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Finally got through to the last episode. Definitely the best show of the early part of the year and another great for Prime. I really can’t make a complaint about this one. It was a great mix of fun and dramatic and horrifying and action packed and hilarious. It was definitely a great season and really want more

1 hour ago, TangledThorns said:

That's because Keenan is a professional! LOL. Seriously, though. Keenan is the only reason I check out SNL via Youtube on Sunday mornings.

Usually the sketches with him, he’s the only one that breaks. It’s very rare to see him keep a straight face

4 hours ago, Black Valkyrie said:

 

 

 

Love that song and that entire album. It’s such a great song that Ghost recently did a Grammy nominated cover of it. Although I prefer the original album version. I just can’t get enough of Steve Harris on bass and this song doesn’t try to drown it out

1 hour ago, Mommar said:

I disagree withbthe use ofnthe diaphragm joint on Wolverine here.  The swivel/crunch would serve the costume better.  Belt covers the waist swivel and the crunch helps maintain the vertical blue look along the sides 

I actually think it looks far better than their usual joints in the torso. The arms are what bug me. The elbows look too blocky and the skin cancer on the outside of his arms is a bit too much. If they wanted it to look like hair, they should’ve gone with thinner lines

On 4/14/2024 at 7:48 AM, Gabe Q said:

That looks awesome! What is it? I don't recognize it.

That’s the moderoid Thunderjaw. I think I posted a picture of the box about 4or5 pages back when someone else asked what he was building, but I think that since he’s getting to the finish line and things are looking great so far, it won’t be long before his completed pics show up and will put that box art to shame 

51 minutes ago, Thom said:

They hate it so much, they must secretly love it!🤪

I kinda doubt it’s a secret love thing. It’s probably a love for the franchise and wishing for it to be treated better.

I remember watching that horrible Obi show and I should have just quit, but it gives that feeling that if you don’t watch, then you’re gonna regret missing something epic. But shows like Obi and Rings of Power just ended up epic letdowns 

1 hour ago, davidwhangchoi said:

 

I always think it’s odd that his gold standard is the old hg Zaku III kit

2 hours ago, jvmacross said:

The color schemes look pretty awful...should have just went with the old Nichimo variants as illustrated by Takani....

 

Looks like she’s struttin on a fashion show stage and he just dropped the mic while walking off

On 3/26/2024 at 4:02 PM, twich said:

Question,

has there ever been a figure or robot damashi of the murasame from Gundam seed destiny? I am a sucker for transformable mobile suits!

Thanks,

Twich

I don’t know about the figures, but if I remember there was a standard and gold hg kit

1 hour ago, Old_Nash_II said:

oh, cmeon.

I have good ideas, but they throw money in trash like these!

 

It’s one of those examples of a show that got too many viewers through hate watching causing the studio to do an additional season’s based on numbers. 

I personally haven’t watched it, but I know several that did and hated every episode either hoping for it to get better or to have something to talk about.

I did do something similar with that Rings of Power show hoping every episode that the next would be better and even though the show was disliked by a good majority that watched, they decided on a second season of that as well for the same numbers reason

41 minutes ago, Robin-11 said:

That's great! Mr.Hobby is my favourite brand for top coats. I think their top coats are the best ones. Thank you!

No problem. I don’t honestly know how well they work since I’ve never had to use them, but had noticed that they are available at a lot of places lately 

31 minutes ago, Robin-11 said:

Thanks, i never really looked into that UV top coat because i never had any yellowing problems with my gundam model kits. I always thought that the plastic Bandai uses for its Gunpla were made...of something different   Now i know it's not like that and will definitely look for it. Do you, by any chance,  remember the brand of it?

Mr color makes a common one both in bottle and as sprayit also comes as gloss and flat coats. Most stores that carry the mr hobby brands have them

47 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Literally the only profitable part of the company is Wizards of the Coast, which makes D&D and Magic:The Gathering.

I’ve been hearing that they’re having some problems as well, not sure how bad though. I kinda paid more attention to the toy stuff

1 hour ago, MisaForever said:

Seriously? So what keeps them from churning out Valks left and right to vendors? Do they not have the market to do so?

Hasbro is almost going broke by taking too many gambles. They cut a lot of jobs lately and have had many other companies handling their licenses. Too many toys in the clearance isles I guess 

8 hours ago, The Original Cobywan said:

I'd wager they will start with a sportscar in Skull Leader livery.

 

I’m putting my fake cash on the Lobster with the same color scheme. 

1 hour ago, Mommar said:

It's not a mold that can be milked.  Likely they won't touch it.

That’s probably the case, but as said above by jenius, they’ve picked some oddballs. They did do the Monster and Glaug. Not too many examples beyond those in hmr though 

Paramount plus was probably the antibiotic to stop the spread of STD. It may have had more viewers on a different service, but who knows. I don’t know anyone that was able to watch it, but from what I’ve read it didn’t sound great

5 hours ago, Robin-11 said:

Hey everybody, today it's sunday and i used a little bit of my free time to take some puctures of my Dijeh RE 100. I actually built this kit few years ago right after it was released but only lately i did some extra work on it. I put some extra decals on and add a layer or two of top coat. Unfortunately i noticed that it's one of my few gunpla (actually maybe the only one) who yellowed a little bit...it's a real shame since it seems like it's becoming a hard kit to find and I don't think Bandai is going to reprint it soon. Anyway i hope you like lens flare!

Looks pretty cool.

there is a UV cut top coat that may help preventing yellowing. As far as reprints, the re series hardly gets any other than odd ones at the web shop gets

9 hours ago, mechaninac said:

Only by modern, low episode count, standards; if compared to everything up to Enterprise with their 22-26 episodes per season, without taking episode run-time into account, Lower Decks amounts to a 2-2.5 year mission.  Now, if specifically stated in-show that five years have elapsed since the events of the premier episode I'll retract my assertion and concede the point.

5 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

 

For what it's worth, the whole "five year mission" concept isn't even a thing outside of TOS and the other 23rd century titles (TAS, DSC, SNW).

Five year missions were only really a thing for the big deep space explorers like the Constitution-class and Excelsior-class in the 23rd century.  Starfleet seems to have gone away from the idea after the 23rd century given that the concept vanished from Trek entirely with TNG and wasn't mentioned again until DSC and SNW.  Even if they still did that kind of thing, the USS Cerritos isn't one of the big multi-mission deep space explorers that gets sent on that kind of mission.  She's a rear-echelon utility ship of a type that both TOS-era (and PIC era) material classifies as a tugboat.

Star Trek: the Next Generation cut the idea out entirely.  The opening narration changed from:

to:

 

Star Trek: the Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager all adopted the premise that one season equalled one year of in-universe time.

TNG's seven seasons span seven years from 2364 to 2370 with the movie being set one year later in 2371.

DS9's seven seasons span seven years from 2369 to 2375.

VOY's seven seasons span seven years from 2371-2378.

Star Trek: Enterprise followed the same basic approach too, with its four seasons spread between April 2151 to January 2155.

Star Trek: Discovery seems to follow the same approach was well, with its two 23rd century seasons spanning 2256-2258 and its two completed 32nd century seasons spanning 3188-3190.

Star Trek: Picard breaks the pattern a bit with its first season set in 2399, its second and third seasons both taking place in the first half of 2401, though that still averages out to 3 years in-universe time = 3 seasons.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is a bit more of a pattern-breaker as it's indicated that seasons one and two both take place in 2259.

Star Trek: Lower Decks's four seasons currently span a two-year period from 2380 to 2381.

 

So, you're right for the wrong reason... it is like 2-2.5 year story but the whole five year mission isn't a thing at the time the series is set.

That’s a lot to say about a little joke. I haven’t seen the show, due to being on the least popular streaming service, but if the episodes are only 20 something minutes rather than almost an hour then it might be more like a one year mission at the most. 

4 hours ago, MKT said:

Pretty great costumes actually!

They do some entertaining performances at conventions and do great renditions of songs from Transformers the Movie and other little oddballs

5 minutes ago, pengbuzz said:

that's just sad looking!!

It’s not sad looking. It looks brave and full of conviction ready to take on all challenges. Unfortunately he wasn’t informed about the outside world and what truly awaited him and the fact that he was highly unprepared for the competition.

19 hours ago, Spark-O-Matic said:

Never say never! She is a Piloted Fembot, those are all the rage right now Lol.  In all seriousness Bandai needs to allow crowd funding like Hasbro has done. as long as they know they are covered with funding then a Tomahawk or the Regult Scout should be no problem. I know your pain, I'm praying for a once in a lifetime anniversary G1 Jetfire this year or next . when pigs fly.

Bandai is an unpredictable beast at times. There could be a completed prototype of a popular character or robot, but then they may never release it. As far as female toys, I still remember the Faye Valentine from cowboy bebop. It looked really great, had all the joints and paint, all they had to do was get them on the shelf. She was a wanted character and what was showed was amazing, but all we got was a tease. Other times they go wild and overproduce items nobody gives a damn about like Kyoukai Senki toys and models and nobody buys them

29 minutes ago, 505thAirborne said:

We ALL need a good laugh, enjoy! 🤣

 

Not saying it wasn’t a bit funny, but it’s more funny that the cast members can’t keep from laughing at their own jokes 

2 hours ago, Spark-O-Matic said:

I'm going to be start working on this big guy tomorrow. Wish me good luck.

 

Have some mega fun with that mega size model

Not a fan of the games and have very little knowledge other than a few commercials. That being said, I’m loving the show. I’m about halfway through and it’s definitely my favorite show of the year. I thought Shogun would be my number one, but I had a feeling it was too early to call. So far it’s a better year for streaming so far and hopefully there’s more good shows up and coming.

As an odd side, I really want to see that Warhammer project after seeing the way armor was handled here