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    Bandai DX Chogokin 1/48 VF-1

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    Well, reaching out to BiJ for a DHL quote paid off: instead of the ¥6800 additional for EMS shipping, DHL's was "only" ¥4510... over a $22.00 savings.  I should be getting their shipping notification fairly soon, and the Angel Bird before the end of the month. :yahoo:

    Bandai DX Chogokin 1/48 VF-1

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    Just got a payment request for additional shipping charges from BiJ to the tune of 6800¥ -- sheesh! -- via EMS... that's a huge extra bite, so I messaged them for a DHL quote to see if it's less of a kick to the family jewels.

    Whats Lying on your Workbench MK IV

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    3 hours ago, Rock said:

    If this was going in the garage/basement I'd be happy with going to homedepot. But, as-is this will be setup in my office (one of the spare bedrooms) so it does have to look decent.

    Have you looked into a used office furniture outlet?  You may be able to find some decently priced and lightly used stuff some business unloaded due to downsizing, remodeling, etc.

    Willow, the movie - deleted scenes

    in Anime or Science Fiction

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    4 hours ago, Duke Togo said:

    Disappointed you, or lost money? You said “box-office losses.” Which Disney films have lost money?

    Not a sacred cow by any means, but you’re painting a picture of systematic failure which is just not backed up by anything.

    As for the topic at hand, we’ll see about Willow when it comes out. Clickbait YouTube videos and articles from non-reputable sites aren’t actual sources of any real information regarding the series.

    Reading and comprehension, not even once...

    Dr. Strange 2 and Thor L&T disappointed; everything else I mentioned lost money... some downright flopped hard (Ex.: Lightyear - production costs, not including promotion, was app. $200 million - $400 million needed to barely break even; it grossed $226.4 million worldwide), as in they did not make enough to recoup production, advertising, and other costs.  Obtuseness and over sensitivity is not an argument; all the information on theatrical releases' performance is readily available... ignoring or denying the numbers don't make them any less stark or real.  The streaming side of things is just as lackluster, with Marvel and Star Wars shows drawing fewer and fewer numbers with every release, to the very nadir of She Hulk (a certifiable bomb) to Andor (an apparently decent series that has the lowest viewership numbers of all the SW live action entries), to the LA/CG Pinocchio (almost universally panned as hot garbage).  Have all Disney's releases failed? No, but oh boy, have they had a higher that statistical number of stinkers all around.

    Willow, the movie - deleted scenes

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    5 hours ago, Duke Togo said:

    Track record? Andor is one of the best shows of 2022. The Mandalorian is consistently entertaining. There have been some stand out Marvel shows. They’ve proven they can produce good shows.

    Quality is subjective (it is perfectly within one's right to like or dislike whatever they want), too little too late is a thing, and Disney's list of mediocrities, disappointments, failures, and wtf-ims over the past several years far outstrips their successes, as attested by their dwindling viewership and box-office losses.

    Willow, the movie - deleted scenes

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    The trailer makes it seem that they're staying true to the original movie and actually paying respect to those characters while introducing new ones to expand its world and carry it forward, instead of the all too insidious trend of reimagining/rebooting/adapting to current year hang-ups/narratives... refreshing and commendable if that turns out to be the case; however, this being from Disney (their track record of producing mostly garbage and eviscerating franchises and their own past glories to push The Message over the past several years), I'm not holding any hope that the trailer isn't just a cynical bait-and-switch and that the final product won't be a butchered pile of Troll droppings.  Please let me be wrong...

    Star Trek: Prodigy

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    I guess Voyager did a very comprehensive and ludicrously detailed scan when it encountered the NX-01-A Dauntless in the Delta Quadrant, so much so that Starfleet, upon downloading and analyzing its database, decided to slavishly reverse engineer (in structure and tech) an alien ship that just tried to mimic a Federation vessel -- or what its sole occupant assumed would be a plausible revolutionary prototype Starfleet would build -- as a trap for the crew.  However, I can't criticize Prodigy too harshly for using this design as a proper future Starfleet vessel as I like the design quite a lot, and this show is by no means the only "offender"... Enterprise did it first in the episode where Archer is time-ported to the Enterprise J and a Dauntless Class ship can been seen flying by one of the windows.

    That bit of tongue-in-cheek nitpicking aside, Prodigy and Lower Decks do scratch that itch for legacy Trek.  Two animated series do a far better job -- not perfect by any means -- of being true to the roots of the franchise than the live action offerings that can only be described as dreadful, and that's being generous; sure, I've read that SNW is supposably okay, but that, to me, is damning with faint praise -- like saying it is "good"... when compared to the other two unwatchable offerings.

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