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    Oh. Whoops. Didn't see the edit.
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    That's some major mood whiplash.
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    I remember thinking this after that episode, too. Up to that point, it had followed all the tropes for a high school harem anime, and that was just more of the same. Hypersexualization is still a major criticism I have of the show, and of (shounen) anime culture in general. Being ubiquitous doesn't mean it can't be a point of criticism, though. It would at least be more tolerable if it were more even-handed and the boys got crotch shots of their banana hammocks and had an episode where people chased Alto's sports cup through town or something. Have some legitimate sexual tension between Ozma and Bobby, same as between Sheryl and Ranka (and Ranka and Nanase?). And to be fair, Frontier does do a better job of bishounening Michel and Alto up than most shounen anime, but that's about the extent of it. There's nothing for the female gaze. I saw Demi-chan wa Kataritai (Interviews with Monster Girls) when it was airing, and it handled sexualization pretty well, all things considered. It's closest to a high school harem anime, yet the only ones overtly sexualized are the two adults, and the show makes efforts to make that sexualization contextually appropriate (when the succubus teacher is actively/accidentally trying to seduce the human teacher, for instance). It doesn't have camera shots panning creepily over pubescent girls' bodies. There are hints throughout the show before his death that he's interested in her as well, but that the fear of the social taboo against being romantic with a child(-looking teen/young adult) keeps him from acting on his interest. Macross Delta, on the other hand, I think actually does a better job of keeping itself clean. (At least as far as I can remember, and I don't remember much, because... it's Delta.) Outside of their roles in Walkure, the girls are largely not made sexy for the viewer's sake. That being said, I don't know if that's because of admirable restraint on the part of the writers or because of general ineptitude on the part of the writers. Because... it's Delta.
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    Pfaahahahahahhahahahahahahahahah oh this movie is going to be terrible
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    Everything FINALLY arrived. The box came and left town three times before finally showing up on my doorstep without a delivery update on lucky stop number four. - A couple Gundam HGs for fun - Force Impulse MG for an incoming Stargazer conversion kit - Figure-rise bust of Kaname because it was on sale so why not - 1/100 YF-29 so I can upscale the stickers into decals for the 1/72 kit - Bandai VF-31F to do some mods, plus the build is fun despite my complaints about it - Plus some tools and supplies in the middle there
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    Shade...
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    Huh. It's almost like they timed it or something.
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    I'd love to snap pics of my Macross gets, but unfortunately USPS has decided the most efficient way to get my stuff to me is by ping-ponging it back and forth between here and Chicago. Plus the mailperson couldn't be bothered to walk the ten feet to drop off my other package, so waited three days before throwing a failed delivery notice in my mailbox. I mean frakk you, I would've been fine with picking it up from the post office myself, if only you didn't drag your ass about it then falsify a note. Plus there's a little thing called tracking. When it's been sitting at the post office for seven days without update, it's kind of obvious you're being a little crap. ...sorry, just never gotten such bad service from them before. There was bound to be a lemon eventually. Amazon Prime Day couldn't have been easy, either. But still.
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    Hey, everyone. I'm waiting on some HLJ orders to arrive, and included in there is a Figure-rise Bust of Kaname aka Best Girl. I was just wondering if anyone knows of any conversion kits or custom builds, etc., to complete the bottom halves? I doubt there would be, but I also can't imagine that no one's attempted it yet.
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    Kudos on them for doing it, I know it's been one of the big discussions regarding the show for a while now. Unrelated question: Is Moffat still the showrunner, or did he skedaddle somewhere between the time Matt Smith showed up and now? (Haven't seen the show since mid-Matt Smith era. Lost interest, show got kind of boring IMO, largely thanks to Moffat's good but samey writing.)
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    Hasegawa VF-31

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Model kits

    Gonna have to make sure I get the next Valkyries book...
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    Hopefully with the release of AC7, we'll see the return of some (preferably all) of those original designs, and with the return of those, some new kit releases as well. Maybe time each one as a simultaneous kit/DLC release? And then of course there are the inevitable Idolmaster skins...
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    I mean... the prefinished release is only 5000 yen more, and you can find the long out of production Hasegawa kit still selling for significantly less than either of these, AND it comes with the VF-0S included. It's a bit smaller in scale, but only just. This is just bad pricing strategy, or at least in the eyes of this particular plebeian.
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    Same here. It's a real shame. The series has some spectacular original designs, especially the PSP games.
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    Sheesh, that is one hell of a premium price... Is it even a kit at all? That seems more the price you'd pay for a regular add-on release.
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    I feel like this bit of news, while unfortunate, is topical. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/woman-dies-after-jet-engine-air-blast/ar-BBEkmRB Speaking of atmospheric, Frontier always makes a point of showing the VF-25 eject its Super parts before entering atmosphere, but Ozma never does with his Armored Valk. Is this just him brute-forcing his way around in atmosphere, or is the Armor Pack designed to be aerodynamic? (Certainly doesn't look like it...)
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    Wasn't interested, and then that damn swimsuit decal. God damn it, Japan...
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    Half in the Bag review, since I know a lot of you are fans of theirs (Spider-Man starts around 23:51): Finally saw it yesterday. I'd been avoiding this thread like the plague and yet was persistently tempted by that damnable little star icon. Anyway, some thoughts:
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    Ah, good to know. Thanks. I've never known of a Chinese person named Myung... but then again, I've also never heard of anyone Korean being named Myung, either.
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    Is Myung "Korean," insofar as one can have a nationality in the post-SDFM world? I was writing a story where people pronounce the word "Hmoob" (or "Hmong," if written in English) as "Myung," and googling turns up that it's a fairly common Korean family and first name.
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    Hey everyone. I saw a Twitter post on Facebook about the Armor pack, and I was just wondering: Is this the Reactive Armor pack as a kit, or is it a VF-0A/S + Reactive Armor kit?
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    Gundam Twilight Axis episode 2 (unofficial stream, I believe the rest of the episodes are exclusive to a Gundam club or something?). Not as nonsensical as last episode, but I still don't know what the frakk is going on. I'm just gonna wait 'til the last episode when the budget finally kicks in.
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    Freedom, Justice, Strike Freedom... I still can't tell which is which. They all look the same (I think), and their names are stupidly interchangeable. Now Stargazer, there's a memorable Gundam for you...
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    Sure is. Did you use one of their regular-ish xx%-off coupons, or some other discount? Either way, nice grab. Apparently there's another Gunpla bonus parts campaign going on: https://hlj.com/summer-gundam-2017
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    I know a bunch of you are history buffs, so this might be of interest to you. I haven't watched it yet myself, it just showed up on my Youtube feed.
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