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  1. David Hingtgen
    Am I the only one who'd like to see Dina Meyer as Bargirl again?
  2. David Hingtgen
    Any plane "recovered from a lake" doesn't count, as there's usually little more than a spar and a few fuselage frames that are useable. I want to say, 50% original parts required, to be "original"? You can use dozens of sources and make a Frankenstein of many different serial numbers, and that's fine. But if you take a canopy hinge and the left aileron trim-tab, then make the rest at a workshop--"that ain't a restoration, that's a new-build plane". *scews/nuts/bolts/wires don't count. I'm talking "airframe" pieces. Any frame/spar/rib/hoop/stringer/fairing, and probably skin panels (though skin panels are often replaced).
  3. David Hingtgen
    2 pack? Gah, zero chance I'd buy a two-pack. Just Milia however...
  4. David Hingtgen
    2 Countaches (both LP400S or newer, but older than 25th), Testarossa, 512(?), F40, KITT, Gallardo and Aventador.
  5. David Hingtgen
    I feel this is much more the fault of the entire Bay-verse aesthetic, than Hasbro's designers. Movie Devastator is just a mess, plain and simple. There's almost no thought put into the transformation/feasability. It's just "a bunch of vehicles, thrown into a blender, then spit out into a robot". And making sure to place a few key bits of kibble, so you can say "See, THERE's the vehicle parts it's made of!" The fact that to this day, Hasbro still doesn't even get the basic composition (how many vehicles, of what type/color) correct, is VERY telling.
  6. David Hingtgen
    I believe the F-14 had full slats and spoilers, in addition to the flaps. Thus my comment that this one isn't as "full-featured" as the F-14.
  7. David Hingtgen
    It'll probably cost around $1500. That is simply the going rate for most major/recent partwork sets. Plane, train, car, ship. $1500. May be 50 volumes, or 150 volumes. But probably in the 80-120 volume range, and around $1500. Planes do tend to be in the upper range though, so I wouldn't be surprised if this costs 2000. It does seem to be a bit less advanced (functions-wise) than the F-14D though. If it follows the standard method, it'll be like this: Vol 1: cockpit/canopy (large, obvious parts). Build cockpit, set aside canopy for later (don't lose it!). Cheap intro price to get you hooked---5 bucks? Vol2: Left tailfin, with skull squadron logo! "Big, cool-looking pieces to continue getting you hooked/involved". Attach rudder to fin, set aside for later. Price increased---10 bucks? Vol 3-70: wires, screws, frame/structure. Full price, 20 bucks each? Vol 71-79: fuselage skin, right tailfin. Vol 80: Attach canopy and left tailfin, from Vols 1-2, finishing the model. Just so people know what they're getting into, if they're seriously considering dropping the money. Actual modeling skills needed are few----it'll be just screwing together bits, and maybe a very tiny amount of gluing. No painting or decals, should be entirely pre-finished. (That's a bit chunk of what you're paying for---almost all parts are de-sprued, trimmed, painted, bagged, and sorted, when you get them)
  8. David Hingtgen
    Not real fond of the 'soot-covered nose and CFT's'. Reminds me of the MP Starscreams like that-----heavy, black weathering in very inappropriate areas. Apparently the radar runs on coal...
  9. David Hingtgen
    I keep thinking, of all the various ways the info we have can be interpreted----will it just be CALLED BSG, but not actually be about *Galactica*? How can you be "in Moore's universe" but tell another story, about Galactica? (without being an immediate prequel) I'm thinking it'll be more like Caprica (same universe, but set very far away from Galactica itself), just *called* BSG. (but of course, it has to show up at SOME point, or the name makes ZERO sense)
  10. David Hingtgen
    The color may be right, but it's just too ridicuously expensive. I have car maintenance that needs to be done, for that much $. I would much rather have a "basic" finish for half the price. The issue never was with the finish/details/markings themselves, it was just flat-out the wrong color. It didn't need $200 of weathering, it needed $0 of "use the right color of plastic this time".
  11. David Hingtgen
    The new "fake Haynes manual" coming out: http://www.theforce.net/v3-story/frontStar_Wars_Rebel_Starfighters_Owners_Workshop_Manual_Preview_185148.asp If we're lucky, it'll have full entries for the new B and Y wings.
  12. David Hingtgen
    B-Wing still nothing revealed (beyond trailer) but we do have a side-view of the Y-Wing (lower right):
  13. David Hingtgen
    Ok, has any recent, decent, collector-targeted etc figure been done in silver? I can buy a zillion good Rogue figures, of any shape/style, from $ legends up to $$$$$$ statues, in green/yellow. But that's my only choice for a silver Storm?
  14. David Hingtgen
    Wondered if that might be the case. Seems odd that, of all the zillion Storm figures ever made, no one has ever made her "iconic" silver outfit. Just "toon-accurate" white versions. (yes, I am fully in the camp of it being silver, and not "white with blue highlights", because that's exactly how the Silver Surfer, and Optimus Prime's chrome bumper, were colored, too) It's a "limitation of cheap animation/printing" and not "an intentional depiction of color".
  15. David Hingtgen
    Well, then I'll be supporting the 3P-only stores, if it comes to that. I don't think Baba sells HasTak stuff?
  16. David Hingtgen
    I was just going to post that, as I watched a review of it right before going to bed last night. They put it right on the box art...
  17. David Hingtgen
    Pretty much that---ESB has been widely available for decades. And I swear the SSD studio model was the most "elusive" one of all, for a very long time. ESB itself was about THE only reference to use. Even in "the age of the internet" there wasn't much for quite a while, until they finally "hauled it out of the warehouse and put it on display in London", like a decade ago, and that was the first time it was ever really photographed since ESB. (and Lego STILL got the proportions all wrong). Most models/games prior to that had it way too skinny. Many still are, based on how "popularized" the long, skinny SSD look was. As "main ships from SW" go, it wasn't until recently (as things go) that we REALLY knew exactly what all the shapes/details/measurements on the SSD were. But the engines have always been red.
  18. David Hingtgen
    Where's the silver Storm from?
  19. David Hingtgen
    One thing I noticed immediately but forgot to mention: The neck. Where's the ribbing? It's like, 1/10 of what it should be. I've only seen the Excelsior neck done properly once, and that was a guy who made it from scratch, to replace the Ertl kit's. It's not actually "ribbed" or "grooved". It's actually just a stack of layers. The smaller/inner layer, and the larger/outer layer. Just alternate the 2 sizes, one on top of the next. ::edit:: Found it:
  20. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, I've been considering MS-01. It's definitely the best overall alt-mode I think, of the 'recent' MP Primes. But still doesn't quite do it for me. And still has an inferior cab to MP-10. I think (like most MP NotSidewipes) they used the official MP, and not the real thing, as their vehicle mode reference. "A copy of a copy of a copy" syndrome, when it comes to alt-mode accuracy. (plus, like a lot of them--the stripe is way too broad. That also annoyed me in the BB movie) (This is most true with any MP Seeker though---holy hell do they copy the MP's inaccuracies to a T, definitely not referencing a real F-15 for some details)
  21. David Hingtgen
    Same. For me, I think it really comes down to the alt-mode windows. MP-10's are like half as tall as any recent figure's---and that's correct for well, pretty much any cabover. Having these super-tall, "square" front windows, may make robot mode more toon-accurate---but you end up with a Pixar-style, "cutesy big-eyed" look to the "face" of the truck, which just ruins it. Seriously, this looks like a "whimpering puppy", to me, with the size/shape/angle of the front windows and their frames. ::edit:: And what's up with the square headlights? MP-10's are just like the G1's, and just like the appropriate-year real thing. Ovals.
  22. David Hingtgen
    Siege OS's elevated track is nice, but like most versions besides G1, it is missing the core (to me) element----the track is meant for the little tank to run along. The tanks are always grossly oversized, and don't fit the track at all. If I ever get another OS, it'll be this one: Sure, it has unquestionably the worst "gantry", but the track actually is track, and the tank actually runs along it. It's a working model railroad. Tankroad.
  23. David Hingtgen
    I'll agree with that.
  24. David Hingtgen
    And it's not like it's some super-subtle thing you have to freeze-frame to catch, it's super-obvious if you just "watch the movie": Painting them blue, on the biggest most expensive piece of SSD merchandise that's been released in the past couple years, means you weren't even looking at the original source material for what you were trying to copy. But even worse, is having it pointed out like a year ago when the first hand-finished sample was unveiled, and then NOT fixing it for production. I'm pretty sure even just emailing the factory a googled Chinese translation of "paint engines red, not blue" would have sufficed.
  25. David Hingtgen
    Obviously Cybertronians use the same tech as Starfleet---"direct hit to lower aft cargo bay!" ::sparks fly from conn on bridge::
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