David Hingtgen

Are they actually yellow, or just how those captures look? Because IIRC they were distinctly G1 lime green from their brief pre-appearance in the "out camping in the snow-filled forest" episode. Or were those 2 Decepticon-logoed-construction-vehicles unrelated? (and I still do see the occasional lime green construction vehicle out there--they're still around)

I finally got a Movie dlx Brawl, after reading about a fix for his shoulders here: http://www.angelfire.com/mech/jinsaotome/J...Toys/Brawl.html(scroll down to bottom) I've done the first part (filing grooves in the tabs on the turret sides) and it seems to work quite well. Has anyone actually tried this besides me? Filing grooves where the tabs stick into seems difficult at best, and it'd be very difficult to make them "match" the grooves on the turret tabs to actually grab together. If it can actually "lock" the shoulders together I'd try, but right now I'm (almost) satisfied with the improvements gained just from filing the turret tabs. PS--Brawl suffers heavily from "guy writing the instructions forgot a lot of things". Namely, the entire turret and what can be done. He looks much more screen-accurate with the main barrel removed, barrel base slid down on its track, and turned 180. Plus turning the upper turret 180, sliding out the rocket launcher "arms" then fiddling with the rocket launchers until they match the leader-class design.

Umm, yes. Compared to every other A/V machine on the planet. People always say "black" is the foundation of an image--the blacker the black, the better the whole picture. Well, sound's foundation is silence. If there's a constant background noise/grind/hiss, it messes with ALL sounds ALL the time.

Looks like a Rei repaint or something, with an injured arm. Maybe it's just an extra piece added to the next batch. (She's sold out, but they're doing another run)

Quick question---for people with 32in TV's, what's your viewing distance? Conversely, for people who sit 4-5 feet away, how big is your TV? (I'm talking 16:9 HDTV's) (I just want to make sure I won't notice individual pixels/lines etc watching a 720p 32in TV at 4ft viewing distance--I may be able to knock it back to 5ft, but that's pushing it based on screen-to-wall (and window knob) clearance)

IMHO, the YF-21 is probably Yamato's best design to date engineering-wise, taking into account the sheer "impossibility" of the YF-21 actually existing in 3D like the animation shows. The YF-21 has more anime magic in its transformation than all other valks combined. I mean, c'mon--the ENTIRE FRONT HALF OF THE PLANE is only the chest plate? And the legs are 3x bigger than the chest in battroid mode--yet fit into the belly, with room enough remaining in the fuselage for the arms, engines, and intakes? The YF-19 may shift "shape" a lot, but it doesn't grow and shrink major parts of itself by 250%. The Sv-51 is very well engineered/translated, but it's a much more "plausible" design to start with--not much "magic" besides the arm proportions. And thus, Yamato did even better than the D'stance IMHO. Certainly in fighter (it has landing gear and the forward fuselage isn't 50% too long), and debatably in battroid.

Yet you don't like the Revoltech ones?

The DVD sure was messed up. I thought there were a lot of complaints for the HD version as well.

Wal-Mart was still IG Destro/Snowjob. (they're basically across the street from each other, I can check both in less than 15 minutes)

Yeah, but that's still a "severe career limiting" move. Damaging a perfectly good airplane? He'll be flying a desk soon.

My point exactly. When my 360 dies, I'm keeping the HDD, selling the rest, and buying an Arcade SKU. My (future) PS3 will be my Blu-Ray player--reliable, and QUIET. Even a 360 just playing arcade games makes more noise than a PS3 does at full-bore AFAIK. Heck, my Sony DVD player makes more noise than I'd like playing a movie. Unlike most games, movies often have long periods of near silence, and the "small background noises" are everything for the scene. Don't want to hear a 360 grinding away during those times.

Blu-Ray 360 darn-near confirmed: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3167652

Good, maybe Transformers won't have utterly messed up sounds and dialogue... PS--Blu-Ray 360 coming: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3167652

Lunchtime Target report: Nothing. From any wave.

Wake me when they're done with their 500 Idol Master figures, and make some OTHER anime for the Fraulein line... (c'mon, the line seems half-subsidized by Namco--where's the Soul Calibur and Tekken figs?)

Wait--"rule out the much more expensive F-22". Since when is the F-22 MUCH more expensive? The F-22's price can only drop at this point, while the F-35's continues going up. They'll be tied (or the F-35 will be the more expensive) by the time the F-35 actually gets in service.

Wow, so Mortal Kombat vs Batman *is* real. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p...mp;postcount=34 Or just go right to the site: http://www.worldscollide.com/

Ramjet's more G1 than the US Classic, but still missing the teal. Ramjet needs white, red, and TEAL to be G1 colors. Love the little Decep logos though.

I was just at Target, and they have NO non-exclusive deluxes. Just tons of old Cybetron repaints etc. Did find Premium Jazz and Barricade at Wal-mart. Sigh, Barricade looks better (chrome lettering is awesome), but the toy still inherently sucks IMHO. Amazing that Concept BB and Dropkick are so good, and Barricade is like a giant go-bot with the entire side of the car as arm-kibble, and NO chest/hood/bumper transformation--just the head pops up. They really need to make BB's designer THE head TF designer. Maybe the next movie will give Barricade the toy he deserves.

::grumble grumble:: Checked Target at lunch. NO single-carded figures. Not even Buzzer. A half-dozen Hawk/Scarlett packs though. That was IT. Looks like everything's being reset for a massive "Hulk" space though. (It's got more space than Ironman)

It's simply impossible to see Animated Mixmaster and NOT think he's showing a crack: http://bp1.blogger.com/_PX0o2_aJqt0/SBdp5p...00-h/Teaser.jpg Swindle's head is so G1 it's scary, and now we have proof of Skywarp AND Thundercracker. When's the last time we had all 3 seekers?

So say we all.

SAAB has offered the Super Gripen to Norway as a counter to the F-35. However, the offer has a condition that requires Sweden to order/upgrade to the Super Gripen and help pay to develop the Super Gripen.

The Mamba is just all kinds of awesome. The rotors are like "angled cruciform with bent blades" configuration or something. And they're geared so they "overlap and mesh" yet never hit each other. http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/87/mamba/ Yes, they are supposed to be angled like that, that's what makes it cool.

Of course I only meant the "golden age" of Joe vehicles for gimmicks being good. Basically, "the 80's". PS--yes, the Mamba rocks. Blows away any Joe copter. Needed a cooler pilot though. The Gyro-Viper just plain doesn't look cool, and nowadays makes you think of a pita.