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  1. mechaninac
    How cute, the built themselves a TV/Movie prop and a RC model for flying footage...
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    What better way to justify their cancellation of the project than to show what little there is of it against a juggernaught that is bound to trounce it. They can later look at the ratings, see how bad they were, and pat themselves on their backs at how clever and insightful they were in their decision.
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    Yoda and Ben were right, 'from a certain point of view'. Luke just proved that, as Yoda himself said, 'forever in motion the future is', and can be changed by one's actions, or innactions; he fill the role of the redeemer by absolving Vader of his sins and allowing him to regain his Anakin self before he dies. In his confrontation with Vader before the Emperor, Luke was certainly tempted by power his unleashed anger released, but he was not seduced by it, and in rejecting it, he overcame any chance Sidious had of turning him to the dark side. Therefore, I don't think he'd be a good candidate for the villain in the new trilogy. Personally, I'd think it best to break free of the previous movies and just tell a whole new story that references what came before it but is not saddled by it... the better to avoid further continuity issues that are already so glaring between the original and the prequels
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    This whole Darth Maul/Mandalorian arc has been far more hard core than I expect of any American mass-market animation... loving it!
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    Cool, but super glue on a $300+ toy?... You're a much braver man than I. I think if I wanted to add those hardpoints I'd attach them with some automotive grade 3M double sided tape, much easier to clean up leftover tape residue than CA left-overs if you ever change your mind. CA requires acetone or an acetone based remover to strip away completely.
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    Looks really good, love the load-out (tacky putty?). Now, all you need to do is panel line it to bring out the engraved detail (I plan to do mine with a fresh grey Gundam pen) and you'll have real looker in your hands.
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    Could the title of the movie be considered a pun describing the general feeling the moviegoer will get after spending good money to see this picture? You know, kind of like how I felt after renting and watching Sucker Punch... like someone had just struck me in the gut, hard.
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    Joan of Ark in full armor is hardly a realistic portrayal of women in general, specially for her time period, since she was a very unique case; there may be other examples, but, in general, a woman of her era depicted as a 15th century French peasant or wench would be far more accurate. As for Major Kusanagi, I like the way she's drawn in the SAC and beyond, with her look in SSS the best... although I find SAC's getup to be the most visually entertaining. Her new ('old'?) look for Arise is fine too, but far less sexy based on the single image we've seen.
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    What, you didn't like the killer hooker outfit?...
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    I'm not sure what is canon, but if you go by Bandai's GX-58 toy, the Andromeda class Dreadnaughts have a hangar bay roughly in the same location as the Yamato: stern underbelly with a loading ramp. One could assume that the Borodino class Battleships also share this feature; although, given their much smaller size, maybe not. But there is the Borodino derived Lexinton class Battlecarriers to serve as fighter craft platforms for Cosmo Navy battle groups. As for those predominant stem under belly scoops present on most EDF ships, I've never seen any official information regading their function. The could be sensors, or Bussard collectors, or, if you go by the following resin kit images, they could house thrusters and retro thrusters; or if the last image is any indication, at least on the Andromeda, they could be torpedo launchers.
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    The only thing sales at HLJ, et al, do for me is that I get more stuff than I would ordinarily purchase; I never seem to end up spending any less, and often come out forking over more money than usual... I'm going to keep an owl's vigil on this thread for progress on the VF-11's armor; judging by Kurisama's body of work, it'll be glorious.
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    The guy either has one sweet gig that allows him to afford all the cool stuff he is into collecting... in bulk no less, or he subsists on nothing but Ramen noodles and tap water... I know... my jealousy is showing, and it ain't pretty.
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    VF-27 Reissue? We don'need no stink'n reissue... Give us a renewal already, Bandai! In other words, to me, it's either a renewal on par with the VF-25 V2s, or nothing...
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    Wow! C3... I think I'll wait for the very quick turn around to broadcasting (what do you guys think? FX or Syfy?) before I waste any of my time on this thing.
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    I have that kit; built it well over 10 years ago. It is small but very nice (10.25", ~ 260 mm in length)... Syd Mead did a very nice job with the 2520 Yamato design. And I like the twin row of main guns top and bottom; it means the ship can fire full broadsides to port and starboard at the same time.
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    Well, that could end up royally sucking... I guess the thing to do is keep the preorder and see where things stand by mid March.
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    Are their prices udated to the current exchange rate at the time the invoices are sent out, or are they locked-in to the quoted amount at the time the preorder was placed? I'm curious to know because I preordered in US Dollars as well. Ordering in USD has it's advantages too as you get to avoid Paypal's exchange fees, but if the discrepancy in the exchange rate between when the order was placed and when payment is due is large enough, then that bonus evaporates fast.
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    That was a good episode: Fallen Sith, Mandalorian Death Watch, Hutts and their hired bounty hunter lackeys, assorted mayhem and alliances of convinience/self preservation... and not a Republic droid, Senator, Jedi, or bumbling comic relief character in sight; what's not to like? Maul's matter-of-fact observation to the Hutt was priceless, I totally agree. It was almost as 'funny' as Cad Bane's “What are you looking at? It's a nice hat”. quip in The Box fromthat Obi Wan undercover arc.
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    The F-35 may not be the most beautiful fighter to ever be fielded by the US and its allies, but it is downright stunning compared to Boeing's JSF submission, the X-32; that thing fell off the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down... twice!
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    Megahouse is releasing one in late May
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    Very nice, but I'm already so invested in the Revoltech line of Iron Man figures that Bandai's offer is too little too late. I'm fairly sure the S.H. Figuarts will be better quality, without revo-joint compromises to the sculpts, and not as wobbly as Kaiyodo's, but at 140mm they're 15mm shorter and are likely to be twice as expensive as the Revos, and I've read quite a few complaints over the years about Figuart ankles being flimsy and unstable. To me, as good as it looks, it's an easy pass. Now, if they were to make Macross character figures and/or BGC ones, or even GiTS SAC, in that line they'd have my full attention.
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    I would guess that once the RVF-25 gets released, the chances for a RVF-171 get a little better. Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't the RVFs share the exact same radar dish design with just, perhaps, different support boom? The belly sails are also very similar but I'm less certain on those being shared.
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    Fembot?... I wonder... http://youtu.be/IIFPRNIWtKI
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    Sucks you didn't get the toy you wanted, but it's good that you got the refund with no contesting from N-Y, which tells me that they didn't have it in stock and couldn't easily source a copy to fulfil your order and were just as glad to cancel the order without being the ones to contact you with the bad news. Edit: AE has one in stock at the moment if you're interested and the price doesn't scare you off.
  25. mechaninac
    It's not homosexual characters to which some people have objections; it's their inclusion in pre-teen and younger children programming that rubs people the wrong way. LGBT characters in late teen/young adult and adult shows is fine, and often add flavor and scope to a story, but in fare specifically targetted at pre-teens and younger it just smells a bit of intentional, sometimes subtle and sometimes not so much, agenda pushing on a very impressionable audience. Also, these same objectors would find fault with over sexualized heterosexual characters too.
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