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  1. Knight26
    I think I have his card, if not I'm friends with a big vendor there, he will know his name. The guy specialized in 80s toys. I took it out of its box to inspect it, shoulder are intact, but I have not looked to check the knurled pin status. I know they are likely to have them, but I did not have any 1:60 VF-1s and after checking the ebay prices figured it was worth the risk.
  2. Knight26
    Need to take pictures, but at the annual Tucson Toy Expo this weekend, I picked up the following: (I was there doing a book signing) Yamato V2 VF-1J Super Hikaru MISB: $80 Bandai VF-31F (movie version) MIB: $120 Bandai 3" Gasphon VF-1S Hikaru Strike Battroid: $10 Passed on the following: Vendor 1: (bought Gasphon Hikary from him) Yamato 1:48 VF-1A Low-Vis MIB: $350 (If I had sold more I likely would have bought it, so regret selling mine years ago). Bandai 1:55 VF-1A Hikaru: Didn't ask price Bandai 3" Gasphon Battroids (VF-1J Millia, VF-1S Focker Strike): $10 each Vendor 2: Yamato V1 VF-1J Max and Millia In Box: $100 each Yamato V1 VE-1 In Box: Didn't ask Price. Vendor 3: (bought VF-1J super Hikaru from him) Multiple Robotech MPCs: Didn't ask price. Vendor 4: MPC VF-1A "Ben Dixon": $200 Numerous Jetfires in and out of boxes and in various conditions. I considered offering Vendor 2 $150 for the V1 M&Ms together, but based on the level of dust on them, he will have them again next year.
  3. Knight26
    Looks like a B-Wing and the Serenity had a bastard love child.
  4. Knight26
    WOW, the detail on this cockpit is gorgeous. If you ever make STLs of these...
  5. Knight26
    It's not like it's any harder to model them as flush rivets instead. I mean WTF?
  6. Knight26
    How much are the following worth: 1:48 Yamatos: VF-1A Max Super/Strike Packs VF-1J Millia VF-1J Super Hikaru VF-1S Roy
  7. Knight26
    Nice, though for a HOTAS it has pretty minimal controls on it. Will you do the throttle as well?
  8. Knight26
    Makes me think of a line from my last book. "Who gave my baby an STD?" (He's talking about his old plane). Seriously though, have they even looked at the VF-1 and other contemporary aircraft, none have giant bulb rivets like that.
  9. Knight26
    Awesome looking planes and a nice looking watch, bit too much flash without enough functionality for me though.
  10. Knight26
    Your rigging is really coming along nicely.
  11. Knight26
    The window's thing was another issue, was passenger escape routes. Other than the front, and maybe rear doors, any mid-fuselage exits would have to be through hatches on the top of bottom of the aircraft.
  12. Knight26
    Actually moreso it is passenger comfort. Most of the lifting body airline concepts have the same wingspan as existing planes, and jetways are surprisingly adaptable. The issue is having passengers further out from centerline, any banking maneuver will result in some minor, but noticeable, G-forces, so flying would have to involve a largely flat turns instead of banking turns, which on approach and landing gets far trickier with current airport placements.
  13. Knight26
    I am cautiously optimistic, but want to see the art first.
  14. Knight26
    Yes and No. Captain Planet was 90s, and the start of the PC culture, so making sure you had a diverse cast for diversity sake was becoming a thing. The Power Rangers and their ilk continued the trend. I'm talking more about the early to mid-80s with shows like GI Joe, Thundercats, Starcom, etc... Characters of different ethnic origins were present and accounted for with cultural respect but they were treated no differently due to their origin. Though I will admit that having Spirit be the guy always fighting Storm Shadow in GI Joe always felt off, but that was because Snake Eyes was a mute, so no witty comebacks.
  15. Knight26
    Dude, why not make your own thread? Your work is nice enough. That being said, your cockpit armor pops up out of nowhere.
  16. Knight26
    Looking great, but the cockpit armor seems to pop out of nowhere.
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    While I cannot speak to HG's current "inclusion," giving them any credit for the inclusion in the original series is disingenuous. I am guessing that you are a Millenial or younger, this is not meant as an insult, but an observation, so you don't remember the 80s. The 80s believe or not were all about inclusion. Most pop-culture, especially that aimed at children included casts with diverse ethnic backgrounds and also gave us the badass females as well. The difference is, it wasn't called out or made a big deal out of. Men and women of different backgrounds were all a part of the crew/team/show and treated as equals. Honestly it was a great time. Now, we still had our "very special episodes" where race and gender relations would become a major topic, but it was never the thrust of the show. Macross, Southern Cross, and Mospeada all had diverse casts, though leaning towards Japanese due to their region of origin, and badass women characters, or women in positions of power, or both.
  18. Knight26
    Interesting, looks much bulkier then the other offerings, and smaller.
  19. Knight26
    Any new pictures from WF?
  20. Knight26
    Picked a VF-0D, one of my favorite designs, off a local MWer for $230 in box. Pics to come.
  21. Knight26
    I think's more that the faces look undersized.
  22. Knight26
    How good/bad is the quality on these Valk-Factory pieces compared to the originals?
  23. Knight26
    Fantastic, how did you do the panel lines? Oil wash, or gundam markers?
  24. Knight26
    I actually like the Disco-Ent, hate to say it, but it is probably my favorite rendition, other than some interior issues (giant interior spaces).
  25. Knight26
    My personal head canon is that Shin and Sara were folded to another Protoculture Colony world and found themselves on a similar city as Hikaru and Misa. The two of them survived for years on their own, Shin rebuilding his damaged VF-0 with Protoculture tech and became parents to Nekki Basara. Basara later escaped in the VF-0 using the Bird Human as a fold booster after which he met Ray. Shin and Sara then lived out the rest of their days cut off from the rest of the galaxy.
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