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  1. Mommar
    This is all lame whining. Everything you want explained was done in other materials that weren't part of the films. Nowhere did they explain opening the wings helped the lasers converge or dissipation of heat in the movies. That was all EU stuff... which doesn't count anymore (if it ever did) anyway. So the original handwave isn't even a handwave.
  2. Mommar
    It's a joke based on how many years it took them to re-release the Ozma 25 already.
  3. Mommar
    You keep talking about it like it's some sort of personal ego trip for some guy who designed the new X-Wing rather than "we need tweaks to these older designs, come up with stuff and we'll pick the best looking one." As a matter of fact I just gave you the handwave, they needed something new but not for marketing and this is what they settled on.
  4. Mommar
    Nah, I don't like that movie.
  5. Mommar
    So here's the two main reasons they changed the X-Wing. 1) It's thirty years later and if they used the exact same design people would think they were being lazy, they would want to know why there weren't new fighters but if they completely removed the most iconic fighter for something new people wouldn't like that either because most people only say they want "change" when reality they want something very similar/familiar... which this will be. 2) Merchandising, now they have a NEW X-Wing to sell (Hasbro/Lego/etc...) If it looked like the old X-Wing nobody would need the new Lego kit. It still fits the Lucas parameter for Star Wars to a T, it doesn't make any real world sense (nor does it need to) and it's rife with merchandising opportunities. Get over it.
  6. Mommar
    Given that it's Ozma I wouldn't expect a re-release until 2018.
  7. Mommar
    Unlike the JJPrise I'm going to maintain to the last the new X-Wing looks good.
  8. Mommar
    It doesn't look awkward or off balance at all to me. I like the staggered look of the wings.
  9. Mommar
    But it's different, and different is scary.
  10. Mommar
    May cause sneezing, tiny scratches and erectile dysfunction.
  11. Mommar
    This would be a good idea, they would actually KNOW how to make a decent Marvel movie, they've already made one of the best for Marvel.
  12. Mommar
    Damn, well it was a good idea but notching it with an x-acto blade or razer hasn't made a dent. I'll have to see if I can track down some sort of rotary device.
  13. Mommar
    I'll try this. Thanks for the idea.
  14. Mommar
    This is a helluva example of putting all of your eggs in one basket. Also, why are all of these files just floating about in e-mails and not all in links to other secure servers on particular locked-down networks with special passwords for said networks? Have they not heard of layers for security purposes? All the hackers might've got then were a few bits and bobs of business info and some throw-away temporary passwords for all of the real data that *should* have been changed once read.
  15. Mommar
    I'm with Duke, the original Trilogy doesn't need to be rebooted in any way. Having two Death Stars makes perfect sense from a modern spacecraft design standpoint anyway. Typically the first one is proof of concept and the second one is built on the lessons learned from the first in a more streamlined capacity, which is precisely what happened in the movies (this happens with lots of other engineering projects as well.) Besides, why not have the ability to blow up two different planets at the some time rather than just one?
  16. Mommar
    If I had a dremel that might actually work... I think enough of the screw is poking out to do it. Hmm, none of my various pairs of pliers have been able to grip it. It really is only a few millimeters poking out.
  17. Mommar
    Okay, it took me a bit of time so hopefully somebody will still come back here to check and give me some ideas. The head of one of the screws sheared off in the hip joint so it won't completely hold together, the bigger issue is that I can't dig the bit of left over screw from out of the hole. On the plus side this part of the hip/intake is actually all diecast so there's a bit more resilience than if it were stuck in plastic. I took two pics, the first from the side with the bit of nub sticking out, it's only millimeters really, not enough to grip it with anything I have handy. The second is from the top just for a different vantage point. Does anybody have an tips/ideas how to dig this bit of screw out? Does anybody know the size of screws for a replacement too? Thanks.
  18. Mommar
    I don't own a V1 so I can't comment on any part of that, I will say concerning the "weight" comment that I don't necessarily equate weight with something feeling quality. I honestly like how the V2 VF-1 and VF-11 feel so light, really. They're easier for me to pick up and flip around versus some of the heavier toys in the collection.
  19. Mommar
    Is that a Tornado or just a really large dust-devil?
  20. Mommar
    Man, months ago I was given the scripts/etc to try to figure out how to put all of those models back together and I just didn't have the time to help out.
  21. Mommar
    Internet whining to whine, I believe.
  22. Mommar
    So we get to suffer through a movie that reinforces Men are stupid?
  23. Mommar
    I think the subtext is that California pretty much ruins the rest of the country...
  24. Mommar
    So what happened to Roy's interception? Looks like the 51 got past him.
  25. Mommar
    With who? Chthonic or xr79?
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