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  1. Chronocidal
    Yeah, fair, it's a weird mix. I'm not sure what would look more natural, if you can even call it that.
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    I mean, this is actually accurate. I'm not sure if you would prefer actual pupils though, or just something more like his normal eyes.
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    Hmmm, I'm kind of torn. Really love the smoother setup for the engines, but I'm not sure I actually like all of the weird angles and layers in the nose. Also, still think there are better ways to do the wings with ratchets rather than gearing. Still, really nice to see more people tackling this old mess.
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    Part of the issue is also that those movies were pastiches of even older movies, to when you go watch them, you really don't have a built-in cultural reference for why they're supposed to be funny. It helps that I grew up watching a lot of that stuff, but at the same time I can honestly say I remember Scary Movie 3 far better than any of the movies it actually makes fun of.
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    I have no idea if they'd go this far into a tribute, but...
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    I'm actually thinking it's just a matter of her being the character everyone was really wanting from the start. I don't think they're actually going to be discontinued though, since I think the other sets are all still reproduced with some regularity. HLJ just tends to click that button when they don't know for sure whether they'll get more later. Edit: It's back in stock as of about 6pm Pacific, so hope you can grab one!
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    Sweet, I knew I picked up two of the vintage normal Ties for a reason! Glad to see them releasing something without the toy features this time.
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    I absolutely love his statement in the teaser. "After 40 years, we asked, 'What do the fans want?' But instead, we're making this movie." If only the ST had been so bold. Also love they're targeting it for the 50th. Just poetry.
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    Nice, and the newer compound curve plates are being used to great effect on these new car models. I almost picked up the Countach set at Walmart here a week or so ago, but only because it was on the wrong shelf, and I didn't check the price (and it was only a few days after I splurged on SW day ). I might grab both of those eventually, but I'm still stuck in space shuttle land. Side note.. it's bizarre that Lego only offers tracked shipping for their best-selling parts. I ordered about $150 in bricks to build up Columbia, and it got split into two separate orders. Only the "best-seller" parts were tracked, and arrive in about five days. The other half of the order is .. somewhere? I got confirmation they shipped, but all I know is that I've got about $50 in plastic floating somewhere in the mail system that should arrive sometime between now and mid-August.
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    What it sounds like? They weren't happy with the tab being inserted into a crevice that was painted black, because it could remove the black paint... So they just added two more gaping holes, with nothing to hide them. Makes me really glad I didn't care about this release.
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    Not familiar with the specifics of those photoetch sets, but those look like detail covers for the fronts of the super pack missile launchers. Why they would be included with a VF-1D I have no idea, though. It would make sense if it was a standard set designed for use with all the VF-1s, but as you said, it's a VF-1D-specific set.
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    Ok, yeah, that change makes no sense. Why would they do that? It just adds more junky-looking slots on the leg, while the original was a detail already there. The holes all over the leg are one of the most irritating features on the Arcadia re-design.
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    I should pull out a set to compare myself. Might be the perspective on the photo, but it looks like those beveled surfaces are wider on the Jetfire version. Thanks for the illustration though, that's exactly the edge I rounded off. You make a good point about it fitting easier on the Yamato though. One difference I did notice, and it's probably also related, is that Yamato never glued down the tail plate to the backplate. In all the ones I took apart, once I removed all three main screws (wings and under the hip bar) the whole backpack would fall off, because it was only held by that locator pin. On Jetfire? Those pins are glued in, and from what I can tell, while they're not exactly sticking up, I don't think the backpack mounts are sitting all the way flush. Those pins were probably glued specifically because the parts weren't fitting together well enough for that third screw to bite, and hold it down. The end result is that the backpack mounting plate is sticking up for the booster bracket to catch on. In other news though, just got a notification that my pair of Su-27s is on the way (I know, they call it something else, don't really care ). I don't know if I'm adventurous enough to do a full Yellow 13 scheme, but it's very likely they'll both be getting new insignia.
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    I'd drop a few significant organ donations on the table if it would get them to produce series based on some of the X-Wing books. Not sure I'd vote for the Stackpole books and the Corran Horn Show, but Allston's Wraith Squadron books always felt like the peak of the EU for me, for some of the same reasons Andor is being praised. Believable, funny, and above all vulnerable characters, dealing with the complications of war and terrorism from both sides, and some of the best treatment I think the force has gotten in any of the EU, due to how subtle it was. The settings and details of that particular series are flexible enough that they could probably wedge them into the new canon as is. Also, I honestly just want an excuse to commit "Yub Yub, Commander" to the canon.
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    I don't want another YF-30 until they fix the tails to work like the VF-31s. The spinny-flippy design was a pretty bad idea.
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