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General TV & Streaming series thread
mechaninac replied to Tking22's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
^ ... must make room for more pro wrestling and other assorted pablum. On the other hand, their track record of prematurely and unceremoniously cancelling good shows is secured. -
... VF-1 Launch Booster, for the Hi-Metal R line I assume...
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Solo: A Star Wars Story, in theaters May 25, 2018
mechaninac replied to Dobber's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I don't know, I suppose it's possible in a revisionist sort of way, but the Millennium Falcon doesn't become the Millennial Falcon until TFA... -
SAL averages about 3 weeks door to door to me in the East Coast, USA from Japan and China. I have gotten stuff in as little as < 1 week -- very rare -- and as much as > 4 weeks on a few occasions... the long transit ones always elicit and escalating sense of anxiety once week 4 approaches, but I haven't been burned yet (knock on wood).
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Well... That was a big nothing burger...
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In my personal experience -- haven't handled either very much -- the Bandai DX VF-171 is superior in the accuracy to line art department, but the Yamato VF-17, although bulkier, is pretty close too, specially if you take into account that it attempts to realize in 3D, and 3 modes at that, what was a purely 2D beast with a lot of anime magic in the mix. In terms of quality and durability the Yamato wins out because it is simpler than Bandai's take on the 171 as they added a lot of, some would argue, unnecessary complexity to their engineering to a toy that has a smaller frame than the 17; and this plays into the ease/enjoyment of transformation between the two as, stabby bits aside, the Yamato 17 shifts from mode to mode with less fuss or chance of something being over-stressed and possibly breaking... patience and practice tend to mitigate any issues someone may have, with either bird.
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Clearly, Wave Motion Guns are made with the liberal use of a combination of Inconsistenium and convenientite inside a plotonium casing...
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Dwayne The Rock Johnson... Arroz de festa (party rice). I love it; that's a colorfully perfect phrase to describe his omnipresence.
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Holy Expletive!!! That's... that's... I just don't have the words... We're not worthy...
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I'd be 'super easy, barely and inconvenience'...
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I've taken this dash graphics insert as far as I care to for the time being. I'll likely play with it some more in the future as inspiration strikes, but for now, here's what I have so far in EPS and PDF formats. Enjoy! Sentinel 1-12th Screen and more-Model.pdf Sentinel 1-12th Screen and more.eps
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One ship in the Eaglemoss Starship Collection I'd like to have, but hasn't been made... yet, is the Merchantman from ST-III that Valkris hires for transportation to deliver the Genesis Device data.
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To all interested parties: I won't be printing these out except for myself; however, how about I upload the file here so that folks can run copies on their own printers? I've made this in AutoCAD so I can export it to a number of different formats (TIFF, BMP, EPS, PDF, etc.); please let me know what would work best for everyone so I can make it available... once I've tweaked them a smidgen for better separation of graphic elements and improved fit in the toy. Also, any ideas on what should go in the blank box bellow the main graphics (the one the goes into the "tank's" recess)? Cheer!
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These Marvel and Star Wars S.H. Figuarts figures are super tempting... most of them look fantastic, but I'm glad that's one rabbit hole I've judiciously avoided getting into. As much as I'd like to collect them, I do not need another vampire sucking my wallet dry... hard to resist the lure but I must remain strong.
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Just posting this here to see which version folks here think is the best, and to get opinions on how to make them better... constructive feedback and criticisms are welcome. A is based directly on the MOSPEADA's internal 'cutaway' shown bellow. B is the same as A but with gradients for many of the details. C is my take on the image posted earlier. D is a conventional layout just for fun.
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There is no comparison between the Beagle and the Sentinel MOSPEADAs in my book. The Sentinel does not compete against Beagle, it complements it since the Beagle is the best representation, albeit stylized and made more dynamic, of what we saw on the show and for that it is in a league all it's own. I think of it as comparing Oranges to tangerines... I like them both exactly for what they are.
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To anyone still interested, the H-Metal-R VT-1 Super O is available for preorder again at N-Y.
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Same here; but the wait, at least for me, shouldn't be that long: my choice for shipping of my 3 items were 5200 yen for the fast option v. 5000 yen for the economy option... which was no choice at all.
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Few could play gruff and irate as well as the Gunney... a 21 gun salute to you good sir. Semper Fi and carry on.
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I just received notice from AE that the Sentinel Stick is in stock and ready to ship. Needless to say I wasted not time putting in a shipping request for it and the other 2 items I had sitting in purgatory waiting for this thing to release. FINALLY!
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^This! If QC/yield leading to piecemeal shipments was the issue, an announcement by Bandai would have allayed a lot of misgivings regarding vendors' abilities to honor orders placed; the fact that the item went on sale almost 6 months before official release with a mandated up-front payment meant that a lot of customers found themselves facing a hard deadline to contest charges for undelivered goods if PayPal was involved. This has been an entirely crappy situation all around... the one VF-31 I really, really, really, wanted is now but a pipe dream due to all this as a pricey item from the outset will now be exorbitant because of the artificial and perpetuated scarcity driven by how this release is being delivered to sellers; it's a scalper's wet dream.
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And here I thought they couldn't do any worse than Teen Titans Go for that property... sadly, I was naively mistaken. Then again, I shouldn't have been surprised.
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I've stated this before: the visor shown in the original prototype and the production version have what appears to be the same or similar process in creating the HALO-like grid pattern we see; the difference, and it's a highly noticeable one at least in the pictures of the production version, is that the prototype had thin and shallow engraving which was subtle and looked great, while the final version's detail has deep and wide engraving that looks too thick and off-scale making the gird look garish. Maybe Sentinel thought that the prototype's didn't stand out enough and decided to go big and bold, which judging by the pictures was a terrible choice. It is what it is; there's no changing it now. I'm just hoping that it won't stand out so much under normal lighting conditions.
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If you live in the U.S., and since the invoice is charged in USD, as long as the total amounts to > $99.00, PayPal gives you the choice of immediate payment by direct funding with balance, bank, or CC; or 'Pay me Later' which is funded through a linked bank account but gives you 6 months to pay interest free. So, it's a payment level thing, not something Fexthobby offers on their end. It turns out that this may be mostly moot because the confirmation email I received from PayPal stated that the transaction was just an authorization for payment, and wouldn't be finalized until fexthobby processes the order, which possibly means that they won't charge the account until they're ready to ship.
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Ordered 000 and 102 to cover all basis regarding accessories, and with 'Pay Me Later" I don't even have to pay until long after delivery; besides, I had funds freed up from the VF-31A refund due to that whole cluster frack.
