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David Hingtgen

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  1. That's my thought----imagine how much merchandising/revenue HG has missed out on over the years, even recently from Delta alone. The amount of concert and cosplay stuff on the 'net at its peak was insane, far surpassing Frontier from what I can tell. But HG seems to be all "nope, never going to try to take ANYTHING new, even as the market and culture changes over decades----the world ends at 1985". Instead of "antagonizing" BigWest etc and preventing global release of stuff---imagine what they could have done if they'd partnered... Sure, a Walkure tour isn't going to possibly bring in even a fraction of Taylor's, but there IS money to be made, globally, if you embrace the whole concert+cosplay+con merch of modern anime fandoms. But not if you intentionally deny the main vehicle for the franchise (the show) from being shown and focus solely on the type of stuff that sold decades ago. Sure, I want DX toys of valks, and almost nothing but. But I know that is NOT how Macross makes its money nowadays. (though Gundam sure seems to thrive on its "boxed plastic") But HG still has a merch/sales mentality that is more or less "Toys R Us in every city, with 500 small cheap action figures on the shelves" (I could be totally wrong, but that's the impression I get, looking at HG's actions, marketing, and promotion over the years)
  2. I see 4 of 4 limbs? Anyways, I am curious how these will work compared to Devastator----Mixmaster and Scavenger (legs) are Voyagers with the thought being their increased mass is logical to form legs (vs Scrapper/Bonecrusher as Deluxe arms)----yet we have no Voyager Aerialbots, and Swindle (leg) is also a Deluxe.
  3. Re: Legs in the nacelles. Am I the only one envisioning something like having the knee joints, "Z-fold up and out on several right angles", sorta like how the Yamato V2 YF-19 elbows work to position the forearms in fighter mode? The thighs would stay "in the belly" near the centerline, but with some hinges, you could get the calves "up and out" as needed to tuck away into the engine nacelles, at least somewhat. (enough to slim down the back end of the plane while keeping the ankles large in battroid mode, I imagine).
  4. Is my stance unique? Huge fan of the original---but this is basically that toy again. I legit thought the renders were the original toy for a while. Hinge-for-hinge, post-for-post, tab-for-tab, identical transformation/engineering. It's the same toy, 10% bigger, and a few small issues taken care of. But it's really not "better" or "new". Certainly not "20 years to think about it" level of improvemements/redesign. Why does Magnus still having a gapingly hollow chest in bot mode? Same huge holes at the same angles. (honestly it actually looks WORSE from some angles) I wanted a BETTER Omega Prime. Make UM a bit less hollow, not QUITE so ridiculously-proportioned etc. For all their gushing about Prime's Super Mode having better proportions, they sure ignored the one that needed it more... It's---exactly the choice I wanted, but executed horrifically. It's, the toy I already had, with a few slight changes, but very expensive. To still have almost all the flaws I was hoping would be fixed...
  5. Omega Prime is probably about my all-time fave TF toy(s), it was amazing. Would love if the Haslab is that. Though, it's almost to the point of "a newer one might not really be BETTER"----I am not impressed by the new Magmatron, and passed on it. (I loved the original Magmatron).
  6. That's how you know it's the two-seater!
  7. Just a false canopy? Amateurs. You've gotta add a false mid-air refuelling receptable, and I believe we even have a false tailfin and its shadow (I do think the "black" resembles the shadow of a -16 fin, if the light was almost above and only slightly to the side) (tilt your head left and have a look, especially as the shadow "wraps" around the curved nozzle area)
  8. AmiAmi lasted exactly 1 minute. I managed to get one, and when I refreshed at 8:01, gone. (I got super-lucky, as I accidently refreshed the page again when it had already opened! That cost me like 2.5 secs...)
  9. Has anyone opened one up to look for flash and "carefully removed via slicing with an Xacto" vs forcing+hoping? Or is it in an area that's basically impossible to take apart? (I don't have any AX versions yet, only an original -31) (I hate how much Bandai glues everything----I could make my -25's flawless if I could just get everything apart nicely)
  10. Pretty sure they mean the exhaust petals. YF-21 has a pretty notable thrust-vectoring array back there. Surely someone has a GIF of it? I'm thinking particularly the "mind-machine link" demo scene. ::edit:: Here: 【MAD】 MACROSS PLUS MOVIE EDITION YF-21 on Make a GIF
  11. B&W+recut does sound like an awesome edition, would be a bit surprised if it comes to the US though.
  12. For the utterly insane price the set is, they should have given everyone dual-molded legs. I mean, Cyclops doesn't even have PRINTING on his, and looks like an unfinished prototype. Yellow boots, yellow thigh straps, that's the 90's Cyclops look. This is, Cyclops forgot half his costume while rushing out the door, and only had time to put on his chest-strap. I mean, isn't the "superhero brightly colored kneeboots" look THE thing that dual-molded legs best take advantage of, and would be the primary reason it even exists? (black shoes/boots are easily achieved via printing, but printing bright colors over other bright colors often have issues)
  13. Yet, they still haven't fixed the backwards paint on the chest-stripes. That's still a deal-killer for me, but such a simple fix. But, knowing Bandai, and the VF-1 modex debacle, I'm honestly kinda surprised they haven't "doubled down" and reversed the shoulder colors to match the incorrect chest...
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