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  1. Major Focker
    this came out today. lucky to pick one up at Animate. not as awesome as the previous books but a good one to have nonetheless. scout plane, seagull and melda's fighter got some love. then all the capital ships in the movie.
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    got hooked on Ikenai Borderline when it first came on. but now, i'm really pining for the equivalents of Northern Cross, Don't be late, and Lion to give some oomph into the visually already awesome action scenes.
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    from a technical design and practicality perspective, i agree. however, that scene in DYRL, when they were mounting leg supers to a CF and the VF-1 lifted a little to accommodate it, really left an impression on me. part of the novelty i suppose, is that it conveyed how the supers were a later development that had to be retrofitted to an existing design. of course, designers post VF-1 aren't entitled to this excuse. aesthetics-wise, i like how the "mistransformation" is analogous to cocking your elbows at a slight angle, clenching fists and flexing when walking over to stare down another dude.
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    Macross figures

    Major Focker replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    1/20 vs. 1/10 scale is not really a good comparison. but that the smaller figure is even in consideration says quite a bit. personally, neither is satisfactory but im still getting this since I have quite a bit of stuff in 1/20
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    maybe Messer was previously like Hayate.
  6. Major Focker
    Wide angle lens so adorable to watch
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    just a thought on Messer's death forecast: around this time in Frontier, Ozma had death flags fluttering all over him
  8. Major Focker
    nah, he should be bitten by kabane then fail to kill himself and forced to flee. for some reason his conversion to kabane stops at the head and he remains aware of his failure and his fate in his now immortal kabane body.
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    you phrased it better. Erased was more about friendship/bonds first, and just happened to have time travel elements second. paging Keith. we have someone here who has lost his way
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    wasn't Beautiful Bones from the fall season? in any case, i enjoyed that too, even if it ended sequel-baiting. i liked Grimgar, just that with work being toxic, i wasn't in the mood for something heavy. maybe in that regard, the short doses of God Eater helped me finish it (IIRC correctly, 4-5 eps across 3 sesasons). Konosuba was my antidote to Grimgar, and what a good antidote that was. recently hired a bunch of good people so i should have more free time the rest of the year. like the MC in Gate, i know my priorities will go back to Grimgar around summer. i left it at episode 4 or 5 i think. maybe Bubuki too, if the summer season proves lean. it showed promise in the 4 eps i watched; i'll give it that. but with the number of good shows in winter, it got nudged out. Steins Gate is my top fave, though it's frequently challenged by Bakemonogatari every time the latter puts out a new story arc. Kizu might finally topple it, which reminds me, when the heck is the BD coming out? Erased being compared to SG was inevitable i suppose, but for some reason i never gave it that burden. the use of kids as cast gave it a different feel that leveraged tenderness and innocence rather than the more mature concerns of morality, guilt, and romance in SG. Erased having half the episodes of SG, it couldn't afford to go into the convolutions of time travel as SG did, and i'm glad they didn't. i do think Erased missed some opportunities when it shuffled between past and present. i thought the MC could've had more clues and insights contextually triggered by the era he was in. as it turns out, most of the puzzle solving was in the past. what i think they did instead was to show how the adult MC matured as a person (caring for others, learning to trust others) by giving him a chance to relive his childhood. that to me makes it different than SG and a worthwhile show on its own. they're different kind of stories that just happened to both involve time travelling.
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    my first reaction was to disagree. but after recapping last season, yeah, winter was pretty strong, albeit, about half of the shows i enjoyed were continuations. four new shows this season left me with the impression that spring would be even stronger: Hero Academy, Kabaneri, Joker Game, Stray Dogs. plus of course, a new Macross series. the bankable ones this season: Ushio to Tora, Jojo, Magi:Sinbad then, there are the promising ones i'm hearing about but haven't started on yet: Kiznaiver, Sakamoto, Re:Zero, Kuromukoro on the side, watching Hundred for my harem fix. also started Haifuri, which i initially dismissed that it could be a worthy Girls und Panzer spiritual successor, but the first couple of episodes surprised me with its presentation of naval tactics. this could indeed be a moe Ars Nova. all in all, a promising season, heavy on newness.
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    what i enjoyed from last season: Erased - simple story that somehow ended up with fantastic, touching moments. my favorite from last season Ajin - the CG was distracting at first, but the suspense was undeniable, and one of the best villains in recent memory with menace to rival that of Hannibal Lecter Dimension W - if there was one show from last season that i hope would get a sequel but probably will not, this would be it. still lots of territory to explore and if one of the middle story arcs is any indication, lots of opportunity to go meta. Gate - along with Heavy Object, the kind of anime i hope would continue with more adventures with or without an overarching plot. it's just fun to watch. Heavy Object - excellent buddy vibe with shades of MacGyyver making things go kaboom. Durarara!! x2 - more Celty is always a good thing. for now i'm sated, but will always welcome more DRRR zaniness. Gundam IBO - first Gundam series i've watched, not counting OVAs. thought i was going to drop it, but it managed to keep me tuned in. God Eater - uneven, slow burn kind of show, but grabs you hard when you're not looking. Konosuba - hilarious parody on the recent spate of trapped-in-a-gameworld animes Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko - 4 eps, 7 mins each. i teared up, dammit. dropped: Dagashi Kashi, Divine Gate, Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut, Bubuki Buranki, Active Raid, Utawarerumono, Schwarzesmarken, Grimgar. the last two i might pick up again when i'm in the mood. shows i know i'll enjoy and saving up for a marathon: Assassination Classroom, Shirayuki-hime, Rakugo, Haikyuu
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    i remember that went "viral"/"trending" in the 80's. personally, i never came across concrete info that would suggest it was anything more than an urban legend. i do recall a local Chinese take-out that had flyers stating: "Our Siopao are not MEOW" (literal translation) i do personally know, that there are places around the world that serve cat meat, rat too.
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    nice. i kinda like the look of this one. which other armors came out in diecast? i only have III, IV, Whiplash II, and War Machine I, so i've been pondering on adding a diecast one (or a few ) to my collection. also curious which armors are faves of folks here.
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    liking Stray Dogs too. also really upbeat about Hero Academy. BGM keeps giving me goosebumps. heck, maybe HA will come out on top of Kabeneri in my season fave list, but let's see what Kabeneri's delayed 2nd episode will bring. haven't seen many posts about last season animes. usually, folks have a quick wrap up and reco list. i'm still finishing on my backlog from last season.
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    i was wishing the same thing
  17. Major Focker
    yup, you basically buy both F and B but packaged in one box. i guess that saves a little on shipping
  18. Major Focker
    no burritos for Heinz i hope.
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    thanks
  20. Major Focker
    i hear ya. guilty as charged. Synology spoiled me rotten, so i'll likely just order a new unit, than build my own server, which is not my expertise. still, i'm curious if it's possible to do a file list dump from a library.
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    thanks guys, for clarifying. gah, this is driving me nuts. it's not just about finding duplicates, i was hoping for a consolidated library view so i can search for the photos i need and then connect the right drive so i can access it. at the moment, it takes me a ridiculous amount of time connecting external drives one by one looking for the photos i need. guess i'll just get another NAS box to consolidate all my photos. or would it be better to just replace my 4-bay NAS with a 6-bay one? say, if i connect all my external drives (using USB hubs) to my laptop and create a Library, is there way to export the library's file list and directory structure to an excel file?
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    i'm trying to wrap my head around "Libraries" in Windows 7. got a couple of questions: 1) when i add a location in a library, say, a folder in an external drive, will i still be able to see the files in Library view even when the external drive is not connected? 2) if i delete a file in a library location that is currently offline (ie. external drive not connected), will it delete the file from the external drive once i re-connect it? i have a ton of photos scattered across several external drives and pretty sure there are a lot of duplicates. so i want to include the folder locations in these external drives into one Library so i can sort by filename/date and identify to duplicates. i am hoping that once i find the duplicates, i can delete them from the Library and Windows will "sync" that delete action to the respective external drives when i reconnect them. appreciate any tips. thanks.
  23. Major Focker
    31A!!!!!!!!
  24. Major Focker
    anyone offering to charge in your local currency is making a profit from the conversion, whether in fees or built into the conversion rate or both. the only question is whether they have better effective rates than your payment facility or credit card company.
  25. Major Focker
    Platz are pretty good. check out their Yukikaze pre-finished models. maybe not fair to compare to Gimix though. they're on a completely different level.
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