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Shipping notices received from CDJ and Amazon.jp, today; of course AJP's will arrive shortly, while CDJ's will take several weeks.
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It's available again; I was just able to place an order that came to $120.42 shipped EMS since its fulfilled by AMAZON. Grab'em while they're in stock. https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B07K1L79XQ/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Disney's live action Aladdin May 2019
mechaninac replied to jvmacross's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
You really had to dig deep to come up with a "positive" spin on the L A Aladdin, didn't you?... -
^ Well, my original post did state "less than 4 hours to go..." I'm positive there will be other similar opportunities in the not too distant future; Easter more than likely.
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For anyone who may be interested, Eaglemoss' Web Shop is extending a limited time (less than 4 hours to go as of this post) 20% discount on all in-stock items with no minimums and no restrictions, with free standard shipping within the continental US for amounts over $60.00. Use code MARDIGRAS in the appropriate field before completing check-out. Cheers! Edit: MARDIGRAS, not mardigrass
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As curious as I am about this GX from a toy engineering and execution point of view, and that's the only reason I'd buy a Voltron figure as it holds no nostalgia, or even aesthetic, appeal to me otherwise, I just can't justify its cost. I can't remember, but was the original release also retailing, at US e-tailers, for $299.99?
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Wow! He was only 52... that's way too young.
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No listings in the following US based e-tailers, yet, but they do carry Bandai GX items and they did sell the original release of Voltron.: https://www.entertainmentearth.com/ http://www.eknightmedia.com/ I'm sure there are others.
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Oh bollocks, I got the dreaded apology for 'misleading you with a system error and cancelling your order, that you shouldn't have been able to place except for OUR incompetence... sucks for you' email. HLJ has certainly gone downhill lately, specially in the wake of their website's horrendously bad and counter-intuitive redesign; they should sue whoever they hired to work on that monstrosity for malpractice and demand their money back. What a s--t show.
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Trailers compilation: The first one was surprisingly good, and this second outing seems like it will be just as entertaining.
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Disney's live action Aladdin May 2019
mechaninac replied to jvmacross's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
What Disney is giving us: What Disney could've (should've) given us... what one guy, Raf Grassetti, in his spare time was able to do in short order to "fix" the Genie:
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Disney's live action Aladdin May 2019
mechaninac replied to jvmacross's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I sit down to watch the trailer and as it plays out I find myself thinking that it actually looks somewhat decent and mildly evocative of the source material: the atmosphere seems good; the color pallet, with the understandable exception of night shots, is mostly vibrant; the SFX/CG is kind of bland and feels somewhat dated, but is serviceable; the costuming is spot-on; beautiful and cute Jasmine even if the actress doesn't quite capture what one would expect a live version of the character to look like; the actor playing Aladdin is an even greater deviation from the established Disney look of the street rat;... then I see Jafar and then he speaks and, granted that it is a VERY short clip, he has little of the looks and none of the timbre in his voice to convey the Machiavellian Vizir's gravitas and lust for power, but fine, it's something that can be overlooked. Then the Genie's reveal... ... ... WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!!!... HA HA HA HA HA!... NO, just a resounding disbelieving NO!.. There's good bad, there's plain bad, there's bad bad, there's really bad, and then there is 'Will Smith's painfully cringe-tastic bloated smurf with a thyroid condition' 'ridiculous to the point of being impossible to ignore, excuse, or dismiss' BAD. What were they thinking? Will Smith, was the paycheck so juicy that you'd sign on to this monstrosity and completely sell out your dignity? -
Thank you for your post; it prompted me to check on what I was sure was a valid VF-4 pre-order I had with Anime Export, but since I forgot to pay within the 48 hour window, and it's no longer available, became a dud that would've completely blindsided me... must've been one of those occasions when being tired and eager to sleep after a pre-order hunt, and seeing I had received the order placement confirmation but not actually read it, I assumed I had finished the process and went to bed, thereby forgetting all about it -- until now -- and let it slip in blissful oblivion. So, without your heads-up as a reminder I would've been confused and left scrambling when the Lightning III is released. Here's to you, thanks...
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STAR WARS Merchandise Episode - 2
mechaninac replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
@ 1/5000 it will also be in scale with the WHAM SDF-1... just looking at all the possible positive angles here. -
Looks mighty nice, but that price, and the fact that I already have the original and do not own any PF versions of anything in my collection, means this is thankfully an easy pass for me... more money for Sentinel's MOSPEADA offerings.
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Riobots by Sentinel is killing it... and my wallet soon enough!
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Wow, what a s**t-show with HLJ; makes me almost glad I missed them all in the first hour and was eventually "forced" to pay upfront at Anime Export.... here's hoping they deliver, but the fact I've never heard/read anywhere that they've ever been unable to deliver makes me 99.999% confident that they will.
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I gave up on following this thread last night after all the aborted pre-order attempts and glitchy vendor sites made for the kind of frustration that tempts one to seriously consider throwing whatever browsing device being used against the closest wall. Due to the extra adrenaline the whole experience generated I could not get back to sleep and decided to check AE on a last ditch whim around 3 am, and lo and behold, the dang thing was up and still available, so I clicked the button and successfully completed the purchase process... things just work so weirdly some times. Although I deep;y dislike prepaying for an item that shouldn't ordinarily require it, I'm glad I was able to secure a copy, which also allowed me to sleep like a baby afterwards. So...
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Screw this! Maybe I'll get one at or close to release, and if I don't, much like the Kairos, it won't be the end of the world. Good night, all.
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Got cart-jacked at N-Y at the very last step..... AAAAHHHHH!!!!
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Correction, this is proving beyond frustrating...
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N-Y is back up, bur no Chuck listing yet.
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Well, this is proving to be characteristically frustrating...
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^What's to forget? By the time you check that site, no matter how fast you are, it's sold out...