I just watched that episode last night and didn't catch it. I've noticed two things about this stripe thing. It tends to only happen when the plane has its fast pack on. Weird. I'm still likely only to do this kit in the way it shows up in promo shots, minus the stripes because thats how I first saw the thing. Also because I don't really like Alto as a character. I think he's a bit weak. I was always partial to Michel (or Mikhail, or Michael, or how many other variations to his name there are), whom I have a 5" miniature version of his plane already. I just didnt want to spend 21 usd plus shipping on the Alto version when the vf-25g was significantly cheaper. We'll see how this kit goes, hopefully I don't ruin it. Its been a while since I've built anything.