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    That's frustrating to hear that the entire assembly is glued into place. In the past, the glue they like to use does seem fairly brittle if you can get force applied in the right way, but a piece that slides in like that might be tricky. My concern about filing the plate down is that it doesn't look that thick, and you might sand clear through the piece, but that might not even be an issue, if the bracket is glued in tightly.
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    Actually, I'd check the way that plate is fitting into the slot, because something is clearly keeping it from fitting in all the way. From the photo, it looks like there's some flash on the forward inside corner where it slides over that nub on the inside of the gear well. I'd put my money on there being some mis-molding or excess plastic on the piece that's keeping it from fitting. Sanding down the bottom of the plate itself would probably work, but I think it would be a lot more work than fixing the piece so it fits correctly. I don't know if this error is also causing any problems with the landing gear door, but fixing the piece to fit might make it fit better as well.
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    I do wonder if they're going to spin this story with some of the old EU relationships intact/twisted like they have with TFA. While I never really loved the main plot of the Han Solo background novels, I wouldn't mind seeing his relationship with one of the rebels responsible for the Death Star plan theft kept intact in the new canon. It's not really necessary for him, but I think it added an interesting angle to his character, in light of all that happened in the original trilogy.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Chronocidal replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Got in an HLJ order, and AmiAmi was even showing available for a moment, dunno if it's still going though. Don't need more than one though, so I'm set. HLJ isn't showing up just yet though, so hopefully that goes through.
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    You'd think they would have figured this one out after they had to do, literally, the exact same thing for the VF-19 ankles.
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    I'm really interested to see if Bandai makes any more 1/48th kits, especally a non-electronic X-wing. I've managed to jury rig the wing mechanism to let me turn the motor manually, but I'd really like a standard one with a scaled up 1/72-style stand base. Plus we still need the rest of the 1/72 fighters. I've wanted a decent A-wing and B-wing kit for forever, and a Tie Interceptor should be an easy modification to the base Tie kit.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Chronocidal replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Problem with using the original VF-84 skull and crossbones... the bones aren't actually level. The level line would probably be the line through both eye sockets. Makes me wonder how many of the crooked skulls we've seen over the years could have been caused by this.
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    Incredibly glad to hear it's molded in color, and DYRL white to boot. Still wish the Arcadia VF-1 releases had used that color. Guess nothing ever really changes though, the same exact thing happened to the instrument panel on my Yamato Roy 0S. Just not very much surface to attach it to, I guess.
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    Dunno, but if they do that, Lieutenant Kettch should be canonized.
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    You know, I just remembered that one of the early story versions for ANH had Luke as a girl, and Han and Obi Wan were rolled into the same character.
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    It probably would be a simple fix for Arcadia, but yes, the ankles are just a lousy design. It should work fine in theory, but the half-plastic ball joint has issues that result in a lousy range of motion, and uneven tension in the joint.
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    I had this discussion with my brother after a second viewing, about the final fight..
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    Apologies if this showed anything anyone didn't want to see, the spoiler tag seems like it broke. It wasn't anything serious, just speculation about Rey's history on Jakku.
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    Watched the movie a second time tonight, and looked for confirmation of a couple of things.
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    The Nebulon B was definitely released for the X-Wing game... but not sure about who actually produced it. It might not be an official product for the game. http://www.spikeybits.com/2015/11/how-big-is-it-x-wing-scale-nebulon-b.html http://uedata.amazon.com/Star-Wars-X-Wing-Miniatures-Game/dp/B013O5291U I don't think the construction was all that sturdy, so maybe the company is reworking the design? The reviews on Amazon aren't great, but it's by far the largest version of this ship I've seen mass produced.
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    I don't know of many larger capital ships, and really, outside of resin garage kits, there is a horribly small selection of any of the non-fighter ships from all of the movies. The tabletop game series out now, X-Wing and Armada, are providing a much needed boost to that particular niche. I'd love to grab a few more of the X-Wing game ships, like that rebel transport from ESB, but the scale of those ships gets pretty large once you get past anything bigger than the Tantive IV they've released. The Nebulon-B they've produced is absolutely huge, and while not anything like a resin kit, it's still pretty darn expensive. The sizes of mid-size ships like the Falcon and Slave I are pretty manageable, but since everything is in the same scale, the fighters get pretty tiny.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    Chronocidal replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Nice pics, but that still looks like the unfinished prototype we've seen already. Hard to tell for sure, but I don't see any gear doors yet, and that butt-ugly gap between the fuselage and the weapons pod still looks like ass.
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    How small are you looking for? I'd think your best bet on any front is the Bandai kit, although I wonder if they'll make a Revoltech one of the new design? I'd kind of like them to bring back the old Action Fleet vehicles, those were a nice size, odd proportions aside.
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    My already favorite character just became even more.. uh.. favorite.. er. I can't wait to see how much history they wind up giving us for where she comes from. I do wonder if people are still reproducing by cloning in some regions of the galaxy, though.
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    While it's lame not to print the leg markings, I think I prefer that to the way the Yamato was done, which had the leg markings, but left the kites off of the nose. If the parts matched, I could just kitbash them together to get a completed set of tampo.
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    I actually don't remember what it was, or I probably would. Maybe my nostalgia filter blocked it out?
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    Just got done seeing it, few things slightly bugging me, but still overall awesome. Really can't express how happy I was with the characters themselves, they were fun and funny when they needed to be, something that the prequels never seemed to figure out.
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    Quick note about the 1/48th Bandai X-wing kit... I bit the bullet and disassembled the motor box for the wings, just to see what it would take to let me move the wings manually. The electronics came out pretty easily, but there's a long chain of gears used to slow down the motor speed for the wings that might need to stay in. The wings themselves are moved by pins in a sliding track driven by a worm gear, so if I can find a way to access that axle from the exterior (maybe modify a portion of the rear greeblie plate to open and expose it), I can keep the wing mechanism intact, and maybe just use a screwdriver to open and close them.
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