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It's Tarantino, so you know there's gonna be some interesting monologues/speechifying, some entertaining violence, and hopefully, an eclectic soundtrack. Might be worth checking out.

Thanks for the input! After looking at the filecard online, I can see the similarities between the unnamed guy in Resolute and Hard Ball. About the only weak link I can see with that line-up we saw is that they're lacking a communications guy (like Breaker, Dial Tone, or maybe even, Mainframe). Any other areas or skillsets lacking with that current Joe line-up? Hall of Heroes. Basically, the GI Joe re-release/premium/collector line. Nicer packaging. More accessories and weapons. Maybe a few extra tweaks and improvements to the original 25th Anniversary figure releases. And a little bit more pricey (around US$9 or $10). I don't know if it's Hasbro's intention, but these are supposed to be the definitive releases for these figures.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but the primary differences are: * The stickers/decals used (especially on the legs); * The pilot's uniform; * The arm FAST packs; and * (Maybe ) the arrows on the VF-1S' head.

MEESA CAN BECOME ALL BLUE AND DA GLOWY!!

But typing Hik or Hik' is just as quick.

^^Maybe it's Iceberg! Or the Fridge on Atkins! Just can't picture ol' Albert Pine without his trademark moustache and googles. Also, it's amazing how adding one undershirt can reduce the gayness of Gung-Ho's look by about...oh....1000 percent.

<singing>Anything 1/60 can do, 1/48 can do too......erm, sorta. Look, I realize the flaws in the 1/48 (the arms and shoulders that sit too low in fighter mode; the ghastly chicken hands, etc.). But I love the "shelf presence" of the larger 1/48's. Besides, it kinda bums me that the iconic VF-1 Valkyries get over-towered by the bigger M+ and Zero fighters (when they're all in the same scale).

Yup, dude gets his face burned and voice frakked. And the bitch up and ditches him to hang out with the higher-ranking first sergeant. Add in the fact that, in the comics, both his real family and his adopted ninja family are dead, and it's no wonder they call him Snake Eyes! Just FYI, someone leaked Episode 3 out on YouTube. So, I pretty much figured out who every Joe was at the meeting, except the black dude standing next to Covergirl, Tunnel Rat, and Shipwreck. Who is that guy?

Just saw the first two installments. NICE! The body-count's already gone up in just these first few segments (and not just throw-away folks either ). Not sure I dig the possible love-triangle they're alluding to here, but we'll see how the story develops. Should be a fun ride!!

Probably the most appropriate thread to put this in: LATEST G.I. JOE RESOLUTE TRAILER!!! Not as awesome as the teaser trailer from last year's SDCC but still looks very promising. Ahh, the sweet, sweet release of death (and bullets)!!

Yeah, I saw the leaked version too. Some of the special effects and CG were only partially done. As for the movie itself? Get ready for cameo-city. All in all, it wasn't necessarily a bad movie. It's just that I was far more interested in the supporting characters than I was with Wolvie himself. After thinking about it, my only hope is that Wade Wilson WASN'T the abomination that we saw at the end of the flick. Maybe that "Deadpool" is just some other mutant they grafted a whole bunch of other powers onto, and Wade's still alive somewhere quipping away. Seems like a damn shame to waste such a fun and amusing character like Wade Wilson.

Best thread as any to post this in: I see you have completed your MPC collection*. . .Now your FAILURE is complete! * Yes, I realize that there are other Betas and the Ride Armors out there. But the blue Betas were a good stopping point for me.

AMUSEMENT: Ah the IG droids. . . They are as efficient as me but are severely lacking in the charm and personality department. Shall we kill something now, master? Give me the old copper-brown, blood-thirsty protocol/assassin droid.

^^I believe those round base ones are an earlier, "pre-Los" version. As Do Not Disturb once said, these round base flexidisplays are for those of us who are too OCD about getting the square edges perfectly lined up.

In defense of the flexi's, I've had a bunch of Valks on them, and they've really never slid off. Of course when you're positioning the prongs and trying to set the Valk up in that perfect pose, there's gonna be some potential slipping, sliding, and tipping over. But once you settle on a pose, the flexis are pretty damn stable. It's really a matter of how you pose and position them. I've had the Q-Rau and the DYRL Max in the above poses forever. And even after an earthquake, those poses have held. I've also got a TIE Interceptor chilling on another Flexi, on top of an almost 6-foot tall bookshelf. Granted, the TIE has one small part of it resting on the actual bookshelf (So it's being held in position on four resting points). But it has never fallen off or twisted out of position. . . even after an earthquake. So yeah, the flexi's can hold their own. Don't forget too, that the flexi's are distributing the weight of your Valk or mecha onto three (usually) spread-out spots. Most other stands, you're relying on one key connection area to hold the bird up.

I remember there being a bunch of lineart on the Mospeada DVD's. The character sheets might also be on those. I'm gonna be out or busy the next few weeks, but I'll try to check out the DVD's again and snap some shots (assuming the character sheets are there) when I get some more free time.

I'll be the first to point out all the very annoying flaws on the Alpha, no doubt. I'd kill for some ratchet joints and some ball-jointed hips on the Alphas. But c'mon, when you combine these two birds together, they make one sexy bitch!

I know I shouldn't be an ass about the "improvements" to the CMs. BUT... Why didn't they improve the Legioss by making its head be able to turn left and right? And for the fighter combo, they can say they that they reduced the gap between the two parts, but there's still two other glaring flaws remaining in their improved combo: Again, I'll give them the gatling gun. But I'm happy with what I got with my Toynami (engineered by Aoshima) Betas.

So if ol' Tyrol crash-landed on a peninsula in the northeast portion of Asia (and found a whole cavalcade of Eights there), would he consider it a blessing or a curse? Regarding the alternate endings, I understand the whole "Hell hath no fury..." stuff. But I would have found it rather hypocritical of Ellen to get all bitchy about Tigh impregnating a Six. I mean how many people in the Fleet did Ellen have relations with? And even though Tigh knew he was a Cylon, he sure as hell didn't realize that Ellen was still alive. As for the crash landing bit, that would have been a little too hokey. What would they have done about the rest of the fugitive fleet? They still had Raptors, and we have seen them jump inside the atmosphere before. So, the idea that they would have been "forced" to settle on our Earth would have been unfounded. And what if there were still bad-guy Cylons around? It'd be kinda obvious where the humans winded up when you have a big-ass Battlestar chilling on the surface.

Was it ever confirmed that Seelix and Anders got it on? I always got the impression that there was some sexual tension between the two (at least on Seelix's part) but that nothing was ever really consumated. I wonder what the over/under was on Baltar frakking a native down on Earth.

They're a lot lower on the production learning curve now, so they're incurring less costs, which means they can charge less for the combo. And yes, this is just a wild guess on my part.

Down here in So Cal, we call the Apocalypse by another name: "light percipitation."

The real question is: which ones? ************************************* Woe are us!! First, the Economy hurls its wrath upon us, then BSG leaveth our Friday nights empty and hollow, and NOW THIS!! Loud are the wails and lamentations of the Macrossites. The Hory Froating Head hath turned his head away from the people. . . for one of their leaders hath gone astray. The people's sacrifices of Tab B's, broken shoulders, and MPC's are but a meager recompense to His disembodied Head. The Head sees TRUTH. His eyes have seen a leader-mod fall willingly into the valley of darkness. This leader doth comport with the enemy. He hath suckled on the forbidden fruits of Ariel and Janice. He hath defiled the sacred elixir of Yoshinol, whoring it out for a wretched bag of Gold that Only Brings Dischord. Repent, I say, REPENT, Roy Focker!! . . .Or face the wrath of Decalture, like your sempai before you!!!

They still need to improve on that fighter combo. Though, I wouldn't mind jacking that gatling gun.

SOMEONE FEED THIS MAN A PINEAPPLE SALAD........STAT!!!!!