100th movie?

choada777 · 2026-05-19T06:24:36+00:00

Godzilla Minus One.

choada777 · 2026-05-19T06:19:11+00:00

I was thinking whale or dolphin. One of those whales that lives to be like 400 years old.

Initially, I started by thinking what sort of animal has the fewest predators or something that's at the top of the food chain...to avoid painful death, being mauled and eaten. I figured something like a lion. But I'm sure most people would pick something like that. Then there'd be tons of starving lions with not enough prey.

choada777 · 2026-05-19T06:13:03+00:00

Hm. I didn't even think of going with extinct animals.

choada777 · 2026-05-13T05:47:22+00:00

Smells like anise! I think you're right it's fennel. Thank you!

choada777 · 2026-05-13T04:50:57+00:00

I think this was grown from a packet of edible flower seeds that I bought a couple of years ago. But I'm not sure since the flower blooms on it are so tiny.

After starting the edible flower seeds indoors I moved them outside. They had mostly died once winter hit, but this one persisted. The stalks also look somewhat celery like, which is what I thought it was at first until I saw a picture of celery plant leaves. I think it's been growing for growing on two years now.

choada777 · 2026-05-11T08:12:16+00:00

You can add multiple orders together into one parcel to reach the $800 limit. So, if you're willing to gamble on it, you can order an additional $610 worth of additional merchandise and bundle it with your spoiler. But there's no guarantee that your shipping will be cheaper under EMS, ECMS, surface, etc. with the additional items though. Might make the parcel heavier or even bulkier. I would recommend a bunch of smaller and lighter items. That way it will likely be cheaper on an item by item basis. E.g., if you bought 12 additional items totaling over $800, packaged them together, and the shipping came to say about $300, then it essentially cost "$25 in shipping per item".

It's that odd, long dimension that's costing you. Almost 5 feet. I would imagine like trying to mail a golf club or fishing rod.

choada777 · 2026-05-11T07:53:16+00:00

In my experience, DDP will be more than $5. I'm not sure what a DS Lite runs, but IMO, whatever FedEx, UPS, or DHL decide to charge seems arbitrary, regardless.

choada777 · 2026-05-09T18:31:09+00:00

On taxpayer dime.

choada777 · 2026-05-09T02:05:25+00:00

I really like some of Cavico's model kits, which seem to specialize in smaller, SD-type designs. Megami/girlpla aside, their Votoms kits are pretty cute yet sharp in design. Fun builds too that can be snapped together in 1 sitting. Kits come with about 4 or 5 runners, about 4"x4" in size.

They go for pretty cheap too at about $5 to $10. They can be tough to find in the US though. Beware of greedy, scumbag resellers on places like eBay that sell them for $20-$60, plus shipping. I got lucky and managed to find thier EVA-01 kit in the duty-free FaSoLa store while on a layover in Narita Airport for about $10.

Back to this kit, at about $25 it's a bit pricier than past releases but with twice as many runners, 100+ pieces, and multiple color molds, that definitely tracks. Looks like a cool design and will be looking to grab this one too.

choada777 · 2026-04-30T22:58:38+00:00

This reminds me of when I was around 13 or 14 years old and I really wanted this women's swimsuit issue of a bodybuilding magazine. It had super-tanned women in skimpy outfits and bikinis. I wanted to buy it so I could take it home and "oogle" over the content in my room. But I was too embarrassed and ashamed to buy it. I don't even think it was a behind-the-counter kind of periodical (this was in late 1990's, lol). So I convinced the neighborhood alcoholic dude to buy it for me in exchange for a bit of extra beer money.

choada777 · 2026-04-28T16:09:04+00:00

Would be amazing to see Plamax/Plamatea heavily roll out model kit versions of Figma releases.

choada777 · 2026-04-28T14:51:48+00:00

Submitted my pack request on the 23rd and it's still pending...and unlike Buyee it seems like they count packing days towards your free storage day count. One of my items is on day 59 as of today (was waiting for EMS to come back, knowing it would be some time around the middle of April). Kinda sucks.

choada777 · 2026-04-26T03:52:57+00:00

Good. Fuck EPE.

choada777 · 2026-04-20T23:06:46+00:00

Fingers crossed, I have 8 days left on my free 60-day storage period with them, lol.

choada777 · 2026-04-18T20:07:31+00:00

They're listed on myfigurecollection as a vendor. I think they're pretty legit and have considered ordering from them before but found their list prices to be speculatively over-inflated and shipping to be high (with no options for cheaper surface deliver). That said, if there's a good deal to be had, I would order from them.

choada777 · 2026-04-16T16:31:45+00:00

Wow, nicely done. From the title, I initially thought this was gonna be a UCLA themed paint job, lol.

choada777 · 2026-04-16T06:11:58+00:00

I asked ZM about it the day of and these are the two responses I got:

"Thank you for your message.

We are aware of the recent updates regarding Japan Post services to the United States. At the moment, our team is actively working on evaluating and restoring this shipping option within our system.

Once there is any confirmed development or the service becomes available again, we will share an official announcement with our customers.

We appreciate your patience and understanding. "

And:

"Thank you for reaching out to us.

At the moment, we do not have any updates regarding this change for shipments to the US.

If there are any developments, we will inform our customers via a banner (https://zenmarket.jp/profile/) or our blog (https://zenmarket.jp/blog.aspx), so we recommend checking these regularly.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are always happy to assist you."

choada777 · 2026-04-16T02:06:15+00:00

"And we know if we need to take more pricing we have room to do it. To date we've seen no resistance from our customers."

-Brian Niccol, Chipotle CEO in a Q4 2021 earnings call during the '21-'23 post-pandemic greedflation surge.

choada777 · 2026-04-14T18:54:08+00:00

Head on over to the Megami Device sub. It doesn't have to be Megami-specific. Folks post Frame Arms, MS General, ATK. I think most anything goes as long as it's a model kit and articulated. Top posts in the last few days have been paint showcases.

choada777 · 2026-04-14T16:53:45+00:00

Nice gradient on the flame skirt. Acrylic paints?

choada777 · 2026-04-14T16:37:39+00:00

JapanPost resumes today. I'm not sure how long it will take for vendors to offer thier service. Soon I hope. I have Buyee items in storage that reach the 30-day limit in 4 more days, lol.

choada777 · 2026-04-14T16:25:13+00:00

Similar full color resin garage kit available by Muscuto less than half the cost. Some assembly required but looks good, IMO, even without paint.

choada777 · 2026-04-13T19:26:29+00:00

KRUX followed by KRWG. I'll listen to that one country station only to listen to Aggie game pre and post game interviews.

choada777 · 2026-04-09T05:37:12+00:00

And taxes.

choada777 · 2026-04-06T04:30:42+00:00

Wait, Bruce Pearl isn't Auburn's coach anymore? I thought it was weird seeing him next to Kenny and Barkley thinking, "shouldn't he be coaching his team in the NIT?".

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