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  1. David Hingtgen
    All Bandai needs to do to get a LOT of converts, is to LOCK the wings into fighter-mode position.
  2. David Hingtgen
    Just an FYI, but I do have a MIB Turbo Duo for sale. ("new old stock")
  3. David Hingtgen
    The VF-171 is awful in many ways but it's the exception. All the others are good solid fun valks. Yamatos---look the best in fighter mode (which is my #1 priority) but often have many other issues which pretty much relegates them to "display models" and not "transforming toys".
  4. David Hingtgen
    CF VF-191's.
  5. David Hingtgen
    However---color isn't "faded/washed out" like Yamato's (probably TOO rich, but it at least actually looks tan, and not "bone") and knowing the Bandai DX line---it'll be 10x easier/more fun to transform. As in, you'll transform it because you enjoy it, and it'll be quick. Vs a Yammie, where you're like "yeah, I'll transform it NEXT month..." Those are 2 big factors for "mass appeal". Eye-catching+fun.
  6. David Hingtgen
    Dang it, come back from vacation to THIS. And I just spent all my money on souvenirs! May have to sell my almost-new YF-19 for this... (gotta see fighter mode though).
  7. David Hingtgen
    Can I "reserve a slot" now and figure out exactly what I need in a little bit? I was on vacation and couldn't check the forums much. I definitely want one more stand, but need to figure out how many extra arms and adapters I'll need (for both the new stand, and my previous 2)
  8. David Hingtgen
    Finger Four formation is more tactical/common anyways:
  9. David Hingtgen
    Saw an F430 today, last "newest" Ferrari I'd seen was a 355. (we don't see many Ferraris here in Iowa!) Last one I saw was actually an F40.
  10. David Hingtgen
    I'm putting my VF-0D and Sv-51 together. I just need the VF-0D...
  11. David Hingtgen
    I find it interesting how the 2 recent 3P Astrotrains, emphasize different aspects of loco mode. This one is overall a much more realistic loco---yet doesn't resemble any actual loco and is missing some critical (small) things. The other one, is very much trying to be the exact same loco as G1 Astrotrain (but isn't), and while it has many of the small things right---gets the big ones wrong. They're almost exactly opposite, yet could be combined into a "perfect" locomotive.
  12. David Hingtgen
    That'd be kinda like ZOE: Dolores. And would be hilariously awesome.
  13. David Hingtgen
    Yeti----any chance of including a schematic showing these configurations with the dual arm? I really like most every "double" you've shown and would like a reference sheet of them-----vs logging into MW every time and trying to find a certain pic again.
  14. David Hingtgen
    Or the simplified 3-phase explanation of how jets work (suck, squeeze, blow).
  15. David Hingtgen
    I *really* would have liked "multiple shades of white" like an RG. What MS could use that more than the Unicorn? (related note: Yet again, we get an RG that doesn't really do the multiple shades thing---I'm looking at you EW Zero) That just pretty much kills it for me, it's the main appeal of RG for me. Looks so amazing on a Zaku, then they give us quite plain Zeta and Zero...
  16. David Hingtgen
    Pretty much. They raise it off the ground, but they don't allow much posing at all, and are big ugly industrial-looking blocks. That take up a ton of space. "Displaying/looking good/making the valk look good" are at the very bottom of their design intent, clearly. "Preventing contact with the ground/shelf" is really all they do. I have hundreds of model planes---many use the cheap ugly stand they come with out of necessity/cost. But for as many as I can find/afford---they get the much better, more elegant stands that both allow more to fit in the same area (more graceful/artful stands almost always take up less space and usually have varaible heights) and flat-out look a lot better---usually NOT being 3/4 the size of what they're holding up.
  17. David Hingtgen
    It is *all* going to depend on the light-up gimmick. Is it going to really look like "glowing psycho frame" or will it (more likely) look like "30 slightly diffused lights mounted internally".
  18. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, you+Renton=Boeing, so now I'm kind stymied if that's not it...
  19. David Hingtgen
    If you slice an F-14 right down the middle, nose to tail----you'll get almost a perfect classic airfoil shape. The "trailing edge" is achieved by having the beaver-tail so thin that there is almost no structure, purely the external skin itself----you can see right through that area when the airbrakes open.
  20. David Hingtgen
    "Beacon 527" is still holding up well so far, glue-wise.
  21. David Hingtgen
    My Sv-51 *came* with a stand (basically what Arcadia's selling now), and I still bought a Yeti stand pretty much just for it. And it was worth every penny. "Elegant stand that can actually show a plane FLYING" vs "big huge block of plastic that can hold a valk off the ground" Display stands are for displaying----Arcadia's is merely "to keep if off the ground", and is "industrial/functional" more than "display".
  22. David Hingtgen
    If adding to an existing stand, will "just the dual adapter" be sufficient to do a setup like the VF-11/YF-19 pic, or will another "regular" arm be needed as well? (I think the 2nd arm is needed to get enough height on the -19---or is an XL arm being used somewhere there?) Similar question for making a triple. (also---will 3 fighter-mode valks fit on a triple?) Finally---are any "free" adapters included with the stands now, or are they all sold separately? I need at least 1 whole new stand, a dual adapter, and an XL arm, but am trying to figure out if I need even more parts... (do we know what the VF-0D will require? That is DEFINITELY going on a Yeti stand!)
  23. David Hingtgen
    Triple stand, for all you people who buy valks in sets of three and want to display each mode simultaneously.
  24. David Hingtgen
    It'd just be a minor plot-point as a foil against the new singer. How much were Max and Milia in 7? It'd be like that. Of course the focus would be the "new triangle".
  25. David Hingtgen
    I'll be very interested to see the actual RAAF F-35 delivery numbers in the 2020's.
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