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    HLJ Private Warehouse order came in. (Not pictured: Also got a Ranka "White and Brownie" figure for cheap from Amiami. These are cooler.)
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    I wouldn't put it exactly that way, though I suppose it is true from a certain perspective. Usually when people talk about things happening because the story needs it to happen, they're talking more about contrived, inexplicable, or too convenient turns of plot. Thanos's hardheaded devotion to the Final Solution, his strength of will, etc. are all well established by the time he does what he does, so it's not inconceivable. You dig far enough, and you're right, he IS the way he is to serve the story, but that's a bit of a pointless point because the same could be said about EVERYTHING at that point. (What WAS a bit absurd to me, though, was that they treated his sacrifice of Gamora in a sympathetic light, when it has been anything but. Maybe he DID love Gamora, but it was always a twisted kind of love. Certainly nothing to warrant a swell of slow orchestral music.)
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    The problem with Thanos is that he gains the power to be omnipotent but remains trapped in his own body, limited to his own mind. If he were truly omnipotent, as others have pointed out, he would have known to do any number of things to "balance the world." That he doesn't do those things doesn't mean that those solutions weren't and aren't viable, it means that he's too limited in his vision to think outside his own box. He doesn't actually want to save the world, to "balance" it. He wants to commit genocide, and uses "balance" as a flimsy pseudo-religious justification to do so. Contrast him with literally all of the heroes, but especially Gamora, who tells him point-blank that he has no way of knowing for sure that genocide is the only solution. He's too caught up in his own BS, too intent on doing what he WANTS to do to realize what he CAN do. Imagine if, say, Tony Stark got the stones and wanted to "balance" the universe. Do you think he'd be able to do so without killing trillions, possibly quadrillions, of people? I do.
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    Focslain confirmed promoting genocide.
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    For those of you interested in the RG Tallgeese and HG Leo (and I know there are a lot of you).
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    Also, you can't embed mobile links. You have to use the regular link, like so: https://twitter.com/coco2t39y25i/status/997736353742778368?s=20
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    Trailer debuted ahead of Deadpool 2. I nearly laughed more at this than I did the movie.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Oh god, that reminds me to start up a thread...
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    Women's products, even when identical to men's, have been proven to cost more on average for... no real reason. I mean there IS a reason, sexism, but no GOOD reason.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    OH MY GOD WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE
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    I've been floating that idea since I was a kid, not even as a preference, just a casual thought of "Y'know, it wouldn't surprise me if they went out once upon a time."
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Nah, just think of it as a Premium Weathering Finish.
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    http://www.comingsoon.net/extras/news/946875-doctor-strange-hot-toys-avengers#/slide/5 Not sure if this was already announced. Dr. Strange action figure.
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    Oh. I had suspicions, but it definitely seemed like there was some time shenanigans afoot narratively. As for the "reasons later", I'm going to take a guess that
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    Another angle. The shoulders definitely look small, the head definitely too tall.
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    FMP IV episode 5 is out now.
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    Just saw DP2, and IW has the better payoff. I'm not nearly as invested in Deadpool as the MCU, so it's an easy distinction to make. That said, seeing this did make me want to rewatch the first one again. This one, not as funny or as engaging as I remember the first one being, but still a super fun time. I don't think there's enough material to keep the franchise going, though. Deadpool was never very interesting by himself - part of why I'm not that interested in these movies in general - and after two films, his "shtick" very quickly gets old. Hell of a supporting cast, though.
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    Eh, something fading into obscurity is no big thing. Star Wars going the way of the dodo would be just fine by me; just leaves room for something new to take its place. That said, the way that it did evolve, especially with this last movie, have been wholly satisfying, so I'm good either way. I've always thought that that HAS to have happened sometime in the Star Wars canon. But isn't it something like droids are regularly wiped so they don't become too much like a living being? Thus why C3P0 (Zero? Oh?) and R2D2 are such oddities, because they've gone for so long without being "factory reset," as it were?
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    Seems to me it's a bit too tall. Shoulders also look off, but it could just be the angle. Either way, it still doesn't look bad.
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    If there was one character in Star Wars that I'd have pegged as being pansexual, he was it. So...
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Not just later Valkyries. The VF-0 is I believe the largest "good guy" VF. The VF-1 is just an odd duck all around.
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    http://jungle-scs.co.jp/sale_en/?page_id=75 SEALED item:Item new in sealed box. “A grade item”: Used item in a near mint-condition. “B grade item”:The item has been removed from packaging and displayed in a show case. --- I've only bought from them once, and I didn't bother checking the state of the item (turned out to be sealed). Anyway, if you're willing to build it yourself, the Bandai hobby division is selling an entire Exia + Avalanche + Dash parts set for ~$75 before shipping. Cheapest I've found in the US is at USA Gundam Store, where retail price is $76.99, and shipping looks to be really cheap, and there's a 10% off coupon (ZakuAurelius10). Food for thought. https://www.usagundamstore.com/collections/new/products/pre-order-mg-1-100-gundam-avalanche-exia-dash
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    ^Same. I keep hoping one day Hasegawa will announce a kit... or even Wave, at this point and with what they managed to accomplish with the VF-4. Have at it, @Urashiman, that's what I made it for. (edit: Oh, you'll need to be able to print white for the white stripes, etc. You can probably get them done by a third party like Samueldecal.) I'm just disappointed I still haven't turned them into vector art yet for easy scaling.
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    Am I so beautiful that you've no words left? https://www.destructoid.com/first-4-figures-is-making-an-awesome-and-expensive-true-midna-statue-502634.phtml
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