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Gripweed posted:Are they gonna do the Predators from Justice League vs Predator where the Predators got Justice League powers? If I remember that one right they ended up with a Predator that had Plastic Man powers who turned into a fighter plane.
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Joe Gillian posted:Apparently the NECA Green Lantern/Predator and Batman/Alien 2-packs have been smuggled into Wal-Mart. I hope I can find the loving Batman one, because I'm gonna skip out on the Mafex Bats. I mean, you do you, man. If you like the Neca, that’s cool. It looks very nice. But it’s not really a substitute for the Mafex. 7” vs 6”, yellow emblem vs no yellow, super long ears vs shorter. I also can’t believe that Mafex is finally out next month. Feels like years since it was announced.
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My G.I. Joe Classified Snake Eyes finally arrived today. It's not perfect by any means, but it seems pretty great, and I'm happy. There are annoying things, especially that the knife doesn't fit in the sheath (which wasn't a problem on the HasbroPulse exclusive version) and really bad guns (different from the exclusive figure's better-sculpted, more realistic guns). But it is an excellent figure overall, with top-notch sculpting, articulation, paint job, and accessories, especially for a $20 mass retail figure from Hasbro. If you have any G.I. Joe nostalgia at all, or just want a badass, heavily armed ninja commando to fight your Marvel Legends or 6" DC figures, you can't go wrong with it.
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Nanigans posted:I mean, you do you, man. If you like the Neca, that’s cool. It looks very nice. I already have the S.H. Figuarts JL Batman with the ball-joint modified, the Yamaguchi Batman, and the McFarlane Arkham Batman. The Hush look isn't distinctive enough for me, I don't like the Mafex wrist system and I love the exaggerated comic-book styling of the NECA Batman. He looks like a 90's rendition of comic book Michael Keaton, drawn by Neal Adams or something. I love the proportions, I get another quality figure along with it and it's still lower in price (if I get it at Wal-Mart). Also, I'd actually rather pose him with the Arkham Joker than the Arkham Batman, simply due to the fact that the headsculpt has a more comic book feel. void_serfer fucked around with this message at 05:05 on Jun 11, 2020 |
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Jun 11, 2020 05:03
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Mezco announced the 1:12 Reeve Superman, which I want to get, but gently caress man, $125 is one hell of a price tag. It better have some cool poo poo with it, or I'll just wait for the inevitable bootleg.
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OMG. Playmates is re-releasing the original 6 as an "SDCC" exclusive. I don't collect TMNT and haven't followed any of the series for years but the nostalgia factor on this is insane. 
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So if you ordered the Bandai Space Marine and still haven't gotten yours, there's a reason that is... not awesome. I feel like an "in character" response to a screw up this substantial is perhaps inadvisable, but it looks like they shipped TWO Space Marines to some folks, instead of one. And because it was a limited run figure that is now selling for north of $300 a pop on eBay, it seems unlikely that they'll be able to reasonably recover a decent chunk of them (and those that they DO recover may well have been opened).
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I'm pretty sure in the US if a company sends you something you didn't pay for, it's yours. They can ask, but you have no obligation.
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Aphrodite posted:I'm pretty sure in the US if a company sends you something you didn't pay for, it's yours. They can ask, but you have no obligation. I remember reading that too. Legally it’s a gift.
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Yea basically they just did a "Buy 1 get 1 free!" sale without meaning to. In other news, I broke down and pre ordered the Reeve Mezco, but holy poo poo the website is hosed up at the moment. Paypal transactions weren't working, hell the first credit card I tried didn't work. Ended up having to go to a new private browser and that finally let the order go through. Really hoping the smiling head sculpt is a prototype though, cause drat it's creepy.
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Jun 12, 2020 18:43
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It did that when I ordered John Wick too. Seems like it happens every time they have a website exclusive.
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I'd really like to know the backstory of that figure. What's the point of it when it's such a limited release and the McFarlane figures were announced shortly afterward? It sort of feels like someone at Bandai just really wanted to do a Space Marine figure, but if it was a passion project you'd think they would've bothered to make it Codex compliant.
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RevKrule posted:OMG. Playmates is re-releasing the original 6 as an "SDCC" exclusive. I could swear this is the 3rd or 4th time they’ve re-released at the very least, the Turtles, so you might be able to get those other re-releases cheap. Cool box, though!
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funtax posted:So if you ordered the Bandai Space Marine and still haven't gotten yours, there's a reason that is... not awesome. I am one of those people who still has not gotten his. Really sucks. Edit: in fact I've received exactly 0 emails since my initial order confirmation back in October. Just complete radio silence. Was waiting because I assumed covid shipping delays, but now I'm legit pissed. Gonna call them tomorrow. Fuzz fucked around with this message at 07:06 on Jun 13, 2020 |
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I got my a Snake Eyes and aside from the knife not fitting in the sheath he is cool.
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RevKrule posted:OMG. Playmates is re-releasing the original 6 as an "SDCC" exclusive. Shame it's not the full first wave, would be much more tempting if Bebop and Rocksteady were included
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Rhyno posted:I got my a Snake Eyes and aside from the knife not fitting in the sheath he is cool. Lucky. Pulse said all of mine are pushed back to July 1st. (Except Destro, I'm getting him from somewhere else.)
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Gripweed posted:I'd really like to know the backstory of that figure. What's the point of it when it's such a limited release and the McFarlane figures were announced shortly afterward? It sort of feels like someone at Bandai just really wanted to do a Space Marine figure, but if it was a passion project you'd think they would've bothered to make it Codex compliant. Bandai making it skirts import tariffs and GW has been trying lots of different ways to regrow their Japanese market.
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Bandai making it skirts import tariffs and GW has been trying lots of different ways to regrow their Japanese market. But as far as I know it's not getting a wider release in Japan than it is in America and Europe. It is equally difficult to get anywhere in the world. Games Workshop's other gestures towards the Japanese market, opening Warhammer stores in Japan, the Space Marines Heroes line, the gashapaon, all make sense. This one weird figure doesn't. And why isn't it Codex compliant?!! That shows a bizarre lack of care on both GW and Bandai's part in the creation of this super limited and expensive figure. It's like they signed a contract and both parties immediately regretted it.
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So hey what’s the deal with mezco’s site? I ordered that Superman in the comfort of my bed and it went out without a hitch but I’m reading everyone’s order is taking forever to process and sometimes it doesn’t go through. What’s up with that?
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Gripweed posted:And why isn't it Codex compliant?!! Could somebody explain what this means to somebody who knows absolutely nothing about Warhammer?
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Nerd Of Prey posted:Could somebody explain what this means to somebody who knows absolutely nothing about Warhammer? The Codex Astartes is the book written the Primarch Roboute Guilliman laying down tactics and codes of conduct for Space Marines. Not all chapters follow the Codex, and some pick and choose the parts they like. But The Ultramarines, Guilliman's own First Founding Chapter adhere to it rigidly. Part of the Codex lays out the rules the markings on a Space Marine armor  Here is the Bandai Space Marine  You can see on his shoulder that he is a member of the third Battleline squad in the second company. But look at his helmet! He's wearing a commander helmet! Which doesn't match his shoulder. And if he's a commander honestly his armor should be more ornate and decorated. Compare that to the McFarlane Space Marine, which is rigidly Codex compliant. Sergeant helmet, appropriate shoulder and knee markings, and although the tilting shield isn't demanded by the Codex, an extra bit of flair is appropriate for an officer. 
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in conclusion, NEEEERRRRRRRDDD
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That's the kind of dumb bullshit I am super into. That's awesome, lol.
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The second one looks really stupid with the red helmet.
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Aphrodite posted:The second one looks really stupid with the red helmet. Please remember that these rules were made up for a tabletop game. The Space Marine miniatures are like an inch tall. The Lieutenants and Commanders are individual units, but the Sergeants are one model in a 5-20 man unit. So they need a clear signifier to allow the players to immediately pick the Sergeant out of the blob of 20 one inch tall men.
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Aphrodite posted:The second one looks really stupid with the red helmet. God yes. Have a blue helmet with red parts maybe? But it just looks like he's grabbed the wrong helmet in a hurry out the door. EDIT: Gripweed posted:Please remember that these rules were made up for a tabletop game. The Space Marine miniatures are like an inch tall. The Lieutenants and Commanders are individual units, but the Sergeants are one model in a 5-20 man unit. So they need a clear signifier to allow the players to immediately pick the Sergeant out of the blob of 20 one inch tall men. Also true. I GUESS.
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The_Doctor posted:God yes. Have a blue helmet with red parts maybe? But it just looks like he's grabbed the wrong helmet in a hurry out the door. Fine, you guys can just hope they do a Blood Angels Hellblaster Sergeant figure and then swap the heads 
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The_Doctor posted:God yes. Have a blue helmet with red parts maybe? But it just looks like he's grabbed the wrong helmet in a hurry out the door. (I believe this is our very own goon SRM's work and not a different one!)     I loving love the goofy, colorful style of 2nd edition 40k minis. also apparently at some point games workshop just said gently caress it and started making truescale space marines instead of the relatively dumpily-proportioned ones they've always made? 
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Seems like the massive standard on his back stands out more than his little red hat.
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Fuzz posted:I am one of those people who still has not gotten his. Not that it'll effect you directly but I was a guy who got two marines and I got this email: Games Workshop posted:Honoured Commander! Thats their second email. First one said to print out a label and send it back. Now they're gonna come and collect it and have labels printed and ready to go  They're pretty drat serious about this.
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Could they not be cringeworthy for five goddamn seconds
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Captain Invictus posted:I loving love the goofy, colorful style of 2nd edition 40k minis. also apparently at some point games workshop just said gently caress it and started making truescale space marines instead of the relatively dumpily-proportioned ones they've always made? Oh dude. The true scale marines aren't truescale marines. They're a new thing, Primaris Space Marines. It turns out, before Guilliman was mortally wounded by Fulgrim he secretly ordered the Archmagos Dominus Belisaurius Cawl to come up with improvements to Space Marines. Thousands of years later, Cawl and the servants of the new Eldar god of the dead Ynnead were able to heal Guilliman's fatal wound. At which point Cawl was like, "oh yeah I finished that thing you asked me to do. Awhile ago, actually. I got like thousands of new better Space Marines in stasis. You want them?" So both the new Space Marines and the old dumpy ones are running around now. Although of course they haven't made a new old Marine kit since the Primaris Marines were released. Basically the Space Marine range was too big to replace all in one go, and they didn't want to risk pissing off players by telling them to replace all their old dudes, so they came up with the Primaris lore to justify new Space Marine kits that are closer to human proportions without squatting the old ones.
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Tracula posted:Not that it'll effect you directly but I was a guy who got two marines and I got this email: They’re making it sound serious, but you’re under no obligation to send it back. Link for proving
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The_Doctor posted:They’re making it sound serious, but you’re under no obligation to send it back. Oh I know. I already talked about this in the 40k thread in Trad games. Normally I'd say they can blow it our their rear end and keep the second but I do feel bad if folks are getting shorted on what they ordered with a limited BTO figure.
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What tickles me is the rising desperation as the email goes on.
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Heres the first email they sent me for context:Games Workshop posted:Dear Honourable Commander (real name removed) Yeah, they got like 10x more desperate since then. I wonder how big of a gently caress up this was because this seems crazy how desperate they're getting going from make your own label to NO NO PLEASE GIVE IT BACK WE'LL KNOCK THREE TIMES PLEASE.
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Gripweed posted:Oh dude. The true scale marines aren't truescale marines. They're a new thing, Primaris Space Marines. It turns out, before Guilliman was mortally wounded by Fulgrim he secretly ordered the Archmagos Dominus Belisaurius Cawl to come up with improvements to Space Marines. Thousands of years later, Cawl and the servants of the new Eldar god of the dead Ynnead were able to heal Guilliman's fatal wound. At which point Cawl was like, "oh yeah I finished that thing you asked me to do. Awhile ago, actually. I got like thousands of new better Space Marines in stasis. You want them?" For about half your post I thought this was gonna turn into an age of sigmar-esque thing but eh, that sounds fine enough, I will accept that
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Cobra Commander is revealed: https://www.ign.com/articles/cobra-...uih6w4ce-j-R2QY And this repaint is an exclusive for a shopping app that will go live in three days (https://thentwrk.com/shows), but I like it a lot more: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBdqfvZAv7V/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Big Bad Voodoo Lou fucked around with this message at 19:00 on Jun 15, 2020 |
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Please come and buy all the things. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3927757
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