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I think the Qubeley is more it just being an older kit with a non-standard design. The-O is more something they just couldn't get right and kind of just finished it anyway due to fan demand. But yeah. I don't think The-O is nuts or anything, it's just likely not worth the investment unless it's something you really want to do.

I think a good backlog is probably around 5-7 kits as you have enough stuff to build, you have options on what you build next and you can pick up a deal or get a gift without it being too high of a pile. Stuff was harder to come by during COVID and I ended up having less time than expected so I'm pretty backlogged, honestly I should probably unload some.

It was actually really funny, he actually greeted me by punching me in the arm (I didn't notice him, this was back when I was working overnight and zombie mode)too so if I was carrying the box I might have dropped it so it could have been even funnier. Anyway, I hope you're having a good holiday, Merry Christmas.

Rare that I'll click SW vids now, but I'll tune in for Nerdrotic destroying Force Awakens. lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKoVqCG0T_E

On its 10th anniversary too, which Disney did nothing about.

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I think it was just sought after because it was out of print for a while. I saw one in person in a shop right before the pandemic and passed on it because I didn't think I was ready to build that monstrosity but since it's such a massive kit it doesn't go back into production very often and the last one was supposedly a very limited Gundam Base exclusive. I think it was supposed to ship back in Oct but it looks like it got pushed back to Q1 2026.

Having said that there probably will be some up for grabs after that so if it's something you genuinely want you might be able to get one. Personally it's a favorite design of mine and I didn't realize it was going to become hard to get, I also ran into one of the doctors I worked with on the way out of the hobby shop so it would have been an interesting conversation explaining what was in the massive box I was carrying. The kit itself is not supposed to be great, if I remember correctly it's based on an old early MG that got cancelled because they had issues with the engineering so they shelved it and later finished it because it won a fan poll. As a result the kit itself is not at the level of an MG from the time it was released and is somewhere in-between an MG and an HG with how it's engineered. I'm really under the impression this kit is not worth it unless you really like the suit especially since the price is fairly high too. But don't let that stop you if you want to build it, it's certainly not going to deter me.

“Misa is still best girl”

Undoubtedly! I was pleasantly surprised to see Misa is the most favorited of the og series.


The plan is to watch everything Macross related but the later entires where they lean more heavily into the idol stuff has me a bit hesitant to watch those. I’ll cross that bridge when I get there I guess lol.

Yeah, the tariffs are rough when buying from Japan right now and honestly I don't even understand the justification for them for stuff like this. I'll keep an eye out for the Nightingale for you if I see it anywhere. I had the MG The-O like that and it eventually went on pre-order. Now that I think about it, it should be out by now but I haven't heard anything about it shipping. I guess that's fine since I am not building it anytime in the immediate future so as long as I get it I will be happy. Maybe I should drop the store a line though.

Honestly it's gotten a lot better. The fact we have a P-Bandai for the US is honestly great and I think a lot of regions still don't have it which is unfortunate. Greater availability in general means lower prices but it's always going to be an inflated price because the kits are produced in Japan and logistics at that level drives the cost up. But less dealing with middlemen makes the hobby a lot more economical than it was in the past.

S1's twist ending revealing that they blew up the planet for more money... lmao.

Yeah, pretty sure you see the Scopedogs transform into that a time or two. You're right though that it was maybe more apparent in the later OVA's like Pailsen Files. All of the main timeline stuff with Chirico spinoff/sequel wise, I think is consistently pretty dang good. Love it all and I'd go through some of the sequel material on my last rewatch. Mainly Shining Heresy and Phantom Arc/Alone Again after the TV series. But the TV series is still pretty awesomely self contained, still the peak of it. But yeah it's cool all the other stuff is still good.

You'll play Rebirth once I get to FF16, LOL. I am downloading the demo finally...

Also downloading the demo for this one:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1466060/Tainted_Grail_The_Fall_of_Avalon/

I dig RE/SH styled puzzles that never take too long, though SH can ramp it up. Even in 2R there were a few making me go mad, but in a good way haha. Never do them back to back or anything too crazy though, I think there's a nice pace to a puzzle to break things up every once and awhile. But yeah I'd go to a straight up puzzle game if I want something truly hardcore.

Kind of makes me think... I finally tried this game lately:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1139900/Ghostrunner/

Fell off fast sadly though. I was hoping for a cool Mirror's Edge kind of thing, but it's hard as hell. One hit and your have to respawn. So it's more like that trial and error Super Meat Boy kind of stuff. Not a fan of that.

I need this. lol, even has the dorky tank mode that I always thought looked goofy. Love me some Scopedogs though. Dang, no colored variants.

There's the long fabled bromance between Geoff and Kojima, but then people dig into how it's kind of fallen off in recent years. Maybe they're divorced. *laughs* I'll probably give DS2 a look someday on a deep sale when it hits PC. But I'll be more excited for his next stealth action game.

I agree with Synth there. I'd label Clair Obscur as a AA game. Yeah "UE5 faces" people are knocking on more and more lately, I'm starting to see it haha... You probably heard though, the game does run well unlike a lot of other UE5 games. That is kind of shocking for a smaller team to pull off. I could see you digging Clair like I did, and since you too have played many RPG's over years, it probably won't change your life haha. Main takeaway is that I appreciate it being woke free, when it's very Western look might give off other vibes. Cool story and characters. I agree though it feels like a coin flip if it'll have a lasting impact or not.

Yeah, I can't deny the PR's are a bit overpriced.

This Post Trauma MC looks so goofy lol. This is trying SO hard to be a Silent Hill, lmfao.

That is a really good price, if I wasn't backlogged I'd snag that without a second thought. Kind of wish I bought all my backlog kits for prices like that, lol.

Do you think Kojima was legit disappointed with that mild reaction he had? If you saw it, or maybe Synth highlights it somewhere in this haha. I wonder if people are reading into it much, but it looks like he is kind of scoffing at Clair winning there. lol, man Death Stranding 2 really came and went. To be fair a lot of games this year did, outside of Clair Obscur. I think I have no real interest in Hollow Knight, but Silksong was a splash... and even that game, nobody really talks about it now already. It's crazy out there in the sea of a billion games.

I jumped on them individually from some sales finally. I already bought FF3 awhile back, but for 1, 4, and 5, it was $34.13 checking my receipt. I think I'm open to trying FF6 PR someday now, if only for these amazing arranged OST's.

I've probably replayed FF4 the most next to FF6, so it's nice finally tackling FF5 another time instead. Technically my third playthrough. But I fell off the PSX version way back, the translation was awful and hard to care. The GBA version fixed that.

So far, I can tell completing the bestiary and learning all the blue magic will be the most taxing things here haha. But yeah I'm having fun with a mostly spoiler free guide collecting all the missables along the way. It's not telling me how to build my party and stuff. I can recall what I did in the GBA version, so it's cool to try and level up their jobs differently this time, or knowing what's good end game. Like Red Mage kind of sucks mid game, but it has Double Cast when you master it and is incredible for other mages. Time Mage has Meteor which might be better than anything Summoner/Black mage can do, etc haha.

Forget if I mentioned I 100%'d FF1 PR. That one wasn't too bad since nothing is missable. Just had one super rare enemy I had to grind a bit to encounter for the bestiary.

Took a few days off playing other stuff, now I'm back to FF5 PR and can immediately tell this is probably the best version of FF5 by far. It has the awesome script of the GBA version that made me a fan, but all the PR features of speeding some stuff up and whatnot, that'll be nice. Also FF5's battle theme is the one sticking point to me, my least favorite. Almost annoying after hours worth haha... but the arranged version is awesome. So that fixes my biggest nitpick lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAMbKQZo6KY

Gonna have a lot of fun with this one. I think that's the last time I play FF1/FF3, they're tedious now heh. Not a fan of the weird static "Uses" magic system either. Also I don't know if having the ATB bar back itself in FF5 is some placebo too... but yeah just literally everything feels better again in FF5's gameplay. Was almost worried I betrayed old FF for DQ now haha, but nah. Just had to get back to the SNES era.

https://x.com/Okami13_/status/1999614312797630517 - Maybe this could be good heh. Free from the shackles and constraints of Sega/Yakuza. Guns, more violence, and cars. I'm interested now.

There was some extensive footage in recent months:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFg7Dmp_AyQ

Combat still looks a bit soft, like lacking impact and feeling all those fancy hits. The boss at the end looks really telegraphed too. I think the rest could be legit real time gameplay, but I'm skeptical of this boss fight. But overall... looks pretty promising to me. Have to see how it feels myself now. It's actually the stuff outside of the bosses that entices me. The MC, world design, etc looks great. Something that Wukong really lacked from what I heard.

Maybe don't look into the new KOTOR, because now there's reports it's probably not coming until 2030. WTF man, these devs just can't help themselves with these early reveals.