F-ZeroOne
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Actually, the Gunbuster might be quite a good example of Bandais engineering - it has the most amazing transforming feet ever.
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Having had a little more time to think, more so than even that, what Gary Gygax gave us was perhaps the greatest gift of all - imagination.
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Its amazing to think how many modern - and very big - video game franchises use similar principles to those in Dungeons and Dragons; although that itself grew out of tabletop war games its quite possible Gary Gygaxs contribution to modern popular culture has always been somewhat underestimated...
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Slightly off-topic I know, but seeing as they're not allowed nose art any more, do you think F-15E drivers would settle for painting on "By Royal Appointment" instead...?
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I'd be careful about what you wish for... Different class of aeroplane, but I saw a news article once about some Silicon Valley high flyer who paid for a ride in a MiG-25 (may have been a MiG-31, can't recall exactly now). He was about my build - in other words, light - and by the time they came down he practically collapsed onto the tarmac, and looked liked he'd been done over with a cricket bat [1]. Theres a reason why they invented G-Suits... [1] Substitute "baseball bat" for preference, but I know which one I'm grabbing when the zombie apocalypse starts...
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Thanks for the corrections guys, I was being lazy and not checking...
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Theres a famous story of how Boeings chief test pilot - Tex Avery? - rolled the 707 on its first test flight...
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Gawd, do you remember when it was actually possible to own every Patlabor toy ever made? It was about six months ago! I would love a Labor that size to go with my Bandai DX toy, and I would love even more to have some pilot figures for it. I might just wait for the almost inevitable Unit 2 just so I can have Ota to go with it...
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Wouldn't mind betting that this guy used to fly Buccaneers... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/25/777_flypast/ Bit of a silly stunt, but its possible the pilot thought he had more authority to do it than he actually did.
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I seem to recall that there were some Macross eraser sets from back in the day, but as these were released about the time of the original series I doubt that they're likely to be cheap anymore...
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What, four separate guns and those absurdly long legs ain't enough posing for ya?
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Five Star Stories is another possibility...?
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MegaFortress?
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Gundam Show Thread - MSG thru Witch from Mercury
F-ZeroOne replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Just so no-one else gets as confused as I did for a moment there, that cartoon reads Japanese-style - right to left. -
Its Japan. The country has 1/1 scale written on it, as seen from Space. [1] [1] Also "Heavy and Solid and Finished Goods".
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Its not necessary, no. Most of the main players from CCA are absent for a large part of ZZ, with the exception of Bright Noa, who suffers the misfortune of becoming the Universal Centurys greatest straight man. ZZ is a tad under-rated, largely because of the first twenty-odd episodes, which are a horror show. After that, it improves quite a bit, though some of the damage is permanent. There are numerous theories as to why this is so, although the most common one is that Tomino was tired of Gundam by this point and deliberately tried to sabotage it (my favourite alternative theory, although unfortunately highly unlikely as the time lines don't work, is that the first part was handled by a stand-in as Tomino was busy with work for CCA, and on his return, found out what had happened and metaphorically threw the other guy out the window. Or possibly for real. This is Tomino, after all... )
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"I am now fully sonic'd up, Hawk - and nothing can stop me! HAHAHA!" "I have to say, Destro, I'm not entirely certain about these new Cobra battle armours you've provided us with - they look like pepper pots, and its blasted creepy the way they keep going "EX-TERM-I-NATE! all the time... " "I destroyed the banana plantation and built an arms factory there. I like guns. Full of iron."
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Mobile Suit Gundam 00 - <<Season 1>>
F-ZeroOne replied to UN Spacy's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I quite enjoyed watching SEED, and I actually thought Destiny was better. However, both shows are hollow on the inside, trying very hard to be something they can't - which is the original Gundam series. 00 is an improvement in that its going in its own direction; I don't like every element of 00 but the series background is much more developed than anything we saw in SEED. The other trouble I have with SEED is that Tomino had already shown how to take Gundam in new directions without betraying the spirit of the original, and that was Turn-A. And we hated him for it (until actually seeing Turn-A), and got SEED as a result... -
Sorry, I should have perhaps stressed more that is the unofficial name that is likely to be adopted by ground crew, pilots etc. Not the official name, which is still "Lightning II". Its similar to the way the F-16 is officially the "Fighting Falcon" and universally the "Viper".
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Legend has it that the F-35 Lightning II is going to be better known in RAF service as... er... "Dave". Don't expect Lockheed Martin to be using that on the advertising anytime soon. (mandatory cultural explanation: er, beats me. It does seem to be a name that we British find oddly amusing for some reason. Er. Sorry, David. You were probably wanting the YF-23 to be named in your honour... A UK satellite channel recently renamed itself "Dave" for perhaps the same oddly humourous reason. If I had to guess, it might be related to the famous British sitcom "Only Fools and Horses", which features a character who continually refers to another character - called Rodney - as "Dave").
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Gundam Show Thread - MSG thru Witch from Mercury
F-ZeroOne replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
IIRC, it depends on the UC time period. Most Zeta Gundams certainly had at least a partial all-round view, certainly to the front and sides; not sure about the rear off the top of my head. Chars Counterattack period MS all seemed to have all-round view. Other Gundams, it varies a lot. For example, the 00 ones so far seem to have front and side monitors but not all round views. Ret-conning complicates things a bit; IIRC some of the 0083 suits have all-round views too. -
Not a knife. Sword.
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Its Otas Unit 2, not Alphonse as in the first set this time round.
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Anyone else think "He-111Z"...?
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ruskiiVFaussie, the only thing you really have to worry about is that one of the main characters is the only anime character I know who was designed to look like a bearded lady. Other than that, theres hardly any kinky stuff at all. Well, asides from that scene where Rei is painting the Yukikazes nose and bearded-lady-man is watching his sweaty, naked, back longingly... or all the stuff about thrust. And joysticks. Cockpits...