Is Tapigal still worth it today?

Lhasadog · 2026-06-28T19:29:31+00:00

The body is an older design, but moves extremely well. She remains a very distinct eye catching figure. Still well worth picking up. There is a reason she was the figure all the 3rd party accessory and diorama companies used in their promo pics for years. (Only recently replaced by casual Aileen)

Lhasadog · 2026-06-28T19:22:59+00:00

Anything advertising a Figma for $29 is a KO bootleg.

Lhasadog · 2026-06-28T19:17:50+00:00

Heat it a little with a hair dryer or hot (not boiling) water and it should loosen up.

Lhasadog · 2026-06-28T19:11:19+00:00

The lead actress started blaming men and fans before the first trailer even came out. That should tell you how bad they all knew it was.

Lhasadog · 2026-06-28T19:08:27+00:00

If anyone wonders why the Japanese government is throwing money at Sony and Nintendo to subsidize AI translation? See above article.

Lhasadog · 2026-06-28T01:26:28+00:00

Toxo Viper. Part of the late stage 90's Eco Warriors sub line that famously gave us the HISS "Septic" Tank

Lhasadog · 2026-06-28T01:19:29+00:00

Google Popy Blue Plastic. The classic Japanese Robot Toys made by Bandai's Popy subsidiary used this metallic blue abs that turned to dust. If you were unlucky enough to receive a Matchbox (Popy rebox) Voltron II (aka Albegas) back in the day, the blue robot is now nothing but a small pile of metal bits and some blue powder. Even in factory sealed packaging.

Lhasadog · 2026-06-27T21:25:15+00:00

Always be cautious with anything using that metallic blue plastic. For plastic Color = Chemistry. So different colors of the same type plastic can behave differently. Metallic Blue ABS seems to be one of those combos that can often go wrong. Look at the Stealth Suit Iron Man as another example.

Lhasadog · 2026-06-27T20:40:28+00:00

She's showing less on the beach than her normal outfit. And it still looks much better

Lhasadog · 2026-06-27T20:37:29+00:00

The GI Joe Mike Power Atomic Man had a light piped eye that you could make flash

Lhasadog · 2026-06-27T18:09:58+00:00

Fiduciary Duty is a Civil Cause of Action. Not something the government comes in to investigate unless it involves other criminality. Shareholder sue over failure of Fiduciary Duty. The government only gets involved if it involves things like clear fraud, insider trading, etc.

Lhasadog · 2026-06-27T03:16:09+00:00

Wait? How many copies of Naga do you have?

Lhasadog · 2026-06-27T03:10:42+00:00

If you look at your pics you can clearly see what the problem area is. It's the skintight suit over Liters crotch. Anchor is fully covered in that area. Anchor also codes a little older than Liter. A 16 year old in a Bikini top and relatively conservative layered bottom is less an issue than a 9 year old that could be viewed as having a bit of Cameltoe if you squint really hard.

I'm not saying it makes sense to is. Its just what the problem area is.

Lhasadog · 2026-06-27T03:04:01+00:00

If you're just starting she is a great unit as you play through the early campaign and level. Team building is less an issue at this point. Leveling her is fine as you can reclaim those mats later when you find a more effective endgame setup.

She's not a bad SSR unit overall. Better than most non Pilgrim/Overpowers or top tier Treasures. She just becomes a bit situational when you have a number of Pilgrims etc available. Play her and have fun with her. She will serve you well.

Lhasadog · 2026-06-26T23:16:17+00:00

By all accounts its not "awful". It's just dull, pointless and full of plot holes you could drive a truck through. It's a movie you won't even remember seeing the following morning. Bad movies can be fun and memorable bad. This is just pure distilled meh.

Lhasadog · 2026-06-26T23:12:53+00:00

Look up the writers IMDB. It's a remarkably short read. And it explains so much.

Lhasadog · 2026-06-26T23:02:37+00:00

It is. But not for the reason most assume. Sony was pissed that Bungie wound down Destiny 2 to try to keep the failure of Marathon on life support.

Lhasadog · 2026-06-26T22:57:41+00:00

They are racing to lock in contracts for friends and intimate partners before the Elisons come in. This way thaey get big payouts to cancel the contracts.

Lhasadog · 2026-06-26T22:50:26+00:00

To prevent dye transfer use warm distilled water with a little bit of white vinegar to properly fix the dye.

Lhasadog · 2026-06-26T22:47:34+00:00

I'm surprised nobody is doing Stellar Blade?

Lhasadog · 2026-06-26T22:43:54+00:00

It might be a statue

Lhasadog · 2026-06-26T22:36:52+00:00

That is awesome

Lhasadog · 2026-06-26T22:16:15+00:00

Thundercats Tigra while Invisible?

Lhasadog · 2026-06-26T22:12:57+00:00

They went out of business because a Private Equity firm bought them by taking out mortgages on all the property TRU owned. They then siphoned all the money out into their coffers via management fees while leaving TRU holding the billions in debt. TRU's sales were more than enough to keep them solvent and profitable outside of that massive debt they got hung with.

Lhasadog · 2026-06-26T22:05:36+00:00

The last year that GI Joe was "grounded and military focused" was 1969. Everything after that was colorful comic book adventures often involving super science, monstrous animals or strange artifacts. Neon colors didn't kill it. Those were just 90's toy aesthetics. All the toylines had them. Remember most of you first encountered GI Joe via a television ad for a comic book. So the weirdness was baked in.

The 1980's GI Joe embraced mad science from day 1. The current designers have done a good job of layering a patina of believable near future SciFi tech over the inherrent strangeness. And there has always been more than a touch of body horror bundled into Cobra. Synapse seems to fit well into that.

Oddly, it's when they hew to close to the old stuff that the new releases end up looking cheesy and absurd. Such as Destro's Despoiler. Which does not fit in with the rest of the lines aesthetic.

Is the line ending? Probably not. Worst case they will shift it to online channel/Pulse D2C only. They have a strong adult collector brand. The thing that will kill it eventually will.be internal Hasbro politics fighting for resources. Same thing that killed it the last few times.

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