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  1. David Hingtgen
    "More clicks than a school of dolphin telegraph operators". Epic.
  2. David Hingtgen
    Took the back of a crashed F-18C, the front of a crashed F-18B, and ended up with what they say is an F-18D. Canada invented the franken-Hornet (they have a sorta-C model I think made from a CF-18A and someone's F-18D), but the US beat them all with the Franken-Prowler, which is made from THREE different planes! Franken-Hornets and Franken-Prowlers exist because they're desperately needed but out of production. (you really can't buy an F-18F to replace a B-model)
  3. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, loading seems to be MUCH slower than the first time I played.
  4. David Hingtgen
    Finland's franken-Hornet crashed. Hope it wasn't related to the "surgery". Both crew members are safe luckily.
  5. David Hingtgen
    Fists? This is Basara's valk. Much like missiles and landing gear, those were almost never used in the show and so aren't really missing.
  6. David Hingtgen
    I just started, then the 'net went out across half the state, so I just got to play again for the 2nd time for a little bit. Got the new patch, and ironically---THEN I started getting some big bugs, but the "bug" button is gone! Graphical, mainly. My character and ship keep getting switched. I've got a Miranda class skating around on the ground, and my captain swims through space... (and can fire phasers!)
  7. David Hingtgen
    The internet was down across much of Iowa for the past 24 hours, so my connection went out very soon after I started trying out the beta. I'll play again tonight. I think I have the only Kobali captain so far...
  8. David Hingtgen
    I'll have to agree---the V2 toys that I have seen, are pretty good as toys go for sprue marks. There's few that are better.
  9. David Hingtgen
    Blame EXO, he's the one that locked it IIRC.
  10. David Hingtgen
    Well, if you managed to transform a Yamato toy without breaking it, you should be able to transform almost anything now.
  11. David Hingtgen
    Anyone else find it ironic that Bandai did so well on a small VF-19 which is generally considered to have the most "anime magic" of all valks with regards to shape/transformation-----yet they didn't do so well on a larger, more expensive, much simpler/realistically-transforming VF-25?
  12. David Hingtgen
    They split the intakes off from the hips! No one has done that but SHE. (it's one of the 2 big things I complained about and drew illustrations for when the CAD for Yamato's came out). That makes a big difference to battroid mode appearance/poseability. (and that's how the line art shows it).
  13. David Hingtgen
    No, I haven't ever modeled a D-model Hornet, and when I do it'll be the Bengals. (only D-model I've ever seen)
  14. David Hingtgen
    Flankers as aggressors has long been suggested/rumored. Especially as there is now no F-14 for the F-15/16/18 to practice against.
  15. David Hingtgen
    Almost all instructions for all transforming toys tend to "simplify" things. If what's REALLY required is to "pull out slightly to the side to disengage a post, then rotate just a bit to get past the hook on the tab, then you can pull the legs down"---the instructions will really just say/show "pull the leg straight down", and depend/hope on the plastic bending without breaking until the owner figures out EXACTLY what really needs to happen. The above is true for all toys from all manufacturers. The chest plate/forward fuselage joint on the V2 VF-1 is a great example of this. What they show and what really needs to happen are very different--I'm surprised there's no broken chest plates/tabs on MW AFAIK.
  16. David Hingtgen
    No, this not the Black Aces. Also see: http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Marin...-18D/1488110/L/
  17. David Hingtgen
    I'd appreciate that. And with Mass Effect 2 coming next week, I couldn't put many hours into it anyways now.
  18. David Hingtgen
    Shorter version: There are a zillion different levels of how "reflective" a flat-screen is. Even similar models within a brand will differ. And it is purely personal preference---you may very well HATE the "latest and greatest" anti-glare technique on some models, etc. So LOOK at them in a well-lit store, don't go by what it says or what other people say. All screens look "reflectionless" in your typical "big wall of TV's in darkness" setup. Go somewhere like Sears, where they have often have TV's set up like they normally are in a living room, and see how they handle lights/reflections. (unless of course you always watch TV in a dark room with no windows, then it won't matter) As for VF-19's caution---Plasmas are like CRT's, in that long-term exposure to a static image will "burn in" the image--only it's a bit different and called retention in flatscreens. But plasma's tend to be much more sensitive to it, especially early in their life. You have to "break them in" first. And the black bars from any non-16:9 source count as "static". (even LCD's can get retention, but it's harder and it usually goes away in a day if it happens)
  19. David Hingtgen
    Every beta key I find is gone 30 secs after I find it... (yes, I'd like to try it, but doubt I'd actually buy it)
  20. David Hingtgen
    Everything I've seen covers quite a long list of available ships, time-wise. Also, the Trek universe has the longest-serving military ships around it seems---Excelsiors and Mirandas were front-line in the Dominion War. Surely by ST:O there's lots of Nebulas still around, and probably a few Ambassadors. If they're allowing CONSTITUTION class, then surely they should have newer, better ships like Excelsior and Ambassador. (also, I think it's quasi-canon that the refit Constitution was actually rather rare in the fleet, it's just uber-famous due to the Enterprise---but the Excelsior and Ambassador were common)
  21. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, I know. Half those classes are fake and/or modifications. I don't want a bunch of stuff you'd find in the fan-art section of a Trek site, I want the uber-famous, canon, established ships that formed the bulk of the fleet. I'll keep with the Star Wars comparisons---if I buy a ship combat game, I expect the X, A, B, and Y-wing. Not the X, C, F, G, K, M, and S-wing. PS---hello, the Excelsior class has CANON modifications---notably the Ent-B and Lakota. It's the PERFECT ship for the game for that reason. Instead, we get rejects from Deviantart...
  22. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, but those 3 are the exact top 3 I wanted. I wanted something other than "Ent-A, Ent-D, Ent-E".
  23. David Hingtgen
    Because it's already been discussed recently in the "all things videogames" thread. Anyways-----no Excelsior, no purchase. (it'll probably be DLC later, but that just ticks me off---that's like making lightsabers an "optional extra cost" item in a Jedi game----it's so well-known it absolutely should be there period)
  24. David Hingtgen
    The finish of the screen is important, and there's more than simply glossy vs flat. There's many levels, even within brands. A fairly big factor for me was the finish of the screen on mine, since it sits right next to a window (but always with the blinds closed and at 90 degrees to it). My TV was about the last one Samsung made with that particular type of anti-glare----others made the same year were different (can't remember if they were shinier or duller) but they were inferior IMHO. And too much anti-glare can be a bad thing, just like too little. It's a sliding scale. For light pointed at the screen----a TV can either reflect and show a clear image, or it can diffuse and show a blurry area of light. Extreme diffusion covers half the screen but is more subtle, but a very sharp reflection will be very small (but very obvious). Pick your poison, you can't have both. (my TV I think is actually on the more reflective end of the scale)
  25. David Hingtgen
    Not much too it. Get a hair dryer, turn it on, and heat the plastic. You should see stress marks lessen.
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