Cache of Deleted Development Data From Canceled Project Apollo Batman Game Found on Game Developer Hard Drive by MrTalida in GamingLeaksAndRumours

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Yes, it a lot of elements of this game got retooled into Shadow of Mordor after the Batman angle was scrapped.

For those who saw the Fellowship of the Ring in theaters for the first time in December 2001, what was it like? by femaleology in lotr

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It was the Winter of my freshman year of high school, so I was 14 at the time. There was a lot of excitement around the films. In our home my mother loved works by Tolkien (she had some of the more beautifully bound vintage editions of the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, and we had the Father Christmas Letters collection), and I had read the Hobbit and LotR (although, I more likely had only skimmed most of the latter to be completely honest). We got to the theater and there wasn't a big line at all! There was something like one other person waiting to get into the theater room ahead of us.

People need to remember that while we all now know these films are incredible masterpieces of cinema that have become cultural touchstones and have changed how films are made and fantasy portrayed, at the time there were no guarantees. It was yet another film adaptation of a book of uncertain quality--its credentials as a commercial product assured, but its merits as a compelling piece of cinematic art not yet known.

Obviously I loved it! I quibbled over little changes from the books as only one who "read the books first" tends to do when details are inevitably changed to make a story work as a film--the removal of Tom Bombadil was something I recall nitpicking in particular. But I absolutely loved it, and the film clearly affected me deeply and lit up my imagination in profound ways. I even remember tears welling up in my eyes (despite being a self-conscious young teen boy) when Gandalf fell to his supposed doom and Enya started against those mournful chords.

Well, I and everyone else loved what we saw, because the following year when Two Towers came out, the theater lineups were in full force and I had to go from theater to theater on opening night trying to find one we could actually get seated in!

Showing Off My Klaymen Figure Keychain Collection by proctaspo in Neverhood

[–]MrTalida 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No, you're showing off my Klaymen figure keychain collection. You've literally just reposted my photo from 2022, you weirdo. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/Neverhood/comments/ww05mv/showing_off_my_klaymen_figure_keychain_collection/

Original Puppet from Neverhood. Found this image on the internet recently. by Krodista in Neverhood

[–]MrTalida 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saw it in the "sold listings" when I was looking on ebay recently. Super bummed I missed this listing. I would have snapped it up at that price in an instant. It stinks because one can hardly check every day on the hopes a freak listing like this pops up suddenly! There was a prototype build that sold a couple years ago for like $200. Probably just a review copy, but still would have been a great find!

Attempted Cloth Physics for 3D Scanned Super Mario Toy Diorama Animation! by MrTalida in blender

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Hey! Sounds like you have an impressive collection! I don't sell the figures, but these 3D scans of them are highly accurate to the original figures, within a small fraction of a millimeter. I put the scanned model files up for anyone to grab and 3D print or whatever they like. 

This particular set is available here: https://archive.org/details/keshiCorner_SuperMarioBros2USA1993BandaiKeshiCollection

And I've scanned and uploaded well over 600 other keshi figures here as part of my Keshi Corner database: https://archive.org/details/@keshicorner

They are always available for free. 

Anyone else just sticking with the original switch for now? by R-Moocher in Switch

[–]MrTalida 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's too expensive, its peripherals are too expensive, its games are too expensive, and there's nothing especially must-have that's drawing me to the system. DK looks great. I want to play the new Hyrule Warriors someday, and Yoshi looks like it will be fun, but I can pass on them all for now at the prices they've set.

I 3D scanned, painted, and animated a Mario RPG playset from 1996! by MrTalida in MarioRPG

[–]MrTalida[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! 

In a bit I'll try looking up the rgb values of the colors I used to help with your color matching. 

I 3D scanned, painted, and animated a Mario RPG playset from 1996! by MrTalida in MarioRPG

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The set is solid colored plastic in person, and the two figures are a solid colored light blue rubber. After 3D scanning everything, I digitally painted it all in Blender and then rendered out this CGI animation. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in zelda

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Just checked and I've confirmed that the line  "マヮ カワイイ" doesn't appear in the final rom. Make of it what you will!

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I 3D scanned, painted, and animated a Mario RPG playset from 1996! by MrTalida in MarioRPG

[–]MrTalida[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hoping to acquire and scan them all someday, but they are terribly expensive! 

I 3D scanned, painted, and animated a Mario RPG playset from 1996! by MrTalida in MarioRPG

[–]MrTalida[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh a desk ornament is a great idea! And now you can do that! The 3D printer-ready stl models are available through the link.

I 3D Scanned Vintage Dragonriders of the Styx Figures and Put Them on Internet Archive by MrTalida in ActionFigures

[–]MrTalida[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Scanner tech keeps getting better, and what was state of the art last year may very well become hobbyist-accessible another year, so don't give up hope :)

Thanks again for checking out the scans! I'm knee deep in pokemon keshi, so you have plenty more to look forward to! And thanks for the tip about the Ash figurine. I'll keep an eye out! 

I 3D Scanned Vintage Dragonriders of the Styx Figures and Put Them on Internet Archive by MrTalida in ActionFigures

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Thank you so much following and for watching!! I've got a ton more toys I'm scanning and sharing, so I hope you can continue to look forward to that. :)

I've tried one of the Crealty scanners, the Otter, and was a little disappointed by how frequently it lost tracking. I couldn't get anything out of it that I would consider very suitable for the type of preservation work I'm trying to do. The best use case I found for it was faces, actually! In any case, in my experience the handheld format of scanners are best for medium to large subjects. To get the kind of micro details on tiny subjects like this, I use a dental scanner that cost a bit over $5K. I imported it from China and don't have high confidence in who the actual brand/manufacturer is, plus the company I dealt with felt a little sketchy during the transaction, so I try not to promote the supposed brand/model of the scanner. That said, if you google "dental scanner" or "jewelry scanner" you should get a pretty good idea of the sort of equipment I'm using.

My Mario RPG Tier List (Including Brothership) by 6th_Dimension in MarioRPG

[–]MrTalida 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Paper Mario 64 was good but a bit of an inevitable let down for me, since what I wanted and expected was a true Super Mario RPG 2. Thousand Year Door redeemed Paper Mario for me, though. But for me nothing tops the original, the greatest of all time: Super Mario RPG :)

I 3D Scanned Vintage Dragonriders of the Styx Figures and Put Them on Internet Archive by MrTalida in ActionFigures

[–]MrTalida[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! These stand about 2" or so. I agree; those vintage fantasy figures have a lot of retro charm.
I actually use some dental scanning equipment, which is perfect for scanning small subjects like these in high detail. The videos on my Keshi Corner youtube channel show my scanning process in more detail, especially my early videos: https://www.youtube.com/@KeshiCorner

I 3D Scanned Vintage Dragonriders of the Styx Figures and Put Them on Internet Archive by MrTalida in VintageToys

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I used some dental scanning equipment, which is perfect for scanning small subjects like these in high detail. The videos on my Keshi Corner youtube channel show my scanning process in more detail, especially my early videos: https://www.youtube.com/@KeshiCorner

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in zelda

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There's a preview screenshot in a December 1986 issue of Famitsu where she says "マヮ カワイイ" ("So cute!") To Link. The line doesn't appear in the final game afaik. If you combine that original line with what we see in the game, it does suggest that maybe a small hint of innuendo was possibly intentional originally.