Ektris

Looks pretty cool. The Jungle Mask being picked would have been a really sweet throwback, but giving this particular mask any sort of recolor is still nice to see happen.

 

Preparing to having my eyes glued to eBay this weekend though..

 

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Updated the mask list again now that the inventories for the summer sets are online. Notably, the Mask of Creation and Ekimu's replacement mask are now pictured. All of the golden/transparent masks were updated too (although I did kind of like the old ones because the gold looked so much better... but all stock images of the Jungle Mask having the orange claw around it ruined them).

 

I was a little confused by that update. The replacement parts inventory lists Skull Warrior's and Skull Grinder's masks as different colors, which means I added a new item for the silver one. Could've sworn both of them were gunmetal...

 

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Interesting idea opening this up to the community. I like it.

 

Who wants in on a storyline themed show?

 

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I'm going to be watching news on this Masterpiece like a starving hawk. I need it in my life.

 

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Congrats! And thanks for sharing, really. It's a pretty awesome piece and I'm glad at least one of them went to somebody willing to share pictures with the rest of us.

 

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Once got a 2-length axle foolishly stuck in a configuration it couldn't be pulled or pushed out off. Took a few years of sporadically cutting into the tiny gap I got conveniently at the notched spot to free the pieces it was connected to. Clearly I didn't care too much.

 

Was that painful? I guess. When I first tried and wouldn't accept it was stuck. Otherwise never really had much of a hard time. Most stuck axles were extricated with teeth (ew, I know) without incident. When they slip, though...

 

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Now that looks pretty darn good.

 

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@Ektris, where are you watching the Gargantia OVAs? The ones on the site I use have fansubs of... questionable quality.

Ugh I don't really even want to suggest it. The first was fantastic I think. But the second, the one just released, has subs of such incredibly horrible quality I couldn't finish it. Probably the same one you watched lol. Might have to wait and hope a different group gets to it.

 

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Sweet, the two OVA episodes of Gargantia just got posted on the streaming site I used. Only watched the first one because I didn't realize how long they would be! That's awesome. Bit of a shame I had to switch to subs, but it really kind of made me appreciate the dub even more because the voices don't sound that different at all. They did a real bang up job.

 

And they're a continuation of the show, not side stories (...sort of), so that's a plus too.

 

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Yesterday's Yamada-kun wasn't as bad as Noa's episode the week before. Which still disappoints me greatly. But if they're going to condense the entire first story into a single season, at least nobody's getting cut out. They're getting the events and info presented, but it's really falling short on character development.

 

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I still don't know how to respond to that news.

 

It's just... not going to work.

 

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Oh man I haven't even bothered looking at what's coming out in summer. >_< Let's go do that (and probably update MAL so I remember)...

• Durarara!!x2 Ten
• Dragon Ball Super
• Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou

So not much at all again.

 

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So... Last week's Yamada...

 

It was so disappointing. So terribly, incredibly disappointing. I really want to know what people who haven't read the manga feel about the pacing, because even trying to take myself out of that mindset, things just went too fast by far. All of Noa's arc in a single episode?! That was too darn much.

 

In contrast, I also watched the second OVA. Strange how I enjoyed that one more when I love Noa so much... Probably because it was properly paced. Despite being an original story, it was given time to develop and become enjoyable.

 

*sigh*......

 

I also watched all of Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet that Netflix and Hulu had to offer combined. So basically just haven't found the two OVAs. It was pretty good. I feel like I should have expected the curveballs thrown at the end, but I didn't really, so that was cool.

 

Speaking of disappointing! Or perhaps infuriating, I should say. We only got through one and a half freaking episodes of Naruto before it went back to filler. WHYYYYY. *headdesk*

 

*ahem*

 

Now to decide what show to watch next. Thinking of giving Nyaruko-san a chance again.

 

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Eh?

 

There's no way I was not going to get it, and I still am, but... I'm slightly turned off by that price for how much you get. Plus regardless of that, I genuinely feel that the kitchen should have been included. Then it would really feel like you're actually getting "the apartment" and not just a cramped living room.

 

All of the minifigs look fantastic though. And what is there I like. Just had hoped for a bit more.

 

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*sigh* Looks like the pacing fears for Yamada-kun were true. I thought after Nene got two episodes to her, that it was on track to really show a good amount. But the last two episodes have condensed 8+ chapters each into single episodes. So that's one witch per episode. I was kind of okay with it last week because it was the most boring witch, but this week rushed all of Sarushima and Tsubaki's introductions and it really felt like things were moving too quickly. If the next episode tries to shove Noa's entire arc into a single episode too... Well, I guess I shouldn't be too disappointed since it's what we guessed would happen anyways...

 

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You gonna update it with the new Gali mask? Here's an image if you don't already have one:

Yes I was. Part of the reason for the reorganizing actually. The picture should help, thank you.

 

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It shouldn't come as any surprise that I would be disappointed by this distribution method, particularly given it being this mask. Since it means a complete set of transparent ones cannot be readily acquired (yeah yeah most are half gold - still close enough and you get my point).

 

So I will definitely be hoping to see it release in some other capacity as well. SDCC perhaps? It wouldn't rectify the underlying issue, but at least there would be more out there.

 

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Oh man finally. Topic almost died... but mask and set lists will be getting updated tonight.

 

Mask one will include some reorganizing and have use some pics from the set images for new masks that are absolutely placeholders. But needed to have the reorg make sense and not just have random empty spots again.

 

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Says the cat training the world's most dangerous animal.

 

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Can you hear me now?

 

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Yep, that's Galen Marek.

 

(Oh, wonderful happenstance that allows me to both answer the question and respond appropriately to the game.)

 

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RIP Galen. ;_;

 

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Anime serious face girl!

 

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What am I doing here?

 

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Rather disappointed Digimon Adventure Tri appears to not actually be airing spring as was originally guessed. The next announcement is coming in spring? We didn't need an announcement for the announcement, Toei! >_<

 

Unlimited Blade Works has picked up where it left off wonderfully. The references to Zero and just continuinity overall have been so fun to see.

 

And I'm quite pleased with the pacing Yamada has had so far. It was my biggest worry after learning it would be so short and yet they were advertising all of the witches already (even though that takes a really, really long time in the manga). It's still entirely possible for them to rush the plot and just resolve all of them magically in one episode, of course... But for now, it's exactly what I wanted.

 

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Because I'm freeeeee! Free fallin!

 

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