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Hello everyone! I started a blog/review site, vibex.info (http://vibex.info) a little while ago, and I figured some of you guys might be interested. I'm still pretty new to this, so if you have any criticism, please let me know. Also you can post comment on my site, or in this thread. I do some non keycap/keyboard reviews, but I won't post them here (unless people want me too).
September 2014
Dr. Witch, Mummy II and Most Importantly Death Lives Reloaded Review (http://www.vibex.info/rev/dr-witch-mummy-ii-and-most-importantly-death-lives-reloaded29/9/2014)
August 2014
SP Granite Set Review (http://www.vibex.info/rev/sp-granite-set6/8/2014)
July 2014
Conspire KBK Review (http://www.vibex.info/rev/conspire-kbk-review4/7/2014)
June 2014
JD40 Review (http://www.vibex.info/rev/jd40-review5/6/2014)
May 2014
SP DSA Dolch Key Cap Set Review (http://www.vibex.info/rev/sp-dsa-dolch-key-cap-set20/5/2014)
More KBK Reviews (http://www.vibex.info/rev/more-kbk-reviews9/5/2014)
April 2014
Nugget Hoot Review (http://www.vibex.info/rev/nugget-hoot-review26/4/2014)
Purple Haze Keythulhu v2 Review (http://www.vibex.info/rev/purple-haze-keythulhu-v224/4/2014)
Nubs Prototype/Defective Review (http://www.vibex.info/rev/nubs-review-part-2-finally14/4/2014)
Dodgy Keycap Review (http://www.vibex.info/rev/dodgys-keycaps-review10/4/2014)
Andre The Fly and Rageinald Review (http://www.vibex.info/rev/andre-the-fly-and-rageinald4/4/2014)
March 2014
Killed By Kaps Review (http://www.vibex.info/rev/killed-by-kaps-review31/3/2014)
Gasmask Review (http://www.vibex.info/rev/gasmask-keycaps26/3/2014)
Binge Q&A (http://www.vibex.info/rev/binge-qa23/3/2014) (Not a review, but I'm sure some of you would be interested in this)
More Binge Cap Reviews (http://www.vibex.info/rev/more-binge-cap-reviews22/3/2014)
Trifid Nebula Nubbinator Cap Set (http://www.vibex.info/rev/trifid-nebula-nubbinator-cap-set20/3/2014)
Pointycaps (http://www.vibex.info/rev/pointycaps16/3/2014)
MX Absinthe Slow-Fi (http://www.vibex.info/rev/mx-absinthe-slow-fi15/3/2014)
WASD Keycaps (http://www.vibex.info/rev/wasd-keycaps14/3/2014)
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Nice looking site! I'm reading through your articles now and will post if I have thoughts on the, but for now a couple of readability concerns:
- The white on dark blue is a bit painful to look at. The bright white seems to bleed into the surrounding blue making it both blurry and hard to focus on.
- While the symmetry of centered paragraphs is aesthetically pleasing, it slows down reading significantly.
Keep it up!
Edit: One small factual correction: the "Cycap" in this article (http://www.vibex.info/blog/trifid-nebula-nubbinator-cap-set20/3/2014) is actually a Hard Knock Woz. :)
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Nice looking site! I'm reading through your articles now and will post if I have thoughts on the, but for now a couple of readability concerns:
- The white on dark blue is a bit painful to look at. The bright white seems to bleed into the surrounding blue making it both blurry and hard to focus on.
- While the symmetry of centered paragraphs is aesthetically pleasing, it slows down reading significantly.
Keep it up!
Edit: One small factual correction: the "Cycap" in this article (http://www.vibex.info/blog/trifid-nebula-nubbinator-cap-set20/3/2014) is actually a Hard Knock Woz. :)
Fixed the cap name. As for the weird font, that might be on your end. What browser and default font are you using? And the centered might be a problem. I'm using squarespace to host my site, and they make you pay double the price if you want to edit the html instead of using their built in editor.
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great read! looking forward to see how the site progresses :thumb:
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Nice looking site! I'm reading through your articles now and will post if I have thoughts on the, but for now a couple of readability concerns:
- The white on dark blue is a bit painful to look at. The bright white seems to bleed into the surrounding blue making it both blurry and hard to focus on.
- While the symmetry of centered paragraphs is aesthetically pleasing, it slows down reading significantly.
Keep it up!
Edit: One small factual correction: the "Cycap" in this article (http://www.vibex.info/blog/trifid-nebula-nubbinator-cap-set20/3/2014) is actually a Hard Knock Woz. :)
Fixed the cap name. As for the weird font, that might be on your end. What browser and default font are you using? And the centered might be a problem. I'm using squarespace to host my site, and they make you pay double the price if you want to edit the html instead of using their built in editor.
It's not that the font is "weird," just that it's very bright and the contrast is striking against the dark background :). I'm running Chrome on OS X 10.9. The font family "Ubuntu" is being rendered for paragraphs.
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great read! looking forward to see how the site progresses :thumb:
Thanks! :) I'm planning to do a review of some of nub's new caps when they arrive, and I also have some gasmask's to review. Hopefully I'll be able to snag some of your keycaps, and some Zombro's when they go on sale. I'm also planning on doing a review on my Tex Yoda, whenever that arrives. ;D
It's not that the font is "weird," just that it's very bright and the contrast is striking against the dark background :). I'm running Chrome on OS X 10.9. The font family "Ubuntu" is being rendered for paragraphs.
Alright, I'll darken the white a bit when I get the chance. Thanks for letting me know!
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Looking great man :) review samples ye yea
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Looking great man :) review samples ye yea
Thanks again dude. I'm particularly fond of the Egyptian Swag Keythulhu. His colours have really grown on me. I really wish he matched some of my other stuff though so I could actually use him. :p
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Just posted a Review of Gasmask keycaps. My camera is still acting werid, but I hope to sort that out soon!
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Last review for March just went up.
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Whoa great review! The caps are amazing and very popular already! :) I liked reading this, good Job.
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Whoa great review! The caps are amazing and very popular already! :) I liked reading this, good Job.
Thanks! I find it fun to do, so I plan to continue as long as I can afford things to buy. :p
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Andre The Fly and Rageinald Review just went up. Will have more Nub reviews up soon.
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Dodgy Keycap Review just went up. :D
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New Nub review just went up. ;D
Also feel free to comment, I don't bite.
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I was promised more reviews! Deliver OP! DELIVER!!! :p
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I was promised more reviews! Deliver OP! DELIVER!!! :p
There coming, don't worry. I'm writing your Purple Haze keythulhu v2 review (thats a mouthful) right now. I also got my Nugget Hoot today, and that will probably go up this weekend. I meant to have the Purple Haze review up a day or two ago, but I've become mildly addicted to CandyBox2. :p It has litterally devoured all of my time.
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The review is now up!
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The review is now up!
Thanks for the update and another spot on your blog :)
Interesting opinion on the colors. I'd really want to see a list of your favorite colors some time in palette format
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The review is now up!
Thanks for the update and another spot on your blog :)
Interesting opinion on the colors. I'd really want to see a list of your favorite colors some time in palette format
Not really a list of my favourite colours, but on my deviant art page you can see the colours I generally prefer for my computer. http://nomnomking.deviantart.com/gallery/39326709 (http://nomnomking.deviantart.com/gallery/39326709)
In the future I may try and put together a real list though.
Fixed the thread title. ;D
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I really like your site.
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I really like your site.
Thanks ;D
I really want to clean it up a little, and add some more things related to UI design since that is another huge time sink of mine. Might try and start on that tonight.
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Nugget Hoot Review is now live! ;D
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well i may disagree with a lot of things you said in the review its your opinion, these will still be favorite caps ever :thumb:
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well i may disagree with a lot of things you said in the review its your opinion, these will still be favorite caps ever :thumb:
I figured you would. :))
I like Hoots, They are just not my favourite. But like I said in the review, if Binge fixes the things I complained about and releases a v2, you won't be the only one trying to grab all of the Hoots. :p
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Note: The hoot is a design made by my Fiancee. I do nothing but fill the eyes.
Note #2: All money spent by customers on hoots go directly to help pay off her student loans. Her goal in life, so far, has been to study and work with birds.
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Note: The hoot is a design made by my Fiancee. I do nothing but fill the eyes.
Note #2: All money spent by customers on hoots go directly to help pay off her student loans. Her goal in life, so far, has been to study and work with birds.
Whoa that is awesome to know!!! :D
Great review!
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Note: The hoot is a design made by my Fiancée. I do nothing but fill the eyes.
Note #2: All money spent by customers on hoots go directly to help pay off her student loans. Her goal in life, so far, has been to study and work with birds.
Thats really cool. I would have been less harsh if I had known it wasn't the great and mighty Binge who designed it. That would also explain some of the differences between the Hoot and your other caps.
Well tell your Fiancée hi and that I wish her the best in following her dream. :thumb:
EDIT: I updated the review letting people know that these are designed by your Fiancée. ;D
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Note: The hoot is a design made by my Fiancée. I do nothing but fill the eyes.
Note #2: All money spent by customers on hoots go directly to help pay off her student loans. Her goal in life, so far, has been to study and work with birds.
Thats really cool. I would have been less harsh if I had known it wasn't the great and mighty Binge who designed it. That would also explain some of the differences between the Hoot and your other caps.
Well tell your Fiancée hi and that I wish her the best in following her dream. :thumb:
EDIT: I updated the review letting people know that these are designed by your Fiancée. ;D
I'll tell her to read this thread and she'll read your best wishes :)
You don't have to hold back a criticism because of who designed the key. I released on my website and it deserves the attention and opinions that come along with being on Bingecap.com along with the rest of the designs.
Thanks for letting people know that they aren't a 100% Binge-made item, but please be respectful to her- I taught her how to cast to my standards, and so her work is Bingecap just as much as my work is Bingecap until she sees fit to distinguish herself separately. As such she deserves the recognition and the full criticism. If knowing who made the cap should never make you less harsh if you want to be truthful to the artists working on these pieces.
You have solid points and the original review was great criticism that came from you, and if you would be kind enough to alter it just a bit further to say that it is not Binge-made or something of the like I would be indebted. Beating a dead horse here-- yeah it wasn't me who made the cap, but she's done everything I've asked her to do to get the design released on my site and she is part of Bingecap. Thanks again for your efforts.
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Note: The hoot is a design made by my Fiancée. I do nothing but fill the eyes.
Note #2: All money spent by customers on hoots go directly to help pay off her student loans. Her goal in life, so far, has been to study and work with birds.
Thats really cool. I would have been less harsh if I had known it wasn't the great and mighty Binge who designed it. That would also explain some of the differences between the Hoot and your other caps.
Well tell your Fiancée hi and that I wish her the best in following her dream. :thumb:
EDIT: I updated the review letting people know that these are designed by your Fiancée. ;D
I'll tell her to read this thread and she'll read your best wishes :)
You don't have to hold back a criticism because of who designed the key. I released on my website and it deserves the attention and opinions that come along with being on Bingecap.com along with the rest of the designs.
Thanks for letting people know that they aren't a 100% Binge-made item, but please be respectful to her- I taught her how to cast to my standards, and so her work is Bingecap just as much as my work is Bingecap until she sees fit to distinguish herself separately. As such she deserves the recognition and the full criticism. If knowing who made the cap should never make you less harsh if you want to be truthful to the artists working on these pieces.
You have solid points and the original review was great criticism that came from you, and if you would be kind enough to alter it just a bit further to say that it is not Binge-made or something of the like I would be indebted. Beating a dead horse here-- yeah it wasn't me who made the cap, but she's done everything I've asked her to do to get the design released on my site and she is part of Bingecap. Thanks again for your efforts.
Sorry I wasn't trying to cause any offense. I just have a certain set of expectations for people like you and HipsterPunk. I didn't mean to imply it was bad, just that it wasn't really what I would expect from you. The art style feels different, and it's less Binge-like overall (whatever that means). Despite this though, I don't really think it's fair to treat her on the same level as you when doing a review. Objectively yes, my criticism still stands. But subjectively, knowing that this isn't something she has done for as long as you, I feel I have to give some leeway. I did the same thing when I wrote Dodgy's review. Objectively they were nowhere near as good as Binge Caps or KBK's, but taking into account the fact that he has only be doing this for a few months, I can't hold him to the same standards. He, and your Fiancee, both have less experience in keycap making. It takes some time for the Pupil to reach the same level as the master.
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It takes some time for the Pupil to reach the same level as the master.
She would kick your ass :p
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It takes some time for the Pupil to reach the same level as the master.
She would kick your ass :p
;D
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Sorry about the lack of updates recently. I had some computer troubles, but it's all sorted out now. ;D I have already written my notes for the next review (it will be on some of the newer KBK caps) and the review should be up either late tonight or tomorrow.
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Sorry about the lack of updates recently. I had some computer troubles, but it's all sorted out now. ;D I have already written my notes for the next review (it will be on some of the newer KBK caps) and the review should be up either late tonight or tomorrow.
Review is now up! ;D
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Sorry about the lack of updates recently. I had some computer troubles, but it's all sorted out now. ;D I have already written my notes for the next review (it will be on some of the newer KBK caps) and the review should be up either late tonight or tomorrow.
Review is now up! ;D
Fantastic Review sir! I agree the Karma Bat is perfect. The Death Lives collection is looking good! The V1 DL is a cool looking profile.
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Sorry about the lack of updates recently. I had some computer troubles, but it's all sorted out now. ;D I have already written my notes for the next review (it will be on some of the newer KBK caps) and the review should be up either late tonight or tomorrow.
Review is now up! ;D
Fantastic Review sir! I agree the Karma Bat is perfect. The Death Lives collection is looking good! The V1 DL is a cool looking profile.
Thanks! Glad your enjoying the Karma Bat. ;D
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I'm gonna be away this weekend, but when I get back I'll have a review of my SP DSA Dolch keycaps. ;D
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So the SP DSA Dolch keycap review was supposed to come out today, but I cut my hand pretty badly with a knife and can only type with one hand. Not sure when the review will come out. :(
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So the SP DSA Dolch keycap review was supposed to come out today, but I cut my hand pretty badly with a knife and can only type with one hand. Not sure when the review will come out. :(
Oh wow, hope you heal quick man!
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So the SP DSA Dolch keycap review was supposed to come out today, but I cut my hand pretty badly with a knife and can only type with one hand. Not sure when the review will come out. :(
Sorry to hear about that man, but I figure the almighty bacon-gods spared you the pain of typing on DSA :p
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So the SP DSA Dolch keycap review was supposed to come out today, but I cut my hand pretty badly with a knife and can only type with one hand. Not sure when the review will come out. :(
Oh wow, hope you heal quick man!
So the SP DSA Dolch keycap review was supposed to come out today, but I cut my hand pretty badly with a knife and can only type with one hand. Not sure when the review will come out. :(
Sorry to hear about that man, but I figure the almighty bacon-gods spared you the pain of typing on DSA :p
Thanks for the concern guys. When I first cut myself I was afraid I nicked a vain, but it seems I didn't. :thumb: Still a deep cut, but I decided to work through the pain (like the macho man I am :))), and the review is now up.
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Now onto DSA as a whole. It's perfect!
we will agree to disagree, sir. :(
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Now onto DSA as a whole. It's perfect!
we will agree to disagree, sir. :(
Everyone can have their own opinion. Even of it's a wrong opinion.
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A few things.
1. I made some changes to the url of the review page, so if you see any broken links let me know.
2. I got my JD40, Tex Yoda, and Emily Blunt Nubs recently, so expect some reviews soon. :thumb:
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Finally got around to doing a short review of my JD40.
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Good review, however I have a comment about your site - All the text being centered makes it a bit of a pain to read.
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Whoa, love the review man! This is Forsure one of my dream boards right here. JD Built my Poker X and has worked on my Leopold and my Ducky Mini. I'd love one of these some day! Beautiful!
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Good review, however I have a comment about your site - All the text being centered makes it a bit of a pain to read.
I few people have told me this. I've changed it for this review, and I'll do it for all future reviews. :thumb:
Whoa, love the review man! This is Forsure one of my dream boards right here. JD Built my Poker X and has worked on my Leopold and my Ducky Mini. I'd love one of these some day! Beautiful!
I love the board. It will be my daily driver for awhile.
The smallfry/jd40 group buy is coming up, so keep an eye out for that.
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Good review, however I have a comment about your site - All the text being centered makes it a bit of a pain to read.
I few people have told me this. I've changed it for this review, and I'll do it for all future reviews. :thumb:
Ahh good, it looks great now :thumb:
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Over the past week or two I've been trying to come up with a review of the Tex Yoda, but there really isn't anything I can say that hasn't been said before. Does anyone really want me to write up a review for it? Because of not, I'll just stop worrying about it.
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No one seemed to have any opinion on the Yoda, so I'll just ignore it for now. In other news, I finally got a review of my Conspire caps up. Sorry it took so long. I had so much on my plate this month what with graduating, grad parties, getting my first Girlfriend, etc. Will try and post more regularly now though.
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Is that the Tex 60% case? Thats the only thing I know by TEX and Im interested in those. Awesome KBK review man! Those Conspires with the spooky Cloaks are so cool.
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Is that the Tex 60% case? Thats the only thing I know by TEX and Im interested in those. Awesome KBK review man! Those Conspires with the spooky Cloaks are so cool.
Thanks. ;D
The Tex Yoda is a 60% keyboard with a trackpoint. There was a massive thread here for awhile, but it got deleted. I'll see if I can find the new one.
EDIT: Here (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=58458.0;topicseen) is the link.
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Is that the Tex 60% case? Thats the only thing I know by TEX and Im interested in those. Awesome KBK review man! Those Conspires with the spooky Cloaks are so cool.
Thanks. ;D
The Tex Yoda is a 60% keyboard with a trackpoint. There was a massive thread here for awhile, but it got deleted. I'll see if I can find the new one.
EDIT: Here (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=58458.0;topicseen) is the link.
Thanks man! That thing looks badass!
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Alright guys, I've got another review in the works right now. This time it's for the Granite GB. I was trying to wait until SP fixed the legend problem, but I've grown impatient. My set wasn't impacted by the problem, but it still left a bad taste in my mouth. Review should be up by tonight. :thumb:
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Well, it ended up being the next day that this review came out, but I ended up going to a live stream of the Monty Python farewell play thing. A really cool event. But anyway the Granite cap set review is up now. :thumb:
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Nice review and pictures! Actually just bought a full set (fairly heft price tag! More than my base keyboard xD) so it's nice to see more reviews
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Nice review and pictures! Actually just bought a full set (fairly heft price tag! More than my base keyboard xD) so it's nice to see more reviews
Thanks. It's a really nice set. Worth the price. ;)
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Nice review and pictures! Actually just bought a full set (fairly heft price tag! More than my base keyboard xD) so it's nice to see more reviews
Thanks. It's a really nice set. Worth the price. ;)
I sure hope so. The pictures of it make it look amazing so I'm really excited =)
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New review posted for the Dr. Witch (revised for the new colour that I got to see), Mummy II, and the all mighty Death Lives Reloaded.
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New review posted for the Dr. Witch (revised for the new colour that I got to see), Mummy II, and the all mighty Death Lives Reloaded.
Vibex! Thanks for the review the two kaps;
Bougie Blue Deathlives II
"Lead"gendary Mummy II
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New review posted for the Dr. Witch (revised for the new colour that I got to see), Mummy II, and the all mighty Death Lives Reloaded.
Vibex! Thanks for the review the two kaps;
Bougie Blue Deathlives II
"Lead"gendary Mummy II
Haha, thanks. I'll update the names on the site when I get out of class.
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Well, it ended up being the next day that this review came out, but I ended up going to a live stream of the Monty Python farewell play thing. A really cool event. But anyway the Granite cap set review is up now. :thumb:
I went to that stream too! :D Also, nice reviews, it's always fun to read your writings.