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  1. mechaninac
    If they don't happen it's not because of the consumer for not wanting to pay the exorbitant SRP, but Megahouse's fault for pricing this thing so high that even most prospective buyers say H3LL NO, so that only those truly diehard collectors with money to burn will consider the purchase. I know this toy is targeted at a niche within a niche inside of a niche market, but that price is just ridiculous. I'm still holding out hope that the Imai kits will see a reissue.
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    Promo pic from the next Pacific Rim flick?
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    If you're referring to the toys, their plastic is super brittle... screw bosses and such tend to disintegrate.
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    If it ever goes on sale for half off, then I'll buy a single one. And don't forget, there are also the Orguss II Olson special and the Brown Orguss 2 for mold milking purposes, with very few unit specific parts, as possible future releases...
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    Yes, these toys are mostly ABS. The stuff to use is a solved based plastic weld (plastic cement) -- Methylene Chloride. Edit: That's quite a break... hate to see stuff like this happen; it will never be unnoticeable once fixed, but it can be done satisfactorily if care is taken. I would suggest drilling a couple of holes to both pieces -- properly aligned, of course -- to add metal pins ( sewing pins are perfect) for added strength and stability. Drill, insert pins, push parts together, add weld with a brush to the break and let capillary action carry it in, increase pressure to join until excess plastic oozes out, maintain the parts pressed together until the weld cures (24 hours or more is best), scrape/cut the oozed plastic scar off, sand flush, polish to restore the surface... Done.
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    Got my shipping notification from CD Japan today for the Ozma I snagged a couple days ago -- a serendipitous replacement for the one that got cancelled by Play-Asia, and despite getting fleeced by P-A on the refund, the end result actually saved me money. Now it's a race to see which arrives first, the one from N-Y that's been in transit for about a week, or CDJ's... both SAL.
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    To me, this is actually good news... my wallet can let out a small, albeit fleeting, sigh of relief.
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    Maybe the 1/40 transformable kits will be reissued again. There is absolutely no way in H33L that I'm dropping that kind of scratch for this toy, although I'd like to have one. ¥20000 would've been pushing the limits on the reasonable-O-meter; for ¥35000+S&H, they can keep it.
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    This is Arcadia, so I wouldn't count on it.
  10. mechaninac
    Got an order in with CDJ, thank for posting the link. I'll now have two Ozma 25s. At $132 (PayPal) shipped, not only does this take the sting out of P-A's shenanigans, it's also saved me money over P-A's price, but also reduced my average cost. Thank you, cinello, for providing the link.
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    I didn't find it horrible, just bad and tedious (I found Battleship, as insipid as that was, to be far more entertaining, for example)... and incredibly derivative. And since sequels are almost always worse, often exponentially worse, than the first movie, the chances of improvement are minuscule at best.
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    That's not unexpected, but still dumb. Sometimes Bandai =
  13. mechaninac
    For that kind of scratch, this thing better be 1/35 scale. 35K Yen is absolutely bat $hit crazy.
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    I don't doubt that that could be the case. All the more reason to let it be known far and wide that these MF'ers at Play-Asia should be driven out of business. Nobody within our circles should ever purchase anything from them, ever. However, at this point, these crooks hold all the cards; I'm out of the money, and trying to collect from halfway around the world will be utterly futile... checked my records and saw that I paid with Bill-me-Later, now PayPal credit, so no CC to have my back on this. In the end I'll have to settle for getting store credit on an item(s) I didn't intend to purchase, or suffer the 2.9% reduction in a refund; it's a lose lose proposition. Are the wing gloves undersides painted like the original Renewal issue, or did Bandai mold them in the correct plastic color as they've done in their post 25G releases?
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    It's definitely a PayPal transaction fee thing that Play-Asia does not want to eat, which by all rights they should. I tried the PayPal dispute rout and got boned there too because the transaction is older than 45 days. I think I'm going to try my CC next as that was my PayPal funding source. But again, having the charge date back to early August might prove a problem.
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    It's official, I've been shafted by Play-Asia . They sent me the cancellation notice and a subsequent PayPal refund offer with the 2.9% charge, which I haven't accepted yet as I feel it's bull$hit... why should I lose money for their F**k-up? I should've known better than to give these ass-wipes a second chance (this marks the second time they've done this to me). I've been scouring their site for in-stock items I can use as a dollar-for-dollar substitution instead, but haven't found anything that stands out. Play-Asia is officially on my avoid-like-the-plague list... never again. I'm so glad I did not cancel my N-Y pre-order (ended up costing only about $6.00 more than P-A would have) in the hopes on HLJ getting additional stock...
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    Swiss Army Light Saber... Love it!
  18. mechaninac
    27% off is not nearly discounted enough to get me to pull the trigger on Bassara's hideous ride; even if it went on a 60% off sale I think I'd still hesitate... I find it THAT obnoxious, more so even than the 30th Anni 1J.
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    With Play Asia, expect a 100% refund offer for store credit or a reduced refund if Paypal... happened to me once before, and if the pull this stunt again -- I fully expect them to -- they'll forever be persona non grata in my book.
  20. mechaninac
    That cruciform light saber just screams Claymore. It looks dangerous and kind of cool in a medieval kind of way, and equally silly and impractical to wield for reasons already mentioned. It's also a marked departure from the Katana, and staffs (Maul and Inquisitor), inspired aesthetics from previous films and series... not completely sold on it yet.
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    Still a whole year away...
  22. mechaninac
    It's inside the box, right under the toy, so you'll have to open the 171's box to get at it...
  23. mechaninac
    They kind of did right off the bat in The Metal Clan episode, she is the only Zaofu guard with more than a single line of dialogue and the only one referenced by name, twice. It's just that this bit of focus is completely irrelevant and gets right by the viewer until she saves Tonraq, and it doesn't become significant until she becomes the antagonist in season 4. Once you're aware of her role in the Balance Chapter, if you re-watch the whole Zaofu arc, her subtle introduction becomes obvious. I wholeheartedly agree that The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra are in a class of their own in quality story telling, characters and their development (you actually grow to care for even second and third tier ones), blend of humor and drama, attention to continuity, and how the world in which it takes place was so richly and thoroughly designed... a character in its own right. Cohesive indeed. I'll truly miss this show once it's over. They just ran the whole Change Chapter today. Although I've seen every episode of Chapter 4 released online up to this point, I can't wait for the series to get the regular airing recognition it deserves. I'll be watching.
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    ^You misunderstand. All I've posited was speculation as to a possible outcome of what could happen "if Minmay, Sheryl & Ranka & this new idol all sang Nyan Nyan simultaneously in different regions of the galaxy!" -- a glib, 'All Good Things' inspired (think anti-time), response to Isamu Starkiller's musing. The bit about Basara was just a bit of tongue-in-cheek bating on my part, which lead to my reply to Gubaba, that then you quoted. And yes, 27 episodes of mostly dull Hikaru performing flying circus stunts would be rather lame.
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    Why would that be? They were awakened by one of the emigration fleets; thus, no chain of events that lead to human colonization/exploration armadas = no androgynous character and crew stumbling into the Protodeviln's sanctum to revive them and be possessed by the Cirque du Soleil troupe of baddies = no rampaging PDs to destroy the galaxy, unchallenged or otherwise.
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