David Hingtgen

LOL, I was going to include the G8 as the 4th car, but thought people might say it's not muscle-y enough to be in that group. PS--it is just plain pathetic how long it's taking the Camaro to come out. It seemed to me that the Challenger was out right after they showed the concept...

Gah, MW "ate" my post. Anyways--I didn't get the A-10. I liked it more than the F-22 becuase it looked like it was painted sandy-grey, as opposed to the very plasticky-looking F-22. Cost more, $39.99. Had *great* weapons options though, better than most diecast/model A-10's. It's not up at the site, but it was this brand in a similar box: http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3045233

Just curious---anyone here considering a new Camaro/Mustang/Challenger anytime soon?

Found Firebat---just not worth $16 IMHO. Found my 4th Copperhead, this one had the 2nd-worst paint (very similar to the 1st one), so passed on him AGAIN. Sigh. Also found a ton of those big F-22s at TRU. And a similar (but better) A-10.

Ouch, no comment at all? (I only just tonight realized I missed the new ep, and just watched it at NBC.com)

From their emails, I get the impression that Yamato sends a big package of parts once a month or so. Speculation: they don't do "invididual" orders per se----they see what they need from their emails, ask Yamato, Yamato sends out a big box of parts, then OD goes through the box and sends out what was asked for.

I am surprised the gear/wheels aren't painted at all--especially with how nice he did with the canopy. ::envious::

Darn it, if some people here are not getting the Trek trailer with Bond, then I surely won't. My area is king of "not getting the cool trailer we're supposed to".

All the Charger stuff you could ever want is here: (I'd be surprised if you didn't know of this site) http://www.1969chargerregistry.com/ Brochure: http://www.1969chargerregistry.com/gallery/facts Interior colors: http://www.1969chargerregistry.com/gallery/interioroptions More interior: http://www.1969chargerregistry.com/interior.html Paint: http://www.1969chargerregistry.com/picture...e69paint_01.jpg http://www.1969chargerregistry.com/picture...paint_001_l.jpg

Send me any "techy" aircraft terms you get. I've translated some katakana from various mecha, it's just that I don't KNOW katakana and it takes me 30 mins with a chart to do a single word sometimes. (so I do it rarely) But I do know the basic rules of how it works, and if you give me the phonetic translated katakana I can probably figure out what it's supposed to be.

No posts about the 2010 Mustang unveiling? Rant/comment: One of my main complaints about ALL cars the past few years has been lack of color, inside and out. Lots of neutrals, very few actually colors, and rarely bright. And the interior--you can choose between dark grey and medium grey. I found a copy of the 69 Charger brochure that my dad must have ordered from, and the color options are amazing. (his was bright blue with a matching interior) Now, the new Mustang has a red interior option (like many cars lately)---but still, it's JUST red, no blue for the blue cars, no white for the white cars, etc. And it's only the seats with small accents elsewhere, no big swatches of color that I can see. The 04-06 GTO was the best car in 20 years I think for interior color options, but it still sucked that you couldn't order any "obviously cool and complementary" combinations like blue seats in a black or silver car. I mean, why offer RED seats for a black or red car, yet the "blue" equivalent is 99% grey with a small blue pinstripe? Why not make the blue seats just as blue, as the red ones are red? The "my color" gauges is one of the coolest things I've ever seen/wanted in a car, but the far more important paint and interior color options are severely lacking in 99% of cars made today.

Already answered regarding fin names, but I was going to post anyways about the modex numbers on them--I'm *very* glad to see they're there. All of the 1J's from TV just simply have to have them to look right, as they don't have them anywhere else--not on the nose, not on the wings. So here's hoping Max and Milia get theirs. (honestly I'd really like Roy's to have had them on all 4 of his fins too, but they're much smaller and not as important on that scheme--he has them on the nose and wings already---they'd be nice to have, but not essential)

I'm curious as to what the most time-saving "high-grade shop tools" are. Is there an electrical connector disconnector? I swear I spend more time trying to get those things apart than anything else. "Remove sensor A"---well, that's supposed to be easy, it's only got 1 bolt holding it on---and 1 connector---but it takes 20 mins to make the connector halves let go of their death grip on each other without breaking anything. (one of the main reasons I do my own work when possible---every mechanic/dealership always ends up breaking an electrical connector or two, because they don't spend the time/effort to get them apart cleanly--they just pull until they snap, then zip-tie the parts back together)

It also violates MW's "descriptive topic" rule. You MUST say SOMETHING about what it is in the title. No "what do you think?" or "check this out" topic names allowed.

??? The VF-0, yeah. But the Sv-51 rocks.

I'm surprised at that--that part's hinge is one of the most-improved areas compared to both the original 1/60 and 1/48.

Yes. If you're not sure which is which, are you sure you used the right one?

Alto and Ozma have different "collars", and due to the design of the sprue, I think giving Ozma a unique one was a last-minute addition.

Imzadi---one of the few good Trek books. Sequel sucked.

Nope.

Just because a show is on for a while, doesn't mean it's good. (conversely, just because it's good, doesn't mean it gets renewed)

Wasn't "Enterprise" a "current era sucks, let's go back to the beginning" type thing? Didn't work so well.

I've passed on all versions of the VF-0 so far waiting for a 0D. I will not buy a 0A or 0S, period. I want delta-wings.

English and Imperial measurements are different, that's why I said English. US uses English, England uses Imperial. (since a large number of my aviation books are British but I'm American, it is an issue when converting between units--especially when "ton" is specified)

Um, no. There is no such thing as an F-16MAXL. F-16XL---2 were built, a single-seater and a twin-seater.