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The knights have also been released, but the original will always be my favorite, as I have a serious case of nostalgia from playing 2nd edition.

Somehow I missed the release of these boys, exactly what I've been waiting for.  DEATHWING!

https://joytoy.com/products/dark-angels-deathwing-action-figure?VariantsId=10044

Given the age of the house, and where I dug it up I expected it to be much older than late 90’s Lego.  🤷‍♂️

On 1/17/2024 at 6:25 PM, Bobby said:

That's a standard issue LEGO speargun [LINK]

Thanks  man totally missed your comment between the others

45 minutes ago, jvmacross said:

Just for future reference.....Google Lens can be really helpful sometimes

good suggestion, turns out it's a Lego speargun, Thanks.

I found it digging in the front yard, just curious if anybody knows what it belongs too.

Reacher S2 E1 "And who's Sara Connor?" 

8 hours ago, sh9000 said:

New from McFarlane.

I was rather disappointed with the McFarlane space marine that I ordered, they are absolutely cheaper, and the paint your own has apeal to some, however I've been far more impressed with the JoyToy space marines. 

35 minutes ago, Scyla said:

@Seto Kaiba I love that Primaris Asmodai is planting his sword in the helmet of a Fallen.

 

51 minutes ago, Scyla said:

New Dark Angels miniatures:

 

More previews here: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/11/18/world-championships-of-warhammer-preview-all-the-reveals/

I hope JoyToys announces their versions soon.

I was actually a bit confused when Joy Toy announced the Dark Angels Blade Guard a few weeks back, forgive me if I'm wrong, as I haven't really kept up on all the lore changes since I played 2nd edition tabletop over 25 years ago, but the wiki still states that all Dark Angel's Veterans of the Deathwing outfit in Terminator armor like the above miniature (pictured in the quote).  So the JoyToy Deathwing Blade Guard would be non canonical (albeit pretty cool looking)?

5 minutes ago, Shawn said:

Noticed the arms are on backwards (L/R), but also its a slightly new design with the circle on the inside
(the gunpod mount would be center of both arms, not on the outside)

not backwards, they are on both sides of the standard mold for the super/strike forearm armor, also used to secure the gun pod (if you could call it secure).

edit, but as you pointed out the mold does appear to be new with the circle, could be backwards, but the notches are normally on both sides.

3 minutes ago, Shawn said:

So is that an all metal DX?!??

 

Actually I think the back parts are transparent. 

33 minutes ago, Seto Kaiba said:

People joke about how boring Roboute Guilliman is... but he has nothing on Rogal Dorn now that Dorn's exploits officially include being so boring that Khorne gives up attempting to corrupt him in disgust.

 

8 minutes ago, Thom said:

There were other beings in the room too who saw Han being carbfroze. All they have to do is tell a few tales to the right people and then everyone would be using it. Heck, even Vader could have taken ownership of the idea and profited off of it.

Beyond that, Han Solo was on display frozen in carbonite in Jabba's palace for almost a year, would have been common knowledge in the underworld. 

1 hour ago, grogall said:

or does it really mater? Was there any differences between the two...

 

With the Bandai 1/48s between SDFM and DYRL, the heads are slightly different, the pilots are different, the number and type of hand included are different, and the tampo is different.  Most people seem to feel that Bandai went way overboard with the tampo on the DYRL valks. 

REALLY enjoyed 5-6, 7 was a bit of a letdown, lets see where it goes in 8.  I think the senate scene just emphasized that if they are really intent on doing this era, and doing big stories, like Thrawn, they have to recast  Luke Han and Leia, they can't just keep dancing around them not being present.  I also think they need to take a lot more time and polish on the writing. 

4 hours ago, Raikkonen said:

So these... Joytoy are now sitting on my mind. Some Marine's and the Panocean got my attention. 

Question, how is articulation? Loose, stiff, will it last? 

If JoyToy made the Aeldari, those would be a purchase from me. Are any planned? 

I've owned both the Bandai and McFarlen versions, and I think the articulation is right in the middle.  the McFarlen feels like an action figure with articulation, and the Bandai feels like an extremely  poseable collectable.  Where the JoyToy really shine, is in the accessories and detail, they are gorgeous.

If you are looking to possibly repair the existing joints, the post below explains my method, actually works pretty well. 

2 hours ago, Tking22 said:

Loved Rebels and Clone Wars, definitely hopeful for Ahsoka. There's no way it can be Obi-Wan bad, that's just no feasible. 

Great, you just cursed it, thanks a lot.   

12 minutes ago, ErikElvis said:

Just watched the last episode. Enjoyed it. But how in the hell did that mando make it to space with his jet pack when a few episodes earlier they were all running out of fuel chasing a dragon thing to its nest. 
 

overall 3rd season I guess a C+

technically they were in the atmosphere just above the cloud layer, but um, yeah....

15 hours ago, jenius said:

The problem with Rey (which was blown way out of proportion because she became symbolic of Disney's clumsy attempt at diversity) was that her character skipped the training montage in the first film. She was inexplicable and JJ didn't even do a good job with her mystery box. Had the movie opened with her being a padwan to some outcast Jedi who gets offed by Snoke while trying to make it to Luke's temple, she would have gotten so much more of the benefit of the doubt. Having Snoke kill a Jedi would have been great for his character too... but no... we got a girl who magically could do EVERYTHING even though she spent her life abandoned in the desert. All the different writers not seeming to be on the same page after that only made things tougher. 

Not just the first movie, the first TWO movies.  The elapsed time from Rey leaving with Finn in 7 and rescuing everybody in 8 was about a week.  In that time a nobody scavenger, flew and repaired the Millennium Falcon better than Han Solo, spontaneously learned the Jedi mind trick, defeated an accomplished dark Jedi twice, slaughtered the Imperial guards who's sole purpose was apparently to kill Jedi, and lifted a field of boulders with the force.  She did all this with only a few angry lectures from Luke about why the Jedi suck as training.  It's just absurd.  In comparison, Luke doesn't even use his lightsaber in the first movie, practices with the force for two years and can still barely pull his lightsaber out of the snow, spends a month with Yoda on Degobah in intense training (yes it was a month, it takes a while to get anywhere with a broken hyperdrive), then gets his butt handed to him by Darth Vader, practices on his own for another year, and only defeats Vader by giving into his Anger. 

1 hour ago, Mog said:

Don’t forget Rex and the boys!

I humbly beg forgiveness, the clones were the true stars of the series, and the journey of echo (as the only survivor of his squad of trainee's) and his brothers is both tragic and heartwarming.   

9 minutes ago, Dynaman said:

The clone wars started out MUCH more for children with the ability for families to watch.  As with the Harry Potter books they matured as they (and the audience) went along.  The same pattern happened with Rebels though in a much reduced (real world) time span.

I'll buy that in general, although it might have more to do with an evolution of their writing, ability to tell stories, and the evolution of what The Clone Wars was.  It started out as an anthology of short story arcs featuring different characters and not even written in chronological order.  It ended up being the Anakin Obi Wan and Ahsoka show which was in my opinion far superior.  Again, in my opinion the writing of the final four episodes of The Clone Wars was superior to pretty much anything Filloni has put out in the live action series so far. 

57 minutes ago, Duke Togo said:

Oh, The Clone Wars was definitely written for children. There's no shame in admitting this and still liking it.

Again, both The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian are written for families, there's a big difference between being written for children and being written for families. 

13 hours ago, Roy Focker said:

Cartoons are still written for children.

Gonna have to disagree with you there.  Especially on a website dedicated to a cartoon that all of us adults love.  The Clone Wars on the whole were not written for children anymore than The Mandalorian is.  Is it written as family entertainment?  Absolutely.  Is some of it pretty childish?  Yes, but there are also very adult themes, and lots of death, not the kind of things you find in kids shows.  Just like some people mistakenly claim that Star Wars in general is for kids.  How many kids shows feature dismemberment and the burning corpses of the main characters parents  on the front porch.  George Lucas, who was behind The Clone Wars before Disney bought Lucasfilm and canceled it, described it as a PG-13 cartoon.  So you can reasonably state that people perceive cartoons as being for children, but I don't think you can unequivocally state that cartoons are written for children.