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  1. tekering
    Not a purchase, but a Christmas gift from a generous friend...
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    Funny, I thought that's exactly what Dune: Prophecy gave us. Valya Harkonnen could easily have been a heroic character, but ultimately made a choice to embrace her power and take revenge on the Atreides, even knowing the cost to her family relationships and to the Sisters that blindly followed her.
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    Depends on your browser. They won't work in Vivaldi any more, but Safari still displays them fine.
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    Just when you thought the crass commercialization of Evangelion couldn't get any worse, along come McDonald's "Happy Meals" toys... A BigBadToyStore.com exclusive, according to BBTS.
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    Actually, the Hot Wheels classification system claims those boxed ships are 1:50 scale. 😂 Their "Track Fleet" Optimus Prime isn't a particularly accurate Kenworth K100C cabover, but it's a lot closer to 1:64 than most Hot Wheels semi-trucks... ...but still way off, of course. 🤕
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    Hot Wheels are rarely in scale with each other... unless every car, truck, van and motorcycle are actually the same size. 😅 Hell, they claim this Enterprise is 1:64 scale. 🙄 More like 1:6400, Mattel. 😤
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    Moderoid have given us some great kits of obscure military labors, but there are several prominent designs I'm still waiting to see at 1:60 scale:
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    The Aoshima Ingrams are my favorite. The articulation, the clear and vac-metallized parts, the cockpit detailing, and the decals are all superior to Moderoid's. Did you get Unit 2 as well?
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    Strange that Genco's own website has no listing for them... 🤔 Mind you, there's no mention of their 1:20 vinyl Ingram figure, either. 🤨
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    KC's 1:72 Battlepod is virtually identical in size to Hasegawa's 1:72 Regult (which is identical in size to Imai's 1:72 Regult), so the included pilot figure was the only appeal of this expensive toy to me. I'd already canceled my pre-order long before they admitted the figure would be downsized to 1:88th scale (4.5 inches), meaning it wouldn't scale with MEP or Moscato's 1:72 Zentraedi figures... or even the vintage Matchbox offerings. 😒 The final nail in the coffin, however, was the Kickstarter: Cyrus hopes to sell us the same figure TEN times, pretending that all Zentraedi are exactly the same height, simply swapping heads and color schemes. These figures won't even scale with each other, much less anything else in our collections. 🤨
  11. tekering
    Nothung wrong with that. 😉
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    On the contrary, the scale as depicted in the anime was surprisingly consistent -- much more so than, say, the Spartas in Southern Cross or the Legioss in Mospeada -- but official stats (and scale reference line-art) published AFTER the animation was completed have muddied the waters considerably. In fact... ...this image is particularly problematic, as it contradicts both what's depicted in the show and its own internal logic. Despite downscaling Kamjin by more than a third, he still wouldn't be able to fit into that Glaug behind him, even if it were completely hollow! I've been doing extensive research into this for my next YouTube video, including video clips and physical models, and it will definitively debunk the "official" stats once-and-for-all. 🔒
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    And yet still, much too small... 😒
  14. tekering
    I've only seen diamonds on previous costumes -- no hearts -- but the star over the right breast appears in modern comics as well:
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    Thanks to @sh9000, I've acquired Playmates' entire wave of First Contact action figures, most of which are a reliable 1:12th scale: Despite their pristine, case-fresh condition (on unpunched cards, at that!), I was able to get them for less than half their original retail value (THIRTY years ago...!) because Playmates Star Trek figures have aged like unpasteurized milk. 😝 Worf and Riker aren't to scale, of course (or proportionally-accurate, even), so they'll require some customization... and the less said about their Zefram Cochrane figure, the better. 😒 Nonetheless, I'm happy to finally have a few Star Trek figures that will (presumably) scale with Nacelle's upcoming line.
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    This must be a "your mileage may vary" situation. 🤔 Mine shows no signs of deterioration: If only my Beagles could say the same! 😭
  17. tekering
    No FAST packs, no sale. 😤
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    This is both phonetically-accurate and appropriately describes the design team. G-Quacks it is. 👍
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    You misspelled the title. There's only 6 U's, not 7. 🤪 Just ignore the six stupid U's. It's meant to be pronounced as "Gundam G.Q.X."
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    You're not going to get an answer here. @EXO hasn't used this site since Chester Bennington died. 😔
  21. tekering
    It certainly was ten days ago, when the Amazon.jp listing first went live... 😉
  22. tekering
    Geographically, I'm usually several months behind what you guys get Stateside, but sometimes I have content to contribute: I'm not a big fan of this mold, but it's pretty sweet cast in clear plastic. 😊
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    That's been the case with big-budget studio pictures for decades. Marketing executives and studio heads set a release date before the script is ready, and they've got to make it up as they're going along. The results are typically disastrous: Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Ghostbusters 2. Alien 3. Exorcist III. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Quantum of Solace. Even The Marvels went through extensive rewrites and reshoots, and the results are obvious.
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    Hi-Metal R

    tekering replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    If you're going to display them directly in front of a window like that, dust is hardly your primary concern... 😅
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    Hi-Metal R

    tekering replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    I found these at my local Toys 'R' Us today... ...on clearance at 50% off. 😅
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