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  1. David Hingtgen
    Pretty much---unlike Star Wars, where large capital ships can be dozens/hundreds of times larger than other large capital ships----Trek ships are roughly in the same size class. The Ent-D is much larger than the Ent-A, but it's not like 10x as big.
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    I liked the idea, but didn't like the assortment they picked. Not enough "important" ships, too many "minor" ships. For all the 'alien transport of the week' ships, they could have added in the Ambassador and Nebula classes...
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    The smaller fans give more of an illusion that they're "deeper" in the intakes.
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    The original 360 has the same issue, due to the shape of the cut-out in the plastic front cover.
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    UT's Not-Predaking been known to be a *severe* parts-former since the beginning. Could be part of the reason theirs was finished so quickly----simpler transformations etc. It's basically a revamped/revised version of someone's custom that came out----they bought that custom, reverse-engineered it, and put it into mass production. They have also bought that same customizer's Abominus, so odds are good they'll do that next. (though I thought that Abominus was inferior to his Predaking---but UT did make a good number of changes/improvements along the way, and Abominus was less of a partsformer, so there's a chance if could turn out pretty good)
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    And UT finishes their Predaking with the fifth and final figure, with TFC and MMC currently tied at 1 team member released each. (though MMC's second figure is in-transit to stores) Interestingly, UT released "lion-torso" last, TFC did it first, and MMC is doing it right in the middle. And, if you want the original G1 Predaking, BBTS has it for 90 bucks right now. http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=HAS22988&mode=retail
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    Honestly, go with the coming KO. If it's got all the improvements they say it does, it may be the best version, period. I'm thinking about getting one just to swap parts with my official one, and make an "ultimate" MP Prime. Since Takara or Hasbro obviously don't want our money. "Hey, it sold out in 10 secs" "yeah, so make sure you don't make any more".
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    Nope, only coming in "bling" edition, only in China.
  9. David Hingtgen
    It's exactly what they said it would be.
  10. David Hingtgen
    If you've been to TFW, then you should know my feelings on the matter pretty well.
  11. David Hingtgen
    I believe the first pic is his fave clear-coats. Testors Model Master acrylic gloss, semi-gloss, and flat.
  12. David Hingtgen
    Want, but will wait for one of the other colors. Just WAY too similar to Alto's -25 otherwise.
  13. David Hingtgen
    It's more of a "balance" thing----having a very brightly colored chest, then everything else quite minimal---makes it look like they "forgot" to color the limbs. Whereas in DYRL, it's all fairly evenly spread out. At least, that's how I see it.
  14. David Hingtgen
    The simple answer is that the toys are not proportionate to the real thing. As in, within each other. The sizes/ratios are all wrong. Looks ok, but if you really do a side-by-side comparison to the real thing----you'll see lots of things are "off". And that screws everything up for trying to do a size/scale comparison. Think of it like----a 1/24 hood with a 1/32 bunk with a 1/28 grill with 1/26 fenders with 1/30 wheels with 1/25 doors all on a 1/22 chassis. It's sorta close, the parts fit together enough with some blending---but nothing is really quite right. Or even simpler----ROTF Prime is as accurate to the real truck, as G1 Sideswipe is to a real Countach. Yup, it's a Countach. But it sure isn't a "scale model" of one---proportions are definitely off, if you know what the real one really looks like. (this is a big reason people think MP Sideswipe looks "off" with his hood-chest----because he is now an accurate replica with a correctly-shaped hood, whereas the toy had a longer, skinnier hood) For all the "big complex recent" Primes, the wheels/tires are especially wrong, and screws up the proportions a lot. Also overall chassis length. They are "compressed" length-wise.
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    The worst ever, which I cannot find any more, was one of those "print shops that'll print most anything on clothing" and someone had made a T-shirt that said "My Daddy Flies a Jet". The image was a B-29.
  16. David Hingtgen
    Seen at WalMart a few days ago, thus probably a Veteran's Day display:
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    Generally---it will not stay open in a "normal" open-canopy position. It usually will if you open it to like 80 degrees open. (open it all the way up, then push it back in on the hinge just a little bit)
  18. David Hingtgen
    Plus there was no way to patch. Games on cartridges=it better work 100% the day it ships.
  19. David Hingtgen
    FAR less 'net connection then. You'd only know about issues via magazines and newspapers.
  20. David Hingtgen
    An all-new valk designed explicitly to be made into a figure (no anime magic), exclusive to Arcadia?
  21. David Hingtgen
    Wingtip missiles act much like winglets---reducing tip vortices, and thus drag, thus increasing range a smidge. AMRAAMs seem to work better, mainly because they're bigger. However, it was found out that for an F-16, an AMRAAM is just a little too heavy, and they're causing cracks as the years go by. So there's been a trend to bringing the AMRAAMs back under the wings with the Sidewinders at the tips again.
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    Global Hawks are big:
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    I plan to buy a PS4 when KH3 or FF15 come out. Unless Ace Combat 7 mysteriously pops up first.
  25. David Hingtgen
    Is that *the* Fw190A, or a replica?
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