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On 3/30/2023 at 11:33 AM, no3Ljm said:

Hobby Japan May 2023 Issue.

Thanks!  I found the issue on Hobby Link Japan but the shipping alone is 3 to 4x the cost of the magazine.  What is the best way to pick up a single issue these days?

Also I just found this tool: https://translate.yandex.com/ocr

It can take something like this:

And turn it into this:

I'm curious if this means Sentinel is planning on producing the Bulldog too.  I suspect they could reuse the majority of the molds needed from the Tread.  Or is this image connected to the Genesis Breaker story?  Or another project?

Thanks again, Carl

On 3/25/2023 at 7:10 AM, sh9000 said:

Does anyone know what magazine and issue this image is from?  I'm tempted to pick up a copy.

Thanks, Carl

43 minutes ago, tekering said:

I don't recognize it either... nor can I find any reference to a shuttle Goooaro.

Does this answer the question?

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/USS_Goddard

Not the best font choice if you ask me.

Carl

Hello,

    I recently just watched the first 2 seasons of the Mandalorian and really enjoyed it.  However I have one question that has been bugging me.  What is known about the group that was housing Grogu before the Mandalorian took custody of him?  I'm wondering if these were "good" guys that were protecting Grogu from the bounty hunters knowing fragments of the Empire were after him.  If these were "bad" guys, why hadn't they simply sold Grogu to the highest bidder.  He appeared heathy when we first see him so I assume he was getting fed and taken care of while there and the impression given is that he had been there for years.  Seeing as the Mandelorian killed most if not all of those in that encampment in the process of recovering Grogu I'm not certain what I am supposed to be thinking about this group.  Starting your story by having the main character killing a bunch of good guys doesn't sound like a smart move but in hindsight their motives appear to have been to protect Grogu.  Thoughts?  Has this been discussed elsewhere?  I know I'm slow to the game here.

Thanks, Carl

Hello,

   I saw where you pointed someone to this thread for proposed model kit projects.  Here is a subject that might be fun.  Granted there isn't much reference material but this may be an opportunity to flesh out the details by "Moscatofication" and may be fun, and I'm curious what you'd do with it.    I'm thinking of the 2007 Legioss with or without the Dread2.  The Dread2 appears to be a reimagined Tread.  Not certain what to make of the Dread1 in the below image as it appears to show it connected to the 1984 Legioss but doesn't look anything like the Tread (Anyone able to translate the text on this page?)

    A set of the P-51 Mustang, the F-18 Hornet, the 1984 Legioss, and the 2007 Legioss all in the same scale would also make for a very interesting display piece.

Just throwing out some ideas.

Carl

I'm in for 2.   And a small fleet of Alpha/Beta combos.   Just sent payment.  Thanks Shawn for the heads up.

Carl

P.S.  Will the Alpha/Beta combo be separable?  Available in any other modes than fighter?  The combo gerwalk mode would be nice and may be the only other mode doable at this scale.  Not sure...

Can it be attached to the Horizont like this with the box over the cockpit?

1 hour ago, sqidd said:

I'm shocked and pleased. When companies break up and go under they generally don't have any money.

I suspect this money isn't coming from Chronicle Collectibles.  Partial.ly was acting as a middle man via collecting these payments.  I suspect they have some insurance that covers situations like this.  So this is likely them distributing an insurance payout.  If people didn't get their money back people would likely be trying to sue them because suing Chronicle Collectibles wouldn't have likely been very fruitful.  At least that is what I think is happening here.

Carl

On 9/29/2020 at 8:12 PM, sqidd said:

I predict no one is getting a penny back unless it's through PP or a CC company.

I contacted my CC company and was informed I needed to contest each transaction separately.  From my login account I could only see 5 statements so could only see a fraction of the transactions I needed to context.  In my case there were a total of 14 transactions so I needed to follow a procedure of requesting they upload the older statements first.  I did that Tuesday and they have just now shown up.  However, even better news, just 20 minutes ago I got 14 emails from Partial.ly just like this one:

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Hello Carl

Unfortunately, the merchant, Chronicle Collectibles, will be unable to fulfill your order.

A refund of ***.** was successfully processed to payment method MasterCard credit card ending in ****. Please allow 5-10 business days for the refund to clear your bank account.

If you had more payments on your plan, you will receive a notifcation for each payment refunded. You can also confirm all refunds in your Partial.ly customer account at partial.ly/login. Your refunds can be found under Other Payment Plans > Details > Refunds

Refunds can only be returned to the card that made the payment. However, if the card has since been canceled or expired, the refund will still return to the bank account associated with that card within 5-10 business days.

If you have any questions, please email support@partial.ly

So it looks like I'm getting 100% of my money back without even contesting via my credit card.  I hope this is true for those that didn't use PP or a CC as well.

Carl

On 9/26/2020 at 5:42 PM, wwwmwww said:

I did.  But I'm not in panic mode yet.  Chronicle Collectibles I don't believe is in the business of screwing over their customers.  I'm rather sure this will get sorted out.  It is just right now I have no idea what is going on.  I'm guessing the entire project was cancelled but if so I'd expect some sort of announcement.   

Looks like I was wrong... Chronicle Collectibles may very well be in the business of screwing over their customers.

http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=171649&page=47

50 minutes ago, sqidd said:

I hope you paid with a credit card.

I did.  But I'm not in panic mode yet.  Chronicle Collectibles I don't believe is in the business of screwing over their customers.  I'm rather sure this will get sorted out.  It is just right now I have no idea what is going on.  I'm guessing the entire project was cancelled but if so I'd expect some sort of announcement.   

On 7/12/2019 at 10:39 PM, Mommar said:

Not Eaglemoss but if somebody has two grand burning a hole in their pocket this thing will probably look impressive on your shelf.  24" long, 19" wide.
https://news.toyark.com/2019/07/12/star-trek-uss-enterprise-ncc-1701-d-scaled-replica-by-chronicle-collectibles-351745

Did anyone here order the Chronicle Collectibles Enterprise-D?  I did back when they reduced the price to $1701.

https://chroniclecollectibles.com/products/enterprise-d

I've been making monthly payments to a Partial.ly Payment Plan since. The 13th of 16 payments was just pulled successfully back on 9/11/2020.  And yesterday I got an email from noreply@partial.ly that simply stated:

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Hello Carl!,

Your payment plan with Chronicle, LLC has been canceled.

I immediately called Chronicle Collectibles and left a voice mail.  I also emailed them.  So far no reply.  Today I emailed Partial.ly.  No idea what is going on at the moment.  Did they cancel their Enterprise-D?  If so I cannot find anything that announces that.  There have been zero issue with the 13 payments to date so not sure if its just my payment plan that was cancelled or everyone's.  If the project was cancelled, I've seen no mention of how I get the funds back that have already been collected.

Anyone here know anything?

Thanks,

Carl

2 hours ago, mikeszekely said:

I may be misremembering, but I seem to recall it had something to do with Axanar's fundraising to hire professional actors and looking for actual film work, essentially using their work on Axanar as a resume and blurring the distinction between fan-film and professional production.

Based on what you say above about Star Trek: New Voyages and Star Trek Continues, it must have been something to do with the fundraising specifically.  Walter Koenig, George Takei, Grace Lee Whintey, Denise Crosby, John de Lancie, Michael Dorn, Jason Isaacs, and Marina Sirtis are all professional actors and I fail to see how this doesn't really blur the distinction between fan-film and professional production, especially so when you have the same actor playing the same part.  I don't know how Star Trek: New Voyages or Star Trek Continues is funded, I haven't looked into it.  Maybe these actors and actresses freely volunteered their time, I'm not sure.  

Just looked here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_New_Voyages

and here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_Continues

and I see Star Trek Continues also used crowdfunding to pay for production.  Still not sure how Star Trek: New Voyages was funded or exactly what the line was that Axanar crossed.  Digging a bit further I see Star Trek Continues raised $539,661 across 3 crowdfunding campaigns and from what I can see Anaxar raised $1,785,181 across 4 crowdfunding campaigns.  I'm tempted to guess that the "line" Anaxar crossed was this transition from 6 to 7 digits in Star Trek fan capital.  

Carl

16 hours ago, technoblue said:

P.S. Watch for the SDF-1 in part three.

I watched this yesterday and missed the SDF-1 so I was just about to ask if this was a joke.  But I thought I better give it a second view before potentially making myself look too stupid and I spotted it.  I love the way he sneaks it in.

Carl

On 8/12/2020 at 10:11 AM, captain america said:

Five two slots left to fill. 

On 8/26/2020 at 4:25 AM, sierra-ii7 said:

John please put me down for two, thanks!

Is it safe to assume we crossed the 30 kit threshold back on the 26th?  Just curious if there was an official announcement that this project was a "go".

Carl 

1 hour ago, Knight26 said:

Not painted yet, looks like that is the raw print assembled.  

Is that an FDM print?

12 minutes ago, captain america said:

-a compliment of three in-scale fighter aircraft

I'm in for one.  For the in-scale fighter are we talking about the Legioss/Tread combo? Three of those I guess could also be considered 6 aircraft so I wasn't sure. 

Thanks, Carl

On 7/27/2020 at 9:42 AM, jenius said:

There's a picture of it sitting on the landing gear straight forward and it doesn't appear to be an issue.

Is this the image you are looking at?

If so the head-fin appears to be completely blocked by the front landing gear, so I'm not sure how you can tell if the fin is dragging or not.  If there is another image you are referring to, could you post it or a link?

Thanks, Carl 

Ok.... just got an email from Shawn.  Looks like these were the same project.  This post should tell you who my source was and fills in the gap between 2007 and 2009.

Carl

P.S. Does this mean I should take those PDF files down?  Not really intending to open an old wound.  

1 hour ago, Shawn said:

Carl-think you are referring to this?

http://materialistzen.blogspot.com/2010/01/imai-files.html

55 minutes ago, Seto Kaiba said:

I'm pretty sure everyone here knows who you're talking about and why the book was "shut down"... Roger Harkavy, the man behind the so-called "Imai Files". 

The source I got these PDF files from is NOT Roger Harkavy.  Going back and checking my email, my first contact with Roger was in May 2009.  The files I just posted were files I obtained in 2007, which is well before I was aware of what Roger was working on.  I suppose that it is possible that the "friend" referred to by my source was Roger (I honestly don't know) but I have a collection of line art that I've received directly from Roger in 2009 and 2010 that I believe has very little overlap with these 3 pdf files.  I went through that first looking for the image Akim posted and I didn't see it there.  I'll check again.  There is obviously a few details from 2007 to 2010 that I've forgotten myself but at least at the time I made the above post I was thinking these were separate projects.  

Carl

On 7/11/2020 at 8:45 AM, Shawn said:

Akim, you always have the best resources!!

So seeing this line art with the central missile pod, does that imply it was not an Imai invented gimmick, but perhaps cannon?
Google Translate can't make out the top left text....are these options for gun placement?

Carl asked a few hundred ages ago, but does anyone remember the original source of the "Imai invented the central missile pod" statement?

WOW!!!!  I don't remember seeing this before.  Great find Akim!!!

On 7/11/2020 at 10:28 AM, akim said:

But this time, this sheet comes from Carl's documents.

Unfortunately, i can't help...i just own some artworks...and share them...

What!!!  That is from me!?  I guess after years of collecting Mospeada stuff I was bound to forget something.  Let me do some digging and see if I can find where this came from.

17 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

So... I did a little digging and found the answer in Entertainment Archive #8: MOSPEADA Complete Art Works.

This missile pod wasn't designed for the Genesis Climber MOSPEADA anime... it was specifically developed for the show's merchandise lines.  To be precise, this missile pod and those "first strike" missiles mounted under the intake were created by Artmic for Imai's line of transforming Legioss plamodels. 

I've heard the missile pod was at least partly intended to be a structural cheat to make the Imai kit's armo-fighter mode more stable, though the book doesn't say anything about the reason Imai wanted it.  They may have just wanted a gimmick Gakken's toys didn't have.

That's it!!!  I knew I had read someplace that went into more detail.  As for "why Imai wanted it" I think I got that from here:

http://www.starshipmodeler.com/mecha/ls_mos.htm

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Possibly to conceal the hole in the back and provide a link spot for their 1/48 Alpha kit's gun pod, Imai's Alphas incorporate an additional missile pod for the Alpha centerline.

This appears to be speculation so shouldn't be stated as fact.

And good news... digging through my Mospeada files I found the image Akim posted.  Its in one of 3 PDF files I paid $5 for back in 2007.

Here they are:

http://wwwmwww.com/Mospeada/New/mospe001.PDF

http://wwwmwww.com/Mospeada/New/mospe002.PDF

http://wwwmwww.com/Mospeada/New/mospe003.PDF

The image Akim posted is page 21 of the mospe002.PDF file.  Digging though my emails, I see where I asked the source of these files this question:

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So are you in touch with some of the designers or did this just come to you through the grapevine so-to-speak? 

And the response started off with this:

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It was through the grapevine, but a very short grapevine. Basically, a friend of mine was working with them on an art of Mospeada book, and was in contact with them.

The specific details behind the book and why it was "shut down" he asked me to keep "under wraps" so I don't think I should say too much more.  But these 3 PDF files are apparently just a sample of the pictures being collected for this book.  Again this was back in 2007, and this source I believe found me through MacrossWorld.  I think he's a forum member here but I don't know his forum ID (I probably did at the time but it is not in the email and I don't remember it) so I cannot check if he's still active or not.  If he is and wants to share more details he's certainly welcome to. 

It is also interesting to note that those two images appear to be essentially traced from the images seen on page 13 and page 20 and then added to.

Carl

I believe the missile pod between the arms is removable.  Can any one confirm?  Are there any pictures of it in fighter mode with this removed?

My understanding of the history of this addition is that Imai added it to their initial Legioss model to cover an unsightly hole between the arms in their model.  I remember reading the details someplace long ago but cannot seem to find the exact link now.  Its mentioned in passing here:

 http://www.starshipmodeler.com/mecha/ls_mos.htm

and here:

http://anymoon.com/blog/?p=10263

But I recall a link that went into more detail.  If anyone else knows the where this is discussed please share.

I know its never seen in the show and I'm 99% sure its not seen in any of the line art either.

Anyways, I hope it is removable and not necessary to hold the arms in position in fighter mode.  Granted this is a re-design, but this addition is something I always though hurt the generally look of the Legioss.

Carl

I design twisty puzzles, puzzle rings, and a some packing puzzles.  I've also written for Game & Puzzle Design.

Here is my lastest twisty puzzle.  Its the Double Circle Real 6×6×6, which is effectively a 2×2×2, inside of a 4×4×4, all inside of a 6×6×6 with all 216 cubies solvable.  I got my own K40 laser cutter up and running to cut out the acrylic tiles for me.

WOW5 and WASP are two of my puzzle ring designs.

Hex-Pave is one of my packing puzzles.

Carl

Nice GIF!!  That makes me wonder if anyone has tried to make a GIF of the full transformation from bike to armor mode.  If so I'd love to see it.

Carl

17 hours ago, M'Kyuun said:

I tried the link to the same effect. Looks like he removed the link or it broke. Fortunately, I had it saved on my PC.

y-wing.lxf 71.05 kB · 1 download

Thanks!!!

Carl

23 hours ago, M'Kyuun said:

Here's a link to the video: https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacie-11/24035746299/in/dateposted/

 And, here's a link to the guy's Flickr.  His LDD instructions are available on the top-most picture of the model.

Has anyone been able to download the LDD instructions?  When I click that link I just get the message "Error (404) We can't find the page you're looking for."  Not sure if its a problem at my end or the other end.

Carl