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  1. David Hingtgen
    I think part of it is that real one-piece helmets are too big/bulky to easily get on/off. The only way to have a "well-fitting" one is to have it be multiple pieces, that is "assembled around the head" when needed for filming. But never actually shown being taken off or put-on. I noticed it a lot in Ep 7, how it always cuts away for Kylo. Short version: neck-opening too small for head to fit through. Must be disassembled, or CGI'd. Or go with a much bigger helmet overall.
  2. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, it's VERY clearly intended to "teach a new generation the basics of the universe". (not that that's a bad thing, but it almost seems patronizing at times the way they word things) But more/different takes on Vader's Rogue One scene, are always welcome.
  3. David Hingtgen
    Did I miss it, or is there no Narrative-version Dijeh yet? They're clearly not the Zeta coloring.
  4. David Hingtgen
    Gah, I forgot the CFT's, despite looking at them 30 secs earlier to see how the missile pylon-adapters were mounted. Well then, they might actually have decent fuel. Still, 1 tank for 2 missiles seems a poor trade IMHO.
  5. David Hingtgen
    You mean, the toys look more real, than the real thing... (when a doll has smaller eyes than the face it's based on....)
  6. David Hingtgen
    Not having the center tank is almost unheard of I think, for an intercept load-out like that----you can consume the fuel just in takeoff and climb/acceleration, then ditch it and have no drag penalty as you start hitting Mach 2+. But without one---you'll probably be at bingo fuel 30 secs after you start mixing it up.
  7. David Hingtgen
    IIRC, Whittle's very first jet engine had around 600lbs of thrust. I've always considered that remarkably impressive---that basically the first "proof of concept" had enough power to actually be usable in a (small) plane.
  8. David Hingtgen
    Magic Square is clearly just a re-hashed MP-10, but I don't see it as any better at all, in truck mode. If anything, it's a bit simpler, more toon-style, and actually slightly worse in many areas. Just like all the others---they are absolutely "throwing away massive amounts of alt-mode looks/realism" in exchange for small tweaks to robot mode. That is NOT a good exchange.
  9. David Hingtgen
    I haven't watched it in a *very* long time (erm, it was on tape...) I'll definitely watch it again, in HD.
  10. David Hingtgen
    Yup, and Thunder Manus is also a legally distinct entity, who also coincidentally bears a resemblance to the Powermaster version of a certain Autobot™ leader. Anyways--anyone else snag tickets to a Dec 8 early showing?
  11. David Hingtgen
    MP-44 may be the best, but I don't really like any of the new Primes. Will keep waiting. I want one "less ridiculously toon-accurate, they all go past the point of ruining truck mode for 1% more screen-accuracy". No one seems to be able to strike a balance, between toon/toy/real. Yeesh, I shouldn't have to, or even still be able to, say "G1 Prime had the best, most realistic semi-cab, of them all, by far". I long for the days of MP Sideswipe/Bluestreak/Wheeljack. "Try to get the most toon-based bot mode we can, but don't totally throw away alt-mode realism to do it". I'm sure they could do Sideswipe even better nowdays, with new techniques etc, and give him a narrower chest and remove the ankle guards. But you just know a Sideswipe 2.0 would be a bland, featureless lump of an alt-mode, and not "an even better Countach".
  12. David Hingtgen
    Spider-Man bundle or something else?
  13. David Hingtgen
    No silver stripe on truck? No silver accents for steps/grab-bars/wipers/nameplate etc? Super-easy pass, it's another "let's make a real-world alt-mode, as simplistic and fake-looking as possible, because CARTOON UBER ALLES". Yeesh. Probably no tail-lights, either, going by Prime's toes.
  14. David Hingtgen
    If the budget's that crazy, let's use a real Space Shuttle for those scenes. Fly one back out to Edwards AFB...
  15. David Hingtgen
    Sounds like it'll be a long wait for Max and Milia then...
  16. David Hingtgen
    I'll agree with that---the ailerons coming off are a minor inconvenience, but high-speed mode wing-hinges pretty much ruins the YF-19, making it a floppy mess.
  17. David Hingtgen
    High-speed-mode is at least screen/art-accurate. "Giant one-piece ailerons" are like no real plane that comes to mind, nor the VF-1's actual design. They're a gimmick of the worst sort---"lets just add in some plane-esque features for play value, because some planes have sorta similar things there".
  18. David Hingtgen
    Plus they're not even right---VF-1 seems to have no ailerons (like the F-14), should be nothing but Fowler flaps across the whole trailing edge (single-slot outboard, double-slotted inboard) ( (At least VF-1's actually do have that style of airbrake, when they add it in---but those are SO not outboard ailerons in the lower-right pic)
  19. David Hingtgen
    The entire world will be disappointed if it doesn't have a "roaring howl" sound though, and just goes more like "buzzzzzzzzz".
  20. David Hingtgen
    Saw it, liked the first one better.
  21. David Hingtgen
    Nah, a diecast model needs to be XFA-27, X-02, or CFA-44 (Strigon Leader!).
  22. David Hingtgen
    I had a similar thought-----"half the set" is just perfect IMHO, so I'll probably just try to find someone to split a set with.
  23. David Hingtgen
    It always seems lazy/uninspired to me, whenever a character "looks like their famous voice actor". It seems to be even more common in video games than movies, but either way I always think "they could have done something more unique/interesting, being free from the limitations of live footage".
  24. David Hingtgen
    Talia gets to be there, over Clock King?
  25. David Hingtgen
    I do. But it's the only way to get the "G1 toy colors" on the "G1 toy-esque" mold.
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