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  1. David Hingtgen
    Just a quick shout-out, but if anyone has a DOTM leader-class Sentinel Prime they'd like to get rid of, I'm interested in picking one up.
  2. David Hingtgen
    Gah--yeah, I just checked N-Y on my own, saw "add to cart" and did so---THEN I saw the price, and left disappointed.
  3. David Hingtgen
    I'm really torn on the new MP TC. It's neither color. Too dark for 'toon, too light for G1 toy. It really does seem to "please nobody" from what I'm reading----the toon fans want him lighter, the toy fans want him darker. Plus, there's no silver. It's "that awful translucent silvery-grey" Hasbro loves to use the past few years. I *hate* that tailfin logo. And it won't come off with rubbing alcohol---well, it would, but you'd strip the black paint off the tailfins too. You'd have to repaint the fins black to get rid of it. (at least the ugly oversized pilot name etc should come off easily) But---it is the *new mold*. With much more G1-esque stripes than any prior US seeker release. But I'd spend hours removing pointless printing on it (the tops of the intakes look ugly and stupid, despite being very toy-faithful), and have to repaint the tailfins regardless. And it STILL would be dull grey and medium blue, not silver and deep metallic blue. (it also looks to me like Hasbro is using charcoal grey or something instead of *black*) I just don't think it'd be worth it----it'd be only slightly less work than I did on my MP-07, but end up looking not nearly as good, color-wise. I don't think it'd be worth it/look that good in the end, whether I repaint or not. Not unless I find it for like 30-40 bucks somewhere. Time to post a pic of mine again--what an MP Thundercracker SHOULD look like: The black bits are *black* and the silver bits are *silver*. (not to mention the wonderfully glossy rich metallic blue of it all) Older, un-insignia'd blurry pic of bot mode (but the best one I have):
  4. David Hingtgen
    SMS 007? Alto's? Why not a new number? Or Ozma's?
  5. David Hingtgen
    That looks *much* better than I expected. But I'm still not real fond of the -29 itself. But if by some chance it ever becomes cheap, I may snag one... (still need a normal Alto -25 first)
  6. David Hingtgen
    That is so 90's "Disney Afternoon". That would go after Ducktales, but before Rescue Rangers.
  7. David Hingtgen
    Where's the "I'd buy it for sure *if* it came in FB2012/Hikaru colors" option? My desire for a VF-4 is very high, but I hate the proposed scheme. Bland bland bland. It alone is deterring me. I have no problem with this being the most expensive valk I'd ever own. But not if the final version is almost as boring and grey as the unpainted prototype...
  8. David Hingtgen
    "No delimiter mode" on the -4 will solve 90% of the -21's hip issues.
  9. David Hingtgen
    We don't really have a "generic" Star Wars thread so I'll just put this here: #!
  10. David Hingtgen
    I was going to ask you a while ago about your first winter driving in Chicago.
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    Macross figures

    David Hingtgen replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    Hopefuly they've decided to revamp it into the first ever Grace figure.
  12. David Hingtgen
    I'm unaware of any knock-off that attempts to copy that version of the mold (short stacks) nor the "modern" retro packaging. Most every knock-off out there tries to pass itself off as an original 1984-1986 product. (Encore Metroplex is an exception)
  13. David Hingtgen
    We can always use more Robin Olds anecdotes, because he's friggin awesome: "I met Olds in 2001 at a Reserve Drill weekend. He talked for half an hour, then took questions and answers. I stood up and asked him: "Sir, you have flown some classic airplanes. Which one is your favorite?" He looked at me and addressed me by my callsign. "How many hours do you have in the Phantom?" I told him. (I have a lot). He paused, looked at the floor, and then gave me the finger in front of 300 people saying "God, I envy you! I loved that airplane!" The whole place erupted in laughter. I smiled and sat down, telling everyone after I had never been so proud to be flipped-off by a one-star General in my whole life. I knew, starting with his tradition of doing so at the Academy, that such an act was merely an irreverant act of comraderie and admiration. He was one hell of a fighter pilot."
  14. David Hingtgen
    The more I (and others) think about it, the more that has to be another fan's work, not TFC. Basically--it doesn't follow the mold. The lower leg/rear fuselage is one big chunk, split left/right. So it has to be black, if the jet is to be black. There's no way they'd mold it in white, then paint half of it black. (plus, paint apps cost money----NECIO's version is almost entirely "molded color differentiation" with just a few bits of actual paint---like the Hercules bots were) Also, they painted in what is merely a shadow, not an actual area, on the shoulder.
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    TFC posted a colorized pic of the prototype "Eagle"----but the colors frankly suck. It is not even certain if they're honestly planning this exact scheme or it they just posted a fan's concept. However, someone at TFW2005 (NECIO) did a MUCH better version, that needs to be spread among the fandom, so that TFC is aware of how much better it could look. TFC's post: The version from "NECIO":
  16. David Hingtgen
    Hmmn. Depending on the type of plastic it is, it could be very easy to correct with a bit of heat, nigh-flawlessly. (I don't have a -29 and never will, so I can't identify the type of plastic used there)
  17. David Hingtgen
    The Decepticons had better triple-changers. They had the best two (Astrotrain and Blitzwing) and their worst (Octane) is still loads better than any of the Autobot ones IMHO. Half of why Blitzwing works as well as it does is because the MiG-25 is so dang boxy. He can *not* be updated to anything else. Astrotrain would actually work better as a diesel loco, as then the wheels would be fewer, much smaller, and easy to hide. (Classics already went this route) Though he's already about the best type of steam loco possible for the same goal of "hiding the wheels"-----most steam locos would have larger, and more, wheels. It'd be really nice if he had a tender though. True, he's a ROCKET-POWERED steam loco, but he always did look weird with no tender behind him. Hmmn, that could be nice-----have shuttle mode be "just the shuttle, and the loco itself" but the loco's tender could serve as the tender, and make up part of bot mode (maybe housing fists and head and weapons). This'd allow for awesome loco and bot modes, without compromising shuttle mode.
  18. David Hingtgen
    I'm thinking gimmick, but that's not really TFC's style AFAIK. Maybe it's needed for leg mode and we just don't know why yet? It's totally inaccurate to the real thing, both how it opens and what's inside. (MP-03 etc is quite correct)
  19. David Hingtgen
    Based on the earlier concept silhouettes (which are NOT how the prototype turned out), the ship mode was rather SDF-1ish. But IMHO based on what we see now, the final version will probably be more "traditional nuclear carrier" in appearance.
  20. David Hingtgen
    You have a "Hi-Q", Powermaster Prime's powermaster. Anyways---Not-Broadside! And while they haven't unveiled the third mode, it's pretty clear he's got an aircraft carrier's flightdeck on his back/shoulders:
  21. David Hingtgen
    HLJ had MP-12 up for 20% off for like a week. I ordered mine then.
  22. David Hingtgen
    Focker YF-29? I just want an Alto VF-25...
  23. David Hingtgen
    I don't see as huge an issue with the "sacrificing the ship for a stranger" bit. I mean, from the crew's perspective---in the last 48 hours they have seen some truly horrifying things, and found out that yes, there are vastly superior alien beings out there with unfathomable technologies. And they know they know about Earth and have been there before. So if things start going to hell, and one of the people who just came out from the "inner core" of the alien's place says "the aliens are royally pissed at us and are going to wipe out planet Earth in 60 secs" it might not be that hard to believe at the moment---and the consequences of not acting are severe, to say the least.
  24. David Hingtgen
    Cool, so he fights Cerberus troops.
  25. David Hingtgen
    *Better* paint apps, importantly.
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