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  1. David Hingtgen
    Interesting at 4:30, very interesting at 6:43.
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    The Ambassador class is like a re-proportioned Excelsior. It has none of the curves/flares that the Ent-D and later ships have. It's the last of the "traditional" designs. The saucer and deflector are perfect circles, the nacelle pylons have simple 90-degree bends, etc. The best way to describe it is that Constitution through Ambassador class are clearly composed of separate parts/sections, while the Galaxy and later are "wholistic" with few clear distinctions between areas---lack of a "neck" above all else.
  3. David Hingtgen
    From the description of how things work, it almost seems impossible to have an actual plot in there. Lots of "quests" yeah, and possibly a MassEffect-sized universe/backstory, but not much for actual "events in a sequence to tell a tale". In short---Halo without the story, just a really really nice multiplayer mode. Which has zero appeal to me.
  4. David Hingtgen
    Busty girls in tight flightsuits sell well as figures? Who'da thunk. (obviously not Bandai, based on all their Ranka-in-a-floral-dress releases)
  5. David Hingtgen
    Pretty much the same here, only I love the Refit Excelsiors. The Ambassador needs more love, so few depictions/uses of it, despite being a VERY nice design. (really, they should have used that for the Ent-D)
  6. David Hingtgen
    While I kinda-sorta get the Muv-Luv design ideas, that one doesn't look ANYTHING like an F-14. I'm trying hard, but I'm just not seeing it. Every airplane-ish piece looks either F-15 or F-16 to me. Whereas their YF-23, is very clearly a YF-23. Their MiG-21 and F-4 aren't as obvious as the -23, but "Tomcat" is the last jet in the world I'd pick, when asked to guess what their design inspiration for that one was. They could have said it was a VFA-103 F/A-18E, and I'd have said "yeah, I can sorta see that".
  7. David Hingtgen
    I figure it's more of an "emergency save-the-crew" type of separation, rather than "new ways to fight" like the D did. I mean, look at the D in Generations----all they needed to do was get away from the big, dangerous warp core breach. The Ent-E in the same situation could have accomplished the same thing--evacuate everyone to the saucer, and leave the warp section behind. I always thought Eave's drawings for the E looked slightly bulkier and edgier/angular than the actual model and CG ended up being. If it looked EXACTLY like his drawings, it'd have looked better. As for the D changes---the "saucer edge" is well-known and logically explained, but the shape of the deflector area seems more like a "they just couldn't replicate the compound curves exactly" thing. (I'll have to go look, but I think the impluse engine area is different, too)
  8. David Hingtgen
    Sideswipe at least had a character repaint (who got an entire episode or two to his own), and a potential G2 repaint. Searching the archives for diaclone colors isn't going to sell many to too many fans.
  9. David Hingtgen
    I plan to use MP Bluestreak to recreate his movie scene with Hot Rod. (seriously, I'm betting that's what Takara gives him for the "obscure accessory seen only once"---the road barricade)
  10. David Hingtgen
    Only fanboys who think that Takara would do a new mold for a minor character with no repaints possible thought/posted that Sunstreaker would be coming any time soon. (that, and people who thought that Sideswipe could POSSIBLY work for Sunstreaker----no more than he works for Breakdown----Prime can't be Motormaster, despite similar alt-modes-----most of the G1 Countaches have VERY different robot modes)
  11. David Hingtgen
    I've come *this* close to getting Hercules several times (by ordering one or two figures to start) but haven't yet. I figure with the 3rd production run, demand may finally level off and you can snag one a bit cheaper for Xmas. (yeah, gotta wait, but with multiple other combiners coming in the next few months it shouldn't be an issue) I'm torn between the fun/wallet-ease of ordering 1 at a time, month by month or so, versus getting the whole team at once for significantly cheaper. Right now, it's a HUNDRED BUCKS LESS to buy all 6. Really, couldn't they drop the price for individuals a bit now? (it's not even a box set, it is purely a volume discount). If I could buy Hercules for the present price, but one at a time---BBTS would have my money today.
  12. David Hingtgen
    I can't really ask/say anything more without it being MASSIVE spoilers for newbies, but the odds are good you saw it all. The movies are very DYRL-ish, in that they're retelling the story in a new way, not "more stuff happening after what you saw". The movies are very skippable IMHO, I really only enjoyed the end of the first one. The rest was just "pretty new CG-filled Ranka and Sheryl songs".
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    Macross figures

    David Hingtgen replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    Assuming that Grace 2.0 has 5 "personalities" inside, with the "usually dominant" one being the original Dr O'Connor, I believe that on occassion, one of the other personalities will surface/dominate when "Dr O'Connor" is distracted/stressed or something, and that's when we get that. All goes along with my theory for flightsuit Grace's appearance---being shot/damaged by the fight with Leon's troops just a little while before, her "main" personality was "off" and one of the others was in charge at the moment during repairs/rebooting---so "he" decided that while he had control of the body, might as well dress it in a skin-tight flightsuit and enlarge her chest, too. (since we know Grace can physically change her appearance a LOT and has direct control of her physical aspects, she just rarely does it, preferring to keep her "standard" appearance most of the time to avoid suspicion)
  14. David Hingtgen
    I thought the shoulder bit was part of the piledriver. So you only remove the forearms?
  15. David Hingtgen
    They're removable, right? It looks like you should be able to just swap them left/right, and have the open part on the backside, rather than exposed. I think they just put them on backwards for the photo.
  16. David Hingtgen
    The Ent-E most certainly could separate its saucer, the designer made a whole series of drawings showing exactly how he built it in. However, when the Nemesis team "tweaked" the CG model and abandoned the physical model, that feature was likely lost due to the changes on the rear of the saucer. (which is utter heresy IMHO----can you imagine if they made new CG Ent-A and Ent-D models and "tweaked" the proportions to "look cooler" in their minds?) (though of course, the later 4th-season Ent-D model *did* look different than the original---never knew if it was intentional or just because they didn't measure the original right or something)
  17. David Hingtgen
    Sorry for the huge delay, but thanks, that's exactly what I needed.
  18. David Hingtgen

    Macross figures

    David Hingtgen replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    That is new to me, thanks.
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    Macross figures

    David Hingtgen replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    I'm glad I'm blatantly a Grace fan in threads like this.
  20. David Hingtgen
    Thing is, neither one is blue. He's as purple as Shockwave and Cyclonus. I mean yeah his shoulders are blue, but that's like saying Galvatron is orange...
  21. David Hingtgen
    At least a few people here should get this:
  22. David Hingtgen
    Mansquito rocked.
  23. David Hingtgen
    Whereabouts in Frontier did you stop? I think it got better towards the latter half, but then dipped a bit right before the very end. Really, I think the change is overall about where most people start seeing Ranka as a stupid brat, and start cheering for Sheryl (for she becomes much less of a stuck-up bitch and more selfless) (sorry Ranka fans, but she went from "cute" to "stupid" over the course of the series)
  24. David Hingtgen
    Yet no combiners, and combiners make up like half of all 3P offerings and seem to be THE thing fans want. FP Bruticus and TFC Hercules are still THE landmark releases among 3P stuff, for really grabbing people's attention, and converting many of the most hardcore "Hasbro-only" fans. 90% of the G1 stuff I still have, is combiners. Sure, I'll probably pick up Hasbro's new Blitzwing, but that's it. All the rest of my money goes to combiners--and Hasbro isn't offering any good ones. (yeesh, they followed up FoC Bruticus with BH Abominus)
  25. David Hingtgen
    Is TRU discounting/clearancing MP TC at all? I haven't been to mine since TC first showed up, but I passed due to the many "coloring issues" I have with it. (despite TC being my all-time fave TF---but that's why I have strong feelings on adding tattoos to him and making him the wrong shade of blue) I will buy him only if I can get him cheap.
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