Chronocidal
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I'm still baffled that no one in the entire First Order had the sense to shoot the evacuation cruiser, instead of the empty Resistance base. The entire movie was tactically a parade of people with their pants on their heads, running into walls. The ending... honestly, it just feels like a complete reset to ground zero, all the way back to ANH, and wiping out all the progress since 1977. There are good and bad things about that, but it really doesn't have my hopes up for Episode IX. -
I mean.. I would have figured this should be obvious to pretty much anyone involved, but it does play along well with the thought that Hamill really didn't like the direction Luke went in the last movie. I've been under no impression that "getting the band back together" was even remotely on the table from the start of the new trilogy, honestly. The closest we had was Han and Chewie boarding the Falcon in TFA, and that was about the last real nugget of nostalgia we got along those lines.
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STAR WARS Merchandise Episode - 2
Chronocidal replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I've asked this sort of question about every single design since the new trilogy began. Also, for the record, I'd take literally any non-Star Wars design by LEGO in the past 20 years over anything on that page. Yes, that includes Bionicle, Ninjago, heck even the Spongebob rocket set at least looked more functional as a vehicle than those piles of wasted plastic. I think every new design from Star Wars since the new trilogy started has failed on both an aesthetic and a marketing level. They're butt ugly to the point that no one's going to want to buy the toys, let alone models of them. Wake me up when we get box art for B-wing and Tie Bomber kits. Side note: I would love to slap every dipwad designer at Revell upside the head for making such idiotic kits.. what sort of braindead lump of flesh designs a "build and play" kit of what amounts to a car, and then forgets to give it wheels to make it actually... you know.. roll? Where's the "play" function of a car that doesn't have any moving parts? Same thing applies to those "patrol speeders," but at least Han's car actually looks something like a vehicle, as opposed to someone straddling a cubicle wall with handlebars. -
It may as well be stacks of cash, for all the amazing sales figures this thing will be bringing in for them.
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As much as I appreciate Hasegawa attempting to provide a display stand for these, I've never understood why so many manufacturers seem hesitant to put mounting points in obscure locations so you can avoid the bulky cradle setups. Best ones I've ever seen are the way Bandai does its Star Wars kits. Simple plug mounts, and panels to cover the mounts if you don't use the stand. I'm hoping Bandai does put out a Mirage 262 1/72 kit too though. Much as I love a clean fighter kit, I really enjoy the assembly process for the transforming kits, and I'd love to mix and match some purple panels with the pearly Roid version.
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I just see that waste of materials and tampo, and think of how nice it would be to take all that money blown on the production line for this monstrosity, and put it to use making something people actually want. I have to assume they're under some kind of contractual obligation to produce this crap, because there is absolutely zero sense in wasting all that money this way.
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When and if that day comes, if the Arad custom is the only one I can get, I'll be shoving it to anyone who wants one for a trade. Really kinda sick of the tramp stamp logos at this point.
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I'm just holding onto mine until NY says one way or another what's going on. If they only offer store credit, I figure that'll at least cover all of the armor and super pack orders for the next few years.
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So... I forget which release this was, but previously Milia's pilot name was given as "M. F. Jenius." I'm thinking that was what the option was on the VF-22 releases. I might also be thinking of Hasegawa decals. Edit: Confirmed for the Hasegawa decals, they use "M. F. Jenius."
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See, again, I would hope so, but we don't know what real method these shops are using. Given the scalper market in the past, and how NY used to acquire items, it would not surprise me if they cancelled when they realized they would have to actually get their stock from third party sellers at a loss, because the prices spiked so fast. It's why I'm holding onto my order. If they're bluffing about the supply, and waiting for people to cancel so they can relist them, I'm calling their bluff.
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See, that would make sense, but again, I'm thinking Bandai just had no idea how popular the design was going to be, and might be rushing to capitalize on that by rearranging production lines to make more. I'd love an update, but that's why we need someone in Japan who can actually check on this stuff for us.
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It is entirely possible that Bandai just had no clue how popular the design would be, and just weren't prepared for it in terms of factory output.
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I honestly don't care when they get stock, so long as they do. I'm not going to delude myself with any expectation to ever get one though at this point. Bandai still seems to have no freakin' clue how to judge the Macross fanbase. What this really needs is someone who can actually address this issue from within Japan, because for all the ranting and raving here, Bandai doesn't receive any feedback, and can't even give any response.
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They return your money back because they know they can find a current buyer who'll pay twice as much for it. If I don't hear anything in another week or so, I'm going to just flat out yell at them and offer to pay the current going price for them, see if I can't call their bluff. I'm not happy about paying the extra, but if I can get the items I ordered and drag their reputation through the mud it deserves? I'll take that bullet.
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Will chime in that I paid for my pair on October 7th at 05:11:20, according to the NY account history. Time in the US works out to 1:11 PM on Oct 6th.
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See, I'll be honest, this type of thing would have me screaming bloody murder at them for shafting their customers. You don't go cancelling orders, and then sell newly acquired items to whoever happens to click fast enough. You send an apology to the customer you cancelled on, and offer the item to them first.
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I feel like the VT-1 really isn't that popular historically? I remember the Yamato being on sale for a long time. I'm glad Bandai decided to do it, but I'm a little surprised that they did.
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I actually splurged and went for three, one at HLJ, and two at CD Japan. I might cancel the HLJ one later, but I really do like the Ostrich.
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HLJ Up: https://hlj.com/product/BANN25875/Act
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Yeah, Windows has had this feature for a while. I usually keep three clocks set: Local, GMT, and Japan.
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Dangit.. I can't un-see this now... it even has freakin' eyebrows.
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It would be, but unfortunately we have no real insight into their system. If certain types of shipping get priority, that pretty much screws the whole process up.
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Yeah, went to grab one after all. I don't feel the need for another Jolly Roger F-14, but the J should look nice.
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Seriously.. what the crap.. when were they planning on telling me about this? Meh, I don't need that one anyway honestly. I'll see if BBTS still offers them though.
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If they had done that, I don't think we'd have seen anyone actually getting them from NY, but a few have reported preparation notices.