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  1. David Hingtgen
    Eh, Tarn himself is "the backpack, holding up the back-cannons". I consider him "weaponry, and a small chunk of the torso".
  2. David Hingtgen
    I like the idea of a DJD combiner, but just turning into a big Tarn, with half the team forming weapons and not the actual bot, seems like a poor execution of a good idea.
  3. David Hingtgen
    The Su-27 is very unofficially "Crane". (Due to the long arching neck) (or really, rather, whatever the Russian word for crane is) But apparently Russia also actually likes the name "Flanker" and calls it that decently often.
  4. David Hingtgen
    I'm wondering--does the -21 even HAVE rudders? Looking at the original line art, that looks a lot more like a panel-line, than the cut-line for a moveable control surface. It'd be a very oddly-shaped and proportioned rudder. And since it is clearly intentionally copying the -23 there----the -23 doesn't have rudders, they're all-moving slab tailplanes. I suspect the -21 is, as well, and that Bandai/Yamato (and maybe even Hasegawa) have always just mis-interpreted that panel line, adjusted it to 'look right' and "made it into a rudder". Need to rewatch flight scenes... Also--no one's ever gotten the shape of the -11's tailfins right, either. (though I suspect part of that is because the "official" side profile lineart of the -11, seems to blatantly contradict "every other angle Kawamori drew of it"). I'm assuming the official side-profiles are drawn by draftsmen etc, who specialize in blueprint/schematic-style drawings? And either Kawamori didn't catch it, or didn't sign off on it in the first place.
  5. David Hingtgen
    I've wanted a good Pipes and/or Gears for years, but none have ever quite hit the mark for me. I'm still looking for that 'early MP' aesthetic, of blending the best bits of toy and toon in bot mode, while having a very realistic alt-mode. A pure-toon Gears is just way too goofy-looking, but I sure don't want "toy-accurate" overall (that goes for ALL minibots). Pipes---often gets pretty close, much closer than all the Gears I've seen----it's usually the alt-mode that ends up looking odd to me/being the deal-killer, like it's out of scale with itself or something. (kind of like the Ultra Magnus mold with the doors/steps scaled so that it's a 6-story-tall cab, but in reverse)
  6. David Hingtgen
    The -29 is still "the most fun to play with" valk in years, beating any other DX, IMHO. It's basically "a -25 with the Tornado pack built-in". I was kinda iffy on picking one up, but am VERY glad I did.
  7. David Hingtgen
    Oh, do tell, please. (Just as interesting are the "shouldn't be" differences between the Ertl kits of the two, despite sharing many parts)
  8. David Hingtgen
    A blue NACA duct in the door, is actually G1-accurate---it's the only one that is, there. But like all the others, it's missing a LOT of a black ducting/intake/mesh/grille-work----but even more than the others, to the point that it's notably "bare". Plus he's actually missing the rear-most side windows, which none of the others are. (though they are ALL missing the rear window, I think only the actual MP mold has the main rear window in any form) Also--yeesh, the spoiler's mounted wrong on that one, too. Too far outboard. But at least they're the right height, so it's still better than FT did.
  9. David Hingtgen
    The main thing that gives me hope, is that Henry Cavil is apparently a fan of the series (not sure if games, books, or both), and wanted the role--sought it out the moment there were rumors of a live-action adaptation. So he "knows how things should go, how Geralt should be portrayed".
  10. David Hingtgen
    Yup. So we're expecting "Iron Kong" as the 6th member. Piranacon would be a fairly obvious follow-up, but many of the aquatic Zoids are small/simple (and thus a different style than the larger ones tend to have), and not quite the right "type". (Tortoises, not snapping turtles, crabs instead of lobsters, etc). Dinobots, however----Godosnarl, Grimjulas, Swoopamander, so many perfect matches...
  11. David Hingtgen
    Cang Toy's Predaking, is heavily implied, though not utterly confirmed, to have "Optimus Primal", as the gorilla-based 6th member of the team. (likely being the waist/thighs, LongHaul/Devastator-style).
  12. David Hingtgen
    Well, it has no tailfins at all, when the arms are gone (since the fins are on the arms)...
  13. David Hingtgen
    The belly plates go, too, since they mount to the legs. So a YF-21 without limbs, in fighter mode, has the entire belly opened up, and empy---you can basically "see inside up into the inner structure of the upper fuselage/skin". It's just wings, cockpit, and engines---and just enough upper fuselage+skin to hold them together. Bottom-center: You can see the rows of shutters, that normally open up to act as cascades for GERWALK mode, revealed in fighter mode.
  14. David Hingtgen
    And Gundam! Nobody likes Amuro, but everyone wants more Char...
  15. David Hingtgen
    I complained about it like a year ago, when FT first put their earliest render out. I made a detailed post, full of pics/drawings/arrows, hoping they'd correct it. Nope. Had plenty of time, but apparently intentionally wanted "this one part of the car, to be wrong, knowing it was so". PS--I think it's "montana" (the tan one)----it has that big post+bar sticking down under the spoiler. Is that PURELY so the spoiler can rotate 180 in robot mode? Where you never see it, and can't really even tell it's upside down when it is? (it's not like there's a huge "this end up" sign on it) ::edit:: I can't find the post (likely due to thread-merging/pruning at TFW) but here's one of the main pics I made, comparing key part locations: (and yes, technically, the spoiler DOES mount to the trunk lid---only the very extreme edges of it, not the "main" part)
  16. David Hingtgen
    This pic here, highlights my #1 (and deal-killing) issue with Spoiler---the spoiler. That's not how a Countach spoiler attaches. It mounts to the fenders, not the trunk lid. The other 2 got it right. Spoiler's spoiler-supports are way too far inboard, and on the wrong part of the car. And a whole lot taller than they should be, to achieve the same overall spoiler-height because of it. It's another "why on earth are they doing THAT part of the car toon-accurate, when so many other bits are going for pure realism?" I mean, look at their Dragstrip and Wildrider---they aren't making major changes to the body to "match the toon", yet for Spoiler, for his literal namesake feature---they said "oh, let's ignore the real thing right here, and match the toon, so as to have some weird toon-real hybrid, just to mess up the overall real-world aesthetic we've got going on with the car-mode". Real-world alt-modes should NOT be altered to be toon-accurate, period, IMHO. Or if you are---go all-out toon-style. Don't stick toon-accurate "random little bits" on something that is otherwise trying to be as real as possible. Real, or toon, not a hybrid---it's like a weird version of uncanny valley if you mix them. ("anime eyes" on a real person looks freaky----"anime parts" on a real car looks less freaky, but still freaky if you know how it SHOULD look)
  17. David Hingtgen
    I used to, but stopped years ago. Around DotM.
  18. David Hingtgen
    Props for going all-out with a lot of little details that mimic the real Super Hornet, when there's zero need for a "not intended to be a true-scale-detail-model" for its purpose. (gear doors, mainly---they could be greatly simplified, I imagine, or left off entirely) Interesting that ANA is sponsoring it, and not JAL. (though AFAIK, ANA is their biggest airline now, not JAL)
  19. David Hingtgen
    Got my Elita-1. One day late, but no biggie. Anyways----a "first" for me---I believe I have an un-pinned rivet. (the front little bits of the wings that rotate about 160 degrees) Rivet is present, but the piece comes off if I tug it a bit. Not sure why it's riveted, as it could easily just be screwed/glued on---doesn't rotate/pivot there, it pivots at the other joint. So currently letting it dry while being superglued in place. Also currently soaking the combiner feet in rubbing alcohol---the coral color is neat, and almost unprecedented for a TF--seems a huge waste to mold them in that, then completely cover them in black paint. So, seeing how stripping the paint goes. If it works well---coral feet! If poorly---will paint over them with silver.
  20. David Hingtgen
    Triggerhappy is one of my most fondly, best-remembered G1 toys. Don't know why, but that one just really "clicked" for me. And with no figure of him ever since, official nor 3P, I was ecstatic that Hasbro made this one---and that he turned out well, with an interesting transformation. His Reprolabel set is also notably good, though the awesome-looking engine stickers are basically impossible to get to fit perfectly, as the gap between the upper and lower engines is only about 1.9x the thickness of the labels, and they need to be applied back to back...
  21. David Hingtgen
    It does, but it's not 1/10 as oversaturated as the 0D is. "Slightly oversaturated" vs "a completely different color". Plus, either way, the 1A is still "Max blue" or thereabouts. But the original 0D, isn't "Shin blue"---it's "Max blue". It actually makes it look like "someone else's valk" because it's so wrong, that it's actually now the color for a different scheme. It'd be like if someone took an Ozma valk, but made the grey so light, that it was DYRL grey---then you've got Roy's scheme, and not Ozma's. You can only "get it so wrong" before it actually becomes "right for somebody else".
  22. David Hingtgen
    And I like Firechief even less than Inferno. But, Reprolabels again---I decided to order Elita 1, and the Reprolabels set. Part of the decision was based on the cheapest Ebay seller also being the closest, with "guaranteed arrival Friday" via free shipping---which is before most other sellers would have even boxed it up.
  23. David Hingtgen
    Onslaught for $18 is dang tempting. Ironically, despite being "less important", I think Elita has really good robot and alt-modes. Not super fond of her torso mode, which is the main reason I need another Voyager! But I am overall trying to avoid "traditional" combiners---as in, I have no more than 2 members of any "established" team, in my CW combiner collection. It's like I don't want to "overlap" with 3P/G1 combiners. I have zero Combaticons, so Onslaught would be fine, but he is "an incredibly iconic torso". Versus, you know, SkyLynx or Elita... Inferno--good mold, but somehow I just don't see him as Inferno at all? He is literally 'red HotSpot' and that's all I can see. Gotta LOL at how Onslaught+Scattershot is $27, but Onslaught+SkyLynx is $50 and sold out... (I bought the only SkyLynx I ever saw, at the Target I go to the least) ::edit:: Elita-1 has an *awesome* Reprolabel set. Interesting, becase IMHO their SkyLynx set, is the best one they've ever done. It's like "late CW torso era" was peak Reprolabel design skills.
  24. David Hingtgen
    Recommendations wanted: I realized I have 9 combiner limbs. May get another one or two before HasTak stops making them. I only have one torso, SkyLynx. Who should I get as a second torso? While I'd somewhat prefer a Decepticon to balance things out (and they traditionally have way more combiners than the Autobots), I still have more 'bot limbs than 'con limbs, so I "should" get another Autobot torso to best use the limbs I have. Price is very much a factor, not going to spend like 2x retail to acquire a rare/popular one. (I came very close to getting HotSpot quite a while back, but he was already rare and expensive, just one wave after his release) ::edit:: Hmmm, Elita-1 seems pretty readily available still around MSRP----thoughts?
  25. David Hingtgen
    I would so love a new RiD Prime and Magnus. (Actual transforming ones). I still consider them to have the best play value of any TFs EVER.
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