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Heh, good stuff. That would be pretty funny to have Obi-wan be the bad guy, but not gonna happen.

Stardoe Dirk Benedict is the man. That said for that article, he's on in some places, but miss in others. While "Stardoe" isn't as entertaining a character as the Real original Starbuck, it's still a good character. It's just not the same character in anything other than name. I would have much preferred gritty sequel than gritty remake, but this show is still pretty good. So far.

As far as the gap of the arms in the fighter, pay attention to the post on page 1 or 2... It's all about making sure the torso is compacted. I had a very slight extension. Now that I made sure I pinched it close during the latest transformation the arms are perfect. I'm actually questioning the need for the torso to telescope out from the chest like that... but it is better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it. I'm definately getting a Shadow. And thinking of another Lancer...

Japan's best bet is not their own self-defense fighter, but to fund a wing or two of USAF F-22 to be based in Japan.

Sounds about right... Good stuff. Now more pics, please. You know you have em.

No where are the pics? Let that other thread die, please.

Couple things... I'd argue that Jump to Lightspeed IS as good a simulator as the X-Wing and TIE Fighter games were. That is to say, not anything close to Falcon 4.0 levels... but far above the Rogue Squadron type games. The missions DO get tedious, but there's always PvP... and you don't HAVE TO do the missions. You can fly around and engage the stuff you want... or go to Deep Space and take your chances... Seeing that JTL just came out, I think this time next year it should be pretty damned good. And I despise the "grind" nature of the regular SWG, too. These days all I do is fly in my Y-wing or X-wing... as a casual player it took me a month to get to the X-Wing... my more hardcore friend got there in 10 days and he's almost done with Tier 4 starfighter (A-wing and thence the B-wing, and multiplayer ships (Firespray and Nova Courier). As far as the spoilers, quit your bitching Duke. There hasn't been anything close to a spoiler that would've set off any working sarcasm detectors. That said, given that Max is indicating he'll allow a SPOILERS thread, someone posting pics and not just enjoying them should start one (or someone like the Duke, afraid of spoilers), though the idea of there being anything worth spoiling in Ep3 seems ludicrous to me (barring the idea that Obi-wan could be the father of the twins, etc etc). At least as long as it's not gonna get locked with instructions to come this thread.

Yup, movie II-VI uniforms were the best. I always thought the TOS colors made more sense than the TNG, though I do wonder if there's a side story for the switch...

Since I skipped the first precisely because of QC concerns, I'd lean on the former. My Alpha is pretty good, if not perfect (at least as much as any of my Yamato, 1/48 included). Also like my 1/48, there are a couple places I'm afraid I might break, due to the design (backpack hinge on the 1/48 versus the front wings on the sides of the cockpit on the Alpha)...

Heh figures mine was the last post in the old thread. As far as the green Alpha, this is what I put: Quality seems beter than 1/60 and only slightly behind 1/48 Yamato IMO. Stickers are way better than anything Yamato has used.

I got the green / Lancer one (#1853) yesterday. Pretty cool IMO. It's definately not as small as I was fearing from hearing it was 1/55 and reading this thread (probably when it was 20 pages or so smaller). It seems well constructed with a good paint job. I was kinda afraid to transform it at first, but the manual is pretty good and toy itself is nice and solid. Only one of the old complaints that come to mind (this thread is too fracking huge for me to go through it) is the right arm droops when the gunpod is put into it. And I'm having a slight issue with the right arm fitting to the peg hole when it's collapsed in. I usually have to leave it slightly telescoped to reach the whole, which means there's a gap. Left one is fine though and it seems symmetrical everywhere else, though... so I'm kinda confused about it. I've been leaving the left arm with a small gap so it matches up. As far as the design... the feet are HUGE... but I didn't really notice it until I left it in battloid and stepped back and looked at it. I'm usually leaving it in fighter anyways. My design complaint would be that I can't have the shoulder launcher thingy is an add-on part. Shades of 1/60 heat shields to me. Anyways, I'm thinking of getting one more green and maybe the red one. I'll definately be getting a shadow when it comes out.

The old Baltar would have chewed up this girlie-man. Deliberate traitor with an agenda > accidental traitor.

Seriously. We got your point many pages ago, Sundown. You're just beating a dead horse. I happen to like the whole fancy in the old days utilitarian in the latter days... from the Naboo 50's ish chrome stuff to the Jedi fighters to the original TIE / X-wing / Star Destroyers, etc. It's all just a bunch of models and toys.

I like this movie and have it on VHS... I put off buying a DVD because I KNEW a better version would come out. Maybe I'll get this one.

Yup, the midichlorians are merely a physical manifestation for "the Force is strong in my family." Causality has never been established... merely correlation.

That thing is cool. I wish Yamato would make one... but then I think about how much $$$ it would be...

Apparently you missed his son at around the same age. Whiney farm boy Young Skywalker is the is naturally the son of a whiney slave-boy Young Skywalker.

Meh. I got mine, at least (fortunately not from these guys).

Ok, so I guess it's a place where goth emo zomie-aficianados hang out?

Well can't rely on the Europeans to take care of the Balkans nor the former Soviet Republics. I wouldn't go as far as to say the Frogs and Krauts are enemies... yet... but just in case...

Is that site for real?

IMO, nothing wrong with downloading it... As long as you actually buy it when it comes out.

That's how this aircraft neophyte feels about it, anyways.

Heh, wasn't expecting there to be that many fans of the AF TIE Defender. Jolly Rogers, I have seen customs made from TIE interceptors, but I would like at least two TIE Defenders to have flaying around (leader and wingman, of course). With the TIE interceptors also in the squadron.

Yeah didn't Galactica 1980 blew (from that flying bike to the "time-warp" boosters to the goon-human-looking-Cylons... wait a minute) but it had a couple good things. "Boxy" being all grown up, etc and Starbuck's last mission, etc.