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  1. David Hingtgen
    We don't really have a "generic" Star Wars thread so I'll just put this here: #!
  2. David Hingtgen
    I was going to ask you a while ago about your first winter driving in Chicago.
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    David Hingtgen replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    Hopefuly they've decided to revamp it into the first ever Grace figure.
  4. 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)
  5. 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."
  6. 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":
  8. 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)
  9. 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.
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    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)
  11. 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.
  12. 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:
  13. David Hingtgen
    HLJ had MP-12 up for 20% off for like a week. I ordered mine then.
  14. David Hingtgen
    Focker YF-29? I just want an Alto VF-25...
  15. 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.
  16. David Hingtgen
    Cool, so he fights Cerberus troops.
  17. David Hingtgen
    *Better* paint apps, importantly.
  18. David Hingtgen
    Even if they include skulls, the 2012 scheme (and most VF-1's etc) is white skulls on mostly-black fins. Adding black skulls to these all-white fins will not come at all close to "the look". (I doubt they'd include white skulls, as they wouldn't show up---unless they expect a lot of people to paint the fins first)
  19. David Hingtgen
    Can you give some non-spoiler hints as to how to GET the "very different" ending? Be renegade, save the "blank", etc?
  20. David Hingtgen
    They don't want our money. They'll make 50 Gallia IV sets. 10 to HLJ, 10 to AmiAmi, 10 to local Japanese shops, 10 to Hong Kong, and 1 each to a few other websites.
  21. David Hingtgen
    Sorry, was away from home most of the day. Honestly---I'll accept a lot for a triple-changing jet with a real alt-mode. Yeah, there's some bot kibble sticking out in all directions, but it's 100x better than the originals, and still 10x better than anything Hasbro has done the past few years. (cough, Leader Jetfire, Leader SS, Voyager SS) Interestingly, it doesn't look like Eagle has the "classic" Aerialbot transformation. Phantom clearly does, but I'm just not seeing it from the jet mode nor the bot mode leg-close up of Eagle. (since the tailfins are still on the legs). My main beef is currently twin Sparrow missiles on both. No plane has a twin-Sparrow launcher AFAIK. You can have Sparrows, and you can have twin-rail launchers, but you cannot have twin Sparrows. If they were simply replaced with AMRAAMs, all would be fine. (also, if weapons are swappable between them, I am so putting the JSOW's on Skydive, not Air Raid) Props for having the missiles mounted the right way though, with all 4 fins. MP Starscream fail. ::edit:: Ah, Phantom does have a TISEO pod---I suspected it might from the silhouette. But that's wrong for the type of F-4 it is. Only the F-4E can have TISEO. While I can't tell exactly what type of F-4 this is, it's *not" an F-4E. (the TISEO pod is that peg-looking thing sticking out from the leading of the wing, near the root) PS---I edited the previous post to hopefully have a working pic. Let me know if anybody has a red x instead. PPS to everybody planning on getting FoC Bruticus "because it's licensed, nyah"----enjoy your official Hasbro combiner.
  22. David Hingtgen
    Just need to vent a bit---this is a fairly complete list of all the G1 TF's my brother and I had (yes, we had more, these are the ones I'm *sure* we had, vs the ones I think we had/played with). I do not know what happened to 99% of them----given away to our cousins or neighbors I believe, when our parents deemed us "too old for them". I retained my brother's Devastator until the very end, it was the last to go. (pretty sure I know which cousin ended up with it) Anyways: Autobots: Optimus Prime Ultra Magnus Omega Supreme Aerialbots/Superion Protectobots/Defensor Grimlock Slag Sludge Sideswipe Tracks Bluestreak Overdrive Gears Pipes Swerve Punch/Counterpunch Kup Blurr Jetfire Powerglide Warpath Topspin Doublecross Backstreet Powermaster Optimus Prime Decepticons: Starscream Skywarp Thundercracker Dirge Ramjet Thrust (see a pattern yet? We liked jets) Soundwave/Buzzsaw Ratbat Shockwave Constructicons/Devastator Blitzwing Astrotrain Octane Kickback Shrapnel Stunticons/Menasor Combaticons/Bruticus Galvatron Trypticon Scourge Cyclonus Runamuck Rampage/Razorclaw (never completed Predaking) Sixshot Overkill/Slugfest Snapdragon Weirdwolf Terrorcons/Abominus Seacons/Piranacon Triggerhappy Mindwipe Pounce Dreadwind Darkwing Doubledealer Roadgrabber Monstructor Just imagine what they'd be worth, had they been kept. (or at the very least, I wouldn't have had to re-acquire so many via ebay over the years---I snagged the G2 versions of most when they came out and kept them, which helped a bit as they were "close enough")
  23. David Hingtgen
    Past couple posts removed----there's REALLY no point in drudging that up again after it's died out.
  24. David Hingtgen
    True, but without a brand/media tie-in there's no "emotional tie" to the characters. Few people would buy a 3rd-party "transforming robot" solely on appearance. (my biggest beef is "they don't turn into anything"----quasi-sci-fi-cybertronian alt-modes do absolutely nothing for me) Make a transforming 747, Ohio-class submarine, or Abrams tank, and I'll buy it in an instant even without being an actual "character". But a jet-like thing, a ship-like thing, and a tank-like thing that have no "existence" outside of their toy---I'll pass.
  25. David Hingtgen
    VF-11 is *very* tempting but I am still going to hold out for a VFX-2 or Milia one. If they never come to pass, I simply won't have a 1/60 VF-11.
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