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  1. Mommar
    Yeah, they figured out how to sell these again by adding the extra bombs. I wasn't interested in more armor parts but the bombs I do want.
  2. Mommar
    Posing in Battroid is okay, if fiddly. Until you try to pick it up and the top half separates from the bottom. Fighter holds together well if you can tolerate the gullet. Gerwalk is a huge pain and I skip it... maybe only slightly more often then the VF-19 version of Gerwalk. I usually keep mine in Battroid and just don't pick it up much as I personally feel it's the least objectionable looking of the three modes.
  3. Mommar
    The plastic on the 19's is different. The other two major issues are that the plastic is thin on the wings and can be easily bent/damaged (in addition to being a bit translucent as Scyla pointed out) and the Gerwalk joint in the thigh can be easily snapped, though it hasn't happened in awhile, because it only clicks down three times but seems like (and there should be... but that would further show how poorly designed the ankles are) a fourth click and there isn't.
  4. Mommar
    Thanks for posting this. I hadn't heard of this game before. It looks like it could be interesting/fun but the trailer itself is shot/directed very poorly and doesn't get the game across as well as it could in terms of potential excitement.
  5. Mommar
    Note the wire he's attached to. He's hanging.
  6. Mommar
    I'm waiting until the last minute to make sure I have saved as much money as possible to pay for it. LOL
  7. Mommar
    To be honest with you the entire thing is pretty poorly designed IMO. Be careful with all of the joints and understand that in both Gerwalk and Battroid the Torso section does not secure like on the VF-19. It's a floppy mess all around really.
  8. Mommar
    They did use different plastics back then too. Just via touch you can tell those really old 1/60's were a lot different/more brittle. People were discovering breaking shoulders on their YF-19's and breaking arms on their VF-0's many years before this. The newer toys have specifically had most of those old breaking joints replaced with diecast, likely to avoid such problems in the future. There's always a chance still.
  9. Mommar
    Cool, I want to see that. Back on topic... the 17 seems to be a big favorite with all of my friends eight to eleven year old boys. Interesting how all of them who want to come look at my collection all seem drawn to the 17's. Anybody have kids/nephews/etc... who have noticed this too?
  10. Mommar
    I want to see what you come up with too!
  11. Mommar
    Sweet score, bro!
  12. Mommar
    You can still find one of those two for pretty cheap..
  13. Mommar
    The Kai is divisive in it's own right for being an intense color and having a face on a Valk so the 19S was more popular because it was the same mold as the new VF-19 but not such an eyesore in the view of many. PLENTY of people on this board were waiting for the 19F because they weren't big fans of the five laser turret head and/or the Yellow markings. I wouldn't say the F was "meh" to a lot of people at all. And like the 17S the 19S has had the luxury of being available for a while and having it's price slashed. The F is still very new and hasn't been warming shelves long enough to warrant the clearance prices the two S models have received.
  14. Mommar
    Interesting, it's not Rocksteady working on it this time. I wonder if that will be to it's detriment or not.
  15. Mommar
    Other than having to spend the extra money that's a really good idea, the S looks bad-ass in Battroid anyway. People had problems with both the color and head for the 17S and 19S so that makes both the 17D and 19F the more popular to buy. On top of that the 17 isn't as popular a fighter as the 19 in general and the engineering on the 17 isn't as good as the 19 so that makes doubly more sense the F would sell before the D which would sell before either of the S models. Personally I'm no fan of the Yellow markings either but the S head on the 17 in Battroid really does look very cool.
  16. Mommar
    Other than forcing the relationship with Peter and Gwen too fast/hard I thought the movie was good.
  17. Mommar
    You can get the 17S for half the price because it was a shelf-warmer. The D is overwhelmingly more popular. Most of the people on this very board said they were skipping the S in favor of the D.
  18. Mommar
    Panic buy second 17D arrived yesterday. Just needs to be decal-ed up. Now I've got a 17 for each mode as well.
  19. Mommar
    I enjoyed the first one well enough. I hope this one does it even better.
  20. Mommar
    Well, it was too angsty. Though people just started hating the story as well. I'm not old enough to have been exposed to the original Trek in anything other than crusty old reruns long after they originally aired but I can tell you I, and many others I attended college with, were inspired by Star Trek just the same. That was all based on TNG/DS9/Voyager era shows and some of the later original series films. It may sound like I'm not a fan of the JJ Trek but that isn't the case. I'm really excited to see if this one can be more than just an action film but I do feel the need to defend the originals as I think a lot of people are unfairly criticizing them.
  21. Mommar
    It's hard to compare the 17 and 19. Overall the 19 fits together better in all modes and definitely feels better engineered. The decision to not have the hip/intakes attach on the 17 in fighter and especially in Gerwalk means they can separate/droop (you will see some separation if you have them on a stand.) Also, the 17 just doesn't fit together as well in all three modes. The 19 looks perfect in all three modes and is fun to pose in Battroid (it absolutely sucks in Gerwalk) whereas some people don't like the interpretive look of the 17 in fighter but it poses and looks great in both Gerwalk and Battroid (it's still my most fun to pose in Battroid of all the 1/60's I own.)
  22. Mommar
    Hardly every episode of TNG and on was THAT preachy. And as I already pointed out BSG also managed to ruin itself to half of it's viewership by it's third season to the point that sequels/prequels have no longer been worth putting on television. So far the "morality play" in JJ Trek is up for debate. That speech Kirk was handed about his father still rings in my mind, despite it being incredibly HEAVY handed and preachy in it's own right, we'll see if he can continue it on a more subtle tip (though based on the fact the exact same commander is still giving Kirk the third degree in the trailers so far I'm assuming that no there won't be any more subtly.) For the time being he made one Star Wars movie with Kirk and the Enterprise, that's hardly an argument for further relevancy or quality compared to forty plus years of inspiring Engineers and Scientists.
  23. Mommar
    "But Star Trek, as originally conceived, and as you saw play out in all the other series, was really a morality play every week, and it was about an ensemble of players. They were exploring science fiction ideas, sociological ideas and moral ideas. That’s really what the shows are about, and the movies are just pitched in a different way and at a different audience." He's highlighting what the television series was about which is precisely was somebody else said they weren't, sociological ideas, moral ideas, etc... Arguing the new movies are better/more relevant makes no sense considering he says right there that the movies are aimed at a different audience.
  24. Mommar
    I know they're shaped different, I own three of them. But the transforming shield could actually transform too.
  25. Mommar
    I really don't understand why they couldn't have included a small bit that slides so that the transformation shield centers itself as well.
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