Atheonyirh

7 hours ago, JB0 said:

"Gypsy's analog. Nuclear."

That's definitely one of the other goofy lines. I think it's Cherno Alpha where they brag about how it's pure steel, no alloys at all involved in its construction. You really can't take any specifics of what it tells you too seriously. Plus the Hong Kong Shatterdome alone was said to be capable of handling 30 Jaegers all on its lonesome at peak across 6 bays, so I really doubt they maxed out at 30 active total across the entire Pacific.

8 hours ago, Wolf-1 said:

They were massed produced but not in mass quanity; size, construction time and raw material make that imposssible.  2019 was the end of Jaegar construction and the height of Jaegar's, with the world having 30 active Jaegars, by 2025 only 4 remain on active duty. The Mark 5 Striker Eureka came with a price tag of over 100 Billion; not to mention alll the money and resources constantly going to the Wall project. The Australian Shatterdome was shutdown on 12-29-24; again if Australia is that important to both sides, why? 

I really wouldn't put too much thought into the numbers involved in a series about giant robots where one of the giant robots is introduced by bragging about how it doesn't use any alloys in its construction. Just go off what it shows. 

18 hours ago, Wolf-1 said:

I just feel like it's going off the rails simply because they can.  The first two films gave us a total of what, 7-10 Jaeger's, from all around the world.  We see that Australia has more than that in one valley; why, how?  The Sisters aren't the reason, at least not the main reason, they would be more cause than effect.  

Keep in mind Jaegers were mass produced in large quantities for years upon years. Pacific Rim 1 had 4 remaining in operation, and more were clearly in operation for Uprising including the Drone ones and they clearly were operating more than just the one Shatterdome in Uprising given you see the attacks on the other domes in it. Australia likely had operations to try and get it under control for a while before they gave up and abandoned the continent, and with that base just outside their territory it's not hard to suspect they'd send in Jaegers occasionally.

1 hour ago, M'Kyuun said:

Different strokes. I watched S2 last week and enjoyed it.  I'm glad they wrapped it up though in the very likely case there's no third season.

Pretty sure that's already confirmed.

On 2/14/2022 at 2:03 PM, borgified said:

I knew that there was something off on a listing.

The 31 missile set is mislabeled as it's from the CF 171 add on pack, however it can be used on other 1/60 scaled valks. 

I actually bought a set a while back explicitly for that purpose. The fit is a bit snug but they definitely do work.

20 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

Wow...Peacemaker just looks utterly clueless there!

Peacemaker is typically in a state of utter cluelessness until given a very specific, identifiable target or goal to aim himself at. He's usually at about half clue, at best, even after that.

2 hours ago, jenius said:

ExoSquad! Was that 90s? If they redid ExoSquad with talented mech designers it could be epic.

It's honestly kind of surprising there's been no efforts at an ExoSquad revival.

On 1/30/2022 at 6:38 AM, Nightbat said:

I cannot consider someone dying because of him/her exercising their freedom of choice/right to bodily autonomy to be sad

I wouldn't consider it a smart thing, but who am I to judge? I smoke, ride a motorcycle and have not been vaccinated

 

Admittedly, I don't consider someone willingly refusing to do common sense, easy, safe things during a pandemic to avoid being infected and/or infecting others and dying for it to be all that sad either. I ran out of empathy for that sort of person sometime last year.

On 1/21/2022 at 9:38 PM, Big s said:

I guess I’ll never know what it was he wouldn’t do

Turns out it was that he wouldn't get vaccinated. Oops.

22 hours ago, jenius said:

Regarding the final Expanse episode:

  Hide contents

Regarding the Expanse's last episode, everything with the raid on the rail guns was good but the Pella's fate was anticlimactic. Marco yelling "Veer off!" made no sense... he had no reason to expect anything. The battle of the fleets was built up to be spectacular but only sort of paid off. Still a great show and a good season but it felt like the tension was escaping when it should be ramping up with the Pella.

 

That's literally how it goes in the book, to be fair.

That's my sentiment. HLJ prices mean DHL is cheaper and half the advertised speed, let alone real speed. I'd started using them just before Covid hit and kept using them right through it. Absolutely amazing customer service whenever I've had questions or issues, too.

On 12/31/2021 at 11:11 PM, Stampeed Valkyrie said:

I was just reading an article on this..

Because of her supposedly Transphobic comments..     Makes me laugh when common sense is now hate speach.. but alas clown world.

 

Her TERF nonsense sure ain't "common sense" broham, but that clown world comment tells me all I need to know on that front.

1 hour ago, derex3592 said:

This is my opinion on it as well. I definitely didn't hate it. WAY better than the 3rd one IMHO. I'll agree that the fight scenes were kinda the weakest part of the whole thing. 

I desperately want them to fill in knowledge gaps.

It's interesting. Weird, but interesting. I appreciated the world building and was amused by not-quite-referencing the MMO plotline but not specifically overwriting it either. I'm still not ENTIRELY sure what to think of it, I'll probably have to watch it again to be certain. But it's interesting.

8 hours ago, Wolf-1 said:

Not really an Project Aces game; I recently found "Operation Wingman" on the Xbox Gamepass.  It's a K.O. Aces game however, from mission briefings, right on down to controls. 21 campaign missions and 20+ planes; currently only made it to mission 4 and still flying an F4 (first real unlock).  It does not have the "high G" turns, still adjusting for strafing runs.  Where it does go away from Project Aces, is in Special Weapons and available slots, one is not simply limited to one special weapon but up to four, all equipped through the directional layout.  Overall its a solid B so far, graphics aren't as good and the story is generic but the gameplay if extremely familiar and while energy bleeding hasn't become an issue in the campaign I can see how it would greatly affect the multiplayer aspect of  the game.  Worth a try, since it's free with Gamepass.

Operation Wingman is an indie game loveletter to Ace Combat that has been on PC for a while and recently got ported to Xbox. Not a terribly high budget creation, but as I understand they did a very good job within the limits of what they could do.

On 12/4/2021 at 4:43 PM, Scyla said:

Is a P-Bandai release different than a TWE release?

I want to understand why I can „easily“ order some MB Gundams that are exclusive releases and some don’t even show up at the shops that allow you to order these exclusive toys.

Tamashii Web Exclusives (TWE) are bought from the Premium Bandai website, or P-Bandai. There's a US version of that website now which was what they were trying to show, and most places aren't going to be trying to do proxy orders for the US website, while the Japanese website already sold out and is starting a second run of orders due to the first selling out.

4 minutes ago, badboy00z said:

Is the forearm guns bigger than the regular 31? In fighter mode it looks like it's sits lower.

The VF-31AX series does have distinct changes from the VF-31, and the forearm guns are noticeably larger. The wing is noticeably thicker in general too. Those two combined would be why they sit lower.

On 11/29/2021 at 4:17 AM, Captain Global said:

One question, Is EMS getting more expensive? Recently placed an order in mandarake for a Yammie YF 19 and they  want to charge me 8100 for a 1220 gram package. It has nothing to do with the prices stated in their charts nor with the estimations I also made with buyee. Has anyone experienced something similar?

On 11/29/2021 at 7:17 PM, Anasazi37 said:

And EMS is more expensive in general these days, often higher than alternatives like FedEx, UPS, and DHL. It used to be very much the opposite. I think it's mostly because Japan Post has to contract with other organizations to get their EMS stuff shipped, which I think historically were commercial airlines, and there simply aren't as many passenger flights out of Japan right now. They're likely contracting with whomever they can find, and it's not cheap. Greater expense for them means higher prices for consumers....

Correct! Not enough normal air travel for the old ways of getting mail around means they have to pay for space on dedicated flights. Which is why they added, like, a 40% "temporary" surcharge. Which may or may not ever disappear for all anyone knows.

2 minutes ago, Shukenzero said:

Yeah all I see are people on Twitter and FB asking them about their money and items

So many cries of taking forever to get items, or month+ waits for tickets to be responded to, etc. I barely used NY to begin with but ever since the horror stories started coming in I don't think I ever could bring myself to again. I'd rather just wait and troll Mandarake post-release rather than throw my money away at NY.

Just now, Shukenzero said:

Isn’t NY on its last legs now?

I personally wouldn't trust them but supposedly they've ousted the old, suspect management for new management. Supposedly.

Whoo, my order went through. It hung at the final step for a solid minute so I got worried.

4 hours ago, Xigfrid said:

They existed as a plastic recast of the originals, I bought a set on aliexpress. This is why no one has made it on shapeways. You could check if they are still available. If not, it would be the occasion to put a model on shapeways. Let me know.

Looking at Aliexpress I'm seeing the KO of the VF-117 missile set much to my surprise, but nothing for the YF-19 and its pylons sadly.

So just to check, having come from the DX Chogokin YF-19 thread, is there anyone with a Shapeways listing for DX Chogokin YF-19 missile pylons? I got my YF-19 today and want to share the arsenal love around my other compatible DX Chogokins (VF-31A, YF-29, Draken III, with other VF-31s to come) and was trying to find more of the pylons themselves since it only comes with 6 plus the 2 reaction missile racks. In specific these parts, the ones that physically attach to the wing and the missiles or missile racks plug into:

Checking Xigfrid's shop showed pylons like that but designed to interface with his missiles as opposed to for interfacing with the existing missiles.

1 hour ago, no3Ljm said:

Got it. So the one you circled I think those can be fit with the VF-31 and the Draken. However, since you mentioned YF-29 on your original post, then that's something you need from Shapeways or anyone who done it before and glue it on the wings (YF-29's & VF-25's). The other way of doing it in case there's none of that available at Shapeways, try to reach out to @Xigfrid or anyone in the Ordnance thread who does 3D stuff and maybe they can do a quick file and send it to Shapeways. Or, you can recast those mounts with DIY Resins.

 

Yeah, I know they can fit to both. Just a matter of having enough to go around and be a little ordinance fairy. I'll pop in over there and check.

41 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

It looks like DX YF-19's missiles and pylons can be fit to DX VF-31's and DX Drakens as per @jenius photos in his YF/VF-19 review.

 

However, I can't remember if YF-29 have slots for pylons under its wings. Same goes for DX VF-25 Renewals. If you're looking for pylons to attach to, you can check @Xigfrid's Shapeway for DX Missiles and Pylons here: https://www.shapeways.com/shops/xigfrid3dshop?section=Missiles+and+Pylons+DX+compatible&s=0

You can also check this thread for Missile/Ordnance for DX toys here: 

 

Yeah, I knew from Jenius's reviews that the hardpoints work. Just a lot more missiles than hardpoints, so I was hoping to find hardpoint pylons that fit the YF-19's weapons, just the part that clips/pegs onto the wing and a missile or rack attaches to, to use more of the weapons across more aircraft rather than the 6 it comes with (and the dedicated reaction missile racks, I guess). I'd actually remembered Xigfrid's shop from before but it looks like he only has hardpoint pylons to fit his specific printed missiles, not generic ones as it were. Unless I've managed to miss something in looking around, which I'll admit could be the case.

Uh, I guess to be more clear, these lil' guys in specific: