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  1. David Hingtgen
    So, what is the best XL out there now? I know it's not the A. To help narrow it down, these are the main ones I'm interested in: Nebula, Miranda, Ambassador, Sovereign.
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    DS is the only one where jet mode isn't "bent". (Hastak has a droopy nose, MT has the ass end sticking up)
  3. David Hingtgen
    Something that 99% of people miss, on the standard Excelsior vs the Refits: The outboard nacelle fins. (not the new ones, the ones that are ALWAYS present on ALL versions). The refits, have longer fins there. They're extended rearwards a bit, so that their rear edge now lines up with the rear edge of the new fin that was added on top. (the original fins would otherwise stop ahead of the trailing edge of the new fins---this way all the fins "end at the same spot") Or to put it another way---the original fins do not extend rearward beyond the rear end of nacelle itself. The Refit's do. (I believe the "new" Excelsior model built for the Voyager episode got this wrong---it has the extended fins) It's basically a small parallelogram-shaped extension. The original Ertl kit of the 1701-B included the extensions as extra parts to add. (no tabs/slots or anything, you just had to butt-join and putty them on). But I think like every other model/toy/diecast just gives the Refit version the same "rear outboard fins" as the regular version. :;edit:; Found a pic of the kit's sprues, I circled the fin extensions (they're right next to the all-new fins)
  4. David Hingtgen
    I noticed the tray to "mold the parts" was vac-formed. But the overall experience was like half-way between making Kool-Aid, and playing with Play-Doh. Turned out pretty well though, closer to how it looked on the box than I expected.
  5. David Hingtgen
    Does food count?
  6. David Hingtgen
    Ironically, I want KARR and the truck more than KITT...
  7. David Hingtgen
    Pretty sure I saw him fly an F-86 at an air show. Would have loved to see him fly a Tomcat demo. This is a good video showing off some serious dis-similar formation skills:
  8. David Hingtgen
    Already? I didn't recall seeing a date on the trailer I just saw. Been looking forward to it since "the before times" I think.
  9. David Hingtgen
    I enjoyed it. Basically----I honestly don't really care that it doesn't match Snake Eye's canon story. I'm a Cobra/Storm Shadow fan. This is by far the most fleshed-out live action Storm Shadow. And we had ninja fights. And The Baroness and Scarlett (disappointingly briefly for both though). I was seeking entertainment loosely based on stuff I already liked, and that was met. I wasn't looking for (nor expecting) 300 issues of the comics translated to the screen. It would have indeed been better as Storm Shadow: Cobra Origins. If you're a big "silent brooding honorable SE" fan, you might hate it. If you simply like GI Joe and/or ninjas (and your fave character is anyone other than SE), go for it.
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    It's a reissue of a reissue. Probably half of them ever made are still MISB in collector's hands. It's not gonna get very rare/valuable when there's a zillion others in exactly the same condition. So of course it should be opened and enjoyed!
  11. David Hingtgen
    Flame Toys is doing *Animated* BA? Now that is interesting/purchase-worthy.
  12. David Hingtgen
    Is there any reason the wings are so small? They really have no constraints AFAIK, they don't really have to fit inside anything. Gimme ones like this:
  13. David Hingtgen
    Just unveil it already...
  14. David Hingtgen
    I'm surprised we don't have a UCS T-70 X-Wing yet. Disney sure seems to like merchandising the orange-accented ones especially. (though I much prefer blue). Also it's been WAY too long since we got a UCS TIE of any kind.
  15. David Hingtgen
    A Discovery-version Enterprise would be very welcome.
  16. David Hingtgen
    I think they assume everyone watched and paid careful attention to EVERYTHING before-hand. You miss one ep of Rebels, and a lot of this ep's story bits are lost.
  17. David Hingtgen
    The accent thing is very intentional with adult Hera. "Back home" (or when highly stressed with family etc) she slips back to her "native Rylothian" accent (which just so happens to sound a lot like French). But "with everyone else" she uses her "practiced/acquired neutral standard Basic accent".
  18. David Hingtgen
    I've never seen a Mirage damaged. Did it "snap/burst" apart under stress, or did it just fall/crumble out?
  19. David Hingtgen
    Throg, the Frog of Thunder. https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Frogjolnir
  20. David Hingtgen
    Sadly, that's what makes the re-use of story arcs "grounded in realism".
  21. David Hingtgen
    They should have just made this "a new quest" for the Jumanji series...
  22. David Hingtgen
    I'm still annoyed there's no TV-colors MG Tallgeese. Considering the popularity of the TV-colors RG version, you'd think they'd have done it by now.
  23. David Hingtgen
    Re: MP-52's belly in fighter mode, alt-mode realism vs robot mode, etc----IMHO, it comes down to a point I made earlier: They will always side with a minor improvement in toon-accuracy, over a massive increase in alt-mode realism. What if MP-52 used the actual canopy in robot mode? (or, like some 3P versions do, use most of the canopy and a few other bits)------the jet mode would look SO much better without that whole assembly hanging beneath it, and the robot mode would only be a smidge less accurate. (and IMHO, look better for it, since it wouldn't have the bulging beer-belly curve any more). It's a MASSIVE change to the alt-mode and transformation, for the sake of a minor difference that is arguably denigrating to the character. "Gotta make sure the otherwise-trim guy has his beer-gut!"
  24. David Hingtgen
    Amazingly, my burned HDD still works! (I didn't try it until now until I had an external adapter, to isolate it a bit from the new mobo etc in case it had developed an internal short or something) Transferred all my "important but somehow not on latest backup" files to my backup, and am now transferring simply everything onto a new SSD I picked up from BestBuy today. So it seems the 3.3v ground pins on a SATA HDD truly are pointless, as mine are all physically melted away but it spun right up the first try. Now I'm kinda wondering if I could have saved my DVD-writer. It was burned even worse so I just tossed it, but I assume it's less finicky than an HDD.
  25. David Hingtgen
    I feel he's about the same as before?
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