saying that's not the case. I'm just reiterating that ultimately the issue exists because Bandai wants the issue to exist.
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    Unfortunately you gotta do what you gotta do. Bandai knows this, and they're working to make sure it's the only thing you CAN do. For what it's worth, I finally got charged for a Alto YF-29 kit that had been sitting on backorder for ages. I think that's because the -29 isn't selling as well as the others in the line, though, but I have no evidence to back up the assertion, just a gut feeling.
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    I was referring to the Seibzehn kit, which is decently big but still fairly small scale-wise while costing the price of two, three MG kits.
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    Xenogears FORM-ISM ACT Weltall Square might - MIGHT - finally be done ripping you off! 36,000 JPY / $250 USD retail price seems to put it right in the range of similar toy lines (DX Chogokin, Metal Build, etc.). Still too rich for my blood, but it certainly seems more reasonable than 15000 JPY for a single undersized model kit. Watch them totally make me eat my words by being all plastic, terrible QA, etc. https://www.hlj.com/xenogears-form-ism-act-weltall-enx38346 https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-175422
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    Oh yeah, I should clarify the "news" here is confirmation of the 2026 release date, staff, and the new key art.
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    Patlabor EZY 2026 release https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-09-19/patlabor-ezy-anime-project-unveils-visual-staff-2026-start/.215775
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    Maybe the detail just flew over my head until now, but I wasn't aware this was episodic; I thought for sure it was just a one- or two-part movie, maybe a limited OVA at best. I'm thoroughly bored with, how to call it, "Gundam shot composition." It's always the same camera pans, always the same framing, pacing, etc. The monoeye turning on. The catapult/launch/drop sequence. The "conventional war machine takes a beating and COs panic beforehand" montage. Remember when the first episode of Macross Zero came out and we were treated to that phenomenal, intricately-detailed, slow-motion transformation sequence? I want something like that from Gundam. Not LIKE THAT like that, necessarily, but something that leaves a lasting impression on me the way that does. (The Gundam UC Destroy Mode transformation(s) does the former, but not the latter.) But despite Zakus and GMs being rendered in frakking UNREAL ENGINE now with millions of polygons and high-resolution textures, and this prime opportunity to use the new medium to do something interesting and unique, it's still just... more of the same. Bah. I'm too down on it too prematurely. It's only one more month; I should wait to complain until then.
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