David Hingtgen

Hibana (main character) has flat-out, the best walk ever. Period. Just FYI. Overseas, it's been out since December. Just came out a few days ago here. Late night edit: There's a playable demo in the current issue of OPM.

Hey, Lineage II looks to have lots of "graphical options" for characters. I don't know if it's merely large quantities of *different-looking* armor, or flat-out selectable for the character, but it's definitely caught my eye. I don't necessarily need "customizing" just "lots of options".

Real 'vette yellow is pretty vibrant as cars go. Decidedly lighter than the "rich" Mustang yellow, but not quite the nearly-neon yellow you also sometimes see. It's right in the middle. "Millenium Yellow" I believe is the current version. PS---no jets? THAT IS THE SUCK! Guess we'll just have to rely on Yamato for transforming planes.

Yes, dragging this thread back up from 5 months ago--but now the game's actually out! Anyone else played it? Comments? I'm loving it. Everyone seems to ignore Hisui, even though she's even more fun to play as:

Did some checking----even the tiniest of the "little black holes" on the shuttle are fully functional verniers. Thus all of the shuttle's verniers are liquid-fueled rockets. 24 pounds of thrust from the little ones, 870 on the larger ones. Little ones good for 330,000 firings.

It used to be that bigger TF's usually meant more complex transformations. Now they're "dumbed down" so that they can be huge and simple, for 26 different lights and sounds. It's sad that many of the $6.99 "basic" TF's have the most complex (and best) transformations of the line.

Nope, gotta be male in Fable.

I checked out Fable--while there's a lot of stuff possible, there's only one character, a guy. There's a LOT of VERY different versions of him, but it's all the same guy. Just anywhere from a priest to a demonic scarred sorceror version of him.

Heh heh. KOTOR choices were pretty much "which face is least ugly". (Part of the reason I thought beards would really help) Ok---any non-anime RPG's anywhere similar to what I'm looking for?

Ummn, no. Just looking for something different. Man, I knew that'd be taken the wrong way, but there was no other way to phrase it. From what I've seen, PSO actually has the closest options for what I want, but that's not an option. Anyone here actually played Morrowind? I've seen LOTS of neat options, but need to know just what categories are available. (The armor especially catches my eye, I'm big on having cool-looking armor) And there's also the "game itself has to be good, too". SW:KOTOR--great game, would have gone through it even more times had there been more options. I eventaully saw what about 90% of all characters looked like "dark". But only 3 colors of robes, and height is the only thing that's variable... And why were there no light-side guys with beards? I wanted Qui-Gon or Obi-Wan.

Thanks, but few things I like less than sports games. Though I did take a look and Tiger Woods does look like I'd have lots of fun designing a character (LOTS of options)--just not playing as one. Anyways---so, if there's no "perfect" game out there, what ones offer the most choices? Either lots of little changes, fewer (but big) ones, etc. One of the neater options was actually in SW:KOTOR. While it didn't really affect "proportions" your initial job would affect your character's height. Soldiers would tower over a scoundrel, regardless of other options you chose. Or to be more specific---what game would offer the most possible variations of anime girls? Especially purple and/or green hair if at all possible. (see avatar) Or elves (especialy dark ones). Or heck, just humans with unrealistically large swords/elaborate armor. Basically---I'm tired of playing as generic RPG hero-man. Give me a female lead, or a non-human one. Or non-human-female. (Yes, I like dark elf chicks, they wouldn't be in so many games if they weren't popular)

This kind of goes along the lines of many recent RPG's--PSO, FFXI, and Morrowind, etc. I'm just looking for a game (preferably offline) that has loads and loads of options for designing a character's appearance. And color variations aren't nearly as important as actual physical differences. If there's 4 types of ankles or 5 knees to choose from and 26 torsos, that'd be wonderful. I want way more than 3 bodies, 4 faces, and 6 hair colors like many games offer. Any games with a very complex design? (Well, I know wrestling games often get pretty complex--but I'm looking for more like an RPG, with fantasy races etc)

99 mil? It's not worth that, literally. Also---you know, I expected a lot of fake bids, but most of them are by people who have hundreds of points, with like 0-2 neg, and wouldn't risk "blowing" their good status.

ECM stuff's always removed whenever taken out of service. There's nothing "sensitive" in a Hornet-A besides that. (Well, the radar, but that's certainly gone) C's and later though would have quite a few "little" things. Think about it--that airframe could be nearly 25 by now, no "aerodynamic" secrets in it---Hornet A's suck, which is why they're all gone and replaced by Hornet-C's. Which suck, but suck less than an A. Also--it's a Blue Angels plane (almost all the Hornets from that production block are). All the "good stuff" is already gone. (Don't believe the airshow "they can be fighting in 24 hours" line---nope. There's a LOT of stuff taken out to reduce weight, many ports/vents are literally welded/bolted shut, etc--they are for airshows, nothing more. Heck, the entire cannon area is replaced by a smoke-generator-oil set, and civillian ILS/NAV equip, etc) A Blue Angels Hornet has no chance of ever fighting again, not without a LOT of work. PS---on one of the main airplane forums I go to, there's a guy who's part of a "club" who have (flyable)F-104's, Mig-21's, and are looking at an Su-27. And they have looked into this F-18, but the price is getting high, quickly. But the exchange rate is quite favorable for ex-Ukranian fighters... Only history I could find on the F-18 for auction is this: "161973 was Blue Angels aircraft. Offered for public sale by Air Capitol Warbirds as of Feb 2002" ::major edit:: Here's the F-18 being rebuilt: http://www.airwarbirds.com/f_a-18_pics.htm They've got lots of F-5's and A-7's it looks like, too.

AFAIK, a lot of those planes aren't flyable though (or at least, would be pointless---what do you plan on doing with an E-3? ) The theory is that there's 130 *planes* in the game, not 130 planes you can fly as. PS--Graham, it's the A-7 without an afterburner. And F-105's are fast because all planes of that era are fast. Hey, a Jian-Ji 8 Finback---and a P-3. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmn. (Make your own mid-air-collision-forced-to-land-in-China joke here)

I have no idea which Flash is on TV at the moment. I too want Rayner as GL (at least he was mentioned once). My guess is that we have Stewart for "diversity" in the cast. (Though you'd think a martian would be enough). PS--Totally Spies *is* surprisingly good. If nothing else, it's the only animated show I know where the main characters actually do change clothes every day. Outsiders---I read it mainly because Jade's in it.

Love 'em both, but like TT more. (currently not feeling the need to expand upon my thoughts)

Omega Supreme---the "train" is the epitome of "we SAY it's a train, so it is". That's a "vehicle" connected to another "thing". Not a train. I'd love a train. TF trains are rare, and 90% of them are bullet trains. You know, there's FREIGHT trains too. Ship half---sigh. Tidal Wave's carrier is clearly based on a real carrier, too many details to be guess-work. But OS's "battleship" is so off, it's cleary along the lines of "hey you, make a battleship" and the guy just went straight to work off of fantasy images in his head, not even glancing at a pic of a real one. PS--just look at the "train" pic, and turn your head sideways---WHAT transformation is there? It's his right half, laying on its side.

E3 is a million times easier to get in.

Here you go: http://www.toy-tia.org/Content/NavigationM...al_TOY_FAIR.htm But you can't just "get in". First thing they want is your Hasbro/Mattel/Palisades/Bandai/etc ID.

Just wondering if anyone has enough connections, etc to get in this weekend. I'm fairly sure somebody (Kevin Lam?) from here went last year. Odds of Macross stuff being there isn't *too* high, but Toynami's sure to make an appearance, and of course Bandai. And even Hasegawa should show, as it's not PURELY toys---lots of model companies come. Never know what will show up, or who might have acquired what license. Maybe we'll all be surprised if Yamato shows up.

A big thing for me is accurately modeled aircraft (of course). For anyone who has the game, can you tell me how the F-4 and F-14 are? Basically, when you roll the plane--what does the game show for moving control surfaces? These two planes will instantly highlight how much (if any) research went into the flight models. AC4's Tomcat is so far off it bugs me every time I fly. The F-4 is unusual, but so highly documented and so old (40+ years) there's no excuse not to get it right. (And for the F-14, I need wings swept and unswept--AC4 is even more wrong when swept). Sigh, I hate it when things get worse--AC2 had overall more accurate control surfaces for most planes, AC4 actually made it worse on most. Tornado's the best. Ironically, the Tornado is really close to how the Tomcat SHOULD be. Sigh(2)---a LOT of military planes do not have ailerons, and/or do not rely on them much. Nobody seems to notice that.

rdenham---yup, they're pretty washed-up/high contrast. PS--Ironically, I have nearly the exact same F-4's, only the Corgi versions.

Yargh! My first draft specifically mentioned the non-Sea Harrier. But I couldn't really think of a good way to say it. I hold the current FRS.2 Sea Harrier as a great BVR fighter. Ok, I'll try again: The F-35 is way better than the AV-8B+, and the GRS.Mk7 current-issue ground-attack/CAS non-Sea non-air-combat Harriers.

If there's one thing truckers chrome (after the bumper) it's the stacks. (then air cleaners, then fuel tanks, then wheels--because chrome on wheels just doesn't last long on a truck).