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  1. technoblue
    Great season with enough unanswered questions to keep me hanging on for a bit more. And I love how the Duffer brothers sketch their characters.
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    Oof. It may not have been wide spread, but that brittle plastic reminds me of my own copy of Yamato’s SV-51 Nora. Instead of the stand, one of the legs on my SV-51 started to just fall apart and crumble in my hands one day while posing the figure in battroid mode. There may have been a handful that got a bad mix of plastic. Glad to see you were able to glue things back together on your old copy of Nora. My hope is that Arcadia’s reissue of Nora has more longevity.
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    Hi-Metal R

    technoblue replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    The color? I guess it depends on who you ask or what animation cell you’re using as your reference. As @Lolicon pointed out when the forum had the exact same debate in noel’s Arcadia Max 1J thread, “The parts change color quite a lot in the TV series.” Bingo. It’s nice to see that we could be getting the correct style arm packs with the TV VF-1S. Then again, it’s also a little frustrating since the new HMR mook shows Bandai was already planning to make them. Why didn’t they just give us red and blue TV arm packs for the M&M 1J releases? It’s an unsolved mystery.
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    Hi-Metal R

    technoblue replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Since it’s an old photo of an early painted prototype, I dunno. I mean I like to think Bandai was aiming for something grey—maybe a light blue grey or a gull wing grey. That said, with the fast packs on Max and Milia’s 1J in this line, the company is already known for taking some artistic license. With any luck, we’ll have a clearer picture once Bandai gives us an official announcement.
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    Same. I do hope all the domestic sales pull in respectable numbers, but for now it’s wait and see. The only set, from those announced, that has me hesitating on a day-one pre-order is Delta. I’m happy with the subtitled Japanese imports…but if we get a really nice collector’s edition, I can see myself picking up another copy to support more Macross here.
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    Right. Anime Limited usually distributes to UK/Europe like I noted above. What’s interesting is that they have a western license covering more countries. This is a rare—also newsworthy—thing.
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    I wouldn’t call Anime Limited some random company. They are a well-known distributor out of Scotland that normally has its anime license constrained to UK/Europe. I’m guessing this is one of those cases where they got permission to reach more countries in the west. The videophiles at places like forum.blu-ray.com usually rank their encodes highly. For my part, I can confirm improved quality on AL releases like Outlaw Star and Violet Evergarden—especially when comparing these to Funimation’s encodes for the same titles. For the remaining Macross titles, I hope either AL, Animeigo, or Nozomi can pick up the others. If Big West is still shopping around, though, another very good choice is Discotek. Boy, if Animeigo or Discotek got the blu-ray license for SDF Macross? That would be amazing.
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    This is fantastic news! Macross II, 7, and Frontier are day-one purchases for me. They will pair together nicely with my Japanese import blu-ray discs. I’m tempted by the Anime Limited release of Macross Plus too.
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    Basically. There are three collected volumes for the comics that are published and one spin-off. They do their own thing but loosely follow the same events as the Netflix series. For instance, the comics give hero nicknames to all the main characters and have villains for them to fight in the main story. Volume 3 of the comic introduced the Sparrows but doesn’t give a deep dive into their background like the series. I’ve read that the plan was to introduce Sparrow Academy in detail with volume 4 of the comics but it isn’t out yet. The new volume was announced a couple years ago (2020).
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    The show has been very consistent out of the gate. From my POV, that’s a good thing, especially since it’s doing its own thing as an adaptation of the Dark Horse graphic novels. Both have their own unique voice. And that ending gave room for another continuation, which I wasn’t expecting. Now I hope they get that 4th season.
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    On the other hand, Obi-Wan could be reaching the younger SW audience just fine. https://www.darkhorizons.com/kenobi-strange-rate-well-for-disney/ Me, although I can’t claim to be so young anymore, I am still open to creative ideas. So taken on it’s own, it isn’t perfect but I had fun watching it. I felt the same way about the prequel trilogy years ago. It will be interesting to see what happens if this show gets a second season. Will Obi-Wan become a side character helping an Ezra type or will the old Jedi still be the main focus and will we see him get another brief adventure?
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    The third season starts with more music and dancing, so this show is still in its groove. I’m working my way through the episodes slowly so that I can take more time to enjoy it, but last night I finally finished episode 5. No spoilers, just giving a quick update.
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    HLJ asked for 36800JPY for the Valkyrie and 7740JPY in shipping (FedEx). At the conversion rate when I was charged, that came out to $274 + $54 US or $328 total. I’m not charged any foreign transaction fees. That said, my estimates in the Ivanov thread were low by $6 on the final total but in the ballpark. The new numbers come from my credit card statement.
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    A bit. The currency was okay and set to JPY. I did have to reset my state and phone number because that info didn’t migrate over from the old site.
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    Oof. Mine is still set like Noel’s and defaults to JPY as well. I did run into the issue where I had to reset my billing and shipping address. It looks like the new site doesn’t like the old site’s address format. I’m not sure what is going on w/ FedEx. I do agree that a good next step may be to check in with HLJ customer service and see if there is anything they can do.
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    No coupon here either. The conversion rate is in a kind spot for the moment, although shipping put me over the $300 mark. My cost before shipping was $272. I went with FedEx and that added another $50 putting the grand total after shipping to ~$322. It’s a big bird so I’m okay with that number.
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    I initiated the HLJ shipping gamble. Will see if my new Arcadia copy of Nora moves today before they have to move redistribution centers tomorrow.
  18. technoblue
    A quick search of Cody Osell, the set designer, will get you to your destination. I like the look of the Brickveteran WWII Warbird sets but I am wondering if they have working gear.
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    A fun interview with designer Mike Psiaki has been posted on-line today. In it, he notes how he extrapolated that Galaxy Explorer set from building updated versions of the old Classic Space 918 and 924 sets. Even better, he plans to share his instructions---very cool. https://brickset.com/article/78875/interview-with-mike-psiaki-designer-of-10497-galaxy-explorer Also, in case anyone needed an extra push to pick up that second set. I know I did.
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    You know, you may be onto something Big S. With Disney financing things, it's more commonplace for SW to recycle the good ideas into ho-hum repetition. Focusing just on this series, there was something about Reva's backstory that kept itching at the back of my mind before I realised what it was.
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    Thanks, @M'Kyuun! I also got my order in for the new Galaxy Explorer set. Looking forward to it. It's cool to see a red spaceman in the updated mold and that the recreated arrow detail using a new clever design. I'm very curious to see what other surprises will be revealed in this build. The Lion Knights Castle set is one I don't want to miss. For me, it feels like a supreme update to the old King's Castle set. Those new LEGO art sets look like a lot of fun too. So far, my first foray into LEGO art has been the Starry Night set.
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    Nice. Even better if the leg covers aren't limited to the initial toon release.
  23. technoblue
    Word is that NA is giving Ymir leg covers, but I don't know if they are getting added in as a bonus or coming separately at a later date. I haven't heard anything about MS doing Dinobots...yet. They are currently working on their own version of Mirage, Ironhide, Ratchet, and Skyfire. If they do follow NA, I expect a Dino announcement could come later in the year. By then, NA may already have announced a metallic version of Ymir without the toy decals similar to how H27EX and H27M compare for their David/Optimus.
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    Haha! I'm going to need one of those detective boards with a string map connecting all the different times this group pops up. It would be convenient if those final scenes in Rebels are the last time they show up. However, it does seem like the Inquisitors are used more as a plot device (to help Vader vanquish Jedi in hiding) and are rarely, if ever, given any character depth. I wouldn't be surprised if the SW creative teams lean into this plot device again.
  25. technoblue
    Just finished watching the new episode. The story was okay. The effects really do need some help. Apart form the flashback scenes that have already been mentioned, there is that one scene where Vader is using his force hold powers... It was neat, but the whole bit was diminished for me since what was going on looked disconnected from the background. These are quality touches that maybe could have been added if the artists had been given enough time? I don't know. It's out of my wheelhouse. Now, this may be too much to ask of SW at this point, but I do wonder if any of the remaining pre-ANH series will explain what happened to the Inquisitors since they just blip out of existence by the time of the Rebellion?
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