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  1. David Hingtgen
    If they'd just painted the whole thing gunmetal, it'd look much nicer and be a better homage. (and all-gunmetal jets do exist, the F-20 is the first one that comes to mind)
  2. David Hingtgen
    How does Retributor Armor "brush"? Many gold paints lately (looking at you, Vallejo) are very "sticky" and horrible to use, even if the color is nice.
  3. David Hingtgen
    My vote is gonna be a basic fighter-mode-only VF-1 kit. They make some really nice F-14s.
  4. David Hingtgen
    Sandstorm's alt-mode was so exaggerated-bland it never "gave me a vibe" as to what it is. I'll take a look later and give more thoughts. Blitzwing is far from a scale model of a MiG-25 but it's still blatantly obvious what he's supposed to be. That said---the wiki is so terrible with aircraft alt-modes. I gave up trying to correct Octane, it's gone from bad to worse over the years. (he's a 747 people, engine-count be damned) ::edit:: If you assume the instructions are wrong (wouldn't be the first time), G1 Sandstorm is supposed to have a horizontal stabilizer, not an odd vertical tail tip. That does make it more SH-3 ish. However, one of the few distinct details the toy does have for sure, is three large front windows----like an H-53
  5. David Hingtgen
    I don't remember the gun pod being so orange, but it's also been a while since I last watched Dynamite.
  6. David Hingtgen
    That nose gear looks awfully far forward, but I couldn't quickly/easily find any references for it.
  7. David Hingtgen
    It looks terrible to me, I'm thinking about picking up Thunder Manus now. The arms on the trailer stick up much further than the G1 toy or toon did, just looks ridiculous. And a hundred other smaller things bug me too.
  8. David Hingtgen
    Apparently the retro Eel uses a brighter red. Will need a side-by-side though.
  9. David Hingtgen
    I guess that reveals how often I look at the back of my Eel, I didn't notice the different logo at all...
  10. David Hingtgen
    Wow, it looks like they may have actually gotten the markings right on the B-Wing. (WAY too many places put them very symmetrically/doubled, leading to orange circles all over the place) Will need pics from other angles to be sure though.
  11. David Hingtgen
    Considering how many variations we've seen in the past couple years of how to fold up Magnus' arms into the top of a trailer, there's zero excuse for PM Prime's arms to be like that. It's GOT to be a mistransformation, otherwise Takara has somehow lost a ridiculous amount of engineering talent and skill recently. Making PM Prime's arms flush with the front of the trailer should be child's play compared to what we've seen both Takara and 3P companies do with Magnus' arms.
  12. David Hingtgen
    The new/retro Snow Serpents have a notably brighter shade of blue, the original Classified (boxed) release use an almost navy blue. I suspect they are also a different shade of white. (plus all the gear/kit being different--no bazooka, no bazooka-backpack, etc) The Eels are 99% identical. I think the only change is the strap on the not-a-speargun is blue instead of red. Figure itself identical or so close you can't tell from pics.
  13. David Hingtgen
    I thought my TV was messed up when the app went from blue to greenish-blue with no warning...
  14. David Hingtgen
    Interesting, as I feel the latest Alto -25 is not as pure white as the original renewals. (At least, certainly not the "alternate" type of plastic used in some spots, like near the waist/hinges----it's not POM I think, but it's also not the "standard" ABS used for the main parts of the wings and legs etc----the previous releases seemed to have a more perfect match as-new, but those parts yellowed at different rates----the latest -25 doesn't match as well to start with, and almost looks very slightly pre-yellowed on those parts) Having the latest Alto -171 be even brighter than the original is surprising.
  15. David Hingtgen
    G1 Prime as Goliath...
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