David Hingtgen

I've never seen a valk-girl with the gear down... (or even in fighter mode, for that matter---how does she fit?)

The line to get in the B-1's cockpit was insane. I stood there for about 20 mins, and moved maybe 6 feet. I literally estimated 2+ hours for the wait, maybe 3. Once in a lifetime chance pretty much, but not worth it. (and I was especially annoyed by all the people in line who didn't even know what it WAS---they said stuff like "this must be a really neat plane, because there's so many people in line"----they were in line only because other people were---I wish they would have charged for it---that would cut it down to "true enthusiasts who actually know what plane that is and drove hours and hours to see it") I could at least walk around it as much as I wanted. Did I mention the line was LONG? I couldn't back up nor zoom out enough to get it all. (I'm standing right in front of an E-6 TACAMO for this shot) The Shar brought pyro:

And if we're really lucky, he'd do a 1/12 version too or something.

If the "very human looking" aspect is due to studio interference, perhaps it'd have been better if Lucas did it? He's got enough money to do things EXACTLY how he wants. You've gotta admit, Lucas has no qualms about prominently featuring ugly, inhuman aliens.

Re: FRS-1. There are no FRS-1's at all now AFAIK. All were converted to FA.2's. The one in the fleet air museum is a crashed FRS-1's nose grafted onto a GR.3 fuselage, so it looks like an FRS-1. And yes, I was quite tired from the show and long drive home. Re: F-22 noise. Hmmn. Louder than a Tomcat? Don't know about that, but I certainly felt the F-22 more. Regular Hornets are rather quiet IMHO, as fighters go. Super Hornets are notably louder than normal ones, and certainly "rip" the air much more. No fighter has as much a "ripping" sound as a Super Hornet. F-22 has a distinctive "whoop" sound at low power when it blips the throttle a bit. I honestly thought the AV-8B was louder than the Sea Harrier, opposite of what I expected.

The Bandai -19 has a notable gullet---look at the GERWALK pic. The fighter mode pic is taken at the PERFECT angle to hide it--the gullet angle exactly meshes with the intake/LERX in that shot, but it's still there if you look. Now where's my Mylene valk?

Yup, I'm waiting for green.

doodler7----what'd you use to make yours, outfit-wise? Did you use Triad's Baroness outfit?

That would be the world's only remaining flying Sea Harrier. I'd love to post dozens of awe-inspiring Raptor pics, but the lighting just sucked and I already posted the best one I have.

Re: F-35 load. Man, and I thought the Super Hornet had funky pylons. Middle one pitches up, outer one pitches down? PS---F-22s are loud.

::yawn, tired:: Many more/better pics tomorrow.

If they were going to spend millions making a sci-fi movie about cat-people, they should have just made Thundercats. IMHO, they're right at "uncanny valley" of weirdness as they are----they're so human, it's freaky. They even have human hairlines! I'm sure one will have male pattern baldness and sideburns. Actual "aliens" would work/look much better. Best examples of that in a while IMHO are Mass Effect----turians and krogans. Very alien, but still "humanoid" enough to empathize with.

Just a shout-out for BBTS still having the best customer service there is. (had a little issue with my last set of Joes, but it's all OK now)

If anyone's wondering, I've thought up a Macross equivalent for the errors: It'd be a Milia VF-1J----if they gave it a DYRL-style cockpit, DYRL-style armor (which can't be removed), and twin strike cannons (which can't be removed), and a male pilot wearing an Ex-Gear. Yeah, it's the right type of VF-1, a J model, but every other physical/molded detail which could be wrong, is, and it messes with the timeline.

Been good for the past few days, but issues today. Mainly "searches never bring results" and "clicking on a thread never brings it up".

It was proven many times that an UTTERLY IMMOBILE 360 could scratch discs. Heck, people filmed it happening----brand new-disc from a shrink-wrapped case that was opened while filming, utterly flawless---put in 360, run for 60 seconds, ejected---disc is scratched. If you had a "scratchy" 360---your discs were screwed.

Oh yeah, BTW, with the most recent announcements of what scheme they'll do, the mold is "totally wrong" for the scheme, as opposed to "slightly wrong" or "sorta wrong". I'll be waiting/hoping for a 90's scheme or something.

My Gunmetal PS3 doesn't attract dust. (It's quite remarkable, even my dull black PS2 controllers get dust 10x worse than my gunmetal controller)

Seconded---making an SD Macro Klan makes it instead look like Chibi-Klan's head on Macro-Klan's body...

No, more like "3 motorcycles stuck together, with heads". "Robot" would be stretching it IMHO, based on the descriptions and seeing what people have come up with the 2 existing ones.

1/3 smaller? Meh. The PS2 slim was like 25% as big--THAT was noteworthy.

All info points to the combined mode being "3 bike-cycle-mutants stuck together". Don't expect much from it.

787 letter from Aviation Week:

Re: LEGO. Umm, that's not really news---they've been known about for months. And released for weeks. Home One review: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=30415 Endor review: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=29347 That said---the big/surprise set for the end of the year hasn't been announced yet. And it's supposed to be "not a scene/playset" like Endor or Echo Base or Home One. Here's to hoping for UCS B-Wing or UCS Nebulon-B. Maybe the Executor? (though scale is an issue--how could ANY size "look right" for that, compared to either of the ISD kits already made?) PS----there's a TIE Defender coming out later this year, or early 2010. Let's hope they go with grey/black like they finally did for the latest version of Vader's TIE, instead of black/blue like all the others... Lego 8083 – Star Wars Rebel Trooper Battle Pack Lego 8084 – Star Wars Snowtrooper Battle Pack Lego 8085 – Star Wars Freeco Speeder Lego 8086 – Star Wars Droid Tri-Fighter Lego 8087 - Star Wars Tie Defender Lego 8088 - Star Wars ARC-170 Starfighter Lego 8092 - Star Wars Luke's Landspeeder

Quick question/poll: What color should I paint the chest missiles on my MP TC? Or should I even bother since I never plan to open the covers. I'm thinking purple (canon for SS at least) or red (since the backside of the fans when the covers are opened is red). Factory did black. They're silver at the moment, since the whole piece was sprayed silver.