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  1. David Hingtgen
    Personal request, but if anyone who has like 4-6 Altos and keeps some of then permanently in armor or battroid etc----would much appreciate if you would be willing to swap out a pristine ventral fin for my chipped-modex-number-paint one. I keep my Alto in "naked fighter" more than anything else----but that's the only time you see the ventral fins' numbers.
  2. David Hingtgen
    Oh yeah---retractable neck cover----just as annoying as the previous one----does it "lock" into an extended position? I swear the thing is spring-loaded to pull back up inside the head. I once got it to what I figured was 90% extended----then it zipped back up in the head again. Haven't been able to get it that far out again since.
  3. David Hingtgen
    No reviewer ever does everything perfect. I've seen many times where like 3 people will all get 90-95% of it, but all forget something different. I will often watch Peaugh, optibotimus, baltmatrix, vangelus, but rarely find that just one will cover everything.
  4. David Hingtgen
    Don't think it's the head, as I put the head/slider into battroid mode position to get it completely out of the way and it made no difference----the flap doesn't seem to be touching anything anywhere. Same way that a V1 and V2 1/60 VF-1 are.
  5. David Hingtgen
    OK, got mine, just been fiddling around with it a bit in fighter mode before really trying anything, but one thing sticks out so far (literally): Those flaps on either side of the head. One (right side) won't go down all the way. Sticks up a bit in fighter mode. Bugs the heck out of me, being a fighter-mode guy. Anyone else encounter this? Can't figure out WHY it won't go down yet--doesn't hit anything that I can see, no mold flash etc. Doesn't seem to be pinned in so shouldn't be a mis-aligned pin. And wow--the panel lines ARE fine. Don't know how well they'd work for a wash, as they are so shallow. Overall color is---odd, IMHO. There is absolutely no warmth to it. It's almost a very pale greenish tan. Like weathered concrete or something. It's a cold, dull color.
  6. David Hingtgen
    It's a cost thing. The grey stripes wouldn't affect total cost by any meaningful amount. But that big tray of missiles is surely 5000+ yen. Would rather have a nice new fold booster if they're going to include expensive accessories. Especially since they gave fold booster mounts. If it's going to increase the cost significantly, it'd better be something "iconic". True, the grey stripes aren't that important--but they also wouldn't make you pay an extra 50 bucks if they were included and you didn't really want them.
  7. David Hingtgen
    Am I the only one who doesn't ever watch emgo's reviews, because of the stupid intros?
  8. David Hingtgen
    They must be very faint--I've been looking at all the pics I can and haven't seen them yet.
  9. David Hingtgen
    How I wish the availability of "Plum Crazy" ever coincided with me being able to get a car. I want it sheerly to have "Decepticon purple".
  10. David Hingtgen
    I think it's using a Gouf-hand as a forearm-mounted cannon. (Vs simply having a regular forearm-mounted cannon). Maximum Gouf! Anyways----the next series should be a prequel! Follow Ral's early days! Start off with Gouf Amazing, then Gouf Mind-blowing, and finally upgrade into the Un-Goufing-believable! (or alternately, Unbe-fouGing-lievable) Works better if you pronounce Gouf like Bright Noah does in the dub (Guff, instead of Goof)
  11. David Hingtgen
    Wait a minute---did they not even scribe in the lines for the grey markings on the upper intakes?!?! It would have been an easy five-minute job to paint them if so, (they're on the CAD drawings!), but if they're not molded in at all---that'd be a darn difficult thing to mask with symmetrical angles on each side, etc. (plus it'd be 10x more likely to scrape/scratch off over time, vs having a nice recessed panel line surroundin the edges)
  12. David Hingtgen
    Really, I want several stands, as I keep my valks in fighter mode most of the time.
  13. David Hingtgen
    I will sorta count Colossus as a G1 character/homage. But the original FP Aerialbot add-on set? Absolutely not. That is an Energon figure with new hands/feet.
  14. David Hingtgen
    I want that kite-logo stand, badly.
  15. David Hingtgen
    Really, Mr K wanted to keep costs down by not including the arm cannon or fold booster, but instead gave us a dozen sets of underwing missiles that were never seen on-screen? I'd trade all the missiles for either one of the seen-in-use things...
  16. David Hingtgen
    *I* was well aware earlier. . (even came up with something but never got around to it---maybe save it for next year)
  17. David Hingtgen
    That defeats the purpose. I *like* digging through a massive pile of parts. I try to avoid "building subsections from a dedicated bag".
  18. David Hingtgen
    People ship ASSEMBLED Lego sets? That seems pointless---a waste of space, and much more likely to break. Loose LEGOs are basically invincible in the mail. But a long thin assembly of something--that could actually snap or bend if hit in the wrong spot.
  19. David Hingtgen
    That makes me think----how are valks going to look in the future, now that Kawamori will have all these new pieces to use?
  20. David Hingtgen
    MIB? (really, more than any other toy---what's the point of buying boxed LEGO sets vs loose complete? Could you even prove it afterwards?) "Yeah, this is totally a 1988 blue 1x4, and not some 1992 substitute..." Plus, there's no need to "keep it in the box" for protection/storage/shipping----they're inherently "jostling around loose in the bags" to start with. Now, that said---some parts are rare, and rarer still in good condition, and the only way to acquire the proper number needed in nice shape IS to buy a complete mint set that has been 'whole' since day 1. Some people will spend more "restoring" a poor-condition set by replacing worn-out rare parts with better ones, than if they'd just bought a whole new set in better condition. (it is hard and expensive to "complete" a set you don't actually own---as in, you're checking peeron or rebrickable, and you see you've already got like 2/3 of the parts to build a set---don't try it! You're better off just buying the set. Unless you've got like NINETY+ percent of the parts, it's not a good idea to try to "just buy the last bits individually") And even if you've got 90% of a monorail----you're probably missing some very rare/expensive parts. There's sets that I have 95% of, that I still feel aren't worth the money to complete. "10 bucks EACH for that part?!?!"
  21. David Hingtgen
    That is not the kit we need---THIS is what we all want now:
  22. David Hingtgen
    I don't know anything about a new Bruticus---but look at Predaking. 3, plus a 4th one that's likely abandoned at this point (Justitoys'). We've got THREE sets of 3P Dinobots coming, 2 Skyfires, 2 UM's. 3P seems to LOVE to copy each other, whether intentional or not. There's another Menasor coming for sure, Peaugh says there's another Defensor besides TFC's, and we know one of the head official MP designers wants to do Bruticus. Warbotron is the first "real" 3P Bruticus---I'd be darn surprised if it's the only one that'll come out in the relative future. Plenty of room for one with G1-accurate vehicles, and/or an animation-style transformation (where BlastOff's wings are the chest-plate). Or simply one not *quite* so huge as Warbotron's.
  23. David Hingtgen
    Darth Revan figure is real, and as hard to get as feared---you have to buy $75+ of SW sets from Lego.com, from May 3 to May 5. I could swing 75 bucks of LEGO---but there's really not $75 of *SW* sets I want. (well, maybe a UCS B-Wing, but that's gone, as is the newer Y-wing). New ISD isn't out yet either.
  24. David Hingtgen
    But neither are any of the wing-mounted weapons, IIRC, and they sure spent a lot of effort and money to include them. (I'd rather not have them and have it be cheaper, myself...)
  25. David Hingtgen
    That's my take on it---the cockpit part is slightly raised, hiding the far-side edge of the "spine".
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