Hikuro
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Well you're not really suppose to just cram the detolf cases, but when yo're like me and you have a ton of crap you kind of just tend too. I'll tell you what though they're not very Macross friendly. I got so many of these and delivered because when we moved into our new house we decided to get everything we needed to make it a nice place. So I was originally going to have 3 rooms, bedroom, theater room, work room. The work room was going to house all my stuff but in the end we changed our minds and have 2 rooms each, 2 bedrooms, and 2 places to call our own and then 1 room being a study and 1 room being a work out or guest bedroom. In the end after measuring the room I had for my theater stuff I could only fit 7 detolf cases. I wanted like 12, could of gotten 12. But the only wall I could put them in could fit 7. Unicorn is coming out well I had to burn off some caffeine so I started building tonight after the christmas party. I like how everything services a purpose for the parts, no matter how odd they look. I have 3 sections left to go before I begin the wiring of the LED's and getting them placed. I'm very nervous as I dunno if I'm looking at the booklet right on what it wants me to do. But today was also a lot of fun. Gonna be a good vacation.
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I'm actually almost out of space. I have 7 Detolf cases and they're pretty much crammed. So this means I need to start figuring out what can go back in their tubs or boxes. That might happen this week.
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Except the area it needs to go in has to be able to turn on and off thru the gunpla body piece. It hurts my brain thinking about those things. No, it doesn't fit. The height alone on the kit is 15 inches when built. I think the opening channel is 14 high 11 wide. Which is why I'm cringing right now on my PG unicorn, I think it's to big and that's not including the stand
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If it were it's probably because I stopped buying Macross stuff to support Gundam. But I also remember that Bandai's LED's aren't always reliable.
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Well, now I'm full blown pissed off. These should of shown up 2 days ago, they finally show up today and guess what? Both are duds, they won't light up. Even went to the store, spent another 12 bucks on 2 lil batteries and neither of them will light up. Contacted amazon and they only will issue a refund which I'm already getting so what's the point? Can't reorder them either without spending anywhere from 6-20 dollars depending on when I want to get them, why? Just so I can have bunk again? this is just........disappointing. I forgot how much of a crap shoot these lights can be.
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imagine if hot shots 1 & 2 were made today.....think Sadam would threaten us?
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Terminator 5/Terminator: Genisys, opening July 1, 2015
Hikuro replied to areaseven's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I gotta go call Stewie, I think Brian screwed things up again I'll be back. -
Terminator 5/Terminator: Genisys, opening July 1, 2015
Hikuro replied to areaseven's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
XD you just started a paradox on the board now. GROUNDHOGS DAY!! -
Yeah sadly Exia's LED is busted. Which doesn't surprise me I got this kit around 2008 when it first released. I would think batteries would just be the only cause but it looks like the whole unit is dead. That kinda says something about quality : /
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Since it's an X-Men movie there is no continuity. But they've made it pretty obvious that the original wolverine movie was pretty much thrown out the window too, along with the 2nd film seeing how he got his claws weren't bones again in the future.
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All I'm seeing here is they just not gonna release it on Christmas....which was a horrible date to begin with. But whatever, didn't wanna see the movie anyways, it's sony's loss but also shows that we can't protect ourselves without big brother stepping in : / bring on the government control.
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I think it's the curse of the 00. gotta find those matching drives so I gotta test the one I had for exia and the one on hi nu or nu gundam little later. but yes I do blame Amazon. I ship stuff all the time, almost daily. if you don't put the right shipping type on there you're screwed. either way, got my unicorn! box is HUGE!!
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considering the amount of times I buy from them it alone is worth prime, but when you've had several bad things it makes it hard. start of the year they missed a delivery by several days, another where it went to the wrong address and a few damaged. but yeah I guess I'll just have to sit still and wait and just kinda work in parts not related to the leds which won't be to hard just boring.
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I know it's the busiest time of the year. I understand that. my problem is the item shipped Monday under the 2 day agreement. problem is don't advertise it to arrive on X day and when X day comes you suddenly get a notice saying "we screwed up and your package won't be showing up for 3 more days after our initial promise." where I work if we say "yes we can have it there on X day" and it doesn't show up on time we take the heat for it not ups.
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it just doesn't fly with me when you use your prime and say it's shipped but then delay it almost a week after ordering. it sent Monday and now I don't get it until the weekend? and they pretty much said "hey that's life." so I just told them what's the point of spending a hundred dollars a year for hardly any movies worth watching that are already available on Netflix and Hulu then delaying packages with a 2 day delivery? I'd be okay if it were a day late....but 3? and being the 2nd package this week to be delayed? come on!
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speaking of which, Amazon just dropped the ball and now my led set won't arrive until the weekend. I called Amazon asking what happened all I was told was wrong tracking info and pretty much oh well. I told them as a prime user it's unacceptable to have advertisements stating 2 day garuntee and not recieve it a week after ordering. so I got a 90% refund, close as I'll get. but now means this gundam won't be complete until Sunday or Monday.
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I've got 2 leds arriving today so I only thought it needed 3. the instructions don't indicate 5 until you are in the middle of assembly and I got this at a hobby store so they wouldn't of known. if I got too I got spare lights in the Hi-Nu, Nu and old Exia. I'll be fine. just means more batteries if those are dead
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theater premiere was canceled and a number of theaters are deciding to not show due to the vague threats of guardians of peace. hypocritical much for the name?
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Something feels off. I just finished the O Raiser and it says each wing takes an LED. So that's two..........the Twin Drives take 1 each....that's 4. The head supposedly lights up........that's 5..........I only got 3 LED's....how the hell? Is this right?!
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well when you're under contract and gotta plug the movie you gotta say it's the best thing since the iPod and sliced bread. you don't wanna have a katie Holmes incident.
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close but no. I just have such a long commute I always end up with an hour before I gotta actually start so I always bring something I'm working on to pass the time.post office tried to deliver my unicorn kit but of course the usual thing no one home can't drop it off. made arrangements to get it tomorrow after work.
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I came to work early so I could work on the O Raiser, but no ones here!
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oh you mean like halo nightfall? pfffff. I thought in some commentary tracks ford said he hated blade runner? namely the original cut with having to do those narrative bits he felt were worthless and even bitches during recording he didn't want to do them. or him and Sean young having no chemistry and having to film the worst and most awkward sex scene in cinema?
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I just came back from my first Build Group meeting. We call ourselves "The Sleeves" HAH! ............no Zeon kits were present....... Good amount of us I think 6 or 7 showed up at a fabric store where they got a little class room you can use. I was surprised how many were building a Crossbone Moah 0_O or had a box to build one if time allowed. But before I went there I went to a hobby shop near by and they stocked up. I DID come across....*sigh* the actual XM-X1 Kinkedo version (crap.....) and even the HGUC version! What really got me was the fact they had a MG 00 Raiser kit! I have NEVER seen it in person and I had to double check to make sure it had the MG stamp on it after the last time I got fooled....even laughed when it was still cheaper than that stupid ass non grade. So anyways, went to the group and little surprised I'm a bit more adept than them when it comes to building and customizing. It's not a huge margin and I was glad to help give some insight and discuss stuff. Some of them are first timers who just got into Gunpla back when Build Fighters aired last year. Everyone was pretty much working on something either Build Fighters related or 00 related and were of course Gundams. I was the only one who was building something not even Gundam related and a Base Jabber to go with it. I was also the only one who finished his kits. BUT it was a lot of fun and wanna do it again. Now some of them are thinking they wanna do a table top game for it 0_o.
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Maybe you can spray the translucent parts, but I'd be worried that'd ruin the effectiveness of the glow. Now to the best of my knowledge Bandai has always had the gates on the parts themselves, never really doing undergating until I think RG's came out and even then most RG's don't have under gating. I know I've encountered it on the SEED kits and on the Zeta Gundam...but when I built the RX-78-2 for certain there was no under gating so when you're building ANY kind of kit, HG, MG, RG, PG, you either gotta be very careful and cut just a millimeter above the gate and clean it with your hobby knife or a sand stick, or just take a chance. If I'm doing a kit I'm planning to show off with the Gunpla builder group I'm apart of I shave the excess gate off carefully with my hobby knife. But if I'm just building it quickly or just gonna have it on display I don't really care all that much. It depends where you do it....I have to do it in the Garage but that's still too cold for me. The can will tell you what is the best temperature for application it should be room temp which is about 70's. Sometimes I'll do the job outside or in the garage and after a minute or two of letting the smell disperse I'll bring it inside. but that means I'm doing it in a specially made box or news paper. That reminds me, change out your area after each gate. I say this because you can't just spray the top side that shows the armor, you want to get under the gate too....if you don't you'll have 2 different colors of plastic and it'll look junkie. So once you do your first level of spray, flip the gate, spray again. Now depending on how much you just sprayed on the top surface you may need to change out your area so then your parts don't stick to the area and cause debry or unwanted smudges or pull something off the gate. Should be fine. What I do is before I even paint is I start snipping off gated parts until there's only 1 left connected to the part. and I remove anything that's going to get in the way of the paint spray. So when I do finish my paint job and I cut the part I only have 1 spot per part to touch up, not 4 or 5. This can lead to uneven paint spots. Now between coats, I'd wait an hour before you apply. But what I do is I spray top surface, leave it alone for an hour, flip it over do the under side, leave it for an hour, flip it back up do top side again at a different angle so it's all applied evenly and should have everything covered. Then flip it downside again after an hour and finish off. Anything still left with original plastic coloring I'll touch up later. I don't wanna over spray, never do more than 2 coats on each side. http://www.amazon.com/Detail-Micro-Brushes-Paint-Applicators/dp/B00578QW70/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1418588457&sr=8-3&keywords=touch+up+fine+brushes+paint I use these little guys when I do small areas of armor or touch ups and details. I wouldn't recommend THIS particular item here listed it's just an example. Hobbytown and model shops carry these in different sizes. The smaller the size the smaller the applicated area. I use these a ton! I ALWAYS buy a couple of packs cause they'll go fast. You can get maybe 20 of these for a few bucks. Just buy 'em online, they're a few bucks but at least you'll have it coming. I'm going to a model shop today for our last Gunpla Builders get-together for the year, I want to buy a new Gray marker cause mines looking a bit warn after nearly a year of constant use.
