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  1. David Hingtgen
    Lost World is just so much more *blatantly* written as a screen-play than his others. You could almost see director's notes scribbled in the margins while reading it---really turned me off of the book. The only book of his I've read that I didn't really like---it was just too much of a "script" vs "a Crichton novel". Also, gotta mention---Congo. *Great* book, awful movie.
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    I'd bet money the center portion detaches and becomes the Bat-boat.
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    Gah, that's 19 days from now. I'm at day 44 now...
  4. David Hingtgen
    Anyone know the exact release date of the Denial Gundam? It's going to be cutting it close with my current HLJ warehouse stack.
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    Don't you mean Dead End? I can even hear that line in his voice.
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    I often like films better when I don't know the actors----then I can actually see them solely as their character, instead of "A-list star playing yet another one of their three main archetypes". Very similar effect with animation, if you realize who's doing the voice. You hear the actor, not the character.
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    Look like AA or AAA in the pic, and HLJ says AA.
  8. David Hingtgen
    That photo shows well my main gripe with alt-mode: the barrel is too small, and/or the slide is too wide/boxy. I get that compromises must be made for robot mode, but the tiny little barrel sticking out of that big bulky frame, looks (ironically) toy-like. (plus, I still see a LOT of droop-barrel pics----either it can't be aligned dead-straight due to being diecast with no adjustment/play, or everyone is still mis-transforming that section)
  9. David Hingtgen
    But weren't the -0's on the Asuka like the entire production run? Very few built, with Roy's S-model the only S ever built, IIRC. So there wouldn't be any variants for them to be.
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    I didn't say the new ones were highly poseable, just poseable. More so than most original motorized ones.
  12. David Hingtgen
    I've still got my Death Stinger I think, also Salamander, maybe Berserk Fury. I'm never selling my Ultrasaurus or Liger Zero, but I'll have to see what all I still have boxed away. Anyone interested in Liger Zero X or its armor? (think I still have that one too)
  13. David Hingtgen
    Up until today, that was true----almost everything from the past few years are "Gundam-esque" in being detailed, highly-articulated poseable figure-kits. But the just-unveiled Masterpiece Zoids line seems to be the best of both worlds---poseable, AND motorized.
  14. David Hingtgen
    Ok, I only watched the first 54 secs so far, but I'm sold. Just, not a shield liger. (nor blade liger!). I need a Genosaurer or Liger Zero. (well, Ultrasaurus or Deathsaurer would of course also be great, but probably cost a zillion yen)
  15. David Hingtgen
    I'd pay so much for a nice Weltall. Xenogears itself I think would be hard to translate well----constantly hovering, venting, etc. And of course----Alpha Weltall and Weltall Id.
  16. David Hingtgen
    Took a decade but Xenosaga did get a few mecha models. Maybe in 2020 we'll see something for Xenoblade 1.
  17. David Hingtgen
    Right there with all the other MP 'cons, like MP Cyclonus, MP Shockwave, MP Scourge, MP Devastator, MP Ramjet, MP Dirge, MP Thrust, MP Astrotrain, MP Blitzwing------erm, uhm, oh... Seriously, we're going to have MP Seaspray before we get the main 'cons at this rate.
  18. David Hingtgen
    Road Rage is a very Stunticon-ish name. What do-gooder would have a name with RAGE in it? Kind of like there'll never be a Darth Cuterainbow.
  19. David Hingtgen
    Could make a LOT of snarky comments, but won't. Will just wait and hope for a corrected-color -0D, or maybe even a -0C. Does make me wonder about the Japanese fan base's priorities/criticisms---they're concerned about the intake markings on some being slightly mis-aligned (when you can't even see both sides of the jet at once to directly compare), but apparently remarked several times at the unveiling how the 0D's color was "just like the anime" when it's probably the least-accurately-colored 1/60 ever?
  20. David Hingtgen
    I don't think Takara will ever top including ONE missile launcher with Prowl, and one with Bluestreak. (I still need to buy launchers for Streak, but all the GOOD ones for him are always in multi-packs---I don't want to buy a Prowl/Streak/Smoke set, just to get the good Streak ones)
  21. David Hingtgen
    You know, she's that 'con that showed up in the same episode as Exhaust. And that's the only MP 'cons we're getting, sadly. Just repaints of 'bots.
  22. David Hingtgen
    Eh, the Ozma -29, and ALL the -27's, never had official photos of the final production item IIRC. (I know because none of mine match the official/box pics, paint-wise).
  23. David Hingtgen
    I think they were trying to go for broke and mix DNA of the two "stars" to make a hybrid Velocirannus Rex. A smart, long-armed tyranno.
  24. David Hingtgen
    That looks good, but the reported "eye-searingly bright" blue LED's are basically a deal-killer. I want anything but blue for my new PC, and I hate uber-bright LED indicators in all things. Mini-rant: Yes, LED tech has advanced over the years, but there is no need for indicator lights to be "the brightest LED known to man"---yet they often are. 10 years from now, when LEDs are even brighter---you're going to go blind just from turning your TV on, because the LED will be THAT BRIGHT. Indicator lights don't need to, and shouldn't, light up the room etc. Only flashlights and headlights need that kind of power.
  25. David Hingtgen
    The MX Master felt similar to the Performance MX, but even better IMHO. The main difference I feel is that the MX ones are "taller" and the Deathadder is "flatter"---and my beloved Comfort Mouse 3000 is kinda inbetween those two, but probably closer to the Deathadder. Also, the MX ones have "under-thumb" projections, the Deathadder is "open". That aspect is one I'm not sure if I'd like more or less than my current setup. (a hybrid of the two MX's would be perfect, but that doesn't exist---yet) Current mouse (have gone through several): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826105189 I'm sure the Deathadder is "close enough" in shape that I'd feel "at home" with it long-term (it felt good for the 10 secs I tried at BestBuy). I guess the real question is----is an MX mouse "even better"? $100 is a lot to "try out" its under-thumb rest and thumb-wheel. And of course---seeing the Deathadder glow purple in the store was a big selling point. (as my new PC is purple, as much as possible---considered an RGB keyboard to get a match, but not ready to spend the better part of $200 to get that effect, especially as I'd spend 5 years fiddling with the settings)
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