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  1. Sildani
    Brilliant.
  2. Sildani
    Just noticed those Station4 pylons can't accept your triple pylon for the triangular missiles. I suppose I'd need the "female" hardpoints that are on the 31 already to accept the "male" parts on the triple pylons.
  3. Sildani
    20% is 20%! So i drill the 1mm holes and insert 1mm metal rod to secure it?
  4. Sildani
    Last question for now. Who makes Bandai hardpoints I can put on to my VF-27?
  5. Sildani
    Hey, what's your opinion on WSF Polished? Or that black hi-def acrylate?
  6. Sildani
    Hey, what's your opinion on WSF Polished? Or that black hi-def acrylate?
  7. Sildani
    Hey. For what it's worth, I'm a diehard Trekker. I truly, honestly, and heartily want Discovery to go over like gangbusters because Trek desperately needs something new, right now, to get NEW fans in. No fandom, however large or loyal, survives simply on its original fan base. Not to be too morbid, but we die. We need to be replaced, and only new and compelling material will truly do that. Does my heart tell me that Discovery is that material? Well, it has amassed a good crew of actors (I've loved Michelle Yeoh since... yeah) and they all seem to be doing at least a reasonable job according to a two minute trailer. But Trek really lives and dies by its writing, and by how well that writing can hew to the current continuity. The canon. It's what separates Trek from most other SF franchises: that stuff that happened in other shows and movies, on Stardate so-and-so, had effects on current times, and those events are remembered and those effects are taken into account. That a warp engine generates a warp bubble due to titanic energies created by a matter/antimatter reaction, as an example, and that's how FTL travel gets done, with all the advantages and pitfalls that have been explored in other shows. They do no more and no less. Probably a poor example, but I hope my point is made - Trek should be grounded in at least a gram of reality, and long established stuff shouldn't suddenly be granted new powers or act in a radically different manner. Translate that point to other ship systems, alien races, galactic politics, bloody time travel, and you get a living and rational universe that should have some rules behind the writing and plot. So does Discovery have that? I honestly don't know, because not only must it have it, but it must also have new stories to tell about the human condition, its nobility as well as its horrible, horrible failings and traits. I think telling the story from a Lt. Cmdr.'s position is an excellent first step. It's a rank and position that hasn't gotten must thought or time before, and being a couple steps below the Captain forces a new perspective, not least because the character will have imperfect information and perception, and also there will be less fighting between when it's appropriate for a Captain to go on a new Away Team mission and not. Hell, a show based on the "Lower Decks" episode of TNG would have been awesome, if handled well. I also think CBS should have convinced Paramount to let them buy Axanar and do THAT up as a 15 episode series. It would have greatly fleshed out existing canon, most of the conceptual work was done, and who wouldn't love a fangs-out portrayal of the Four Years' War against the Klingons? Those are my earnest thoughts.
  8. Sildani
    Love how it says Kenner on the card!
  9. Sildani

    Bandai DX VF-31

    Sildani replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Wow, the wing booster parts have a clever attachment and locking mechanism. It seems well designed and you can easily see how the 31 toy was engineered to accept the Super Parts without the attachment spots being too noticeable. Well done.
  10. Sildani
    How about the Kilrathi? They're well rested, and Chris Roberts would be all over that cash.
  11. Sildani
    Hmmm. The ship that predates Kirk and Co. by 10 years has crap on its bridge that looks on par with the Abramserprise. Uniforms are questionable. I get that CBS wanted to try something that looks futuristic to our contemporary eyes but it really looks like they threw out the baby with the bathwater. Another Half-Vulcan trying to come to terms with themself? I really really dislike the Klingons. They look too similar to each other and their uniform looks too, dunno, clean. I like the casket scene though - looks like they're sending a fellow to Sto'Vo'Kor. Love the idea of a female Captain AND XO. About damn time. An alien race bred to detect death? Seriously? As for Discovery herself, MUCH better then that crap ship shown during the last preview. Still looks unfinished and not nearly as sleek and integrated as the Enterprise- any of them. I'll watch the pilot. They have that long to get my attention. Oh yes, the "season" length was extended to 15 episodes. A good sign?
  12. Sildani
    Well the F-35 was supposed to be a cheap stealth striker that could do air-to-air if it had to. Then the Cold War ended, production targets were slashed, and they hung all kinds of new requirements onto the project to keep it alive. So costs ballooned, complexity skyrocketed, and bumps and bulges appeared everywhere on the airframe.
  13. Sildani
    Damn. No one could play a jerk quite like him. He'll be missed. http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/14/entertainment/powers-boothe-dies/
  14. Sildani
    Yeah. True-scale Marines are now a thing.
  15. Sildani
    It was excellent. Equal to the first, IMO.
  16. Sildani
    Dunno. I didn't go in to Burger King.
  17. Sildani
    Here's a question: did the VF-31 Master File show a high-speed mode or a storage mode for the fighter?
  18. Sildani
    The first tangible fruit of your labor, Tage! It looks like a spider spun a cobweb over a wooden carving, but it really looks like the nose has a good shape! Well done!
  19. Sildani
    Me too!
  20. Sildani
    Yeah, the only thing they could do would be to CGI those Mules to 109E-2 or maybe -3 standard. I think there's a grand total of two flightworthy 109s with Benz engines, and I don't think either one is an Emil. One Franz and one Gustav I think.
  21. Sildani
    Tickets got for Sunday! Hyped!
  22. Sildani
    You mean the dress she got in Paris?
  23. Sildani
    Bandai? Chogokin? Pick two of those.
  24. Sildani
    Saw Skull again a couple weeks ago and, refrigerator aside, it didn't bother me as much the second time round.
  25. Sildani
    Now the Star Mirage starts to come into its personality so to speak! Cheers!
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