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INTEREST: 1/1 Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing Vanship Completed with Video




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Sunday Silence



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 2:14 am Reply with quote
"Pau Pau?" In Hawaiian, thats "Done Done."
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:49 pm Reply with quote
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"Pau Pau?" In Hawaiian, thats "Done Done."
To me, it looks like "Pau Pav", as the end of the second word is definitely lacking the "tail" to make it a "u", and its lines are too asymmetrically curved to be the graceful curve of a "u", and sport a nub on the upper left of the letter, something the "u" does not. Of course this all feels a bit boorish as in discussing the letters like this we have casually converted Phi to "P", which is a tad uncouth. Wink

From the preview still (ie:before one clicks play) the last letter could almost be an "n".

Anyhow, it's still impressive. Gonzo does some cool stuff, I'm glad they're still around. This vanship is actually about the size I was thinking it would be, seeing as how the 2 characters in it in all the promo shots look to be in the low single digits in age. Sadly this means that if I ever came across this, there's no way I could fit in it to get a picture Crying or Very sad

Now if only Animax could have splurged a bit on a proper English synopsis, as that is a quagmire of Engrish more befitting a spam email or classic Babelfish translation than an official statement. This is only a small step above "All your base are belong to us", and they have to know it.
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gothung



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 10:12 pm Reply with quote
Ok, now that it's done, it looks a lot cooler. Looks hefty too. Guess I didn't read (or don't remember) the part of the article that said they were building the Vespa, because I was expecting a full-sized vanship. Oh well, still cool.

And now that I see the concept in a physical form, I think that with a few tweaks and allowances, this could make an interesting frame to build a motorcycle out of. Or maybe a snowmobile.
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