David Hingtgen

If that's 1/8 scale, then they're dwarfs. Or something, I don't know the official term for "proportionate limbs, yet incredibly short". 14.5cm/5.75in tall or so.

The Audi is Sideways. (yes, they had to use 2 similar names for new guys on opposing factions in this movie, of the dozens of names to choose from)

Yup, definitely time to sell my 1/48 now...

I've never owned a Hikaru of any sort, or I would have used that as a more appropriate VF-1. Maybe Milia with armor would be better?

Blu-Ray version still says Devastator.

It's about yay big:

A quick measurement of Rei and Asuka gives me 1/10 for those two. Maybe moving towards 1/11--depends on hair and canon heights...

I'm waiting for an HA Sideways or something--mainly for (hopefully) more car-mode accuracy. Ironically I passed on Dlx Barricade due to robot accuracy.

Leader Megs was a shelf-warmer last time around. Why Hasbro thinks he'd be any more popular this time around, I don't know. He's not even the main villain this time around. At least he transforms into something resembling a vehicle this time. Leader Megs---always overproduced. Jetfire's going to be under-produced.

There's a "design your own figure" contest at the official movie site----grand prize is to actually have the figure made, using your headsculpt! Only open to ages 6 to 12 though. Which is really weird when you think about it, since the figures use existing parts for the bodies, and there's no 8-year-old Joes... You can save what you make though---I quickly made this, it's basically armored Scarlett with Helix's head, in Techno-Viper colors. (since I'm still waiting for a 25th Techno-Viper) http://hasbro.promotions.com/gijoecobra/ta...S6WGpj3gdZhUksa

Man, now I really want to paint my soon-to-arrive Jetfire like that. ::edit:: Seems he does just mainly use drybrushing----just LOTS of it, in multiple layers and colors in a single area. Hmmmmn. I rarely drybrush, and then only raised details, not areas. May have to experiment on something. (maybe my Animated Swindle)

Leader-class molds cost a lot of money, and frankly "nightwatch Prime" variants don't sell that well AFAIK---people buy $10 repaints, not $45 repaints. They'll just wait a year or so IMHO, so as to avoid cries of "double-dipping".

I'm still debating whether to buy a Leader Prime, take it apart and spray the grey parts silver, and everything else with clear pearl, or just wait for a premium version...

You're not the first to make that comment.

I think Long Bow may have a chance at a toy---Hasbro needs more than repaints to sustain 2 more years of toys, and that design looks far more "plausible" than most movie characters.

Amazon got Jetfire in a day early it seems.

Sorry A7, I had to edit the poll to allow multiple options, and add a very-requested one.

Will Soundwave be a bigger peg-warmer than the first movie's "Protoform Starscream" was? My local Target and Wal-Marts seem to each have 50, he alone outnumbers many other waves and pricepoints..

No, the pic I'm thinking of looks just like mine IIRC, and is worse. We're talking a gap, not just stress/hairline fracture. It's around the bottom edge of the hip joint, very near the black stripe.

Sigh, major crack in right thigh of YF-21, very near metal hip-joint. Just like someone else had, but I can't find the pic of theirs. YF-21 plastic seems to respond well to Plastruct, will see how it holds.

I remember it was red, but can't remember if they got the shape right. How exactly did Jetfire's drag chute look? Interestingly, one of the first pics I found online is that exact SR-71---probably landing at Dulles even. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...F-1234P-050.jpg

Do you like visible shockwaves? Do you like the F-22? http://www.news.navy.mil/management/photod...N-8290D-008.jpg http://www.news.navy.mil/management/photod...N-7780S-014.jpg And if you prefer thick vapor: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2610/366983...8948ec6e2_o.jpg

B-1B, F/A-18F, Burke-class, Nimitz-class. (active roles, not just in the background).

I think you've got it a bit backwards---the face artwork is clearly originally from NGE. They mainly just tweaked the hair.

If they made some Frontier Revoltechs, you could pretty easily replicate half of those...