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    I know a lot of people like the ET sculpt, but to me it always looked a bit stretched and elongated looking. In my mind, it needs to look a bit wider and bulkier. Having it next to the Toynami Alpha really makes this apparent.
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    Since there is a twisting waist that is achieved through a rotating joint in the nosecone, that's pretty much a confirmation that the leg transformation has to be taken from the 1/72 model kit right, i.e., the legs are completely detachable? I can't visualize a transformation method that allows for a twisting waist joint in the nose cone that uses any of the previously used hip bars. Also, to my eye there looks to be a noticeable sheen on the feet -- does that mean they are made of metal? That would be consistent with the HMR and DX valk designs, but a departure from Yamato.
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    I saw an article in the local news that says they are filming scenes for WW2 next month at a local mall about five minutes from my house.
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    Why does that matter? Why do they need to learn anything? If you're omnipotent it doesn't matter because you can fix it -- or prevent it from being a problem in the first place. I actually agree with this, and think that it's the most logical "in-universe" explanation for why he does what he does. \ But I bring up the whole discussion about omnipotence because people are saying Thanos has to do X or Y because if he did A, B, or C, it "wouldn't work". Which is ridiculous because if the character is omnipotent there is no such thing as "it wouldn't work". He can do whatever he wants, and can account for whatever contingency arises. By its definition, omnipotence means it *has* to work, because he has the means to carry it out. So my answer is not that Thanos chooses to do X or Y because it wouldn't work, but because that's what the story needs him to do. Thanos chooses to kill half the universe rather than double the resources (or some other solution) not because the other solutions wouldn't work, but because that's what the story requires him to do in order to move the plot forward. Omnipotence theoretically enables him to execute any solution, but the story requires him to execute one particular solution.
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    To be clear, I don't take Thanos's motivations (or the power the gauntlet confers) too seriously. But just for the sake of debate -- if the gauntlet does in fact confer omnipotence to the wielder, than all of these justifications as to why he couldn't/didn't do this or that don't really hold water either. Because if you're omnipotent, you can do anything! This is why I have a lot of problems with time travel stories. Time travel is basically a deus ex machina that can solve any story problem at any point, unless the writers are careful to introduce very specific limitations and are consistent about following whatever in-universe rules are established. Omnipotence is a deus ex machina x1000 because you are not only not bound by time, but you are pretty much not bound by any other conceivable metaphysical constraint either. Say Thanos doubles the resources but the universal population grows and the problem remains. He can snap his fingers and do something else to solve the problem. Perhaps re-engineer everyone's biology so that their metabolisms are more efficient. Pretty much any conceivable idea (and probably quite a few inconceivable ones) is fair game if you're omnipotent.
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    How does it make it worse? He says the problem is that there are too many people and not enough resources. Doesn't increasing the amount of resources solve that problem?
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    I read another article that made the very good point that, if the Infinity Gauntlet confers omnipotence to the one who wields it, then Thanos could have just as easily solved his "problem" by doubling the amount of resources in the universe instead of killing half the population. I could also see a HISHE for that scenario too.
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    January 1 is likely an error too. If they are sticking with their normal release window, it should be out sometime in August.
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    But I don't see anything fundamentally flawed with the Gakken transformation that would require completely redesigning it. You have fighter mode and soldier mode -- there aren't really too many different ways to get from point A to point B. It's a pretty simple transformation. The engine/legs have to extend and rotate down and forward. The arm pods on top of fighter mode have to extend and rotate down. The intakes have to rotate. If anything, it just needs some minor tweaking for better articulation. The VF-1 has an inherent design quirk around the leg transformation that required a compromise for a real-world toy, so companies had to come up with different solutions. The Legioss doesn't really have the same shortcoming, so implementing the transformation in a real-world toy is pretty straightforward. There's not a lot of room for variation.
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    I could see the writers saying that Thor decides to retire from the Avengers in order help his people recover from the brink of extinction. The big three are clearly moving on, and it makes a lot of sense to have Tony Stark or Steve Rogers go out in a blaze of glory. Killing off all three would be a bit contrived IMO, and there's a very logical and reasonable in-story reason why Thor would not appear in future MCU films. At the same time, it leaves the door open for him to play some role in future movies, perhaps a brief cameo or a small supporting role (the GotG need stop and refuel during one of their adventures, and it happens to be on New Asgard).
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    Totally agree. I can totally understand companies having a hard time making a decent, sturdy, well-articulated, perfect transformation MOSPEADA ride armor toy. That's just a difficult design to implement. But the Legioss is not a difficult design compared to many other PT toys. In my head, I'm visualizing the Gakken toy updated with some better proportions and paint details. You'd think they could have pulled this off by now.
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    I've seen a few of these videos and articles that talk about these pictures, and all the curiosity seems focused on the devices on their hands. But personally, I'm more curious as to why 1) Tony Stark is wearing a SHIELD outfit, and 2) why Cap, Ant-Man, and Stark are covered in motion capture dots in addition to their costumes. (1) in particular is a very odd thing to see. If he's not an alternate universe Tony, then him wearing a SHIELD outfit could mean that the continued existence of SHIELD (which so far has only been a thing on the TV side) is *finally* being acknowledged on the movie side. Might there also be an appearance by Phil Coulson? Yeah, I know they have denied for years that the films will ever reflect things going on in TV land, but there's a part of me that likes to think that finally having TV MCU spill over into movie MCU after years of denials would be one of the biggest misdirections of all time, even topping the fake scenes from the trailers.
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    I think I had the same reaction watching the ending of Infinity War as I did when I saw Prowl bite the dust in Transformers the movie.
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    Comic books have been undoing character deaths for years to the point of self-parody, and the Infinity Gauntlet comic was the most egregious example of this.
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    I wouldn't say I collect that line in particular, but I do have the Defiant. Purchased it at a local convention. It's pretty decent piece. If you're going to collect a whole line, definitely a lot more attractive than, say, the Diamond Select line, which is a lot bigger and less diverse. I have also have a Hot Wheels Enterprise D and a Diamond Select Enterprise E. The Eaglemoss Defiant appears to be comparable in quality to the Hot Wheels Enterprise E that I own.
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    Upon further reflection, I think what happened was that Cap learned that Bucky murdered the Starks during this scene: I think we're meant to infer that Bucky told Steve that he killed Stark's parents while carrying out the mission to retrieve the Super Soldier Serum 2.0. At this point in the movie, we haven't yet been told that Stark's parents were in the car. The footage of Bucky causing the car crash is shown several times in the movie, but it's not until the very end that it's shown to the audience in its entirety, and that's when we (and Tony) learn that his parents were in that car. I think the inclusion of the car crash footage during Bucky's flashback and the scene where Tony finds out is meant to be a visual clue to the audience that what Tony is seeing was explained to Steve while we were watching the flashback. I think this also makes sense of Steve's answer when Tony asked him "Did you know?". Steve answers "I didn't know it was him." Which was true -- Steve knew that the Starks were killed by HYDRA from Zola's little slideshow, but it wasn't established in The Winter Soldier that Bucky was responsible. Steve didn't learn that Bucky killed them until the flashback scene in Civil War, which happened no more than a day or two before the scene where Tony finds out. So Steve was being truthful -- he didn't know it was Bucky for most of the time they were chasing him, and only found out recently.
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    I tend to agree. A lot of transforming toys have physically implausible designs, but the MOSPEADA ride armor has got be near the top. If perfect transformation is a non-negotiable, then all the little bits that are required to make that happen will require compromises. I ended up cancelling my Stick pre-order a while back, and to be honest I'm not really regretting that I did. I have the Gakken and Beagle toys, neither of which are perfect by any means. But they are solid efforts considering the difficulty of the design and the era in which they were released. I was hoping that these Sentinel toys would be a leap forward from the Beagle, but it doesn't sound like they are. The sculpt and details are nice, I won't take that way from it. I think the other reason why I'm not feeling the enthusiasm is that I already have multiple iterations of the basic Stick/Rey mold (which I basically consider the same toy minus the arm cannons and head sculpt), so at this point if I pick up another premium ride armor toy, I want it to be either the Fuke or Yellow bikes.
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    It wasn't clearly indicated in the movie how he knew. This was an oversight on Marvel's part, I think -- though you could argue that for the sake of moving the story forward, it doesn't matter *how* Cap knew about the Starks being killed, just that he knew and didn't tell Tony.
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    In this day and age, why aren't these companies saving themselves a ton of paper and trouble and just making transformation videos for these toys themselves and throwing them up on YouTube? Given that they designed the thing, I would think it's not that hard for them to take a video of one of the designers doing a transformation. I would think they probably do a transformation anyway as part of a QC check. All these products that used to require instruction booklets with drawings and stuff to use -- companies should just have YouTube channels to document this stuff.
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    This does not surprise me in the least. This mecha design has got to be one of the most nightmare scenarios for a toy maker trying to making a PT toy. I remember both the Gakken and the Beagle ride armor toys having a lot of small moving parts, and the Beagle in particular had a pretty high learning curve for transformation.
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    This is the first time I'm seeing a clear view of the side without a rider figure on top. I'm not sure how I feel about the inner portion of the bike where the engine is supposed to be. It looks really off. There are a lot of gaps in there, but at the same time all the pieces they've crammed in there make that compartment look overstuffed, causing the rear section of the bike to be raised relative to the front. It creates a downward sloping angle to the whole piece that doesn't look quite right. It doesn't even look like a motorcycle engine. Just for the sake of comparison:
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    Am I the only one who clicked on this thread thinking it had something to do with the old Atari 2600 game with the killer bouncing smiley face?
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    Wife and I are also doing an abbreviated re-watch of the MCU films. We basically stuck with the films that are most important (IMO) to the meta-narrative. That gave us: Captain America: The First Avenger (introduces the Tesseract) The Avengers Thor: The Dark World (introduced the Aether) Captain America: The Winter Soldier (introduced the Bucky story, setting up Civil War, which sets up Infinity War) Guardians of the Galaxy (introduces the Orb) Avengers: Age of Ultron (reveals Loki's staff as the Mind Stone) Captain America: Civil War (sets up Black Panther and Infinity War) Doctor Strange (introduces the Eye of Agamotto) Thor: Ragnorok We've already seen Black Panther in the theaters, and Rangorok will actually be a first viewing for us since we missed it in the theaters. We've made out way through most of the films, and only have Doctor Strange and Ragnorok left. Re-watching the films has actually been helpful as a refresher. And it's really impressed upon me how important Captain America is to the meta-narrative.
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