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10 minutes ago, ValkAddict said:

Noticing several eBay listings for this bird on eBay, hovering between $390 to $450. Fawk. Hoping the prices will lower when it's released on July 19th and more resellers post listings.

Don't plan on it on ebay, you're going to have to go with specialty retailers or Yahoo Japan.

I just thought it was for keeping your hair out of your eye's. 

If I'm not mistaken, one of Hera's father's lieutenants in rebels was the little girl that followed the clone troopers around during the Twilek arc in the first season of Clone Wars, and one of those Clone troopers had a little Twilek girl painted on his visor during the 2nd invasion of Geonosis.  lots of conections from Clone Wars, Rebels, and now The Bad Batch.  I hope Omega shows up in the Book of Boba Fett.

10 hours ago, tekering said:

Oh sure, it looks like Hera.  My problem is with the voice, specifically that distinctive Twi'lek accent, which was completely absent from Vanessa Marshall's performance in Rebels.

Worse still, another inconsistency the voice director seems to have missed is the pronunciation of "Twi'lek" itself, which sounds like "twilight" when they say it in Rebels but "twee lick" in The Bad Batch.  Make up your minds, guys!

Bugged me at first as well, however, it is the same voice actress, and there was a scene with her father in Rebels where she slipped back into the Twi'lek accent.  So, not entirely inconsistent.  I'm not convinced that they're not just going to move on to the next episode and leave this tread dangling, but as I've been rewatching Clone Wars, it's interesting how many threads are woven between all of Filoni's series. 

12 minutes ago, peter said:

Good soldiers follow orders.

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Crosshair's inhibitor chip was cranked up, so that sort of explains him going above and beyond Order 66.

The green guy, Howser?  Looks like he got his own action figure, so I'm guessing he'll have some sort of role to play.

So, I probably missed a bunch of stuff here.  I understand Order 66 makes clones want to kill Jedi, that I get.  Does Order 66 activate the chip, or was the chip running the whole time to keep the clones obedient?  Did Order 66 just heighten their obedience?  Because in Howser's case, it didn't appear to take away his personality, he takes on a casual tone with people (referring to people by name etc).

When Wrecker got lit, it was like he suddenly didn't recognize his friends and wanted to kill them.

I dunno, the whole thing is still a bit confusing for me.  It's entertaining, but then again, I'm not very bright and I'm easily entertained.  

 

4 hours ago, sh9000 said:

 

Yeah! Furries! 

wait.... 😒

On 6/24/2021 at 9:01 PM, Dangard Ace said:

Who’s the green guy at the end?  Only green character that I can think of that would/could be associated with The Mandarin is Fin Fang Foom 

Monster Girl?  😉

Really want to mess with your co-workers?  screen shot their desktop, move all folders and files off the desktop to somewhere else safe, then set the screen shot as the wallpaper, move the taskbar to the top and set it to autohide.  I think that was the only thing moving the taskbar was really good for. 

14 hours ago, jvmacross said:

I can guarantee you one thing if it does get resurrected.....it will not include an idiot anti-vaxer or anti-masker as a lead actress! 

1 hour ago, TangledThorns said:

Disney is trying squeeze as much blood from the rock that is Star Wars. Going woke only pissed off their fans more.

 

OK guys, we all know the no politics rule, lets not get this thread shut down.

24 minutes ago, 505thAirborne said:

Thanks @Special Sauce, much appreciate that. I have an old Yamato 1/48 that is getting the Cavaliers treatment and I wanted to get that color correct.

Here is the color pallet that I used on mine, originally from Tekering

On 4/1/2019 at 10:12 AM, tekering said:

Stick to Japanese modeling materials.  Having grown up in Canada with Testers, Humbrol and the like, I can tell you that Mr. Color and Tamiya brand paints are much higher quality (and considerably easier to use) than what's readily available in your neck of the woods...

Unless you know your way around an airbrush, spray cans and masking tape is the way to go.  

This is what I managed to achieve this week, without the aid of an airbrush:

On 4/1/2019 at 10:59 AM, tekering said:

22 minutes ago, Special Sauce said:

 

 

Thanks guys.  I'm thinking of getting a strike pack for it.   I'm assuming it has the necessary connection points like the other 1/60 VF-1's.  

Forget strike pack, Custom paint some supers!

58 minutes ago, Special Sauce said:

Just arrived.  So glad I got it!  

That is the single coolest looking Valk out there, congrats!

3 minutes ago, Anasazi37 said:

As do the proportions of the chestplate

Well the whole sculpt really.    Still amazing how good those looked when they first came out.  OK, enough about the Yamato V1, back to your originally scheduled programming.

2 minutes ago, mark-1s said:

I'm kind of surprised you don't have a single V1 Yamato

Back row second from right, clip on the top of the heat shield gives it away

16 minutes ago, crackpot said:

 

I wouldn't blame Tony for it. He wasn't in on the plan until it was brought to him by Cap and the rest. He was content with what he had. Furthermore, it was the Hulk that snapped everybody back. Tony snapped Thanos away. I'll blame it more on lazy writing though. They could have people appear together in a certain spot for each planet rather than where they got dusted. 

What I'm referring to is the two conversations that Tony had with Steve, and then with Bruce.  First to Steve, (paraphrasing) "Bring everybody back? I hope so, keep what I have? Got to".  And then to Bruce, "remember, bring everybody back today, no other changes".  If on the other hand, they had used the Time Stone in conjunction with all the others, they could have reset everything instantaneously with Thanos's original snap.  But that would have resulted in Tony losing his daughter.  Just my personal insight/feeling on the matter.  Certainly there was a lot of lazy writing and hand waving involved in the whole thing, (Clint still having the same phone/phone# with his wife's contact still on it for one.)  That said they still pulled off an amazing movie.

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On 4/27/2021 at 7:03 AM, tekering said:

 

By undoing the Snap (the so-called Blip that brought everyone back), the Avengers ended up creating an even bigger problem, one that can't be simply be solved by a bunch of aliens, androids and wizards. 

 

Technically it's only this screwed up because Tony Stark insisted on keeping his present to the detriment of the vast majority of peoples.  Imagine all the people killed on the freeways because half of the drivers dusted.  They're all still dead.  Onboard a plane when both pilots are dusted?  Sucks to be you, still dead.  Finally found solace with a new love after your family and children disappeared?  Awkward.....  Basically this is the first Marvel show to even start to show just how screwed up the world would be, and they still only scratched the surface.  Basically as cute as Morgan was, she's the reason the world is so jacked up.  Thanks Tony. 

Really enjoyed it, even liked Omega.  The trailers had really turned me off to the character.  I think it will be interesting to see how Filoni handles her,

If Kathleen Kennedy were behind this I'd be very skeptical, however Filoni has proven that he can make the obnoxious teen character into something interesting and beloved with both Asoka and Ezra, so I'll reserve judgement for now.  Besides my guess may be completely off.

On 4/26/2021 at 6:56 PM, kajnrig said:

it's important to keep in mind this movie isn't the movie Snyder originally set out to make.

Well as one of those that made that statement, I finally watched it.  It is a VAST improvement, I actually enjoyed it quite a bit.  Excising the Whedon sense of humor resulted in a much more cohesive film.  And honestly I would probably be interested in a continued "Snyderverse"  That being said.....

-WAY TO MUCH SLOMO!!

-I think Superman, Batman, WW, and Aquaman were cast very well.  Maybe it was just writing and direction, but Cyborg felt like a petulant teenager, not a big fan of how he was presented.  Barry Allen was well, "Whedonish".  Just felt goofy and a bit out of place in the cinematic world.

-The Paradeamons felt very generic, Stepenwolf was better, but still not a great compelling villain. 

-Including Darkseid was an improvement, but it was also a bit cheesy that his goal is "anti-life".  Which is never explained. 

-The Knightmare future was pretty compelling. 

-Resurrecting Superman was in my opinion a big mistake in writing, and more than a little morbid.  The original comic explanation of the Kryptonian tech recovering his body and allowing him to recharge would have been much better. 

So those are some of my thoughts on the film.  As I said a while back, If Snyder had been able to finish the film originally at best this would have been released as a Directors cut after a seriously cut down theatrical release.  But even then VFX, editing decisions and the few additional scenes shot were for better or worse informed by the Whedon release.  Just accept it.

Finally, even though I may be interested in where this might go, remember this is the same writing/directing team that brought us.

-Grimdark depressed Superman (honestly, anyone who can adapt Watchmen, shouldn't be let near Superman in the first place).

-Plot device throwaway Doomsday (I still have those old Reign of the Supermen comics, and this is worse than Spiderman 3 relegating Venom to third seat villain).

-Jesse Eisenburg Lex Luthor

-And lest we forget,  "Your letting them kill Martha!"

1 minute ago, Tallman said:

I have not seen anyone mention about this, wondering the Armor Parts Only and Armor Parts + VF-1J, are they have the same contents? In the photo that shows Armor Parts only, it seems like not include any hands that can hold the gun pod. But the Armor Parts + VF-1J it comes with the hand that can hold the gun pod. Is that the difference? Or both comes with the hand that can hold the gun pod? Anyone know?

Original VF-1 DX TV hands work in the armor, those are the hands that can hold the gun pod.

Easy transaction with @Special Sauce, Hope you enjoy it!

8 hours ago, Kanedas Bike said:

You answered your own question sir, without the disaster that was Whedon's version of JL and for the pandemic this movie would not have been made, and certainly would not have been released to theaters. 

This is also the case with Man of Steel and Batman v Superman, I haven't watched the Ultimate Edition/Version/Whatever It's Called of B v S but I hear it's much better, aided by the additional 30 minute runtime.

The Synder version is proof positive that had he remained director and and his "theatrical version" released theaters in '17 it would have probably been received as "meh" to "it sucked" because it would have to have been edited down, losing at least 90 minutes of runtime. 

COVID (), HBO Max and the streaming wars made this one all possible.

-b.

Thanks, that's basically what I was trying to say, I'm looking forward to watching it this week. 

I'll be giving it a watch at some point, hopefully the end battle is much improved, it was seriously lacking in the theatrical cut.  Still it's important to remember that this is not the movie that Snyder would have made four years ago, it's the movie that got made as a result of the Weden cut. 

It seems that if you read most of the positive reviews they say things like "better, but still not great", or "the underlying issues are still there"