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  1. David Hingtgen
    I don't see what the big deal is---the -27 introduced most of the features the renewal -25 got. It didn't have to be upgraded much to make it into a renewal, because it already has most of those features to start with. I mean, what'd be the point of altering the landing gear or forward fuselage or ankles? They're already spot-on. The original -25 was awful there and needed major changes. If the -27 already matched the line art well in many areas, altering it would thus make it look LESS like the line art...
  2. David Hingtgen
    I tried my darndest to get a -25F from Hobby Search but couldn't. Is Hobby Search the only place that can get parts from Bandai? Anyone know if they'll just flat-out sell a replacement piece to someone? They must have at least one "parts" -25F on hand, to have provided Tober with his part. Sigh, I've had awful luck lately. My -171 crumbled before I could even box it up to sell it, and my -25F looks flawed in "naked fighter mode" due to the messed up ventral fin which is the main mode I want it to look good in---I'll only occasionally have it with booster/armor or in battroid.
  3. David Hingtgen
    Actually, they're asking people how much to ask. As in "name your size class/price point" and that's what they'll do based on the fandom's response. They want to sell them. If there's a bunch of people who want a gigantic $170 figure, that'll be it. If people are more along the lines of a $90 voyager, there you go. The basic design is set, but not the actual size/molds etc. I believe the "intended" idea is to match Hexatron, but if the demand is strongly for something else, then it'll likely change.
  4. David Hingtgen
    Or an expensive slightly upgraded version of a secondary character's valk in a seen-for-10-seconds configuration, simply isn't as popular as the main hero's main valk.
  5. David Hingtgen
    They DID add the missing stripe on the top of the nacelles, so they at least fixed ONE of the stripe omissions. (though the one on the hip guns is IMHO more obvious and much harder to do for the end-user) The "Antares 101" markings on the shield seem superfluous and garish, the ones on the sides of the outboard engines are nice though. I sure hope the CF version just goes ahead and prints "102" on it, instead of a multi-choice sticker-sheet like last time. Unless they include multiple head options, "102" is the only correct choice, as 302 has the "standard" head. (ret-conned, as the CG animation model only exists for the commander-type head) (plus, 102 is the only CF-colored VF-27 that we actually see its modex number on-screen)
  6. David Hingtgen
    When someone gets theirs in---could you please compare/check if the hip-gun-cover-bits are EXACTLY the same as the original DX's? Both shape and color? Because if they are, then presumably a future CF will be as "identical" as well, and I'd probably just swap hip covers, and wait to sell my CF until I have the new one. (because I spent hours mixing up a custom paint match and getting the perfect angles and symmetry for the missing stripes, and I'd rather not do it again if I don't have to---if I can just swap the parts, that saves me a bunch of time/effort)
  7. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, mine's nosecone was like that. Fine after the first time.
  8. David Hingtgen
    Dang it, they STILL didn't paint the missing stripe on the hip guns. That probably means they won't correct the striping COLOR for a new CF, either. Simply lazy.
  9. David Hingtgen
    That's been a 737 trademark since day one. They do at least have very aerodynamic hubcaps. (Seriously)
  10. David Hingtgen
    Heck, if you've got a "flawless" head I may be interested in that, too. (mine's got a really minor issue, but if I've got the opportunity...)
  11. David Hingtgen
    I think the real question is more along the lines of "how do you make small squares and straight lines like that, free-hand?"
  12. David Hingtgen
    It's not often you see a 737 with the weapons bay open:
  13. David Hingtgen
    Based on M7, valks commonly seem to be stored standing up in battroid mode----that can save a lot of space. (yes, we saw them in fighter mode too on the hangar deck, but just like a real carrier---some planes are being 'stored' and some are 'prepped' at any given moment---rarely is the entire wing at the same status, there isn't really room)
  14. David Hingtgen
    Please see two posts above the post you quoted.
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    If you do, can I have your leg-fin? (since they're hidden when wearing armor)
  16. David Hingtgen
    For those planning to have a -25F permanently on display in battroid or GERWALK mode (or already do) or always wearing Super/armor packs: Is anyone willing to swap a leg-fin? Mine's got a paint chip right on the "007" part, but it's on the side that folds up against the leg in GERWALK and battroid mode so it's only visible in "naked" fighter mode. It actually seems Bandai got some glue on it during assembly, and it stuck to something and pulled the paint off right there. (it's not a chip from use/transformation, it's very clear that it's a drop of superglue that caused it) I sent an email to HLJ, but I don't have much hope of actually getting a new leg-fin. As I usually display my valks in fighter mode, I really want a "good" ventral fin. And there don't seem to be any available "broken" -25F renewals to buy parts off of right now. Is anyone willing to swap? I'd of course pay a bit for the effort etc. Anyone who's going to weather or custom-paint their -25F or something, it'd be perfect. (or if you're going to always have the leg-fin folded up for GERWALK/battroid mode)
  17. David Hingtgen
    Really? I'd be happy to take a -19F off someone's hands, for cheap.
  18. David Hingtgen
    I'd love to buy a new nose-hip-bar-bracket thing (2.0 vs 2.1) for my Roy, if that becomes available some day.
  19. David Hingtgen
    Will Rachel Summers be in it?
  20. David Hingtgen
    How is MP Grimlock's mold "old", wear-wise? It's not like he's had run after run, with a massive production run each time. The Predacons are still going strong, after multiple reissues, and after a MASSIVE G1 run. Any single G1 run was several times larger than any MP mold has ever been used. The only molds I can recall being used so much that they're noticeably "wearing out" are the Combaticons (since they come in about a dozen colors, with many being mass releases), maybe G1 Prime, and the Classics Seeker (since there's a zillion colors). They're not MP Gundam kits, where the tolerance is .001in and you can tell after the first run that there's been .05% mold degradation in the panel lines and joint-hinge friction.
  21. David Hingtgen
    Hmmn. Pretty sure mine came with the hands balled up into fists. It took some effort to free them up to open the fingers, I briefly thought the non-articulated hands had been installed. PS---got it to GERWALK for the first time. Most of the shoulder joints are pretty loose (both articulation ones and transformation ones). Do you just pry/pop off the shoulder armor like a v2 VF-1, to access the screw for the shoulder/bicep joint?
  22. David Hingtgen
    I've got a question for everbody----for fighter mode, for the best fit of the hands in the shield---do you bunch them up into fists to shorten them, or flatten them out as much as possible to try to "tuck" them in under the flap?
  23. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, but I'm betting the weak point is a small thermal exhaust port right BELOW the main one...
  24. David Hingtgen
    You didn't see the photos of entire pallets filled with US-version MP-10's? Prime was even worse in some areas.
  25. David Hingtgen
    Maybe I could put some Future on it before I transform it, as a protective layer. I did so on my -27.
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