-
Posts
1904 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Gallery
Posts posted by RavenHawk
-
-
52 minutes ago, sh9000 said:
Toyworld Freedom Leader looks pretty cool.
Looking forward to seeing more of that one.
-
1 hour ago, enphily said:
There is a Chinese WF this weekend and Sentinel will be there. Also 15-16 June they'll do 10th Anniversary Exhibition
They've been posting preview pics (through 1000Toys) of what they're going to be showing, and it's primarily Punk Drunkers figures (plus a new color Robox with dog and Zoichi from Biomega, which I'm very excited about).
EDIT:
I think I was mistakenly thinking of pics they post from a show this past weekend, so there may still be hope...
-
Unless I see something unexpectedly BAD, I'm in for at least one blue one pretty much no matter what. What little we've seen so far really appeals to me, and I have confidence in the team behind this.
-
52 minutes ago, JB0 said:
Because vehicles get no attention to the underside. They can hid all the garbage down there, who cares? Can't do that with airplanes, so they just shrug their shoulders, go "we have no way to hide things when they can see the underside" and stop trying. I think they are so stuck in the cars mindset that they haven't realized there's OTHER ways to hide things.
That's one of the things I like about motorcycle transformers. They CAN'T hide things, so they work them into the design. Sure, most will just throw the wheels on the back, but some will come up with cool things like the wheels in the legs of Animated Prowl.
-
1 minute ago, Dobber said:
Kawamori master series type thing. Let him take real aircraft and figure out how to make them transform into some sort of robot.
I am not very well educated on Kawamori's work beyond Macross, but wasn't he not using real-world aircraft? Mostly his own designs, which definitely took a lot of cues from real-world aircraft? More artisticly "cool", and modified to make for interesting transformations?
-
4 minutes ago, Chronocidal said:
Very very rarely do I ever see anyone displaying any Transformers in their alt modes, unless they bought duplicates for that explicit purpose.
I'm probably the exception to the rule, but, where I collect almost exclusively motorcycles, they are all displayed in alt mode. The only ones in robot mode are the duplicates.
-
1 minute ago, 007-vf1 said:
I just finished seeing “Revisions“ on Netflix
i thought it would be annoying teenage drama (which it is..) but in spite of it characters do mature some throughout the series.
I did like how the plot develops along the episodes.
I thought it was well done and enjoyed it just fine, though I'll be honest that I kind of lost interest towards the end.
-
On 5/26/2019 at 2:06 PM, jenius said:
I think I accidentally ordered a second set of strike parts. I will definitely be selling them if I did... won't know for sure until the end of the week.
Let us know when you find out.
-
7 hours ago, jenius said:
I think I accidentally ordered a second set of strike parts. I will definitely be selling them if I did... won't know for sure until the end of the week.
These are the Kickstarter ones, not the event-only ones (that come in three versions)?
-
It's disappointing, a bit surprising, and I'm frustrated with myself.
I'm surprised it had such an effect so quickly. This was really, essentially. instantaneous... like in a movie when someone gets acid thrown on them.
Frustrated with myself, since I NEVER leave these things anywhere where something could happen to them... but, of course, this one figure was on my desk to remind me to get back to designing some custom accessories when time allows.
-
-
13 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:
I posted the AmiAmi links for the exclusive white Garland and its Strike Parts on the Arcadia Garland thread back in 2017. Which is sad to say, besides that it's being expensive it's already sold out too.
https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-034794
This new ones appear to be priced significantly below what AmiAmi was asking (which I simply couldn't justify spending at the time), which is why I'm being slightly optimistic on maybe getting my hands on one of the new sets. Then again, as a convention exclusive, they'll probably be tripled in price by the time they hit the secondary market, anyway.
-
Now how to get my hands on one...
-
I think Furman is borrowing ideas from the novels (which, full disclosure, I loved... when I read them in my tweens), but, at the end of the day, I don't think this is about the original series or the books. This is meant (in my opinion) to bring in new fans. I think they hired Furman because of what he did at IDW: he did the original launch of Transformers for IDW, bringing in a new generation of fans and creating a new universe with new mythologies, totally separate from even his own previous Marvel work. Really, only the character names were the same. This worked for new fans, and he ideas were actually interesting enough where old fans were able to enjoy it as its own, separate, unrelated thing.
The difference is, he had unexpected ideas then, and he seemed to genuinely care about what he was working on. This time... he's just sitting with his laptop in a pub, writing out just enough words to pay for the next round of beer.
-
I bought both of the first ones, doing my little bit to support the series of releases so that we will hopefully get Mellowlink, but I'm a little disappointed that there's still no word on that coming...
-
I'm a little over halfway through REVISIONS (added on Netflix USA earlier this week) and am enjoying it so far.
There are some common anime tropes that don't bother me, since I feel like their playing with them a bit and acknowledging them, but they might bug those who have seen more similar shows than I have.
The mecha in it remind me of some of the motoslave concepts from BGC that never made it into the show, which I'm enjoying, too, even though it's more about how people of different maturities react to a very difficult situation.
Forgot to mention that I find the "evil monster" mecha to have an interesting design, though the faces look like they were built by Toa Heavy Industries.
-
Got mine today, but haven't watched any of it yet. I had heard that the original prints were destroyed in a fire in the 90s, and that's why nothing has been remastered. Don't know if there is any truth to that.
-
3 minutes ago, nhyone said:
IMO, it's doable, even if you don't have any expertise and all you have is money -- but you better have some.
First is the design.
Next is the prototype.
Followed by the molds.
And finally, creating the parts and assembling the figure.
When you break it down like that, you realize you just need to pay others (experts) to do the work. What you need to ensure is that you can make a profit or at least break even at the end.
How much does each of the steps cost? No idea. I can guess, but I have no idea how wildly away I am.
(I don't think the first two steps will cost more than $5k.)
If you're paying someone else to do it, then I think you're way off. Most designers I know run around $100/hr, and even 3d printed prototypes are a chunk of change, depending on materials. Then again, I suspect designers in China are cheaper, as are prototypes, so who knows? I'm just basing this off of industries that I'm familiar with, in the US.
-
I loved the original Watchmen series, and I actually greatly enjoy the movie. I had no interest in the recent sequel comic series, so didn't read it, so have no idea if this is its own thing or an adaptation of the newer comic.
-
8 hours ago, JB0 said:
The pack-in comic bears mentioning for a single blooper. I assume MMC publishes these to further the thin illusion that their toys are original creations and any resemblance to any trademarked Hasbro/TakaraTomy properties is purely coincidental.
I think it's funny that you point this out, since this has been something that has gotten my attention on some of the 3P toys that I've picked up over the years. A handful of them (Perfect Effect, if I'm remembering correctly, though I may not be) have at times added in comics that I think slightly strengthen potential arguments for being genuinely original works... while others that I have seen really just seem to be stoking the infringement fires.
-
Ok, that Roller is genius.
-
15 minutes ago, sh9000 said:
The comic store near me didn’t have the free Robotech comic. Oh well.
Yeah, I hit both of the ones near me, and neither had it.
Keep in mind, I don't think that the comics are actually "free" to the shop. I think comic shops get them at a very reduced price, with the understanding they are not allowed to charge for them, so it's sort of like the shops and the publishers splitting the cost in order to try to draw new customers/readers in (not positive about this, but this is what I was told).
So... if the shop doesn't think anyone is going to be interested in Robotech, they won't order copies, even for FCBD.
-
Apparently, starting with the FCBD issue, a new writer is joining in to "co-write" with Furman (in quotes because it depends on one's definition of "writing").
-
1 minute ago, jenius said:
I'm still waiting on my Arcadia crowd-funding Garland.
... and I'm still waiting to be incredibly envious, when you get it.
VOTOMS
in Anime or Science Fiction
Posted
Looking at the upcoming OVA 2 Blu-ray release, it's still at $40, and it's only 290 minutes (though it looks like this one is legitimately all HD).
The first (tv eps.) one was 1630 minutes, for $25, with OVA 1 being 595 minutes and currently at $18 (I paid $35... so much for pre-ordering).
I appreciate getting high def and not just standard def on a Blu-ray disc, but this seems a bit excessive.