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David Hingtgen

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  1. It was magical back when you drove to the airport, walked up to the counter to buy a ticket, then walked out to the plane on the tarmac. And could plane-spot without having the FBI show up.
  2. I find Peaugh the best of the reviewers by far. His are shorter than many (or if not--he at least COVERS more stuff in that time, doesn't spend the first 10 mins on the box and inner tray), and if nothing else, I really like the stuff he references. If he's fumbling with the transformation, then it's probably a useful tip for us, too, to pay attention/care to that part.
  3. Oh yes---it's absolutely awful. The colors are neither those of AA (which has used dark blue since the 1930's or so, long before they went red/white/blue---you'll note that dark blue was always their "main" color---uniforms, lettering, ground equipment, etc) nor of the US flag. And it has 11 stripes, not 13---close enough to look "wrong" but not far off enough that it's merely "intentionally stylized bunting" etc. The "flag" is on a pale grey background and the stripes themselves are a white/grey gradiant, all against the silver-grey fuselage. And NONE of those colors match each other---there's "tail off-white, tail light grey, aft fuselage grey, and a main fuselage grey" Get a close-up of the back end---it just looks like a bunch of different colors were used because 4 different people painted it. Grey titles on a silver-grey fuselage=hard to see. The logo is an undefined swath of nothing, and is VERY reminiscent of United's 60's/70's logo: "Dear AA---why are you now using the previous logo of your main competitor? You didn't hire someone who knew NOTHING about airline history to design your new livery, did you?" (and it's not like UA is some obscure little airline easily overlooked/forgotten) (after this, United's next logo was the famous "tulip" shield used up to last year or so) (the 4 stars at the bottom were optional and not really part of the logo) AA has used a bald eagle in/as their logo since the 30's, if not earlier. There was darn near a revolt by the employees the last time they tried to get rid of it (1968 or so). http://youtu.be/GXEvbzaGDok
  4. I like the adjustable idea, but the one on the left bottom looks "too far" retracted. Folding down is good, just not "into" the head.
  5. Yes and it was awful. I specifically asked for a good one.
  6. I've only known it to be called "double nuts" directly (for the US Navy, at least), and some planes were painted with the 00's explicity looking like nuts. (as in, nuts and bolts, not the other kind of nuts)
  7. Really, different weapons packs count as different valks? Flawed poll, results don't count.
  8. Generally good, but Cyclops (HoS Shockwave) definitely had some "small hooks/tabs that liked to break off"---but they are aware of the issue, and are hopefully addressing it for future designs. (IIRC Cyclops even had a running change to strengthen the worst offenders)
  9. Surprisingly, it seems Predaking's left arm will be out before his right leg: And he's 75 bucks at BBTS if you order before the end of the week. And currently they're saying this guy will end up being a little taller than Hercules, yet made of only 5 bots---so these have to be pretty big figures. (claimed 18 inch wingspan) http://www.bigbadtoy...011&mode=retail
  10. They're also doing Amuro's White Zeta with the RG mold---but it's way too pink. (I'll accept Char in a pink mech, but not Amuro)
  11. 360 is my least-preferred system, I usually only buy exclusives. PS3 is my main system. I don't do steam---I swear, my 'net connection only goes down when I *need* it.
  12. I need that game. Just have to decide which system.
  13. And considering none of any of the above is present in the show, I do wonder why people keep bringing it up.
  14. If you want to, chaff/flare dispensers are extremely universal/generic. Many many planes all use the same system. "ALE-47" is the most common/standard one I know of.
  15. Whoa, whoa---I just closed the wrong thread and had to re-open, thinking that THIS was the "HLJ scalping" thread. Yeesh, what happened? I may have to move the last dozen posts from here over to there, then close THAT thread. Can you keep your arguments to a single thread please, and not duplicate everything across the boards?
  16. Yeah, now that we have HLJ's response, I think there's little point in having this go any further.
  17. Wow, that article is amazingly spot on--most of the things it lists are true annoyances. Though it fails to mention that spinning rims are actually dangerous and illegal some places. (At an intersection, if the wind catches them and spins them up, it looks like the car just started moving quickly and so other drivers slam on the brakes--I've seen it happen myself and the visual effect is startling)
  18. I hate "accent" lights/strips/LEDs in headlights--they just make them look more like "eyes" and give way too many cars a "face". The new vette has a big smile with cartoon eyes. (as does the Viper now). Simple black or chrome headlight housings look better for most cars. Don't "gussy them up"---it looks stupid more often than not.
  19. I think they've released detailed official measurements of Sheryl and Ranka--work backwards from pics of when they're in the cockpit.
  20. Will you be doing the tailcone and/or head cover in tan too, like the nose? ("officially" they should be, but you're not going for an exact match to the FB2012 scheme) I think a bare-metal tailcone would be nice, and appropriate for many planes.
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