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Post by Majin Tomato on Jun 21, 2020 12:31:29 GMT -6
Yeah, but that goes into a whole can of worms about what even is "canon" with a show like Dragonball, and that's mostly based on fanbase consensus. In this case, most would say the manga written and drawn by Toriyama is "Primary Canon" and anything else (including DBS:Broly) is either "Secondary Canon" or somewhere even further down the line.
That being the case, I'd argue that the special design AND the DBS design are BOTH canon. Both exist in the Primary Source: The special design in the flashback to Planet Vegeta's destruction, and the DBS design in the Toriyama penned Dragonball Minus. Minus never shows us Bardock's death during Planet Vegeta's destruction, so there's no conflict: He just changed outfits between when he sent Goku away and when he tried to stop Freeza.
Admittedly, the Broly movie using the same design for both scenes is neater, and leaves aside the question of how long it was between Goku's departure and Planet Vegeta blowing up. And frankly, since it's a flashback to Freeza's memory of events, in the long run it is probably easier to hand waive it and ay it's been a few decades and Freeza just remembered events wrong. But again, canon is determined by fans on a case by case basis... for some, GT is still canon and anything from Battle of Gods onward can be ignored. Those who say Special Bardock is still canon because he's in the original manga are completely valid to believe so, even if Toriyama himself might argue otherwise.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Jun 21, 2020 8:51:28 GMT -6
I think that's all beside the point, tbh. Bardock, and Broly for that matter, have looked like their original appearance in every toy, every video game, every trading card, and every special for over a decade. The special appearance, canon or not, IS Bardock for 90% of fans. If they were to do the Minus design, people would be upset. Same with Broly, honestly. OG Broly had two releases prior to DBS Broly, so fans of the original design got their figures already.
Also... no. Minus Bardock is a retcon, period. The Minus design has different shoulders, and didn't have the headband. What appears in the original manga is clearly intended to be the Bardock design from the special. And as far as "he would have colored it differently than the special"... probably? Knowing Toriyama, he probably would color the armor purple and cyan depending on what week it was. But as far as coloring it to be more consistent... remember, this is the man who forgot 18 was Blonde. Expecting Toriyama to make a change "for consistency" is lunacy when the man routinely forgets characters and plot points and chooses colors on the fly.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Jul 12, 2019 8:13:22 GMT -6
Not my call, roommate's cat.
The thing is, I can probably deter jumping cat by moving the shelves back to their original places. I had 3 large bookshelves on one wall, with a smaller shelf for my crafting supplies on an adjacent wall. However, when cat gets"the zoomies" as we call it, because the wall was at the end of a long stretch of tile, cat was running into shelves. We're renting, so I'm afraid to secure the shelves to the wall with anything drastic, so those collisions were jostling figures on the upper shelf.
As such, I rearranged the shelves so two of the bigger shelves were on the adjacent wall. However that caused me to move smaller shelf to the main wall, which has now given cat a staircase.
I'm almost certain to move everything back tonight, but I'm still thinking about adding "sticky paws" if for no other reason than to give figures more stability from cat headbutts.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Jul 12, 2019 7:41:20 GMT -6
So my roommate recently got a new cat. Unlike the last cat, who was 14 and didn't care about anything higher than a couch, new kitty is a climber... And specifically likes the top of the shelves where I keep Dragonball stuff.
I have been looking into spray on deterrents, but I also saw something about tacky pads for surfaces being a deterrent to cats as well. Such a pad would be helpful in keeping some figures standing, but I've been reluctant to do that because I know they'll magnetise dust.
Does anyone here have experience with these issues and/or have any advice?
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Post by Majin Tomato on Jun 15, 2019 15:17:04 GMT -6
So this is probably a bit of an odd question... I'm working on a non dbz custom, one of Sp//Dr from into the spiderverse that is the last Spiderman figure of my collection as it currently stands. Because it's basically my magnum opus, I'm going all out with this one, with magnets, possible LED lights, the works. I have a 3d model for printing to get the base, and I'll add onto it from there.
However, one wrinkle I'm having is, in order to emulate the energy waves that connect the joints, I wanted to use ball-hinge joints (like the ones on most Figure shoulders... I'm on mobile so I can't post pictures easily, but Google "hobby base ball shape joint" and you'll see what I mean) but clear so I can paint energy lines overtop of it.
What floors me is, I know what I need. The "ball shape joint" sets are perfect. But despite it coming in like 10 colors and other joints coming in clear, the ball shape joint sets don't.
Does anyone know of a model kit set or anything that has what I need in clear plastic?
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Post by Majin Tomato on Jun 14, 2019 23:27:22 GMT -6
We got it done in time, gave it to them before bride had to leave for wedding. They were very happy with it.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Apr 21, 2019 7:01:49 GMT -6
Appule is really good. Head turned out decently well.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Apr 21, 2019 6:59:48 GMT -6
Sorry for the lack of replies, been quietly working on this alongside a bunch of other projects. The Raptor figure I had ended up being a biiit small for Bulma, but that's fine. I have to do some bunny ears for Bulma, and we have to assemble the base and music box, but it's coming along pretty well. Branjita I didn't say it when you posted, but thanks for the advice. We're actually taking it to heart, so if this isn't done weeks before the wedding, we're gonna wait and give it to them a week or two after they get back.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Mar 19, 2019 20:54:45 GMT -6
So I'm about to post something that I feel the need to explain a bit first... A friend's wedding is happening in June, and as such my friends and I have been working on a wedding gift for them. The idea my friend originally came up with was to make a music box, with representations of the bride and groom as the centerpiece. Originally it was just "Wedding Sonico" and "Raptor in a Tux" representing our friends (bride collects Sonicos and groom is into Dinosaurs), but I wasn't really a fan of that since NONE OF US have any knowledge or connection to Sonico, and frankly I expect a half dozen Wedding Sonicos to be mixed in with the gifts anyway. We went back and forth on it, with me pushing for something like Judy Hopps or Lola Bunny since her online handle includes "Bunny". As such, I decided to ask her (as part of another conversation) what her favorite Bunny Girl was. "Bulma" That's... not what I was expecting, but ok. After that, I found a Bulma/Vegeta wedding Diorama that we're going to pull the Bulma from and add Bunny ears to (I'm going to attempt to make them removable) and, as a tweak to the "Raptor in a Suit" idea to match the Bulma, we decided to do a Raptor with Vegeta hair and a suit patterned after the one from the Diorama. Still VERY early stages, but I wanted to show this off (especially because I can't show it off in a lot of my normal avenues since I don't want the wedding couple seeing it
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Post by Majin Tomato on Nov 29, 2018 17:35:13 GMT -6
I wouldn't be shocked at three heads. We're getting more than that for GS, but then again they'd have to do faceplates for all three. Who knows.
That said, sadly I think ssj will be the one cut of the three. Which... Yeah I'm doing base anyway, but it does kinda stink if we don't get the form he was first shown in. That said, I wouldn't be shocked if they pull a reverse Vegito and do blue now and ssj as a con exclusive that more closely resembles his previous appearance.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Nov 29, 2018 15:14:17 GMT -6
Agreed. I've wanted it since buying the original Vegito.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Nov 29, 2018 13:57:25 GMT -6
So for anyone worried about spoilers for the upcoming film, you might want to avoid this thread until it's out, because I have a feeling a figure reveal is incoming based on a trailer that came out today.
Now I don't care, but I think it might be a good idea that when pictures start coming out that we use spoiler tags for those that do.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Nov 9, 2018 8:46:01 GMT -6
See, I kept to what are known as "internet safe" mods for SSB... so anything I modded wouldn't cause issues if I wanted to go online. It's entirely possible there was more crazy moveset mods and all that, but I was content with new skins over other characters.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Nov 8, 2018 7:37:20 GMT -6
They created a moveset for Piranha Plant. The "Oh, I couldn't think of a moveset" is officially nonsense.
The simple fact is, the reason Sakurai hasn't included Waluigi as a playable character is because he feels the character would be too similar in both appearance and gameplay to the other Mario characters. It's the same reason why Wario didn't show up until Brawl (where he was sporting his outfit and moves from the Warioware series, rather than the Mario one). Aside from his unholy obsession with Fire Emblem (seriously, even my friends who love the series hate the number of blue haired swordsmen Sakurai has crammed in), Sakurai genuinely tries to keep the number of clones down to a minimum, with even the "Echo fighters" all having tweaks and alterations to make them unique.
As for the others... I would not be surprised to see Geno as one of the five DLC. Sakurai's been pushing to include him for the last few games, and there's been some rumors that their deal with Square to get Cloud back for Ultimate included a second character. That said... I'm mostly content with the roster. Yeah, there are always gonna be characters that I want (Waluigi is one of them, even if I am resigned to him never being "official") but hey, that's why modding exists.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Nov 7, 2018 9:03:19 GMT -6
See, I don't WANT Goku. Beyond the fact that he's not a video game character and is a major part of his own upcoming crossover, because of how SSB works they either have to nuke his capabilities from orbit, or have Goku be the most overpowered character in the roster. Part of the joy of getting to play Goku in video games is the sense of power that he gives me, and that would inevitably be lost in the SSB setting. It's the same reason I shake my head at people crying for Sora... yes, he's at least a video game character and he'd fit with Sakurai's unholy love of swordsmen type characters, but taking away Sora's full moveset and mobility makes him NOT Sora anymore, at least to me.
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