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Just one, you need nearly $30k to own the pair.
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Wark Say posted:Wait, is it almost 15k yen for both or just one? I wish it was only 15k yen.
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I don't get the attraction, neither of them are diecast. Do they even have any gimmicks? Spring-loaded missiles or the like?
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Schwarzwald posted:I don't get the attraction, neither of them are diecast. You can look under their skirts, but then you feel even more pathetic.
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I was phone-posting when I looked at that tweet so I didn't really put 2 and 2 together. It's life-size figurines. And the crunchy article confirms it's $14,890 dollars. For each. That's loving insane. And I say this as someone who invests out-of-whack money on recording gear.
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Dec 16, 2019 04:19
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It's a price point I would say is straight up irresponsible to try and charge people for, targeted directly at otaku with more money than self-control.
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Like I'm sure there's an anime-fandom equivalent term to a Bloozlawyer/Bloozdoctor but I kinda feel like "would buy a Rikka Takarada real-life figurine for near-15k dollars" is kind of setting up a specific benchmark here.
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Dec 16, 2019 05:23
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Wow my eyes saw the "life-sized" part and my brain must have refused to accept it because I didn't actually process that until now. At least the 5 digit price tag makes a little more sense to me now.
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Dec 16, 2019 05:30
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I mean, you can just get a Shattered Glass Optimus Prime for a hundo and it's the same thing.
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I don't want to know that there even are people who would by that. That is horrifying.
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Hemingway To Go! posted:I don't want to know that there even are people who would by that. That is horrifying. There are enough people who want to buy those statues that they're going to hold a raffle for the right to buy one.
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Dec 16, 2019 05:42
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The ten meter long Mia hug pillow was "only" $1,500. If I lacked ethics, I'd have a hard time deciding whether to target audiophiles or otaku now...
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Ranzear posted:The ten meter long Mia hug pillow was "only" $1,500. Just brand some audiophile headphones with Super Sonico and boom.
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Dec 16, 2019 13:13
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Both! The super crystal headphones come with a mascot-tan version on them which doubles as a charging cradle.
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Dec 16, 2019 16:10
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Cute omake manga series about the NGE guys.
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Oh, I completely forgot about this. It's nice to see that it's getting translated.
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https://twitter.com/Kirari_star/status/1258264911831941121
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Looks like we’re switching over to a new cast again, that’s fine. Do we have a start date for this series yet?
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Twitter consensus seems to be that these new characters are based on Beast Wars transformers.
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Super stoked, but I still kinda want an ova about akane having to face real life. written by inio asano.  he's never written an anime before (afaik), it could be his big break! Cuntellectual fucked around with this message at 05:36 on May 8, 2020 |
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May 8, 2020 05:30
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Still kind of curious if this will be connected to SSSS Gridman in some way though (at least in the same sense that the previous series was technically a sequel to the original Gridman).
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Larryb posted:Still kind of curious if this will be connected to SSSS Gridman in some way though (at least in the same sense that the previous series was technically a sequel to the original Gridman). I'm like 100% sure that Gauma guy is an Assist Weapon. He gives me Dyna Dragon vibes.
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So for anyone that can read Japanese, does the article mention any story or character information?
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Larryb posted:So for anyone that can read Japanese, does the article mention any story or character information? It's way too low res to read much. The headline is "SSSS.Gridman Team reassembles, Director Amamiya Akira's newest work." Lurking Haro fucked around with this message at 13:14 on May 8, 2020 |
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May 8, 2020 12:18
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Here's a more high-res picture at least, from the official twitter: https://twitter.com/SSSS_PROJECT/status/1258675506540494850
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Ibblebibble posted:Here's a more high-res picture at least, from the official twitter: This tweet also has the cast: Gauma: Daiki Hamano Yomogi Asanaka: Junya Enoki Yume Minami: Shion Wakayama Koyomi Yamanaka: Yuuichirou Umehara Chise Asukagawa: Chika Anzai I really had to guess the readings. -e- Don't mind, I found the correct ones. Lurking Haro fucked around with this message at 13:27 on May 8, 2020 |
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Hidingo Kojimba posted:Twitter consensus seems to be that these new characters are based on Beast Wars transformers. That's all I've got.
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I now lament losing my Mega Inferno. How much exposure did the original Beast Wars get in Japan? I know it had a bunch of spinoffs, but I really don't know how distinct the Hasbro lines were from the Tomy or Bandai stuff. O.G. Beast Wars doesn't seem to fit to me. I'm now aware of Beast Wars Neo, though. Here's Magmatron, a three-part combiner and Megs-adjacent:  Not a lot else to work with from that set though. Seems safe to assume it's a mix of things if they're all references. Ranzear fucked around with this message at 17:13 on May 8, 2020 |
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Ranzear posted:I now lament losing my Mega Inferno. Didn’t Beast Wars get a 2D animated sequel of sorts in Japan? Not sure if it was any good though.
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Not just animated but a manga too, like six different series of spinoffs. I was only barely aware of them. As best I understand, Beast Machines was Hasbro trying to claw back some influence and control of the series, which is why it was poo poo.
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beast wars was pretty big in japan. the original tv series got a dub that was successful, it got a ton of spinoffs made in japan that exclusively aired there, it's very well loved. ironically, the changes made to the line to try and appeal to amercan fans (making the characters look more robotic) wound up losing the japanese fans, who liked the animalistic aspects of the characters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtGVeosAth0 the op to beast wars ii is also kind of a bop
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also the best part of the jp beast wars spinoffs are the space pirate crew who are also a combiner, but the girl in the crew thinks the combiner is ugly so she just leaves whenever they're about to combine, so they're just hopping around on one leg trying to be intimidating pirates
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Is Beast Wars II (or any of the Japan only spinoffs) any good? I think it’s been subbed at least.
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Larryb posted:Is Beast Wars II (or any of the Japan only spinoffs) any good? I think it’s been subbed at least. And the last dozen or so episodes are actually really good, the animation gets pretty good and it's clear they're trying to wrap up the story in a satisfying way. You definitely have to be in the mood for a 50 episode long sci-fi action show with often pretty cheap animation aimed at boys age 7-12, though. It doesn't really do anything above and beyond that genre and demo.
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Endorph posted:also the best part of the jp beast wars spinoffs are the space pirate crew who are also a combiner, but the girl in the crew thinks the combiner is ugly so she just leaves whenever they're about to combine, so they're just hopping around on one leg trying to be intimidating pirates That explains that one piece gag.
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GodFish posted:That explains that one piece gag. It does, which kind of surprises me. I've known about the Japanese Beast Wars sequels for years, but them having enough of a cultural impact to lead to a major gag in the best selling manga of all time is interesting to know. (I suppose a multi-season show successful enough to get two original full length shows between seasons had to have some level of success.)
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Endorph posted:I think the red and black girl upfront is either Terrorsaur (he's red and white in that art but some of his toys gave him a red and black color scheme) or Inferno. Don't forget some of the design inspirations in SSSS were super deep cuts like Shattered Glass or convention exclusive characters. You're thinking guy in green must be Waspinator but, haha jokes on you, it's actually motherfuckin Retrax.
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I know Retrax because a redeco of him was in the Beast Wars II anime. That redeco's name was Powerhug. Which is probably the best transformers name ever.
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You forgot one important thing about Beast Wars 2: The Jointrons. Who are Weed Smoking Insect based Mexican Stereotypes.
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I don't know why I thought you were kidding?TFWiki.net posted:The jovial Jointron (ジョイントロン Jointoron) brothers don't have time to siesta because they love to fiesta! Not even the horrors of war can dim the energetic spirits of these three caballeros, who never miss an opportunity to shake their maracas, don their sombreros and ay caramba these Meximals are just the worst. https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jointron 
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