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  1. David Hingtgen
    Ironically, we still don't have a "proper" comparison pic of how tall Feral Rex is, even with these: "What? Those look like they show his height just fine to me". Well, due to the transformation, Leo's legs (Rex's thighs) are actually adjustable. The top pic has the shortest possible thighs, the bottom pic has the longest possible thighs. But neither position is the intended "extension" for Rex's thighs as designed. So a properly-transformed Rex will be in-between these two pics. Not as stocky as the top pic, but not as long-legged as the bottom pic. He should look like the renders, with the "best possible proportions". And yes, his sword really is that huge. ::edit:: Here's the "proper" thigh transformation, though using the previous molds for the arms:
  2. David Hingtgen
    I'm pretty sure someone said it was.
  3. David Hingtgen
    Too bad there was no real QA session, I would have loved for someone to ask if Doubledealer (Blitzwing repaint) would have fixed shoulders. And what are the odds Hasbro would have said "What's wrong with his shoulders?"
  4. David Hingtgen
    Wow, that's sad. Botcon's this weekend. The big main Hasbro panel was today. And there's really nothing interesting to report. And a few pathetic things. News that is sure to shock some: Lots of repaints coming in every line! Many with remolded heads! As for actual new stuff----IMHO the biggest thing is a new Voyager Rhinox. Looks very nice. As for pathetic--you know the TF: Prime Terrorcons? Like Twinstrike(Sinnertwin) and Whatshisname(Cutthroat)? And they make a not-so-good Abominus? Well, Hasbro's making bigger deluxe versions, yay! And they'll be big deluxes like from years ago, not the newer smaller deluxes of recently. Sounds, good, right? You're imagining buying all 5 of these new delux Terrorcons and making an awesome Abominus? Yeah, Hasbro's not doing that. They are simply upscaling the existing legion molds. No changes. Wrists for Twinstrike? Nope. ANY articulation in the arms/necks? Nope. One more hinge to fold away some back-kibble? Not! It is exactly the same as the $5 version. Just now bigger and $15. Oh, and they removed the combiner attachment points. So no big Abominus. But you can have a much bigger, unarticulated Twinstrike now. So Hasbro's basically doing what the KO companies have been for years---making bigger versions of existing molds. This is their M.O for the future. Bigger, simpler toys. Instead of making smaller toys to save costs like present, they're going to make bigger toys made of fewer parts to save costs. Simple transformations with minimal articulation, but large figures. It's G1 all over again, in a way. But probably not what most G1 fans really want... And that doesn't bode well for TF4 movie figures. It's like Hasbro got a massive backlash from parents over ROTF/DOTM figure complexities, and did more than just "ease off", they completely overshot it.
  5. David Hingtgen
    I did notice they had Faora and Jor-El "looking down, and shadowed" for the faces---not a sign of confidence. (and with how *awful* Cdr Shepard turned out, I am very wary of their sculpts and paint nowadays)
  6. David Hingtgen
    Faora needs a cloth cape. This just doesn't have the "tattered" look.
  7. David Hingtgen
    Shipping is of course dependent on where you are---I'm in the next state over to BBTS.
  8. David Hingtgen
    And because there's so many one-of-a-kind variants, you can get one tailored just for you.
  9. David Hingtgen
    Metroplex is 109 at BBTS. Go get 'im.
  10. David Hingtgen
    If we get yellow and white cars next, THEN I'll have some hope. Not before. (And hey, they already screwed things up by making the Lambo the grey one----and the Aventador looks AWESOME in white)
  11. David Hingtgen
    Prototype jets are often glossy, in the real world. Most every major one I can think of was so. F-14, 15, 16, 18, 20. AV-8B. Still, I prefer matte because well, fingerprints.
  12. David Hingtgen
    It seems anytime N-Y alters your order, it'll revert to showing "bank wire". But it'll still work how you originally clicked for.
  13. David Hingtgen
    IMHO, Hasbro has the overall better cab/bot due to the painted marker lights, more "amber" clear plastic instead of lemon-yellow, and bright eyes. Takara clearly has the better trailer. But Prime himself is more important than the trailer. I think Takara's blue is inherently better---Prime had navy-ish blue on the cartoon, too. Not as dark as the G1 toy, but still closer to JP MP-10 than US MP-10. Painting the eyes is fairly easy due to how the head comes apart, but swapping the clear bits is difficult, as is painting the marker lights due to how they're molded. Sadly, MP Sideswipe is impossible to paint his eyes---they're permanently dark. I've not seen anyone manage to do it. I'd have done it the first day if I could.
  14. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, but the YF-19 has HUGE missiles inside, not the little firecrackers the VF-19 has.
  15. David Hingtgen
    Eh, I generally would consider this Yamato's "V3" YF-19, but I'm in the minority. My feeling is that the 1/48 was an intentional one-off change of scale, to make a purposely-not-in-scale-with-the-others, gimmick-filled "ultimate" extra-large VF-1. Basically unrelated to the previous 1/60. Whereas the 1/72 vs 1/60 valks was changing the entire "main" line to conform to a new standard and they are all direct sucessors to each other. (the first VF-11 was more like 1/66 anyways IIRC, they were already moving towards 1/60 at that point)
  16. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, and sometimes tell a red robot from a yellow robot.
  17. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, but we had silver, grey, and black Autobots, too (Sideswipe, Jazz, Ironhide). That way you can't tell ANYTHING that's going on! "Is that a silver goodguy or a silver badguy?"
  18. David Hingtgen
    ??? The US one has more paint apps (on the cab at least), and the stacks are identical.
  19. David Hingtgen
    Swapping the helmet, fists, and legs of Takara's onto the US MP-10 makes the best combo.
  20. David Hingtgen
    It's whatever they retcon it to be. To me, this is a "tweaked" TV Wing Zero. Nothing more or less. Not a redesign, not really a different version.
  21. David Hingtgen
    Skywarp.
  22. David Hingtgen
    So should I read the book instead of seeing the movie?
  23. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, the -19's high-speed mode is pretty much just a couple frames, blink and you'll miss it--and even in the frames it's present in, it's very small. The -21's high-speed mode, while a more subtle change, is shown more clearly/prominently. (plus, it doesn't require anything 'special' to do, it uses the normal transformation hinges)
  24. David Hingtgen
    The -19S/F wings *are* shorter. Not merely look shorter. (though IIRC the Chronicles retconned it to the F having 2 different wing options, including longer -19A style wings---but all the F/S's seen on-screen had the short wings) And the fuselage itself is the same length, it's the wing LERX's/intakes that are extended.
  25. David Hingtgen
    Yup. It's a high-priced adult-oriented toy---with the gimmicks and design that'd appeal to a 5-year-old. They really missed the mark.
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