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  1. David Hingtgen
    Hot Rod always seemed far more plausible/probable to me.
  2. David Hingtgen
    I believe it all comes down to: Hot Rod is still the coolest car I've ever seen, even beating the Countach. (going by the movie design, not the MP toy). I still want one. If I was a billionaire, I'd have an exact replica commissioned, and drive it around. Winnebagos are not cool, even with flame deco. I have no desire to ever see/have a "real" Rodimus Prime Winnebago. Thus, Hot Rod has a lot of fans.
  3. David Hingtgen
    Optimus being dead was enough of a clue for me. That even works for later eps where Prime comes back to life. If Optimus is around, Rodimus isn't.
  4. David Hingtgen
    You don't see airliners grouped like this (except at Victorville) very often, so it's noteworthy---here's pretty much the entire Mexicana fleet:
  5. David Hingtgen
    None. Battery boxes always compromise sculpt. There's not a millimeter to spare in most valks. Look at ROTF Jetfire to see what happens when you stuff battery boxes inside a transforming plane. MP Prime is ok, because he's a giant box on wheels that transforms into a giant box on legs. A YF-19 isn't. Light piping? Yeah, I hold a new figure up to the light once to see it, then it never happens again, as my shelves and book cases aren't back-lit. Plus, it usually means the entire back half of the head is clear.
  6. David Hingtgen
    I still say go by the listing I provided for Graham: Did you play video games in the late 80's/early-mid 90's, especially Zelda? Have you played Guitar Hero or any fighting game?
  7. David Hingtgen
    I must repost someone else's post: "It would have been cool if the movie advertising was a fake movie trailer of a Lucas Lee film and at the end of the trailer Lucas Lee comes out of his movie character looks at the screen and says "I'm coming for you Scott Pilgrim" and the ad ends with the Scott Pilgrim vs. the world logo." Following up on that thought---you know how a lot of movies now have multiple posters to display side-by-side for multi-screen showings? Well, they should have had theaters put up a Lucas Lee movie poster next to Scott Pilgrim. Nigh-viral marketing.
  8. David Hingtgen
    Soundwave is also in boombox mode right at the start of the fight--that's how he's hiding. (and it actually kind of works)--a big truck in the corner of the room would be obvious.
  9. David Hingtgen
    Mylene sings Sheryl or Ranka...
  10. David Hingtgen
    Gah! Now that you said Wheelie, I can't un-see it!
  11. David Hingtgen
    Seeing as how there's already several dozen posts about it in the main TF thread, I don't think we need a new, separate thread.
  12. David Hingtgen
    That would be Shaak Ti, whom Ahsoka is at least "inspired by". (being the first and so far AFAIK only Togruta seen on-screen) http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Shaak_Ti
  13. David Hingtgen
    Am I the only one that thinks that car mode looks "off"? I mean, I've seen the movie a zillion times, and own the G1 reissue so I have a pretty good mental image of how it "should" look I think. http://twitpic.com/2iyxuo/full (can't embed)
  14. David Hingtgen
    I thought it was the "Hot Rod" face.
  15. David Hingtgen
    Ok, *now* I'm convinced. And of course, now I'm hoping for a US release without the trailer, which would cut the cost down to like 40% of the JP Rodimus price... PS--I do not like the toon-accurate flame deco, with the black outlines. PPS---I was hoping the big gap ahead of the spoiler in winnebago mode would be reduced/eliminated. Surely they can devise something better, for a Masterpiece? I've never seen a "gaping hole" like that in any previous MP alt mode.
  16. David Hingtgen
    "I'm Commander Secura, and this is my favorite episode of the season".
  17. David Hingtgen
    So why can't the thing hover very well yet? I think this "more power" PR war is covering up a "trying to hide how fat it is" campaign...
  18. David Hingtgen
    Is 155mph an electronic limit? Seems low for that amount of power/weight. (considering that my car will do 154)
  19. David Hingtgen
    I keep thinking this entire thread is like an extended version of this page: http://www.therossman.com/digest/80stv/2.html
  20. David Hingtgen
    Better than a Sovereign? Dang. I wouldn't be surprised at it being better than a Galaxy though--at least, a Lakota-spec DS9-era Excelsior Refit should be, based on the upgrades stated/presumed in DS9.
  21. David Hingtgen
    Nothing grossly wrong from what I see, but I do think the front half of the engineering hull is too fat/stocky from most angles. Neck looks "off" to me---I think it's too vertical overall. The intersection of the neck/saucer seems to be missing the big gap/indentation, but pretty much EVERYWHERE misses that. Drawings, CG, Ertl. I think only the studio model has it. Planetary sensor array too long up front---I really think they copied the Ertl kit for that. Nacelles seem a bit fat, horizontally, IMHO.
  22. David Hingtgen
    Got pics? I know the Excelsior very well. (nothing like spending weeks building kits of them to really learn their shapes--same is true for planes)
  23. David Hingtgen
    Or even better, the original game came on a dozen or so 3.5in disks...
  24. David Hingtgen
    Is there any actual info on it besides price? I mean, for 1200 bucks--is it 3 feet tall? Does it light up in 20 different places? Did Peter Cullen sign the box?
  25. David Hingtgen
    Transformers aren't in scale with themselves, that's the core problem.
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