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  1. David Hingtgen
    Bit of thread necromancy, but---now that people have had them a while, what are your thoughts? N-Y and Mandarake still have them available, at not TOO bad of a price premium. I'm considering buying them for my Alto. I've already got Super and Armored packs for my Alto, and while I've never been a big fan of the Tornado packs--- 1. Bandai seems to have done a very nice job on them. 2. It's the only thing I don't have for my Alto---it's somewhat "incomplete" without that set.
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    MG Denial Gundam, now please. (of course, with $50 purple LED pack sold seperately)
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    I can only hope he has a GREEN blade this time. (otherwise, I will pass on it for the second time). Such a simple thing, but really, "beam-saber color" is important to characters like these. Would people buy Vader with an orange blade? Luke with yellow? Most any Gundam with red?
  4. David Hingtgen
    Had a question---who do people watch for reviews on youtube, now that rrobert84 is effectively gone?
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    Non-ster?
  6. David Hingtgen
    There's a half-dozen photos of the same valk at the same show on the same day as that bottom picture---and they all look different. The question isn't "which of these is final?"---we know that. The question is---"what does that look like in real life"? The top picture is so saturated and purplish I can't make it look normal with any settings. The middle pic is the closest to the anime and hopefully what it "really" looks like. The bottom picture matches the earlier twitter pics.
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    Also note it's light grey, not white.
  8. David Hingtgen
    Still---what the heck happened to this one? One-of-a-kind hand-painted prototype with the right colors? (and really---even if they couldn't match the blue, why couldn't they match the light grey? It's basically DYRL grey, which they surely know how to do)
  9. David Hingtgen
    I think Computron and Bruticus may end up being the best of them, so I plan to wait for them. I'll buy the odd good-looking limb or torso, but do not plan to complete any currently-revealed team.
  10. David Hingtgen
    Agreed, but I see Amuro's signature color as "lavender" above all else, based on various depictions etc. IMHO those 3 Gundams should all have the same color, or close to it. Not range all the way from pure pink to almost pure blue. Should all be "variations of lavender/light purple". It can't be an "identifying scheme" if it's completely different every time. Char coloring is much more consistent. Rarely "perfect matches", but they don't run the whole gamut from orange to burgundy-brown between every machine... There's basically "early" red/salmon/maroon combos, and "late" crimson/black combos.
  11. David Hingtgen
    ::edit:: I just realized you meant his shoulders, not his actual stacks. So yes, they are too long.
  12. David Hingtgen
    Bandai seems incapable of "correct" purples in Gundam kits lately. See Angelo's Geara Doga, any Hi-Nu, and Zeta 3. They prefer brown, blue, and pink. Rather than, you know, purple, purple, and purple.
  13. David Hingtgen
    Exactly, best way I know to describe the situation to people unfamiliar with "current comic Magnus".
  14. David Hingtgen
    It's going to be entirely about Gubaba's colony, pre-discovery by Max...
  15. David Hingtgen
    I would try moving the nose's grey/tan separation line forward, so that basically just the part visible in battroid mode is tan, vs following the actual transformation-seam-line. A bit more grey around/ahead of the cockpit would look better/more like most real planes and other valks.
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    CW Dragstrip seems to be the best of wave 1 IMHO, limb-wise. And he is a better leg than arm, despite historically being an arm. Get a Gundam/Pigma Micron pen and finish outlining his visor in black---Hasbro's attempt is actually pretty good all things considered----but each individual figure varies and none are perfect---doing it yourself is easy, and it looks much better when fully opaque and consistent. I'm thinking at least a few color choices/moldings are mainly for a future Mirage etc repaint. Why are his thighs molded in yellow, and 100% painted maroon? And conversely, the entire bottom-rear of the car, is molded in maroon and like 90% covered in yellow paint. Molding those two things in the opposite colors would have improved his appearance. (as yellow paint is never opaque and never matches---unless it's many coats of automotive-grade paint over quality primer----not 1 quick spray of cheap toy paint over raw plastic)
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    G2 teams were very difficult to complete---I had to have my aunt buy me Onslaught from Arizona. I checked every place in town for MONTHS looking for him, despite having all 4 limbs. Energon teams---I saw Blight ONCE. Blackout ONCE. Current distribution would suck for a combiner team.
  18. David Hingtgen
    No, forming Bruticus' gun is the AWESOME choice.
  19. David Hingtgen
    Gyah, that's the worst-looking color yet. And sadly, that may be the most-accurate pic, considering the location/circumstances.
  20. David Hingtgen
    The only thing the -11 needs is better paint----like Milia's or VFX-2.
  21. David Hingtgen
    Fiddling around tonight---found a more "efficient" way to do my -25/29 pairing. Still working on it. There's definitely a "learning curve" to using these, as you discover how things work, what's the best way to achieve a certain position, etc. Sure, you can accomplish anything with 4 arms and 4 elbows, but getting the same thing using like half as many parts, gives a sense of satisfaction. (plus it looks better and is probably more stable).
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    Combiner news:
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  24. David Hingtgen
    That's the official backstory. The Ghost was never designed/intended for the VF-0. But it was physically possible, and the work could be done on-board a carrier, so they did so for the last battle.
  25. David Hingtgen
    Mmmn, yes, need one of those. Would that same molding work with a super-pack VF-25? VF-25 legs/arms would be in the same position in that configuration.
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