David Hingtgen

I sure thought it was incredibly well set-up for a future series. That or it was part 2 of a 3-parter, and they just decided to end it, having run out of time/budget. (though that's par for the course now for just about any show---always leave the possibility open for more seasons, or at least a movie)

Umm, even though that's a top view, I can see a lot of kibble under the plane's belly. See my pic of a real Blackbird above.

What would the alternative be? Taxiing at high speed in the next lane over from Prime and Bumblebee?

I'm willing to forgive most of it, due to being an SR-71. There's pretty much no way to make a "minimal kibble" transforming SR-71, due to the SR-71 being all area, with no internal volume: The only way it could ever work is to basically be a combiner of itself---some parts in each nacelle, and the head in the cockpit, then split off those 3 major sections, combine them into a small bot, then try to fold up a bunch of leftover black panels into a backpack. (or somehow have all wing and chine bits separate into individual plates and re-attach to form armor plating around the limbs--cool, but impractical) (admittedly, the Jetfire toy has nothing in its nacelles AFAIK, and it could have had SOME robot parts stored in them, and not under the belly----could have reduced the kibble at least a bit) Most obvious choice are his thighs--they are his engines, so if the engines were in the nacelles, they wouldn't be hanging under the tailcone in jet mode. Then you could move a bit of the "side" kibble back where they were, and so on.

2 valks a month? How much do you smoke?!?!

18in? Honestly figured bigger than that.

I am so buying Leader Jetfire. He's just gigantic in jet mode. (and honestly, everyone on this forum likes big transforming jet toys)

Mirromaru has posted a few more pics of her Macro Klan cosplay: http://www.cosplay.com/gallery/a45364/

::resists posting pics of Grace's suit::

It's hard to explain, I drew it out when the first CAD of the new YF-19 came out, hoping they'd done so. I'll try to find my drawings. Or, just take a good look at the official lineart in battroid mode, especially the view from behind. Look carefully at the intakes/hips. Basically, if you look at the intake area in fighter mode from the side, the top half should split off and move forward, towards the cockpit. Or, in battroid mode---the intake itself (where the intake cover is) should stay with the upper leg/thigh, but not the area just above/ahead/around the intake. That area should split off and move forward and be part of the torso, not the legs. It HAS to be done that way on the VF-19F, S, and Kai. Thus, it should be that way on the YF-19 as well---it's just that you can "get away with" not separating those parts, and almost every YF-19 model/toy so far has done so. But if you DO do that area of the YF-19 like the VF-19F/S/Kai, you can get more line-art accurate intakes in fighter mode and more line-art accurate hips in battroid mode. (you also bulk up the lower torso a bit so it's not so skinny---and you could probably even incorporate a torso lock when that area slides)

V3 YF-19? My wants: 1. Locking chest! 2. Locking tabs for the wings in the fighter mode, and multiple tabs at that. They're held in purely by pressure on one end--they don't lock or align, you just "push until they won't go in any further"--they love to pop out, always have uneven anhedral since they're just hanging in by one tab, and the left and right ones never go in the exact same distance. 3. Related to part 2---shoulders flush in fighter mode! Pushing them down pops the wings out. (even if you sand, and I've sanded mine a lot) 4. The codpiece. It could follow the other belly/neck curves a lot better in fighter mode, I don't see why it doesn't. 5. Completely redesign the intake/hip area. THEY SHOULD SPLIT APART. HIPS ARE NOT INTAKES, INTAKES ARE NOT HIPS. See the SHE VF-19S kit for how all -19s should be. Yamato cannot make a VF-19F/S with the current YF-19 hip design---that shows why it's wrong. (this also allows the hips and intakes to look right in both fighter and battroid mode, as you don't have to compromosie one shape for the other)

Short version: Because it's from the future, because it's Romulan, and because he (according to the comic) raided some military installations etc before traveling back in time. And sheer size. One basic Trek rule is that Romulan weapons do more raw damage than just about anybody else's.

I think we are getting way too spoilerly here. Keep it in the movie thread please.

Mod-speak: Everyone shut up, and anyways: MAXL is obviously derived from XL, the F-16XL. The F-16XL is a delta-winged version of the F-16. The VF-11MAXL is a delta-winged version of the VF-11.

Grey plastic yellows just as badly as white plastic. See LEGO and SNES grey.

Lolicon, could you post again how you did the purple canopy? (I know you said it before, but it's now buried in the archived thread)

I still need to play the original Ico. Anyways, I have two hopes/requests: 1. SotC's composer. 2. At some point, way off in the distance, you see "the bridge" from SotC.

Hmmmn. *Acrylic* purple ink. I think I've bought every purple ink in town, none strike me as acrylic. They all reacted very differently with Future, but none left a nice tint. As for the white head striping---darn, you got yours to work? I've ruined 2 decals so far and still don't have it right. It's the seam/cracks! Anyone here got a spare head decal for Alto?

The 777 is still selling well, as is the 737. As for 787---in addition to Boeing admitting it, everyone already knew it based on supplier problems etc. If the parts going into the plane aren't right, the finished plane's not going to be right.

You're mis-reading. The first 6 *787s* are not up to par, to the point of airlines not wanting them. Most airliners are to full-spec from the very first one. First 777 ever built currently flies for Cathay Pacific. First MD-11 is with FedEx. Actually, the Concorde has an above-average number of prototypes and pre-production examples (those are 2 different things when talking about the Concorde) and percentage-wise has an insanely-high number of "not delivered to the airlines" examples built. Also, static-test airframes are never counted in any category/total, they aren't even assigned line numbers and don't count as part of the production run. (especially since they're never finished, sometimes never getting past the 55% mark or so)

Saw the HotWheels Reliant today. Worse than I expected. Main complaint: lack of paint. Anyone who's actually researched the paint scheme in order to build a model (cough cough) knows that the Reliant has more accent/color paint on it than just about any other Federation ship. There's a LOT of blue/blue-grey/grey-blue. And not little stripes or a subtle aztec pattern, but big, obvious areas. The Ent-A etc does have a lot of colored areas, but they're all very subtle. Reliant's are as obvious as it gets, even more distinct than most of an Excelsior-class's markings. They're ALL missing on the toy. Except for one stripe around the bridge. (gaps and bendy nacelles are par for the course--I expect gaps on all toys where rubbery plastic is mated to diecast, and bendy nacelles are just inherent to any Trek toy with solid nacelles)

$10 concept BB is more accurate and slimmer than Ult BB. I will not even begin to think positive until I see pics of leader SS.

Yeah, but that's not an aerodynamic reason/effect.

Angled tailfins are mainly for retaining control/stability at high-alpha-----a vertical fin will be operating in the wake of the fuselage at high-alpha, while ones canted outwards will get clean air.

Man it took me a while to identify that airliner. It's a DC-8-61, but the engines are wrong. Are they just mock-ups to replace the originals? (I first thought it was a DC-8 wing, but the more I looked, the more the engines looked wrong). Then I found it: http://www.airliners.net/photo/McDonnell-D...8-61/0890926/L/ But those are NOT DC-8 engines hanging off the wing!