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  1. David Hingtgen
    I think he's referring to PM's----there's currently no easy way to add a pic to a PM, unless it's linked to an external host.
  2. David Hingtgen
    As I've mentioned before in the LEGO thread---LEGO has made many models the past couple years, that are of Boeing aircraft. (licensed/branded ones, not just "resembling") Just none that were military-based. So the argument that it's "because Boeing is an arms manufacturer" doesn't really work, because LEGO's been paying Boeing fees for years, for non-military sets. (I'll be annoyed if the Ideas 737 set fails to get approval, because it's Boeing-----heck, all airliners would be off the board, as every civil company makes military planes too, nowadays, even Embraer)
  3. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, at those prices, think I'll probably keep my 1080 for a while longer. 3060 should be roughly equivalent to 1080 I think?
  4. David Hingtgen
    Pitot missing, or just not installed?
  5. David Hingtgen
    That---is a very good point, and I should have caught that YEARS ago. (I saved that gif a long time ago). Hmmmn. It's got the -37's camo. I know the -37 was reverted back to basically -35 config, only flew with TVC for a little while. Then crashed. Did they remove the canards, too?
  6. David Hingtgen
    "Northrom" came true. (Northrop-Grumman) (at least, that's what I always assumed Northrom implied)
  7. David Hingtgen
    Considering that the "main coloring" is nigh-identical to many other low-vis Tomcats, and only minor artwork changes would be needed for multiple releases, I'd very much like to see some other (real US Navy) squadrons done with this finish/weathering. Grim Reaper's airshow demo plane please, F-14D AD167: (hundreds of thousands of people would have seen this plane fly)
  8. David Hingtgen
    Su-37 still the master: ::edit:: That's odd, it plays faster in the post, than the "raw" gif...
  9. David Hingtgen
    I think the regular Snake-Eyes is overall better. Sure, I'd rather have the other guns, but not for $40, and certainly not for $100. Also, IMHO, they "went too far", color-wise, on the deluxe---it's too "brown-grey-green" in too many areas. Should have been some accents, and subtle, not "I'm wearing grey dockers!"
  10. David Hingtgen
    My theory is that first batch produced is blue, then corrected to brown. (maybe it was still set for Duke?)
  11. David Hingtgen
    I managed to get BH from Target.com---but it's the blue-eye variant. Anyone have a brown-eye one and willing to swap?
  12. David Hingtgen
    Simple Green has a LINGERING smell. Like, even after thoroughly soap/water scrubbed, and an alcohol bath, and scrubbed again, then painted, then you wait a year----you might STILL get a little whiff of that distinctive odor coming off the parts. I refuse to use it any more for that reason.
  13. David Hingtgen
    5-stud dishes exist, just very rare. I own two! https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=6942#T=S&O={"ss":"US","rpp":"50","iconly":0} It is "deep" though, and might not work well as a "cover" for an AT-AT joint.
  14. David Hingtgen
    New AT-AT doesn't have printed leg dishes? That seems almost like "thumbing their noses" at consumers, when the print already exists, and we've seen them use some prints for like 20-30 years straight. It's not some cheap set where printed parts would be a "luxury", they're expected for that much $, especially when they have the print in their "catalog" already.
  15. David Hingtgen
    Bought a wolf:
  16. David Hingtgen
    What shade of red is that? I'm very picky about her shade of red, and I like that one. (Or at least, how it looks on my PC monitor...)
  17. David Hingtgen
    Will it strip the underlaying clear lacquer layer, off of chromed parts? (getting the chrome itself off is easy, it's the stuff between the plastic and the chrome, that is often incredibly stubborn)
  18. David Hingtgen
    Yup. One zip-loc bag per valk. (or any other collectible with swappable pieces)
  19. David Hingtgen
    The trailer is too(read: utterly) rigidly connected to the cab, they should move/twist slightly independently, for "realism-feel".
  20. David Hingtgen
    Should have mentioned that it arrived early and I opened it early. Got another week actually. (will be no B-day party or dinner this year, COVID, so may as well enjoy what aspects I can)
  21. David Hingtgen
    Happy (early) Birthday to me:
  22. David Hingtgen
    I've always wondered WHY they don't fit/fold right. It's clearly a design flaw, and not just a tolerances issue IMHO. But I never could figure out for sure "what was wrong", and if Takara's at fault any. (they're not great on the actual ones, but the OS ones seem to be much worse)
  23. David Hingtgen
    No, the issue is that a large part of the fandom clearly does want EXACT replicas of the toon, every error and detail-barren limb copied in plastic. HasTak is giving it to them, at least in the MP line.
  24. David Hingtgen
    I want to say they forgot to draw the dividing line, for the front cockpit windows, in that frame. Pointy nose----is that from Call of the Primitives? Of course an example can be found in the toon for everything. Doesn't mean one should ignore 95% of a character's animated frames in favor of "that one scene where it's off-model". (which Takara loves to do!)
  25. David Hingtgen
    I had it in my cart (25% off at Gamestop) but never checked out. Too many little things bug me, mainly as a shuttle fan, but partly also as a Sky Lynx fan: 1. Wings aren't a double-delta, they're just single triangles. This is the single biggest issue I have with shuttle mode. Even the most simple, stylized shuttle silhouette shows the leading edge changes angles drastically: 2. Goofy legs in bird mode. Somehow, G1 looked better IMHO. Is it the feet? 3. Pointy, rat-like nose. The CW version was even worse, but I just don't "get" this trend with Sky Lynx lately. He has NEVER had a pointy nose. Until recent toys. 4. Central window for cockpit. Makes him look like a cyclops. WHY? Now his "face" is kinda weird, due to this+pointy nose. The actual shuttle AS-IS makes for a perfect "face". But they're straying further and further from that. Sky Lynx has no robot mode, the shuttle's nose and cockpit is his face. I don't get how people can argue for hours over minor differences in the toon for MP characters (see latest MP V2 Starscream discussion about his upper-forehead vent-scoop width, movie vs series), yet "completely messing with the entire face" for Sky Lynx is just kinda glossed over, when NO appearance of him was like this at all? 5. Everything else everyone has mentioned.
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