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  1. David Hingtgen
    I saw a vehicon once, passed on it, waiting for the jet version. (and passed on Knockout twice----Knockout's paint scheme is just WRONG---that's very different from being simplified for cost reasons like usual---they simply applied a lot of paint of the wrong colors in the wrong places).
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    DX VF-25G

    David Hingtgen replied to zulu's topic in Toys

    It absolutely is---because while the Tamashii webshop is exclusive/limited---THEY MAKE AS MANY AS THEY GET ORDERS FOR. If only 407 are ordered, they make 407. But it they get 23,602 orders then they'll make 23,602. There's no pre-order discount, but if you want one and pre-order it---you'll get it. (and pre-orders are open for days/weeks at a time) At this point, I think most everyone wishes the VF-25S, VF-171EX, and VF-25G were done just like the Tamashii webshop stuff----just get your order in (at your leisure--you can afford to wait for your next paycheck or two) before the deadline, and you're sure to get one. No refreshing a site 500 times, no "we only got 6% of our order in", no staying online 24/7 just to NOT get one...
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    Seems that Prime Airachnid is even worse in-hand than the early pics lead us to believe: http://www.seibertro...l-review/24994/ (the opening cockpit gimmick not only leads to a giant hood/backpack as we already knew, it also means there's no actual head, merely a sculpted face on the bottom of the pilot's seat) But for those who want a cool black/purple vehicle-based Decepticon female, Perfect Effect revealed the robot mode of their Not-Arcee remold recolor via the comic included with the first release: http://img801.images.../7072/scang.jpg
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    Macross figures

    David Hingtgen replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    I still think Grace as Mylene would look better.
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    Who wants an SR-71 tailfin to hang on their wall? http://www.ebay.com/...625bd2d&vxp=mtr Interestingly, #955 is on display at Edwards---quite intact. But SR-71 fins did get swapped around and repainted often enough, so it could easily be an 'original' tailfin of 955, and thus 955 currently may have at least 1 fin that was swapped from another. The infamous "Rapid Rabbit" has 1 tailfin remaining out there, despite having crashed: http://www.habu.org/.../17975-978.html
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    Macross figures

    David Hingtgen replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    Erm, Basara's suit has clearly been "adjusted" to fit Sheryl. Same way Mylene's would be "adjusted" to fit on Grace.
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    Macross figures

    David Hingtgen replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    Yup, only the 1/72 kit includes a newly-molded pilot, the DX just repainted Brera into a generic CF lackey male pilot. So we only have half-a-Grace. (as the kit pilots are cut off at the waist)
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    I don't know how you could consider Lexx as even a poor ripoff of Red Dwarf. It'd have to be thrice as good to be that...
  9. David Hingtgen
    That's not the one I was thinking of, nor the one I think Mommar was thinking of.
  10. David Hingtgen
    But just imagine it with the General Lee's horn as it goes over the edge. Makes the gif twice as fun.
  11. David Hingtgen
    Yes it is. It's currently my response to "what's the neatest place you've ever eaten at?"
  12. David Hingtgen
    The short version is that their goal is not to enslave/capture the Earth, but to literally kill/vaporize/extinguish every sentient being and all their technology in the galaxy, leaving no trace that any advanced civilization ever existed.
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    I'm reading/posting to both this thread and the "3rd party vs Hasbro" thread at TFW right now. Interesting to see the contrast in what's brought up/rationaled etc.
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    Macross figures

    David Hingtgen replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    Sigh, still no Grace figures. (Grace in Mylene's outfit would rock)
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    I'd love to give a couple hundred dollars to Bandai for some Frontier valks--but they don't seem to want my money (nor anyone else's) lately. So I'll give it to TFC instead.
  16. David Hingtgen
    It is now. Like Macrossing.
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    Yup, no Alto-Ranka-Sheryl thing here, Farscape's is sublime. Much better villains, too.
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    The first thing I'll mention, is "D'Argo is not Worf". That may be your first-30-secs impression, but trust me, the difference will become very clear. (D'Argo is awesome)
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    Yes, Farscape was awesome. That is really all that needs to be said. You should know within just the few couple eps if you like it. (and it gets better and better)
  20. David Hingtgen
    Justitoys just showed this: I never had the complete G1 Predaking, and never bothered with the re-issue. Probably wouldn't get this, but it may be OMGWTFBBQ for some people. I'm pretty sure one shoulder cannon is omitted in each of the bot mode drawings for clarity. I assume they're the "toes" for leg mode, harkening back to the original.
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    So, 1 min? That a record?
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    Of all the pics I took of it, I think this one came out the best, considering clarity and composition.
  23. David Hingtgen
    Of all Thundercracker-ish colored TF's ever, I believe the original G1 toy is the darkest. BM Jet Storm actually came closer to the color than about any plastic Hasbro/Takara have ever used, but it's a smidge too light and too green. MP-07 is strange in that it's kind of like a car's paint job, in that the color coat is just that---color/hue, and nothing else. ALL the sparkle/shine comes from the gloss coat. Very unike the G1 toy, where it is inherently a vibrant, sparkly, richly-colored plastic. MP-07 is more like dull navy blue-grey plastic with blue glitter inside---and then looks totally different when clear-coated. (yes, I am incredibly anal about G1 TC blue--it is my all-time fave toy, fave shade of blue in the world, and seriously considered buying a "Medium Quasar Blue Metallic" Camaro because it's darn close in color in the sun)
  24. David Hingtgen
    I will never allow anything Lexmark to interface with my PC. They have the absolute worst "invading" software/drivers of anything ever. I was desperate and hooked up an all-in-one to my PC briefly just to use it to scan. It *killed* my ability to print with anything else, slowed down Windows, everything. Nothing short of a full HDD reinstall of Windows fixed it. (even a repair reinstall didn't work). It was like the nastiest virus ever----all from just plugging the damn thing in via USB. (I even tried stripping out lines from the registry to fix things before I effectively wiped my HDD) So yes, I am very bitter and very opposed to Lexmark.
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    Assuming you're talking about the fairly recent Classics release---IMHO, that color is "barely acceptable"---it's kind of trying to bridge the animation and G1 toy colors, while not really matching either. It should be darker/deeper.
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