I just remembered that the Ex-Aid Another Ending trilogy takes place in 2020.

So the coronavirus is all Kuroto's fault.

I feel like Tasaki doesn't get enough credit. He directed for more than 20 years but is still able to stay solid, unlike say, Osamu Kaneda who became very bland thanks to the Superhero Taisen movies.

Hell even when Tasaki directed Kamen Rider Taisen, obvious problems aside, it's still fun to watch the fight scenes.

I'd like to know how will be sentai future after pandemic effects.

Why does this not surprise me?

Sega Shiro better be the next Kamen Rider I swear.

Huh - the name sounds familiar, but the game doesn’t look like anything I remember. I might’ve passed on it back in the day.

No offense, but would Fox Family/Fox kids still exist today if they make better marketing ?

Rewatched the original 1987 RoboCop. It's still a great movie and now I kinda wish I'd known about the MAFEX RoboCop way sooner so I could still find it for a reasonable price.

I also watched RoboCop this week. Korean RoboCop.

"YO I'M ABOUT TO EAT"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pOoSe2K5DU

That is one of the greatest commercials I've ever seen, holy crap.

I'm not gonna lie, that commercial has permanently installed itself into my brain. Like, there's 0,001% in there that's just saying "Remember Korean RoboCop? Yeah I'm gonna watch that" every other month or so.

During a certain time I was also notorious for saying "Yo I'm about to eat" when faced with fried chicken of any kind. Might be first warnings of a grave mental illness but I feel fine for now.

Anyways, Mafex RoboCop is still available at AmiAmi for retail price, get one:

https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-035052

I know that feeling all too well. I still reference "This here cheeseburger is mine, BITCH!!!" from the below video every time my friends and I get fast food.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw-jSymE76o

!!!!!

Never used AmiAmi before, but I guess now's a good time to start. Thanks a bunch dude!

I also rewatch the original Robocop too because I got the Blu-Ray from Arrow Video and the movie is still near perfect in my opinion. The dark humor, social commentary, and the over the top ultra-violence never gets old for me.

I do want to revisit Robocop 2 and see if the movie holds up well. I still like to forget about Robocop 3.

Some few sentais from kiss asian site doesn't have sound, why ?

Sorry, but those days are long over. I know you want to revisit the nostalgia from your childhood, but you are not going to recapture the past.

While I haven't seen it in a long time, I remember thinking RoboCop 2 was... okay. Nowhere near as good as the first, but fine for what it was.

Now, RoboCop 3 and the Remake on the other hand... let's just not.

Yep pretty much agree with this though I never saw the remake. Now anybody remember the weird RoboCop four part mini series?

I remember the Robocop mini-series that they did in the early 2000s as well and it was very bad. It was low budget with very bad acting from what I can remember. There are Toku shows with better looking special effects in my opinion.

All I remember from it was that the two RoboCop actors kept puckering their lips and the stupid cut aways like one character has a toy then they show you the commercial for the toy.

I miss the times when J-pop was simple in the 80's and 90's and now, they're pretty similar to western musicians.

Haaaa I bought some Uniqlo Evangelion tshirt earlier today lel

Also true for K-pop. XD

Exactly.

Not that it bothers me, I still love J-pop and K-pop regardless.

So this weekend I finally parted ways with my ToQger collection. Sold it to a friend. The power of consumerism has lessen its hold on me.

I finally finished all of my university assignments.

I feel like a huge weight was lifed off my shoulders.

Hey, congrats! Now be sure to push all of that knowledge out of your brain as fast as you can. You don't need it anymore, and it's probably interfering with how much toku trivia you can store.

I sold my ToQger stuff to a friend. Now he is shipping it back. He said I can keep the money but he doesn't want them anymore. What should I do?

I'd like to see some sort of hybrid era between old saban era with Disney era with their production styles blended.

Why did you sell it? Your original post made me think your collection was important to you and were sad to part with it.

Well there's a number of factors. 1) I will be moving in the next few months, likely off to college or out of state. 2) I do not have the space to keep collecting megazords no matter if I stay where I am at or move. 3) Rampant consumerism has taken a toll on my mental health and I feel it's best to part ways from most of my collection and reduce my ownership of material goods.

Oh man, this brings me back to my Transformers and Gunpla buying days a few years back. I used to buy a lot without thinking because I thought they were 'cool' and ended up filling my room with a lot of plastic.

Nowadays I'm really stingy with my money.

Yeah that's how I feel with my megazords. I actually got into my head that I could collect every single mecha from 1975 to present day. Eventually opening up a museum. But I just don't have the time, money, or energy for that. I think I will reduce my collection down to just the Soul of Chogokin figures I own, Dynaman, and Jetman. As for the rest of my belongings, only my Digimon collection (which isn't much), and my books stay. I have a nice private library that I need to expand on.

I've been in your position. Honestly, just put it up as a huge lot on ebay with a starting bid for just the price of shipping.

I've done this often with collections that started to feel like a burden. It feels good to slim down a collection and hopefully the stuff finds a new home with someone who will appreciate it.

What helps me manage my collecting addiction is a spreadsheet that lists all the parts of my collection. Looking at it and seeing all the stuff I already have has stopped me from needlessly buying more stuff. Also, when I see something new, I ask myself how it fits into my collection and if it's something I'm still going to enjoy 2 months later. If you've been collecting for long enough, you'll know when that's true.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhGhtfLJHtA

Excellent! :rock:

Oooooh BOY do I know this one.

This is, like... yeah. I remember back when I was focusing on collecting Transformers, I really got it into my head that I must collect full sets. Like, I should have a full 1984 Ark crew or a full MTMTE main character display. And it just made collecting very... dull? I wasn't picking up characters like Mirage or Cyclonus because I was especially attached to them, but because they were Part Of The Team and I needed them to Complete it.

I think what eventually woke me up was one particular quote from Vangelus; I forget if it was on a panel or some other youtube video or something, but he talked a lot about Fill A Gap mentality -- which was doing exactly as I described. Do you really want this toy you're about to spend money on, or is it just because you've convinced yourself it's needed for a collection?

And of course, it's not necessarily wrong to collect a full crew or anything. I'm not into judging people for how they collect or what they decide to do at all; you get what you get for any reason you like -- because you've got an emotional connection to the character; because a full group shot looks wonderful to you; because you just think the character goddamn looks cool or there's a fun gimmick. But you've got to make sure that the reason you're doing it is a reason you actually have, and not one that you just do have. And I think in collecting, especially when many toylines gear themselves towards completionism and because many other people show their shelves and goals of having full sets; that by default we go into it thinking we should just get a full collection. For me, that was bolstered by getting into buying Transformers again with Combiner Wars; a toyline that necessitated getting at least 5 different figures for a full complete Combiner -- and then on top of that there being different Legends Class figures for accessories, and on top of that there being many aspects of the complete Combiner that was unsatisfying such as the hands and feet, so you'd want to go after Third Party solutions to those problems.


All of that to say that it was incredibly refreshing for Fill A Gap mentality to be explained so that I could start thinking "hey, actually, do I really want to buy this character?" I don't regret all of my choices or anything -- I got back into collecting with CW Blast Off because I really liked Bruticus, and I still really like Bruticus and am still happy to have him! But so many others... T30 Roadbuster, Legends Arcee, Three (!!!) TFP Vehicons... I mean I liked the TFP Vehicon, awesome toy, but how did I get it into my head that I needed to troopbuild them because eventually I was going to have a complete TFP Decepticon display alongside a thousand other Transformers displays? Was I really going to get complete displays of every significant Transformers cast, especially on my limited paycheck? And would that really have made me happy in the end?

The answer to all of those is a big huge No, and for me personally, I've these days discovered that the Transformers that personally make me happy are a select few who I either like the character of or who I think look cool or I have fun transforming; as well as getting a few Cybertron figures due to how nostalgic I have for them. And that's such a far, far cry from what I originally wanted!

And at one point, I slipped back into that with Kamen Rider. When the Seihou OOO line was revealed, I convinced myself I was going to get every Combo they came out with because I loved the gimmick and the character -- but while I do like that gimmick, did I really... need that? Like, was I seriously going to be that into Ratoratah or Sagohzo on their own, and would I even be that interested in Combo Changing? Would I have a place in my display for them? At best, even if I did have a place for them and did want all of them, would I not be better served by cheaper lines like SODO or the original OCC line, rather than getting expensive high-end £50-60 figures of them? Eventually I realised... nah, nah I love OOO's gimmick but I hardly need all these Combos. I really would just be happy with Tatoba, Tajador, maybe Putotyra and then eventually some time in the far future I might go after cheaper versions of the other Combos.


Right now I'm going after a few very particularly very limited displays based on my absolute favourites, and a couple Main Riders outside of those with FRS providing options that are not just very cheap but very fun and satisfying to build. And that's proving to make every purchase and every received figure a joy to pick up. Moral of the story here really is that collect what you want, do what you want... but sometimes you gotta kick yourself up the ass to ask if it really is what you want.

That's a really good rule! I've got a similar one; I forget where I first heard it but I've kept it close to my heart ever since -- leave it for now, and if you've forgotten about it or don't care much about it 1-2 weeks later; did you really want it that much in the first place beyond the initial hype?

Granted, stuff like limited pre-orders (especially on Kamen Rider toys hahahahaha,) can make this a difficult rule to actually put into practise sometimes, but it works especially well for toys you can get locally or stuff on Mandarake or something. It also makes it really nice when 1-2 weeks later you realise you do still want it, and it makes you even more excited for the thing!