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    Here are a few unpainted snap-fit kit building tips for beginners: Always use sprue cutters or nail clippers to separate the parts from the sprues (the parts tree lattice). One off ebay Only remove the parts you will be working on and assembling; this way, your chances of losing tiny pieces to the carpet monster are minimized. Do not cut flush to the part's surface; you'll get much better results if you leave a little knub on the part for subsequent trimming. You can cut flush if the part, or area of the part with the gate, will be hidden; study the assembly diagram... you'll get a feel for what needs extra attention and what can be snipped off the sprue without concern as you get more confident in the process. Use a No. 11 x-Acto blade to carefully trim the knubs down until they are flush to the part's surface. Use your fingernail to feel for high spots... your eyes can deceive you if you're solely dealing with raw plastic, more so some colors than others. Rub the now flush spot where the knub used to be with your thumbnail to polish off/remove most discoloration from the above process. If unsatisfactory, or better results are desired, use sanding sticks (I like to go with 280 grit flowed by 320 grit, some times down to 6000 or a clear plastic buffing stick) to get the spots to mostly disappear (note that, depending on the color, especially true with reds, sometimes a slightly darker spot will be left; this is due to how the color pigments in the plastic flow and accumulate disproportionately through the part-sprue gate). Sanding will result in hazing of the plastic due to the change in texture from the virgin surfaces' glossy/satiny finish; use an old shirt to buff the sanded surfaces until they match, as closely as you can get it, the overall sheen of the overall part. Have fun.
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    Modern Hollywood dogma, and Disney in particular, dictates that in order to elevate/empower female characters, they must make the male ones almost universally dumb, incompetent, morally corrupt, defeatist, insipid, or evil, then write said female characters, many times obvious self-inserts/idealized projections, like men with little to no flaws and no consequential obstacles to overcome that lead to personal growth. Far too many times, they're already perfect and just need to realize how amazing they are, and to overthrow the shackles that limit them from achieving their awesomeness; it's such a predictable, vapid and tired trope that it's utterly one-dimensional and profoundly boring. An absurd amount of modern writers just can't seem to be able to write women anymore; so much so that, when you do encounter one in pop cinema, it is highly refreshing. I'm glad more and more people are rejecting this post-modern deconstructionism and pandering to "Modern Audiences" (something that doesn't actually exist... not in the numbers necessary to ever make it anywhere near profitable in the long run). Hopefully this "Let the past die, kill it if you have to" trend will soon end and be relegated to the ignored and forgotten ash heap; we then may get more Ripleys, and a lot fewer -- as in barely none -- Rey Palpatines or reimagined Mulans and Ariels and dozens of other examples.
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    Yeah... Somehow it seems like a "My wife's boyfriends" joke is entirely apropos here.
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    Oops, my mistake... must've had Mafex on the brain for some odd reason, but I stand by my sentiment regarding the Marion figure, Hasbro or otherwise.
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    Possible mild spoiler warning It looks like an imperfect -- then again, what is? -- but satisfying sequel to the original.
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    I already have the Figma Indiana Jones that came out in 2009, so this Mafex version is an easy pass for me, but if Marion is also in the 1/12th range, I'll be sorely tempted to get her... build an artifact be damned.
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    I just love how this movie has pretty much shot The Little Rat-Fish in the proverbial barrel (soulless corruptions of beloved classics deserve nothing less), and obliterated the manufactured narrative excuses for its wholesale rejection... down 69.1% on its second Friday (Box Office Mojo)... another embarrassing money losing flop apparently in the making for a company with an impressive string of L's over the past few years; <sarc> wonder why? </sarc>.
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    The SV-51 is akin to the SU-27, the VF-0 to a F-14, the VF-1 is somewhere between a F-16 and a F-18... the Legioss is like the P-51 of the bunch.
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    Flippity Flooppety Flop... Splat!
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    Sv-303 Vivasvat

    mechaninac replied to sjoebarry's topic in Toys

    Gives me much more of a Dia de Los Muertos decorations vibe than TRON to be perfectly honest...
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    For the exact same reason Netflix nixed Cowboy Bebop after one laughably bad cringe inducing season, only this went one step further since D+ is hemorrhaging both subs and money, and taking up storage, even if only ones and zeros in a server, costs money, especially for a product that bombed super hard and has no hope of EVER making a profit. They are cutting their losses, from every division except parks, to shake some loose change out of the couch since Disney has fallen so hard in almost everything they've put out for several years that they are down to about 3 months worth of operating expenses in liquid assets.
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    https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2023/05/25/its-your-last-chance-to-see-how-bad-the-new-disney-willow-show-is-before-its-gone-for-good/?sh=5625eb8c21b7
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    A traditional Figma/S.H. Figuarts treatment would be far better, like all but the most recently released Rick Hunter figure - the texture gives it a completely inauthentic look to the character's depiction in the anime, and covering the joints in no way makes up for that visual deficiency; however, since I've had a preorder paid for for years...
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    I don't give any credence to critics' opinions either; however, what I find funny and interesting is that these same publications invariably gush over everything coming out of Disney, more often than not standing in stark contrast to audience reviews, so to have these usually sycophantic shills throwing shade at this latest offering from Lucasfilm means something is up. We'll find out if these early reviews were on the money or not by the second week of release... if BO receipts drop off a cliff like they did with Antman: Quantumania, or hold well like GotG Vol 3.
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    Reviews from the movie's premier at Cannes have started showing up in a lot of publications... let's just say that most are not kind, to downright brutal, even when couching their criticisms as much as possible. General audiences might embrace the film once it hits theaters... anything is possible (maybe, international markets will ultimately save it), but all indications point to a trainwreck in the offing, especially given its estimated 300M production, with its multiple reshoots and overruns, budget.
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    There is a definite, and unimaginative IMO, infatuation with multiverse shenanigans in far too many franchises over the last few years, and rarely done well... most are so mediocre that the whole concept has become little more that a lazy gimmick and tired trope. We'll see if JMS can pull it off...
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    Revenge of the 5th!..
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    Love the color... a bit lighter and it would've been the ideal tone for Roquet, instead of what we ended getting. However, I'm so glad this is a 100% skippable release, with zero future regrets for not buying it.
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    I heard it described as it being delivered with all the passion and significance of ordering toppings for his ice-cream...
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    DOA
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    Looks beautifully desaturated in those pictures, as it aught to be. Will the final product retain that authentic -- to my eyes -- look?...
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    Bixos escrotos, saiam dos esgotos...
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