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  1. David Hingtgen
    "The F-35 will deliver 90% of the F-22's performance at half the cost". Bet they wish they'd just bought more F-22's, now... Conspiracy theory: The program is being intentionally sabotaged etc to send the message that manned fighters really are too complicated and expensive to make any more, and we should just have zillions of cheap drones instead of fewer more capable planes.
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    As a set for both, or for Sandrock and Heavyarms individually?
  3. David Hingtgen
    That's highly related to the F/A-18A+ program. Since the "C" came out quite soon after the "A" a lot of A's were sent to reserve/training squadrons, and thus saw little combat, high-weight flying, carrier landings, etc. While the C's have been at war almost constantly. Thus, most A's are effectively "younger" than C's nowadays, when it comes to wear/tear/stress etc. So the A's are being upgraded with C avionics and engines, as they are the newest airframes available--in a manner of speaking. (they certainly have the most "useful life remaining")
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    I never much liked the twin-barreled version of the TV look. I may pass. Give me either original TV single-barrel, or Endless Waltz. (I'm not very fond of the fact that they did the later version of TV Sandrock either, but that one's more subtle so I accepted/bought it)
  5. David Hingtgen
    A KOTOR movie would rock. Hire most of the voice actors to reprise their roles, too. Most of them would be in heavy makeup anyways, so any resemblance (or lack thereof) to their on-screen characters would be moot. Though of course, casting "the protaganist" could be very controversial. (typed it that way to avoid spoilers, for those who are not very familiar with that branch of the universe)
  6. David Hingtgen
    I think you mis-interpreted my statement. I am glad it is the "basic" GP01. So many times you *only* get the FB variant. They can always "add-on" FB parts later, but many models/figures etc are inherently molded with the FB stuff added-on, and you can't remove it. If the FB comes first, odds are good you'll never get the original version.
  7. David Hingtgen
    Actual mold change, or are they separate pieces and one release has them glued in backwards?
  8. David Hingtgen
    RG GP01, and NOT the later fugly version? Very interested. (seriously, it seems 90% of the time lately, you only ever get the GP01FB, and not the basic and much better-looking IMHO GP01)
  9. David Hingtgen
    Because she is so NOT an Irish redhead. It'd be akin to having her play Uhura in the new Trek movie. The character's look is well-established.
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    Macross 30

    David Hingtgen replied to Tochiro's topic in Games

    Hopefully it'd be a limited Tamashii exclusive---you know, so we can actually get one.
  11. David Hingtgen
    That would rock, and be reason enough to see the movie then.
  12. David Hingtgen
    If she is cast as April, I will refuse to see the movie for that alone.
  13. David Hingtgen
    Exactly. A YF-21 with belly plates is basically how the VF-22 is normally. They're just permanently built-in.
  14. David Hingtgen
    My vote for "new FF" game is 13 Versus. Or some other 13 offshoot. I do not expect 15. (though, if they want to guarantee massive sales, they'll announce an FF7 HD remake as a launch game, PS4 exclusive)
  15. David Hingtgen
    You are, the score is amazing.
  16. David Hingtgen
    I think the Excelsior looks too skinny around/below the pylons (like it couldn't support itself) from the side, but best from above or below. Worst from the front---the engineering hull is simply a "U" and looks fat from head-on.
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    Interesting at 4:30, very interesting at 6:43.
  18. David Hingtgen
    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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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)
  21. 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)
  22. 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".
  23. 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)
  24. 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.
  25. 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)
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