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  1. David Hingtgen
    They do love their J-model designations. I wonder if it's mainly due to being the "standard hero variant" in Macross now, or if it's still intended to homage/denote Japan, as the original VF-1J and F-15J do. (J isn't a very common model designation---only ones I can think of real-world are F-15J (where the VF-1J designation almost certainly comes from), P-38J, F-4J, and F-8J. For the P-38, F-4 and F-8, there simply were that many variants. But for the F-15J, it's really just to denote Japan-built ones. (F-15J's are really F-15C's built by Mitsubishi).
  2. David Hingtgen
    But that doesn't retroactively name the prototypes. YF-17 is the Cobra, not the Hornet. (true, the YF-21 and VF-22 differ much less than YF-17 vs F-18, but far less can cause a name change--see the F-5 family for good examples----or F-111 and A-6 families)
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    Of course, there's the "barely known" ones between Komilia and Mylene, but I'd rather she be the daughter of a "known" Jenius. (No way is she Emilia's, IMHO)
  4. David Hingtgen
    Re: ratchets. Rarely do elbows bug me, but "outwards hip motion" often does. Good example is Leo Dux. (and thus, Feral Rex). Legs together--too close, calves nearly touching, looks odd. But put each leg one click out--extreme A-stance, almost doing the splits. Also looks odd! Really needs a "one-half click out" possibility.
  5. David Hingtgen
    My vote's been that Mirage is Komilia's daughter.
  6. David Hingtgen
    I do Fortis 50/50. Robot feet on top, robot chest on top. Like so:
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    That's such a simple thing to do---that Bandai will surely not do it for the regular releases, but will instead pack them in with an expensive Tamashii exclusive bundle full of stuff you don't want.
  8. David Hingtgen
    I don't think so. The numbers indicate original planned order of release of the figures, but don't imply a continuous comic story. PS----Mike, did you get batteries to light up Rex's visor?
  9. David Hingtgen
    MP Tracks: Yes, knees are loose. Easy fix though, see here: http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/tutorials-how-tos/1055985-mp-25-masterpiece-tracks-loose-knee-leg-fix.html In short---slip a little sliver of plastic under the pawl-piece. Note that the instructions are based around not actually taking the legs apart, but merely "loosening them up so that all the parts move out of the way, to provide access to the interior"---which is actually much easier than removing then replacing plarts. Your goal is to swing the outer part of the shin around, revealing the ratchet mechanism. Front bumper is INSANELY tight. I spent half an hour with an xacto knife the first time very carefully prying it apart, then sanded all around it. And it's STILL really really tight.
  10. David Hingtgen
    The cannon I mentioned for Leo is the core of the combiner cannon, and it is arm-mounted, so if you really want something hand-held you need to go aftermarket.
  11. David Hingtgen
    Oh yeah, forgot to give you a heads-up--- it seems that the Nero Rex repaint, and all re-releases of Leo, have that chest-piece in backwards. The originals were correct. Glad you were able to figure it out and fix it without damaging/stressing anything. At least it isn't pinned, though MMC pins as a rule are easily removed, as toys go. Reminds me of the MP seekers, where most of the ones after MP-03 had the chest intake bits swapped, until they were fixed again like 5 releases later. I can't think of any other issues with the Rex re-releases, most everything else is corrected/fixed from the first batch. I think Leo is the only instance of something getting messed up. As for "other bits": The tail halves can peg onto the sides of the cannons, in robot mode. (YMMV, they're designed too, but the chrome plating affects the tolerance--mine peg in well, but I seem to be the exception rather than the rule) The chest-hole-covering halves can peg onto Talon's wings. (obstinately as thrusters, but really it's just to allow Rex to be wholly self-contained in combined mode, using every part from the whole team) Leo's own cannon comes with Tigris. Partly to "balance out" costs/plastic. Talon and Tigris are both arms, but Talon also has the wings, and Leo already comes with so many parts. So Tigris has both his guns and Leo's cannon.
  12. David Hingtgen
    So I turn on my PS3 to get a $3 copy of the best game ever (Xenogears--see here: https://twitter.com/RPGSite/status/687050935571316736) and it wants a system update. Ok. Well, now the enter button on my PS3 remote doesn't work at the PS store. And I can't find anyone else mentioning this. Surely it can't be just mine? The enter button works on the Youtube app etc, just not the PS store "app". Have to use X.
  13. David Hingtgen
    I tried both finger upgrades: the Dr Killinger ones and Prof H. Ended up using neither. 1. Removing the pins to install Dr K's caused stress/cracking in the knuckles, despite me being very slow and careful. Decided it wasn't worth the further risk/damage. Also they're not symmetrical in any axis---to my eye it's very obvious they're "home grown/sculpted". I've removed MMC pins in Rex before just fine, they're generally easy----dunno why the fingers were so different. 2. Prof H's-----can't fold them back up to store in the feet. That's a deal killer for me. Plus they actually look even stubbier from some angles. They're pointier now, but even thicker. My set's for sale if anyone wants them, cheap.
  14. David Hingtgen
    The Bovis pelvis issue was fixed by like the 1.5th release of him. As for the knives---I do it like this: Go about 8 mins in. That's the best way to do it. Also watch for combining Fortis and Tigris' blades in dual-wielding/staff mode. If they don't want to slide in---don't force them, you'll probably never get them apart without snapping them. Shave the handle or opening just a bit if you encounter any resistance.
  15. David Hingtgen
    I am hoping for flightsuit Makina. Combined with flightsuit Mirage, that may make a few more Delta 04 fans.
  16. David Hingtgen
    I believe it comes down to price-point as the main reason. Hasbro has very strict cost/price points that all releases must fall into. Take deluxe Groove---I believe it may simply cost more to produce than other CW limbs, so Hasbro won't release it here at a standard deluxe price-point. And they sure can't sell it as a voyager. Thus--they don't sell it at all. Whereas Japan--they can put whatever price it needs to be. 2200Y alongside 2400Y deluxes? Not a problem, AFAIK. And especially not a problem with a gift set, as there's no "set class" for those as a rule.
  17. David Hingtgen
    Not quite sure which thread to put this in, but: Does anyone know if the markings on the new X-wing wings, mean anything? I mean, originally, you could easily tell Red Leader, 2, 3, 5 etc by the number of stripes on the trailing edge. But now---they all seem the same. Every X-wing that I can tell, has "3 colored, and 2 silver" stripes. Poe's regular blue one, Poe's black one, and the "closest one to the screen" when Poe's flying his black one. (which AFAIK isn't Blue 3---I've yet to find a clear shot of Blue 3's wings). Either they've abandoned that system, or the CGI/modeler guys didn't realize what they meant and unintentionally made them all the same.
  18. David Hingtgen
    Thought/point: Feral Rex is on like its 3rd wave of release/re-release, and still sells out. All the other Not-Predakings still have 1st-wave leftovers, I believe.
  19. David Hingtgen
    Took a couple years, but we can finally say "yes!"
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    ?? Signature?
  21. David Hingtgen
    I think they all are. It's too intrinsic to the show, and all the recent valks have been. (-25, -27, etc). Even "single seat" large fighters usually have it as part of the design. A two-seat F-15's cockpit and canopy is no longer than a single seater's. Just arranged differently (and with less gun ammo) to make room for the second seat. Goes back to the YF-19, if not earlier. Just yank out the "plug" and put in Yang.
  22. David Hingtgen
    As is half the fandom it seems... "All hail Scalechartron his holiness". Any other size representation is blasphemy to "true Trans-fans".
  23. David Hingtgen
    re: D03's wing packs. They didn't seem to be "color-coordinated", so that's actually a good thing---it means if they make them, they should work on any -31.
  24. David Hingtgen
    Well, it is. It's a Gundam, designed to look like Fumina, in-show-in-canon. Because one character is really obsessed with her and made his Gundam look just like her. (and it's also a really cheap way for the show to add a new "Gundam", if it just looks like an existing character design)
  25. David Hingtgen
    That looks like a resin/printed proto, entirely hand-painted and decaled. It's a long way off from molded-in-color-plastic with tampo. All the parts that will be clear, aren't yet. (asides from the canopy, which is probably a reused -25/29 part)
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