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Post by Jaymz on Apr 2, 2020 22:06:58 GMT
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Apr 8, 2020 21:29:25 GMT
I cancelled my order with Amazon the other day after getting a dispatch notice from the MarketPlace seller. Meant to arrive tomorrow or Friday.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 9, 2020 15:18:45 GMT
As if by magic my copy from Amazon turned up today! It looks lovely.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Apr 9, 2020 16:41:08 GMT
Huh!
Mine due tomorrow.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 9, 2020 17:01:30 GMT
I've got one coming in the post from eBay, though I was in two minds about it, as I've got the complete Japanese version already, and you can tell what's going on in the story from the pictures alone. So I'm not sure the translation will add much beyond StarDub-style dodgy dialogue.
We'll see!
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 9, 2020 18:01:22 GMT
I was of the same opinion as Martin as the Japanese version was good enough but the production values on this book are lovely and some of the pictures in the 'Illustrations' section are new to me.
I will get vols 2 and 3 now.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 9, 2020 20:42:05 GMT
The translation does nothing, I'd have preferred it they'd used Graham's "dub", but as Ralph says the presentation is lovely and there's some art in there that was new to me. Would recommend.
Andy
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Post by R0B0_G0D on Apr 12, 2020 12:57:00 GMT
I got mine on the 9th from Amazon too. I love it. Never having read any of the Manga I'm delighted to be able to do so in my native language. I'm loving how different it all was, starting in 1985 they just had both years of toys show up at the same time. But, as warned, the stories are light, episodic fluff. The art is GORGEOUS, and the production quality of the book is great. Very much looking forward to having the complete set of (currently) three. Volumes 2 & 3 were pre-ordered as soon as they hit Amazon but in the meantime I'm now hunting down scans of more recent Manga, pack-in fiction and the like. Have found a fair bit of stuff which is keeping me happy, fleshing out parts of the TF Multiverse I never knew existed.  TF Archive seems to be suffering some link-failure neglect but if anyone has any links to translated material, of any era, from any other quarter I'd really appreciate it. |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 12, 2020 13:37:51 GMT
Blueshift did a fanzine of translated German text stories. I think there was a PDF too?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 18, 2020 17:24:31 GMT
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Apr 18, 2020 19:58:53 GMT
I'm very impressed with Volume 1. Mrs M likes the presentation of the material as well. Volumes 2 and 3 ordered.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 18, 2020 19:59:39 GMT
Excellent. The production values are top notch.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 1, 2020 20:42:09 GMT
It is indeed worthy of shelf space.
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Post by The Doctor on May 15, 2020 7:44:49 GMT
Volume 2 now showing as due 11th of June on Amazon.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on May 15, 2020 14:03:36 GMT
Excellent. If they manage to deliver this time.
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Post by Pinwig on May 15, 2020 15:19:23 GMT
I've got this on a watch list, it's been down for 11th June for a long time.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on May 15, 2020 15:33:20 GMT
Amazon haven't had a release date on this for a while now. When originally listed they did.
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Post by The Doctor on May 15, 2020 16:18:00 GMT
Excellent. If they manage to deliver this time. Mine did, chum. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on May 15, 2020 16:18:43 GMT
I've got this on a watch list, it's been down for 11th June for a long time. It was still showing as no release date in my orders when I checked earlier this week. -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on May 15, 2020 16:54:56 GMT
Okay, what can I say. One of my irritating habits is checking prices and dates on items on my wishlists on a daily basis because occasionally you can catch a freak price fluctuation. On my wishlist vol 2 has had June 11th under it for weeks. I know this because I thought about preordering it last time I got paid but decided I could do it in June and it come out of this month's pay instead of last. I've also watched the price bounce around the £20 mark, for a while last week it was £19.84, which amused me.
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Post by The Doctor on May 15, 2020 17:39:29 GMT
Amazon has odd quirks. Sometimes I see release dates on my order pages but not on the main site or on wish lists.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on May 15, 2020 18:06:31 GMT
Same here. It had a release date until I ordered it.
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Post by Pinwig on May 15, 2020 19:06:00 GMT
Oh yes, absolutely. Wishlists themselves are inconsistent in what they show. The marketplace options keep coming and going, which is really annoying.
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Post by Pinwig on May 29, 2020 17:49:42 GMT
Just been reading the first arc in volume one. Fantastic fun. The combiners were so short changed in the UK comic because the movie stories came up so close behind. I'd love to see much more in the scramble city timeline with Magnus commanding Metroplex.
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 7, 2020 22:49:14 GMT
Email from Amazon to say my preorder for vol 2 has slipped to July 2nd.
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Post by Jim on Jun 8, 2020 8:19:24 GMT
huh, it's been listed as in stock at German Amazon for weeks - it even went temporarily out of stock and back in. I've been waiting for a price drop, as v1. dropped significantly a few weeks in.
Particularly looking forward to this one as it collects the Super God Masterforce manga.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jun 8, 2020 8:28:26 GMT
Email from Amazon to say my preorder for vol 2 has slipped to July 2nd. Strange. I've just had the following e-mail: Martin |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jun 8, 2020 9:44:53 GMT
No email either way here.
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Post by blueshift on Jun 8, 2020 10:48:29 GMT
aaah wait what, vol 2 is coming out already???
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 8, 2020 18:21:41 GMT
Yes, but it may be on June 17th, or July 2nd, or not at all.
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