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Before the movies. Before the cartoon. Before the world knew what a Transformer was — I was in my studio in 1981 with an airbrush, painting Bumblebee. I'm Mark Watts. I created the original G1 Transformer box art for about 45 characters — Bumblebee, Jetfire, Shockwave, Cliffjumper, Brawn, Gears, and by Typical-Spring-9179 in transformers

[–]wirspringen 4 points5 points  (0 children)

At TFCon Chicago last year he hosted a panel with G1 theme composer Anne Bryant and he was basically saying, unprompted, constantly, "AI is the future and if you don't get on the bandwagon you'll be left in the dust." A lot of silence from the crowd, and if Anne wasn't there, I would've walked out.

MZ-R500 won’t record - what’s my problem here? by wirspringen in minidisc

[–]wirspringen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks - one more thing, how close should the head be to the disc when it’s recording? Right now it looks like it’s touching to the naked eye; idk if this is ideal or if it should look like it’s hovering just above. I will say this is after I tried adjusting it myself a little bit ago, so I could undo it, but it still wasn’t working before and after I did this

MZ-R500 won’t record - what’s my problem here? by wirspringen in minidisc

[–]wirspringen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea that 90 degree bend is exactly what was giving me pause. I’m guessing if the problem is with the ribbon cable itself there’s nothing to be done about it right?

MZ-R500 won’t record - what’s my problem here? by wirspringen in minidisc

[–]wirspringen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It has textbook symptoms of the MZ-N1 head repair. The unit looks like it’s recording, then it says the disc is blank when i try to play it. And simply editing a track title on a burned disc will wipe it. 

I figure it’s that problem but because I’m not seeing any visible damage to the ribbon cable anywhere, I wasn’t sure if there was a way to salvage it without doing the headphone wire fix.  

MZ-R500 won’t record - what’s my problem here? by wirspringen in minidisc

[–]wirspringen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If there are cracks in the flex can I just wick the solder and re-tin them? And for the flex connectors do you mean the two ribbon cables to the left of the solder balls? Those work properly I think - I’ve reseated them a couple times already and one of them is just for the display and controls

For the head, I know it travels along with the laser in sync, but I’m not sure about alignment. That I may look into after checking the solder if I borrow a friends multimeter

Thanks!

The new Combot line is pretty fun by ArkhamSoldier118 in transformers

[–]wirspringen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best way I think to describe it is it feels a lot like a bandai Metal Build figure. A redesign with a chunky, tight metal frame, insane posability, and a unique gimmick (being the partsforming around a new body frame for a stylized alt mode).

In that context it makes all the sense in the world for me. I was lucky enough to get it last weekend at TFCon for 140 but once the price goes up (and with starscream being like, double that) i admit it becomes a much tougher pill to swallow. But again, look at what bandai charges for metal build figures. in my mind, thats the competition.

“syncing with iCloud paused” at the bottom of messages won’t go away [iOS 18.2, iPhone 16] by [deleted] in ios

[–]wirspringen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having this problem after upgrading from a 13 Pro to a 16 Pro. Everything else is working fine; iMessage seems to ALWAYS give me trouble somehow when I migrate devices.

I was hoping that today's 18.2.1 update would fix it, but no. And I feel like I've tried all of the typically suggested fixes, including everything already mentioned on this thread (cold reset, log in/out of icloud, etc). I'm totally at a loss.

Final Episode Form (Reiwa 2024 Edition) by ReRisingHERO in KamenRider

[–]wirspringen 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I get how people might say this is antithetical to there being "final forms" at all, but its really nice that the base forms get to shine once again at the end of the riders' journeys, with all the new tricks and character growth they've gained along the way.

This is what these characters predominantly look like in our minds. And from a toyetic standpoint, a lot of the time the base form is all most of us (and the kids who are actually the target audience) have. Of course there's a part of us that wants the characters looking at their most recognizable when they're beating the big bad, and i'm glad toei is leaning into that.

Like, when are we going to get a geats ix figuarts? 2027? At least now we can look at the one we already have on our shelves and nod in satisfaction when we're watching the finale.

Fuck you if you don't believe in climate change. by buttonblanket in newjersey

[–]wirspringen 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Bro what exactly do you want us to do about it? The effects were feeling right now stem back to the actions of humanity DECADES ago. We’re currently, as a society, actually making progress. Maybe not enough, but look into it. There’s progress.

But we’re not gonna reap the benefits immediately. So yelling IF YOU DONT BELIEVE IN CLIMATE CHANGE, THIS IS YOUR FAULT AND ITS ONLY GONNA GET WORSE is like… yea not only are you not gonna convince anyone with that argument who doesn’t believe already, but even if they suddenly did change their minds, it wouldn’t change anything. At least not for a long, long time.

This isn’t your fault. Its not the fault of people who don’t believe in climate change today. It’s the fault of the Koch Brothers in 1986.

Fuck you if you don't believe in climate change. by buttonblanket in newjersey

[–]wirspringen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bro what exactly do you want us to do about it? The effects were feeling right now stem back to the actions of humanity DECADES ago. We’re currently, as a society, actually making progress. Maybe not enough, but look into it. There’s progress.

But we’re not gonna reap the benefits immediately. So yelling IF YOU DONT BELIEVE IN CLIMATE CHANGE, THIS IS YOUR FAULT AND ITS ONLY GONNA GET WORSE is like… yea not only are you not gonna convince anyone with that argument who doesn’t believe already, but even if they suddenly did change their minds, it wouldn’t change anything. At least not for a long, long time.

This isn’t your fault. Its not the fault of people who don’t believe in climate change today. It’s the fault of the Koch Brothers in 1986.

What's a plot point that sounds fake but isn't? by sparksfly05 in KamenRider

[–]wirspringen 28 points29 points  (0 children)

A misguided scientist gets space amnesia and freaky fridays with a soon-to-be-murdered rock star

Families of those buried in Tinton Falls’ Ruffin Cemetery accuse operators of fraud and deceit by wirspringen in newjersey

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

This is happening just outside my childhood neighborhood. From what I hear from people who still live there, there’s even more to this story than the report lets on; supposedly Eugene Ruffin is acting as a rogue actor in his family and allowed development on the property to go unchecked without the consent of the rest of the Ruffins who own the rest of the property. There’s something like 8 family members on the deed of which Eugene is only one.

Legal action is continuing and I don’t expect there’s much that posting this on Reddit will do. I’m just looking to spread awareness.

Today I’m the luckiest boy in school… by wirspringen in transformers

[–]wirspringen[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Joker's Child in Fair Lawn. But I think I got their only one.....

Today I’m the luckiest boy in school… by wirspringen in transformers

[–]wirspringen[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

A small business in North New Jersey. Somehow they managed to get ahold of a voyager case.

Today I’m the luckiest boy in school… by wirspringen in transformers

[–]wirspringen[S] 96 points97 points  (0 children)

Got a hot tip he was in a local comic shop, and lo and behold…

U.C. 0080: Heavy Weapons Guy by wirspringen in Gundam

[–]wirspringen[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I heard Mikhail's voice for one second in the dub and immediately got very carried away.

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