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    Oh, it's not even worth getting started with details that fine. Pretty much nothing was researched. Friend of mine suggested they might have recycled the JSF model used in the latest Die Hard movie, which could explain the out-of-date details. But guns in the intakes? Really now. Also, the missile used near the end... a rocket powered nuclear JSOW? Wow.
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    I kind of prefer the VF-25 for looking more like an actual aircraft, instead of a hot rod toy advertisement for Bandai. The YF-29 kind of has just too much stuff stuck to it. I mean, it's pretty much what they said, a valk with a built-in tornado pack. It makes some sense, but it comes off as being just way too busy, then the super packs were even goofier looking, and didn't even resemble the VF-25 packs at all. On the other hand, I can't say I don't like the design. It just needs to ditch the screwball red and black tigerstripe paintscheme for something that looks like an actual prototype. I'm going to have fun painting some of the 1/100 snap kits in various low-vis and high-vis markings. Also, I can't fault Bandai for making the YF-29 toy.. I mean, it did wind up providing a lot of the R&D for the renewal VF-25 after all. I do wish I could get a 1/72 kit of it though.
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    I think on Xbox it's something like 400 points? Dunno about how the conversion works. Personally I think it's worthwhile, but I also am fairly enamored with the story. As for being a "true" ending, I'm not spoiling myself before I beat it myself, but as far as I can tell, all signs point to a third game, with the DLC hinting at where the story will go next. They also released a DLC episode for Snow, which actually takes place in that massive arena area that you battle the other DLC characters in. No idea what this involves, but it might help explain his role in the rest of the game. As far as the actual content goes though, the Lightning DLC is supposedly what is occurring in Valhalla during the entire game (hooray for non-linear time shenanigans), and I've heard it explains more details about the actual ending, but from Lightning's perspective. Make no mistake, it doesn't resolve anything, but it might give the ending a much less dire outlook (the Light at the end of the tunnel if you will. ) Haven't finished it yet, but apparently the reward for beating the entire episode is being able to use the Valhalla version of Lightning in your party. Considering I don't really care much about leveling pets and such, the reward really isn't what I'm interested in. I just want more details about where the story is going. So far I'm enjoying the battle system itself though, it's much more fast paced, and reminds me of FFXIII in terms of how you have to make the most of the ATB gauge boost you get from switching paradigms. If you're not interested in the battle itself, or the "pet" Lightning, it's probably easier to just watch the cutscenes, which I think would last around half an hour on their own. I haven't watched them myself, because I really have been enjoying the battle.
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    Finally got to see this sunday, and while I haven't kept up with the recent Marvel movies, this was just awesome. Honestly, I don't care about canon, since I never followed comic books, and I'm already not that picky with things as long as they're entertaining... though, some of the parts I laughed hardest at really weren't meant to be funny at all. But this movie was just hilarious. Any scene with RDJ being himself had me laughing, and I think I nearly died laughing during the Hulk vs Loki moment. Mostly though, I was laughing at all the references I kept seeing.. I need to get a shot of the helicarrier in profile, but I'm pretty sure someone was looking at the SDF-1 when they designed the bridge. Tony Stark is obviously a fan of Ichiro Itano. Missiles everywhere. Even shoulder packs. Not to mention his one-man Daedalus attack. The other thing that had me cracking up... was really just incredibly stupid, shouldn't have even been funny, and got me weird looks from my friends. Apparently, they decided it would be a good idea to mount twin machine guns in the intakes of the JSF. Now, I know Hollywood loves its "RAT-TAT-TAT" sounds, and they love putting guns in random spots.... but showing tracers spewing out of the intakes of an aircraft has to be a new low.
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    I've managed to keep all my boxes so far, but only because I've got room for them in a closet in my office. It's quickly turning into a game of 3D tetris though. I'll probably have to move my VF-25 kits to my other closet soon enough, and put them with the rest of my models, so I can make room for all the VF-19s, VF-17s and VF-4s I'm going to want. Or, you know, I might just build myself a fort.
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    I still think I might just swap the heads on them, and make a Max VF-19S. Or maybe just put the white sticker markings from the VF-19F decal sheet over the yellow. I do appreciate the yellow scheme, but the white just looks so pretty. :
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    Except.. I don't think that's supposed to be "Black Aces".... one, the colors are entirely wrong, looks like a mix of VF-84 and VF-142, Ghost Riders, with maybe a bit of VFA-151 Vigilantes. Outside of the number, and what looks like a spade eyepatch on the skull, that looks nothing like a traditional Black Aces scheme. They were known for years as always having a solid black nosecone, and using red/white markings. Not to say those markings don't look awesome, and I know I would buy multiples if they started using the Hasegawa high-vis schemes on new releases. But for a company with as much experience with F-14 kits and markings as Hasegawa, I'm surprised they mixed the names around so much.
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    Oh I know, I just would love to give battlecry a simultaneous nod and slap in the face. It's actually sad though, the paint schemes they used for those VF-1s weren't too terrible. If they made them, I'd probably grab them out of nostalgia for the game itself, but I put the likelyhood of that just slightly less than getting a full English dub of DYRL on bluray. As for it being number 20, unless they start releasing a ton of customs in low-vis markings, I think I'm set for canon schemes. And really, that 20 includes 3 unbuilt kits, so yeah.
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    Oh, I know, they definitely got the look right, but the gear are mounted way too far back. Like I said, the pivot point on the 1/60 is clear behind that front door, so the front door doesn't need to open at all. If the pivot was farther forward, there'd be room for a longer strut. As it is now, the main gear doors practically drag on the ground, and they definitely would if the plane tried to rotate on takeoff.
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    Grrr.. I might be tempted, but maybe if I get my VE-1, that can be number 20. Honestly? I know it's probably blasphemy of some sort, but I'd almost be tempted to put the name Jack Archer on it.
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    Even if the blue is lighter, it still looks beautiful. You have to get a pretty dark blue before the yellow stripes won't clash (which is why the hi-metal made me cringe), but the range of blue that looks good with white stripes is much wider.
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    You know, I never understood the rear gear design on the VF-11.. the 1/60 I mean. You've got those tiny struts, and that big bay with two separate doors. The front gear doors do absolutely nothing, except making it look canon. You don't even need them open to lower the gear, since the pivot is completely behind that door. You could add a good centimeter or so to those gear if you just moved the pivot forward to the front of the bay. I just never use them, so you can't see how goofy they look. As for the NO STEP bits, color on those varies by paint scheme, so they stand out, but you rarely even see aircraft with them that clearly marked anyway. With low-vis markings, they're usually just a darker or lighter shade of gray. For the VF-11B, a lighter gray or even white might look good, though black would probably be fine. I don't know why they would use red really. It's probably a hold-over from 1970s high-vis navy markings, which I think did tend to use red markings.
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    Oh YES, that stand is beautiful. I'd love to buy a few of those actually, though, I'm not really worried about it matching the current yamato stand adapters. I might have to brainstorm a few ideas about how to adapt them though.
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    Hah.. so after all these get modeled/casted by numerous fans, they decide to make their own? I'm liking this! Quick, someone start a Ghost X9 and a VF-9 model!
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    Indeed. In fact, I'm tempted to strip the yellow markings off the S, and repaint them white. It just looks so much better.
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    Ahh, well those closeups explain the feet.. the legs aren't finalized yet. Thick intake lip, no inner detail, and slab strakes. Looks like they're just a rough cut so they can show off something for the show. I'm not too worried about paint myself, I'll probably buy one regardless of how they paint it.. provided I don't have to take out a loan.
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    Probably just the bright lights, the feet and gun look lighter too, and I don't see why they'd change that. So beautiful.
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    Seriously, a bundle? Score! Though.. not for my wallet.
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    Actually... nope, feet are still very VF-1-ish. Not terrible, but I don't care for them sticking out that much myself. They just look out of place I think. Unless.. ok, that resin prototype might be out of date, because the cad shows the right feet. Now I'm confused. And if they're going to not do the classic skull markings, at least it's going to be white. I do like that the YF-21/SV-51 stand is back there too.
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    Don't care to derail the entire topic onto another FFXIII-2 excursion, but apparently they finally released the DLC chapter for Lightning. Going to play it soon as it's done downloading. Now back to your regularly scheduled topic.
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    Yeah, especially in the CF's case. Though, those pics of the CFs in DYRL earlier do make me wonder if Yamato might be reworking the sticker sheets. If they're going through the trouble to release a DYRL CF, they might be coming up with an expanded set of markings for a new strike pack set. I mean, personally I've got plenty of Jolly Roger markings, but I'd love to see some other squadron patches on there. I know one of the VF-0s came with VF-1 Wolfpack markings, and the VF-19 releases are coming with NUNS patches, so it's not like Yamato hasn't done non-canon stickers before. The half-Kakizaki one looked like it had green markings, and the one in the hangar had what looks like a double green arrow on the pack. I'd just love some other insignias to stick on there.. even if I probably wouldn't use them myself.
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    It's been a while now, but I know there used to be a thread dedicated to kitbashed Valk Girls. Can't recall which section it was in though. Generally involved a lot of revoltech figures and Toynami 1/100 valks as I recall. The one that sticks in my mind used a Revoltech Rei as a base, and I know there were others, but I don't remember who did them. They're probably in the gallery section though. I'd look for it myself, but rather not go searching for pictures of Valk Girls at work.
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    The only two who'd really need the TV packs are the Hikaru 1J (which isn't even canon, but everyone seems to love) and the TV Roy, which was released in a super pack bundle not too long ago. M&Ms come with their own, and I don't remember seeing any one else really used the packs in the series (maybe an odd CF). They just didn't play that big a role. It's not like the situation with the 1/48s, where the only place you could get standard TV packs was with the Hikaru 1J bundle. With DYRL though, everyone used them, and I think that there's been at least one strike pack bundle released for every character, and some got multiples. First few releases included a Roy and Hikaru 1A bundle, then we got the anniversary bundles for the Roy and Hikaru 1S. Then in the past year or so, we got the updated Max and Kakizaki 1A bundles. The only one I don't think got a bundle was Max's 1S, but in the short time you see that particular plane, he didn't use packs anyway. Might be kind of excessive, but would Yamato start bundling in the option parts with the packs? Would be overkill for the new valks, but I know some people would appreciate the spares for their old ones. I don't know how they're packaged with the current re-releases though, so if they're just in a small bag in the bottom of the box, they probably wouldn't bother to change the packaging.
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    I think the pose does look like her torso is a bit long, but I what caught my eyes is well.. her eyes seem to be looking straight out at you, instead of what Max is pointing at. The pose isn't too bad, but she doesn't look like she's looking where she's pointing.
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    Well, thanks then I guess though I'm not sure it was the same one. The order did open and close a couple times I think, I just happened to check at 8:30, and there was one available.
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