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David Hingtgen

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  1. An Unexpected Briefing: (Air New Zealand often has interesting/innovative safety videos, it's a hallmark of theirs)
  2. I just realized I really want them to make a 3rd-party Brawl for Bruticus/Colossus/Crossfire. Brawl's not-tank alt-mode has always bugged me. And I mean, it doesn't even need to transform for limb mode. Just make a basic little tank dude, and give it a perfect G1 drab-green color, and they'd sell a zillion. Even the latest G1-colored re-release of the Energon version still doesn't look right because it's simply not a tank (and doesn't look very Brawl-ish in bot mode) And then of course, they could re-do Vortex, and we could have an entirely 3rd-party-limbed Bruticus... (re-doing the core bot would be a LOT of work, and also would negate half the parts already released, while a new Brawl could use the existing foot and guns perfectly)
  3. Back to movies, Ep VII will be an "original story" and not based on Zahn stuff etc.
  4. One of the rules for getting a shuttle, was that you had to have an actual hangar to display in, so it wouldn't be exposed to the elements. Well, NYC got one anyways. Plus---an earthquake strong enough to destroy the shuttle's hangar would be a "CA breaks off and floats away into the Pacific" one which is darn unlikely. While all it takes is a strong tropical storm (IIRC, that was the rating when it went ashore there) to damage one sitting on a carrier----it lasted what, 3 months? There's a reason the USAF museum with many one-of-a-kind planes is in the middle of a field in Ohio. (and they too wanted a shuttle---and considering that like half the early shuttle flights were classified ones for the USAF, and the USAF's own shuttle launch facility in California still partially exists AFAIK, they sure had the rights/involvement to it, far more than NYC)
  5. Yeah, there is no way I could do ZOE 2 in THAT short a time while actually watching the story/scenes.. (Damn Vic Viper battle...)
  6. Bump, it's out this Friday!
  7. It's simple---Endor's moon is named Endor. Just like the capital of Luxembourg, is the city of Luxembourg.
  8. Gah, I should have noticed the catapult bar. (and hold-back).
  9. Random thought, but I sure hope that's the B-model. Because there's no excuse for the A and C-model to have such poor rearwards visibility.
  10. That's new to me. Interesting. Green still looked better though especially with the richer yellow it had before.
  11. Green was way more realistic for canopy color--it's a common tint for glass, sunglasses , etc.
  12. I figured I'd be the first to get MP Sideswipe. Anxious about the paint job, never did think a fully painted MP was a good idea.
  13. Last TF I bought was DOTM Ransack so I can justify it on averages.
  14. Sideswipe. And presold out at HLJ. He was my first TF ever and the Countach is still my all time fave car.
  15. Yup. All the "official" CG lineart is early and has errors. Alto's especially. Lots of mirroring/swapping issues. So having "topside" markings on the bottom of the wings doesn't surprise me at all.
  16. Really? Please do be a Tamashii web exclusive. Then the pre-order would be open for days/weeks, not seconds/minutes. Plus, everyone who ordered one---would actually get one! Or do you prefer it only being available for 3.5 seconds at HLJ and Ami-Ami like the past year's worth of "normal" releases?
  17. Got my MP-12 shipping notice from HLJ. 1380 yen for FedEx. Anyone else order it and ship via a different method? I wasn't sure if EMS or FedEx would be cheaper for something this size.
  18. Hmnn. Wonder if they'll just include replacement shoulders? Everything else should have a usable tab/hinge/slot to use on the existing one (except maybe the shield/tail). I mean, all the other Frontier armor packs use at least some "replacement" parts in areas.
  19. All I need is those parts in green.
  20. I didn't know it said "SMS 030" on the wings until just now.
  21. Mmmmm. First RD Epyon (real, original Epyon) and now RD Tallgeese:
  22. Yup. Any model/toy of an F-14 etc with working wings----the glove seals are always in the "wings back" position, which leads to gaps when the wings are forward. The worst example is usually the F-111, they will have a massive chasm when the wings are forward. (in real life, the B-1B would be even worse, but even quasi-accurate B-1B's are rare so they kinda gloss over the issue by making the whole glove totally wrong in every position)
  23. Of course, Disney was very worried about Johnny Depp's performance in the first POTC movie, and considered firing him early on and re-shooting all of Capt Sparrow's scenes---they thought people would hate the character. Good thing they were not totally sure, and decided to let Johnny Depp keep doing it how he did.
  24. Considering how every VF-1 has the exact same wing-stripe shape AFAIK, and how they've done striped/colored Gundam shields before, they certainly COULD make that one part a separate piece, and it'd work for every scheme there is. And they should IMHO, as a swing-wing is just ASKING for any paint or decal or sticker to get ruined the first time you move it.
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