mechaninac
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Me, I liked Batman Begins the most, despite the convoluted Rube Goldberg-esque scheme to bring down Gotham. I place TDK in second place because I didn't find the story quite as compelling, but Heath Ledger's portrayal of The Joker was a pleasure to watch... it was a tour de force performance. TDKR gets relegated to third place to me because, like TDK, it just didn't grab me like the first did, and due to its lack of any break-out characters; it was a good movie but not great. One thing I did enjoy immensely with Nolan's trilogy was the consistent narrative, and recurring second tier and minor characters, even if just for a cameo... like Dr. Crane.
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1/48+fp's, 1/60+fp's, 1/72, 1/2k, 1/3k,1/100 and now 1/144
mechaninac replied to VF-18S Hornet's topic in Toys
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That looks more salmon-pink than red. Red -- me likey; pink -- me
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Hurray for a big red gorilla!
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A better solution would be purpose built pylons to allow the Yamato ordnance to be mounted on Bandai's 171 without having to drill anything... Shapeways to the rescue.
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In no particular order or priority: VF-25S renewal reissue... gotta complete the set. VF-5000 VF-2SS VF-2JA VF-27 renewal SDF-1 TV series version ... and enough money to afford it all.
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You have nothing to apologize for? Your English, with very few exceptions where present/past tense of verbs are concerned, is better than many Americans to whom English is their native tongue. And you're right, Robotech is its own beast cobbled together from 3 different things, Macross among them. If the talented folks behind this project want to associate their creation to HG's property, so long as HG is cool with it, who are we to criticize. Let us just enjoy the work they're doing, which is amazing for a fan endeavor, and appreciate what is obviously a labor of love.
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That was one of the first things that came to mind, specially given how Yamato designed them to be removable. It would be the simplest of swaps to replace the hinged assemblies from the toy with RP ones with built in hard points to allow VF-0/VF-1 ordnance to be mounted between the nacelles.
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Right, I'm not going to indulge in fanboy speculation that tries to make the ending somehow more poignant. I'll take the ending as portraid on screen.
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I felt this was the weakest, or rather the least strong, of the three movies... but still a damned good ride; although, the "Wrath of Kahn" style 'out' they put in there made the self-sacrifice angle entirely meaningless. I also thought that the odd switching back and forth from wide screen to full screen in the BD was very distracting.
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Vaca Santa!
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That's quite a blemish on that visor, and it should never have gotten past QC.
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The animation looks luscious. The synopsis has shades of Waterworld in it, right down to the salvaging of relics from the sea floor... I'm almost positive the anime will handle the premise far better than that sorry excuse of a Kevin Costner ego trip.
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We're all predictable suckers, aren't we?
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Reflect on that a minute... now, what do you think?
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I assume that a few would think "cool". Many will scoff and say "geeks" or "nerds", with a few being even more derisive with "F'n rich geeks/nerds". But most won't give it any consideration.
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If this happens to be a web exclusive, the MSRP may be somewhat higher than the post YF-29 general release Frontier DX line, but it should also be easily attainable just like all the accessory packs for the 25, 29, and 171 have been... where Bandai's MF DX efforts are concerned, web exclusive is actually a good thing.
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So much 19-ness...
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This! And a VF-5000 too.
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If you're referring to the HGUC 1/144 Sniper II from UC0080, then yes, it's been released.
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All I need is Luca's RVF and a reissue of Ozma's S model, and perhaps a CF "A" version, and my 25 collection will be complete. I do hope that any further releases will be at least as relatively easy to secure, as a preorder or near retail, as the G has proven to be.
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It stands to reason that the pectoral armor bits should house micro missiles, the same way they do on the 25 armors; however, I don't think Bandai included that added detail as they were never shown openning and unleashing beer-can hell in either the series or movies... at least that I can recall. It's a shame too as that would have added play value, visual interest, and display possibilities. And if I'm mistaken and they do open to reveal missiles I'll be very happy.
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Anime52k8 beat me to it; there are cheap bootlegs. I once bought a Saber Lily off ebay for considerably less than the average price; when I got it its quality was immediately apparent to be considerably inferior to the genuine article. Like I said, it was cheap so I wasn't overly put off by it as it still displays well... it just doesn't hold up to up-close scrutiny.
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Carefull, the styrene family of plastics doesn't react too well to the solvents used in automotive paints, unless you use the lastest water based variety, but you'd do well to use a plastic friendly primer like Krylon first... just to be safe.
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Not crazy over the scheme in that game image... much more of a fan of how they have it now; alas, a toy would follow the game... I can live with that.
