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  1. More than stuffing it into the case, I'm looking at the slots required and that's giving me pause. When I look at a spec sheet and it says that it takes x16 PCIe 2.0 and requires 2 slots, does that mean that both slots need to be x16 or what?

    Usually, 2-slots just means that the card will take the physical space of two slots, but will only be socketed into one of them (the upper of the two).

  2. Thanks for the little tips guys. When you guys are talking about the lower torso collapsing are you talking about the part near the hips you push up and down between modes? Either way I must be transforming it right since I'm not getting too much problems with fighter mode. The problem I have is the right arm not going in straight and locking into the leg straight for fighter mode. After further fiddling with my legioss I managed to get both arms fully extended so that's a plus for soldier mode. I'm also glad on my sample (blue one) the neck area was assembled correctly so the nose section and head can lock together properly. I also noticed a few more paint chips on the arms , but there not terrible or deal breaking. As a display piece this works fine and now I'm content with having this legioss and the old 1/35 gakken.

    People usually seem to have some issues with getting the legs themselves to collapse and integrate with the main body, as the mechanism isn't very fluid. A lot of people have also missed the little slide joint you mention where the hip joints move up and down - sounds like you've figured that one out. As for the transformation of the arms, what I posted previously is pretty much all I've got. I have heard numerous reports of there being glue or paint overspray in the various arm joints, making it difficult (if not downright impossible) to get the arms extended and collapsed properly. I have been fortunate in that none of my four Legioss have had those problems.

  3. Cheap as Mospeada is, actually buying it and funneling some genuine Mospeada profit back up the chain is an option.

    +1.

    As Ray says, the DVD set can be had really cheap; I think I paid about $25.00 for mine a few years ago. The booklet that comes with it IS worthwhile, containing several great interviews and recollections of the production staff.

  4. I own an Audi (A4 1.8t quattro manual), and while i agree it is slightly better, they're still a bitch to work on. It's nothing particularly difficult, but just little things that add up and make things cumbersome. For instance, yesterday i went to change the trans fluid, and it requires a twelve point security bit (the twelve points with the hole in the center) on the drain plug, and no tiny one that you could buy from home depot, the fat boy ones. I had to go to my mechanic friend to find the right size 12 point socket except his wasn't a security bit so we ended up having to grind out the security pillar in the center of the bolt. And when i did a steering fluid flush i couldn't use the BG synthetic from my buddies shop, i had to use Audi specific "synthetic mineral oil". You'd also think that since Audi's (A3/TT are exceptions) are longitudally mounted that it'd be easy to change out the belts (usually it's just pull the radiator and you're ready to get cracking) but not on the Audi, you have to remove the front bumper to get to everything. In all honesty though, i've had nearly no problems with it mechanically, while my VW was in my garage more often than on the road, so there must be better QC or manufacturing on the Audi side of things.

    I missed your reply back the first time around. Agreed with everything you mention. While the intrinsic quality of VW/Audi products is actually pretty decent, it is for the service life and basic serviceability that I describe VWs as akin to a Bic lighter. About 15 years ago, I helped a friend replace the engine in his early '90's Jetta... It kind of raised my eyebrows that the first step given in the service manual was in fact to remove the rear seat :lol: . Before that job was done, the entire front end of the vehicle (core support, lights, grilles, etc.) had to be removed and refitted. I do love German cars though; BMW, Mercedes and Porsches all seem generally to be much more service friendly and sane.

  5. I'm disappointed that the 1/55 reissues does not come with the same textured box like the 80s!

    The reissues are rerelease/reproductions of the Bandai 1/55s, which came in "plain" boxes.

    The original Takatoku 1/55s had textured boxes. Takatoku hasn't been around since late '83, so it's not likely we'll be seeing reissues of their releases.

  6. Whatever do you mean?

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    Hey man, that creates what is called downforce. You have to be a pretty good driver to able to tell the difference. Back when wings first came out for cars back in 2003, I was the first one in Illinois to get a really big one. Makes a HUGE difference, especially on a FWD car. Anyone who says anything else just doesn't know.

    :lol:

  7. I feel like this is a Jeopardy answer waiting for someone to guess the right person... I'll continue it for the fun of the obscure reference...

    I made mountains of wealth on Italian marble which I also store in massive climate controlled warehouses located throughout Southern California. I used my incredible profits to help orchestrate an investment plan in partnership with Yamato that involves said shipments of Yamato toys directly to my warehouses which is why I can not take pictures of them... they are in shipping containers in my warehouse.

    Wasn't there something about piloting helicopters too?

    When I was 12, I would routinely walk at least 2 or 3 miles to my local model shop for Macross goods. Er, that's far, isn't it?

  8. Got a buddy with a launch unit that still hasn't gone down yet. No clue what dark force he channeled into it.

    Bet he runs his AC 24/7. The dark force of the Massive Electrical Bill. :)

    How you been, JBZero? Still have that foreign girl locked up in your house?

  9. Is it possible to send memo a dictionary? Or take up a collection so he can learn to type and buy a dictionary?

    He's like the Bizzaro Seto.

    I was thinking that a new keyboard might be more appropriate. ^_^

    MEMO does have his quirks, but I don't think that he's actually a bad guy. To all those posting about it, MEMO's avatar pic is actually of some grilled carne asada, which he very kindly prepared for the attendants of a past MW Con. No, I was not there.

  10. While I'm on it, can someone clarify when the Macross Zero OVA and Robotech: From the Stars comic books began? Were the first chapters of both released around the same time as well? When thinking about it, were the vague similarities between both as coincidental?

    If there were similarities it was very very vague. From the Stars was sort of an origin story for Roy and have him battle the terrorists of the anti-UN. Now Macross Zero, the UN forces are still battling anti-UN but it's more about how the protoculture affected Earth's development. It seems in Robotech that Earth's first exposure to protoculture was the arrival of SDF-1 but in M0 the aliens had multiple contact with early humans. To be honest I think Zero has more similarities with Smallville than From the Stars.

    Waitaminute, waitaminute. Isn't "Protoculture" still regarded as a fuel source in RT? This is an honest question, I have no idea what developments have taken place in that franchise.

  11. Atari's blunders over the years deserve their own dedicated thread. (No, we shouldn't start one)

    LOL. There is so much rich history there. Really though, it was the transition from Warner to the Tramiels that doomed the home-computer and console brands. The arcade division still had some good years left in it.

    Now, Jack Tramiel and family - there are some extremely interesting stories there, the subject of many fascinating books.

  12. So I finally get my Rand-type VR-052 after some adress problems with FedEx. Still a startingly fast turn-around time, considering I ordered the toy less then a week ago. My final verdict? Very pretty too look at but, but a bitch to transform. Seriously, right now I'm about two seconds away from pitching the whole thing off my balcony and watching explode into a billion pieces.

    I followed the instructions step-by-step and got all the way to the part where I insert the rider and found that the tab that hooks into the upper back was in the wrong position by about an inch. Going back in the pictures I don't think I missed a step, but this is a huge mistake with my undexterous fingers. Now I'm about halfway back to motorcycle mode and have a floppy mess. Balcony time is looking more and more appealing...

    Also, does all the toys have the skew to one side like mine does? When I had it empty battloid mode, the front cowling that forms the chest doesn't come straight down to clip into the groin hook. Instead it comes down to one side due the metal swing-arms being different angles. Is this just mine or is it supposed to be this way?

    Sorry to hear that you're having issues Cory. If it does get to the point that the balcony option seems overwhelmingly attractive, please do us all a favor and send me a PM first (I mean this sincerely).

    This is a toy with an extremely complex transformation mechanism. Truth be told, mine are both still in their initial states of transformation to armor-mode - they seriously look great in this mode, and I haven't had any impulse as of yet to transform either back to bike and rider mode. Maybe in a few months, or years, I will endeavor to transform them back... but it is not an operation to take too lightly. Hope you have better luck, man.

    Gillermo, awesome pics. You must have a very understanding girlfriend. She sounds like a keeper.

  13. Ahhh all this talk about IL-2. You guys who've played the PC version, anyone remember the Blitz Pigs Squadron? I'm a charter member, I guess we were pretty 'in'famous back in the day.

    My favorite plane was always the La-5FN. Though I spent some time flying the LaGG and Yak tank killers, the ones with the big cannon mounted in the nose. If flown right, they could be quite capable "snipers" :D The La-5FN is just the best dogfighter, though.

    Vostok 7

    I most always flew solo, but of course I know of the Blitz Pigs :) Always seemed like a really good group.

  14. nice to se agent hasn't disappeared like I did. Outer shell designed to fit a boxed max and a box milla was a pian to design and I could not afford the $150 plus alpha wanted' for it back then. Heck... I still can't without getting a divorce and the wife makes more so thats just stupid :blink: . There were a number of really good custom boxes availible for a while but much like "anasaszi"'s alps printer decal sets they seem to have dissappeared. Then again so did I so what do I know. Oh yeah... after the auction got split up as the seller listed it as bulk I believe the set sold for slightly over $500 back in 99 I think. It's been a while and agent has some good smokum so memory is... what was I talking about anyway?!?

    Dude!! Welcome back, great to see you here again. Stick around, the noobs all need your help :lol:

  15. I have a suggestion for you if you ever get caught in a flat spin (in a real life plane, I don't know if this will work in the game) let go of your controls right away. Airplanes are designed to right themeslves if you don't fool with the controls.

    Kinda sorta. The best plan for survival tends to be to apply opposite rudder (opposite of direction of spin), and apply a little down-elevator (nose down). If you can get the plane to dive, you have aerodynamic authority and are flying again. There are plenty of situations where nothing you can do will right the plane - best to eject in that case.

    I can remember one funny occurrence in IL-2 from years ago, where I was just messing around doing aerobatics in a P51-B. I was doing a knife edged turn at high speed, and lost it, skidding into a flat spin (all too easy to do). I was at relatively high altitude, and had a little bit of time to try to wrangle the plane. My plane-wrangling failed, and I bailed at a fairly high altitude (~2000m). Drifting down on my parachute, I watched my plane right itself, and continue to fly around in ascending circles until it ran out of fuel, such was the way I had it trimmed. Maybe there is something to the "let go of all controls" theory after all :lol:

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