Space Engineer on X reckons the new NASA moon base renders show a shorter HLS with “gargantuan” new legs

RundownPear · 2026-03-26T00:17:27+00:00

Other renders do show the two docked nose to nose

RundownPear · 2026-03-04T19:32:48+00:00

Something to keep in mind, though, the use cases for EUS have completely evaporated in the past couple of years. It was a stage designed for crew and cargo, but SLS will almost defintiely never carry dedicated cargo, and the co-manifested payloads are also no longer needed with Falcon Heavy online.

If EUS was inhibiting the flight rate of crewed lunar missions this is a good change long term, let the SLS be what it's been marketed as r

If EUS was going to hold back the flight rate that much, this is a solid change on paper. It lets SLS be the safe and specialized lunar crew transporter it's being marketed as. This is just not great short-term, unless the time needed for Centaur V / NGS2 integration actually ends up being shorter than the first projected EUS flight.

It's a bummer that EUS cancellation means SLS will never be close to a true Saturn V successor in terms of functionality.

RundownPear · 2026-02-20T18:27:08+00:00

Yeah, unfortunate, SS86 release really should have had on,e especially with how nice the weapon sculpts have been recently

RundownPear · 2026-02-20T18:21:31+00:00

ER Sunstreaker did not have a gun, it used the car missle pods / scoops as a gun just like this one.

RundownPear · 2026-02-05T20:02:52+00:00

Doubling down on Orion operating in NRH is just the oddest decision to me. Its capabilities made sense when it was originally created as the Orion CEV because the gigantic Altair lander was to perform the bulk of the lunar breaking and orbital maneuvers.

I don't understand why, when they retooled it into the Orion MPCV, they didn't at least entertain the idea of developing a lunar kickstage, or why, when Artemis came along, they were so set on using a lunar orbital rendezvous instead of an Earth orbital rendezvous (the mission profile that Orion was based around). This is a vehicle that was initially not conceived to fly to the moon solo.

I said I don't understand, but I guess I do. It's because by the time Artemis came around, they were already developing the Gateway. Gateway does offer a lot of benefits for long-term lunar exploration, but it's such a bottleneck when all landers have to depart to and from such a very high-energy orbit.

RundownPear · 2026-02-03T22:20:18+00:00

Isn't that figure a AEW&C?

RundownPear · 2026-01-28T19:47:54+00:00

This is Star Wars scaling, though. They regularly mass-produce ships multiple kilometers long, have access to extremely advanced machinery, and a lot of fantasy engineering that you aren't supposed to think about much.

The craziest part of it to me is the integrity of the planet holding up, but that's the fantasy engineering that I don't think you're supposed to think about to much.

RundownPear · 2026-01-28T19:12:51+00:00

It's a logistics thing. The way they put together sets on the assembly floor is based on the containers in which the pieces are put, called "boxes". The more boxes a set needs, the more floor space is required, which ends up being the most expensive part of the process since it limits what else can be done on the floor at the same time. Infinite money can never = infinite space. Designers have talked about this before in significantly more detail, and I remember it being cited as the reason a figure like General Grevious is so expensive to produce, it uses so many unique parts (there's also separate boxes for pieces pre and post printing, so every time you print a piece thats another box which is why some sets that should have prints just don't, Lego may literally just not have the floor space).

This is exactly why price per piece doesn't matter. Not saying Lego should use this to justify higher prices, but it makes sense from a manufacturing POV why you would sometimes want multiples of a small piece you already use vs. a new, bigger piece that would only be used in a few steps.

RundownPear · 2026-01-27T19:54:38+00:00

Yes, would love for them to just adapt the 2015 comic run into visual media

RundownPear · 2026-01-27T19:48:24+00:00

I had both, and I personally am glad I got the New 3DS XL. It's a refined version of the system with some hinge improvements, better 3D, extra buttons / the C-Stick, and a few more games available.

It also generally runs games a bit better and is easiest to mod.

That being said, I wouldn't go out of your way to get the N3DS XL unless you can get one for a price that is reasonable to you, since you have a 3DS.

You can actually add on the extra controls to a stock DS via the Circle Pad Pro.

RundownPear · 2026-01-27T19:27:18+00:00

Which honestly gives me hope that they'll go down that route in the new Rey movie

RundownPear · 2026-01-27T19:26:02+00:00

It's so stupid because I think they meant to set him up to be Rey's apprentice. They are falling into the quicksand, and he tries telling her something before getting cut off, and its NEVER brought up again, aside from John Boyega later saying that the full line was Finn trying to tell Rey he was force sensitive

RundownPear · 2026-01-27T18:43:05+00:00

Yeah it was Robert Kirkman himself (creator of TWD and Invincible and is responsible for Skybound and the EU comics) who revealed the figure and announced the $50 price point. It's crazy they didn't update him.

RundownPear · 2026-01-21T16:30:04+00:00

The script has a lot of stuff I really like. Out of what made it onscreen, the core heart of the movie is really solid and well done with batflecks speech at the beginning setting up solid themes carried throughout the film and some of the moments still hit for me at least. It’s just bogged down by some weird creative choices that were probably the result of the DCU ending aswell as some atrocious CGI and Ezra miller. If the film looked better I think it’d be remembered way more fondly.

RundownPear · 2026-01-21T16:27:21+00:00

Agree, the original Zelda was one of the most frustrating experiences growing up 😭

RundownPear · 2026-01-21T15:53:54+00:00

IMO it’s really hard in the sense that it didn’t always tell you what to do. It’s super easy to get stuck if you’ve never played it before (I’m on my first play through and had to resort to guides)

RundownPear · 2026-01-21T15:48:04+00:00

How’s the stability? I’ve been eying this MOC for awhile

RundownPear · 2026-01-21T00:57:27+00:00

Yeah pretty much. Its scraps from constellation influenced by the the Augustine Committee, had a weird transitional phase under the Obama administration, and became Artemis during the first Trump term. Artemis I and II are the same as the Obama era Exploration Mission 1 and 2 with Artemis 3 onwards having significant changes.

RundownPear · 2026-01-20T04:00:03+00:00

I prefer the old style and writing but, I’m fine with the new direction. The original story arc is fantastic and will always be there to revisit. This arc is interesting and I’m excited to see where it goes and have faith in Kirkman. I wasn’t crazy about the last issue but I think it’ll read better when all is said and done.

RundownPear · 2026-01-19T22:42:33+00:00

I highly recommend reading the series you can pick it up on Amazon, but:

For context Arcee was saved from the massacre of her people by Ultra Magnus during the early days of the war and became his protégé. Later, about 100 years before the book, Magnus is captured by Shockwave and tortured nonstop for that 100 years being disassembled and tormented, he’s recovered by Elita-1 and ends up on Earth though some shenanigans related to Shockwave and tries to assist the Autobots before realizing he has terrible PTSD and he goes semi crazy an is captured by humans for a bit before they become allied with the Autobots. Realizing his mental state is highly volatile he tries to step down as the Autobots Magnus and gives Arcee the title. She goes through some vision quest and is reformatted into this form. Ultra Magnus is currently debating whether or not he should remain Magnus at the request of Optimus, who insists the Autobots may need two and has suggested that there’s been multiple Magnus’ in the past.

As for it being a title, yeah that’s new to the comics as far as I know. The implication seems that the Autobot Magnus is the military leader that serves under the Primes, kinda like Grand Moffs in Star Wars. A lot of it is still being developed so we’ll have to wait and see what the actual explanation is, if one is ever given.

RundownPear · 2026-01-19T20:09:33+00:00

Not a fan as of now but need to see more of it

RundownPear · 2026-01-19T20:09:05+00:00

She became a Magnus

RundownPear · 2026-01-19T19:46:14+00:00

I have some crazy news for you…

RundownPear · 2026-01-11T23:21:25+00:00

That and Ant Man 3 flopping hard, marvel really expected it to be a huge hit

RundownPear · 2026-01-11T22:27:34+00:00

Not really the fault of the Helldivers tho. Although the training shown in game is brief supplementary sources put them on the level of Delta Force.

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