wm cheng
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Woohoo!!! Finally got my LilDrakens - took over 2 months by Eco-SAL from NY (note to Canadians, Canada Post does not support tracking, so once it left Japan which only took 3 days there is no more tracking information for Eco SAL - it spent almost 2 months in Canada somewhere! - our postal system sucks!). Never will I cheap out again on shipping - argh. Yep slightly underwhelmed, might feel differently when I put it on the actual bird, but the drones are a bit bulky/fatter than I expected. Like the RVF-25 drones better - designwise.
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It looks really good especially the articulated fingers and such, I wished the black wheels were actually rubber and definitely yes, its too expensive for its small size. I'm going to wait for a few reviews before I think seriously about plunking down that kind of cash for something 16cm long!
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Maybe this is Final Countdown 2 where the Enterprise goes into the future?...
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NO! Microset is used to soften waterslide decals only (its not a sealant) The Future (floor polish) topcoat sprayed over top after all the decals are applied and provides a hard clear acrylic gloss coat over the decals and it would work for dry transfer as well. Don't use Microset or MicroSOL for dry transfer, my guess is it would dissolve the transfer.
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I guess I'm biased but I've had enough of young kids saving the world or young kids being in positions of high authority - yeah, yeah... I know its every Millennial's fantasy to boss over these old fogies but it just makes all these films so fantastical (when you already have to suspend so much disbelief for giant robots!). Our Millennials here can't even change the photocopier toner and then expects us to cheer when they finally do it with lots of help?! Boy, how old do I sound! (quietly gets off the soap box without hurting my back!)
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They are much smaller than the first movie and they sync up to the pilot movements so much that these robots look like they move at a human scale (but in slo-mo) - no sense of weight or inertia - argh! We must agree to disagree... Maybe its the bright daylight, but it "flattens" the cityscape behind the robots and makes them "pop" out of the scene. The new suits are soft spandex, where as the original suits are "hard" suits like an astronault (they had to hold liquid to suspend the pilots from the inertia & g-forces). Yes, I don't like darkness to hide stuff, but the rain definitely added depth and reflections to the nighttime battle sequences that this daytime sequence looks so flat - there weren't even reflections of the robots in the glass of the office towers. Also there's just no comparison between DoubleNegative (VFX for this movie) and ILM (VFX for the original) they aren't even in a similar ballpark. Maybe that's why they can move like they have no weight or size and just dance about with martial arts! But yes, the original Jaegers were like taller than skyscrapers (50-60 stories) and now they all look to be around 15-25 stories tall. They move and fight just like Transformers - argh!
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You pay now including shipping (at least that was the case from NY) $319.74 CDN including EMS shipping - argh! (now there's the crap shoot 50:50 of getting dinged by Canadian Customs & Duties which could be an extra $45cdn - if you order FedEx or UPS then its guaranteed that there will be the extra $45 Customs & Duties - mostly $10 fee + taxes)
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Good to know, might try that again - I've had some problems in the past with my credit card allowing NY to charge - apparently they were flagged as suspicious because the financial company they charge the credit card through is based in France and has worked with other fraudulent companies as well (at least that was the story my credit card company tells me each time I had to call them to authorized the payment)
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Wow EMS shipping is 4,500Y at NY - got it anyways since this is the one I wanted all along - thank God I didn't have to stay up all night and go through that Madness (I guess sleep is worth the price difference though). The difference between CAD & Yen at NY was only about $15cdns - but definitely better to pay in Yens and let PayPAL do the conversion instead of NY. Now the long wait...
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It reminds me of the Mighty Morphing Power Rangers and the new suits looks like black leotards with blue hockey pads stuck on them (a far cry from the original hardsuits!) The VFX looks cheesy badly composited in with bad lighting that doesn't match the environment.
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Do we have to stay up and go through the madness to order this one or will the PO's stay open for a while since its "made to order"?
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LOL!!! Totally! (I worked on the first Pac Rim, but this sequel went down to Australia and it looks like a kiddie show now)
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Woohoo!!! I love the grey scheme - probably my favourite and I'm so glad there won't be the usual PO madness. (so no need to stay up tonight? It will just show up at NY sometime?) I sure hope they don't forget about the orange EWACs one as that's the last one I really wanted (sucker for the EWACs dome). Yep, too early about the canopy, all the original VF-31s had clear canopies when they were first shown - argh! Dissappointed with the lack of the different missile pod too.
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THANKS SO MUCH! (you started my search! :P) - now I'm obsessed... Yeah unfortunately the eBay ones lack the Strike Cannon designation. I believe what we need are... NP-BP-01 - back booster packs NP-FB-01 - leg fuel/maneuvering thruster packs NP-AR-01 - arm missile packs ------ above are what Yamato/Arcadia has for their sticker sheet or premium finish (but incorrectly designated for the parts below) HMMP-01/02 - back booster forward missile packs RO-X24 - back booster forward strike cannons ------ above are only on the Hasegawa kits (they are not shown in MasterFile books - but then again, the MasterFile data stenciling is a bit different than the Hasegawa models - they even forgot the slime formation lights on the forward fuselage which are pretty prevalent in all lineart except MasterFile)
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It looks like the Hasegawa ones are more correct, but the eBay 1/72 reproductions all lack the strike cannon's "RO-X24" designation because they just reproduced the VF-1A Super decal sheets even though the listing in eBay says they are VF-1S Strike. It doesn't really matter whether its for the Battroid or Fighter since we're just really looking for the fast/strike packs which are on both modes - but all I can find on eBay are the Battroid decals - I couldn't find any Fighter mode.
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Yeah, I've been looking - its listed as VF-1S Strike, but when I look at the sheet, it has all the Fast/Super packs except the "RO-X24" strike cannon stenciling... http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-72-Scale-Macross-VF-1S-Strike-Battroid-Valkyrie-Model-Kit-Water-Slide-Decal-/172071789380?hash=item2810472344:g:NCYAAOSwpRRWoYod but it's actually the VF-1A sheet that doesn't have the strike cannon (they're all the same)
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After looking some more, actually Arcadia has some of the fast/super/strike packs labelled wrong in their sticker sheet and even on their Premium Finish models. They lack the Hasegawa's designation "HMMP-02" for the forward missile section and the "RO-X24" for the strike cannons - so those ebay waterslide decals merely copied Yamato/Arcadia's mistake. I guess Hasegawa isn't really cannon either as they were never in any art books till the models came out. So do you want to emulate the Premium Finish toys with the mistake or try to correct them (or maybe just do our own thing)? The trick is can anyone help us purchase another Hasegawa 1/72 VF-1S Strike decals only in Japan and send those to us? or maybe someone with a loose incomplete VF-1S that's willing to sell just the decals?
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Hey Noel After looking some more, actually Arcadia has some of the fast/super/strike packs labelled wrong in their sticker sheet and even on their Premium Finish models. They lack the Hasegawa's designation "HMMP-02" for the forward missile section and the "RO-X24" for the strike cannons - so those ebay waterslide decals merely copied Yamato/Arcadia's mistake. I guess Hasegawa isn't really cannon either as they were never in any art books till the models came out. So do you want to emulate the Premium Finish toys with the mistake or try to correct them (or maybe just do our own thing)? The trick is can anyone help us purchase another Hasegawa 1/72 VF-1S Strike decals only in Japan and send those to us?
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Is this a troll?... I couldn't disagree more. In fact TMP is one of the most Star Trek like stories/themes than all the other movies. I must admit that I am one of the few that does enjoy TMP especially the slow drydock starship porn scenes that so many have criticized TMP for. There's nothing dark, pessimistic or distopian or disfunctional about TMP - sure the Enterprise is lit darker than the 60s TV show, but doesn't dissappear into the shadows like Discovery. Advancement is perfectly fine when it is the "Refit" of the Enterprise and takes place AFTER TOS not a prequel like Discovery. I just don't your opinion There is just not comparison. OK, the last episode 3 wasn't so bad, it held my interest - the first 2 episodes were a complete mess! By why is the Discovery interiors so damn dark?!?! It's like they're working in a nightclub all the time.
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Not as bad as the earlier isometric CAD views - but the nose still lacks an overall "sleekness" that the Hasegawa VF-1s have.
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Yes, especially when you see all the Trek openings together in context... http://nerdist.com/star-trek-discoverys-opening-credits/
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I'll post pictures if I ever actually get my Lil Drakens - they left Osaka on Aug 31st and that't the last entry I've seen on the tracking with Eco SAL. Starting to get a little worried now...:(
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That's exactly how I feel too! Yes!!! Why attach yourself to Star Trek when you are not going to use any of the Star Trek lore or designs? With all the pre-production and production woes, you'd think they would finally get the premier airing right, but it got delayed 20mins in Canada (I PVRed it) so I lost out on the last 20mins, and they switched to the Space Channel to air the second episode back to back, whereas the Network CBS only aired the first episode. So when I found out, I PVRed the second episode only to also have that one delayed and the last 20mins cuts out of my recording. ARGH!
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OH DARN IT!!! Thanks for translating... wishful thinking I guess.
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It's tough to do post shading on a dark bird - its almost like you need to do the reverse and do lighter panel highlights around the edges, then the dark wash on top for the panel lines which becomes a more involved process. The Blue and Gold of this SV-262 always screamed more show than military so I might be just panel lining it and keeping the weathering to a minimum. Plus I think I have do up the new VF-1S that I just got recently
