David Hingtgen

The belly pics also show that the lower belly plates are shorter than the beaver tail. (there basically has to be some sort of gap due to the design)

I never knew the KC-10's were required---but I took them down every time anyways because they were easy points.

Quick question that I can't find an answer by googling: If I'm downloading a really big file from the net, can I put the PC in standby and have it continue downloading? Or will making it "sleep" stop the download? (Just plain old MSIE downloading, not FTP'ing or anything)

The British may have given the P-38 a good name, but utterly ruined its performance.

I would love to see a VF-11MAXL. Especially if Mylene's MAXL Kai tagged along somehow.

Anime 2D fighter=Guilty Gear. (it's got every stereotype and weirdness too)

Personally, I think the colors are a little too pale. I'd like a bit darker blue, yellow, and grey. Blue Angels blue is the color a YF-21 should be, IMHO. Or maybe even a hint darker than that--getting into British Airways Oxford blue.

Crusader continued Vought's trend: F6U Pirate F7U Cutlass F8U Crusader If they'd made a F9U, it'd probably have been Buccaneer, if that hadn't already been used.

The YF-22 was for a short time, the Rapier. I liked it a lot. Lightning II was meh (but far better the -22 gets the name than the ultra-slow -35), but Rapier's good, as there's a history of US fighters named for swords, like the F-86 Sabre and F7U Cutlass.

So is it time to update your sig again?

Ah yes, Sean Connery. He can play any ethnicity it seems...

I kinda fail to see the point, when it looks so similar to the HD remake of SF2. "But it's 3D---that looks and plays 2D".

French news: 1st Rafale crash. Libya wants to buy lots of stuff from France. Airbuses, Rafales, and nuclear reactors.

Frankly, the OVA isn't considered that "canon" for M+ valks, at least as far as Yamato is concerned. Yamato follows the Hasegawa kits, for shape, details, and markings. And the Hase YF-21 has those triangles red. Also, the OVA's aren't that detailed. If you went by the OVA, none would ever have any markings but the US Spacy logo.

Dante--I assume you've never had any of the other YF-21's? Basically, the "outer forearm" slides down over the wrist (and if it was human, over the radius and ulna). The fists do not retract in like many transforming robots. The wrist/fist stay in place, the forearm slides down over them, extending the length of the arm. On the old YF-21, this left a long exposed "sliding track" where the forearm used to be. The new one has much better belly plates that cover up the area. What you think is a "lengthened arm" is actually the forearm slid to the rear, and belly plates folded up into the space to where the forearm used to be.

Guld has thumbs! There's one notable marking missing though. Just to the side of the intakes, in the yellow area, there's a triangle engraved. That should be red.

Is that really different than casting a French guy as a Russian, etc?

Both trailing edge and leading edge can be reshaped on a plane, though usually easier and more common to alter the trailing edge. (Since basically getting new flaps and ailerons will accomplish that)

We could talk about anhedral, but adjustable anhedral is part of the YF-21's transformation, so it's required. (Plus, there are very good sketches perfectly head-on of the -21 showing its anhedral, unlike the -19 where it's left up to animator interpretation)

Initial thought: Same problem as Van Helsing. It's half serious, and half cartoony. (I mean that in every sense of the word)

I swear I have a VHS or two that actually look better than the DVD I bought later--due to really sucky encoding and someone apparently not understanding "framing" and "widescreen".

Well, Malaysia just took delivery of their Su-30MKM's. Not exactly a threat or anything (I'm unaware of Malaysia being aggressive to anyone, much less Australia) but it is "yet another nation in the area with really advanced fighters".

He doesn't launch off the Aigiaon, he just shows up. Near the end. Can be miles out, but by that point, he's probably the only enemy fighter.

Really, I'd rather have a new, good, Escaflowne than just about any valk.

That's the reason that if I ever have to sell my 360, I'm either going to have to buy another controller solely to sell along with it, or find someone/somewhere willing to buy it sans controller----as I spent much careful time sanding out the D-pad area, and test-fitting various thickness pieces, to get the D-pad to actually work. (In all likelyhood, I will be selling it to Gamestop, when the 65nm GPU comes out---360's should be even cheaper by then, and the total "cost of upgrading" won't be all that much) Also, the trigger and shoulder buttons don't hold up. My R-trigger and R-button are noticeably weaker than the L ones. R-trigger is the attack button in Oblivion, and with my setup, R-button is "max thrust" in Ace Combat. 2 games shouldn't wear out a controller. They still work fine, and should for years--but they are not what they were when new. "Newness" in a controller should last for a long time, not mush down after the first game that uses them as a main button. (Actually, someday I'd like to buy a new controller, maybe black, and swap my modified D-pad and modified front half of the casing--then I'd have new internals/buttons, a cool color scheme, and be able to keep my working D-pad) PS---the infamous "sanding out the D-pad circle" mod HELPS, but does not SOLVE the "it doesn't always respond" problem. You have to modify the D-pad itself as well. I'll explain more if people need to know. There is no one mod to fix it, it takes both in combination. But I do have a perfectly responsive 360 D-pad now. I still wouldn't want to play SF3 Third Strike with it, but it is certainly "suitable for selecting things on a menu" now, and Pac-Man.