David Hingtgen

However, that gimmick didn't "compromise" anything---not the head, not the robot mode articulation, and not the sculpt of vehicle mode---as opposed to most jet transformers, where most any gimmick adds significant belly kibble and thickness. If you removed the electronics box out of Leader Jetfire, his jetmode would have half the mass it does. Could probably even tuck the legs totally away and inside the nacelles, as they should.

Where'd you find a "funky" subtitled version? Good subtitles where amost always available within 24 hours of the original Japanese airing, and they only got better as time went on...

That's not saying much, really.

Well, if you've just watched the series, I'd do the episode-specific threads. Here's the one for ep 4, which has links to all the previous ones: http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=25872 PS--remember, the first couple pages of any ep-specific thread will be the people who watched it live, raw. Subs came later!

Oh, there's some gems in there----probably quite a few in-jokes here you've been missing out on until now.

Seems I can do it, just not in thread titles.

Edited topic title. ::edit:: Ok, why can't I do a strike-out on this board any more? Joke doesn't work nearly as well without it.

Ack, missed this until just now. That's an amazingly on-model Grace. (seriously, I think she's off-model most of the time in Frontier--and the movie, too from what little I've seen)

What other Fraulein did you find for cheap? If you have any leftover parts, I might be interested. (there's a lot of Revoltechs I'd buy just for parts, if I could ever find them cheap--not here in Iowa though)

It's not lube, it's mold-release oil. Almost (but not entirely) unheard of for Takara/Hasbro products.

So, any Grace or Milia there?

That explains it--that's cheating! I'll just live with the lesser angle. As for a pen--not a WHOLE pen-width, but the majority of the tip. Depends on how your pen tapers of course...

Thanks much for the pics--I'm still wondering if I transform it right. Namely: The "chest plate" and the nosecone--should there be a gap? (as in, the nose cone is BEHIND the chest--you can bascially fit a pen into the gap) It looks better (and more anime-accurate IIRC) if there isn't a gap, but it seems to hold the torso together better if there is--especially when the waist is unlocked. Is there a lock/click for the main neck plate? (the bigger, outer one) Or do you just do "as for back as it'll go"? If I fiddle with it enough, I can actually get the front "point" of the neck plate up out of the hole--but I figure that's too far. Renato---I notice you have the gap between the chest plate and the nosecone---but yours still seems to have more "pelvic thrust" than mine can achieve at all, much less while remaining upright. Is there a "torso lock" I'm missing somewhere? I can "pull" the torso together to that angle, but it always flops back that last 5 degrees or so. The tip of the nosecone of yours looks like it's darn near touching the groin piece---again, I can only get that if I hold the torso halves together.

The collection DX review mentions a hidden, unlockable waist joint--but doesn't say how. Does it have to be unlocked in GERWALK or something? Tugging and pulling in every direction I can think of doesn't do anything. Protected by Future:

Only because there never was a really high-quality miniature of it to film for stock footage/closeups, and the one that was built was too late for stock footage. (a LOT of the Excelsior class footage seen throughout TNG was filmed prior to season 1 airing--they pretty much filmed it once, then it got used for ST VI) The Ambassador is little-seen for production reasons, not "because it's rare". Sure it's gotta be less common than the Excelsior, but it should be a heck of a lot more common than the Galaxy, Sovereign, and Defiant combined.

Sorry, didn't play at all last night. I just snagged a few easy achievements a few mins ago--annoyingly, the "beat just the final stage" trick didn't work for the harder difficulties--took down Trypticon and got nothing. If you want to set up a time tonight, I'm all for it. I have to take the game back tomorrow.

I'm sure the Key Publishing forum members are busily whipping up some renders...

Noticeable lack of car-mode paint apps compared to 07.

I'd like to try MP campaign, as no one else online seems to want to do it.

Yeah, that may actually be my #1 complaint at the moment--the smooth shiny plastic. Yamato's "subtle texture" that makes their valks matte looks much more realistic IMHO. Shows every slight fingerprint, too. Ironically, the paint is very matte.

Apparently there's a per-post pic limit. And you can't post a new post until someone else posts! Anyways---is that supposed to be Nora's, or just one from the same squadron etc?

I've rented WFC for a few days for the 360, so if you see "Xenogears Id" go ahead and invite or join if you'd like.

Being a multi-platform title, it's mainly being discussed in the "all purpose games thread" and the Transformers thread.

Yet ironically, they said it was based on wheeljack's design. So, credit to the customizer, but not to Hasbro. PS---the final design being different may be understatement of the year. We'll see how well wheeljack's many hours of quality effort translate into semi-mass production by Chinese factory workers.

I'm pretty sure repainting everything would take far more time and effort than even a dozen attempts at mixing paint to match. ::edit:: To everyone---does the paint on the metal part of the shoulder hinge chip/flake? That's quite glossy paint, pure Future should match it pretty well---but is it needed at all?