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    You might be interested in the political history of Asians in America, too. California, for instance, was the first state to make citizenship race-based, barring non-Whites (specifically Chinese immigrants that arrived during the gold rush and the building of the transcontinental railroad) from being recognized as Americans. Then there's the Chinese Exclusion Act, the Immigration Act of 1924, and the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 that undid those two mistakes. Also, the simultaneous desexualization and hypersexualization of Asian male and female bodies. (Fu Manchu and Charlie Chan, opposite sides of that same coin.) Also also, Vincent Chin. He's less to do with Hollywood and more with criminal justice, but still relevant to the overarching issue of race in America. All of which fed into and grew from the yellow peril idea. Back in the realm of Hollywood, though, you might want to take another look at Gran Torino, in case you haven't already. Lots of lingering Hollywood racism, there. Plus that scene at the end is stupid, like christ those aren't even funeral clothes they're wearing, that stuff is for weddings and new year's celebrations what the hell.
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    Is that the same model as the 17's? Either way, that solves that, thanks!
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    Does the Frontier VF-171 have a gunpod? The original 17 has the internally stored one (and the forearm-mounted guns), and the Delta 171 sports a traditional undercarriage-mounted one, but I don't think I ever saw a Frontier fighter with either variety...
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    Such an anime anime, for both the better and the worse. I was thinking of how best to sum it up, and the closest I can get is "Let's fight Attack on Titan with Really Japanese Engineering." Because this is a Really Japanese anime. Like, Steamgun Samurai vs Ninja on a Post-WWII Industrial Bakufu-era Shinkansen levels of Japanese. I'm digging it so far. Let's hope this train ride doesn't disappoint.
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    I saw Flashpoint Paradox a week or so back. Also surprisingly good. (It's still a peeve when DC does grimdark for the sake of grimdark, and so it just comes off as them trying too hard, but either way, that was a pretty good one, too.) I remember watching the Sub-Zero animated movie way back when, too, which was also surprisingly mature. So hm, maybe I have more reason to check out those than I thought I did. Thanks for the suggestions.
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    I'm reminded of the Batman Beyond movie and how that one was... actually pretty good. I've never read nor care to read the comic, but if this lives up to The Return of the Joker, I'm game. It certainly can't be worse than that OTHER Batman-starring movie...
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    Vigorous nodding, to basically all of that (what mickyg said) up to and including the last bit. Well, I've ordered 3 of the 171 and 2 of the 31. Three will go to the niece and nephews, and whatever's left over (hopefully one of each lol) I might try making decals for. I dunno. We'll see when they arrive. Any good sources for clear and/or white decal paper? (Given the lack of white ink, what's the best alternative? I remember perusing some thread somewhere talking about that but I've since forgotten.)
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    Nice build, but oy, those literally spotty stickers... How... how does one theoretically go about turning a theoretical sticker sheet into a theoretical set of waterslide decals? For theory's sake, of course. No, but seriously, I'm really wracking my brain wondering what strategy would give me the least headaches while minimizing sticker usage. EDIT: Are there no stickers for the insides of the tail fins? They should have the same blue pattern as the outside.
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    Plus had the arm cannon. So that's Armor...ish. Good/badass enough for me.
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    Helmets discarded for Rule of Cool. It's like Macross's version of the emperor's new clothes: Everyone knows, but no one talks about it.
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    ...a Nightmare Plus, even. wark wark
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    Hey, all. A bit of an odd question: HLJ constantly has Doyusha's diecast VFs listed, even though they're also shown as Discontinued. Do Doyusha regularly-ish reissue them or something? I remember getting a VF-1S way back when, and it was a friggin' beautiful little jewel. EDIT: I'm talking about these - http://www.hlj.com/product/DYSDMM-21/Sci - http://www.hlj.com/product/DYSDMM-22/Sci - http://www.hlj.com/product/DYSDMM-1/Sci
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    What's the current "canonicity" of the manga(s), insofar as anything can be considered canon?
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    "The race thing." Snerk. Don't worry, I'm not here to stir things up again; lord knows folks here seem allergic to the topic. Anyway: MCU Nick Fury was based on the "new" Nick Fury design, who was himself based on Mr. Jackson. Just to reiterate: Anime characters are obviously Asian if you're Asian, and obviously White if you're White.
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    Ah, I had seen the unboxing video and all the not undeserved hate leveled by this gentleman. Still, it's a perfectly fine build video, though I prefer the Japanese ones without the emotionally-wrought commentary.
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    ^ I giggled. And I hope all the rest of you did, too.
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    Is this still a go? I asked HLJ about a potential reissue and they said they haven't been informed of any such thing...
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    Oh god, it'll be the end of the Frontier movies but with idol groups instead of Macrosses.
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    With Shizuoka coming up soon, hobbylink.tv teased that Hasegawa's got some Macross-related surprises coming. Anyone heard anything on the rumor mill? I'm hoping against hope that they'll be showing off prototypes for 1/72 VF-31/SV-262 kits, or, god willing, 1/72 VF-171s. ...or really just anything. They can always be counted on. Maybe Gerwalk/Battroid kits of something from 7/+/Frontier? Eh? Eh? EDIT: Video in question (around the 46-minute mark, just a few seconds spent talking about it):
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    Whoops, didn't catch that first time around. Well, good to know, and even more congrats then to big F for snatching it when you did.
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    I dunno about the carriers, but I remember seeing screens where Elysion was written, not Elysium. Semantic differences for the most part, but all the same.
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    I had the same reaction to M7 and M0 (but mostly M0 because M7 is popcorn fluff). Arkan is one of the best things to come out of Macross, and Dogfight is good for getting the blood pumping, but otherwise I don't remember a single thing from it. But as much as I heap praise on Kanno, a bunch of the Frontier stuff was just as forgettable. Okay, maybe none of them fall to forgettable status, but there are definitely tracks I skip. There was just a whoooole lot of music that it seems substantial in comparison to other stuff. The prominence of trumpets in the soundtrack is a mixed bag. I remember thinking that the music playing during the VF duels and the 262 transformation rang a bit dissonant, but perhaps only if I'm in the mood for dramatic battle music rather than throwing caution to the wind adventure.
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    Exactly where I got my analysis from.
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    Subs available.
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    Based on the line art, the 08MST GM (officially RGM-79[E] Early Type GM) is the same as the RGM-79C GM Type C save for: - missing all details on the armor (those divots on the shoulders, armor, legs, etc.) and backpack - no beam saber on backpack - no horizontal panel line on lower leg - no handle bars on the shoulders - no head antenna - no hardpoint on forearm for shield I didn't realize that there WAS a P-Bandai RD-4. Thanks for the head's-up. Looking at it, it is indeed much the same mold as the Prototype Dom. There's also a lot of the Origin Char's Zaku II in there - the head and backpack in particular. Other parts seem to be unique, though: - The left shoulder armor doesn't seem to exist on any other HGUC/Origin/Thunderbolt kit (the closest that come are the Zaku I kits). - The shoulder-to-chest joints are either unique or borrowed from the Origins Char's Zaku II; the shoulders themselves still look to be from the Proto Dom. I wonder if the OCZII's unique shoulder joint setup can work with the Proto Dom's shoulders. (I imagine it can to some extent, since they're from the same series of kits and came out around the same time.) For a more "anime accurate" RD-4, I think you could start with the Proto Dom and add in the HGUC Zaku II for the head and backpack. Replace the left shoulder armor (not the joint) with that of the Zaku II, and attach the Zaku's shoulder armor (shaped to remove the spikes). Cut off the pegs attaching the Proto Dom's shoulder armor to the shoulder joints, then scratchbuild some thrusters onto the Zaku II backpack, and you're basically done. Either way, kitbashing an RD-4 is still a somewhat involved process. Certainly more difficult than removing detail from a pre-existing kit for the GM Early Type.
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