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David Hingtgen

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  1. You don't ever see much Veffidas cosplay... Was she Mikumo in the previous pic?
  2. ::watches opening again:: Dang it, it is horizontal there. ::animation error, cough:: Ironically, right after it's put down to launch (its designed purpose)---the very next camera-shift, as it actually launches--it's up again! (fully up). Obviously the launch-bar is really just there as a decoy to hide the secret, that the launch is actually done using protoculture...
  3. OVA-accurate-markings YF-19 would be nice...
  4. Watched trailer, but can still never ever un-see “Ben 10 with a blonde wig” in every frame. First time someone pointed it out, I was blown away by how spot-on it was.
  5. That pic shows what I noticed in the video the first time I watched it——there’s something off with the nosegear, because the launch bar (it’s not for towing) can’t angle upwards——-it hits the gear door if it goes past horizontal. Either the bar attaches too high up, or the door is too big (I’m betting on the latter). You only have to watch the original TV opening to clearly see the bar should angle upwards most of the time, never being horizontal and only being put down moments prior to launch. (Just like a real carrier plane).
  6. I think the -25 is the overall best design, of the 25+ generation. Every design after goes into the HUGE backpack category (not that the -25's is small, but compared to what came later, it looks better now). The -31's weapon pod is in the way more often than not, and is a rehash of a rehash of a rehash IMHO (29 to 30 to 31). And regarding "wings ripping off in GERWALK/battroid"---the -25 does pretty well in that regard, and I think has one of the best GERWALK modes ever. For me, I always look for that perfect "50/50" balance of plane vs arms/legs, and the VF-25 does that better than anybody. I want them "mixed" very well if that makes sense---not a plane IN FRONT OF the robot (-19), and not a plane ON TOP OF the robot (-21), and not the plane mostly hanging out behind the robot (-31).
  7. Am I the only one getting this on some people's posts: [[Template forums/front/global/embedTopic is throwing an error. This theme may be out of date. Run the support tool in the AdminCP to restore the default theme.]]
  8. They're flying as slow as they can for that photo, based on flap position.
  9. If you put all 22 VF-1's on display together, do they combine into a VF-22?
  10. Heck, wonder if it's enough time to re-render her eyes back to normal in every scene...
  11. Highest demand (or nearly so), lowest availability, and even more F5-tapping than normal. People are still waiting on N-Y orders from many months ago. (they are slowly, slowly dribbling out orders). I may snag one if they ever do a re-release in Arad's colors, and offer super-parts for it.
  12. Gah, how'd I forget that? It caught my eye again in the last comparison pic I saw, just a couple posts ago. Yeah, that bugs me even more than the wings at this point.
  13. I think that's about the best bet for me, personally. Fix the overall color (and pink-ness of the white bits), "lock" the wings in fighter mode, and it'd be pretty great. (Fixing the issues with Bandai's would take a major redesign of the wings/wingroots, and convincing them that graffiti--like levels of non-canon markings everywhere is a bad thing---AND they'd have to actually make more than 3 dozen to sell...)
  14. Part of it is that the truck mode is like quasi-SD to make it work. It's not blatantly obvious, but it's a far cry from 1:1 accuracy/proportions like an MP Countach mold etc. If they went for an F-16, it'd be even more obvious/worse. The engineering is impressive, but I'd rather have a more accurate vehicle and sacrifice a bit of screen-accuracy-bot-mode. (Though I know I'm in the minority of having such strong preference for vehicle-accuracy). I think part of it stems from the fact that any real-world vehicle can't have proportion issues---they're fixed. Whereas any "humanoid being" can vary a lot, over time etc, and there's a huge range of shapes. People vary, TF's vary, "any given model of a semi" will not vary outside a narrow range of available manufacturer options. "A bit stockier F-16 or Peterbilt 359" stands out in an instant as being fake/wrong, whereas the same doesn't for a person or robot. *yes I know he's not a Peterbilt in worst of the Bay films, but I don't know the model off the top of my head
  15. I don't think it's a good sign, that of like 5 official/semi-official trailer channels on Youtube with it, only a single one I've come across actually has HER as the thumbnail. Half show or say Jlaw inatead, the rest are Xavier/Cyclops.
  16. Because it’s like a 3rd-gen low-res low-rate rip. Just wait until tomorrow, when we’ll have like 4K 60FPS versions.
  17. I just realized, the 19 Advance, with its lack of NETFC's all over, and non-ridiculous heels, actually looks more like Isamu's -19 in the OVA, than this release does... Swap the ventral fins, and cover the SMS symbols with kites, and it's VERY close. Sigh, guess I'll just wait another decade for a really good new YF-19...
  18. See how they’re watermarked NO3LJM in the corner? Now see who posted it.
  19. Nah, can't be -28's, the audience needs something newer, with a higher number, to be impressed. Gotta be at least MiG-30's or something. And just wait---this will turn out to only be Maverick's FIRST plane. By the end of the movie, he'll get a new FB-18H Super DUPER Hornet. With FAST packs:
  20. That pose makes me think very much of "Hercules wearing the skin of the lion he slew". Except more like, Optimus wearing Razorclaw's hide..
  21. I've seen a -124 long ago, from a decent ways away, but the -225 has never come within 500 miles of me. Some day maybe...
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