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    I figure I'd show the new/upcoming City Space Construction mech suit and Interstellar Spaceship now that they are built with the Avatar AMP suit thrown in for scale. Of the two my favorite is the spaceship. I was a little disingenuous calling it a Buzz Lightyear movie reject the other day. After building it, it honestly reminds me of the old Starcom toys from the 80s with it's design and aesthetic and that's a good thing in my book. The build is nice and solid while being pretty straightforward with no stickers. It has a unique gimmick where you press on the purple battery and the engines deploy outward another thing reminding me of Starcom. The thing on the wing is a drone/flightpack for the pilot. There's not really anywhere to stow it away besides there. The construction mechsuit on the other hand is kind of the opposite. It's fiddly, doesn't feel very solid, and apart from the space logo prints on the shoulders had a bunch of warning stripe stickers that need to be attached. The left arm is a jackhammer that sits loosely and the right is a grasper claw. The best part is probably the pilot. The helmet and armour are completely new with a four square stud back that you can build attachments onto. The set is rounded out by a small drill drone and a rock formation with power crystals to mine. Overall a lot of the kits flaws can be overlooked due to it being on the most basic cheaper end of the new Space line. I really can't wait to pickup the two rovers, base, and space station when they become available.
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    So how best can I describe Zach Snyder's Rebel Moon? This film is literally the equivalent of a 10 year old sitting in a sandbox alone smashing his GI Joe, Star Wars, Avatar, and Marvel figures together alongside a few 40k minis and some random anime figures he stole from his brother's shelf without permission in a reenactment of an old film his parents made him sit through that he couldn't sit still long enough to truly grasp.
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    Einhander.
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    I hope you had better luck than I did when I went back tonight. All the new 2024 space stuff was pulled from the shelf. Apparently Wally pulled a no-no and got slapped on the wrist by Lego. I didn't realize what happened until I got to the register with another set that's supposed to be released in 2024, the police and muscle car chase set and was told it was an "unsellable item" and the confiscated it at the register. The only reason I picked that set up was due to last years police station being discounted to $56 dollars and I figured it would make a good additional surprise Christmas gift to go with the station.
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    Did some late Christmas shopping at Walmart today. Those Lego Avatar sets were on a steep discount and I couldn't resist another submarine. What was surprising is seeing the new Lego City Space sets out in the wild. They had the the Interstellar Ship(which honestly looks like a reject from the Buzz Lightyear line) and the Construction mech in addition to the Dreamzzz and Friends crossover kits. As far as I know these aren't supposed to hit store shelves for at least another couple of weeks.
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    He's lucky it was a later model. The early F-104's had a downward firing ejector seat through the floor of the cockpit. Using that would have made him a human lawn dart.
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    The only time the Federation could even come close to being accused of a war crime in the One Year War is at Side 5 during the Battle of Loum. That was when the Zeon Fleet tried to hijack another colony to drop and then proceeded to use the colonies as cover for the ensuing battle untill their mobile suits showed up. This resulted in several colonies being destroyed in the crossfire.
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    That mod hat is going to get a lot of use in 2024 if upcoming movies like this are any indication...😆
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    I find myself saying that a lot with licensed sets. For 10 dollars more I could get an entire police station/prison with a helicopter, two boats, and seven minifigs.
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    Not for me. The guy that made this film has a youtube channel that does a let's watch of bad/cheesy movies from the 70s, 80s, and 90s created a patreon to get the funding for this.
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    It's Mylene's Valkyrie from Macross 7.😂
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    The date this series takes place is November 6th 0079 and the setting is the European front. That puts this series timeframe at roughly the same time and place as the Federation's Operation Odessa, the big counter offensive to retake Zeon's main resource gathering sites. It's 11 months after the START of the One Year War, not the end.
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    Went back for a second viewing this time in IMAX, and I have to say this film still holds up even on repeat viewings. This film really is that good! About the only complaint I have is... That should tell you how great this movie is if that's all I can find fault with it. One other think of note that the history geek in me noticed is this film does something I've rarely seen in Japanese cinema and that's...
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    Welp.... There goes $1500. 😂
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    Preach my brother preach! 😝
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    Wow! Just Wow! This was definitely worth the praise it's been getting. I highly recommend it! There's a lot I need to digest before I feel I can properly give my full detailed thoughts. This is definitely up there among the best films in the franchise, I'd even argue beating out the original 1954 film in some regards. It definitely stands above Shin Godzilla and I hold that one in high regard. This is a must watch in theaters!
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    Getting ready to see this now. I'll let you guys know my thoughts afterwards.
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    Not leading with a Dark Angels or Blood Angels terminator is a bit of a mistake given how Space Hulk made that armor almost synonymous with those chapters.
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    Here's the thing, Napoleon's "exaggerated accounts" are still far more accurate to what happened than 95% of what Ridley Scott filmed and chose to show us. Look, I get taking artistic license in an effort to better tell a story, but when the story you are trying to tell is utter dog crap, and the real history behind is so much more compelling and far more interesting, you deserve to be called out for your B.S. Especially when accredited historians at universities and the historical advisors that have spent their lives studying this period of history are told to "Shut up! You weren't there, how would you know?" by Ridley Scott himself. Like historical records, personal accounts, letters, and soldiers diaries don't still exist from that period. No, this garbage deserves the hate it's getting from historical circles. One can only hope Steven Spielberg's work to complete Stanley Kubrick's unfinished Napoleon epic as a miniseries will do the era some justice.
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    UPS guy dropped off my package from Lego from their Insider sale, and well... Not a single thing is intact outside of the mini bag of picka brick parts. What hurts the most is the Majistos workshop gift with purchase is mangled and I just can't get another one, as it officially sold out today.
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    To be far the actor they chose for the British Ambassador did resemble good old Benny.😆
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    Swede Vejtasa: I wanna be a fighter pilot! US Navy: No. You are a bomber pilot. *Swede proceeds to shoot down three enemy aircraft in a day in an SBD Dauntless at Coral Sea. US Navy: Um... So you wanted to be a fighter pilot you say? How does a transfer sound? *Swede proceeds to down seven more enemy aircraft in a day at Santa Cruz.
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    Shoving an awful amount of history into two plus hours is a massive understatement. The following literally happens over the course of 10 minutes...
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    I'm sorry, I couldn't resist this. 😂
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    So I watched Ridley Scott's Napoleon, and well.... You ever watch a movie that is so bad, it starts to become so unintentionally funny you start to wonder if it was done on purpose? Yeah that's this film. The pacing and focus is all over the place to the point if you don't have a keen interest in the Napoleonic era you will have absolutely no idea what the hell is going on. Joaquin Phoenix is miscast badly being way too old and terrible in this. He spends most of the film with a look on his face that resembles the slight discomfort of having a broomstick broken off up his ass and no way to get it out... When he's not making the "O" face spending a surprising amount of time balls deep in Josephine doggy style trying to produce an heir. As for historical accuracy there really isn't much. Outside of the most broadest summary of people and places this movie showcases, liberties have been taken with damn near everything. Not in "we need to rework things for pacing issues or time constraints," but more in a "We have no idea what the hell we are doing!" sort of way.
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