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  1. David Hingtgen
    I wonder if they'll go back more like the original's footage/style, or double-down on "contrived experiences" and have tons of CG events blatantly "staged" to experience like in the current version. I like the original version way more.
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    Ironically, the Tron coaster at Disney World is my all-time fave. Not that I go on very many coasters to compare, but I love it 10x more than any other I think. It's so SMOOOOOOTH.
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    The radar dome screams "Apache Longbow". https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rotor_Head_and_Radar_Dome_of_ROCA_AH-64E_810_20140531.jpg
  4. David Hingtgen
    I just noticed you put The Shinning instead of The Shining, but that may actually be even better+more accurate.
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    All they have to do is greenlight Legacy, with Capt Seven of the 1701-G, and you've got a guaranteed audience. Is it guaranteed to be good? No, but it's got a heck of a lot better shot than what they're doing. "The latest Enterprise out exploring the cosmos". Basic, but we've veered off-track for a while now. DS9 was a great one-time experiment, but when like 3/4 of the shows lately are "not a ship of experienced people out exploring", it seems we've lost the core aspect of the franchise. There's always a cadet or "fresh from the academy" person on board, but when entire shows (don't forget Prodigy, and to a lesser degree Lower Decks) focus heavily on that, and not the people "actually good and experienced at the thing they do" it can drag things down, or stretch believability/plausibility. "Why are the noobs always saving the galaxy? What are the people who are actually supposed to be better at these things doing in the meantime?" ::edit:: OMG, I just realized I basically made an early TNG anti-Wesley post. Well, the sentiment remains...
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    HMR VF-19P

    David Hingtgen replied to BlueMax's topic in Toys

    A white speaker gunpod wouldn't be too far off from Mylene's. Guess they don't have an HMR MAXL very far along, if at all, or they could have used that.
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    Mainly that last sentence. Even though this is just a minor remold, it's not free for them to create the modifications, either money-wise or time/resource-wise. While "Max and Milia 1/48 VF-1J's" would cost them virtually nothing to create, and would sell out instantly worldwide.
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    I think you forgot "The Fly" in that list. (I saw it in the theater!)
  9. David Hingtgen
    Also just watched---agree with Dangard Ace. It's fine, and Leto is surprisingly "un-Leto-like". Unless you truly despise him, he's "acceptable" as the lead. Plus, half the movie is just dialogueless face-less programs doing cool trippy stuff to a synth* track for minutes on end---and that's really the main draw, isn't it? *please forgive my lack of sub-genre knowledge. I have no idea what to call it, past "it's not rock, it's not country, it's not classical jazz".
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    Every time I try to "reconcile" what's going on with the toon Aerialbots, I give up. I think it's compounded by the fact that if you ever freeze-frame them (especially the combination sequence), it REALLY looks like the artists "lose track of who's who", and switch designs/colors half-way through. It's like, "Skydive leaps into the air, gains Fireflight's colorscheme, then Air Raid's robot design/wings, then turns into a leg" or something like that. It's that, AND the whole "can't tell wings from tailplanes, so they just tend to add lots of them all over" syndrome. It's like everyone has wings on their legs AND tailplanes on their legs, AND wings on the backpack AND the tail on the backpack. Just, 'stuff everywhere' combining all the robot modes from the whole team on every individual. It's just a mess. If there's one team where you should NOT attempt to closely copy the cartoon, it's the Aerialbots. Because while the Combaticons may alter their color/design when combining, at least they don't turn into each other while doing so...
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    No need, it means "hope" in Tron-world.
  12. David Hingtgen
    I think all the "main" parts are printed. Stickers are just for tuning/customization options, like stripes etc.
  13. David Hingtgen
    Knowing Bandai's love of hollow expanding pins in their joints, I imagine almost all DX's have some degree of cracking (even on a microscopic level), and dyes will immediately soak in and make the cracks more visible. (and possibly exacerbate/weaken them).
  14. David Hingtgen
    My Ozma -29 had its nosecone yellow (top half only), and so the contrasting colors between the halves made it obvious. "Retro-brite"'d it for days and got it 95% un-yellowed, but it came back already. So I think the only permanent solution is to paint the whole nosecone. My fear is that the -25/-29 nosecone "tucks into the chest/nose gear bay" during transformation, and it might get scraped off. I also know that Ozma's -29 DX plastic seems awfully "repellent" to paint, as it took a ton of effort to panel line and paint just a few tiny details back when it was new. I'd like to avoid sanding down the nosecone for adhesion, as I'd prefer to mask around the 'arrow' detail on the nose, and preserve it if at all possible. PS---I would much prefer not to airbrush, and just use a spray-can, but would be willing to airbrush if there's some miracle paint that adheres way better than anythin in a can.
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    Hi-Metal R

    David Hingtgen replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    VF-0D on sale for $115: https://www.usagundamstore.com/products/macross-zero-hi-metal-r-vf-0d-phoenix-shin-kudo-use?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&_kx=wRuf1yi8iF0T4Qodv9srmYTFbut9Fivk6ACOPQDm6PM.QPkpvt
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    One of the very few official illustrations that shows the proper "very pale pink" overall color of the MAXL. (it's not pure white!)
  17. David Hingtgen
    Sci-Fi needs brighter green. Neon or GTFO.
  18. David Hingtgen
    After checking Roy again, I do think it's the "tabs way to the rear" that slot into the top of the chest plate near the airbrake---as in, the ones the KO really needs to have sanded down or it's nigh-impossible to transform without cracking/snapping something. So now I'm trying to "thicken them back up" with nail polish, to find the perfect balance of "holds it down a bit better in jet mode" and "can actually transform to battroid mode without making terrifying bending and cracking noises". Of course, a genuine Roy does both right out of the box... I think the KO's tabs are too TALL (and need sanding down), but also too THIN (front-back mainly) and need thickening. Which creates problems in both modes...
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    I'm trying to get my Fugu Jetfire fitting together as well as possible, but I just can't figure out how to fix this gap at the intake----my original Roy fits nice and tight there, but there's no obvious lock or post---I can't figure out what holds the chest plate down on the original, and why Jetfire is so loose and just kind of "floats above the intake"
  20. David Hingtgen
    New thought: Prime Day is next week. And they keep bugging me about getting the Prime Card. $200 instant gift card... 5070 super family is "too far away, and will be too scarce and too expensive at launch". Plus, even a 5060 is going to "outperform the rest of my PC"----my new plan is "get a 5060 right now to tide me over, wait until the 5070 Super Ti is readily available in a pre-build, then buy a whole new PC". (assuming the current trend of "it's cheaper to buy a pre-built then make it yourself" holds true). My case is so old that it'd be a poor decision to re-use. The PSU is probably the only thing I could re-use in a new build, so buying EVERYTHING individually would be a lot more than a pre-build likely would.
  21. David Hingtgen
    $199.99? Oof.
  22. David Hingtgen
    Well, with the super 5070 and super 5070 ti news, I think I'll wait and see---they seem like they may be worth the wait+price.
  23. David Hingtgen
    Gerwalk just doesn't "work" IMHO, with the wings hanging off the calves.
  24. David Hingtgen
    I often run with the side of the case off, so lots of air...
  25. David Hingtgen
    5060 ti's seem to be in stock fairly regularly, tempted... What are the pros and cons of "short wide card with 2 fans" vs "long skinny card with 3 fans", if any? I do like quiet, so if one style has a more "pleasant" sound than the other... Both MSI and Asus have annoyed me lately to varying degrees, thinking Gigabyte or maybe even PNY?
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