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  1. tekering
    "Is there an Echo in here?"
  2. tekering
    Sure... except for the TR-6. Talk about Gundam in-name-only... Lame.
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    1:32 scale?! That diorama will be over a foot high! Which of course means either it'll be prohibitively expensive, and won't scale with anything else in our extensive Macross or Robotech collections it will be reasonably-priced (but nowhere near 1:32), and still won't scale with anything else in our extensive Macross or Robotech collections it won't receive approval from Harmony Gold and/or Big West, and will simply remain among the dozens of other unproduced MEP figures In other words, don't hold your breath.
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    I'm strictly U.C. myself... ...so the MG kits I build are decades old now. I'm particularly partial to the GM variants. Oldskool is the best skool!
  5. tekering
    It's good to know that ZD Toys is making Iron Man figures, for those of us who don't like the articulation on the Marvel Legends Iron Man figures don't like the proportions on the Revoltech Iron Man figures don't like the paint on the MAFEX Iron Man figures don't like the scale of the SH Figuarts Iron Man figures don't like the weight of the Comicave Studios Iron Man figures don't like the sculpt on the DST Marvel Select Iron Man figures don't like the price of the ThreeZero Iron Man figures I just wish there were more manufacturers making 1:12 Iron Man figures.
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    Ah, the power of nostalgia... ...has compelled me to spend (including shipping from Australia) over a thousand dollars on this particular garage kit.
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    And equally valid, as I say. However, while Stig and Houquet are established European names, "Stick" and "Fuke" are merely mistakes born of ignorance. Those spellings are as unacceptable as "Ligaa."
  8. tekering
    Wow, those CF Yammies sure look plain next to the DX, don't they?
  9. tekering
    Please scan those covers before you do! Awesome acquisitions.
  10. tekering
    I haven't opened my Blackout yet and am tempted to sell but while it's not perfect I do think it's pretty cool. Especially helicopter mode. I may never sell it just because I'm lazy.
  11. tekering
    Great concept! I'd try masking off the white areas and the decals and apply a couple more coats of blue.
  12. tekering
    https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-bad-batch-muchi-not-rancor-return-jedi/
  13. tekering
    That is delightfully '70s. Incidentally, episode 5 "Rampage" features more female variants on established male characters, both a female Trandoshan (like the bounty hunter Bossk) and a female Rancor (like the one Luke killed in Jabba's palace). #theForceisfemale
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    Speaking of getting names wrong: I don't know if the role-playing games can be blamed for this one, but the error is a simple one; in Japanese, the elongated イー sound gets Romanized as "ii" (which is not a spelling pattern native to English), and since it's common for proper nouns to be capitalized in English, the "Iigaa" spelling is often misconstrued as representing a lower-case "L" instead of the upper-case "I". In Japanese, it's pronounced "Eager," and that's the preferred English spelling (if only to avoid confusion). This one gets all sorts of spellings (in this thread alone, it's spelled "Grab," "Grub," "Graub," and "Gurab"), and while each is a valid Romanization of グラブ, I think "Grub" is what the Japanese clearly intended, given all the insect analogies used to describe the Invid in Japanese publications (and even their Mospeada Wikipedia page).
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    I’m not a big fan of transformable Gundams since it turns the whole hard sci-fi premise of the series into a pile of junk. Giant humanoid robot war machines require suspension of disbelief... Giant humanoid robot war machines piloted by children require even greater suspension of disbelief... Giant humanoid robot war machines piloted by children with psychic powers is already straining suspension of disbelief to the breaking point... Giant humanoid robot war machines piloted by children with psychic powers that transform is a bridge too far. I mean, what's next? Giant humanoid aliens incapacitated by pop music and kissing?
  16. tekering
    Not much. The warp pylons are attached to a surface large enough to grip onto and use as a fulcrum, and it's really just a matter of applying enough downward pressure to snap the few plastic rods that hold the engineering hull together. No big deal.
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    Absolutely not. Mine wouldn't budge, even after ripping apart the secondary hull... Given the dish is glued to the upper part of the secondary hull, the best I could do was mix a similar duck-egg blue color and paint the rest of the interior surface of the dish to match the glued portion along the upper edge. I must say, it looks better as a deflector dish than it did as a window.
  18. tekering
    Yes, but it's got such a lovely turquoise window in place of the navigational deflector... I just love how clearly you can see the warp core in there, holding the secondary hull together.
  19. tekering
    His work is definitely improving, but those are going to be much bigger (and more expensive) than his "oversized" Grub... ...and the Gamo doesn't appear to have any articulation whatsoever.
  20. tekering
    That would be a valid interpretation... That's an entirely different (but equally valid) interpretation. Unfortunately, his text is misleadingly vague -- and his images are no less confusing -- so further clarification is required either way.
  21. tekering
    Are you suggesting there's another option? I'm not sure I understand the question.
  22. tekering
    Best start over from scratch on that one. There's more wrong than right with it. I would imagine there are just as many collectors out there who would be happy with (or even prefer) "Rick Hunter" nomenclature as there are fans that would insist on "Hikaru Ichijo..." ...just not on this site.
  23. tekering
    Damn, the Happy Hogan/Mark XXI set is a Target exclusive.
  24. tekering
    It says it's only 14cm tall. That can't be right, can it? ¥16,500 for a 1:144th scale Mobile Suit?
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