David Hingtgen

The coolest planes aren't that well-known. Heck, even people who like fighter planes often know little about the F-8, and bomber people don't know the Vulcan. PS---Ace Combat 5 has the Vulcan in it.

I'm finding posts from January asking if it'll ever come out, and no word since then. I'm currently really doubting it'll ever come out---a LOT of the Buena Vista "90's toons on DVD" series have "stopped". I'd buy the R2 release, but I have no means to play it. (though I probably could just buy a really cheap DVD drive, set it to region 2, and leave it like that---but I really prefer watching stuff on my TV, not my PC) Season 3 has my 2 all-time fave eps, so having season 1 and 2 doesn't really help "satisfy" my desire for Tick episodes...

Awesome job, but I agree on the weirdness of requesting the 5 be changed to 45. For those not in the know, "45" is impossible for any runway to be numbered. But 5 is fine.

Will wait until full armor is announced. Or at the very least, normal FAST packs.

Pretty sure it's vintage. Sorta on-topic: Iran photoshopped their missile launch: http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/1...many/index.html

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The last couple years have proven to me that ANYTHING can be riced.

transfan52---you've been temp-banned before for flaming. And it was for a response to an old post last time too. Quit bringing up month-old discussions for the sake of arguing with someone.

Oh, Wraith. I don't really see how he's "robot-y". Thought the very-obviously-robotic BAT was the topic of discussion.

You mean the BAT? That's one of the best-known figures/characters. That's one of my most-wanted figs since I heard about the 25th line. (technically it's B.A.T. but few people use the periods) Anybody know of final/comparison pics for Dusty? Is he only in that DVD pack with Serpentor and the BAT? Because I'd prefer a red-mask BAT, and I do want Dusty, so I might just buy that pack instead of those 2 individually--but only if the DVD-pack Dusty is very "normal". (His face stripes look too "extreme" from that pic)

I'm still debating on encore OS. I mean, I had the original---but I frankly don't really remember him---despite his size. So maybe he wasn't that great? As opposed to Trypticon, which is the toy I want most of all from my childhood. Trypticon just ROCKS. (Metroplex is so inferior to Trpyticon it isn't even funny IMHO). But OS? I think I'll buy MP Megs instead. Unless somehow, OS is actually really cool, and I just couldn't appreciate him when I was 7... PS---Animated UM is PALE BLUE instead of WHITE? Deal-killer for me, sorry. That just screws up everything. Also, the "thumbs don't match the fingers" just looks stupid, as does the "not quite closing" flaps on the rear in vehicle mode. So close, yet "stupid little errors" crept in. I was almost going to buy him, but not for 40 bucks now. And the "likely Japanese version that's WHITE" will be too expensive to be worth it. Magnus=white and blue, not two-tone blue. BLURR is two-tone blue.

Another angle of the America: http://www.navytimes.com/xml/news/2008/06/...america_800.JPG

July 4th---nowhere seems to have gotten anything in just before or since. Also, my nearest Wal-Mart still has NO animated deluxe/voyager etc.

Any reason not to upgrade XP to SP3 now? I'd like to do so before I install Mass Effect. (Like everything, the first 48 hours after release caused issues----but are there any issues with a current version?) ::edit:: Well, running SP3 now, checking things out.

Ultraviolent?

I assume that due to anime magic (as in, you can easily control a full battroid well enough to make it play the piano while standing on one foot using little more than current airplane controls) having a WSO etc to operate radar/weapons would be unnecessary.

Hey, I like Leviathan a lot too. How about a review for that?

That's what I thought. Anyone else notice that the pill was type 639?

My RiD Scourge is for sale...

I'm re-doing Ninja Gaiden 2 on Warrior---will get at least to the half-way point before stopping and switching to A. Creed. Then it should be time for Soul Calibur 4.

Yup. Hun-Grrr rocks. Due to him, Abominus has knee AND hip articulation, so he has the best posability of any "standard" combiner. PS--don't ever try to make Sinnertwin an arm. And Rippersnapper's head (robot) is quite fragile, be careful.

??? Looks very SR-71-ish with regards to the v.stabs to me, and the SR-71's are quite effective---they're slab surfaces, with a HUGE range of movement.

Well, with rogue Zentradi always being a threat, I bet every fleet has at least 1 set of speakers for a Minmei attack...

Took longer than we thought and it's not as big, but we DID get a new USS America carrier (and even got it to be the class leader). Behold, LHA-6, USS America: http://bp3.blogger.com/_3I_MsAGX584/SGkXlu...A-6+America.jpg Will replace the Tarawa-class. I always like to call LHA's etc "Harrier carriers" but that's no longer appropriate...

Helicopters (real and model) will ALWAYS be harder to fly than a plane for a simple reason: there's more controls you have to deal with.