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    I just can't fathom a decent-looking trailer coming from that. I'm thinking they completely sacrificed alt-mode in favor of bot mode---even more than they did for MP-01.
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    Leaded paint is superior---I wish more "things not intended to be licked" used it. These are for adults, not kids.
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    I'm still likely buying KFC's 3P Magnus instead.
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    Still waiting for Thundercracker. (you know, without stupid silhouettes on his tailfins, and proper silver/black accents, not pearl grey and gunship grey) An amber-orange canopy would be nice too.
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    Mighty No. 9: 48 hours to go, and they just got Mega Man 2's composer. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mightyno9/mighty-no-9
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    Just 5 days left for Kickstarting Mighty No.9 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mightyno9/mighty-no-9 I'm still debating how much I'm going to pledge----while I love the idea of getting a physical box and manual, not having a physical disc to go with them seems kinda pointless.
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    I'd trade everything, even the FAST packs, for a new light-up booster. I love the booster and its psychadelic color-change glow. And with new mini LED's etc, I expect some very neat effects...
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    Devastator seemed to be the only "common" giftset. While most did exist, I only ever seemed to see that one, I think that's fairly universally true.
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    I honestly expected something about locomotives when I clicked on this thread.
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    Surprising nobody, TFC has gone with "500 accent bits of color" for their not-RazorClaw:
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    Most modern fighter jets have a slight anhedral---even the ones that look "flat" are usually actually like -1 degree. How high up the wings are on the fuselage affects effective dihedral----having them higher increases it, so you start adding anhedral to counter it. This is why the C-5 and C-17 etc have large amounts of anhedral---the wings are so high up on the fuselage, they would actually have excessive effective dihedral otherwise.
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    It was the best-looking G1 toy period, IMHO. Still my all-time fave. You got a good one.
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    MP-10 is notorious for "hard to find" instructions. There are layers and layers of carboard inside, mostly decorative. Have you completely opened every single flap, undone every piece of tape, and taken apart every little cardboard insert inside? Simply opening it "enough to slide out the toy" isn't enough. I think mine was inbetween a grey piece of cardboard, and a white box of carboard--which were both behind the colored "background display" piece of carboard.
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    FP/Maketoys are masters at that. To the point that the yellow version of Hook/Crane from "Giant" was basically considered false advertising due to how they concealed how the crane-arm actually is, in bot-mode. So now everyone looks REALLY carefully at any pic they put out, to look for similar issues---and M3/Intimidator sure has them, and they're trying to hide them the same way. Nobody "angles to hide kibble/gaps" like FP/MT does.
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    I'm gonna agree with Phyrox---while the new wheels are nice, the tires are too low-profile-looking. (while I do of course love the mag-wheel look, the fact that you've got an ORANGE Charger means I probably would have kept the original wheels---while not quite the General Lee's, they are broadly similar) (I would have changed the tires before the wheels---get some redlines on there!)
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    The F-20 could have made a kick-ass "super-advanced" trainer to succeed the T-38...
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    3000lb load. With the proliferation of sub-500lb weapons, that's actually quite a useful warload nowadays. Heck, look at most real Super Hornet patrol loads---it's about 1500lbs per wing, excluding the fuel tanks.
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    Up-close PAK-FA pics: http://age.lenta.ru/maks_2013/photo/2013/09/02/tfifty/#0
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    I swear that pic looks different than the one I saw. Let me check the site again.
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    Awww man, those look like ADV versions, too. Anyways: The CAD looks wrong for a JA37. The JA is the stretch, and that CAD looks to have the original fuselage length. While the stretch wasn't very big, it's obvious if you know where to look due to its location and alignment with the wing/canard junction. An "ultimate" Viggen kit by a Swedish company should do it right, and not "genericize" the two versions to use the same fuselage.
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    He doesn't unclip the intakes to get the arms out then re-attach the intakes, he just swings the arms right out.
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    Never knew the NACA duct was originally intended as a jet intake------YF-93: (NACA ducting doesn't work very well for jets apparently, thus why you never see it as such)
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    I need a new stereo (home/shelf, not car), but can't find anything like what I have. Short version: I want a multi-disc changer, and aux inputs so I can play my TV/PS/XBX through it. This combination is nigh-impossible to find nowadays. I may have to get used----I just need to find one! Alternatively---convert my entire collection to MP3's----suggestions welcome on best program to use to create good file names automatically/easily. Long version: My awesome Sony "MHC-RX66" has been skipping all the time lately. Took it apart (metal case!) and gave it a heck of a cleaning. Lasted a day, now it skips on all sorts of discs/tracks again. I figure the main laser etc itself has issues. Repair is unlikely, but I would do it if I could. Replacement parts for a ~1998 stereo are hard to even research, much less find. It has a 3-disc changer, and standard RCA input jacks. And a very cool multi-color graphic equalizer display. And good 'ol fashioned speaker connectors---just plug in the bare wires. No proprietary connectors. Anyways, everything nowadays (what few there are) seem to come in 2 varieties: $70-150 systems that are EITHER multi-disc or have aux input jacks (real ones on the back for long-term use, not a mini-pin on the front for a temp connection), and $800-$2000 giant mega-systems with gigawatts of power, and inputs and multi-disc changers. And many other things I don't want/need, and won't fit anywhere anyways. I have spent hours and hours over the past few days researching what's out there, and frankly---nothing currently produced is what I need. They are either single disc, or don't have aux inputs. The only way to get both main features is to go WAY up in price and size---not an option. Used stereos on ebay are rare, for any model I can find/research----and shipping costs are insane, many are "local pick-up only". I'm seriously considering starting a project to just make MP3's of every CD I own. It'd take a while, but it may be the only true option at this point. Then getting a single-disc one with aux inputs. (none of which have a cool multi-color display though---I do enjoy "watching the music" occasionally). On that note----anyone have suggestions on CD-to-MP3 programs? As I have hundreds to convert, I'd like a program that I don't have to "fiddle with" much to get "stereo-compatible simple-short-file-names" for each track, but also want more descriptive ones than "Track 1". Are there any programs that can get track info off the net AND either access or "think up" short/simple names from that? A lot of players/stereos etc don't want the full-sentence-long names some songs have. But again, having 200 songs named "Track 1" would suck.
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