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I’m pretty sure it’s the Kotobukiya kit. I think it was more of a continuation of the HLJ complaint subsection of this thread

I kinda blame the changes that the history channel and TLC channels made towards the end of the 90’s. They were far more about education than cheap reality tv. I still remember that the TLC in TLC channel as an acronym for The Learning Channel. Same thing with MTV being Music Television. Too much trashy unrealistic reality shows and not enough focus on what the channels were meant to be.

He posed interesting questions, but rather than allowing credit to go directly or indirectly to aliens, the results of his books and tv offshoots, archeologists should be more fired up than ever to find scientific solutions to the hows and whys of ancient constructs. One thing's for certain, ancient humans were far more capable than we like to think they were. I do enjoy all the globetrotting on "Ancient Aliens" as I've been introduced to far more ancient sites through that show than through traditional historical programs, which is disheartening given the scale and sheer numbers of monuments around the globe, and the spurious nature of AA.

Wash It All Away 2nd episode aired today. I am not sold on this show. It is cute.

S.H. Figuarts Dragon Ball Super Saiyan - God Super Saiyan Vegeta (Unwavering Saiyan Pride) 5" Action Figure X 2

My handle is essentially a stylistically phonetic way of saying my last name with a Scottish pronunciation. My real last name is both spelled and pronounced differently. However, I suspect that it was probably originally McEwan, or something similar and, like many immigrants, my ancestors were likely illiterate, and somebody wrote the name down with its current spelling, or the family itself changed it over time as well as the pronunciation. Regardless, I came up with that particular sobriquet over twenty years ago and have been using it ever since. It's easy to remember, and easier to pronounce than my actual last name so, there you go. My avatar is my LEGO VF-4 that I built between 2010-11. It was my first complex, non-partsforming, fully transformable model, and I chose it as my subject b/c at the time, there were no toys of the lovely VF-4 (until Yamato revealed theirs). Mine still has the distinction of having fully articulated shoulders, an omission on both the Yammie and the HMR that boggles my mind in a combat mecha. At some point, I'd like to redo this thing in the proper FB2012 color scheme, but I'm lazy and just haven't gotten around to it yet.

Hasegawa made a Death Stranding kit? I heard of the trike, but I thought that was Koto or Moderoid...?

At least they’ve been letting you know , and knowing is half the battle

11 so far!

I think they're all just 'what if's... Really crazy they're not releasing the anime versions to drum up sales.

Hahaha. They need some IT help

I think you had this in the US, a design that haunted the "Toys & Games" pages of British mail-order catalogues for what seemed like years, the Milton Bradley "Starbird Avenger" (and its evil cousin, the "Starbird Intruder"): https://flashbak.com/fastest-ship-galaxy-remembering-milton-bradleys-star-bird-1978-58502/ I always used to stare longingly at it but somehow it never made my "want" lists as a child. Also, speaking of a "Space Raider", something I've been thinking about for a while and this thread seems a fitting thread to mention it, there was a line of UK snack foods called "Space Raiders" (still is, actually, not to be confused with a MacDonalds promotion from the late 70s); the original release featured art on the packets by no less a "2000AD" illuminary as Brett Ewins ("Judge Dredd", "Bad Company"). The reason I mention it is at one time they did an offer where if you sent in so many packets plus postage they would send you a little spaceship toy. I had hours of fun with that cheap little thing (I did at one time actually find out who made them but have since forgotten); I also recall some little toys a saw in a shop in a holiday camp once (yes, a lot of my childhood holidays were spent in these, for want of a better word, institutions) that had little "Zoids"-like pilots in but weren't related to them in any way (they weren't "R.A.T.S" or "Starriors" either, these were way smaller and sold in a box assortment). The reason I bring these up is that these sorts of cheap, throwaway and probably often bootlegged toys (or picture books, comics, etc) weren't famous, little information generally exists about them online and possibly are only recalled in the memories of those who actually encountered them but nevertheless could have an effect on the imagination at least equal to the much better known big names that get the coverage today. Edit: the "holiday camp" toys I mention above, I may be misremembering them having "Zoids" pilots; I think it was actually "Zoids" like small guns and external weapons/fittings.

Tried out You and I are Polar Opposites today over lunch. It's very similar to Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota in its basic premise of "someone with no poker face is very clearly down bad for their incredibly stoic classmate". IMO, it functions a lot better as a story because the protagonist Miyu is very aware of her feelings for her stoic classmate Yusuke and just not quite able to spit it out instead of being a bratty bully. It sold its romance well enough that it got me in Miyu's corner before the end of the episode, so I'm looking forward to more. 👍

For all the vast and far-reaching harm his pseudoscientific quackery has done in the fields of history and archaeology, it can at least be said that he indirectly did some good in his first book inspiring Stargate.

Is this one supposed to be the Iota variant like the Omega is to the Eta legioss?

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/erich-von-dniken-swiss-writer-spawned-alien-archaeology-129100696 Thanks for the books about alien cultures, and for the excellent movie about marathons (okay, forced joke, sorry)

Liking the artwork!

I asked to get notified when a Death Stranding kit was back in stock. I've been getting an email to let me know the item has come back in stock every day for like a month now.

Sorry to hear that, Graham. That really sucks. I've not broken anything on mine yet, but my copy is a first release with the super stiff shoulder joints. It's not the friendliest thing to transform and I gave up on it the last time I made an attempt due to some resistance. I don't recall the exact issue now, but I quit out of fear of breaking it. I keep my copy in Soldier mode, as I generally favor the robot modes of all my transforming toys, and that suits me fine as I love how the Sentinel Legioss looks. After watching the Pose+ designer review vid, it seems like this toy is being designed with ease of transformation in mind, which suits me just fine as well. Sometimes I want to transform my Legioss, and my other expensive complex toys, but the fear of breaking them gives pause. I'm more Skullface than EmGo when it comes to finesse, so I tend not to handle them all that often. I'm hoping the Pose+, despite all the opening panels and such, will be easier to transform and robust enough for handling without that constant fear of stuff just breaking.

Its good more and more Mospeada are coming out.

Dear Hasegawa, next year for Christmas I want an SV-51 battroid. DD or Nora don’t care, VF-0’s just standing around waiting for the party. Promise to be good

C'mon, even a hater would look twice if they actually did that . 😉

Good point. Indefensible, if true.

I don’t know yet whether I’ll make a limited batch of Legioss using resin and 3D filament, or put it on MakerWorld.

Don't get me wrong, I love my Sentinel Legioss, but transforming it always kinda scares me, given that I actually managed to break the diecast hip joint on a green Sentinel legioss a few yers ago. So, I'm always super nervous when transforming them.