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Tom Alucardznable

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Motion designer, mecha enthusiast, media collector, Gundam マニアック. Writing: http://medium.com/@TomAznable

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Tom Alucardznable @tomaznable.bsky.social · Aug 8

ご苦労さん, everybody! Giant Robots at Work is officially in the bag. We had a good time kicking off the panel programming at Otakon's first ever Mecha Kaikan. Let us know if you stopped by and what you thought!

Japanese clipart of two salarymen bowing with the text "Thank You!" above them.

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Tom Alucardznable @tomaznable.bsky.social · 14h

It seems like in general the G Gundam ones came with some nice extras.

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Tom Alucardznable @tomaznable.bsky.social · 14h

In my view one of the only really great Battle Scarred figures

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A Mech A Day @dailymecha.bsky.social · 17h

Model: GF4-001NE Pharaoh Gundam IV
Debut: Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Year: 1994
Designer: Kunio Okawara

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Justin McElroy @thoughtographic.bsky.social · 1d

Mothman

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Tom Alucardznable @tomaznable.bsky.social · 1d

The vibes are so strong in the last 20-30 minutes of the girl dancing through the cemetery, I'm tempted to just clip that chunk and just have it on out of context in the background

Tom Alucardznable @tomaznable.bsky.social · 1d

Luckily for my Halloween party guests I am re-screening the movies I was thinking of showing. Iron Rose rules and has tons of atmosphere, but on revisit it doesn't exactly lend itself well to a party setting

I can be self-indulgent but I have to have some sense

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Tom Alucardznable @tomaznable.bsky.social · 1d

For context, Bandai has these Sunrise World pop-up shops, which are basically representing all their non-Gundam legacy properties

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Tom Alucardznable @tomaznable.bsky.social · 1d

When I was in Japan last January, I made itself a mission to find a Char sleep mask. Even a Full Frontal one. The only ones I found were for Prospera, and this one from Dendoh of all things

Thaliarchus @thaliarchus.bsky.social · 1d

Feels like they had a rule that any normal episode script had to have Vega doing at least one very dynamic thing.

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カオリンミノーグ @smkkkaorin.bsky.social · 2d

私は、ガンダム本放送時の「女スパイ潜入！」と「大西洋、血に染めて」の合間にこの世に生まれし者なので、ミハルに運命を感じている。そしてトライダーG7の、ミハル回にどこか通づる「あの町この町日が暮れて」の本放送日が私の一歳の誕生日なので益々運命を感じている。

いや、偶然すぎて怖い。運命かも…（？？？

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Tom Alucardznable @tomaznable.bsky.social · 2d

Are people still inexplicably seeing these around NYC? Is there like a pile of these in a warehouse somewhere? How do I get one? The thought still routinely pops into my head "Ghosts don't make plans" and it would be really funny if I somehow got one

Ghostbusters Afterlife themed FEMA PSA poster at a bus stop that reads "Ghosts don't plan ahead"

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Furry Found Footage @furryfootage.bsky.social · 2d

here's a wet puppet for your Halloween enjoyment

R-Type (1987, Japan)

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Giant Robot FM @giantrobotfm.bsky.social · 3d

just dudes being dudes

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Minovsky @minovskyarticle.bsky.social · 4d

Matt Murdock at a travel agency: I'd like to go to Japan.

Caption: NEXT ISSUE: He Does.

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Kenny Lauderdale @kennylauderdale.bsky.social · Jan 21

This scene from Macross where the cel reflected the camera that filmed it for one frame.

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Tom Alucardznable @tomaznable.bsky.social · 4d

You're not the first to point out how it's weird they used what was clearly a photo taken at Katsu

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Pike, Tiny Comet Fairy ☄️🍩 @redcomets.net · 4d

good night!

a Char meme, featuring him sitting in a red chair. It reads: "Don't be part of the problem. Be the whole problem."

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harp @haaarpb.bsky.social · 6d

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Tom Alucardznable @tomaznable.bsky.social · 4d

Do we have anybody out here referencing Goosebumps the way horror directors were referencing EC Comics in the 80s? Or is that not a fair comparison?

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もなぱく(ぺろり) @monapaku23.bsky.social · 5d

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おいしい(偽名) @nnanzunn.bsky.social · Jul 13

こういうイメージ。

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Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · 4d

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Tom Alucardznable @tomaznable.bsky.social · 4d

I'm still glad it happened though! It feels like we got away with something

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Mike Toole @miketoole.com · 4d

I was a guest at this convention. I thought it was a wonderful time, but it was created to serve a questionable need (the Somerset con center was panicking with the absence of animeNEXT) and attendance was sadly quite low. Que sera sera.

Tom Alucardznable @tomaznable.bsky.social · 4d

Apparently the last time I used Groupon was nearly a decade ago, and it was for Anime Fan Fest, the one-time con thrown by Otaku USA in AnimeNEXT's pre-AC location. $35 for the weekend is crazy. Afaik this con was a bomb, but basically everybody I knew from Anitwitter at the time showed up for it.

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