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  1. Mog
    There is a little “cheat” to pulling it off: There’s a ball joint at the top of the shock absorbers; I wind up just popping off that joint from the bike part that connects under the armpit/side torso. Frees up the posing angles some.
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    Just barely got my copy of Yellow this past Monday. First impressions? Still wish the bike and armor were a shade or two lighter. Lot of the joints are pretty tight on mine, compared to my Stick and Rey. I did wind up popping off some of the ball joints during the transformation process, one shoulder armor/pauldron liked to come off while I was futzing with poses, and the flaps on my wheel boosters like to come off when I'm angling out the booster. But all the pieces can be popped back into place (with a little lots of patience). Also, the transformation for the arm gauntlets was a little tricky to follow in the instruction booklet. But overall I'm pleased to finally have the bladed bastard. A few words of advice: 1) Be careful pushing in the windshield assembly for armor mode. It looks like you can push it in more, but the clear plastic windshield will start to push upward and could pop off or break. 2) As with the first two Ride Armors, when separating the crotch armor from the rest of the bike, open these joints from the bottom up. It takes a bit of effort to get the parts to separate, but it's a little easier and less stressful than trying to separate these parts from the top down. Tried to do the super-hero landing/kneeling pose, but just couldn't pull it off in full armored mode. However, Yellow can impersonate a certain surly Canadian just fine: Bring on Houquet, and complete the team!
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    "Canadian Berserker" Pose (with an imminent side of Itano Circus) . . .
  4. Mog
    Dammit. Rest In Peace, Constable.
  5. Mog
    Well, it's not like there was a huge Imperial presence in Tatooine at that time. They only started showing up in droves once they figured out some battle station plans were ejected onto the planet. Plus, Vader's mommy died on that planet; probably not a place he likes to frequent.
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    The only feasible story they could try to do is a parallel story of A'Sharad Hett and Obi-Wan. Use a bunch of eps. to fill in some backstory and their shared history. Intermix it with some current issue/story with the Tusken Raiders, possibly starting issues with Uncle Owen. Bring everything together at the conclusion.
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    If they insist on telling a story about his time in the desert, there's only one story they could conceivably tell.
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    Welp, they're already filming Season 2 of Mando, Season 7 of Clone Wars animated will be dropping in February, and, supposedly they'll start filming Obi-Wan next year. The first two will be moving forward, regardless of TROS' results. And I suspect hubris and/or stubbornness will force Disney to move forward with Obi-Wan, since they already made a big announcement about it. At this point, for me, it all depends on who's running the show/film. Filoni and Favreau get the benefit of the doubt. Most those associated with the sequel trilogy, I'm scrutinizing heavily with heaps of salt.
  9. Mog
    Hulk, Cap, and Thor were all “okay” movies, but they were clearly building up to Avengers. Other than the Sequel trilogy, the Disney Wars movies are all off-shoots/side-stories. I’m curious to see how they pull off the Obi-Wan series. But if he ever gets off Tatooine between Sith and New Hope, I’m screaming BS. Because there’s no way in hell, he abandons his primary mission.
  10. Mog
    We need John Wick with a pencil and with a book.
  11. Mog
    And there’s eps that all good Trek strives for: you can watch it years later, and it’s still bloody relevant to our current world. Shows that still stand the test of time and can still hit you in the gut. It’s also one of the few shows that treated the divide between religion and secular life with respect for both sides.
  12. Mog
    Motion denied. As much as I enjoy referring to The Child as Baba Yaga, I suspect “Baby Yoda” is gonna stick. I did enjoy Episode 5 this week.
  13. Mog
    Would that BB-Ball game be before or after Poe tells Han, “Solo, you stink!”?
  14. Mog
    Nah, there’s a sandbox of characters Filoni could pull into the Mando’s neck of the galaxy. EDIT: But yes, they need to stay the hell away from the First Order, the Resistance, and probably barely a cameo of Luke’s Jedi Order, if even that.
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    Simply the best Trek series ever. Was doing long story arcs before it was even considered a thing. Even the recurring guest characters had awesome, well developed stories.
  16. Mog
    Does this mean she’ll be directing a movie about how we fixed the Hubble Telescope or a great film about an Indy Car/CART racing rivalry?
  17. Mog
    One quick tip: With the Falcon Fighter Jet, the best way to remove it from the Strato Weapons Module is start by removing the clip closest to the Jet’s backside/thrusters. An easy way to cause this to happen is to push down on the Jet’s canopy, which you’ll probably discover on your own as you try to pose Voltron or re-angle the Jet as a chest piece. Also, looking back at the forearm cars, I do wish they could have been positioned on Voltron with the canopies was away from the body (instead of always locked facing toward the front). However, I suspect it was a design compromise, in order to still make the Turbo Terrain Fighter feasible and to not make the elbow connection too complicated.
  18. Mog
    I was thinking more about the Leo Beebe stuff in the film, more so than the Enzo vs. Ford II stuff. From what I’ve read, I understand Enzo didn’t like Ford having final say on the racing side of things, which pretty much killed the deal. They kinda portrayed that in the film, but they muddied the timeline to (inaccurately) show that Ferrari used the Ford negotiations to squeeze Fiat for more money (which wasn’t the case in real life). The film also tried to lean more into Shelby and Miles being “maverick geniuses” bucking against Ford corporate culture than the actual collaborative process it really was. Again, it was probably done for entertainment purposes. But it doesn’t kill the film. If anyone’s looking for more info. or a more in-depth story into the rivalry/history, I strongly recommend watching “The 24 Hour War” documentary on Netflix.
  19. Mog
    I'm a RTFM kinda guy. But if memory serves me correctly, there's one scary as hell step where you separate the crotch guard from the rest of the bike. I forget if you try to separate it from the top or from the bottom. But that's the one step I remember being difficult and worrisome. It also helps that a lot of parts are ball-and-socket joints that you can pop back into place. Actually, popping off the front suspension struts from their connection socket does open up some posing options for the forearm armors.
  20. Mog
    I'll probably just tap my "Fill up my gas tank, and GET OFF MY LAWN!!" app, or tell my Alexasiri Smart Water FaucetTM to do all those things.
  21. Mog
    Maybe I'm the exception to the rule, but I just don't see that happening. Part of the fun of driving the car yourself (rather than it driving itself) is controlling it and seeing how far you can push its and your abilities. I'm in the minivan stage of life . But even then, I still wanted to see how well I could push the minivan up a mountain and downhill through some curves. For example, I get why the van has a lane departure warning. But that blipping warning pisses me off, especially when I'm trying to take a better line out of a corner/curve. Again, I get adding all these new bells and whistles on the cars. But I don't think I'll ever give up control of driving the vehicle myself.
  22. Mog
    You really want JJ to sell people on this movie with his story-telling abilities? That's like marketing a mini-van by boasting about its top speed.
  23. Mog
    Am I the only one who thinks they can add a red bandana and more curved sword to these things and re-brand these as Killer Instinct figures?
  24. Mog
    Yep, the red lighting also gave the Walker a menacing "look" to it.
  25. Mog
    Just got back from watching the movie. It was a solid film with some fun banter and bits, but it felt a little heavy-handed with the antagonist stuff. They probably should have called the film "Miles & Shelby" instead. Still, it was an absolute treat to watch the GT40 and the Ferrari roaring in action. I probably did spoil a lot of the movie for myself by watching the more detailed documentary, "The 24 Hour War" a few weeks ago. But I enjoyed Ford V Ferrari nonetheless. P.S.--They should have stuck with the 60's rock soundtrack for the TV trailers, instead of using "Feel It Still."
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