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Going to pick up Mindwipe this weekend, I can't resist anymore. Wish I would have picked him up last time instead of HA Barricade.

Just finished my HGUC MS-06F2 Zaku F2 Zeon Version. Killer killer HGUC kit, I'm impressed with how far they've come even in recent releases. I believe my last HGUC was the MS-05L Zaku I Sniper and the F2 is crazy how much they've improved it. Extremely posable. I'm quite impressed.

Now I need to get the D-50C Loto set.

I normally don't build HGUC anymore, but I got a steal on a set of Unicorns (Destroy and Unicorn mode) and was pretty impressed. Still prefer PG's though, although I hope the PG 00 Raiser isn't a sign of things to come. Not bad, but disappointing for what it was, and more importantly disappointing for the price.

Looks great!

we all laugh, but we've all been there. I remember getting stitches from my Hasegawa Ivanov.

So, you acknowledge plain logic, but decide to disagree with it anyway. Ok, that's your call.

My point is this : when it comes to this "kibble" issue, I see a lot of people bashing the hell out of TF's, when, despite their diversity of altforms and clearly striving to attain some extent of realism in their altmodes,

they cut VF's a whole lot more slack, disproportionally and unfairly.

With each VF, it's robot legs & feet being the jet engines/ thrust nozzles over and over. And aside from "blending in" fairly nice by means of the visual style of the outer plating ; That concept doesn't do a whole lot

of effort to conceal those robo limbs, nor is it innovative.

Sure, ROTF leader class Jetfire is a really bad example with those faux pas legs, but by fair comparison, new TF molds such as deluxe Dirge, deluxe Mindwipe, voyager Starscream achieve a lot more than Valkeries, when it comes to transformation scheme innovation and varying jetstyles ; while doing the best they can (within lower budget constraints), to hide the robot limbs from obvious sight.

But...plse, don't mind me, go on bashing TF's for some minor kibble while thinking a VF1 fighter is a realistic F14 jet.

I'm not disagreeing with logic...I mean in terms of the VF-1, I do agree with you. However, there are other designs LIKE the YF-19, or the 21 as another member pointed out where I would say you're wrong. In short, there have been efforts to improve or reduce kibble on valks.

I don't bash kibble, it depends on how the kibble looks honestly. TF's are notorious for either having good kibble or bad kibble. They all have kibble though. This comes from the fact that in the TF universe there is not much lineart, and they abuse "animagic" more than anyone else. G1 Megatron, Soundwave, and the seekers are the worst examples. And it's a trend that continues to this day, like Energon Jetfire, Energon Ironhide, etc. Animated was pretty good about kibble, but that was because the designs weren't rooted in reality at all.

Good Kibble is:

G1 Ironhide and Ratchet: Using the extra van part for a tank thing. Cheesy now, but pretty cool idea.

Cybertron Optimus: Great figure, I love it when TF's use kibble to make weapons/flightpacks etc.

ROTF Jetfire was an absolute mess and engineering DISASTER though. There was really no excuse for it. I understand that the design is hard to work with, but still. Now Mindwipe on the other hand, that looks like a sharp TF I might actually pick up. But only to repaint it and mod it into a wierdo hybrid style VF-17.

Uh, yeah. Have you ever seen a F-14 or Su-27 or MiG-29? Their intakes/nacelles are nigh-identical to a valkyrie's. I mean yeesh, the VF-1 *is* an F-14 in nearly every aspect, excepting the thicker beavertail to fit the arms---and a VF-1's arms still allow for a belly tunnel, it's just shallower than an F-14's.

This'd make a perfect set of legs/feet for a valk: http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/2258/mig29lw003web.jpg

I'm going to disagree with that. Even though there are OBVIOUS similiarities, there are also a ton of differences:

1. F-14's are 2 seaters, a VF-1 (save for the Elint, VT, Super-O, are single seaters)

2. The nose is much sleeker on a VF than an F-14

3. The backpack/tailfin area is all wrong, tailfins should be farther apart.

4. The engines on the F-14 sit flush with the main body, while the VF-1 has them underneath. This is the biggest difference, it lowers the whole underside of the VF, intakes and all.

It was obviously BASED on an F-14, but to say it *is* and F-14 is a stretch. There a more differences of course, but I think these are the biggest. I can see what Knoted is saying, however, I don't agree with it. I mean, I thought the YF-19 did a great job hiding limbs. To date, IMHO, I think it's the best variable fighter design out there, simply because it hides Battroid mode so well, and vice versa.

My walmart has a TON of clearanced MP Skywarps for 30.00, does anyone need one?

Just went there today again, they still have a bunch...don't know if I'm going to make it back there for a while, so again, if anyone needs one speak up! Movie Devastator was marked down to 64.00, and Animated Rollout Prime was 20.00.

On the upside, finally found HA Barricade...not bad but not great. Better than Sideswipe though. I'd like to see a Sideways though, maybe with the Pretender chick.

When I collected toys, my wife used to get pissed, because I'd buy them, keep them for a little while, then start collecting something else. So then I got into models, mainly Gundam PG kits and Macross Frontier kits, and while she gripes about the prices, she acknowledges that at least I'm doing something with them by building them, rather than just buying toys that sit there. I limit my toy buying now to only what I really must have, like MP Transformers, 12" Gundam/JG Gundams, the occasional Macross 1/60 Yammie or Bandai DX (I'm more a v1 Yamato guy anyway, I love diecast), or SOC. But models are far more interesting to me overall.

My walmart has a TON of clearanced MP Skywarps for 30.00, does anyone need one?

I love the Vader and motorcycle. It's like in Return of the Jedi:

"Luke, help me take this mask off. Let me look upon you with my own eyes..."

"But you'll die."

"Nothing can stop that now..."

And off comes the mask and...................

"Oh my god, my dad is Ponch from CHIPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

I always felt Erik Estrada would make a good Sith lord.

Looking for a bit more help if anyone has some knowledge. I'm finishing up my PG GP-01FB (okay...70%...not really "finishing" ) I'm starting to work on the display and I'm realizing I'm going to want to build a bit of a diorama around it. I've got a few 1/60 figs that came with it, but I could use some more...I'm not finding any large amount of 1/60 detail kits to go with the PG's (which seems suprising with all the Yamato 1/60 stuff and Gundams) am I looking in the wrong places? I could use figures, vehicles...misc bits.

Thanks!

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Man I'm sorry...I woke up Saturday morning about an hour after the quake and saw the news. I can't even imagine.

I still haven't found HA Barricade yet, which is the only TF I want...

Anyone else playing Heavy Rain? Great game, I think I'm almost done with it. If you liked Indigo Prophecy, you'll love it.

I always said if I was only allowed to listen to one album for the rest of my life, it would be FNM's Angel Dust. That album was shear perfection.

Finally watched the 1st 7 min., sucks without subs, and no appearance of the Unicorn at all. Still, looks like it's going to be great, and I'm glad to see them stay away from that sterile CG stuff that MF abused way too often.

Anyone else listen to Electric Six? They got me in trouble today, I was listening to "Gay bar" and my 10 year old daughter overheard it. Same thing happened with Marilyn Manson and White Zombie a few months back.

My new 1/60 God Gundam kit arrived. I'm gonna paint it Hyper mode colors...I opened the box and forgot how much I love this kit, even if it is an old HG-EX. My ONLY bitch is they should have made the God Finger hands posable like the regular hands.

Mindwipe is so tempting, but as a rule I've been staying away from mass retail TF's.

Just picked up an MP Skywarp for 24 bucks shipped on ebay...already have one, so I'm thinking repaint...I want to do a Thrust, but I'm not sure I have the skills to scratch build the wings. I'd do Sunstorm, but as I said in an earlier post, I hate his colors.

Judge Dredd...that one is easy.

What color should I paint my VF-19kai?

I'm now up to the stage of painting my Bandai 1/100 Fire Valkyrie. The thing is, I'm not sure if I want to paint it in the standard red Fire Valk colors. I never really liked the mix of red and yellow.

I think I want to keep the two-tone color look, but not use red and yellow together.

Any suggestions/ideas in what colors I could use?

I think a Kai would look really cool if the scheme was reversed, yellow with red accents. Kind of like The Flash and Professor Zoom.

Other than that, Purple and black would be cool.

Welcome back rockhound!!!!!!!!!!

Missed your build ups terribly, glad your back on it. I have the YF-19, but have yet to start it. Maybe if we had enough people we could start a group build, offering pics and tips on getting around problems, etc. I was going to start it, but I'm waiting for Jasmine studios to do their photo etch parts first.

Awesome! I might have to use this!

I love it, can't wait to see it painted. I wish you'd provide material lists and instructions/documentation so we could all make one!

Nice work though!

I'm waiting on a 1/60 God Gundam kit from ebay right now, that's it.