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Burkion posted:What the gently caress was with Japan and Mexico in the 90s Japan is kinda super-racist
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Spiderdrake posted:Beastformers are obsessed with shelfwarming. Put two beastformers in a case and they'll shelfwarm. Fact. I mean, they just released like 4 MP BW guys and have a 5th on the way, not counting recolors. And from what I can tell, the TR guys with beast modes sold well, I'd love to see them skip the actual beasts and move onto Transmetal. TM2 can gently caress right off though. Except Ramulus, he was cool.
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Oct 15, 2019 05:22
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banned from Starbucks posted:Why does transmetal 1 Megatron not get any love? They(someone) did the other 2 versions and they're objectively worse I mean you could always go buy an original one from Beast Wars, it's still a pretty Oh right
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Rhyno posted:No. The FP one is blech. curses. i really like idw monstructor so i was hoping there'd be one. although i guess since we still don't have any jhiaxus at all, and only one bludgeon, monstructor would be some way down the list
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Anora posted:And from what I can tell, the TR guys with beast modes sold well MPs are a niche of a niche. It would be generous to say they sell one hundredth what mainline stuff does, in terms of units sold. Also it appears that no beastformer MP has been brought stateside? Is this correct? I'm not sure I trust tfwiki on this one. Investigating Hasbro Pulse for MPs has been...  ...forked up(although they are on there, so I guess they don't sell them in stores now?) Spiderdrake fucked around with this message at 06:10 on Oct 15, 2019 |
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Oct 15, 2019 06:03
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GD_American posted:Japan is kinda super-racist There’s a subculture in Japan that mimics Los Angeles Chicano culture. I think it’s kinda cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8bMLcCxxAA
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Oct 15, 2019 07:13
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GD_American posted:Japan is kinda super-racist *Said while generalizing an entire nation* THEY'RE the racist ones.
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Oct 15, 2019 11:57
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Droyer posted:*Said while generalizing an entire nation* THEY'RE the racist ones.
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Droyer posted:*Said while generalizing an entire nation* THEY'RE the racist ones. Nobody can ever judge anything
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Oct 15, 2019 13:40
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every country has its problems etc but there is definitely a different attitude towards the acceptability of stereotypes in japanese cartoons, which can make for uncomfortable viewing.  edit: on a transformers related note, i really wish the smallest size guys in the current hasbro lines had elbow and knee articulation. it adds so much to these little fanshobby powermaster guys:  you just cant really psoe them at all without it juggalo baby coffin fucked around with this message at 15:38 on Oct 15, 2019 |
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Oct 15, 2019 15:21
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banned from Starbucks posted:New studio series info leaked from walmart They should go all the way with Roadbuster and license Dale Earnhardt Jr's likeness.
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juggalo baby coffin posted:edit: on a transformers related note, i really wish the smallest size guys in the current hasbro lines had elbow and knee articulation. it adds so much to these little fanshobby powermaster guys: It’s really weird because they’ve done it before. Classics Cyclonus came with a targetmaster that had elbows. And the first MP Hot Rod came with a targetmaster than both elbows and knees.
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Oct 15, 2019 15:56
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There was a weird bit there where one targetmaster had knees, and the next had elbows, and then back to this lot.
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The_Doctor posted:It’s really weird because they’ve done it before. Classics Cyclonus came with a targetmaster that had elbows. And the first MP Hot Rod came with a targetmaster than both elbows and knees. its frustrating cause i like the little guys, and i really like the blast effects they come with, but my desire to collect em all is very limited when they are almost all effectively the same mold, and have such limited articulation. i get that they're cheap, but cmon man, they're standalone toys. give em some play value. edit: what is even stranger is looking at blowpipe, he has a pinned waist hinge that he uses for transformation (it has no value as robot mode articulation) in order to bring his legs out of line with his torso so his feet can plug into the back. if they'd made the knees ball joints (like mp hot rod's targetmaster) they could have accomplished the same movement, added play value, and had a figure that didn't need any pins to assemble, for the price of molding 1 more part (2 lower legs vs 1 pelvis). it doesnt even seem like cheapness so much as poor design. i like blowpipe, he looks great with triggerhappy, but i'm loathe to go on a battlemaster spending spree 
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To be fair, it's the racism of shallow exoticism rather than placing forth a superior/inferior worldview. I mean sure, the Japanese gundam wins the tournament, but it's not like the Russians were ever going to win in Mighty Ducks or Rocky IV. I feel like a good comparison is the 1956 movie of Around the World in 80 Days, which boils down to a travelogue in the days when tourism was expensive and most people knew very little about the rest of the world. The Dutch gundam uses a cowardly strategy to get into the final tournament, but the Neo-Netherlands aren't depicted as just cowards as a nation, they wind up all charging the final bad guy at the end. The Denmark gundam is a mermaid (as in Hans Christian Anderson's The Little Mermaid), the Canada gundam is a lumberjack, but has a cool little villain subplot. The Sweden gundam is a Sailor Moon thing and the German gundam is a ninja because they wanted to do those for other reasons. But what's best is the football/boxing/surfing/cowboy American gundam piloted by Chibodee Crockett who also has a team of cheerleaders that used to be a New York street gang. juggalo baby coffin posted:edit: on a transformers related note, i really wish the smallest size guys in the current hasbro lines had elbow and knee articulation. it adds so much to these little fanshobby powermaster guys: I'd be fine with just one or the other, just to make some kind of more interesting transformation. I think there's something weird about the type of plastic they're currently making the smallest guys out of, it's kind of waxy and soft. I wonder if maybe they physically can't do as much fine mechanical work as elbows or knees. Maybe it's cheaper or maybe they're worried about children swallowing bits. Seems like there's gotta be some kind of reason for what they're doing.
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SlothfulCobra posted:I'd be fine with just one or the other, just to make some kind of more interesting transformation. I think there's something weird about the type of plastic they're currently making the smallest guys out of, it's kind of waxy and soft. I wonder if maybe they physically can't do as much fine mechanical work as elbows or knees. im trying to figure it out. the arms and legs on the lil guys are already below 'child eating/choking' size. they just make such a strange comparison with all the other toys, which have pretty much best-ever levels of articulation. even the deluxe guys are getting stuff like ankle tilts now.
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Oct 15, 2019 16:59
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Hasbro Pulse should absolutely do a pack of blast effects.
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SlothfulCobra posted:To be fair, it's the racism of shallow exoticism rather than placing forth a superior/inferior worldview. I mean sure, the Japanese gundam wins the tournament, but it's not like the Russians were ever going to win in Mighty Ducks or Rocky IV. I feel like a good comparison is the 1956 movie of Around the World in 80 Days, which boils down to a travelogue in the days when tourism was expensive and most people knew very little about the rest of the world. The Dutch gundam uses a cowardly strategy to get into the final tournament, but the Neo-Netherlands aren't depicted as just cowards as a nation, they wind up all charging the final bad guy at the end. The Denmark gundam is a mermaid (as in Hans Christian Anderson's The Little Mermaid), the Canada gundam is a lumberjack, but has a cool little villain subplot. The Sweden gundam is a Sailor Moon thing and the German gundam is a ninja because they wanted to do those for other reasons. Yeah I should make clear, when I call Chorada mildly racist I don't mean in a bad way. He's just very heavily playing on stereotypes that Japanese culture has about Mexican hero archetypes. It's less Jim Crow, more Short Circuit. The time when Japan gets Ugly Racist about stuff is usually reserved for Other Asian People or especially Other Japanese And Islanders. Also obviously when people say Japan is Racist they mean in a generalized cultural kind of way. Not that every single Japanese person is racist.
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I’ve got 3 different black friends living in Japan, and they’ve all got stories about being randomly stopped by cops and having their passports/ID checked. Apparently they’re checking to see if they’re from African countries. Japan may not be overtly racist, but the police sure do profile.
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The_Doctor posted:I’ve got 3 different black friends living in Japan, and they’ve all got stories about being randomly stopped by cops and having their passports/ID checked. Apparently they’re checking to see if they’re from African countries. Japan may not be overtly racist, but the police sure do profile. I mean that's a universal truth All Cops are Bad except for RoboCop
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Burkion posted:I mean that's a universal truth And Inspector Gadget, Andy Griffith, and C.O.P.S.
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And the Rivers of London characters.
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SlothfulCobra posted:To be fair, it's the racism of shallow exoticism rather than placing forth a superior/inferior worldview. I mean sure, the Japanese gundam wins the tournament, but it's not like the Russians were ever going to win in Mighty Ducks or Rocky IV. I feel like a good comparison is the 1956 movie of Around the World in 80 Days, which boils down to a travelogue in the days when tourism was expensive and most people knew very little about the rest of the world. The Dutch gundam uses a cowardly strategy to get into the final tournament, but the Neo-Netherlands aren't depicted as just cowards as a nation, they wind up all charging the final bad guy at the end. The Denmark gundam is a mermaid (as in Hans Christian Anderson's The Little Mermaid), the Canada gundam is a lumberjack, but has a cool little villain subplot. The Sweden gundam is a Sailor Moon thing and the German gundam is a ninja because they wanted to do those for other reasons. Amusingly Mighty Ducks 2 came along post-Cold War when the US were super best friends with the Russians so the 'evil' team was from... Iceland.
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i finally got some batteries that fit in Quakeblast (cloud 9 shockwave), and his eye is so loving bright i cant photograph it.
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Oct 15, 2019 18:37
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https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/104524 I kinda like how these kits look in general but wow this style doesn't work for devastator.
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Droyer posted:https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/104524 he looks like a generic mecha dressed up as devastator for halloween. they minimised his construction vehicle elements too much, and the proportions don't really say 'combiner' edit: i just found out generation toy do an mp scale version of the don figueroa wstealth bomber megatron, that is very tempting. i love that version of megs. juggalo baby coffin fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Oct 15, 2019 |
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Oct 15, 2019 19:37
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I own that Megs. It is great.
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Oct 15, 2019 19:42
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The_Doctor posted:Hasbro Pulse should absolutely do a pack of blast effects. 
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Rhyno posted:I own that Megs. It is great. gcreation have renders of a version with slightly nicer legs but it seems to be kind of dead now? it was teased in 2017 and there's not been an update in years.
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Oct 15, 2019 19:59
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GC started teasing their equally old Grimlock again so it may still happen. But I scored Megs for like $80 or something so I'm pleased.
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Burkion posted:If I was talking about QuickStrike I wouldn't have called him Mexican or vaguely racist! I had this one: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Night_Viper#Toys He was okay. Bad elbow action though. The_Doctor posted:Hasbro Pulse should absolutely do a pack of blast effects. Yes please.
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SlothfulCobra posted:Maybe it's cheaper or maybe they're worried about children swallowing bits. Seems like there's gotta be some kind of reason for what they're doing.
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Which one of you was this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9-Sa21Inhw
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Goddamn it. I found an SS38 Optimus, at a record store, but the plates that his front wheels are mounted on are misassembled. He's got two right-hand ones, so he straight up can't transform. Guess I'll try to return him tomorrow.
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Edit: lol this is not the right thread for a dumb Disco Elysium reference sorry
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So i'm still butthurt over missing out on the preorder for the HasLab Unicron but i'm wondering if it's going into full production, does that mean i'll be able to buy it from the Pulse store in 2020?
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Oct 16, 2019 07:32
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ME GRIMLOCK WON'T HESITATE, BITCH!
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Can't spell Grimlock without Glock
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