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  1. tekering
    That's January 21st, 2021. The Japanese numerical order is always year-month-day. You're missing out, my friend! I guess you've been as swamped with work as I've been lately...
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    I don't see the appeal. They're the same size and price as the Earthrise versions, but not nearly as cartoon-accurate...
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    And so, Discovery comes to an end... an ending that ignores the consequences of every single action, but nonetheless wraps up all the outstanding plot threads in a definitive manner. Let it die here.
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    Sorry, I must've misunderstood. I thought you were talking about something professionally manufactured. I'm sure that 3D-printed stuff looks great up on the shelf... from the other side of the room.
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    No way! Where would I find that?
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    Thanks, @sh9000. It sucks that we have to pay $100 to get one new figure, but it would cost that much to import an individual Ash from Europe anyway... Expect eBay to be flooded with Kane (in both 35th anniversary and 40th anniversary packaging).
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    Yeah, but it's still the cheapest option for a Masterpiece Menasor, since the accessory set is entirely optional... and you don't even need to buy "Gravestone" to complete the gestalt, right?
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    I've just completed the six Earthrise episodes, and I'm sorry to say whatever potential Siege might've had is completely squandered here. The dialogue is even more banal and insipid, the stories have been done better in previous comics, novels, and video games, and the voice direction is poor, even by Transformers standards. My wife, unable to see my computer screen, assumed I was watching a Star Wars cartoon, but soon remarked how EVERY cast member seemed to be doing a Darth Vader impression... and she picked that up despite not understanding a word of English. It just goes to show how stilted and false the vocal performances are (which is usually a problem associated with Japanese series hastily translated and dubbed for Western audiences, not a series originally written and recorded in English). Whether Hasbro, Rooster Teeth, or Netflix is responsible, there's just no excuse for such amateur work here. I mean, a group of random fans at BotCon could've done a better job; at least they'd know what the characters are supposed to sound like. It's ironic that one of the best-looking Transformers series to date is also one of the worst-sounding. Oh, and despite a cast of over fifty characters, I think only FIVE actually transformed...
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    Kingdom? Here in Japan, we're still waiting on several Siege releases from back in 2019. Despite prominent appearances in the first season of the show, TakaraTomy still hasn't released Siege Ratchet, Skywarp, Soundblaster, or the so-called "Rainmakers." Exclusive retools like Slamdance, Aragon or Red Wing will likely never see releases here. Ah yes, the Dinobot quandary. I know it well. I suspect sales of the "Lost Exo-Realm" line were very poor by the time they released LER-07 "Pinchar," which would explain why so few were produced. I bought the first couple FansProject Dinobots, but they were much too stylized for my liking, and I imagine many other collectors were equally disappointed. I found G-Creations "Shuraking" Dinobots satisfied that itch for me (although their Swoop was significantly oversized, relative to the others)... However, I ended up loving their combined form so much I've never displayed them individually! I make it a rule never to buy the same figures twice... but I was sorely tempted in their case.
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    Dude knows his audience! Officially?
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    Really? He seems like a perfectly logical choice to me, given how prominently he appeared in the cartoon. I understand Masterpiece Devcon and Hauler are also in the works... but only after NUL-A gets released, of course. Obscure characters like Cliffjumper, Jazz, or Springer will probably never get made, and there's obviously no demand for background Decepticons like Galvatron or Cyclonus, either... not when major characters like Deceptitran and Custodiobot still need MP figures!
  12. tekering
    So far, so good.
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    Yes, a sequel would be preferable. Hugh Keays-Byrne is no longer with us, and I'd rather not see them re-cast Immortan Joe.
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    I've never known psychic phenomenon to be affected by physical properties like distance; Thanos' snap, for instance, was supposed to have wiped out half the population of the universe at once (even though it took several minutes of Infinity War to dramatize). Nonetheless, the Burn was traced to Su'Kal thanks to an algorithm that analyzed a fraction of a millisecond's difference in data points, so apparently it was a gradual wave-like thing that appeared to have been instantaneous, but technically wasn't. You've obviously put more thought into this than the writers did.
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    Y'know, if Hasbro packaged all their new CHUG releases in boxes like that... ...I'd probably have bought every single one of them.
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    I'm always happy when Star Trek acknowledges its roots in the '60s (be it Orions, Andorians, or the Guardian of Forever), but Marvel comic science from the '60s? That's a bridge too far. And yet, still considerably less so than Star Trek: Picard... I dare you to try and rewatch that!
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    Why would you wait for Takara? They've been producing Masterpiece Transformers for seventeen years, and still haven't gotten through half of the first season cast. If you're only missing a few minibots, then you must already have at least ten third-party figures representing the above characters... so why not "Boost," "Brawny," "Grump," or "Hunk?"
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    Damn, dude. My 1:12 Kitz Concept has a cleaner paint job than that!
  19. tekering
    Can you get stock directly from Bandai, or do you have to order from the p-bandai website?
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    The sequel trilogy did Star Wars dirty. Ackbar has a pivotal role in the Mon Cala arc of The Clone Wars (at the beginning of season 2). Check it out, if you haven't already.
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    I can most definitely confirm that it does.
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    Easily done... ...but why stop there? Supers for everyone! From the source, of course.
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    Yes, they're identical.
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    Or the Arcadia reissues, for that matter. You might still find an Arcadia VF-1J w/GBP at retail price... Oh no, a properly-scaled 1:48 pilot would never fit in Bandai's DX cockpit.
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