mechaninac Posted December 1, 2014 Posted December 1, 2014 (edited) Pre-emptive, thumbs down. I really wanted to like the original, but it was just horrible. No way to rescue this franchise. They should just make another movie with another title: Monsters from the Pacific There, done. 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. Edited December 1, 2014 by mechaninac Quote
Duke Togo Posted December 3, 2014 Posted December 3, 2014 They're bringing back the two actors who were the worst part of the original. Great news... Quote
peter Posted December 3, 2014 Posted December 3, 2014 (edited) It looks fan made because I'm pretty sure that's the bleeping IJN Yamato on the right. And her sister ship Musashi......though they looks little smallish in scale. Edited December 3, 2014 by peter Quote
Kanedas Bike Posted December 5, 2014 Posted December 5, 2014 Let them fight. I see what you did there, and it was awesome. -b. Quote
Tking22 Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 18" Cherno Alpha came out recently, I got mine, and he's f%$#@!& awesome, I like him more than 18" Gypsy Danger. That all aside, if you're into the 18" line, don't waste your money on Knifehead, mine and many others have fallen apart . I am REALLY impressed with the lights, they're really well done, Gypsy disappointed me in that department but Cherno delivered. And what's next? Well this guy of course. From what I read he may cost a bit more, supposedly NECA is trying to work in a functional chest that opens up tor reveals his cannons like in the film. Quote
taksraven Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 That Cherno looks freaking awesome...... Quote
Tking22 Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 I'd recommend Both Gypsy and Cherno, they look menacing together, I can't wait to get my hands on 18" Striker Eureka. Quote
Kelsain Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 Does that actually work out to about 1/144 scale for the jaegers? ~200 ft tall, right? Got any hg gundams to stand beside them? Quote
Tking22 Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 Does that actually work out to about 1/144 scale for the jaegers? ~200 ft tall, right? Got any hg gundams to stand beside them? I'm not too sure what scale these would be, according to the Pacific Rim Wiki Gypsy Danger was 260ft. tall and Cherno Alpha was 280ft. tall, no gundams for comparison either, sorry. Quote
JB0 Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 I'm not too sure what scale these would be, according to the Pacific Rim Wiki Gypsy Danger was 260ft. tall and Cherno Alpha was 280ft. tall, no gundams for comparison either, sorry.Which'd make Gypsy about 1/173 scale. And Cherno 1/187. Pity they aren't to a scale instead of to a size. Quote
Tking22 Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Which'd make Gypsy about 1/173 scale. And Cherno 1/187. Pity they aren't to a scale instead of to a size. Actually I'm pretty sure they are all in the same scale. The 18" in the title of the series is just a rough description of the size of the figure in the box, Gypsy is about 18", but Cherno is roughly 20" which seems to relate to their actual size differences to me, Knifehead is about 20-21" which is also quite fitting as far as scale goes. I'm sure the scale is one of the two you mentioned, or somewhere in the middle, the box makes no mention of scale, and I can't find anything online either. Quote
electric indigo Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 Upcoming line of Pacific Rim kits from Max Factory: Quote
wm cheng Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 Finally!!! something decent... lets hope there's some more surface detailing to follow... Quote
areaseven Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 The Iron Giant Is Thrown Into the World of Pacific Rim Quote
areaseven Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 I'm surprised NECA is still making these figures. Oh yeah, a new comic series featuring cover art by veteran comic book artist Whilce Portacio.Whilce Portacio's Cover Revealed for Pacific Rim: Tales from the Drift Quote
areaseven Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Pacific Rim 2 Just Took a Huge Step Forward Quote
JB0 Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Pacific Rim 2 Just Took a Huge Step ForwardFilming begins in November, more focus on the kaiju, more kaiju vs yaeger action hell yes want now. Quote
Tking22 Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Pacific Rim 2 Just Took a Huge Step Forward This news pleases me, bring on the sequel, and the new comic too. Quote
calubin_175 Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Hey folks. A a long time Japanese mecha fan, I have pretty much finished collecting Gundam and Macross toys so I got bored and tried getting into Transformers(Third Party + Masterpiece). However, I settled on Pacific Rim instead. I watched the film back in 2013 and was not aware how great the NECA toys were. I am aware of market leader designer quality toys such as Hot Toys(30cm heroes), ThreeA/Zero(45cm mechs) and Sideshow Collectables(statues). NECA appears to be a budget version of large scale western sci-fi characters. Certainly, their Marvel ones look inferior to the Hot Toys counterpart. But NECA at the moment is the main licensed maker of Pacific Rim toys, hence not many competitors out there. I was actually eager to wait for a Kaiyodo Revoltech Jaeger to be in the works before I started buying. They do have those capusle sized figures though. I got into the 18 inch Jaegers as I was looking for a budget, fully painted, 18 inch, colossal sized toy. I got the Cherno Alpha and Striker Eureka. I am very fond of 18 inch figures(mainly mecha) and might get Halo Master Chief as well. I've been upgrading from Robot Damashii, then to Bandai Chogokin/Macross, and now this. This is certainly an upgrade in terms of size, but not in terms of price, so it is a win win situation. Not getting 18 inch Gipsy Danger yet as the 7 inch V 2.0 may pave way for an 18 inch 2.0. Meanwhile, I am pretty sure that more figures will come out leading up to the second film in 2017. Crimson Typhoon and Coyote Tango could do an 18 inch as they made movie appearances. I am pretty certain that we will get a Revoltech Gipsy Danger after all the Star Wars stuff is over. Another thing I've noticed is that Japanese toys tend to be no more than 18-25cm for mecha, due to their residential constraints. ThreeZero is a Hong Kong company and takes the Japanese engineering approach to create ultra high detail of both American sci-fi and some Japanese mecha into American size (30-50cm). I've always liked Pacific Rim more than Bayformers as the Hollywood mecha franchise. Bayformer licenses are everywhere. Maybe Pacific Rim will become more mainstream after the second movie is released. Quote
JB0 Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Yeah, Pacific Rim didn't have near as much in the way of merchandise licenses as it could've. It kind of blew up in a big way that no one really expected, and everyone was caught with their pants down. Quote
areaseven Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 Pacific Rim 2 Shoots This November, Possibly Titled Maelstrom Quote
Silverstreak Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 Oh yeah, a new comic series featuring cover art by veteran comic book artist Whilce Portacio. Whilce Portacio's Cover Revealed for Pacific Rim: Tales from the Drift Hopefully it's bette than the prequel TPB. that story was less than impressive. Quote
calubin_175 Posted July 24, 2015 Posted July 24, 2015 The Tacit Ronin was the first one to use blades and its effectiveness was also seen in the Gipsy Danger and Striker Eureka. Quote
areaseven Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 Is Guillermo Del Toro's Pacific Rim 2 in Trouble? Quote
wm cheng Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 Yes it went down a few weeks ago, I had to clear my stuff out of the office. Hence now I have some time to build a model or two Quote
EXO Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 Yes it went down a few weeks ago, I had to clear my stuff out of the office. Hence now I have some time to build a model or two Damn them and yay ! Quote
mickyg Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 Yes it went down a few weeks ago, I had to clear my stuff out of the office. Hence now I have some time to build a model or two That is really not good news, on so many levels... Quote
taksraven Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 Probably budgetary concerns. Studio probably wants a smaller budget to maximise profit. if it gets left as a one-off, thats ok. Too many films get sequels that don't need them anyway. Quote
jenius Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 I thought a sequel to something like this would be cheaper since design work and potentially some cgi work from the first film could be leveraged. It never seems to work out that way though. Quote
wm cheng Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 I thought a sequel to something like this would be cheaper since design work and potentially some cgi work from the first film could be leveraged. It never seems to work out that way though. You'd think that eh? But unfortunately not, every new Production Designer attached to any sequel will want to put their own personal stamp/mark on the franchise so they will "re-design" everything even if it's just ego (especially with North American designers). It's pretty rare to have art departments that would have worked on multiple films to re-use anything (this would have been my first film where I worked on the original and the sequel - most often the sequel is filmed somewhere else cheaper than the original). Its so sad to see all the amazing sets get trashed in giant garbage bins at the end of any show - its just too expensive for the studios to rent space to store anything these days. Its cheaper to re-build everything. I guess ILM would have the original digital models, but because of new software advances and probably new designs, its not often it gets reused without substantial work to modify the assets. Quote
Golden Arms Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 That sucks big time. I really enjoyed Pacific Rim. If it never see's the light of day, I bet the studio will be kicking itself if both the Godzilla and Kong films turn out to do really well. Quote
Gakken85 Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/17/pacific-rim-2-guillermo-del-toro But at least one person thinks the Pacific Rim sequel is still happening. “We are still turning in a screenplay and a budget in three weeks,” writer-director Guillermo Del Toro tells EW. “As far as I’m concerned, it’s not gone. We’re still on it.” Del Toro says the film’s delay is only temporary. “It moved further,” he says. “I may do another movie in the middle.” Quote
JB0 Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 Fight the power, Del Toro! We believe in your dream of giant robots punching monsters inna face! Quote
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