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    It's above the Kshatriya/Zeta posts <--note to self: read better. Anyway it looks like a SRW design. Could be wrong, but that's my first guess.
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    Didn't the series box set include English subtitles? Or am I thinking of Delta?
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    Hasegawa VF-31

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Model kits

    It is, indeed. It convinced me to buy the kit.
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    BANDAI DX YF-19!!

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Toys

    Is it still too late for me to get my three-toys-in-one-box version with all three having the best proportions for their individual mode?
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    If there's a writing equivalent to criminal negligence, I'd say they're at least guilty of that. Are androids human/machine hybrids, or was that cyborgs? In the case she's fully synthetic, I'd say she fits squarely in the Sharon Apple category, just with a different, more immediately identifiable as "human," body. And in that case, I'd be with Seto that her very existence would be against the law. Now, perhaps AI tech has advanced in the intervening years (how many years is it? Plus is 2040, Delta is... 2068? So some 30 years or so?) that there are legitimate existential questions to be answered. Maybe even talk of Ghosts? You know, in some sort of Shells? (But speaking of Ghosts, judging by the behavior of the Ghost drones once Luca unlocked their AI systems, I would say they're still a long way off from approaching anything even remotely resembling "AI civil rights" territory.) Say what, now? See, this is why I hate the Protoculture stuff. I seem to remember the original SDFM and even DYRL? worked music into the story as a metaphor for cultural exchange. The reason song was so powerful wasn't because of ancient Protoculture engineering, but because it symbolized the exchange of ideas across language and cultural divides. A love song being one of R Lee Protoculture's drill instructor jingles is much less romantic.
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    All of that is great fodder for a story to be told. Even if she were, say, created 20 years ago and thus is 20 years old with 20 years' worth of idol experience, she still lacks any other knowledge of interacting with people in any other meaningful way. If she's just a weapon or a tool, then what happens when her creators don't need to use her? Turn her off? Confine her to an isolation chamber? Evidently Lady M chose to allow her some measure of freedom and socialization, at which point, what does she do? What happens if/when she finds herself in an unfamiliar scenario? Why is she allowed out at all? Do Lady M and co. see some benefit to her living, in both a literal and metaphorical sense? If so, do they cross an ethical boundary by continuing to treat her solely as a weapon/tool? If so or if not, what does that say about the Macross universe's ethical stances? Sure, they may ultimately "see her as a tool and not a living sentient being," but so much of her role is tied into being, or at least accurately mimicking, a living sentient being. And again, they ALLOW her to be a living sentient being. So... there's some major disconnect there. And not to belabor the point, but her age DOES factor into this, because if she IS allowed some sort of socialization as it seems she is, even minor socialization spread across 3 years of existence is very different from minor socialization spread across 20 years. Or if she is isolated for any significant amount of time, 3 years' worth of isolation is very different than 20 years' worth. And so on and so forth. I mean, at the end of the day, you're right, her "age" doesn't matter because she's a fictional character. But what does it say about the real-world creators that they ignore all of that and instead just treat her as tits and ass and a great singing voice? It says that they employ Incompetent writers, sure, but also it reinforces the notion that their sole priority in this endeavor was to make a vehicle for the introduction of an idol group, all else be damned. And they've done serious damage to the Macross... legacy? I guess?... in the process. It's nothing that can't be fixed by the next entry, but... well, it just feels like a cheap cash grab, and that's not a level that Macross had stooped to before.
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    Despite all I've said already, I'd love to see an MP Eva in this style.
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    I think it's the fact that there's so very little else there, of substance or otherwise. I can't tell if there's so little story because they were so focused on the fanservice or they focused so much on the fanservice because they had no story.
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    Should we expect the /G as a P-Bandai release, then? Also, it seems to me that between the 7S and 7S/G, people seem to prefer the 7S, or at least it is more... "prominent" in the merchandise than the 7S/G? I would think the latter would be the more marketed since it's exactly the same as the former BUT WITH MORE, but why is that apparently not the case? I'd have preferred a Quanta, but I haven't built a single PG outside of the Eva-01 anyway. Couldn't they just mix and match frame parts from both the Exia and 00 for it?
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    The amount of Reina/Makina petting in the series was distracting enough (not in the sense of titillating, just generally) that I remember it was a notable point of conversation at some points. And while some of it felt contextually appropriate, you could tell a lot of it was there for "titillation's" sake, not for the sake of informing anyone's characters or otherwise adding anything of actual substance to the show. The way I hear it, which is... better...? I guess? But like Seto said, ...which is complicated by what he also points out: Like, it's hard to emphasize just how creeped out I am by the way they handled Mikumo. She is literally designed to be sexy (even though her design does absolutely nothing for me but anyway) without any understanding of actual sex. She has the confidently sexy smile and swagger of Sheryl Nome, but none of her intention. Instead of sex appeal being something she exploits, it is literally the only way she knows how to express herself. And all that is creepy enough, but it's great fodder for a story about her; what really gets me is that the writers completely ignore it and instead just keep ogling her and even invite us to do the same. Aside from Mikumo, I think this sentiment holds true enough. Philosophical question of the day: If each time they "service" the "fans" and the fans sigh in exasperation instead, can it really be considered fanservice? I remember while the show was airing some folks were talking about the character animation quality as well, and while I thought it was fine during the series, the spoiler videos that... seem to have been removed now... had some really spotty facial animations. I wonder what's happened to the talent pool at Satelight in the time since Frontier that the writing and animation have gone downhill like this. *thinks about your Makina gainax gif* Gee, coulda fooled me... Hot Valk scissoring action. You sure you're not in it for the fanservice?
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    Thanks, glad they got to you okay. To be honest, I experienced a bit of seller's remorse after shipping them off. The nephews saw them as I was boxing them and were really bummed to learn they weren't for them. I think I'm gonna have to scour YJA again for these and all the others like them that were released. So much for getting rid of all the knick-knacks.
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    Ah, I see. Thanks, that was some good (hardly useful, but always good ) trivia to find out.
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    I'm so conflicted about this. On the one hand, they've scrubbed all the Kojima Productions from the title. On the other hand, it's Zone of the MFing Enders. Maybe I'll get it on PC when it goes on sale or something...
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    Thanks for the link tekering. Followup question then: Did the Tristars always use HM Zaku IIs, or was that retconned somewhere along the line from regular Zakus? (Also what's the source for that? The movies? A special celebration animation? Etc.)
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    Just bumping to ask a quick question: The Black Tri-Stars Zaku II has never been animated, right? It's officially an MSV? I know the Zaku I shows up in Origin, and obviously there's the Dom. Did they "use" regular Zaku IIs that were later retconned to be High Mobility types, or were they always HM Zakus? Thanks for any answers.
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    BANDAI DX YF-19!!

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Toys

    Ah, yes, reading that again I see what you mean.
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    BANDAI DX YF-19!!

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Toys

    It might not be a line. IIRC the only confirmed release is the VF-1J, and while it would make sense to populate the rest of the VF-1 series in 1/48 scale, I wouldn't expect that same scale to apply to other Valks. The VF-1 is incredibly small compared to its descendants (and even its VF-0 parent), such that the larger 1/48 scale still puts it at around the same absolute size as the other DXes, which range around 1/55-1/65. Maybe they'll do the VF-9 Cutlass in 1/48 scale, though. If @Xigfrid's rendition is anything to go by, that VF is even smaller than the VF-1 and could use the scale bump.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    A catgirl mermaid... Why can I picture that?
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    BANDAI DX YF-19!!

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Toys

    Does this mean the upper air intake/back of the "thighs" are fixed on the DX? Or is it just the pose? Is it the same on the Yam/cadia toys? The side of the leg says "UN Spacy" and the left shoulder has the "19" decal that's on the YF-19 but not the VF-19Advance.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    On the VF-31A front, Hasegawa are at least reissuing their 1/72 kit in December. So... y'know, if you're so desperate for SOMETHING VF-31A that you'll learn how to mask, paint, and glue for it. Go the extra step and mix it together with a transforming Bandai kit and you've pretty much got the same thing as the DX, right? Right???
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    i completely forgot to order those fuuuuuuuuuu~~~!!!!
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    BANDAI DX YF-19!!

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Toys

    Just another heads up that I'll let go of one of my two preorders come release. I've got one at amiami, one at HLJ. I'll open a thread in the FS section come the right time.
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    To be fair to TLJ, mystery boxes in general and TFA's mystery boxes in particular are stupid stupid STUPID approaches to filmmaking/storytelling. Touching as few of those as it could and flat-out abandoning the rest was probably the best way they could have gone about it.
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    What is the canon spelling of Lynn Minmay? I think I'm getting it mixed up with Robotech, but do Macross ever deviate from the above spelling? Linn Minmei? Lyn Min-mei?
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