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Scary-Monsters
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 Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2023 2:20 pm
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Are you a bad enough dude to pirate Gunpla? 
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SrkSano
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2023 2:52 pm
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Basically with the files, all you need is a 3D printer and you can create Gundam models that haven't even released yet entirely for free. I don't condone piracy or anything nor do I have the patience to build models most of the time, but this story is freaking hilarious! 
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WANNFH
Joined: 13 Mar 2011
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2023 3:02 pm
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| Scary-Monsters wrote: | Are you a bad enough dude to pirate Gunpla? |
Back to the roots of stealing prototype Gundams from White Base to pirating Gundam models we go
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rmcclo
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2023 3:24 pm
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Has anyone deciphered what the VR component of this is, that the articles have mentioned? I don't know if it's a reading comprehension thing on my part, or if they're light on details because it's still a ways off.
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PipimiOden
Joined: 26 Mar 2022
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2023 4:02 pm
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You wouldn't download a Gundam
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Hoppy800
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2023 4:02 pm
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The reviews on the Gundam Metaverse Project are bad, with constant crashing in some areas being quite the issue and the system requirements are very high for what it is, like worse than a good number of AAA games being released this year.
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AiddonValentine
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2023 6:08 pm
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Someone is getting fired, sued, or possibly beheaded. Of course this was going to be a trashfire, but at least it's a hilarious one. The whole Metaverse thing has been a complete blackhole for businesses and the sooner they move on, the better.
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cyberdraco
Joined: 30 Jun 2013
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2023 7:16 pm
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| AiddonValentine wrote: | | Someone is getting fired, sued, or possibly beheaded. Of course this was going to be a trashfire, but at least it's a hilarious one. The whole Metaverse thing has been a complete blackhole for businesses and the sooner they move on, the better. |
We got Gundam Build Metaverse out of it. So it's wasn't a total waste.
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Joe Mello
Joined: 31 May 2004
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2023 11:00 pm
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| Scary-Monsters wrote: | Are you a bad enough dude to pirate Gunpla? |
The 40K community thinks this is cute.
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RickyTheRat
Joined: 02 Jul 2023
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Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2023 12:45 am
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| SrkSano wrote: | Basically with the files, all you need is a 3D printer and you can create Gundam models that haven't even released yet entirely for free. I don't condone piracy or anything nor do I have the patience to build models most of the time, but this story is freaking hilarious! |
I don't think 3D printers are really good enough to substitute actual figures. I've bought a few 3D printed accessories and upgrade kits for figures before and, well, while some are passable, it's still obviously different from molded plastic with the grain and fairly brittle material. Fine for a gun or sword, but maybe not joints and other stuff. Maybe technology will improve eventually, but I doubt pirating figures is going to compare to the way other things get pirated any time soon.
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LinkTSwordmaster
Joined: 23 Dec 2005
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Location: PA / USA
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2023 1:06 pm
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It continues to baffle me that they're this out of touch. There's a VR company in Japan called Hikky that multiple times a year, holds various VR expos and they've been getting more elaborate/advanced/impressive each season - the Gundam folks could have literally just tossed the license over to them and had them make a really competent virtual mall for Gundam, yet Bamco had to do this on their own time so they could brag that the company had a metaverse presence/app.
Is this why we don't get good/proper Gundam games anymore? They're afraid we'll rip the 3D models? I get that some of the data that was mined was for kits that aren't even out yet, but if I really want to 3D print a Gundam I have like a decade+ of PS2 stuff that is going to be infinitely more nostalgic to me than some throwaway G-Witch background MS or Build Meta chimera that I have no interest in sitting on my shelf.
The wild thing is, if you're in any way an enthusiast about this stuff and have seen Adam Savage build the RX78 or are learned up on the quality of the plastic they put into this, it's highly clear & obvious that 3D printing this stuff is in no way going to churn out anything of quality. I just can't even.... So help me, if Bamco's logo is on something, wait for it to hit 80% off or there's a good chance you're wasting your time and money. Ask the Gundam Evo players how much bang they got for their buck.
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