David Hingtgen

Rubber cement is rubber cement. Named for what it's like, not what it does. "Rubbery cement"--"rubbery glue". Should be able to find it anywhere that sells common school glue/paste---grocery, hobby, general, craft, gas stations... Likely found in an amber bottle. You know the stuff that credit cards etc come attached to in the mail? That peel-able glue? It's like that.

The smaller something is in the real world, the harder (and less accurate) it is to scale. A 200ft plane scaled to 1/72? Will be quite accurate. If it's 0.5mm off? Then it's like 1/72.1 scale---darn close. A 5ft person scaled to 1/72? Even 0.5mm will make a large difference in the scale--could bump them to 1/68 or 1/75 etc.

Will be released as Prowl+sidecar from everything I've read, and normal Prowl can't use the armor. Kind of like early 1/60 VF-1's-----the armor won't fit on the ones that weren't built to take it.

In my experience, Target is the biggest "stickler" for street dates. Hasbro could take out full-page ads in every major newspaper saying its OK to sell animated toys, and Target would still keep them locked up until the 22nd.

I think it's left-side only, same as the YF-19 does.

Just tried again 30 secs ago---$19.95 on the main screen, and $19.95 when in cart. Clicking from the link in this thread.

Blade Runner's $19.95 now...

My 360 gets a "death rattle" once in a while now. I figure it's going to die with NG2, ME, or Assassin's Creed in it soon... PS--in the spirit of NG2, I present the best Penny-Arcade ever: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/02/20/ (written for NG1, but just as appropriate)

Tech note: No SR-71 ever carried a drone. Those were the M-21's, which are modified A-12's.

Serial numbers only say when the money was allocated, not when built. Usually it's pretty close, especially for aircraft already in production. But for new planes and early ones---the serial is often several years "lower" than when the plane actually rolled out. Thus, the YF-23's got the money earmarked in 1987, but weren't built until 1990. Also why the first F-22's have 1991 serial numbers, despite not being built until MUCH later. 92-043----not the 43rd plane built in 1992. The 43rd plane that had money allocated for its production in fiscal year 1992 by the govt. Depending on what else was built that year, it could have been the 43rd or 764th plane built that year, chronologically... This is why planes have nice sequential numbers in groups---they all have their money allocated in chunks, not one-by-one as they roll off the line. Aircraft serial numbers have always been about when ORDERED/paid for, not built. Even civil ones. Example: United orders some 777's. They'll get serial numbers 20050 through 20060. (The 20050th plane ever ordered from Boeing, etc). But United won't get the next 10 off the line. Could be line/construction numbers 803, 805, 834, 902, etc. Planes with sequential (or very close) serials could be built months, possibly years apart. Plus, "important" planes get to have whatever serial suits them. The YF-22's were 87-700 and 87-701. YF-23's were 87-800 and 87-801. It wasn't sheer chance they got such "nice" "competitive" numbers. And various Air Force Ones are 62-6000 and 62-7000, and 92-8000 and 92-9000. The last two are 1987-built BTW.

Request: Has anyone ever seen a hooded Cobra Commander like THIS: http://www.yojoe.com/action/variations/cob...mander25var.jpg The one on the right. See his buckles on his leg? I really want one with the "fixed" buckles---but I've never heard/seen of anyone finding one other than that one at YoJoe.com Even apparently "new stock" CC's still have the all-gold buckle. If anyone hear knows of/sees one with the more detailed (read: more black paint) buckles, please let me know---or just buy it if you find it at retail, I'll buy it off you. (secondary request---I kinda like the mis-matched dark-hood one, and it is canon to me, so that'd be OK too---basically I want any version other than the most common one--I just can't find any of them)

I'm hoping for gloss white with stripes...

NG2: Tactical Ninjas. Coolest enemy ever. For anyone who's ever wondered just how bad-ass a "ninja with a gun" i.e. SnakeEyes can really be, they're the answer.

Same here--I always want Y-axis inverted. However--it's the horizontal that often messes me up. Generally, I want 1st person and 3rd person horizontal to be opposite--and few games offer horizontal axis movement inversion--and even fewer allow separate 1st and 3rd person.

IMHO, it's strange that word didn't get around, even without an official mandate to do so. There's what, a couple dozen B-2 pilots, all based at Whiteman.

I see it clearly in the second video. I'm going to stand by my previous statement--it's more of an optical illusion, where the condensation rolling off the nose meets the markings on the side of the runway.

Heh heh---hopefully that means "less jagged" movie bots, as opposed to "more broken-up" toys...

I meant dullcoat as a generic term referring to any flat clear finish. Not specifically Testor's Dullcote™ (which is yellow when it's in the can/bottle--I doubt it turns clear as it ages)

If you're talking about what I think, it's the markings just to the side of the runway. You can see the same thing at 1:56, it's just not lined up with plane at that point.

Flankers have retractable inlet guards (well, more like screens) mounted just behind the lip, on the bottom of the interior surface, much like the MiG-29. They lay flat inside the intake normally, and pivot up when needed. ::edit:: Here, the 2nd pic: http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/flanke...ges/intakes.htm ::edit 2:: This might be better: http://aeroweb.lucia.it/~junap95/fighters/images/intake.jpg

Should a separate movie thread be started? The main TF sites are 50% movie rumors now. And I personally don't want ANY movie spoilers in this thread. Related note: Anyone heard any toy rumors for known movie characters for next year? Like Prime and BB? I would love a $100 (or even more) "amazingly perfect" movie Prime. And at least a $20 Barricade and $40 BB. (As in, good/accurate transformations---not another Supreetor/UltimateBB debacle) I've heard we're getting all-new toys, and that's to be expected--no one's going to buy the same molds AGAIN with even more "slight repaints".

B-2 crash footage from 2 different cameras: it's the second one to takeoff, skip the first half http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1...nnel=1213897972 again, skip the first half

HH-43.

I still haven't seen Premium BB, but I did find the deluxes and Megs/Prime 2-pack Animated stuff today. Snagged BA. Debating on Prowl and Ratchet--waiting for more reviews. (Namely, Dave Van Domelen's--he seems to have very similar likes/dislikes in a TF as I do, so I take his opinion pretty highly)

Hmmmn. Maybe I should restart it and play "norma". (I'm still in the first level). Of course, I never was very good at the first. (I beat it, but some areas were through sheer luck/repetition)