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  1. jenius
    PE = photo etch
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    This is a little too easy, you can take a still frame from any animation and make fun of it for days... not every frame can be a winner. I think if I had drawn this particular frame though, I would have moved Scott's shoulders up a bit.
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    This thread requires pictures.
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    Hey guys, I just gave the CMs Legioss toys the mega review treatment (I try to keep busy while I wait for my new packages to arrive). Lots of new line art comparisons and video reviews and most the old pictures have been upgraded. Check out anymoon.com
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    I don't want to Poo-poo the "Sidious or Plaegus is Anakin's father" theory too much 'cause I like it but that scene shows Sidious lying to Anakin so it's not very solid evidence. Remember later in the movie Anakin's like "Sweet, I'm evil, you implied I could save people from dying, let's do this!" and Sidious is like "Oh, about that... maybe we'll get there some day." He's just feeding Anakin old wive's tales to convince Anakin to join the dark side.
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    Was that even implied though? I thought Lucas was just picking common historical tropes and wedging them into Star Wars... "Hmm, what haven't I wedged in yet? Oh yeah, virgin birth!" I even thought it was mentioned that a convergence of midichlorians (spew) could cause a virgin birth. The implication in both cases is that there was no darkside father to Anakin (although that's obviously a cooler story so I could see why people would prefer that).
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    Is the TV version city in the leg too? If it's in the leg it doesn't seem like transformation should do that much damage to the city.
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    I will not be the LEAST bit surprised if your guess is very close to accurate. The Yammy definitely looks good proportionally in comparison to the Hi-Metal... but I wouldn't say that Hi-Metal looks bad. The Yamato is going to be a completely different beast though, I expect very good things at a premium price (think triple the Bandai... or quintuple the Bandai after it went on sale).
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    I think the V2's floating heads and leg shape actually make battroid look a bit more feminine. It looks stockier with the head in the correct position. I prefer the 1/48's battroid to the 1/60's even though the 1/60 does do a couple things a bit better.
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    I'm confused, why do you think the Yammie is more accurate than the Hi-Metal? I feel the opposite. Floating battroid head that's too high and too short back pack. It's definitely larger scale, and it definitely has tighter seams (as it should with the larger scale), and it has integrated landing gears and heat shield. Both toys are phenomenal (provided your shoulders didn't break off your Yammie).
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    Your loss.
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    I just watched the original Tron to get me hyped to watch Tron 2. I ended up deciding not to bother watching Tron 2. Some things that were great in the early 80s have not aged well.
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    Aw crap... Now that Yamato has seen this we're bound for a "weathering version." I wonder how much that'll cost...
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    AWESOME! I can't wait to try this.
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    HP Zr24w... I love mine and it does have full rotation on the stand. It's a bit pricey (IPS) and some reviewers detect a color shift. I love mine and can't see any color shift but I haven't been able to do a full calibration yet.
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    They don't charge a premium price through Tamashii, they charge MSRP. This doesn't hurt their core audience all that much. It hurts us but since they're not legally able to pander to us anyway it's not big deal from their stand point.
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    LOL, attachable parts are a PLUS? C'mon, let's get rid of Tampo painted on detail and go back to all stickers. It will stop the polyfoam from rubbing off the paint, make people less likely to scratch their toys, and assure that no one forgets to paint a part in the production process! It's a big silver lining thing i guess.
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    Aw man... I have to install the little guns myself? That's even worse than including a giant sticker sheet
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    Thanks Myk, so far I'm thrilled with it. About four or five months ago I was really scared to try and build my own computer but then I started studying up and had a lot of fun figuring things out. I should give credit to websites like cyberpowerpc and Ibuypower as they let you pretty much build your own computer on their sites which convinced me I should just buy the parts myself and put everything together to save some cash. The drive I bought can be found on newegg here. I believe the one you saw is 500GB version of the same. Seems several of the negative reviewers had their drives fail after a week or so which has me crossing my fingers. I'm currently in the process of dumping all my anymoon.com photos from a 500GB external hard drive to the new drive... hopefully in a week or two I can get back to working on the site again on my much better work station.
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    I have a projector and projector screen if it would come in handy. I still may also have the ability to get a conference room... not sure on that one.
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    So xmas didn't quite go as I expected and I had to go out today and buy a hard drive to add to my system. My Asus Rampage III Formula has two SATA III ports. The first SATA III drive is hooked up to my boot drive, my crucial C300 SSD 128GB. I gotta disagree with Mikeszekely on whether or not SSDs are worth it. I see it mostly in how my programs open, the speeds are incredible compared to the old slug of a computer I had been using. Of course, that may make it worth it to me but obviously the price point is high so I could see why others would feel otherwise. Someday when SSDs are cheap they'll be everywhere. I went with a SATA III Western Digital Caviar Black for my main drive (1TB) and again, I'm loving the speed. I haven't done a ton of work on it yet but there's no question it's an improvement from my old rig. I was almost scared off by stories of them running hot and loud but I haven't had any issues yet (just knocked on desk). I can't hear my hard drive over my fans (and I wouldn't say my fans are very loud).
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    Okay, I just bumped my nerd cred to the next level. For the first time in my life... I have overclocked a computer. I bumped my I7 3.06ghz up to 3.69ghz. I thought I'd see more dramatic changes than I did... not sure it's worth pushing it any further. Before oc'ing I scored a 7.5 on the Windows Experience measurement... now I'm up to a 7.6 so there's a little bump but who knows what those numbers mean any way right? So next I tried Lost Planet 2 (which I apparently got free with my Intel purchase) and my fps on Demo 2 went from 38.8FPS to 39.1FPS... hardly world-shattering. Yes, I know this game is better for Nvidia cards but it's the only thing I have just yet... the computer only has an SSD until Xmas passes so I'm taking it easy on the installations. On another note, I had no idea how much having an excellent video card (I have a Radeon 6950) really helps with photo work. Sure, I thought it'd make for some fantastic gaming experiences but I had no idea I'd see such improvement in Photoshop. Of course, my old card was 7 year old rubbish that I just borrowed from a dead computer to kill time while waiting for AMD.
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    Yamato 1/60 VF-X

    jenius replied to Graham's topic in Toys

    The shoulder pin problem WAS immediate... some of the Valks Yamato sent to reviewers had the pins break in transit or during the review. Even when I saw it in Japan, before it was released, I was told there was concern about the shoulders. Edit - The initial versions were labeled as pre-production and Yamato stated they were still working out some issues and the first release might not be 100% the same. So, when it was released we were all optimistic that the shoulder issues were resolved... they weren't. I think Yamato later claimed ignorance... EDIT II - why is this conversation happening in this thread instead of the "NEED NEW SHOULDERS!" thread? I'm sure the shoulders on these toys are fine now.
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    It's pretty standard procedure for companies to have NDAs up until launch for a variety of reasons... there's absolutely nothing you should read into that.
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    I am happy to say I can't relate on family members disapproving. My mom probably disapproves but she sees how much I enjoy the things so she doesn't say a peep. Recently when I sold off a bunch of my 1/48s I told my dad about the auctions on eBay and he said, "WHAT? Noooo what are you doing? These things are so cool!" He's early to mid 50s and has been nice enough to let me use some storage space at his house while I've bumped around from apartment to a small rental home. My wife is jealous of my toys. She sees them and says things like "I wish I had better hobbies." Very nice set up MacrossJunkie, that is very similar to what I have in mind. As I create my "nerdery" I will also be upgrading from some stale college-era furniture to some classier stuff.
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