Raikkonen
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OK. The kits pending by Bandai are mainly GD. A franchise that around 2015 released a record of over 100 new models then, and since stabilized to about 32 plus new models yearly. It's expected with that many releases that not all announcement make it. So far, from what I recall, all their Macross announcements have reached shelves.
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Yup, and will be even better with pizza, beer and some mates.
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I recall this has occured with HMR and other already built collectables. But not with kits.
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I can't justify that for a 5.5-6 inch articulated figure. It's ridiculous. -
Let me guess. You cancelled one too many pre-orders?
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Post Skywalker Saga Star Wars Movies
Raikkonen replied to jvmacross's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Mia Goth? She knows this won't be R rated? -
Looks absolutely gorgeous. Now where's the 25s? It does.
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They already showed the prototypes for 5 of the valk's heads. You can sleep easier now.
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I agree regarding the Toxic Rat. Especially the vandalism it did to SW and IJ. But, the Alita film wasn't a sounding success. And If One Piece was called something else and didn't bring it's goliath fanbase, it wouldn't have made it past the pilot episode.
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After episode 3 this morning, I've checked out. The Xeno completely degraded to a MacGuffin. Too many new lore breakers. Too many "WT# how" moments. And... I'll stick to the first two films as to what Aliens is all about.
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Depends on the director. The right director has often taken cardboard characters and turned them into icons.
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This is one of those franchise's where the cannon keeps on reinventing itself with each release.
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I've always seen them as the first untameble beast that doesn't get tired and hungry, and will never stop which man has encountered. And that's part of their dark appeal as all other natural threats to man we've managed to tame or fence...
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Does this shop have an online store? Curious to see what else they have.
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Still haven't learnt since the 80s...
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Nailed it here. The way they were so goofy to their surroundings, reminded me of police acedemy. The almost superpowers of these new androids is still a siren that won't go off in my mind.
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Came here to ask when did it ever have a sword after seeing it on Taghobby moments ago. Thanks for clearing it.
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I don't understand how anyone involved on it's initial concept right to the engineering in CAD didn't say "Hey, this whole thing is NOT a good idea. Lets write it off."
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G.I. Joe Classified Figures and Toys
Raikkonen replied to sh9000's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Running out of space? Or becoming more selective? -
It didn't need the whole android with super stength and magic tech exploring it's own conscious. Only explaination is that the writer wanted to stamp his signature into the lore and that was the best he came up with, or, he plans to have a mary sue barehand showdown with the Xeno. Remove all that sticky fudge, and the concept of a ship carrying various lethal species and crashing on Earth is alone a solid enough concept to build on. Also, when in the alien lore will the protoganist be a male??? It's really screaming now that the alien is no longer the Xeno, but instead it's every slender paled skinned brunette.
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I'm been looking into this for a while, especially after some of my white lego pieces from the same set yellowed yet others haven't. Same story with another set but with light grey peices. It's like those really used vintage Stormtroopers from the 70's, where every peice is completely different tone of yellow except for one that is still reletively white. There's many factors behind yellowing and a lot of times is a combination of many elements to even just a single one like humidity or sunlight, or to artificial like cigarette smoke or the chemicals released by it's packaging. Sometimes, and here's the shocker, it's not even about coming into contact with any external element, but just the quality of plastic simply aging. At the end it really comes down to that, the quality of plastic and paint. With plastic it's initial reaction could be when exposed to the air too soon after injection or when the mold isn't cleaned sufficiently between a certain number of castings. While for paint, some external element got mixed during application, and for both plastic and paint a likely probability are the chemicals that form them just weren't mixed 100% properly, or some batches just weren't at 100% exactly of all the compounds that form them. And... there's no escape when yellowing starts. Followed quite a lot of video fixes where the white returns to it's pristine state... but guess what? The yellowing returns and sometimes even faster after each treatment. I have one interesting item however, a Bandai Gundam Fix Figuration from 2002, the Gerbera Tetra I believe it's called, which is painted all matt white minus the disguise armour. Anyway, it's 23 years old endlessly posed, displayed in humid enviroments, displayed in hot dry enviroments, displayed in a very sunlit room, moved between 3 different countres, even left it closed in some cheap plastic packet for years and... it's still pure white. Meanwhile, other Bandai items that were once white and barely touched while stored in cool and dark cabinets, are now fit for a desert storm sequel. That said, along with the dreaded yellowing, most of the early 2000s figures and toys made with PVC like the early Kaiyodo Evas or Bandai statues, have an even worse reaction when going against time... they release a sticky goo which is almost impossible to remove, and if successful in clearning it off, eventually returns. I can testify to this nightmare with many casualities. And at times, this PVC instead of releasing that sticky goo, dries up so much that it begins to brittle apart especially at the joints where there's less paint. Diamonds are forever, but toys sure ain't.
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When something costs more, sometimes people fall into the notion that it's the best due to the higher price, while at times it really isn't.
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[Netflix] ONE PIECE Live Action Series
Raikkonen replied to no3Ljm's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Quite a particular first post on a Macross forum. 😅
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Price at times plays a physchological factor in determining the quality of an item.
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I utterly dislike stories that flash back and fourth in time. Disconnects viewers from where they are with the actual build of present events. Writers think this type of mystery box gimmick might keep viewers further engaged with questions (as if they're not confident of their own writing so have to over analyze "mystery"), but I wholeheartedly just want to see a story unfold as I'm there.
