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  1. David Hingtgen
    I considered it, but I doubted anyone does. Note to people---if by some chance you DO have multiple green VF-27's, don't vote yet, let me know and I'll change the poll.
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    The Sv-51 is certainly much more capable in the multi-role aspects. It seems equipped for air/land/sea, in all 3 modes. VF-0 seems more like "battroid for ground, fighter for air".
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    I'm curious as to how rare it is, on MW at least. Rarer than the Low-Vis V1, etc? I don't really care who *doesn't* own one, I suspect 99% of MW doesn't, so there's no "no" option.
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    IIRC, modern race engines tend to have little to no filtration, because the engines aren't expected to last very long, and/or get torn down often which will allow you to clean everything out and polish parts back to spec etc. "Civillian" cars are intended to last for years, and hopefully never be totally torn down piece-by-piece. So they require much more filtration.
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    Eek! The F-20 is second only to the YF-23 for "awesome planes I love that never got built but should have won because they were better". I'm especially interested in F-20 weapon load pics, especially mixed loads with Sparrows or Mavericks. Any Shrike/HARMs?
  6. David Hingtgen
    Awesome. I so want a CW Qui-Gon vs Maul flash-back/rematch or something.
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    'cuz I'm a mod.
  8. David Hingtgen
    Not a big Hathaway fan. I don't dislike her or anything but she's not even in the top 50 I think for who I'd pick for Catwoman.
  9. David Hingtgen
    The detachable legs thing is the cause of most of this toy's problems IMHO. Seriously, does anyone EVER do it on purpose? You can't even display it like that. But trying to move things around without them coming off, and re-attaching them when they inevitably do, lead to a full on crack-separation on the thigh of mine. Did the most durable repair I could, let the glue dry for weeks, but have only transformed it twice or so since then. I don't know if it'll hold.
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    I like the armor, honestly. It's more battle-worthy than her micro-skirt was... Anyways---is Lightning's real name still a spoiler? I've avoided ever saying it here, but the first thought in my mind when I saw that pic--was her real name, and not "Lightning".
  11. David Hingtgen
    I intentionally never watch next-ep previews, of any show. I like being surprised.
  12. David Hingtgen
    Testors is a brand, not a particular type. They make acrylics, enamels, and lacquers. I know wm cheng likes their Model Master acrylic clears. But their infamous dullcote is a lacquer. I like Testors enamel semi-gloss, but Tamiya for a dull coat.
  13. David Hingtgen
    Would anyone mind if the mods deleted pics in posts that are 3 issues ago or older? When you've got multiple issues on the same page, it can take a while to download and scroll to get to the new stuff.
  14. David Hingtgen
    Thanks much, ordered it tonight.
  15. David Hingtgen
    Sometimes I wonder if Lucasfilm is just doing self-parodies with names the past decade. (I'm not even going to try to spell these right) Voolvif Monn---hey, a wolf-man! Savage Opress---yeah, he's savage and will likely oppress people Elan Sleazebaggano----hey, a sleaze-bag drug dealer! And of course, most Darth names. Vader was the only one with any "thought" put into it. We're runing out of "evil" terms at this point. Darth Badguya is probably next, or Darth Evilpersonis.
  16. David Hingtgen
    I think the question was intended more like "is there a valk design that is UNIVERSALLY disliked?"
  17. David Hingtgen
    Ok, I haven't bought a Gundam kit in a couple of years at this point. What's currently a cheap place to get new kits from? (for people in the US) Specifically, I want the new HGFC Nobel Gundam. But a lot of places still list it as pre-order, and HLJ is sold out. Note I said cheap, not best-fastest---if it takes 4 weeks to get here, no problem, so long as it's a cheaper shipping option. Also, no "Paypal only" places.
  18. David Hingtgen
    I still don't like the VF-0 much, just a lazy ret-con of the VF-1 IMHO. The VF-0D however, is nice--and is what the standard V-0 design should have been to start with.
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    I'm posting this here way in advance, just in case: I'm a huge KOTOR fan. I never ever saw a Darth Revan fig despite looking many times (and even having other people look), and they were rare online even if you were willing to pay scalper rates. Thus, when the Bastila Shan figure comes out, I figure it'll be scalped even more---but I really want one! Or two. If you find one, please pick it up. (seriously, it might be like 9 months out from now, but just so people know...)
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    Who decides how much to risk on a question? Watson? IBM's guys take a poll? Especially for the final one--I'd be impressed if the computer can guess if the human competitors know the answer, and base its wager off of their chances of gettting it right...
  21. David Hingtgen
    Bigger pic of CW Barriss Offee: http://img208.poco.cn/mypoco/myphoto/20110113/14/55214677201101131432351955405128292_002.jpg
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    Ok, currently I'm at 112% DPI. While it still messes up the alignment at Pizza Hut, all icons/choices are still at least clickable/viewable. Most every other site works if set to "smallest" and I don't have to constantly uncheck/recheck "ignore style and size". ::edit 2:: 121% is actually the "next step up", not 120%. (yes, I'm going 1 by 1). May be the best compromise---a few sites are slightly mis-aligned, but generally still work, and everything else is just that extra little smidge better that I really prefer. "Quick reply" and "edit post" (like I'm typing right now) at MW is still quite tiny though. ::edit:: Switching to rich-text format for the editor solves that problem. Still going to tweak the registry later, fiddle with system fonts etc---I got the clock decently sized without killing the web-functionality, but many programs still display quite small. (CPU-ID and GPU-Z in particular give me issues)
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    I've been "starting from scratch" with all my settings. (changed to XP "silver" theme, to make sure everything is default to start with) I'm trying "standard" DPI, as that seems critical for "minimum size". Everything seems to be much easier to enlarge, than to shrink. So far I've got stuff "mostly good" but as I type this, I realize that 'quick reply' gives me uber-teeny tiny text. Like, 1pt font... But I do current have most sites and files/programs looking good. "Display properties" etc though still has tiny text.
  24. David Hingtgen
    PS--anyone willing to actually measure their "common" font size? To me, 2mm high is too small, but that's about what I'm seeing on most other people's screens.
  25. David Hingtgen
    Again, thanks much for the pics. I think I have everything figured out---I just think there's no solution for me at the moment. After doing lots more experimenting and comparing to your pics, I think my main issue was "the smallest setting is still too big to fit in the tables". (unless everything is set to default, which makes most things TOO small). I went back and fiddled with my DPI settings for the PC/display itself. If I go back to default, everything works well, and pretty much matches your pics. This makes fonts/tables easily adjustable. However, it brings back the main problem I had when my monitor was new---all system text is too small. From file names to icons to Windows Log-in to drop-down menus to the recycle bin. I can back off on the DPI a bit---but no setting other than default seems to work with tables/grids still. So I'm back to my preferred DPI, as that's utterly essential to sheer PC operation IMHO. I'm going to do some googling and see if anyone else has a DPI/font issue. At least now I've narrowed it down a lot. (does anyone else here have a 22in monitor that's native 1920x1080?). But even if it was a 24in 1080p, or a 22in 1600x900 I don't think it'd be a big enough difference to leave DPI at the default. Unless Win7 inherently handles high-res/DPI better--another thing to investigate. (as WinXP was presumably designed for 4:3 CRT, but Win7 would expect 16:9 LCD) New/related question for everybody---could I have some just generic program/desktop pics from Win7? Anything BUT web-browsing. I'd like to see how the system font displays. Any of Window's own desktop menus (like the display properties or an opened start menu) would be especially useful. And if you've got a 1920x1080 22in monitor, that'd be especially helpful to compare absolute font size. Still, from a few grabs I can find online of Win7, it still looks kinda small to me. (not as tiny as XP at default DPI, but still enough that I'd have to change it some). If I'm really lucky, Win7 at 125% DPI looks good for the system itself, yet still keeps small browser fonts small enough.
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