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  1. 1 hour ago, derex3592 said:

    I mean I get that and all, but maaaybe stop showing off new stuff that at this rate won't get produced till 2025 until you have some stuff released that's already late!  Sorry, just bitching to bitch, it's been one of those days...=@

    Like it’s been said, they’re getting hit by the delays that most of the other companies are dealing with. Those issues are mostly due to overseas manufacturing, and I’d imagine that rather than stay idle as a company they’re using their time here to do the design and as much development as they can here on this side of the ocean. 

  2. 21 hours ago, Gabe Q said:

    For US buyers (I'm in California):

    Is it cheaper to buy it from Japan and have it shipped or should we get it from a US retailer? I have to pay 7.75% sales tax on US purchases. 

    If you can get a good discount, it might be about the same price. I doubt it will be cheaper, but getting it from Japan is probably gonna have to wait till release day. Unless you luck out and someone cancels their order and you just happen to see it pop up on one of the Japanese sites.

  3. 19 minutes ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

    Hello!

    I just noticed that Amazon.com has the HMR VF-0S Phoenix available for pre-order.

    Since when did the Amazon in the US start offering Macross pre-orders like this?

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    Probably since they decided to to worldwide releases 

  4. 42 minutes ago, jvmacross said:

    In earlier interviews, the head writer more or less indicated that his writing had to adhere to the Lucasfilm Story Group's guidelines on what, to them, would be acceptable to write/depict onscreen....the writer could have gone the "creative differences" route, but perhaps the Star Wars credit to his name was more valuable than leaving the project...good or bad...

    Sure, it's bad writing, but how much of it can be attributed to the limitations you are given?

    I get that there are certain limitations given to the writing staff and you don’t want to quit a show as big as Star Wars. But if they just had people smart enough to say that things aren’t working or to know that people don’t like garbage that this disaster could’ve been avoided.

  5. 2 hours ago, Mog said:

    The bones of a good story are there.  It’s just that the writer allowed his plot ideas and kewl scenes to take precedence over everything else.

    Basically, the writer allowed his plot to dictate how the characters will react (even if it’s inconsistent from scene to scene), rather than the characters’ traits guiding where the plot should go.

    Personally I don’t think that the kewl scenes landed and the bones of a good story really weren’t there as well.  They put the budget into great actors, but wasted their talent by not giving them a story. They put no effort in the effects, the music and worst of all the writing. I think we’d have been better off without this. 

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    2 hours ago, SwanGore said:

    I'm building this model now and it's great. I'm putting a light in the 'eye' and in both feet. Question: Are you using the base? If not, are you having issues with it not staying upright over time. I notice on my I'll have it upright and it'll very sloooooly droop down and eventually it'll just fall forward. With all the wiring I have going the base won't really work since I won't be able to hide the wires if it's flying. 

    Mine barely holds up when all the weight is on it. I’ve been adding a little gloss in the joints to try and toughen it. 
    really looking forward to seeing yours lit up. And curious how you achieve the lighting. And are you gonna light up the sensors on the body as well?

  7. 38 minutes ago, TangledThorns said:

    Finished it last night. And you lied, that last episode wasn't any better. Can't believe they got away with stealing plot elements and scenes from REBELS. I could go on but ultimately my love for STAR WARS is dead. Not saying I hate it but it'll take a lot for me to be excited about anything Star Wars again.

     

     

    Actually I warned you. It was a terrible show through to the end. There were a couple episodes that were less bad than others, but as whole, it leaves a hole in the heart

  8. 8 hours ago, Rock said:

    Tried out the recently more popular WAVE Tan and Gray Pla-Plate. Been using Evergreen Styrene for the past 20 years due to WAVE and Tamiya's product not being local. My mind is a bit blown. The stuff (especially the tan) cuts literally like butter compared to the 20 passes (with a fresh blade) it takes to get through the same thickness (1.5mm) of evergreen's product. Being able to work without having to dread lengthy cutting/chiseling/scribing sessions is just the boost I think I need to get back at it.

     

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    Dear lord, the evergreen stuff is so hard to deal with. Don’t get me wrong, it’s high quality and very sturdy, but that really works against you especially with hand tools 

  9. 1 hour ago, sqidd said:

    You know it's going to be a great episode when you get this warning before it starts.:rofl:

    And it was great (not just because if this moment).

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    I was cracking up at that as well. Great episode with some interesting changes to different situations all around. And can’t wait for the big showdown with soldier boy and Homelander.  Really liked what they did with A-Train in this one.

  10. 1 hour ago, derex3592 said:

    A lot of these newer shows shot in 4K Dolby Vision pretty much require you to watch them in a completely dark room. I keep my Dolby Vision setting on "Bright" for everything on Disney + and don't attempt watching them until after dark with one LED lamp on in the corner of the room dimmed to like 10%.  The directors and people in charge seem to have forgotten that just because they watch everything in darkened editing suites or screening rooms, that somewhere out in the REAL world, people might actually have these things called WINDOWS in their living rooms!:mellow:

     

    I honestly didn’t notice. Then again I was watching at midnight on release day as soon as it popped up. I probably will never rewatch this show since it was so bad, but I’ll see if I notice it on something else one of these days 

  11. 15 minutes ago, Mommar said:

    He enlarged the eyes but further modifications to the shapes, and his body type, were made by Eric Larsen and Mark Bagely after he left.  The shape of the mask/eyes is very Mark Bagely on this figure.  But they did manage to nail a proportion that evokes the "ideal" Spider-Man look which happens to cross over between Todd, Eric and Mark though.

    Either way, it’s definitely not the classic Spider-Man. More like the late 80’s early 90’s Spider-Man. And the blue is like I said intended to be blue, but I could see how someone might think it was black since the way they highlighted black looks exactly the same as that eras dark blue was colored.

  12. 2 hours ago, Mommar said:

    Outside of a short stint Spider-Man has always been depicted as Blue and Red.  The two head sculpts provided  are the same two that have come with every other classic Spider-Man release and are Mark Bagley style.  The image you posted above is from later in MacFarlane's career where the look of the mask had already changed from when Todd was originally on the book and more reflects Bagely at that point.

    McFarlane isn't always the colorist either.

    I had always heard that Mcfarlane was the one that enlarged the eyes and popularized the spaghetti webbing. I still have some of those comics buried away in a box. Before his run, I remember the eyes were much smaller, like more than half the size in some cases. 

  13. 52 minutes ago, Scyla said:

    Isn’t Spider-Man supposed to be black and red? So the blue is a highlight of the black spandex. ^_^

    The face and webbing are more the McFarlane style than the classic style. I think he’s always been blue, but after looking at images of that era Spider-Man in that style outfit and his black outfit, it kinda makes me question that. I think McFarlane intended the classic to still be dark blue especially after seeing his Spawn/ Spider-Man cover, but the way he did black back in the day looks the same as his blue.

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