David Hingtgen

We need ECCM. Honestly, ECCM should be able to be piggy-backed onto active stealth or something. If valk tech is so advanced by 2040 to have active stealth able to deceive/overwhelm any sensor tech, then cutting through/ignoring/overpowreing jamming should certainly be possible with the same technology 20 years later.

I keep thinking about MP Megs, but keep thinking "his alt mode is just no fun at all, and hard to display". I mean, I keep Prime and any jet in vehicle mode often---same as any of my diecast planes and cars--they look neat on display and you can put them anywhere they'll fit. But an oversize obviously-plastic gun? It won't even stand up on its own--how do you display it? Just toss it on the floor in the corner? Make a wall-mount plaque for it or what?

Yeah, but I kept thinking that the sword should be molded in red-to-yellow "flame" transparent plastic. Hasbro uses that a LOT in TF's for missiles/flames. They're missing a great opportunity here.

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=162139 OK, so Hasbro (or Takara) tool up a new sword for Leader Prime to be movie-accurate, yet it doesn't resemble the one in the movie at all. ?!?!? I recall it being symmetrical, rather broad, with a flared tip. Not looking like a pocket-knife hacksaw.

As who? Ripcord? I can guess from the name what his job is, but seriously--if *I* don't immediately recognize the name, 99% of GI Joe fans won't. That's like having Roadgrabber in the new TF movie. GI Joe movie should be 100% core characters that people know.

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VF-9 gets points for making the battroid-mode chest out of the wings. And a front/back (as opposed to left/right) shoulder/arm transformation. It's definitely not very pretty in any mode, but it'd sure be a fun toy.

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Yeah---no backwards/doubled wing hinges, the missile pods stay in, and you can attach every weapon and booster pod to the wings and they'll still hold up without drooping down. Plus a color scheme unlike anything else that you'll never see again.

My money's on the next 6 female figs or so being nothing more than "Idolmaster". I don't even know what that is, but I've grown to dislike it, since it seems to be incredibly popular and on EVERYTHING from Japan now, crowding out cool/normal stuff. Even airplanes...

I never actually completed an Energon combiner. I did a quasi-Bruticus: Barricade, Plus 1 of each Combaticon limb type. Plus a Constructicon. (the front-loader). And an A-10 Aerialbot. (sorry, can't remember names, too much reuse over the years--I can only keep G1 limb names straight)

Not me, Nora's just looks awesome. Ivanov's is boring. As for attaching the missile pods and missile----try this: There is a TINY subtle lip on the pod's pylons that go 'around the edge' of the raised circle part of the wing. Try to get the rear half of the pylon in place on the wing, and push it as far forward as possible while you rotate the missile pod up to latch on the front part. Once you get it the first time, all the other times will be a lot easier. Basically--just go for it, but rotate/angle it in position, don't snap it on "straight". Also, remove them in the reverse way---pull down the front.

Nora's is simply the best Yamato valk to date, all things considered. IMHO.

Any toy line that has a second year is rare. 3 years? Will be remembered for at least a generation.

True, if there is a "mass format-death sale", it may be worth picking up a player and buying a lot of titles on HD just to build up a "next gen library" at like 1/4 the cost it'd take to get those same titles on Blu-Ray. Future titles would have to be Blu-Ray, but depending on how many you buy, you could easily come out hundreds ahead, even with the purchase of a player.

Is Sleeping Beauty still the only traditionally animated widescreen Disney movie?

I thought "reduced sales due to waiting for a winner" was obvious. I've greatly reduced DVD purchases over the last 6 months (to almost nil)---I'm really not buying anything until I have my next-gen player(s). No point at all in getting "hit movie of 2007" in DVD, then 3 months later buying it again. A week ago, I would have bought a cheap HD-DVD player with my HDTV, and waited a while to snag a PS3. But at the moment, it kinda looks pointless to buy HD-DVD. We'll see, just 2 more days until CES.

A counter-argument I saw is that India doesn't want everyone to realize their MKI's radar really isn't that good, little better than a basic Flanker B. If it's never used, nobody knows how good (or poor) it really is.

Of all the 80's dino cartoons, "mind-control helmets" quickly identifies it as "Dino Riders". http://www.dinoriders.com/ http://www.toyarchive.com/DinoRiders/DinoRidersToys.html

They should just make every promo pic of a yellow one with black stripes. And maybe an Autobot logo on the hood. Sales! PS---LOL. My log-in at the Camaro forums still works. I haven't been there since about '97 I think. Amazed that an unused account survived that long through forum upgrades, time, etc.

....and the latest news/rumor says WB got a half-billion for this.

Here's the article: India bans Su-30MKI fighters from using radars during 'Red Flag Nellis' exercise By Radhakrishna Rao India's defence ministry has confirmed that the six Sukhoi Su-30MKI multirole fighters that will participate in "Red Flag Nellis" manoeuvres at Nellis AFB, Nevada in August 2008 will operate without using their NIIP Bars radars. "The radar frequencies are top secret, as they can be used to block vital functions of the fighter," says the Indian air force, which adds: "While we have a good equation with the USA, we have to be careful about the future." US interest in the system stems from China's large inventory of Russian-made Su-30s, and Moscow has previously stated that the MKI's radar frequencies should not be revealed. India's Red Flag commitment builds on its air force's mid-2007 deployment of six Su-30MKIs to the UK for a bilateral exercise with Royal Air Force types including the Eurofighter Typhoon and Panavia Tornado F3. The Indian service is also expected to send an Ilyushin Il-76 tanker and two Il-76 transports to accompany its fighters to the USA.

I'm amazed they kept the roof that low. I'm worried about headroom now...

Just saw this and had to post it: Red Flag would be AWESOME if they held it in Alaska this year, now that they've got their F-22's: