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^^^

43 minutes ago, Urashiman said:

It has been a while. I‘ve been fiddling with the VF-9 again and decided I need a test print to check if everything is fitting. I only need to decide what to do with the main landing gear. Anyway… pictures.

And a size comparison.

Fan-frick'n-tastic!

8 minutes ago, pengbuzz said:

We have an Ollie's opening where Big Lots used to be later this month.

Lucky you.... you'll be able to witness the full "glory" of the failure that is Disney's hubris, vis a vis their cheap plastic monument(s) to pre-landfill garbage, first hand.  

16 hours ago, sh9000 said:

I'm ok with the articulation.

Agreed.  In light of how niche of a niche Star Trek has become over the Bad Robot/Alex Kurtzman stewardship of the franchise, and the fact that contemporary figures of the same size tend to msrp at twice, or more, the price point of this upcoming line, Star Wars' non selling inventory of unwanted Disney era garbage characters -- littering discount outlets like Ollies -- notwithstanding, the articulation is more than adequate.

NGL, they all look fantastic, some more desirable (Jellico, especially) than others, but all a huge improvement over the limitedly articulated Playmates stuff released around the time First Contact came out, to say nothing of the older smaller scaled fare that could not sit without being awkwardly spread-legged.

1 hour ago, F18LEGIOSS2 said:

I've made these hinges with leftover sprues for my gakken ride armor, stay tuned

Now, THIS is one of those face-palm moments when one says to oneself:  Why didn't I ever think of that before?  It is so brilliantly simple and deceptively obvious!  

1/28 is such an oddball scale but I suppose it would be at home around 1/32 or 1/24 subjects, depending on the pilot's size.  I do consider myself officially... intrigued.

3 hours ago, Convectuoso said:

I really hope they milk the mold of the 19 and give, at least a YF-19 and a VF-19S

They could partially milk the Fire Valk's molds for the other VF-19s, more or less depending on the variant, but not for a YF-19 or VF-19A as those two, although sharing the overall look, are entirely different birds requiring all new tooling with nearly zero parts in common... maybe the hands could be repurposed but not much else.

31 minutes ago, RDX17 said:

Any time I see a new comment in this thread I get my hopes up...Tomahawk announcement?

Alas, the wait continues.

 

Yeah, the disappointment is real and it just keeps going on and on... and on... and on... and on... and on... and on....

40 minutes ago, Seto Kaiba said:

Hard pass, I don't need to see some toxic fanboy YouTuber whining about a good series because it doesn't fit their narrow worldview.

It's a fun show to watch, and that's all it needs to be.

You, along with others, are myopically falling for a prejudgment fallacy.  He actually mostly praises the series, calling it competent and entertaining, just as he calls Andor a smartly written and overall worthy entry.  His point is that what came before it, the many failures pumped out by Disney-Lucasfilm is what doomed it, with special emphasis on The Acolyte; so yes, Star Wars, the way it's been mishandled and abused, killed it.

14 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

... and boy did it ever grow on me.

Like a fungus...

14 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

One of the only good things to come out of Kurtzman-era Star Trek.

STLD and Prodigy are the only two things I personally consider both good AND canon, more so the latter than the former, imo, but heads and shoulders above any of the live action stuff, especially the laughably bad/intelligence insulting/horribly conceived and written/acted/directed/edited garbage that is the overwhelming majority of NuTrek.

Much like STP S3, the people behind Lower Decks and Prodigy mostly got what Star Trek is about and had respect, even when engaging in outlandish parody, for the IP's legacy and did not aim to denigrate, undermine or corrupt it into some grotesque 25%-different mutant MESSAGE-cudgel version aimed at (attempting at) pleasing a miniscule portion of a niche fandom nearly impossible to please... only managing to drive away the legacy fans whose support the property depends upon for its relevance and financial health, as the cratering in merchandize revenues can attest.  Hopefully, Skydance will do a much better job at curating Star Trek than what's been done over the past decade; then again, the hangovers known as Section 31 and Starfleet Academy are still looming, even if relegated to alternate reality dreck if the scuttlebutt regarding Lower Deck's final episode is to be believed.

3 minutes ago, Phyrox said:

But...why would a Tread want/need a rotary gun with mere seconds (at best) of firing time when it's forearm weapons are plenty potent.  I mean it looks cool but it doesn't make any sense to me.

It's a fantasy flying brick booster/bomber that transforms into a bruiser robot... making sense has never been a going concern, with any of this genre that MW is dedicated to. 

1 hour ago, vt102 said:

Why?? Is it that bad?

Nope, it is that good... @Radioguy whishes to be in the running for re-giftee.  

1 hour ago, Duke Togo said:

I'm in the fence with the Tread. It doesn't have the same appeal to me that the super/strike parts for the VF-1 do.

Totally get where you're coming from; however, the super/strike parts don't transform into a badass brawler of a mech all its own... 

1 hour ago, lechuck said:

There is an old Klingon proverb for all of this: Only a P'Takh judges a warriors strength by the Bat'leth they carry on their back!

If we're quoting Star Trek, I'll paraphrase the 109th Rule of Acquisition:  "Inane Klingon insults and an empty sack are worth the sack."

4 hours ago, Thom said:

As ever, I'll wait to give my view of it after I've seen it, cause you can't tell if the pudding tastes good until you've tried it.😉

Thing is, if the pudding smells rancid, tasting it to make sure, let alone swallowing it, is not a smart move...

7 hours ago, Big s said:

If that budget is anywhere near a real number, I doubt this movie will bring in a profit.

Once marketing is factored in, this thing is unlikely to even come anywhere close to breaking even, let alone turn a profit; it may very well turn into the biggest financial bomb in Marvel history, which after Quantumania and The Marvels is saying something.

This is promising to turn out exactly as most have expected it would... Could it end up okay despite its insistence on "trying to ice-skate uphill?"  Well, the chances aren't zero but... 

31 minutes ago, Atomski said:

Man, Cyrus is borderline arguing with folks in the comments on Kickstarter. He is very instant that the pink color is to guarantee success". What? !

Why not?... It's worked swimmingly for Hollywood, comic books and the AAA gaming industries...  

3 hours ago, Tking22 said:

Once again, I just want a TV Kaki 1A so Vermillion can be done, c'mon Bandai, get to it already!

That and a Brownie and I'm all set too.  Hop to it already, Bandai! 

9 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

Love the new concept arts.

Nobody can (truthfully) deny that these movies are extremely well executed visual feasts.

Ugh!... little to no originality left from the House of Mouse, and when they do try something new it's almost always dreadful.