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  1. David Hingtgen
    Give me a light-up Discovery Enterprise... (and maybe Capt Pike)
  2. David Hingtgen
    Made by Tomy, so official? But the insignias are 3P, so... I'm now up to 2/3 of my "MP action-master" Team Bullet Train! (Rapid Run is used and missing an antenna, but I got him really cheap, and I should be able to get a replacement with my pending shipment to get parts to build Midnight Express) (I'm not buying entire trainsets brand-new only for one car!) It would be neat to have them run together, but it's basically impossible due to the real things being unable to couple together, and unable to run without the rest of their cars----and the models reflect those aspects accurately. (they do light up though, if powered on)
  3. David Hingtgen
    Classified recolors---now they're *too* toony IMHO. Reminds me of MP TF's-----"let's make them look as smooth and bland as possible, to get that cheap animation look". Like, I want my Gung-ho wearing blue as much as the next guy----just not bright neon blue and a giant 'stache. And making EVERY strap the exact same blue? Yeah, that was to simplify the animation and the original toy paint apps. Don't do that nowadays I want SOME realism in my classified figs. Use the toon and original figs for the colors, but not EXACTLY. Don't color them so boldly and simply that now you're hiding all the details.
  4. David Hingtgen
    And it's here. 5 days door to door, that's pretty good for EMS from Japan.
  5. David Hingtgen
    Now? When was it ever not?
  6. David Hingtgen
    Package left Chicago this morning----and just arrived back in Chicago tonight. Exact same building. I'm not sure if it's actually gone through USPS customs or not.
  7. David Hingtgen
    I just recently shipped a package from Yahoo auctions Japan (via proxy) and it was about 50 for EMS, 70 for FedEx or DHL. Went EMS. Got to Chicago one day after shipping from Japan. Will see how long customs etc take.
  8. David Hingtgen
    If you're gonna do it, go all out----THIS is the all-time best bare metal scheme:
  9. David Hingtgen
    I assume you know more, but can't say more?
  10. David Hingtgen
    I'm a big Pipes fan, but I think the new mold isn't very good for his character. I mean, his name is PIPES. His original toy was notable for having BIG CHROME PIPES. And here we have white plastic arms in truck mode, that really don't look very exhaust pipe-ish. And his skinny guns stick on his big white deck-plate-feet? Eh. But I couldn't really find a good 3P version either It's amazing that he seems so hard to do well. So many go to ludicrous backpacks (worse than G1 sometimes!) and also, like Hasbro, seem to miss the point, and not give him big chrome PIPES. Everyone's trying too hard to base him off the toon, when the toon itself kinda missed the point, and gave him white arms that aren't made from his PIPES. White thighs are fine, but he really needs to have silver/chrome arms so that truck mode is right. Or transform such that he has big silver pipes as a truck while retaining white arms as a bot, if you want it as toon-based as possible.
  11. David Hingtgen
    Well THAT's interesting: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43228/f-22-raptor-covered-in-mirror-like-coating-photographed-flying-out-of-nellis-afb
  12. David Hingtgen
    Because it's MP-44, that's why. The mold that epitomizes "toon accuracy over common sense, aesthetics, and alt-mode". An utterly ridiculous transformation, all to still end up with a huge backpack in robot mode and an inaccurate alt mode full of seams. Also, it still has "stripes in bot mode yet no stripes in truck mode". And they're not silver, either.
  13. David Hingtgen
    They should paint Karen green and Bautista blue and Pom gold, just to mess with people...
  14. David Hingtgen
    Give me silver thighs, waist, and stripe. I will never accept him having a white bumper and grill etc. ::insert "Superman's hair doesn't have blue streaks" argument here:: It still boggles me that so many companies do so many versions and repaints, yet still never do that obvious basic color combo. Basically I want the G1 toy colors, but not slavishly G1----blue eyes, not yellow, etc. Or put another another way----"fix" the toon colors to make sense based on the alt mode. Chrome/silver/metal not white. And it makes no sense to have faux-stripes in bot mode when they don't put them on alt-mode... (have silver stripes in both modes so it makes sense----they're drawn on the model sheet yet colored red----another "persistent animation error")
  15. David Hingtgen
    Only if you boil it down to an 8-pack of crayons, hue-spread-wise. The -31C toy doesn't match the show, and the new -31AX doesn't match anything that came before. No, none of them are bright scarlet red. But it doesn't mean they match each other, nor the show. (of course, having not seen the movie, I don't know what shade the -31AX is truly supposed to be). But I do know the DX -31C doesn't match the TV series nor most other -31C merchandise.
  16. David Hingtgen
    Looks even redder than the 31C. Bandai's really doubling down on the "not gonna make her valk purple no matter it looks on the show".
  17. David Hingtgen
    Bumping, wondering if there's any changes/news? It's been a couple years, and COVID has definitely affected intl shipping----anyone have anyone to recommend, or know of anyone that now should be avoided? (I've recently spotted an item I've been trying to get at a decent price for YEARS, has sold well within my budget over at Yahoo Japan several times the past few months---yet it goes for 2x to 3x as much on Ebay) I've never bid on Yahoo Japan, but I'm going to have to, as it's the only way I'll ever get it, it seems.
  18. David Hingtgen
    I feel the issue with the Scarecrow minifig is the color the head's molded in---it's too close to flesh and the eye-surround print color, so it ends up looking more like a bald head with big eyes and scars, than a bag with stitching. If it'd been molded in dark orange or nougat or something, I think it would have worked better.
  19. David Hingtgen
    So the red w/gold Sv-262 is Char's, right?
  20. David Hingtgen
    Maybe it was the fulfillment of a life long dream. Maintenance guy had a beloved toy F-15 long ago, joined the Air Force, finally got his chance to make it real... I do wonder if they had to custom-make the stencils, or if they had "1960's B-52 size" still on-hand.
  21. David Hingtgen
    I find it ironic that they skipped right over a generation (or two or three) of engines, most notably the MD-80's JT8D-200 that held a lot of promise/likely choice in the 80's, and ended up with the successor MD-95's engines. (717 my ass, it's a Douglas plane!) Anyways----someone likes insignias. On the drop tanks, and XXL on the wings:
  22. David Hingtgen
    LEGO *does* have larger ratchet hinges that can hold significant weight, but they're in only in one or two shapes and rarely seen in my experience. (I'm thinking of the ones in the Silent Mary set, as they hold up the entire front half of the ship).
  23. David Hingtgen
    So the bolts/discs on Not-Walkure's outfits----purely for style, or maybe holo-projectors or something? They seem to have fairly "standardized" locations (shoulder, collar, etc)
  24. David Hingtgen
    I saw a lot of posts on other forums saying it was better than expected, so I at least gave it a shot---and it's not horrible? I'm certainly interested enough to watch a second ep, and see where it goes. Also, David Kaye is in it, so that's an automatic coolness point.
  25. David Hingtgen
    My money is on Bandai knowing about this a while ago, and is the real reason for refurbishing the mold. The Alto reissue was likely just a "test-run", in preparation of doing Max and Milia* ones. They wouldn't spend the money fixing it up like they did just for an Alto reissue. *if they make it, it'll sell, even if not seen in the movie. Or do a white one for Mylene, or a Mirage, or...
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