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    Hi-Metal R

    the_foul_fowl replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Awesome loot sandman! Could anyone let me know how big the box for the HMR Monster is? I'll be In Tokyo next week, thinking of ordering from amiami to my hotel to save on shipping but not sure if this could fit into my checked luggage.
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    always a guilty pleasure!
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    Thanks Mommar... I did a little more digging around and saw this on the rebelscum forums: http://forum.rebelscum.com/showthread.php?t=1112356&page=101 Looks like Hasbro's Black series and Bandai's 1/12 plamo are quite close, while Figuarts is a midge smaller. Not exactly the same scale but would be passable!
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    That ANH Luke looks really good! In my private warehouse now =D Are these 1/12 scaled? Have the Bandai plamo Vader and stormies, wondering if the SW Figurarts are scaled to go with them. If so, then an ideal fit would be the figures with faces from Figuarts, and armoured figures from Plamo
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    Wowzers, already looking and feeling better than TFA! Donnie Yen as a force monk! I'm calling it now... Donnie Yen vs Vader =D
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    I'm thinking the kit replicates the huge thighs and legs of the lineart too well actually: http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/OZ-00MS_Tallgeese The broad thighs are quite distracting on the gunpla. Perhaps if there was some artistic license to thin the thighs a bit it would look better. I've been leaning towards an MG Epyon or Tallgeese too for quite some time now =D
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    Hi-Metal R

    the_foul_fowl replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Pretty cool Bub, thanks! I'll be sure to check that out when i'm in Akiba next week. OT, but did you spot any Cosmo Fleet SDFs? Still thinking on whether I should try my luck in Akiba, or just get it from HLJ..
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    I can't remember much of Targaryen rule, but I wonder if the 7 Kingdoms under one Targaryen rule would have stood a better chance against the White Walker's than the post Robert's Rebellion Westeros? Remember, Dany wants to claim what's hers by birthright, fighting the White Walkers for Westeros fulfils that as well, it's what happens after the white walkers are defeated... Till now, I still can't see the point of Sam's plot line... given we are at most 2 seasons away from the end, it's highly unlikely Sam will be able to train as a Maester to make a difference... unless there are other secrets to be found in Old Town...
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    http://stevethefishdotnet.tumblr.com/tagged/star-destroyer As much as I think the mecha colle star destroyer being too small, the detail on it is pretty sharp. Could pick up a few of these for a quick build. maybe mod to light up with LEDs and some pin holes?
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    Great! Both the TIE interceptor and Awing look fab! Have always loved the more aggressive look of the TIE interceptor. 😁 For OT, that just leaves the Bwing and the TIE bomber. Not terribly excited with the mecha colle stuff, but will still pick up a star destroyer, hope it's a teaser for a larger one down the road
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    Is it canon that the plans were transmitted? Since Disney pretty much wiped the slate clean on the EU... Pretty sure many of our merry crew of anti-heroes won't make it, perhaps at the hands of Vader? We've been hearing a more brutal Vader, perhaps he cuts them down one by one? I would think a duel between Vader and the 'space samurai' played by Donnie Yen is expected, maybe as the crew hold off Vader to let Felicity Jone's character escape... Speculation on last shot of the movie would be the Rogue One docking with Tantive IV to load the plans into R2. They're jumped by a Star Destroyer, and the Rogue One sacrifices itself to buy time for the Tantive IV... which would nicely lead into the first shot of ANH
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    Hell yeah! Let me recover from my nerdgasm... And we haven't even seen the X-wing action!
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    A-wing! Great! Hope they come with separate decals so we could deco it as Green wing or blue wing😁 Yup the B-wing is pretty much as wide as a Y-wing is long... Here's a pic of my 1/144 collections from Ftoys from a couple years back... With a 1/144 super hikaru 😁 Just need BWing, TIE interceptor and TIE bomber and we're all set for OT. I would love for a X-wing re release with possibles to do deco it up in Wedge from either ANH or ROTJ!
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    Yup, 5-6", quite a nice size! Toyark recently posted some sample pics of the HK's from Terminator... the Aerial HK looks great! Tank HK looks like an evil Wall-E
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    Saw these recently from here: http://www.figures.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79757 Looks good! The initial release will be from Alien/Aliens: • UD-4L Cheyenne Dropship, with miniature Armored Personnel Carrier that fits inside the bay (Aliens) • M577 Armored Personnel Carrier (Aliens) • “Origin” Derelict Ship with display stand (Alien) • Fossilized Space Jockey (Alien) There will be more from other franchises such as Terminator (Aerial HK/Tank HK), Predator ... Looks like a boon for sci-fi vehicle collectors!
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    I hope Bandai goes back to finishing up the kits from OT, at the very least we still need 1/72 A-wing 1/72 B-wing 1/72 TIE bomber 1/72 TIE interceptor I could also wish for 1/144 Lambda-class shuttle 1/144 OT Falcon (this should be in the pipeline! wouldn't take much to rework the TFA Falcon) 1/48 AT-AT to go with the 1/48 AT-ST,Snowspeeder would be nice, but highly unlikely due to size (PG-sized? hmmm) That should round up the main starships in the current two scales of Bandai's vehicle kits... For the character lines, there should still be Snowtroopers, to round up the 'troopers we have so far, an individual Scout would be nice too. Not sure if Bandai's license extends to the PT, for all the flak it gets, I think the vehicle designs are still pretty decent!
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    Neat! Really nice illustrations, the theme fits really well! Reminds me a lot of Bandai's Star Wars meisho figures: http://kotaku.com/samurai-vader-and-ronin-boba-fett-realize-star-wars-jap-1754807646
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    Thanks for the comparison between the Disney and FFG Star Destoyers! I caved in and bought the FFG one off Amazon, at about US$38. Picked up a Home One too! I would have gotten the Disney one as well, but unfortunately Disney store doesn't ship overseas. Bummer... It's too bad the Bandai one is so small... 10cm! I'll stick pick up one to see how's the detail on that thing, but yeah, 20-30 would have been ideal. Actually, does anyone remember when Bandai had the ST license a few years back, and they made a bunch of Enterprises with light up functions? http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/builds/ban/build_ban_916424.shtml Wouldn't it be great if they could revisit this concept, and give us a bunch of SW capital ships, eg Star Destoyers, Mon Cals, Corellian Corvettes, Frigates... I know I would get every one of them...
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    In the context of the OT and PT, we've seen how Obi-wan and Luke were both unwilling to kill Anakin and Vader when they had the upper hand, so it's not implausible that Luke would have refrained from killing Kylo, if Kylo at the end was grovelling for mercy... While Force-blocking and cancelling of memories still hasnt been established as canon in the PT/OT and CW/Rebels, I think TFA is really hinting at this, when we consider Rey's blocked memories and how she apparently knows how to use the Force though she has no recollection. Also, TFA seems to suggest a more telepathic Force, as when Kylo tried to draw out Poe/Rey's memories. If Luke did manage to remove Kylo's Force abilities, then Luke wouldn't have any reason to kill the apparently hapless Kylo, since Kylo could no longer harm anyone else. As for Snoke, the current canon is that he's an ancient evil, IIRC. Which means he predates the PT, when the Jedi were still strong and dominant. If even Yoda and the Jedi council were oblivious of Snoke then, Luke may not have known it was Snoke who turned Kylo. In fact, Luke may have blamed himself, which spurred Luke to look for the Jedi temple to look for answers. And if he thought that the only Force user left in the galaxy was himself, he may have felt he was no longer needed. The First Order could be dealt with by the Republic, there was no Sith behind it. Or so he thought. Though it was 30 years between ROTJ and TFA, as rightly pointed out, Luke probably didn't disappear for 30 years. Given that the massacre happened when Kylo was an adult, going by flashback, Luke could have disappeared for 10 years or less? And if Luke did go into seclusion a la Yoda, he probably wasn't aware of the rise of the First Order, or Kylo's return. Anyway, this is all fan conjecture! Might just turn out that Snokes was really Jar Jar all along...
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    Another scenario could be that Luke was off world when Kylo turned and massacred the new Jedi academy with the knights of Ren. Luke, feeling a disturbance in the force, rushed back to the temple and upon see his dead students, went Jedi berzerk and killed every one of the Knights. Finally, facing a masked Kylo, Luke disarms him and just as he's about to deal the killing blow, he unmasks Kylo and finally sees who he really is. This snaps out of his killing frenzy when , realizes how close he was to the Dark Side. Feeling that there is "still good in him" and unwilling to kill his own nephew, Luke force blocks Kylo's Jedi powers, leaving him Force insensitive. Luke then goes into retreat and hiding to better control himself and learn how to better train students to avoid the Dark side. Before that, he also Force blocks Rey's powers and leaves her on Jakku for her own good. Unknown to him, Snoke comes on scene and returns Kylo's Jedi powers, but not fully... Which is why Snoke summons Kylo at the end of TFA, to complete his training This actually parallels ROTS, and I guess could make sense...
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    While the Freedom is one of my favourite designs from SEED, I'm not terribly excited about this MG, the first release years ago was and still is a pretty decent kit. Not too sure why the shoulder cannons seem to open up, don't remember that happening in the anime... What is exciting though, is that Freedom 2.0 could finally mean we're getting a MG Justice. Finally! I actually prefer the design of Justice, and I never understood why Justice never got a MG release, though the Inifinite Justice (IMHO infinitely inferior) did get one... Till now, the only decent rendition of Justice was the great RG version... here's hoping MG Justice gets an announcement sooner rather than later. (I'm also holding out for an MG Assault Buster V2!)
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    Just like in one of the earlier posts, it's too bad that dragon didn't got for a more common scale like 1/48 to match up with the bandai kits. Unless they're contractually bound not to do1/48. would have been great to get a 1/48 to go with the other 1/48 kits esp the at-st and snow speeder. Perhaps bandai has one in the works... Yeah, I'm still clamouring for more capital ships from Star Wars... Bandai has done capital ships before from Yamato2199 and previously in their EX model line... Hoping for some kind of announcement this year!
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    The largest craft in FFG is probably the huge Corellian Corvette from the X-wing game https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/x-wing/products/tantive-iv-expansion-pack/ Yeah, the Neb-B from the Armada game is quite small... I hope with the new wave of kits from Dragon, Bandai etc, one of the them will start making capital ships! ISD, Mon Cal cruiser, Corellian Corvette, Neb-B, Rebel transports!
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    Watched this a few days ago. Overall, same as sentiments as most people, it was a great Star Wars experience, which makes it highly enjoyable but also its greatest crutch. The new characters were great, good performances by their actors all around, this is going to be Daisy Ridley's breakout role for sure. Loved the visuals! What I didn't like was the movie being I do have good comments from friends who've never followed star wars, so the movie did succeed as an introduction to the SW universe and bringing new fans on board. I'd still watch this multiple times but I'd rank this behind ESB and ANH.
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    Have you considered the miniatures from FFG? A bit pricey for what you get, but it is a very nicely detailed miniature https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/x-wing/products/force-awakens-core-set/ Me, I haven't gone into FFG stuff but I'm yearning for a large Star Destroyer. The largest I have is the shokugan one from a few years back by F toys. I also have the micro machines one and the Black series one... But all are small The FFG one is really nice though https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/star-wars-armada/products/imperial-class-star-destroyer-expansion-pack/ Anyone know of any other options for a larger star destroyer besides the FFG one...?
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