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Soooooo tempting, but oh that sticker shock I'm anticipating...
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36800 vs 32800... so it's within my 5000Yen mark-up limit, and with a currently better exchange rate. I won't lie; it's doable, but still a hard pill to swallow.
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There have been gems in the midst of all the goat droppings, though... anything from Marvel Studios, for example, or the Avatar Series; and it's not like 80s and 90s American animation haven't had glaring faults: The 80s were notorious for stilted animation and even more wooden dialogue; the 90s had some pretty bad forays with animation styles too numerous to mention. But I've been noticing this particular Shockwave Flash-esque style more and more in the past few years; it's over-saturation, and I find it disappointing... I guess I've just reached my limit of being able to overlook it.
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The best, most positive thing I can say about the ET Legioss is that it may be worth a purchase once it hits the 50% off Bargain Bin.
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Oh, I'm aware, but it shouldn't need to look that cheap, style wise, to be cost effective. Everything they're producing, or are about to release, has this godawful style: Tangled, Hotel Transylvania, Forces of Destiny, the upcoming Duck Tales, BH6, etc.; and it's not just Disney either, CN, Nickelodeon, and others, are just as equally guilty. Now, I know these programs are almost exclusively targeted at children who couldn't care less about the quality of the animation (It's all about the colors and frenetic pace), but still...
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What is it with Disney and their current fixation with that cheap animation style?...
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These should be up for preordering for better than a whole month, right? I'm wondering how long I have to ponder a purchase, or more, before the window closes and I'm left SOL... I'd like to put this off as long as possible to give my wallet a chance to catch its breath, what with the pay upfront requirement and all.
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^ ... And suddenly I'm getting severe doubts about purchasing a set. The information regarding what's included in the set has been very confusing up until this point, but with the above disclaimer from bandaionline the perceived bargain has turned into a ripoff.
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This! It's been clear since the first JJ helmed Star Trek movie, and cemented now with Discovery, that fans and semi-professional independents, are far better at portraying the universe, as previously established, than the license holders. I must admit that some of the hand props (phaser and hand communicator) look very good as re-imaginings of the original designs so that they don't look too out of place, but everything else just look too advanced for the intended prime timeline period the show is supposed to be set in.
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^ If it were just the two Regults and nothing else, I would completely agree with you, but it appears to be the Regults plus a set of Large Missiles Pod and a set of Small Missiles Pod... so, double the price of 2 Regults + the additional cost of 2 Pods, which makes the final price a lot more palatable. However, including the fancy stand would go a long way in sweetening the deal further.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
mechaninac replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
They produced the Refit Enterprise 1701 and 1701-A variants, the NX-01, and Voyager in 1/850, and the E in 1/1700, and that was it. Today, you can find them on eBay, but they are pricey as hell. -
Do you mean this?: https://world.taobao.com/item/541644952829.htm?spm=a312a.7728556.2015080705.14.6a16283717sYVV&id=541644952829&scm=1007.12006.72291.i555370296852&pvid=f360b79d-f15e-4d2f-b9f5-8b6e104ad45b
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^1/100 and/or 1/60. 1/72 is great for consistency with other die cast aircraft, but it doesn't fit with any of the **contemporary** Macross toys. However, I'm sure they'll look perfect next to Bandai and Hasegawa kits.
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^ Or maybe it literally is a dedicated Laboratory (Research and Exploration) Vessel?...
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I'm likely in for one of these reissues. The first time around the price of Yamato's SDF-1 grossly violated what I considered to be a price I could justify for such a frivolous expense as a toy, no matter how nice; I just couldn't bring myself to buy one for such an exorbitant amount... a "bridge too far" as it were. That, and I had recently gotten a WHAM movie color edition which I figured, at the time, was more that good enough. Fast forward to today, having spent that kind of scratch on stuff like Megahouse's High Spec Orguss and Olson Special, and some high end die cast cars over the intervening years, has shifted my threshold to where Arcadia's Macross may be doable... if they price it within reason (no more that 15% ~ ¥5000 over Yamato's MSRP). Isn't it amazing how these companies, and the niche nature of this hobby of ours, have slowly desensitized us to the insane prices they charge, and we're willing to pay, for these lumps of plastic and cheap metal?
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^ It won't, not a chance... unless Arcadia pulls a Hasegawa on us. An authentic TV version would, by necessity, require ~100% new molds.
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^ Looks more like a generic Power Suit than a Mech... perfect for the former, mediocre for the latter.
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Well, that's typical! I missed N-Y's listing, at their usual competition trouncing initial pricing, by at least an hour, it seems. The unpredictably coy 'bastids' just had to be a day late, didn't they?... There wasn't a chance in hell I was going to camp out 2 nights in a row no matter how much money was on the line. I'll content myself that I got one with AE at a reasonable amount, even if it had to be with upfront payment, and cancelled the other I had with HLJ. Should the 2SS get a significant sales discount -- say, by X-mas, I'll may get another.
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That's very tempting... Where the heck is N-Y already???...
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Secured a copy with HLJ... easy to cancel. Now waiting for N-Y's listing.
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Amiami http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=FIGURE-031222&page=top
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Star Wars: Forces of Destiny Disney XD Animated Series
mechaninac replied to sh9000's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
The impression I get from this trailer is that Disney is desperate to grow the young female demographic side of the Star Wars fan base; that was a slobbering girl power trip... not a single male protagonist in evidence? Really?... Annoyingly pandering. Also, several canon violating, or at least -- bending, portions in there (tortured elaborations of moments/events from within existing events in canon, perhaps?). I'm also getting a little tired of this particular animation style. That being said, Star Wars has always had capable and interesting female characters in every one of its incarnations, and I'm too much of a SW fan not to check it out... More Asoka is always a good thing, and if this series does focus on female-centric themes and story lines, I hope they'll revisit Asajj Ventress to expand upon what befell her post Clone Wars. And yes, the immolation by Dragon fire after the trailer was hilariously incongruous. -
Aircraft Super Thread Mk.VII
mechaninac replied to David Hingtgen's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Ouch!... Now, that's harsh; funny as hell -- sadly rather accurate too -- but harsh. -
Well, with the upcoming VF-2SS, the Macross HM-R 1/100 line has officially branched out of just SDM and DYRL?, so... I think it's a safe bet that M+, M7, M0, MF, MD, etc. are all fair game for this ever-expanding line as long as the toys keep selling. How soon, however, is the real question... likely years before even a small amount of subjects from the other series see release.