David Hingtgen

Yeah, that's one of the 4 or so pieces of Grace fan-art ever. I do like it quite a bit though.

Diorama? What exactly are you painting, and how? IMHO Tamiya primer is amazing stuff, but it may be a waste for a diorama. (When I think diorama, I think 3D, model railroads, scenery, etc)

Stuff like that generally has no special skills, merely the highest raw stats. If they had the highest stats by a good margin and no cons, there'd be no point to using any other weapon.

You kind of summed it up already. We never saw it because Bandai wasn't going to make a new CGI model for something only seen for 10 secs in the background, and/or because they didn't even design the other head until AFTER it was animated. But "as of now, regardless of what was seen on-screen", the official canon is that a green one with a finned head, is Grace's, and it's one-of-a-kind. (AFAIK, based on the model kit and the description of the upcoming green DX.) We did see Grace's close up with a hand-painted(?) image that was specifically painted just for that scene---and close enough to even get the modex number. That was clearly intended to specifically be hers, and to be a "correct" depiction. But the other(s?) were only ever seen from very far away or a silhouette, and for like 0.5 secs at a time---any "discrepancy" with their appearance is frankly easily ignored. (plus, the one that ALMOST kills Alto I assume is hers personally, being remotely controlled--it's the 2nd-best-look we get at a green one and it's clearly finned) ::edit:: Hey, I think that one IS hers---frame-by-framing it reveals (I think) a "102" on the leg. Very hard to tell, even on the 1080 version. If Grace's HAD taken down Alto right then, I'd have liked Frontier's ending better.

Yeah, I am SO waiting for a repaint--hopefully a 2nd version will both match the earlier Energon version, AND not look like they took two different shuttles and welded them together. (this is why I never pre-order from uncolored samples)

"Paint" isn't really a milestone, especially when it's the same as the all the others. I was expecting kind of an F-16 scheme or something. Not "gunship grey allover". (well, maybe not gunship--looks a bit light, but that IS one brightly lit area---maybe 36176?)

Saw color pics---FansProject neo-BlastOff looks awful in "not a shuttle" mode IMHO. Front half tan, back half gunmetal. WTF kind of scheme is that? (it does explain the silvery tail/sword though)

Rather VFA-27-ish.

For a long time, I thought I was the only one who "got it" that that WAS his family--they were just with a different man. It seemed to me like every other review I've read over the years (even here) said something along the lines of "Gamlin just imagines it's Physica's family/is mistaken"---I was always like "no, it's simpler and much more tragic--it IS Physica's family---just not with him---and it's been that way for a while without his knowing--they're still the most important thing in the world to him, but they don't care about him at all any more". And Gamlin decides to keep quiet and do nothing. A far better/sadder ending than it simply all being some dream sequence or case of mistaken identity.

Adding clear polish to that tab will only increase the "locking ability" of the torso by like 2%. It will only hold it together against "breathing nearby", whereas a MISB version will come apart if you "look at it funny". Still worth doing IMHO, as anything's better than the UTTER floppiness that they have stock.

No no no, according to Bandai the right side should be "SWS".

Foldo boosteru. PS--it's not a "regular" green one, it's specifically Grace's special command-type green one. (since there's been an apparent retcon to the design, and now there's two different types of green VF-27B's) Dunno if they'll ever make a "truly generic" green VF-27B, as it'd require a new head mold, which Bandai may not splurge on.

I've only seen a couple of the episodes, but have caught that one and most of the last one. Cynical comment: Chloe basically admitted she's worthless as a crew member, when she volunteered/explained that she should "host" the doctor at the end of the latest ep. They should make that permanent, or at least try it out for a week or something. The doctor uses Chloe's body and does a bunch of operations (surely there's at least a few minor repairs needing to be done now, with all the fights), while Chloe uses the doctor's body to sit and talk to her mom (which is all she's ever done with her other uses of the stones).

Switch to Fang/Light/Hope? Remember, a buff cancels a debuff. If status ailments are the problem, Hope can take care of that in both Syn and Med roles. Frankly, you REALLY should have a synergist for the endgame. Having Faith+Brave+Haste+Protect+Shell on the entire party does wonders... (and on uberbosses like this, that works a whole lot better than making 20 attempts at casting just to get a few debuffs to stick---buffs always work) (yes, this is counter to my previous arguments on buff vs debuff time/effectiveness, but that was for "normal" enemies) But yes, 2nd phase can be annoying/cheap. I got it down to very low HP several times before actually beating it.

PS---I have a bottle of 5-L 1941 if anyone needs it. Think I bought it by accident years ago instead of 5-L 1943.

LOL, Bloody Roar--I think I have the entire series. (one's missing though---wasn't there a Gamecube-only one or something?)

I'll have to agree with AC6 and Lost Odyssey. Both could (and should) have been so much more.

It needs to be smooth---it's an aerodynamic curve inside----the shape is very carefully designed to manage the pressure.

Thanks much. Looking through my box of paints, I discovered I actually do have a bit more 4245 than I thought, hopefully enough to finish it. Probably buy more just in case (it'd really suck to have 90-95% done and run out) It's 4241 I'm really looking for now--I have NONE left (which surprises me, as I could swear I bought multiple bottles).

Bringing up anything negative with the 787 *is* heresy on some forums...

It never ceases to amaze me how people don't understand the concept of scale...

I hang out at airliner forums more than anywhere else, and haven't heard a thing. And frankly---Boeing invented the concept of hanging jet engines off the wings. I doubt they'd have a problem with the basic positioning of engines on the wings of ANY plane since they've been calculating out the requirements for 60 years. (Airbus had some issues with the A340, as it was their first 4-engined plane but even then it was only mild aerodynamic issues, not structural)

No, that's the actual company uniform for many Bandai employees. PS---Macross uniforms would be great. All the female employees could wear Grace's business suit, or any of the bridge officer uniforms.

There's a lot of different versions of the "walking buildings". Big ones are literally 10x harder than the others. There's "big" "really big" and "truly huge". Might even be a 4th one inbetween "really big" and "huge" but I haven't really tried fighting the very largest ones.

We still really need to know the colors of the add-on parts, to know how/if they'll match other versions of the mold. (since many people like me bought Energon Bruticus, not the later ROTF re-paint) I think more of a "dark bronze" blade would work better for Blastoff, seeing as how he's classic G1 brown. A silver blade means a silver tailfin in vehicle mode, which'll look weird. But dark bronze would still give a "metal blade" vibe.