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  1. M'Kyuun
    Ton Ton has a video review for Studio Series Shatter up, where she converts to a Harrier, or an approximation thereof. First of all, as Ton Ton points out, her plane mode is way under-scaled relative to the rest of the line. I can't really fault Takara for that, as I'm guessing they try to scale the bot mode, and the alt mode scale is a concession. Moreover, I blame the Bumblebee Movie producers/director for choosing alt modes that are severely out of scale with each other. Had they had her become a much smaller aircraft, I think the disparity would have been lessened, but when you're dealing purely with animation (be it cell or CG), then scale can be fudged wildly, as we're all aware from the good old G1 days, to Macross, to Bayformers, and so on. Unlike Dropkick, whose helicopter mode betrayed no signs of his car mode, Takara put forth an effort to incorporate some of Shatter's car details in bot mode, which of course, need to be hidden in plane mode, requiring more design concessions. Honestly, though, I don't think they did a half bad job of it. If I had my druthers, however, they would have eschewed the car bits altogether and focused on making the best Harrier possible. Which brings me to my biggest gripe; it's a really fudged Harrier. I'm biased, as the Harrier is one of my favorite aircraft, and so , much like our esteemed Mr. Hingtgen, I tend to wax critical of the details, or lack thereof. The front of the plane doesn't look too terrible, although the intakes' inner detail portrays two fan blades, when the real aircraft has a single large fan that spans both intakes. Considering that they split into identical engine pods for bot mode, it gets a soft pass. The intakes also have a canard of sorts that , AFAIK, has never appeared on any model of Harrier, and thus constitutes artistic license. Moving on, the wings should cant downwards at a greater angle and they lack outriggers for landing, although it does have aft and nose retracting gear. They're not accurate, but points for at least including the feature. Once we move beyond the intakes, the illusion falls apart entirely, as the fuselage area where the vectoring nozzles are located is truncated and dominated by a huge section of red robot thigh, followed aft by mechanical leg details, terminating in what looks like standard dual engine jet engine exhaust augmenters. Just...terrible. Due to my preference for the Harrier, I was looking forward to this figure, especially seeing how Dropkick's AH-1 mode turned out. Movie accuracy be damned, I'm glad they completely eschewed the car mode to focus on his helo mode, as it's the most accurate version of that chopper in TF toy history. I wish Shatter Mk2 had been given the same treatment, focusing entirely on making the most accurate Harrier possible. Alas, no. So disappointing. Ending on a positive, I will say that the transformation is interesting, especially the way the car torso is folded and hidden within the plane, so kudos to Takara for fun factor, even if their take on the Harrier is pure fiction. One final thought; I wish someone would create and disseminate an aircraft nomenclature tutorial to video reviewers; it bugs the hell out of me every time they refer to stabilizers, or stabs, as we in the field call them, as 'fins'. They're aircraft, not fish. It'd be like referring to car tires as donuts. Big sigh. Just needed to get that off my chest.
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    Continuing the train discussion, there's an article on the TFW frontpage saying that the recently announced Raiden train combiner will indeed be part of the MP line, and it seems that Takara are putting their "A" team of designers on it. Personally, I have no connection to Raiden- in fact, while I was aware that a train combiner existed (I saw them when I was stationed in Okinawa back in the early 90's), I didn't know what it was called, or from what series it came. I think it's an odd choice, as I'm guessing few but the most die-hard of TF fans outside of Japan have ever heard of it or know what it is, so Takara is definitely catering to a small slice of the fandom. I haven't read the article yet, but I'm assuming this will be a Takara-Tomy Mall exclusive. I'm wondering if they're using this as a testbed to see how viable a large scale combiner is, both physically and financially. Obviously, we know it can be done, as third parties have been producing them for years (I own Toy World's Constructor), and even now there are a number of MP scaled Bruticus figures in the works by different companies. It's an interesting, if unexpected, toss of the hat into the combiner ring, and I'm curious to see how it turns out. I doubt I'd get it, if it's even practical to do so, but I'm hoping it'll pave the way for some of the more popular combiners.
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    I have to give props to Unique Toys for turning something that looks absolutely nothing like a Transformer into a proper looking truck. I'd love to see them apply this level of engineering to G1 triple changers.
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    I'm not a train guy, although I did know that the car, for lack of a better term, behind a steam engine was called a tender. I wasn't aware that it was considered part of the engine, so I learned something new. Anyway, just to fan the flame, I recently got the new Steam Robo (Loco Robo for Gobots fans) from Action Toys, and it's a pretty neat figure. It doesn't come with a tender, though. And, unlike the majority of figures in the line, no discernable spot for his weapon in locomotive mode. All his wheels turn, though, so that already raises him a notch in quality above Siege Astrotrain. Moreover, his wheels line up beautifully with the rest of the engine, imparting a much more accurate and believable aesthetic that nobody who does an Astrotrain can seem to capture, even with all the panel-formery magic that seems to grace recent TFs. I guess it's a little unfair given the concessions for a second alt mode, but I think it'd be possible to do both alt modes believable justice given modern techniques, materials, and such. +1 for criticizing Takara for not making at least a part of Astrotrain's tender become a gap-fill for his shuttle mode. It boggles my mind that it was released like that. The train mode is pretty poor, with the wheel base sticking way out away from the body as it does, but the incomplete shuttle mode is where it just flat out fails , and that's my favorite of his alts. To their credit, they did do a great job on his bot mode, but it just seems like the rest got an 'eh, good enough' pass. Really wanted this to be the definitive mainline Astrotrain after waiting thirty plus years, so I'm rather disheartened that it has so many flaws.
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    This one hit home. It's a sad reality that all these wonderful people who entertained, taught, and in a way befriended so many children, including myself, eventually come to the end of their journeys, leaving both a lasting legacy, but also an unfillable void. Wherever he is now, I hope Jim Henson's there to give him a warm welcome. RIP, and thanks for so many fond memories, Big Bird.
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    Very sad news. She had a singular voice, certainly one of the best female vocalists to come out of the eighties. 'Listen to Your Heart' and 'It Must Have Been Love' are two of my favorite ballads from that era- just a beautiful voice that conveyed emotion so well in her performance. Alas, another huge loss to those who knew her, to her fans, and to music. RIP, Marie.
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    Been watching his work ever since Benson in the late seventies-eighties. I didn't watch deep Space Nine regularly, but I always enjoyed Odo's appearances. He was only a month older than my dad, so that hits home. RIP, and thanks for the memories.
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    Not just Prime, but pretty much every bot mode in the Bayverse, as well as some spillover to Bumblebee. It's an aesthetic that I just never found appealing, and I give props to all the toymakers, official or non, who've tried to make sense out of the chaos to make workable transforming figures from these CG monstrosities. The single positive that came out of Bay's involvement was that it challenged Takara to think in new directions, the influence of which we still see today across the MP and Generations lines. So, thanks Michael,- don't come back. Those are crazy prices for that Not-Devastator. I paid about $500 for ToyWorld's, and consider that a lot to pay for a toy, but it , at least, was a fair representation of G1 Devastator, which , IMHO, is the only Devastator worth mentioning. I'm unabashedly biased. For those that dig this new Bayverse Devy, and have the funds, more power to you. MMC/Ocular max have been awful quiet concerning their Autobot Remix cassettes; I'm hoping they'll lay some updates on us soon, as I want those guys.
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    Of the many sets I've built over the last 40+ years, the Saturn V stands out , both for the subject matter but also for the build experience. There were so many neat solutions employed to achieve the shape, as a large cylinder is difficult to do with LEGO. The fan submission was smaller than the production, and used existing 'macaroni' shaped bricks , which work ok, but limit size and offer limited stability since they essentially have to be stacked. The real beauty, though is how it achieved the look and functionality (splits into the requisite stages and also has room at the top for the LM within, with the Command and Service Modules capping it off) in a beautiful model that a kid can build for themselves. It's one of the crowning achievements of the IDEAS program. I hope your daughter enjoys it. (You too). I'm a little disappointed that neither the STS orbiter nor the NASA SR-71 submissions made production. Both would have made for nice companion pieces for the Saturn V, as well as offering cool build experiences, I think. Alas, not to be. However, there is another avenue through Bricklink, as they were selling MOCs, with LEGO's blessing earlier this year, and now that LEGO has acquired Bricklink, I hope they allow that to continue.
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    Trying to capture that curved edge is the challenge with the Animated Series Batwing, but I've seen a few MOCs that pulled it off pretty well using slope bricks. Brick becomes heavy pretty quickly, though, in a large MOC, so I can understand wanting to use plates. I feel you with those old notched wedge plates- really useful. However, there are quite a few new wedge plates that have come out over the last couple years, and a couple new 2x3 wedge plates that come to a point next year (take a look at the section around the cockpit). Been wanting something like this for a long time, so I'm pretty pleased to finally see them. Concerning the smaller '89 Batmobile set, LEGO has made the instructions available.
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    I complemented the engineering awhile back, looking at the individual bots, but that pic of the completed Devastator is indecipherable. Chronocidal's description is on the money- it just looks like a ball of mechanical stuff with the odd recognizable construction machine peeking through. At least with G1 Devastator, anybody can look at it and figure out what its made of- not so much this thing. I fail to understand the allure. Um, cool for those that dig it, though, I guess.
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    One of the most positive attributes of the Star Wars license in general, and these large capital ship sets in particular, is, indeed, the amount and variety of grey parts they offer to the intrepid MOC builder. When you ordered your Batmobile, did you at least get the free Christmas tree? I hope so. To the System '89 Batmobile, which was supposed to be a promotion lasting about a week or so, I hope it sends a clear message as to the demand for it, as I believe that it was a huge motivating factor for the madness that ensued on the 29th. In reading comments on other LEGO boards, many folks were more interested in it than in the large set, which, to be fair, makes sense as it fits in with the rest of their LEGO Batman collection. Too, a lot of folks don't have room for these larger display pieces , so the smaller version is more desirable. I personally wanted both, so I endured the onslaught and the intermittencies until I was finally successful. I think, however, that LEGO should have been far better prepared for the massive demand on their servers and site; since they obtained the Batman license in 2006, there has likely not been a more anticipated set than a System scaled '89 Batmobile, which I firmly believe was the actual motivator behind the extreme demand on opening night /morning. I'll say it again- I despise exclusives, and this set in particular should never have even been considered to be an exclusive, given its popularity. I think LEGO, and the fans, would have mutually benefitted from the System set's wide release, and I hope the amount of demand and subsequent depletion of stock of the smaller set on opening night sends a clear message to LEGO, and they make the thing available to all eventually. As to the large Batmobile canopy piece, it does indeed correspond to the basic shape of the Animated Series' Batwing canopy. Worth a shot. Y'know you'll have to post some pics of that, right? You mentioned how much the current System Batwing set, and too, the current Batmobile, resemble their relative '89 counterparts. I wonder, especially in regards to the Batmobile, if that was a purposeful design choice knowing that the actual '89 System set was going to be an add-on exclusive, and they wanted to put something similar out there for mass consumption. Homages, if you will. It's bittersweet consolation, if so. I have both of those sets, and while they're both pretty well done, and do indeed hearken to the '89 Batman designs, the Batmobile is close but certainly no cigar. I think the Batwing skews much closer to the source. I hope, since the '66, the '89, the live action BvS/JL, the Beware the Batman Batmobiles and the Tumbler have all been done in System scale, that the BTAS Batmobile is next on the list to receive official set treatment. I just love the look of that car, and it'd be another dream set realized if they did.
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    Exactly why it's a concern. From the beginning in the current MP line, scale should have been predicated on alt mode rather than bot, as these things look awkward next to each other if displayed in alt modes. But then again, you have a Walkman, a big purple laser pistol, and a Walther P-38 that are bigger than the cars, so what do I know? So yeah, way-undersized trains is likely what they'll be. I guess it's no different than Astrotrain, who can carry a fully formed Devastator in his cargo bay, but stands about as tall as Starscream in bot mode. Scale was just all over the place in Transformers, which is why I guess, until recently in the Siege line, HasTak just never gave it much credence. I appreciate that they're trying with Siege, though. Sometimes it's the thought that counts. When I made my last post, I was a bit irritated that this was the next MP when so many more popular characters had yet to be made; I've had time to rethink it, however, and given the latest design direction and the overriding adherence to toon accuracy, an oxymoron if ever there was one, and finding neither MP-44, the new MP Bee, nor the upcoming Hound to my liking, perhaps something out of left field is a refreshing change. These will represent the first official combiners in the MP line. In my mind that's fine; before they attempt a potential Devastator, or any other of the more well-known combiners, let them cut their teeth on these guys. I'm curious to see how they turn out.
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    Up front, I'm not at all a fan of the Bayverse Devastator design. However, I must confess to being impressed at the level of engineering being brought to bear with these figures. I still don't care for the aesthetic, but I can certainly appreciate the amount of realism attempted with the alt modes (I have, for as long as I can remember, been fascinated with construction equipment. They're just things of beauty to my eyes), the amount of articulation given to the oft unconventional bot modes, and finally to the three-way transformations from bot to vehicle to body parts without the apparent necessity of add-ons. Bay's Devastator poses a lot of challenges for a toymaker, and I tip my hat to Devil Saviour for thus far creating an interesting set of Bayverse Constructicons that, it would seem, meets all requisites.
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    Now with even bigger backpack, more panels, and cell shading for the ultimate cartoon look! Seriously, though, I guess they could do one of the Japanese Primes. I know they've gained popularity here in the US, but I'm not really a fan of the more Super Robot look of many of the Japanese TFs. That's more Kuma's territory. One of the most appealing aspects of Transformers from the start was their apparent realism, and the whole 'robot in disguise' theme that drove at least first season. Now the idea of a series of train cars and engine that can become a gestalt is interesting, but I think it would be better served at the CHUG scale. At the MP scale, how would they scale train cars and an engine to the carbots? Are they going to come as a set? If so, they'd likely topple Unicron, by a fair margin, as most expensive TF to date. Would they be a Takara exclusive? Most likely in my mind. lots of things to ponder with this announcement. As I mentioned, I wouldn't mind seeing them done as part of Siege. They'd still be expensive, but not nearly so much as MP scaled figs.
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    Thanks for the review, Mike. Honestly, I'm having an extremely hard time getting past that unfinished shuttle mode, and, like you, wondered why they didn't integrate some covers to finish the shuttle into that backpack. It seems like a no-brainer move to me. I was pretty excited to learn that an Astrotrain was coming in this line, especially given the overall quality of the rest of the line so far, for the most part. I figured this would be the definitive Astrotrain I've been waiting for, and it comes close, minus the various flaws you pointed out. The too- wide train mode I can live with, but the unfinished shuttle just kills it for me, especially for $50. I might pick it up if I find a sale for $30, like I eventually did with Shockwave. However, I'm also holding out hope that a third party, like Dr. Wu, will indeed make covers or go further and make all new parts that can be substituted, to improve the shuttle mode. It smacks of lazy engineering, and I wish they'd eschewed the accessory box in lieu of just making a better figure. Grrr I love this hobby, but sometimes it frustrates. On that note, I hope FT's Thomas ends up being one of their better figures, as it looks to be the best version I've seen thus far, and I want it, and maybe a shrunken version for the ole CHUG shelf. What an odd, out-of-left-field choice, if, in fact, that's the next MP. Still no Jazz, no other minibots except two versions of Bee, no Trailbreaker, no Mirage, a Seeker mold that's well due an update, and that's just to complete the '84 lineup. There are plenty of other more popular and well known figs that have yet to get the official treatment- Galvatron, Cyclonus, and Scourge, for starters. Looking at the pics of the train dude, I happened across some of those at a hobby store outside Kadena when I was stationed in Okinawa back in '90-'92. I had no idea what they were, but they were in Transformer boxes, so I assumed, correctly in hindsight, that they were Japanese only releases. I didn't pick any of them up- kinda wish I had now, as their rarity in the States would have made them unique and valuable. Alas, hindsight.
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    It's been many a year since I had mine built, and unfortunately, I had it displayed near a wall where the baseboard heating was located and it actually caused some of the structural Technic beams towards the nose to soften and bend. It's been in storage since about 2008, and I'm not sure how much of it I would have to replace . However, I do remember how arduous the build was, even moreso since I lived in a small apartment and basically built it from the bags all still nestled in their big box. The entirety of the lower fuselage panels were held in place with magnets, and a slight jarring would cause them to come undone. the engines were made of big tires, and many of the wedge plates and slopes available now didn't exist. So, having watched the designer vid, and by looking at pics, much effort was put into making it a much more solid build, one that can be picked up and moved with relative ease, which wasn't really the case with the original. Moreover, many of the smaller details have been picked out using new elements which are more accurate. The engines are now entirely brick-built, with additional details that weren't possible with the original. If it's a set you really want, the new one, by all estimates, is far superior to the original. Bear in mind, when the original came out, LEGO still didn't have much experience with large production models, and at the time, the Star Destroyer was the largest ever produced. So, in a sense, they were on terra incognita, but I think they did an admirable job given what they were trying to do. However with eleven years and much, much more expansive experience with large complex models, and a palette that offers far greater options to the designers, the new SD outclasses the original by a wide margin. Man Kanedaestes, I'm jealous of how quickly you got your Batmobile. Mine's due on Friday, which still isn't too bad, but with a set like this, sooner is always better. I'll be getting the same three sets, and I can't wait-- but I have to. I'm thrilled that they made a System compatible version to go along with the large, but I wish they hadn't resorted to making it an exclusive, as it's still one of the most popular Batmobile designs ever, recreated by countless fans on Flickr and elsewhere, and IMHO, should have been made available as a wide release so everyone had a chance to get it. I hope it'll happen at some point, as I'd probably pick up another copy. The one positive is that it'll likely be easy to replicate through Bricklink. I appreciate that LEGO made a new cape/cowl piece that's specific to Keaton's Batman, but I wish they'd made the cape out of the soft material that they've been using of late, only make the cape wider to replicate the Movie look. It would have made the Batman figure that comes with the large Batmobile more serviceable with the smaller Batmobile. As it is, the cape/cowl piece need to be removed for him to fit, which kinda defeats the point. It's a minor, but fair, gripe, but at the end of the day, I'm just glad that both of these sets have finally been produced, and that they turned out as well as they did.
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    Concerning those old hinges, I'm sure you're right, but I hold out hope that the production of retired parts, with enough feedback supporting it, might move LEGO to give it consideration. It's worth noting that many of the set designers today are fellow AFOLs who turned their hobby into a profession, and I would think that they'd have a voice when it comes to the production of new or modified parts, and perhaps the resurrection of old ones if there is suddenly a platform available to them. All I can do at this point is hope. So, I managed to get the new '89 Batmobile after about an hour or so's worth of refreshing and clicking the 'add to bag' button, and then again on the 'place order' button, and yet again on the Paypal return to merchant screen, which repeatedly failed to go through- until it finally did. Frustrating, to be sure. I'm in WA, so I started trying to get my order placed a few minutes after 9PM local (midnight on the east coast where LEGO is based in the US), and already the site was intermittent, and attempts to just get the Exclusives or Batman screen to populate were met with partial success. I think they grossly underestimated the demand for this thing, as they certainly did not bolster their servers to meet it. I really wanted that free System set that accompanies the large version, so I persisted, but man, it was a real PITA. Anyway, to those who want this thing, good luck, and I hope they still have the smaller set in stock, as, if my experience is any indication, demand is high and LEGO's bandwidth seems to be maxed out.
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    Your examples, David, are what I hope will be addressed as a result of the acquisition. If they only use it as a monitoring tool to look at trends and to solicit feedback without addressing some of the AFOL requests in the form of tangible product, IMHO, the acquisition was fundamentally pointless. Now obviously they won't be able to make every part requested, but I think if they look at the numbers, or they do something like IDEAS where suggested parts must meet a certain number of votes, or even a certain preorder goal, kinda like Hasbro Pulse's Unicron, then once a goal is reached, the part will see a limited exclusive production run. I kinda like the backing idea- if folks are willing to pony up, then it becomes much less of a gamble for LEGO, as limited runs are undoubtedly more expensive than a regular production run. As for my personal wishlist, I'd love to see them reissue these wonderfully useful old hinges 4275 and 4276, especially if they were issued in a number of modern colors, especially light and dark bleys. I'd also love inverted versions of any number of hinge plates, also any number of slopes which do not at this time have an analog. For addressing some of these exclusive runs, utilizing SohoBricks' capabilities might prove advantageous, provided their QC is up to snuff with the rest of LEGO's parts. Right now, LEGO doesn't even have a plan for them, but IMO, that would be a fitting function.
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    Interesting news. Been reading some Q&As with LEGO's CMO, Julia Goldin, on Brothers-Brick as well. My hope is that, after the dust has cleared and they've got a solid feel for how to keep it running, they'll open up a venue that caters , parts-wise, to AFOLs via Bricklink, making those parts available, like plates with studs on top and bottom, that they haven't released in sets. The greatest positive is that they'll have a lot of experience and suggestions, freely given, by a lot of very capable people within the adult fan community to help inform, and hopefully influence in a tangible way, the part palette. I've seen a lot of interesting and highly useful fan-designed elements over the years (usually CAD), and it's my greatest hope that some of these ideas will see production at some point, via Bricklink, perhaps as exclusive parts-packs, aimed at the adult LEGO fan. That's the potential I see. That I fervently hope for. On the downside, there's always fear that they'll become heavy-handed with various aspects of the marketplace, like influencing pricing, although Ms. Goldin says that that's not one of LEGO's goals; they want it to run , essentially, as it always has, allowing the individual sellers to control pricing and such. What they will do, however, is remove third party fan stores like BrickArms, who produce mini-fig compatible fantasy, sci-fi, and real-world weapons, the latter of which which goes against LEGO's non-violence policy (despite the fact that nearly every theme now has weapons of all sorts, some of which actually shoot, and many are based around conflict. What it really means is no modern guns. Just about everything else is fair game, though). Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, LEGO's previous owner, who was vehemently opposed to any intimation of violence within LEGO would not be happy with what it has become, methinks. That said, Bionicle and Star Wars saved the company from buyout or possible extinction around 2003, and their continued acquisition of conflict based IPs has proved highly profitable for the company, not to mention culturally relevant. Personally, I love having all these characters and vehicles and such from some of my favorite shows and movies in official LEGO form, and from a marketing perspective, it's a smart move. But, it gulls me somewhat when they drag out that old 'non-violence policy' statement to justify why they won't make a modern assault rifle, although just about every other form of weapon has been made. Seems a bit hypocritical to me, but whatever.
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    She was quite fetching- still is. That's a good point.
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    Um, yeah, you got me there.
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    Saw it yesterday with the wife, and personally, I think it was on par with the first. There were more musical numbers, and pretty much all the songs had meaning and contributed to the story. The cast is a pretty talented bunch of folks, and their singing talents elevate the story. So far as the girls' parents' relationship, This film, while still fun, delved into deeper emotional waters for several of the characters, so there's a maturity to it that smaller kids likely won't get. My wife and I sat next to the steps, and there was a little girl, around 5ish, I'd say, who was too busy walking up and down the stairs counting to herself than watching the film. We went during the afternoon, so there were a lot of little ones in the audience, and of course, the obligatory inconsolable infant who the mother tried consoling by the door instead of taking her out of the theatre, b/c courtesy is one of those mystical properties that only exists in stories here in Spokane. Anyway, I did my best to block out the sound of people's struggles with cellophane wrappers (it is a complete mystery to me why candy manufacturers can't create a quiet wrapping material for their wares), kids talking, a baby's cries, and other such din to hear all that was being said in the film, but I got most of it, and I felt it was a worthy successor to the first, which, IMHO, set a pretty high bar. I'm not a big Disney fan, per se, but Frozen, Moana, Lion King, and now Frozen 2 rank among my favorites. Incredibles is by far, my undisputed favorite Disney film. I didn't feel the sequel quite lived up to it, sadly. I waited a long, long time for it, and it kinda disappointed me. However, Frozen 2 succeeded where a lot of sequels don't. IMHO, it's worth seeing, with or without kids.
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    As far as Pattinson's casting, he seems to be a capable actor, so I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. I learned my lesson about prejudgement when I cringed at hearing of Heath Ledger's casting for Joker. He owned it, and happily proved my presuppositions wrong. As far as Turturro goes, I've liked him in just about everything I've ever seen him in minus the abominable Transformer films and You Don't Mess with the Zohan. Emmanuelle Chriqui was the only thing worth looking at in that film. Hopefully, there's a good writer or writing team behind this, as you can have the most talented actors involved, but if the plot sucks and the dialog is terrible, nothing can really save it. It can't hurt if those writers and the director have some personal knowledge and investment in the property as well. I'll echo that a Batman Beyond film, or better, series, would be cool- well, cool if the production value is high. I'm currently watching CW's Batwoman, and so far it's ok. The main antagonist, Alice, just seems likes she's acting to me- her performance doesn't seem natural to me. They should have hired Emily Hampshire, who, in the tv show Twelve Monkeys, played Jennifer Goines, a character who was nuttier than a fruitcake, and did it well.
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    Well, if they need the time to work out kinks, I'd rather that than rushing a flawed product to market for the sake of an artificial deadline, especially for the asking price. I skipped the Yamato Garlands because of all the issues they had, was happy to hear that the Arcadia was solid, and am hoping the Proto-Garland follows suit. Been waiting a long time for this toy, and I'm willing to wait longer if it means it'll be solid, too.
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