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Wiping with alcohol should not damage anything since it evaporates so fast. Besides, I don't think the plastic would react with things like isopropyl alcohol, ammonia based cleaners (Windex), diluted white vinegar, or mild soap solutions (dishwater detergent + water). Just don't ever soak the toy in whatever you're using to clean it as that will certainly affect any stickers you may have applied (destroy the adhesive) and may flake or otherwise damage paint, and may cause soft vinyl or PVC to dry out and disintegrate (not likely, but better safe than sorry).

Thanks for all the kudos guys, you support is always welcome, especially when I´ve just shown my day´s progress to my girlfriend and she tells me she can´t see any difference and I should finish that crap and get me some "real" work .... she´s a teacher and her week has been horrible so far.... 370778[/snapback] Damn that's cold man, next time she goes on a big diet and buys a new dress and asks "so how do I look?" just say "I can't tell any difference". 370871[/snapback] Now you just want to get the guy in trouble... Stunning work as always honneamise; I wish I had the cash to spare.

Just got mine from Kevin at VEX (pre-ordered before he decided to close shop... my first, and last purchase from him I'm sad to say; his service will be sorely missed). After opening the extremely well packed box I'm faced with the 1/48 sized box (major overkill, but what the heck) I see all these wonderful bits; this thing is hella impressive, absolutely gorgeous in all it's attention to detail. In keeping with the warnings posted here about the fragility of the chest missile rack lever I decided to take the thing apart to brace the pallets from behind as to avoid any mishaps; that's, by far, the safest way to insert the chest missiles. The ability to easily disassemble the chest ameliorates, somewhat, the poor choice of material and fragile design of the lever bar, but this part should have been die cast, or at least been designed to be more robust and with large (1.5mm +) fillets where the arms join the body of the piece to reduce stress fatigue and failure. However, this should be an easy part to repair, and as previously mentioned the addition of a metal pin will make this part supper strong. I'm so glad I got this thing that if the rumors of a Low Vis. version proves correct I'll definitely be picking that up too.

Okay, it's not Engrish, or Chinglish, or even Spanglish; as a matter of fact it's a real American road side sign, but I just had to share as it's hilarious.

I think they are bio-engineered and nearly 100% flesh and blood with a very complex, small, and mostly undetectable cybernetic component which allows them to interface with technological systems. From what we've seen on screen so far, the human type Cylons are just that: human; they bleed red blood, they can be killed through physical trauma, they can reproduce biologically, but they are stronger than the average human of the same body type and mass, are vulnerable to some forms of radiation that do not affect humans and invulnerable to others that would kill a person in short order, and can directly link to electronic systems. So far, you can say that the human form Cylon is a conundrum.

You're right! MW censors the F word in the hyperlink. So, everyone, just do as Zentrandude suggests and replace the last three letters of the address after you click on the link.

Mod-Talk: Interesting Topic. May I remind the topic starter and any else reading that. The topic that was here is pretty much off topic. Besides that it is topic about nonsense (see regs). Really we don't need look at some stupid unrelated crap I found on the net. Then off course its features a vulgar word that another Mod edited out for fun. really if some said the word here I think we might let it slide depending how it was used. Really it would fall under interpretation by the moderators. I think the poster was very careless. Considering Agent got a ban for much worst. The post will get one too. Let this be a lesson. If you post some off topic related crap at least make sure its general presentation of content is something we would at allow. It is careless posters like this who make us crack down on all the fun. Instead of deleting all semi-off topics to get people on track gonna instead make some examples of the most serious offenders.

You, sir, have piqued my interest. Consider me in the interested column for one standing figure.

I've tried oven cleaner (Easy Off brand) on a model car body (polystyrene) to completely remove all traces of a previously cured coat of paint. I placed the part on a sheet of plastic wrap and sprayed the cleaner all over the kit making sure to cover it completely in a thick foamy coat (make sure you have plenty of ventilation as even the "no fumes" variety of Easy Off sticks to high heaven), then used the plastic to wrap the part to prevent the cleaner from drying off and let it sit for about an hour or so; the next thing was to use a old soft-bristle tooth brush to scrub the kit under warm running water. The results were amazing: not only was 99.9% of the paint removed, but there was no sign whatsoever that the oven cleaner attacked the styrene... had I used paint thinner the car body would have crumbled in my hands. A bit of a disclaimer, however; I have no clue how the stuff interacts with ABS, but on styrene/polystyrene oven cleaner is a no-brainer. It has no detrimental effect on the integrity of the plastic, does not destroy small details, and will not alter the pre-existing surface finish.

I'd be interested only if the standing figure were made available on its own for a reasonable price... I don't have the Regult so a seated figure would be a waste.

Put me down as interested as well, specially if you can recast these in LV grey too.

Life imitates South Park. Seriously. Here's a movie that hardly anyone outside San Francisco, LA, NYC, or France will spend good money to see, and the usual suspects are already engaged in a self adulatory cluster f**k heaping praise on this thing...and "Hollyweird" wonders why movie ticket sales are weak, with only a few notable gems once in a while, when they try to peddle such drek (Siriana, Munich, etc.) on the public.

Any and all musicals, from the inception of talkies to the present...just insert your title here and I guarantee it I'll barf all over it. I just can't stand musicals; they suck more than anything that has ever sucked in the past, anything that sucks presently, or anything that will ever suck in the future. A story is built up, drama is established, or humor, or suspense, whatever...and then the actors break into a song and dance number that completely spoils whatever mood had been established...ugh, don't get me started.

Better Off Dead -- "This mountain is pure snow! Do you realize the street value of this stuff? Trading Places -- "It was the Dukes, it was the Dukes..." Big Trouble In Little China -- "You'll come out no more!" "What!...What will come out no more?!!!" They Live -- 'THIS IS YOUR GOD' (subliminal currency message).

What could you possibly mean?

All you'll need to remember from now on is the following: 1. What's hers is hers and what is yours is hers; 2. Never, ever leave the toilet seat up; 3. Even when you're right, you're wrong; 4. Forget about ever winning an argument again; 5. In the words of Fred Flintstone... "when you put a ring on a woman's finger it turns into a radar that reads man's minds" 6. All your answers should be limited to "yes dear", "no dear", and "I'm sorry". Anything more elaborate than that is asking for trouble. Enjoy, and congratulations.

that comment makes me think i miss the toys of yesteryear they were designed to last then 351788[/snapback] The reason the Toynamis tend to break, specially the Alphas, has less to do with design/engineering, though they are definitely over designed and under engineered, but more due to the piss poor quality of the plastics used and the asinine choices of what parts to make out of die cast.

Here's an oldie but goodie:

Unfortunately, you're right; a shame isn't it? 350675[/snapback] Guess who's holding the rights... 350836[/snapback] Ooh, ooh, I know this one...Microsoft? No, wait...Haliburton? It has to be Sony, right? Never mind...

It's got Arnold, but does this DVD set have enough Southern Cross? 350765[/snapback] The producers told me that would be included in the Special Edition, as well as comments by Lucas. 350767[/snapback] I'm bot gonna buy that one though, 'cuz the doorknob shot first. 350784[/snapback] But that is the boxed set that will include "Biceps and Doorknobs: A Retrospective" featurette. That alone would make the SE a must buy.

It's been 20 years since I've seen a full episode, but I'm trying to remember what was communist about it... as for the Smurfs and Captain Planet... 350769[/snapback] Read "The Rainbow Fish". Same type of lame, anti-individualist bilge.

Brilliant!

Wasn't this "children's" (this and that other psychodelic mess with the kid and his magic flute) show extremely popular with the Ivy league college student set back in the late '70s? I guess the program got progressively more entertaining in direct proportion to the amount of Pot they smoked back then.

Unfortunately, you're right; a shame isn't it?