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On 10/24/2021 at 1:08 AM, sh9000 said:

My HMR displays at Super Dimension Convention 2021.

Is there a thread with pics and stuff from the event?

I already got tracking from Luna Park.

53 minutes ago, technoblue said:

Indeed. There are political machinations at work that are only touched upon briefly using dialogue in the film, and I can only guess that Villeneuve pushed this into the background intentionally for a reason? It will be interesting to see if part 2 highlights more of what's going on, especially since Irulan's name was invoked, but I'm not going to be disappointed if we get more of the same.

Anyway, the Landsraad is a council/body that represents the Great Houses in the Imperium. Through the Landsraad, the houses negotiate trade agreements, create alliances, announce government sanctioned vendettas, and the like. For instance, one of Frank Herbert's core characterizations in the novels was that it was a well-known fact that Houses Harkonnen and Atreides had a vendetta against one another lasting generations. This vendetta becomes very important since it sets the stage against House Atreides from the beginning.

Knowing who the Emperor is, and to which house he belongs, is another important point. At the beginning of Dune, House Corrino is in its twilight. It has been the leading imperial house for millennia. However, Shaddam Corrino IV, has recently become jealous of his adoptive cousin Duke Leto Atreides I. Duke Leto has grown to become the well known, charismatic, and compassionate leader of Caladan. He has quickly gained popularity in the Landsraad. He has a Bene Gesserit concubine who gave him a son. He has built up an army which is rumored to rival the Emperor's own Sarduakar in strength. When these whispers reach the Emperor's ear, he decides that the Atreides are too much of a threat and that this house needs to be extinguished. Leto is essentially a man caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. The whole thing with House Harkonnen leaving was a ruse. It wasn't legitimate or an outright rebuke of the Harkonnen as Rabban thought, but a cunning ploy staged to reaffirm House Corrino's power. The Harkonnen's hatred of the Atreides made it that much easier for the Emperor to persuade them to do their part.

A cool thing that the movie does is show how Leto I's own idealism works against him. He was tricked into thinking the issues were done more to disgrace the Atreides name in the Landsraad by crippling mining production. Of course, there is much more going on, and there are other betrayals that make for a bitter end. But yeah, the point really was about wiping the Atreides off the map.

Thanks for this. I haven't read the books in about 35yrs. I don't remember many details.

45 minutes ago, Slave IV said:

Definitely a classic! Nice!

so far I like the S1 and Senna Lotus you got the most. 

That Senna Lotus is my favorite. It was my favorite when I was a little kid too. I used to have a picture of me sitting in one of them at the Detroit Grand Prix when I was I think 11. My Mom worked for Car and Driver at the time so we had passes for everywhere. I was drooling all over the JPS Lotus (I had a few die casts of them already) and the crew guys asked if I wanted to sit in it. I was stoked!!!!!

Funny story. A friend from school went with me. We had our own all access passes and my Mom had work stuff to do most of the day so we were on our own. Practice was about to start so we worked our way toward the circuit. We kept going through check point after check point with no one stopping us (apparently they were great passes!) all the way until we got to the Jersey barriers and fence separating the racing surface from everything else. The place where you see corner workers and photographers. We thought that was the coolest thing in the world............until the first car came by! HOLY CRAP! They were so loud that it HURT! We literally ran away. 

13 minutes ago, jenius said:

It feels like there's a few "why" questions missing to me. The emperor kicks the Harkonnens off Arrakis because he fears how respected the Atreides have become and that they can somehow challenge him. I don't really get HOW anyone challenges the emperor though. Arrakis is a trap, the Atreides go there and are easily ambushed. What was the false pretense that was used to remove the Harkonnens? Did the Emperor tell the other families that the Harkonnens were doing a bad job so they lost their most-favored family status? Then, when the Harkonnens retake Arrakis, what story would be told then? If the emperor gave Arrakis to the Atreides, then wouldn't they need his blessing to retake it? The movie mentions that spice production is down and the Atreides want Kynes to go to bat for them and make the case to the emperor that the Harknonnens left them in a lurch but there didn't feel like enough connection between those scenes and the return of the Harkonnens. It feels like we needed another exposition bomb speech from the Baron where he laid out that the lack of spice production would allow him to step back in and retake the planet without furor among the other houses. The one speech where the Baron explains to his nephew that the Atreides are being set-up for a trap could have been expanded just a little bit... or they could have added a quick scene with the other families complaining that someone needed to do something to resolve the lack of spice production. The ambush as it plays out in the movie just feels like a little too obvious of an ambush. 

To quote The Drinker:

"Don't know"

56 minutes ago, Slave IV said:

I have some in other scales and lower quality 1:18 so they don’t really count. All the ones you mentioned would be considerations based on space and money if I found the right ones I want. I’ll pass on the Fusion but I bet it’s a decent value for what it is. 😂

Yours is a good theme too but I fear that could get way too broad for me. 1/64 or around Hot Wheels size and those recent 1/32 Hollywood Rides cars are good and cheap enough for me to collect more of those…of which I have no idea how many I have at this point. It’s gotta be at least 10 large storage boxes full. 

I've purchased some pretty high dollar 1:18's. Yeah, it can get out of hand. I don't actually want many though. Thank goodness. I'll have 18 of them when all is said and done. And all on display.

This one set me back the most. A must have though.

1 minute ago, Slave IV said:

Yep! My 1:18 collection basically highlights the progression and history of AWD technology in performance autos.

Very cool. Love the theme! Do you have any EVO's, WRX's, GTR's, R8, V10 Lambo (the Audi lambo), etc? Ya know, my Fusion is AWD. You should get one of those.

Mine is famous race cars and TV/movie cars.

Well, I broke down and PO'd one through @LUNA PARK

4 hours ago, Slave IV said:

Nice! I have the civilian version, also from AutoArt:

OOoooooooooo a 959!!!

2 hours ago, f-valk said:

Someone mentioned the NA release for the blu-rays were sold out, a few pages ago. 

In case others are still looking,  there's pre orders remaining on https://www.rightstufanime.com/category/Blu~ray?keywords=Evangelion

(Someone please update if/ when they sell out).

If you change search criteria, this merchant will sometimes have figures available to purchase as well. 

I had preordered (then canceled) a reissue gx-71 with them.  No extra charges. Really easy to work with. 

 

And you get discount coupons in the mail from time to time. 

(No I don't work for them) but in another life, I wish I owned a store like theirs. 

Still no release for the new movie?

2 hours ago, weiser21 said:

A single valk for me has been around 3500-3700 Yen. Only valk over 4k Yen was the VF-1J combo set.

I need to add a column to my spreadsheet that breaks shipping out. Apparently I'm forgetting what the going rate is. I generally think about the bottom line sitting on my doorstep.

I like buying Macross toys so I'm tempted to get in on this PO. But I have a standard 31 Mirage with Supers already and the blue AX (I can't remember the name right now) PO'd. I only have so much room and I want to have more colors (I don't care about the characters).

I want a AX with armor parts, one in Fighter with supers and probably one in Gerwalk. In a mix of colors. Not sure what I'm going to do. 

Annnnnd, even more mail call today! @Slave IV will appreciate this one.

Aaaaaan, exactly to scale a Hotwheels 2000 Ferari F1 Michael Schumacher (first year he won the title for Ferrari). Do you know how hard it is to find a example of this with the Marlboro sponsorship on it? Hard. It's for the kids.

A little (and I mean that literally because this is under scale) Batmobile.

1:18 Hotwheels Elite

3 hours ago, weiser21 said:

1200 Yen markup isn't bad, but 5K Yen shipping for one valk... ouch.

That's middle of the road from what I have seen. Has anyone gotten one shipped DHL for under 4K?

Robot Spirits EVA 02a. Good figure.

The Robot Spirits Unit 02a is pretty good. You can aaaaalllllmost get it to balance without the stand. But I fear just the slightest jossel would knock it over so I pulled a clear stand out to replace the red one it came with (yuck, red?). Good figure, standard Robot Spirits quality. I'm glad I got it.

21 minutes ago, Kanedas Bike said:

D.V. sure does now how to make gorgeous movies,

I was blown away about how beautiful it was and how perfectly odd the technology, etc was.

The music, while sometimes overwhelming the dialog a little, had a great mood to it. Very appropriate and odd. I didn't really have any trouble with the dialog though. Sure I had to pay attention, but I could always understand what was going on. You guys need a crappy 22yr old surround system.

2 hours ago, seti88 said:

You hit the nail on the head, on the variety of valk (or even every mecha) colors in SDFM. That had a big impression on me.

On the wait, i wouldnt mind a brownie release next.

If Bandai could turn the 1/48 VF-1 into a christmas release valk only, I thk that would be a nice change....sort of having that special VF-1 expectation every year end..

that would be setting up a whole new generation of christmas valks under the tree....

......or the same christmas picture but now with grown women/men opening presents...🤣😂

Valentines Day Valk?

I like the bad guy ships. I always like the bad guy ships.

I thought it was great.

I don't think it will do very well. Most people won't understand what they're watching.

5 minutes ago, mechaninac said:

The heavy surface tiling and the semi-glossy sheen don't help either... the combination makes it look sloppier than it may actually be.

It's the weird "camo" thing they have going on in the black that is tripping me out. I may have missed it but I don't ever remember seeing that in the show.

I ordered one anyway.

5 minutes ago, derex3592 said:

@sqidd Sorry for the delay with pics work's been crazy this week.. Here is the matt black weathering version. Had to change locations... Pyewacket the cat wanted to help out... 🙄

Sweet! Thanks for the pics. The flat black looks pretty cool. I really want a AW, but man, the Aoshima's are HUGE money! I ran across this and it's 1/32 scale. I sent them an email and they said they would do it without the landing gear down if I wanted it that way. I'm tempted to pull the trigger. I'm just not sure if I would rather have a real "toy" though.

31 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Eaglemoss is starting up a line of ships from The Expanse.

First release: Rocinante

I saw that this morning. I hope that picture isn't an accurate representation of the paint. It looks horrible. Tempting though.

I've got that 21" long Kickstarter Roci. The landing gear looks goofy the way they did it, it takes up a TON of room and I can sell it for WAY more than I paid for it.  I'm considering replacing it with the Eaglemoss unit. But that paint is sketchy.

1 hour ago, borgified said:

Here's a thought @sqidd. Why don't you create a thread for all the Macross valks's head sculpts page and have further discussions on it? I don't think it's made yet, however you love posting on this website right?