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  1. Chronocidal
    I can't say whether or not that might have been the case with my recent order, since I didn't actually take stock of everything once I got it. I'd counted up the numbers I needed, and then rounded up, or added extras of parts I know I use a lot of, so I wasn't concerned about having enough for the project itself. All told I ordered over a thousand parts, so I didn't really feel like counting them all. I sincerely wish they would work out something better than the complete lack of tracking they give for standard parts orders. I'm thankful my parts arrived before I left on vacation, but there was literally no way to know when or how they were coming. No details on delivery service, no estimate on date beyond "within about 40 days," it didn't even show up as a package in my USPS informed delivery queue, it just appeared in my box one day in a plain paper envelope. If I'd known that ahead of time, I probably would have used a third party through Bricklink instead.
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    I think that's probably what happened, I didn't see any notes or paperwork regarding any charges incurred. I'm thinking they just ate the cost for people who had already paid shipping to avoid irritating their customers.
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    I've had a couple of orders from ShowZ for transformers things that arrived with no issue other than a longer than usual delay in port, but they did announce that they would be covering the costs for orders that were paid before the price changes. They said that their prices for air shipping would go up to cover the changes, but that it shouldn't impact surface shipments.
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    Every time I look at it, it gets closer to a Gurren Lagann joke xD .. I'll need to see if I can't print myself a drill-guitar... and maybe a set of Basara's shades to wear on the chest.
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    Eh, grabbed one at HLJ, the conversion from yen will take a bit of the edge off, and that's a really long wait to save up for. It's just so goofy I can't pass it up. Easiest HLJ preorder I've had in years, too.
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    Youch, $200 for 1500 parts is pretty steep. Those prices are feeling pretty high across the board actually, maybe they're just using a ton of really large parts? Might pick up the AT-ST eventually, but probably not going to rush to it. I might burn my VIP points to pick up the Shuttle Carrier 747 at a heavy discount in a few weeks.. mostly because i want to rebuild it. I've been reworking my KingsKnight shuttle heavily for the past couple of weeks after taking a few measurements and realizing the scale could be a bit better for true 1/110, but it involved completely redesigning the main body and bay doors. Still working on the OMS pod design, but it's getting there, and will probably take a few photos soon.
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    Honestly.. that's so dumb I kind of really want it.
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    I'm glad they actually made a decent representation of this one, but I don't think you can really make this design any bigger without the weight of the design itself fairly well ruining the experience. In the realm of sci-fi designs, this one works out just slightly better than the floating/detached nacelles in the most recent Trek designs. The backpack on this one bugs me though. I'm not sure if it's actually supposed to close? It just seems to be stuck permanently detached/opened somehow. I'd love to see one in 1/60 if they could get the limbs stable (maybe some kind of sliding lock that would hold them in place?), but I'm not expecting anyone to take that gamble.
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    I feel like the biggest "constraint" they deal with is just deciding that it's not worth the effort when people don't seem to care about how ugly the jets are when all they want is a good action figure that looks like the character from a cartoon. You're right about the character designs though. When they aren't hampered by fitting an established character into a jet body we get things like the Tomcat Maverick they released. And while I know lots of people didn't like certain aspects of Kawamori's attempt at a Seeker mold, I think he established a very solid foundation for how you could fit a really good figure into the F-15 body without getting stupidly lazy like the most recent MP Seeker. I really want to see someone take another crack at that general torso layout, but using more modern methods in the legs. Just something that plays with creative rearrangments of the components to give us a more streamlined jet while still giving decent character accuracy. Like since the legs and jet taper opposite directions, what if the shins flipped upside down? Lots of options to try there.
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    Whatever it is is potentially going to wind up in Erusean markings eventually, but I'm not sure if I'm going to try the entire scheme. Maybe just the insignia and highlights.
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    So the post office dropped a monster on my doorstep today. I'd been waiting on my pair of Su-27s from ShowZ, and when I saw the size of the box, I guessed they must have doubled them up. No. This thing is huge. I happened to have my Jetfires handy to pose for comparison in both modes, and they're not too far off in scale, but it just emphasizes exactly how big a plane this is. Comes in at near 16 inches long, so roughly 1/54 scale. Given the sizes of the previous ones, I did not expect something this big at all. Maybe I'll transform him.. but I might wait for the second to arrive before I mess with it. The manual is just as much a monster as the plane, so I expect it might take an hour or two to get through on a first run. Just in general though, I think a new bar has been set for plastic airplane origami. Looking over the jet, I think the only corner they cut was that the belly is a bit thicker than it should be, but it's completely hidden unless you view it head-on. I'm no expert on the Su-27, so the proportions of the nose might be a bit inflated, but without comparing it directly, I'm really not seeing anything stick out as being off-model.
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    Yeah, fair, it's a weird mix. I'm not sure what would look more natural, if you can even call it that.
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    I mean, this is actually accurate. I'm not sure if you would prefer actual pupils though, or just something more like his normal eyes.
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    Hmmm, I'm kind of torn. Really love the smoother setup for the engines, but I'm not sure I actually like all of the weird angles and layers in the nose. Also, still think there are better ways to do the wings with ratchets rather than gearing. Still, really nice to see more people tackling this old mess.
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    Part of the issue is also that those movies were pastiches of even older movies, to when you go watch them, you really don't have a built-in cultural reference for why they're supposed to be funny. It helps that I grew up watching a lot of that stuff, but at the same time I can honestly say I remember Scary Movie 3 far better than any of the movies it actually makes fun of.
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