Chronocidal
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Oh good freaking grief Bandai, learn how to make decals that don't suck already. These have that same stupid screen-printed pattern as the VF-25 ones did. It looks terrible in the close-ups.
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Bandai Macross Δ Mecha Collection Small Scale Plastic Model Kits
Chronocidal replied to IXTL's topic in Model kits
See, now that is pretty. I might have to do that as well. Despite the lack of an actual VF-17, I was really happy when I unlocked both Gamlin's and Millia's VF-17 schemes for the VF-171 in Macross 30. They just look great in those colors. -
I've got disassembly pics of the old Yamato one buried somewhere on the forum, but the structure is basically identical for the Arcadia one from what I've seen. The thing to keep in mind is that pulling the nose apart might let some smaller pieces for the landing gear doors fall out, but I'm not sure the Arcadia version uses the same little parts.
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I might have to take the plunge on this one, though I don't know if I want a pre-painted kit or not yet. It's tempting to not have to worry about decorating it myself, and just display it.
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STAR WARS Merchandise Episode - 2
Chronocidal replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Going to be grabbing at least 3 each of those A-Wings and Ties. I might even expand all my kits to groups of 4. -
Pricing aside, I'm kind of happy he was an exclusive, just to avoid dealing the the usual preorder nonsense for Bandai products in general. I'm thinking the Roy might be my only HMR VF-1 though, since I've got so many 1/60ths (though I might get one TV release for the rest of the missiles).
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Yeah, I must admit I'm not really sold on anything about the 31, structurally speaking. It's not a bad design, but it does a whole bunch of little things that irritate my design sense. I might get a couple, depending on my attachment to any characters once I see the show, but I'm finding the 262 much more interesting all around.
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STAR WARS Merchandise Episode - 2
Chronocidal replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Awesome news, I'll have to pick up a few of those. -
I'd call that a spoiler the same way it's a spoiler to tell people that there are cars in "Fast and the Furious" movies. Though, whether people would consider a reveal of whether the packs are ugly or not some type of spoiler, I can't say.
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Actually, that surprised me that Bandai went so far as to make all the extra parts, and surprised me even more for not selling them as a webshop item. They just don't seem to like people being able to mix and match weapons though, for whatever reason.
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My Roy just showed up at my door (with the stand), and that is by far the biggest pile of nonsense packing I've ever seen. THREE external boxes, the biggest of which would've held a full 1/60 VF-25 with packs included. Felt like I was opening a set of Russian dolls. Quick once over looks like everything's in place though, I'll probably pop it open later today. Edit: Don't know if I'm really surprised or not, but I'm a little disappointed that they didn't include the triple missile clusters. They weren't in DYRL, so I guess it's fair not to pack them in, but I've definitely been spoiled by Yamato/Arcadia packing everything in to give you the most flexibility. Looks like I'll have to get another HMR to get the TV missiles.
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All Things Videogame Related: EXTREME VS!!
Chronocidal replied to Keith's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
When they announce a new X-Wing or Tie Fighter game, I might start caring, but given it's EA, it would probably only be caring enough to rant about everything wrong with it. -
I believe you mean, "That's not true! That's impossible!"
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Small update about the wing mechanism, I finally got the screw cover out of the underside of the wing glove. It took a lot of prying with a razor blade, but I kept the part mostly intact. It's a battle of patience getting it out without deforming it horribly, and even then, the part fits so tightly, I definitely warped the edges of it. Slightly sad news is, my original thought about a sliding joint won't quite work, the distance involved is slightly too long. Measuring the distance between the base swingbar pivot and the one at the wingroot, the wingroot is 3 cm away from the base when folded for battroid, but a little over 6.5 cm when in the outer position for high speed mode. So, a sliding joint to shift the pivot outward for high speed mode would need 3 segments, which might be too fragile or bulky to fit well. I'm going to keep brainstorming on that one. The slightly better news is that if you ignore the swingbar entirely, the wingroot pivot stays essentially stationary between normal fighter and battroid position. So, you could potentially replace the entire swingbar with a single piece that screws in place, and just have the wing pivot on its own. On top of that, locking the swingbar in place has one other benefit. If the wing doesn't have to shift outward for high speed mode, there's an opportunity to extend the trailing edge of the wing to give it some surface contact against the sides of the legs, and keep its sweep constant in fighter mode (though attaching fast packs might alter the contact point somewhat). I'll post some pictures later of what I'm thinking about, but the gist of it is that where the very trailing edge of the wing meets with the wing glove inner surface in battroid position, there's some hollow space in the wing glove. If you were to add an extended tab at the trailing edge to rest against the legs, there could be room for that same tab to slide inside the wing glove in battroid mode, so it doesn't interfere with the wing position. You'd just need to cut a slot for the tab to rotate into when the wings are moved for battroid mode. I'd love to keep high speed mode just for making it easier to display these in cramped spaces, but it'll take some fancy engineering to rework the existing swingbar to let it work better, and not flop around.
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I want to say it doesn't surprise me, but those odds are terrible. For me it's only been one of two that had a shattered leg, so higher percentage, but lower number. I'm really careful with all of these now, and really haven't transformed them except to inspect the knees to see if there are any cracks. That metallic plastic is really sketchy, and when I saw what looked like a fracture starting on one of the plastic flow lines on my Luca 171, I put it back in fighter and left it.
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Saban's Power Rangers, in theaters March 24,2017
Chronocidal replied to Old_Nash's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
The big argument I always hear against sculpted breastplates usually amounts to the fact that armor is meant to deflect blows away from the vital organs, while a sculpted chest could direct the force of blows directly into the sternum. While I can agree with that whole-heartedly, I want to say the circumstances may change when you move from metal plates held against the skin, and start talking in terms of cybernetic or biological enhancements that may be less about a person wearing armor than they are directly modifying a person's strength at the molecular level. If the armor is literally a part of the person, it's not as likely to injure them. Not that I'm trying to defend these designs, which look pretty derivative of every cybernetic armor I've seen in the past ten years (my first impression was a mix of Iron Man, and the game Warframe). Mostly, I think people are tired of the over-sexualized form-fitting armor that so many franchises love. The heels though.. just to play devil's advocate, I want to say there might be a good reason for boosted heels in the armor (mostly thinking of the heel springs you get in Portal) but if that's the case, everyone should have them. -
I've been hoping to get a second 25G for a long time, just so I can actually hope that I get a crotch plate this time. My first order was just flat out missing it, and Bandai showed it's usual care and consideration for US customers in replacing it. Ever since then, it's been using the super pack groin as a placeholder. I've actually seriously considered replacing it with the YF-25's though, since it's also blue and white, and actually I think matches the 25G's scheme better.
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Considering how many times we've seen this exact same error, I think it's just that the people running the quality control don't know how to read English characters well enough to know there's anything wrong. It's not like the parts are even symmetrical, they just flat out put the markings on backwards. I think the first time this was brought up was the leg armors of the tornado parts, and there's really no ambiguity at all which way those should face.
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Well, remember, half of the fighters in Macross don't even use horizontal stabilizers, because that functionality is basically taken over entirely by thrust vectoring. A modernized F-104 with computer controls and omnidirectional thrust vectoring would probably be able to keep up just fine. But anyway.. yeah, I want that 262. Assuming I have the transformation sequence figured correctly, I love the twisty flippy acrobatics the fuselage has to do to make a full set of limbs out of a cranked delta wing design.
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Considering how many comparisons constantly pop up between Star Wars and Star Trek, my mind always falls back to the "at least Star Wars hasn't screwed with time travel" argument (and at this point, I might be wrong, but I don't think it's ever been used in what's now considered canon). I'm personally waiting for the big reveal that Luke is actually his own grandfather, and Rey is Padme's mother.
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Well, like so many project ideas I have, I don't know if it'll get done by me personally, but either way, I intend to get a design figured out. Finding time to actually build things has been difficult for me recently.
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I do wonder that myself. The single engine is going to need a split down the middle like the 262, but you don't have nearly the same bulk to make up the legs. I could definitely see another twisty "arms in the spine" system though, where the length of the fuselage collapses in on itself to form the torso. It'd be a challenge any way you look at it. But then again, I don't think anyone would have thought you could get a robot out of a Draken either, and that's already done. It seems like Kawamori is having fun challenging himself, trying to make workable transformations for aircraft that don't seem like they'd work well. Personally, I'm loving it. It's part of why I love designs like the VF-4 so much. "Hey, cool looking plane, I love how clean the desi- wait, what are you doing, why is it unfolding, HOLY CRAP IT'S A TRANSFORMER?" Crud.. now I'm having this hilarious image of all of Kawamori's valks lining up to slap a movie-version Jetfire, like that hysterical woman in Airplane.
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I did wind up picking up a third YF-19 this time around, but that's a combination of a few personal reasons. Mostly I just love the design, but my brain likes the idea of having three of any valk before I seriously consider experimenting or customizing one. Mentally, it means I can keep one mint, transform one freely, and modify the third. The third one will probably remain mint, while I tinker with the wing mechanism of one of the older ones, which I've already disassembled. If I can get access to the resources to do it, I plan on reworking the wing mechanism entirely so it functions off of a sliding pivot, instead of the double swing arm. Whether I'll need access to metalworking tools to do this, I don't know, but I hope whatever I come up with can be put up on Shapeways. At the very least, I plan on a new pivot that'll just remove the high speed mode function.
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Why is it that the 262 looks completely ready to hit the market, while they keep displaying that unfinished 31 prototype? I'm not even sure the 31 battroid is finished, it looks like some of the main joints are molded together still.
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It's hard to see from the shadows, but the plane definitely has a T-tail, just like an F-104. I really hope it's got the full transformation already worked out, because I seriously want one of those now. Kawamori must be enjoying himself, pulling out all those nice Cold War era designs. Oh, and the Sv-262 is looking amazing.. I don't think I'll be picking up every version, because that will just get silly, but hopefully the multitude of designs will make these a little easier to order. That is, unless Bandai decides to start making sense, and just includes decals or swappable panels to make the different non-commander variants.