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Got the KC Rick Hunter 1/12 figure delivered today.  He stands quite a bit taller than Sentinel's 1/12 Mospeada figures when you place them next to each other.

Overall, I'm pleasantly surprised with the quality and execution of the piece; while it is not on the same level of excellence of a Figma figure, it is quite good is its own right and a fantastic rendition of the character; likely the best we will ever see at this size.  Comes with a handgun and rifle, but the outstanding accessory is definitely the helmet.

Now I can't wait for Lisa Hayes and any future releases, as I'm all in... Roy, Max, Miriya, and Minmay in Chinese dress at the very least.

5 hours ago, troyness said:

One episode a week. To prevent anyone from binge watching it in a day then cancelling subscription.... What about avoiding spoilers for 10 weeks, binge watching it in a day then cancelling subscription? Hope there's a 1 free month trial. 

Assoalyal-ee-kool-prah-toh kahn kee boong, loopung chona lee pah.

This Bounty Hunter is my kind of scum, fearless and inventive.

Jabba the Hutt approves.

55 minutes ago, jenius said:

Just think of it as part of the new aesthetic.

Or a placeholder until some clever and talented enterprising member of this community comes up with a superior Shapeways replacement.

On 8/22/2019 at 8:26 PM, Dynaman said:

The thing with the Matrix is - why is the Matrix a "bad" thing.  Sure your real body is in a dump but you never know that unless a bunch of jerks "wake" you up and make your life miserable.

1 hour ago, Bolt said:

Jupiter Ascending was a major let down. Watch it when you're bored and curious.

It would also be a good idea to be adequately sauced before hitting play...

1 hour ago, Bolt said:

Didn't DC say there was no way in hell he would do another Bond flick..?

Never underestimate the power of a fat payout dangled in front of a person's face to make one's convictions melt like a Popsicle on the sidewalk in mid August in Arizona. 

While the second and third Rambo movies are nothing more than typical 80s bullet porn schlock where the hero just mows down countless bad guys, specially the 3rd one, they are very entertaining for what they are.  First Blood, on the other hand, was a repudiation of the mistreatment, by arrogant and condescending civilians who just saw veterans all as vagrants, junkies, and trouble makers due to the vilification they received in the media of the time, of American servicemen returning Vietnam and trying to reintegrated into society; John Rambo was pushed into going "full Rambo" because of the dehumanization, abuse, humiliation and disdain he suffered at the hands of small minded good'ol boys, specially the holier-than-thou police chief, in a Podunk town John just wanted to pass through.

Unapologetic, unflinching, brutal, politically incorrect, badassery!  What's not to like?

I got the same email... it's about time.

7 hours ago, peter said:

Why can't the pill be both?

Searching for a loophole, I see...  I give you this:

^You pretty much addressed the last sentence of your last paragraph with the first sentence of your first paragraph.

Matrix 4... because, apparently, enough time has gone by that audiences may be starting to forget -- and the producers hope... forgive -- just how much Reloaded and Revolutions actually sucked.

3 minutes ago, ErikElvis said:

My armor from NY isn’t even in preparation in progress yet. 

Same here... haven't heard a peep from NY yet.

1 hour ago, beatsing said:

That’s crazy, I thought the scalping on the dx vf1 anf vf25 was excessive.  Usually the cannon fodders are cheaper because they are less popular and plain colors.  I’ll wait for a reissue or repaint.

The reason for the huge aftermarket markup is that the release of the VF-31A was such a cluster-frak on Bandai's part, coupled with many vendors who took in more orders than they could deliver... due again to Bandai's factory messing up production and suppliers messing up distribution; also, CF and plain it may be, the A has unique wings to the 31 line, and is the only one not skittles colored, which has it's own appeal, specially to real-world fighter aircraft enthusiasts.

You'll also need to wait until hell freezes over before you see a reissue of this particular bird since it was sold as a TWE item, ostensibly to order, and as such a one-off; the only hope would be for a release specific to one of the mainline characters (too lazy to look up which) who flew a somewhat personalized unit, a movie colors variant [if the movie(s) even have such a thing], or a CF with a different modex to distinguish it from the first, limited edition, version -- the price of which will eventually stabilize somewhere, but unless people who have extras start dumping them onto the market all at once, don't expect it to get anywhere near affordable.

Well, this should surprise no one.  Another Disney SW floating turd gets unceremoniously flushed.

https://cancelrenewtv.com/star-wars-resistance-renewed-for-2nd-final-season-on-disney-channel-disneynow/

10 hours ago, Sildani said:

That’s a Chinese curse, ya know. 

May Star Trek live in interesting times...

9 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

As opposed to Bad Robot, which is just a regular curse.

More of a plague and a physical and mental disability than a curse, but either way it is just as debilitating and leads to unsavory outcomes.

4 hours ago, DewPoint said:

If its only going to be a PF release, then wouldn't that make it the standard version? 

Nice semantics play, there... but jokes aside, you know exactly what I mean.  However, if Arcadia is going to make Perfect Finish their de facto standard, with the commensurate substantial hike in MSRP, then I'm out for good.

I find myself oddly glad this appears to be a PF only release; it'll make it easy for me to ignore it and save the money... I'd be all over it if ends up being offered as a standard version.

29 minutes ago, JB0 said:

I keep reading this and just thinking "Picard got an STD?"

Ha!  Close, Picard got a terminal case of Bad Reboot...

Sigh!  Looks like Star Trek: Picard will be, just as STD is, a hard unceremonious pass.  I'll give a damn about Star Trek again once the fools in charge of the property prove themselves capable of giving a damn about it as well... what a shame.

I guess I still have Axanar to look forward to... if the folks behind it ever deliver.

1 hour ago, lechuck said:

So nothing new other than a different paint app and it immediately falling under Arcadia's price gouging "Premium Finish" line.

A couple of years ago I would have felt more ecstatic about something this, but nowadays I am just not feeling it.

 

Yeah, a PF is a no-sale for me as, in addition to the ridiculous over-charging, I don't own any PFs and am not about to open that can of worms.  If Arcadia decides to come out with a regular finish version that wouldn't look out of place next to all the other 1/60s I have, for a "reasonable" -- per current Arcadia pricing standards -- MSRP, then I'll be game for a copy; if not, I can live without it, perfectly content with my plain gray VF-4G and HM-Rs.

Wasn't the excuse for why Yamato/Arcadia never released a FB2012 version that they couldn't acquire a license for that particular VF-4 livery due to it never being depicted as anything other than in Fighter mode in the OVA?  It would then stand to reason that Bandai's licensing and release of the HM-R (~1/100) VF-4 in Hikaru's colors from the animation meant that the 3 mode transformation of the mecha was fully legitimized and all ambiguity removed, opening the door for Arcadia to license a 1/60 version, and since they already have the molds...

Ooh, Sheryl cosplaying as I Dream of Genie... 

A heartfelt tribute, but NSFW due to naughty words.

AE sent shipping notification for mine.