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  1. David Hingtgen
    From what I've seen---the KO may have more opaque/consistent paint, but it's of lower quality overall---orange peel, more bumps. But thick and opaque.
  2. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, I'm pretty sure the entire -171CF is made of explodium at this point. Explodium, held together by copious amounts of tampo-printing...
  3. David Hingtgen
    I recognize every scheme but that one in the corner as being real, so I'm thinking it may be, just have to find what pane wore it...
  4. David Hingtgen
    I still don't get why they changed the FAST pack booster mounting---the 1/48's looked a *lot* better, seems more secure, and is straighter. It's my biggest complaint with the 1/60. It's overall a better toy than the 1/48, but one of the few ways it's worse is one of the things they shouldn't have changed. After the 1/55, the v.2 has the worst-looking FAST pack attachments--because they are, like the 1/55, big external mounts that never appeared on-screen or in the drawings, and are big non-canon additions that are NOT needed, since most toys do just fine attaching the boosters directly to the backpack. As for the removable nose---pointless, and a negative---often gets a bit mis-aligned etc, and most valks never did it on-screen. It's not nearly as bad as the YF-21's limbs, but it's another "chops a major part of the valk in half and introduces joint/alignment/transformation issues, to replicate something that happened briefly and most toy owners will do once and never again"
  5. David Hingtgen
    Awesome fighter jet pics (just trust me, their thumbnail link system hasn't been updated in years, and is now incompatible with most forum software) http://www.airliners.net/photo/Russia---Air/Sukhoi-T-50/2261755/L/ http://www.airliners.net/photo/Malaysia---Air/Sukhoi-Su-30MKM/2259985/L/ http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK---Air/Panavia-Tornado-IDS/2256204/L/ http://www.airliners.net/photo/Czech-Republic--/Saab-JAS-39C-Gripen/2029423/L/
  6. David Hingtgen
    Based on the latest stuff, I'd say Disney/Pixar has peaked and is sliding down, while their competitors are actually offering the best stuff the last year or two.
  7. David Hingtgen
    And you didn't take and post high-res video?
  8. David Hingtgen
    Agreed--I would sell my US MP-09 in an instant for a new Hotrod----especially if it was only Hotrod, and didn't have a bunch of extra joints/parts that just make the transformation harder for Winnebago mode. The original G1 toy was two totally separate toys for the 2 characters---I'd actually like to see that again. Make each toy perfectly correct to each look, not a hybrid compromise in the middle of the two. My main gripes (both QA and design): Hood/front bumper! Thing is spring-loaded AT AN ANGLE and not tabbed into place. So many gaps/frustrations caused by this. The slope makes it constantly slide up due to the spring. I sanded the heck out of mine just to look decent, but of course it won't "lock" into place at all, and will pop up if you look at it funny. Spoiler---loose, always a bit lopsided. Attached to a brittle clear part for no apparent reason. (the JP version at least paints it, but again--why is it brittle clear plastic to start with? See next point) Windows---way too many clear parts which leads to tons of paint chips around the hinges. Even the JP version has many clear parts painted totally opaque. Why not just mold them in orange and red plastic? There really should only be ONE piece that's clear, the windshield itself. Headlights--both the US and JP versions are awful. Way too richly/darkly colored. Just do clear or something, like MP Sideswipe. Or a SUBTLE hint of color. Same complaint for windshield.
  9. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, we need more pics/info. There's gotta be more. So many Sheryls lately, but Milia is inherently better. A lot better. ::edit:: Found: https://www.facebook.com/CanduStarkFans
  10. David Hingtgen
    With how Takara's doing lately, I expect a new Rodimus first. And then new Megatron. And every single remaining 84-85 Autobot. THEN, maybe, a Galvatron, Cyclonus, or other "major" Decepticon.
  11. David Hingtgen
    I'm still waiting for Zactoman's 1/32 version. Even if it takes him another decade to finish it, I will buy it.
  12. David Hingtgen
    The 1/48 VF-1 is infamous for easily-collapsing nosegear, YF-19's not much better and has wonky main gear. SV-51's rear gear collapses. V1 1/60 VF-1 has collapsing mains IIRC.
  13. David Hingtgen
    Blech, removable intake covers.
  14. David Hingtgen
    I hope the landing gear LOCKS in place, in every axis, on all 3. Yeesh, Yamato never did have a valk where all the gear would stay down when rolling it back and forth, IIRC. Collapse in, collapse forward, collapse backward... Also, I really hope that VF-0D is a hint.
  15. David Hingtgen
    Start the new VF-0's with the VF-0D...
  16. David Hingtgen
    Not much of an issue---all things are inferior to the YF-23, so they can be sacrificed.
  17. David Hingtgen
    Generally, I don't "do" 1/48. But for the coolest plane ever*, I'll make an exception. Also, it's got about the easiest paint job there is. Flat dark grey is hard to screw up, even for people like me who suck at painting large surfaces smoothly/evenly. (I'll probably build it totally closed and gear up, as I hate gloss white, especially on complicated surfaces like gear wells and gear struts----plus, the weapons trapeze is a nightmare, even if they do manage to get it right) *yes, beating the XB-70
  18. David Hingtgen
    Left underside folding triangle! Though it depends on cost--I purely want it so I can sell mine off as non-broken then. I don't want to spend a lot if it's not going to be recouped when I offer it for sale the next day. (man, I *REALLY* should have cancelled my pre-order, I'd be way ahead time/money/effort-wise)
  19. David Hingtgen
    Scroll down a bit less than half-way: http://www.mastermind-creations.com/collection.html I'm waiting for the 4th one, Not-Solus-Prime. Video preview: More pics: http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/3rd-party-unlicensed-41/mastermind-creation-azalea-prototype-revealed-177191/
  20. David Hingtgen
    Then google "MMC Azalea" and that should be a good start. She'll be $60 BTW.
  21. David Hingtgen
    Even thought I'm very pro-MMC, anti-UT, I think that pic is very misleading. That's not arm-mode for UT's, and it's like sitting on top of Rex's back-cannon. Put them shoulder-to-shoulder or wrist-to-wrist. That's like having someone stand on a box when standing next to someone else. Anways---it does seem FP is listening, at least a little. Just like how Not-Dragstrip did get altered paint apps to be more G1, Not-DeadEnd has also been changed----he now has a gold face and purple eyes, like G1 Dead End did. Also, while it could just be camera/lighting issues, the overall color is more G1 as well. While the ruby-red looks cool on the earlier one, the more brownish red on the newer revision is spot-on how the G1 toy is. Dead End was never straight-up maroon, he's a brown-maroon. I think FP may have tweaked the plastic color to get it "G1 perfect". (I own a minty-mint original G1 set of Stunticons, and have referenced them often in preparation/anticipation of FP's version--they were one of my first ever ebay purchases)
  22. 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:
  23. David Hingtgen
    I'm pretty sure someone said it was.
  24. 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?"
  25. 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.
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