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  1. David Hingtgen
    That's why my first guess at the name was "Schwalbe III". (As I didn't have my katakana chart out at the time---I just saw that it was a relatively short name and ended in III, which always means Kawamori used the name of an older existing plane). Plus it's model 262, which I refuse to believe (unless countered by HFH himself) is just a random number, and NOT to homage the Me262. It'd be like having a Macross civil transport named VP-747 or something...
  2. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, that's definitely the most eye-catching "design alteration" to the -27 there.
  3. David Hingtgen
    Wha---what? Scan of that anywhere?
  4. David Hingtgen
    What Mr Cheng said----this is Bandai, the landing gear could SUCK. I'm personally hoping for a really nice fighter mode, with formation lights and everything. Maybe even a taxiing light for the nose gear. We all know a lit-up fighter mode could look even cooler than a lit-up battroid. But only if done right, with good landing gear. Edit-----ooh, light up cockpit maybe?
  5. David Hingtgen
    Any hint if FAST packs were already thought of? (Like mounting holes visible etc).
  6. David Hingtgen
    Agreed, just saw a better pic and I thought dragon as well.
  7. David Hingtgen
    The symbol on the teal/red -31 I think is more of a flaming-winged angel or Phoenix.
  8. David Hingtgen
    The "black" VF-31 has a winged, horned, grim reaper head on the backplate.
  9. David Hingtgen
    Switching from delta to FSW wings and completely reworking the nose/chest transformation to be like a -25's, and adding in YF-29 cannons, is more than a "tweak". It's practically a new valk. I was thinking like----slide up the tailfins in battroid so they line up with/fill in the gaps in the wings, and a new type or two of swappable mission pod. Not a total re-design. I liked the 30 because it had delta wings and an interesting torso configuration----I'm very surprised those distinctive elements were removed in favor of "the stuff we already saw many times in Frontier".
  10. David Hingtgen
    I really hope we see a VF-30. The -31 is both too different from the 30 and too much like the 25/29. I really just wanted a slightly tweaked YF-30. Just a few little things could have made it amazing.
  11. David Hingtgen
    That was my guess.
  12. David Hingtgen
    Schwalbe III? (Just guessing, because there's no way aviation-buff Kawamori picked 262 as a random number)
  13. David Hingtgen
    Ack, I just realized that's not a shield on the left arm---it's the whole wing and tail assembly hanging off the back, same as the -29.
  14. David Hingtgen
    But dang if the -31 doesn't look like the -25 in battroid.
  15. David Hingtgen
    Problem is, any non-fan would probably pronounce it "bwing".
  16. David Hingtgen
    That's my #1 complaint about valk designs the past decade---the wings no longer transform/store anywhere---there's just a huge single-hinge backpack that is the entire upper fuselage with the wings attached. It was bad enough on the -25, but it's just horrendous on the -29. -27 has same problem with its "tail"---but at least the wings are double-hinged to fold in a bit, along with the engines.
  17. David Hingtgen
    That would be neat. I too am kinda getting sick of forward-swept valks. I love the -19, but seems like there's been too much exposure lately. Keep it "rare". But delta-winged valks---need more!
  18. David Hingtgen
    No, the McQuarrie stuff, like this: http://a.dilcdn.com/bl/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/01/31-Dogfight.png
  19. David Hingtgen
    Their original paint scheme was better. Their current one is just "QANTAS, but in purple".
  20. David Hingtgen
    The new X-Wing quickly grew on me. It's not that different and directly comes from the original artwork. Whereas the JJprise is still ugly and completely goes against all established looks for Starfleet. (While the Kelvin is a great "old" design)
  21. David Hingtgen
    So----2D or 3D? I almost always go for 2D (glasses over glasses suck) and the image is brighter etc. But if I want to see it on the biggest screen, that's only 3D here.
  22. David Hingtgen
    Is the huge spoiler about something visible in the snow-planet/X-wing scene if you look close? I hadn't noticed until someone pointed it out, and it seems almost certain now. (It's a "thing" spoiler vs a "person" spoiler). I figure a truly huge spoiler almost has to be a person though)
  23. David Hingtgen
    At this point, I think only a 3P Trypticon will satisfy me. (and I don't mean SD/chibi!)
  24. David Hingtgen
    Which Batgirl is that in the background? (I'm pretty sure I know which Baroness)
  25. David Hingtgen
    So is there any news about this release getting super parts?
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