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  1. David Hingtgen
    I think that's the idea---utter animation accuracy. Which some people want. (see: 3P Dinobot threads)
  2. David Hingtgen
    So, Benny's ship is sold out at Amazon and LEGO.com already.
  3. David Hingtgen
    Sooooo... Cheapest/best place to get the super parts pre-ordered? (seriously, every source I ever used to use for Tamashii exclusive stuff no longer does it)
  4. David Hingtgen
    I too wanted some of those supports, but their price/availability in any color I wanted kinda nixed those plans. We could REALLY use another set with "the parts Benny's ship doesn't have". True, an entire "New" Classic Space theme isn't that likely from LEGO---but there's absolutely no reason they couldn't make a Creator set or two with space themes/colors. Just give us a bunch of blue, bley, and trans-yellow bits. Mainly slopes, fins, rockets. And if they do the common "wheels for engines" thing---just include 4 tires for an alternate vehicle build and there's your new Creator set. (the BEST thing though, would be a future "Benny's Moonbase" or something, like a 1200+ part set)
  5. David Hingtgen
    Notches/detents for the wing-sweep settings. FAST pack booster attachment like the 1/48. (My #1 complaint with the v2 is the big ugly piece holding the boosters on----not much better than the 1/55 and far worse than the 1/48 and v1)
  6. David Hingtgen
    All current DX valks use superglue for assembly, so acetone is your best best. Just beware that acetone will eat paint very quickly, and can attack plastic over time. Personally I tend to sand/scrape most of the excess glue away, and not try to get ALL of it, at the risk of causing damage trying to get that last bit off. PS---I think it looks like the Su-47 too. (I'm betting it's intentional, and why they made the nosecone so pale)
  7. David Hingtgen
    That the Mach 3 Phantom, whatever it was called? That is because they ARE copies, but official ones, with design approval/help from Lockheed to make the changes. I doubt this new Not-F-22 would be officially designed with help from Lockheed.
  8. David Hingtgen
    Man, I feel geeky for recognizing what that note is sitting on. Props(ha!) to JJ for it though.
  9. David Hingtgen
    My post was in response to yours saying it was "order stop", and that I could order.
  10. David Hingtgen
    ??? I can "add to cart" right now.
  11. David Hingtgen
    +2
  12. David Hingtgen
    That's pretty much the end-all be-all of SW. I wouldn't be surprised if half these people are on screen for 0.5 secs just the "establish" them in SW lore and get them an action figure for the first movie---then ACTUALLY have a role in the next film. Yeesh, I was just looking up the new LEGO B-wing---and it comes with a "General Cracken" figure. Who? Googled him---in a ROTJ deleted scene and never actually seen in theaters etc, but now he's got enough backstory to get a figure with the B-wing set... I don't think he's even on the DVD cut-scenes etc. So yeah, that's SW in a nutshell.
  13. David Hingtgen
    Well the short version is the first movie is a sorta DYRL-esque retelling of the TV series' first half. Similar things happen, but not quite how they did on TV. The second movie is like a completely different second half of the TV series. More than just an "alternate ending" it's an alternate entire chain of events. I liked the first movie better than the second, but I think I'm in the minority.
  14. David Hingtgen
    I'm going to buy the "ocean" stickers----cost way more, but as I'm finicky about "insignia crispness and border thickness"---I think they'll be worth it. (and time-saving, too----may replace all my FP Not-Stunticon insignias if they work out) Check THESE insignias out: http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Ocean-TF-Decepticon-metal-Logo-decals-sliver-background/613353_1863551140.html
  15. David Hingtgen
    Custom colors would be the hardest thing. The Jolly Rogers often had to barter to get the extra-dark grey they needed for their low-vis tailfins, as that color was only supplied in small quantities for painting the modex numbers and nothing else. The dark grey tailfins were "allowed but not condoned"----they'd have to get the needed paint from other squadrons. Luckily, they have no need for red, while the Black Knights and Diamondbacks need a lot....
  16. David Hingtgen
    BTW, Benny's ship is up at LEGO.com. Free shipping plus free bonus mini-set. http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Benny-s-Spaceship-Spaceship-SPACESHIP-70816
  17. David Hingtgen
    If you paid $60 for an Ozma, then it's a V1. Just a pair of broken legs from a V2 Ozma would probably go for more than $60.
  18. David Hingtgen
    Louder than old F-15's? Wow.
  19. David Hingtgen
    Yet still have kibble. (Yes, his "wings" are part of his look----but certainly not the tips of the tail hanging off his knees)
  20. David Hingtgen
    For Feralcon insignia---trim. Bovis' needs a lot of trimming (you'll only have a hair's-breadth border left) but Leo's should fit with minimal trimming if any. Using the small ones just look bad IMHO, but most people end up going that route because it's easier. Anyways, Maketoys MTCM-04 Guardia (Not-Defensor):
  21. David Hingtgen
    So is it a true mis-assembly issue or a weird "unintuitive transformation" issue to get the windows lined up?
  22. David Hingtgen

    1/48 dead?

    David Hingtgen replied to RCB's topic in Toys

    1/36 isn't a standard modeling scale. 1/32 is a common model airplane scale. 1/35 is common for tanks/jeeps/helicopters.
  23. David Hingtgen
    The NUNS triangles crack too, but it's the ones underneath that crack first and more severely.
  24. David Hingtgen
    Acidstorm does, by far.
  25. David Hingtgen
    Yup yup yup. I want all 3, but the first of those especially. Give me a TOY-color Thundercracker. That means orange canopy (not yellow), silver paint (not grey plastic nor gunmetal paint), and BLACK hands/feet---not charcoal grey. And of course, and most importantly, a rich deep metallic blue overall. Not "classics" in-between blue. Thundercracker has never looked better than his G1 toy colors, yet that's the only scheme variation that hasn't ever been seen since like 1987. They keep doing toy-toon hybrids, which isn't as good. If Bluestreak can consistently get every subtle variation done, Thundercracker can too.
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