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  1. David Hingtgen
    Just wanna say thanks for that, very interesting.
  2. David Hingtgen
    Grace's is 102 and the CF is 302, but Bandai seems to get that backwards most of the time. (302 is never seen on-screen though, but 102 is so we're very sure it's Grace's)
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    Would rather see:
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    It's the Marines! Every aircraft*! *yeah, they included drones I thought the different sizes of Hornet squadrons was interesting. Had no idea the Red Devils were that small, relatively.
  5. David Hingtgen
    TF4 will be a permanent fixture. TF5 will be in theaters, and there'll still be one-step Grimlocks and Lockdowns clogging shelves...
  6. David Hingtgen
    As I said before---the Harrier's puff-jets turned up to 11.
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    Both airliners and carrier-based planes often do this, to keep the engines spooled up for better response in case something happens. Fokker 28/100 and the Bae146 are the best examples I can think of. The final flap-setting on most every (non-Airbus)airliner exists almost solely for this reason---there is usually very little additional lift gained by going from "almost full" to "full" flaps---but there is more drag, so you can run the engines up further without speeding up. (the 727 and early 737 rarely land at max flap, they usually land at second-to last) "Flaps 50" is basically "airbrake mode".
  8. David Hingtgen
    Piranacon is one of my absolute faves, King Poseidon is someone totally different who looks a lot like him. It's like Sky-Byte vs TM2 Cybershark.
  9. David Hingtgen
    Bruticus is coming first, and if Brawl is a new tank mold---then you just need to add a drill to it for a perfect Nosecone. THEN you get your Computron.
  10. David Hingtgen
    I've been free for years----but Avast Free is quickly becoming more annoying than most websites, due to relentless pop-up ads etc.
  11. David Hingtgen
    ::reads linked Avira review:: Web protection not part of the free version? Then what's left? Does the free version only scan floppy and thumb drives? I used AVG before Avast, might go back. ::reads more reviews:: Hmmn, Panda looks interesting. I remember one time years ago, that a Panda scan was the only thing that found something---I *knew* my PC had something, but everything else I ran said it was clean---but doing a scan through Panda's website found it.
  12. David Hingtgen
    I just hope the wings/tailfins fold up/away somewhere, and aren't just hanging on the back in their fighter-mode arrangement like most of HFH's valk designs lately. (the -29 is horrid in this regard) After the -11, it's like he stopped trying to find a place for the wings, and just let them hang whereever they ended up.
  13. David Hingtgen
    Current opinions on free anti-virus? Avast gets more annoying by the day. I swear they're inventing new things to bug you about...
  14. David Hingtgen
    Question for those who may know: If the manufacturers want to preserve their low roof-line for exterior appearance, why can't they just lower the seats some for more headroom? Don't need 6 inches, just an inch or two can make a HUGE difference for a good chunk of the population. Every time I sit in a potential new car, and crank the seat down all the way to check headroom--it always seems like there's room to allow it to go down further--it just doesn't due to how they designed the rails. (ever see a cut-away of a Countach? I think there's about 1 inch between butt and outside air, at the low-point of the seat---you CAN build seats down much lower to the floorpan) Heck, a semi-permanent adjustment would be really nice. Like a "high" and "low" bolt-placement. The power adjustments would still work, it'd be independent of that---just have alternate places for the actual bolts to insert, that hold the seat to the rails/tracks. Could change them when you sell it, etc. Set it to "high" for old ladies, etc.
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    Exactly. Why do cars 1000lbs less and several FEET smaller in dimension, have better head/shoulders room? Seriously, I bet some Italian sports cars are better in that regard, than the 2007+ Camaro. I am 6ft and one-half inch tall. That is not at all "unusual" nor should it "be a factor" when buying a car. Guys 6'6" have that problem---I should not---but I sure do in the Camaro! (heck, even my current car is quite iffy---I hate its sunroof for that reason, as an extra inch would be a world of difference---but for that car---EVERY SINGLE ONE that was not custom-ordered, has a sunroof, so there was almost no way to get one without)
  16. David Hingtgen
    I've think I've seen everything from trains to jeans to pickups "inspired by the F-22". So yeah, that phrase has been inappropriately used since about 1991 or so...
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    Any redesign where you have to point out what's different, is pointless. "Rear fenders now go 3mm more out and 4.5mm further up!" I bet the top of the glass is still pupil-high, like the last one I sat in. There's "low, sleek roofline" and then there's "just plain stupidly low". The Camaro is the latter. For that much mass and volume, I shouldn't feel claustrophobic. Considering how changed(and awesome) the Corvette is now, I was kinda hoping that the 2nd-fastest/coolest Chevy might get a bit of the same "spark of inspiration". But nope, not at all.
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    Still waiting for MG Burning Gundam with flickering orange LED's. (they make LED's specifically designed to flicker in a certain way, for a flame-like effect) While I've never seen a blue-orange two-way LED, I bet they exist or could be made, and would then work in both modes.
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    G1 Trypticon is being reissued. But we don't know if it's 100% original, or using the Gigastorm mold, or the colors, or anything.
  20. David Hingtgen
    TV for everything, including the Macross itself.
  21. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, molding MARKINGS in color makes little sense, considering how almost no rebel fighter has "full" markings---they're always missing a panel or two. And it means they couldn't make multiple versions (Red 2, Red Leader, Red 5) without having insanely complex/costly molds, so they have to have a mix of decals and colored parts anyways. It ALMOST works for a Y-wing, and would probably actually work for the A and B-wing. But X-wing? No way.
  22. David Hingtgen
    Gimme 1/48 fighters, and the sorely-missed ISD and Nebulon-B.
  23. David Hingtgen
    That was my thought---if the verniers have enough power to lift a valk up vertically off the ground, then they could surely create some extremely powerful attitude changes. It's the Harrier's puff-jet system, turned up to 11. Or 111. And again---power/weight ratio. Valks have tons of power, and are light-weight. Super rough guesstimations: If an F-22 has 40K thrust engines(x2), and max vector deflection downwards gives 8K(x2) thrust in that direction, that's 16,000lbs force moving a 65,000lb plane. It'll change direction of course, but not THAT fast. But if a VF-1, with 55K thrust engines(x2), giving a proportional 11K(x2) downwards vectoring force, has 22,000lbs of force moving a 41,000lb plane----that's going to pivot it MUCH faster than the F-22, and that force would likely exceed the pitching force it'd get from having stabilators*. And all later valks have much better power/weight ratios. *"elevator downforce" is a stat that I don't think I've ever seen---but I doubt many planes can generate downforce equal to half their own weight, from their tail. (of course, we also have to take into account the moment-arm for "effective force")
  24. David Hingtgen
    Depending on what part of Canada, maybe you two could just meet half-way.
  25. David Hingtgen
    And we all know how close their final plastic comes to their earlier painted samples.
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