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5 hours ago, sketchley said:
It's a common problem with machine translation. The workaround is—in the translation site of your choice*: 1) translate individual sentences, and if that doesn't work, 2) break the sentences into sections (e.g. break at a comma [,]).
It's super annoying, but that's the way it is...
some things will never change....
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2 hours ago, Big s said:
With a transporter, you just get your stuff and leave the cash on the counter.
just made me think that the transporter tech is probably gonna lead to a lot of theft. And the anti burglary systems would be absolutely horrific by scrambling the particles in an anti transporter field leaving you as a mess of meat and goo out in the back alley
More like just holding you in a pattern buffer tank until the authorities can arrive, then materialize you in the back of the police cruiser.
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3 hours ago, sh9000 said:
Ant-man's skull?
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10 hours ago, Black Valkyrie said:
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(And I JUST FINISHED my G1 1984 collection. GRRRRRRR....)
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Has anyone else ever noticed that the Spartas' transformation is basically:
Spoiler...turn around and bend over?
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8 hours ago, RaisingCane said:
Did the Macross ever leave Earth again for any reason after it was refit following Kamjin's final attack?
The only other time (and that was shortly before it was destroyed), as in Macross II, where it lifted off to fight against Ingues' fleet. And MII is an alternate universe unto itself.
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UPDATE: some long overdue progress shots:
Final configuration for the stand base:
Main logo and the file number from the series' briefing (at the start of the S1 episodes, IIRC):
A pic with the unextended sponson ends attached:
Bottom shot without and with ADF pod:
Rare Earth magnets embedded in both hull and ADF pod:
Sponson ends: normal and chain guns deployed; both attach via a series of posts:
Airwolf's weaponry at a glance:
3/4 rear view port; extended exhausts for rotor engines and turbo boost nozzles in place:
Work done to hollow out and rebuild turbo boost intakes and cooling intakes for rotor engines:
Main rotor hub:
The helicopter still needs work: a final buffing down of the hull (lumpy in some areas and the shine is too much), refining some details, and a couple fo other nitpicks. But overall, this project has succeeded beyond what I had hoped for!
Finally... a shot of "The Lady" coming straight for the camera:
Stay tuned folks....
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On 4/19/2024 at 4:08 PM, Big s said:
This is just how Japanese teach sex education and the subject of fertilizing an egg
I get the sneaking suspicion that somehow, LSD was involved in the making of those "credits".
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3 hours ago, jvmacross said:
The TV SDF-1 on the boxart should give you a clue...
We've never noticed a joystick on the SDF-1, so I'm afraid you've lost us there. 🙄
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Hard. Pass.
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8 hours ago, electric indigo said:
Nice job so far!
BTW: I know it doesn't have it's legs yet, but it kinda reminds me of what Jaws would look like in the year 3000!
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On 4/17/2024 at 11:31 AM, Seto Kaiba said:
For some reason, Southern Cross's writers and the design team "Ammonite" seem to have had it in for the Logan.
Despite already having a bunch of secondary fighter designs that were specifically and explicitly made to be destroyed onscreen, the Logan's the one they saddled with the rep of being replaced because it was ineffective on the battlefield. That the Logan's a bad fighter in-universe is one of the few consistently mentioned details about it. Even the show's promotional materials get in on it at points.
(That Marie Angel's hangs on for as long as it did is apparently more an indicator that the "Cosmo Amazon" just that good.)
Too bad we couldn't get some Logans in as patrol craft for the cities in the next Macross series as cannon-fodder to get blown up.
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Nice weathering job on both; I couldn't hep notice though a couple of nitpicks here (minor ones) that jarred my eyes while looking at these wonderfully done models (second video):
1) The odd offset placement of "U.N. SPACY" on the black wing stripes and "001" with black stripe on the engine nacelles/ legs (1:02)?
1) Anyone notice the huge gap between the canopy and the rest of the nose on the Strike Valk (11:52)? I wonder if the canopy was somewhat warped during manufacture?
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Finally got my Missing Link Convoy/ Optimus Prime C-01 yesterday:
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21 hours ago, Shawn said: that's just sad looking!!
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44 minutes ago, azrael said:
I'd wager all merchandising, given the context in the photo.
It would help with comparison to know Gundam merchandising numbers (and how much smaller Macross is compared to Gundam).
Gundam Franchise Earns Record Sales Topping 131 Billion Yen (May 2023) (for context, 131B Yen = ~$900 million in 2023)Bandai Namco Quarterly Financial statements
@Seto Kaiba is correct. Even in the 1990s-2000s, whatever short-term gains Macross or any other popular anime of the time (Evangelion; for example), they would always be a tiny piece of the pie compared to Gundam. Always.
Yeah...Gundam may as well be the mech mascott of Japan and of all mech anime as a whole.
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3 hours ago, Shawn said:
They are either going super serious, so we'll get a 1/300 Prometheus, or they'll go crazy themed
From their webpage under anime characters-they are definitely different! lol
https://www.fujimimokei.com/item/category/39
only 2 more weeks to speculate
While they're at it, how about a 1/300 Daedalus and a 1/300 Macross to go with it?
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52 minutes ago, Shawn said:
Anyone need a case of VF-1As!!!!??? Wow-that is even the original Imai shipping case!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256465611086
or 60 Nupetiet-Vergnitzs'?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256475586151
I believe these finds are from that secondary warehouse they showed us.
I seriously wish I had the money for all those, Shawn! Right now, I can't even afford modeling supplies!
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21 hours ago, Thom said:
Nice looking guns, @pengbuzz. And that display stand looks great.
UPDATE: thanks, but I ended up with some trouble:
1) The internal support for the sponsons tore out on me while I was doing final adjustments for the non-weapon sponson covers. It took with them the entire support structure for the wheels, wheel wells and cracked the bottom hull plate of the model, requiring a rebuild of the lower hull plate.
Anyways, a friend on another forum is sending materiel support, so in a few days, I should have this back on track.
Stay tuned...
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6 hours ago, TMBounty_Hunter said:
Welp, and here we see exactly why Valk proportions do no work for a Battroid
Doesn't look all that bad to me; I think we all got spoiled on "anime magic"....
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UPDATE: chain guns revised-
I know the 40mm cannon still looks a little big, but it's probably because it's light colored in contrast to the rest of the craft. We'll see how it looks painted, but comparing it sizewise, it seems spot on to the specs.
Also; I got my idea for the stand going:
Stay tuned...Archangel and Marella want a word with me about something...
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1 hour ago, cheemingwan1234 said:
Make this a cross with Delta so that Mirage can join in.
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3 hours ago, SteveTheFish said:
I actually thought about maybe doing that. Or Gaia Notes Clear Black would do it too. I did a Hasegawa Eggplane Girl wearing a bunny girl costume, and I used the Clear Black on her pantyhose to give it a sheer look. The effect was pretty nice.
You could try using #0000 steel wool lightly, then some ground up black pastel to add the color differentiation. It would allow you to do so without adding a lot of layers to the paint job, and as a bonus, be subtle about it.
Calibre Wings 1/72 Prometheus Elevator Diorama Display Set
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Yeah, it is a bit darker than what they did the deck in; probably a couple of sludge washes would help.