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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I think the most "they knew exactly what they were doing" moment I've seen in video games in a while is that Nioh 3's version of Ibaraki Doji has a grab attack where she steps on you.

Ibaraki Doji from Nioh 3. She is an oni with a sword in her right hand and a glowing lightning hand on her left. She's also 10 feet tall, busty, and pale with gold hair, and has extremely defined abs and shoulders. I have not unequipped her as my summon attack since I first fought her.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

You know how they said Elon Musk was pumping a lot of money into the election? Here's a friendly reminder!

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I want a variant based on the pilot episode communicator, the shape fits it even just a little bit better.

A LeCreuset grater in the shape of a Classic Star Trek flip-open Communicator. It's $68.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I kind of love that the KO High Grade Asshimar is apparently called the "Pumpkin Cake" and the Green Divers colors version is the "Black Bean Cake."

Package art for the HGUC NRX-044 Asshimar. It's a large yellow and green robot that transforms into a Mobile Armor shaped like a yellow disc (the "pumpkin cake" part) resting on a green platform with a gun attached to it.

A promotional photo of the HGUC Asshimar Green Divers version. ("Green Divers" was a Gundam ride/3D film at some park or another IIRC.) It's the same design as the standard version except the yellow parts are navy blue/black with white stripes, and the green parts are charcoal gray. In MA Mode, the white stripes form a circle on the top of the disc.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Here you go. Dracula's Ring reflects the curse.

A Replica of Bela Lugosi's ring from Dracula.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Gee, what would I, an anti-AI person do if I didn't have access to AI anymore? Let me think:

The Ewok celebration from Return of the Jedi. It's supposed to be a GIF. Does it move? I hope so, but I'm not fixing it if not.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

There's a trace from this cover for stock footage that gets used right in the opening theme song:

Steve Ditko's cover for "The Amazing Spider-Man" Issue 19, which features Spidey swinging on his web directly towards the viewer.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Here's what a Jedi uniform looked like in the Marvel comics in `78! There's a clip of Luke's ROTJ costume fitting where his outfit is described as a Jedi uniform with the vest representing influence from Ben and Yoda. I wish Lucas hadn't second-guessed himself on this.

Obi-Wan Kenobi in a black jumpsuit with white gloves and jackboots, very much like Luke's outfit in ROTJ.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice In Chains.

The cover to They Might Be Giants' "Apollo 18." It shows a whale fighting a squid in the void of space, with an Apollo 17-style landing craft floating behind it.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I think this works a little better. Opinions welcome whilst I sleep!

Same elements as the first one rearranged. The "sixteen years" tagline is now under the title, and the Japanese line and subtitles are at the bottom, overlapping a bit more than last time. I think it looks a bit more natural.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Naturally when I really ought to go to bed I finally had the impulse to do the logo refresh I've had in mind for a while.

A blue Final Fantasyish text box that reads: "FLAILTHROUGHS!?"
"...Sometimes, the brain does not." (behind it is a pixelated Japanese sentence showing what Google Translate spat out when I entered that, please tell me if it has seriously misled me.)
"Sixteen plus years of Whatever This Is!"

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

"describe your favorite movie as boring as possible" Being a child soldier kinda sucks, actually.

Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters In Space

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

For God's sake, Peche, you're Ex-Zeon, stop using this for all your win poses, it's creepy

The Full Armor Engage Gundam C Plan (Canon UC Engage pilot: Peche Montagne), stretching its arm out to the horizon in a way that isn't *quite* a Sieg Heil gesture but I wish it was further away from one.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

"AI is the way of the future and we just need to acce-"

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Scarlett April reminds me very much of the JoyToy 1/18th April I'd own if it wasn't fifty bucks. A little bit of black breaking up all the yellow looks great.

Joytoy April O'Neil, who looks a fair bit like the cartoon version except her yellow jumpsuit is now cargo pants and a cropped jacket with a black T-shirt beneath. She's also wearing short gloves and standing atop a defeated Mouser.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Kikaider's YouTube captions predicted AI investors.

Live action Kikaider and Hakaider facing off in a field.

Youtube auto-translate caption: "everyone can not let Hakaider pass
Hakaider if you hurt Hakaider, the yin and yang people It's a good investment opportunity to die in the brain"

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Bad fansubs/bootleg subs are one of the great joys of life.

A minor Saint Seiya/Knights of the Zodiac character looking self-assured. The caption: "How much fist can you still accept?"

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Oh, right, Child Pimp and the Nazi Pedophiles killed another one of my hobbies as of next week.

A message from Japanese retailer Suruga-ya.

"REGARDING SHIPMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES:

"Effective July 8, 2025, due to regulatory changes by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC,) certain items may not be available for shipment to the United States. Please note in advance that in such cases, orders may be canceled."

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I kind of like the Sonic/DC two-pack figures, but I feel like Eggman kind of throws the scale out the window, whether he's accurate to the other Sonic characters or not.

Dr. Eggman in a copy of Lex Luthor's powered armor, looking for all the world, scalewise, like Luthor's 10 year-old son.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I just really like this screengrab of the Ex-S Gundam for some reason. #GBO2

The MSA-0011 Ex-S (EXtraordinarily Superior) Gundam in its bright blue and white color scheme with hints of yellow and red, standing out against a gray cityscape with a darkish teal-colored sky.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Who could've imagined that THIS tough guy wasn't even capable of coping with shifting power in his own party, let alone Donald Trump?

A Hakeem Jeffries post from some other social media site. Caption: "House Democrats will keep the pressure on Trump's One Big Ugly Bill (bicep curl emoji)." He is standing in his nicely furnished office wearing a blue work shirt holding a Louisville Slugger that has probably never seen use. I think there's dust on the handle because sometimes the metaphors write themselves. He is standing in a posture that shows he is neither ready to fight nor bat with a completely neutral expression on his face. His aura is that of a certified public accountant who has just been informed which side of the bat is up.

That bill passed, incidentally.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I apologize deeply for my unhelpful brain but it made me do this

The above Skeet from @theideon.bsky.social - "Man, what a day. My insurance agent seems like a helpful guy at least" - superimposed over the destruction of the Ideon from "The Ideon: Be Invoked"

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Given how much I've enjoyed Sheik Mainland's other 1/18th model kits so far, I'm definitely going to grab some of their Totally Not A Terminator Endoskeletons when they come out.

The upcoming 1/18th scale "Xentinel" kit from Sheik Mainland. It's a slender, skeletal robot with a bunch of piston detailing along the frame. It's an Endoskeleton, who are we kidding here.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Watching some dumbass with "antifa" in his username call people objecting to Platner's history of mercenary work, fascist tattoos, and abuse "purity bullshit." Fuck the Democrats.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Every time. Every damn day for a decade.

An edit of the "We should improve society somewhat/Yet you participate in society, curious! I am very intelligent." where the middle "participate in society" sentence is replaced with "So you'd prefer Donald Trump?"

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

In this house we only accept REAL Gundam heads

The HG Xi Gundam's torso, featuring a stylized abstraction of a Gundam head

The HG GQuuuuuuX's head in both dormant and Omega Psycommu mods, which has most of the stylistic touches of a Gundam head when open, but as drawn by Evangelion mecha designer Ikuto Yamashita.

A bust shot of the Turn-A Gundam, a Syd Mead-designed Gundam with the V-fin being used as a mustache.

The Gundam Gusion from Iron Blooded Orphans, which is ultimately rebuilt into a more Gundam-like configuration but is introduced as an angry bipedal turtle with a hammer.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

A thing I made to stick into videos since the question gets asked frequently. #GBO2

A text box in the style of early Final Fantasy games.

To the left is a picture of Piccolo firing his mouth beam at Goku in the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai.

To the right of that: "GEROBI: A term created by Japanese Gundam Vs. players for continuous damage attacks. "Beam Barf," basically.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Holy Crap, Dragonball Evolve still exists as a toyline and they're doing Daima SS4 Goku.

A Dragonball Evolve (highly articulated 5"ish scale) figure of Super Saiyan 4 Adult Goku as seen in Dragonball Daima. He has his usual orange pants and blue boots with red piping, but is shirtless with red fur on his arms and around his chest, accented by shaggy, medium length red hair and a red tail.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

The 30 Minute Fantasy Necros Knight, first kit in a new faction, is now in the US distribution system.

The Necros Knight is a model kit of a fully armored humanoid warrior about 6 inches in height. He is armed with a jagged sword and a scythe. His armor is glossy black, with blue "cloth" (plastic of course) highlights, and the helmet has tall horns and a skull-like faceplate.

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Apparently there's already dumbasses posting "I'm not taking any hantavirus precautions! You're not fooling me again!" shit.

Worf from Star Trek: The Next Generation saying "Then die in ignorance. I can waste no more time on you."

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

What set me off today was someone I followed for their insights on art and Asian culture referring to people who didn't vote for Harris as "tankies" like all the dumb assholes do. Yeah, I never spent a decade saying "hey, this won't work and things will get real bad." Totally just a tankie.

"To liberals a tankie is someone who is correct"

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Rob From Flailthroughs @robflails.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I think I'll try and dredge this thread up whenever I have one I want to add. #GBO2

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