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  1. David Hingtgen
    Soldier is boring, but easy. (I'm using one for my current insanity/paragon run) I was actually mostly a vanguard in ME1, but switched to adept for ME2---boy was that the wrong choice IMHO, they totally ruined biotics this time around. (I know eugimon have already discussed this and we have very different opinions---though I would like to "try again" and see if I can make it work) I actually found adept even more boring than soldier--since you spend 99% of your time waiting for powers to recharge, and shooting---rather un-biotic-like IMHO. Very little of the time do you actually get to unleash stuff. Most of the time, you're like a soldier, but with worse weapons. PS---Lair of the Shadow Broker is awesome.
  2. David Hingtgen
    Wow, 80% male Shep, and Soldier is more than every class combined? Not at all what I'd expect from the Bioware forums (which is full of Femsheps and vanguard/infiltrators). Also, not really a good sign IMHO---they're already going more and more "default male soldier shep is canon shep, and we can ignore/skip/gloss over other options"---this just gives them even more incentive to continue. Of course, I think they actually made adept/vanguard LESS fun in ME2 than ME1, and may explain so much emphasis on soldier, especially for 2nd/3rd plays. (Engineer NEVER had anyone play it, and never will).
  3. David Hingtgen
    I've got a weird issue--it used to be just at one forum, but now it seems more common by the day: If a pic or even "long line of unbroken text" is wider than the screen----there's no scrolling over to the side. It just gets chopped off. Switching to Firefox doesn't help, same issue. I'm wondering if it's just a forum software quirk with the latest revision (I haven't checked which versions are being used etc) or is there some deep setting within Windows that somehow got screwed up that disables horizontal scrolling for large pics etc.
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    Habro replaced a part? That's almost unheard of. 99% of the time, they just offer "to replace with a toy of equal value". Maybe because the AT-TE is so big/unique? (I know that on anything 20 bucks or less, you'll just get "the offer")
  5. David Hingtgen
    AC:X has a lot of fake planes? I hate fake ones too, in AC. But IIRC, AC:X does have the YF-23, which is a big plus for me.
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    That all sounds great, but what abount the numerous "stored in a dark closet since bought, then opened up one day and they had yellowed" valks? You need to prevent both UV and oxygen from getting to your valks to really prevent yellowing---hard to live in an oxygen-free home...
  7. David Hingtgen
    As it says in the thread title--1/60.
  8. David Hingtgen
    That's a good thing IMHO---I never liked how most AC games you upgrade by 2 planes in 2 missions. Most every game becomes "get the F-15/Flanker at the mid point, then save up for the F-22/Super Flanker at the end" and you don't really get to experiment until your 2nd or 3rd run. But you've got the Flanker already? Gah, kinda screws everything else up. AC games always emphasize A2A over everything else, so even a much more advanced multi-role plane will never really be "better" than a basic F-15 or Flanker. (I don't even have a PSP, but this plus AC:X may make me get one some day)
  9. David Hingtgen
    Well, it'll take a while for her hair to grow out to its natural red color--better start now. (Dying it red would defeat the whole point of hiring an actual redhead)
  10. David Hingtgen
    Personally, I'm all in favor of a stickied "nothing Macross is going to be officially subbed in English ever again so long as HG exists, deal with it---and no, we don't know when it's coming out on DVD nor when the next trailer will be released" thread at the top of every forum.
  11. David Hingtgen
    THAT is awesome. Heck, if I saved all mine over the years, I could build one... (a lot of modelers could)
  12. David Hingtgen
    17-year-old Lohan would be a *perfect* MJ. Current non-redhead messed-up Lohan would not.
  13. David Hingtgen
    It's both---marker on body stocking.
  14. David Hingtgen
    Still waiting for a repaint to match the Energon set (with how successful this version is, another batch is almost certain I'd imagine)
  15. David Hingtgen
    That wouldn't be "at will" unless you keep a UV light handy at all times---plus that won't get colors nor a frosted effect. For actual "flip of a switch" like you said, the only way I know to do that is the electrically-shaded windows.
  16. David Hingtgen
    And how would that possibly be feasible without part swapping? 1:1 scale dark-to-light color-changing windows are possible, with expensive laminates and electrical current. But if the F-22 doesn't have it, don't expect it in a Yamato... (the 787 will though, as currently planned)
  17. David Hingtgen
    I know Classics HR is a Dome Zero, but is the original? Both are fairly Countach-esque IMHO, especially the greenhouse.
  18. David Hingtgen
    Hot Rod always seemed far more plausible/probable to me.
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    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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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:
  22. 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.
  23. 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?
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
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