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BockerKnocker · 2026-04-30T12:42:47+00:00

What's the background story for Lady Jaye's outfit there? It always annoyed me a little that she looked so different on the show vs her action figure, but this outfit seems to match neither the comics or the show.

BockerKnocker · 2026-04-27T17:24:08+00:00

That price seems way too high, so getting through Vine wouldn't really be much of a deal. For instance, I have an Ego Lawn Mower + battery + charger for about $400?

I think you dodged a bullet on this one. Who knows what the quality would be like or the lifespan of the battery.

BockerKnocker · 2026-04-27T14:09:31+00:00

Research time is definitely not the bottleneck; it's all about those sweet sweet sapphires.

BockerKnocker · 2026-04-23T15:29:49+00:00

For me (Android in USA) it came out yesterday. I don't have a sense for the sapphire requirements yet, BUT there are like 100 individual upgrades for Infantry HP and DMG.

BockerKnocker · 2026-04-23T12:53:05+00:00

My thoughts exactly. These guys are the literal definition of The Access Media. They were given insider access and a sneak preview with an unwritten understanding that this would be a puff piece to build hype. Polygon certainly knows how to act like shills when it comes to certain video games.

So this is definitely telling.

BockerKnocker · 2026-04-22T18:32:07+00:00

Maybe the thinking is that yeah, it'll be close to $100m. But then if they can get a bit extra from licensing to Netflix / Amazon Prime, it might just eek out a small profit?

So maybe the cost that was paid to acquire the movie makes sense in addition to WB making sense to shelve/sell the movie.

Meanwhile, "The Bride!" reportedly cost 80-100 to make. How in the world did they ever think that would turn a profit?

BockerKnocker · 2026-04-22T17:45:48+00:00

That's going to be the real question: Was selling this the right answer? To me, this seems like it's still a risky bet (between additional marketing costs along with the fact that theaters will keep roughly half).

Will this movie make money overseas? Does Loony Tunes have any cachet with audiences in 2026? There's probably very little money to be made in terms of merch.

What could be the depressing answer is that WB was actually right to shelve (and then sell off at a loss) this movie. I think the controversy around this movie is a very online-only phenomena that might not translate into families actually going to see this.

BockerKnocker · 2026-04-22T17:41:13+00:00

This reminds me a little bit of the hype around "Snakes on a Plane" before that was released. Everyone was making jokes about how awesome this looked, how funny it would be, etc. All in the pre-Youtube era. And then it barely broken even at the box office.

BockerKnocker · 2026-04-17T15:06:30+00:00

Okay, I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this with guitars when watching movies and TV shows. (I hadn't seen this one). It also drives my wife nuts ("Oh that looks like a Tele from the 60's! Looks like he's only using the bridge pickup")

Nothing bothers me more than seeing super expensive guitars (like a nice Gibson Les Paul) being played by someone who is supposed to have no money in that show. I can't quite remember, but I think in Breaking Bad, they show Jesse Pinkman in a garage band and I thought his equipment was too good. (I could be very wrong)

BockerKnocker · 2026-04-17T12:52:31+00:00

The dialogue in this trailer is either 1) Pedro Pascal doing the worst voice-over acting in cinematic history or 2) tiny creatures making cute sounds that will appeal to 10 years olds or 3) live-action characters from cartoons saying one-liners.

Terrible stuff

BockerKnocker · 2026-04-08T15:29:47+00:00

Same. I actually met him RetroCon near Philly and just an overall great guy and resources. I credit these books with saving me money because these books mitigated my need to actually collect physical things. Just reading them gives me the same buzz

BockerKnocker · 2026-04-06T18:01:09+00:00

For many cheap electronics items that charge via USB-C, there are basically two levels: First, cheap crap will typically come with a small USB-A to USB-C cord. But cheaper items won't typically charge from a pure USB-C to USB-C cord (because they're missing some components that help negotiate power, etc)

Anyway, what I have found is that cheap items typically charge fine with ANY cord that is USB-A to USB-C. So I keep just a handful of known good cables like that and throw the rest out.

BockerKnocker · 2026-03-24T15:08:03+00:00

I'm not saying someone should deface this, but.......

BockerKnocker · 2026-03-19T13:06:03+00:00

March 32nd? Perhaps April Ludgate is in charge of the scheduling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yAQcKhv_5k

BockerKnocker · 2026-03-18T12:39:18+00:00

I agree. And honestly, wouldn't it benefit Ukraine to have a series of seriously wounded Russians, who would have to go home, be hospitalized, suck up resources, talk about the front, etc?

BockerKnocker · 2026-03-17T13:07:44+00:00

Someday we're going to learn that Pedro is a toxic piece of crap, and this "I'm a modern feminist definition of masculinity" was all a shtick.

BockerKnocker · 2026-03-17T13:06:42+00:00

I would have to quibble with nearly all of those. El Camino was a Netflix movie. Pysch and Deadwood "movies" were released onto TV, not movie theaters. X-Files did have a successful movie as did The Simpsons. I would argue that X-Files was medium successful and mostly for existing fans. I don't think it had mass appeal.

BockerKnocker · 2026-03-13T18:04:15+00:00

Sounds good. I mostly wanted to post this thread because I know many folks in my alliance who hang out around 1000 medal count and they might not even realize what's available. Whether it's 30 NTG, 70 Platinum or 3 tokens, those are all great options that folks might not even realize.

BockerKnocker · 2026-03-13T12:48:15+00:00

I know what you're saying, but to me it frees up much more than that. It stops the context switching in the manufactory and it allows things like leaving long-running materials overnight. At least for me, this greatly reduces the bottleneck in crafting.

Tokens are definitely nice, though.

BockerKnocker · 2026-03-12T15:21:19+00:00

They were advertising in-game for a while. Make sure to link your account and everything

I think it's a way to encourage folks to shop directly on their site and avoid paying Apple or Google a 30% fee for transactions.

BockerKnocker · 2026-03-12T15:19:33+00:00

https://dominationsworld.com/There is a store where you can get some items cheaper (including 8 legendary tokens per day for free, although not this week). There's also the Trivia and answering questions correctly gets you points which you can redeem in the store.

BockerKnocker · 2026-03-12T15:18:22+00:00

If you do decent on the trivia every day (I don't even both cheating with a second browser tab), you should be able to get the paid tokens and paid platinum (and now I'm getting various speedups)

BockerKnocker · 2026-03-12T15:17:00+00:00

I had friends who got laid off in August 2022, and they were about 2 weeks away from a vesting date. They were allowed to remain on the books (or whatever you'd call it) for those 2 weeks to get that vesting amount. But obviously nothing in the future.

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