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  1. 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)
  2. David Hingtgen
    The "var-causing song" sounds a LOT like the "song of destruction" from the end of Zero. (you know, the floating carriers etc scene). I really think there's a link between Zero and Delta, with that song. It's the same "high-pitched ethereal chant". (which also sounds a bit like Nephilim's song in Xenosaga)
  3. David Hingtgen
    The lack of "classic" SW aliens (like twi'leks, rodians, etc) was one of my bigger gripes with the film----though Darth Talon is simply too cliche IMHO. "Female Darth Maul, and a twi'lek!" Bring in Yuthura Ban, screw chronology, she'd rock.
  4. David Hingtgen
    Absolutely---I'm hoping for distinct weapon pods for each valk, or at least like 2 different types split across the squadron. That would add some more distinction to each valk, beyond paint. (kind of like only Luca's had drones, only Michael's had a sniper rifle, etc)
  5. David Hingtgen
    It's plane+pilot, not just the paint, that makes a valk desirable to purchase. For me at least. Olive-green VF-27's don't look THAT cool, but they're Grace's, so that makes them awesome. Thus, while I think Delta 02 looks the coolest, I think we may already know all about the pilot we ever will. (I could be proven wrong though). Whereas with Mirage---we know she's awesome, because she's a Jenius, even if she doesn't seem THAT skilled of a pilot yet (compared to 01 and 02). Her valk looks decently cool (better than 03 and even 01 IMHO), so that combo (scheme+pilot) makes Delta 04 outrank 02 overall.
  6. David Hingtgen
    I realized what this reminded me of: The whole "Open Ranka" scene/song from the 2nd Frontier movie. Which to me, was the worst point in the entire series. I never re-watch that part, always skip it. (And I still like the 1st movie more than the 2nd) And Delta seems to have that, as its main premise.
  7. David Hingtgen
    Bonus points for using parts from Wing Gundam. (and not one of the EW versions, the true original)
  8. David Hingtgen
    Yup. I think they ALL should have their own unique artwork, not just Delta 01 and 02. It'd really help add some "interest" to the "lower-tier" valks. (because it's already pretty clearly set up that 01 and 02 are the best pilots) The large amount of grey does help separate them from all the many mostly-white valks out there, and does help "tone down" the bright colors--but it does also make topside of the valk more plain for 03 and 04. (as they have only a single accent color, unlike 01/02/05 which have two accent colors)
  9. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, you also missed about half of whats-his-face's screen time (and best line), and his not-black X-Wing.
  10. David Hingtgen
    Then you kinda missed Finn's whole backstory as to why he did what he did in the rest of the movie. Too much for me to type here, either go see the movie again (my suggestion), or google it, or maybe someone here will type it all out.
  11. David Hingtgen
    Hasn't 3P shown that $100 per member for a combiner team is supported by the fandom? Does Takara need even more than that for their budget/sales?
  12. David Hingtgen
    Delta 1 and 4 have the most similar, most "typical" heads.
  13. David Hingtgen
    Watched sub---didn't really pick up anything new this time around. If you read the "early teaser" info and listened to most of the podcast, and watched the raw----watching the sub isn't really going to add much more. Nothing more is explained that I didn't already know. Everything's "still a mystery".
  14. David Hingtgen
    I wish hers had some spine-artwork. Nice colors/scheme, but Delta-02 has both the coolest art, and the coolest head. Her Delta-04 has a nice but very generic head.
  15. David Hingtgen
    I still hold to my mantra of "the torso-bot makes or breaks the combiner". And THIS is a torso, vs "the leader-bot squatting with some kibble added": http://tformers.com/transformers-mastermind-creations-feral-rex-leo/19868/news.html That series of images of the prototype is what really sold me. Even from the sides/back, it looks like a torso. Not a massive ton of kibble hanging off the back, or 2D like Quantron.
  16. David Hingtgen
    So, TFCC makes Needlenose, AKA "the G1 jet that was an F-16, that's not Skydive", on the Firefly/Slingshot mold, not the Skydive F-16 mold. WTF? It's mind-blowing how much that particular CW-jet-limb mold is used, vs the Skydive and Air Raid one. I still hold out hope that someone at Hasbro (or Takara) sees the uber-obvious, amazingly appropriate and awesome recolor pairing that MUST be done:
  17. David Hingtgen
    They're bulky voyagers. Probably as tall as Gen Springer/Blitzwing, but weigh twice(or thrice) as much.
  18. David Hingtgen
    1. I'm a huge Feral Rex fan and think it is by far the overall best. 2. UT Warlord comments: Mania King and later UT releases are much higher quality than the early members of War Lord. Their Divebomb is pretty poor, but they never reissued/improved it to match the later members, nor gave replacement parts etc. Also---it's more than a parts-former IMHO. Parts-formers may switch around parts to transform, or need a FEW bits to make one mode viable. 50% of War Lord is combiner-only kibble. The wings for instance, which pretty much goes against the entire Predaking concept of "Divebomb's wings are the combiner wings". Warlord's aren't. Nor are his waist, pelvis, hips, or abs made from Razorclaw. This is pretty much the defining pic for me---it's half of Predaking, plus Razorclaw! 3. Ares. Just godawful color placement/accents, and some questionable design details IMHO, mainly in beast-mode appearance. 4. Is Feral Rex perfect? Heck no, there's plenty of things I see in the UT and TFC vesions that I really wish MMC had done/copied. THe perfect version would be a blend of all 3. But I see Rex as having a few minor/moderate faults, vs a ton of faults, many of them massive, in the others.
  19. David Hingtgen
    That's one of the biggest things I noticed---the 2D and CG do NOT mesh well, not nearly as well as Frontier did it.
  20. David Hingtgen
    Hmmn. Plus: Adhering to to original series' "setting". Mainly---the Zentradi are *green* again. And the voice echo. Minus: First time I ever thought an episode got LESS cool right after the valkyries showed up...
  21. David Hingtgen
    And a less sickly-green hue to the too-pale tan... And white gear and bays, not pink.
  22. David Hingtgen
    Ditch half the missiles, and use that money for the printing/paint...
  23. David Hingtgen
    I'd say having a lion AND a tiger is a bit redundant, but then I remembered I'm a huge Predacons/Predaking fan...
  24. David Hingtgen
    Still missing the grey intake stripes. (yeesh, they're MOLDED in, just paint them!)
  25. David Hingtgen
    Just passed that part in the podcast---in addition to what's in the post above, they mention it used a kind of ray to do what it does, and that it is swappable. I expect/hope that some packs are more directly combat-oriented. My guess is that each(or at least some) VF-31's will have a "signature" pod that is usually installed. They can all likely use all of them, but maybe each pilot will have a preferred couple ones to use.
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