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  1. David Hingtgen
    Give me silver thighs, waist, and stripe. I will never accept him having a white bumper and grill etc. ::insert "Superman's hair doesn't have blue streaks" argument here:: It still boggles me that so many companies do so many versions and repaints, yet still never do that obvious basic color combo. Basically I want the G1 toy colors, but not slavishly G1----blue eyes, not yellow, etc. Or put another another way----"fix" the toon colors to make sense based on the alt mode. Chrome/silver/metal not white. And it makes no sense to have faux-stripes in bot mode when they don't put them on alt-mode... (have silver stripes in both modes so it makes sense----they're drawn on the model sheet yet colored red----another "persistent animation error")
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    Only if you boil it down to an 8-pack of crayons, hue-spread-wise. The -31C toy doesn't match the show, and the new -31AX doesn't match anything that came before. No, none of them are bright scarlet red. But it doesn't mean they match each other, nor the show. (of course, having not seen the movie, I don't know what shade the -31AX is truly supposed to be). But I do know the DX -31C doesn't match the TV series nor most other -31C merchandise.
  3. David Hingtgen
    Looks even redder than the 31C. Bandai's really doubling down on the "not gonna make her valk purple no matter it looks on the show".
  4. David Hingtgen
    Bumping, wondering if there's any changes/news? It's been a couple years, and COVID has definitely affected intl shipping----anyone have anyone to recommend, or know of anyone that now should be avoided? (I've recently spotted an item I've been trying to get at a decent price for YEARS, has sold well within my budget over at Yahoo Japan several times the past few months---yet it goes for 2x to 3x as much on Ebay) I've never bid on Yahoo Japan, but I'm going to have to, as it's the only way I'll ever get it, it seems.
  5. David Hingtgen
    I feel the issue with the Scarecrow minifig is the color the head's molded in---it's too close to flesh and the eye-surround print color, so it ends up looking more like a bald head with big eyes and scars, than a bag with stitching. If it'd been molded in dark orange or nougat or something, I think it would have worked better.
  6. David Hingtgen
    So the red w/gold Sv-262 is Char's, right?
  7. David Hingtgen
    Maybe it was the fulfillment of a life long dream. Maintenance guy had a beloved toy F-15 long ago, joined the Air Force, finally got his chance to make it real... I do wonder if they had to custom-make the stencils, or if they had "1960's B-52 size" still on-hand.
  8. David Hingtgen
    I find it ironic that they skipped right over a generation (or two or three) of engines, most notably the MD-80's JT8D-200 that held a lot of promise/likely choice in the 80's, and ended up with the successor MD-95's engines. (717 my ass, it's a Douglas plane!) Anyways----someone likes insignias. On the drop tanks, and XXL on the wings:
  9. David Hingtgen
    LEGO *does* have larger ratchet hinges that can hold significant weight, but they're in only in one or two shapes and rarely seen in my experience. (I'm thinking of the ones in the Silent Mary set, as they hold up the entire front half of the ship).
  10. David Hingtgen
    So the bolts/discs on Not-Walkure's outfits----purely for style, or maybe holo-projectors or something? They seem to have fairly "standardized" locations (shoulder, collar, etc)
  11. David Hingtgen
    I saw a lot of posts on other forums saying it was better than expected, so I at least gave it a shot---and it's not horrible? I'm certainly interested enough to watch a second ep, and see where it goes. Also, David Kaye is in it, so that's an automatic coolness point.
  12. David Hingtgen
    My money is on Bandai knowing about this a while ago, and is the real reason for refurbishing the mold. The Alto reissue was likely just a "test-run", in preparation of doing Max and Milia* ones. They wouldn't spend the money fixing it up like they did just for an Alto reissue. *if they make it, it'll sell, even if not seen in the movie. Or do a white one for Mylene, or a Mirage, or...
  13. David Hingtgen
    Not to mention that Milia's an alien that are generally believed to live much longer than humans. It'd be rather pointless to apply human retirement rules to her. What's she supposed to do for the next 100 years?
  14. David Hingtgen
    Fixed.
  15. David Hingtgen
    I don't need another DX -29, I don't need another DX -29...
  16. David Hingtgen
    Though they make the point that they're genetically engineered to be that way, and overtly "it's in Khan's miracle-blood".
  17. David Hingtgen
    She's crew? I didn't catch that. But, time-line-wise, it kinda works, since this would be before Khan was re-awakened? (though his last name should be pretty famous/historical regardless)
  18. David Hingtgen
    There was hinting at even more "legacy" characters. I'd rather they keep closer to "Pike's own unique crew, with Spock" rather than move towards "Kirk's crew, but with Pike instead of Kirk". IMHO, they're right at the limit now. If they bring in Sulu and Scotty...
  19. David Hingtgen
    Well, my Alto -25 (3rd release?) just had "the piece" crack apart. I assume this is still the only replacement option----https://www.shapeways.com/product/P3NMXGCSY/v2-messiah-cracked-hips-replacement Also, getting to the rear section doesn't seem to be an issue, but the forward section is----there's three screws, but the forward pair doesn't seem very accessible. The -29's forward fuselage comes apart easier than the -25's IIRC. Any tips? (also, do you HAVE to remove the pins? I've removed a fair number of pins before, but never those hollow ones---which seem to be the cause of the problem---they "open up" over time it appears, and split the plastic apart from the inside---I've managed to "squeeze one down" a hair, so hopefully replacement parts will last a while) My -25 spends most of its time in fighter mode, has been so since before COVID. Transformed it only partially, slowly, to put the armor on, and it just fell apart... And it's usually "naked", so no "heavy armor stress" or anything.
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    I don't think there was ever a white prototype Countach like that in the left background. I think that intake design was one-of-a-kind, on the yellow one. Maybe you could just paint some extra framing on the Aventador window-glass, and give it that Countach side-window look?
  21. David Hingtgen
    Hope people don't mind but I edited out all the "no longer working" leaked trailer vids so we don't have to scroll through multiple screens of them every time.
  22. David Hingtgen
    I know I'm not the target audience, but I still thought it might be ok during the first half, but by the time it ended, it lost me.
  23. David Hingtgen
    So, what is the best XL out there now? I know it's not the A. To help narrow it down, these are the main ones I'm interested in: Nebula, Miranda, Ambassador, Sovereign.
  24. David Hingtgen
    DS is the only one where jet mode isn't "bent". (Hastak has a droopy nose, MT has the ass end sticking up)
  25. David Hingtgen
    Something that 99% of people miss, on the standard Excelsior vs the Refits: The outboard nacelle fins. (not the new ones, the ones that are ALWAYS present on ALL versions). The refits, have longer fins there. They're extended rearwards a bit, so that their rear edge now lines up with the rear edge of the new fin that was added on top. (the original fins would otherwise stop ahead of the trailing edge of the new fins---this way all the fins "end at the same spot") Or to put it another way---the original fins do not extend rearward beyond the rear end of nacelle itself. The Refit's do. (I believe the "new" Excelsior model built for the Voyager episode got this wrong---it has the extended fins) It's basically a small parallelogram-shaped extension. The original Ertl kit of the 1701-B included the extensions as extra parts to add. (no tabs/slots or anything, you just had to butt-join and putty them on). But I think like every other model/toy/diecast just gives the Refit version the same "rear outboard fins" as the regular version. :;edit:; Found a pic of the kit's sprues, I circled the fin extensions (they're right next to the all-new fins)
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