While I’m still waiting on the replacement arm for this guy:
A few more figures are coming in this week.
This is definitely it. Until it’s not. Arrrgh.
At 35mm scale, they’re a joy to paint.
Weekend Update
Review: Power Rangers
I was never a Power Rangers fan.
I did have a crush on the Pink Ranger, Amy Jo Johnson, who later appeared on Felicity.
That said, I liked the new movie a lot. Each of the Rangers had enough backstory to make you actually care about them. There was enough backstory in general that allowed you to jump into this movie with little or no knowledge of the Power Rangers.
Fans probably geeked out over things more than I did.
My favorite character was the Blue Ranger, Billy Cranston. When we first meet him, you can tell right away that there’s something different about him, and he explains that he’s on the autism spectrum. His performance in the movie was fantastic, pretty much stealing every scene that he was in.
The rest of the cast were great as well, the entire movie was carried by all of them, as a team, as it were. It felt a bit like The Breakfast Club with the detention angle and how they all came together to work toward their common goal.
I actually grinned like an idiot when the original theme was played. Like the whole movie was building up to that, and the scene it was played in.
And I happened to have my Icee cup in my hand when they showed a pair of cameos in the film, so I raised my cup in salute to them.
I was also surprised by the mid-credits scene, which I should have seen coming.
I may not be a fan, but I know some of the lore.
After the movie I saw the Blue Ranger Pop! Vinyl figure, but decided not to get it, because I would then have to get the other 4 Ranger figures.
Recommended by me. It’s a lot of fun.
Out of My System
Okay, I think I’m done picking up everything that I was interested in for the Batman Miniature Game.
After the announcement of Joss Whedon directing the Batgirl film, I decided to finally pick a Batgirl figure for the game.
There are two of them.
Both have their strengths and weaknesses in game terms, the Animated version is a bit weaker in terms of skills.
I couldn’t decide, so I picked up both. I have 3 Batmen, after all.
And then I picked up this one to create a Birds of Prey team, with Black Canary:
And then late last night I picked up the Watchmen figures on eBay.
Basically, I’ve spent that small fortune that I was hoping to avoid spending by not getting this game in the first place. Good thing I already got my tax return…
Star Trek 50th
There were 29 episodes of the Original Series that premiered in the year I was born, 1967. These were the voyages from the back half of Season 1 and the front of Season 2.
I haven’t written about all of them, just favorites of mine. Perhaps I should have been doing them all along. Ah well. I’ll continue blogging about my favorite episodes.
For the record, “The Alternative Factor” premiered 50 years ago today.
It was never one of my favorite episodes, truth be told, but it may have been the first time I ever heard of the idea of parallel universes.
And this was the first episode where one of my favorite ‘minor’ Enterprise crewmen got his first screen credit.
Annoyed
DCUMG
Feline Fatale
I held off on picking up a Catwoman figure for the Batman Miniatures Game because I wasn’t impressed with either of the available models.
And then I saw that a new one was available for pre-order. Behold:
And, to keep up with the premise of collecting the original Super Friends, I pre-ordered this guy:
Listen
Or should I say, comprehend.
Since Rogue One first came out, and more recently with the digital release last Friday, I’ve seen discussions online were people are completely or partially mishearing/misunderstanding dialogue from the movie.
Specifically, this exchange:
Mon Mothma: Despite what the others say, war is inevitable.
Bail Organa: Yes, I agree. I must return to Alderaan to inform my people that there will be no peace.
Mon Mothma: We will need every advantage. Your friend, the Jedi.
Bail Organa: He served me well during the Clone Wars and has lived in hiding since the Emperor’s purge. Yes, I will send for him.
Mon Mothma: You’ll need someone you can trust.
Bail Organa: I would trust her with my life.
People think that the Jedi who they’re referring to either Ezra Bridger or Ahsoka Tano.
Huh?
Ezra knows Bail, but he did not serve in the Clone Wars. I don’t even think he was born until long after Revenge of the Sith.
As for Ahsoka, people think they’re referring to her because of that last line, “I would trust her with my life,” which is actually referring to Leia. Also,”he served me well” couldn’t refer to Ahsoka.
Putting all this together, plus the fact that this movie ends about 5 minutes before the beginning of the first Star Wars, how can you not know that they’re talking about Obi-Wan Kenobi?
I’m guessing that we’ll see the fate of Ezra, Ahsoka and even Kanan, in the next season of Star Wars Rebels.
Daily Batman Miniatures Game Post – 3.24.2017
As I go through the rule book and play with an online tool called hero-builder.net, I’m getting a good idea of how the game works and, more importantly, how a crew is formed.
The most significant thing that I’ve found that the Suicide Squad box was not just a good deal for the price, but all the members of the squad are classified as ‘Free Agents’, which allows them to be recruited into most crews.
For example, the Penguin crew point value is 143 points, but adding a character like Deadshot (96 points) brings the crew closer to 300, which is the ‘average’ point total for a game.
Or I can just give Penguin (75) a crew of Free Agents: Deadshot (96), Killer Croc (64), and Diablo (50) for a total of 285.
I’m looking at having the Riddler crew as my max 150 point crew, and the Penguin crew as my max 300 point crew, though the two crews that come with the SS box are both around 350 points.
Now, to find time to actually PLAY the game! Though collecting/painting the models is a big part of the appeal of this game, to me.
Edit: whoops, Free Agents can be recruited 1 per 150 points, though Penguin’s Charismatic trait allows 1 FA per 100 points, so I couldn’t use all three of those FAs in that crew, unless it was over 300 points total, perhaps adding a Henchman to the crew.