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  1. David Hingtgen
    My EMS went straight to Chicago and is already through customs. Went from HLJ to almost-local in like 36 hours. (Chicago is definitely the best/fastest customs facility, you always want your stuff to go through there).
  2. David Hingtgen
    I think that's T-50 camo, #2 specifically. (or at least, very inspired by it)
  3. David Hingtgen
    That still amazes me that the kits got that right from day one, but they seemed to either not care or didn't actually transform any other than Alto's into fighter mode for the first DX's.
  4. David Hingtgen
    They should just go all-out and pop the canopy and radome while they're at it.
  5. David Hingtgen
    Purples usually photograph reddder than reality, so I'll wait until I see it myself. That said, I'm not certain her valk is supposed to exactly match her flightsuit. (IMHO the proper hue is about mid-way between the DX and the Figuarts, but brighter than either)
  6. David Hingtgen
    I was wondering why the weapons bays were open too.
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  8. David Hingtgen
    Seconded. If nail polish is too thick to "wick into" the joint, Future is like water.
  9. David Hingtgen
    Did anyone NOT get Mirage, that wanted one? Is that a first for a main character DX in a long time?
  10. David Hingtgen
    Experimenting---the valk alone can be shipped FedEx, but adding even a tiny 100Y piece of candy means no FedEx. Maybe a food/customs thing? (I almost always buy 1 or 2 little treats to sample and "toss in the box", as they're never justifiable to ship alone, and they SHOULD have basically zero effect on shipping--but in this case they do)
  11. David Hingtgen
    I had some high hopes for Power of the Primes, and some stuff (orion pax) looks pretty good (though alt mode is poor), but most of the stuff today looks frankly awful, to me at least. After seeing Orion Pax, this is like the opposite---an alt-mode this sleek should make for a good fembot mold---but it's anything but: (are we SURE that's the right figure to go with that artwork?) Now, while Rippersnapper looks pretty good (and considering how simple his transformation/design has always been, he's hard to screw up) but IMHO this is one godawful dragon mode for HunGrrr: (and of course, instead of going with the very distinctive "dragon cyber-visor" eyes that the toy had, they did toon-style "very generic eyes like every other monster/dragon ever") (though I'll admit that because the G1 toy had them unpainted, they weren't super-noticeable unless you looked---but man if they HAD been painted, I think it'd be a much more remembered and iconic aspect of his beast mode) It shouldn't be forgotten, it should be emphasized.
  12. David Hingtgen
    Possibly stupid question, but I can't choose FedEx for HLJ----is it related to the "valks are expensive, so can't go by SAL" thing? Surely FedEx is "good enough" for the expensive stuff? :edit: Odd, it will let me choose SAL.
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    So, now that I finally have a VF-31 on the way-----what's the best transformation video? I've tried to keep up in the thread over the months, but I honestly can't remember if there's any warnings/things to remember etc.
  15. David Hingtgen
    What exactly doesn't fit? If it's the doors in car mode, I feel it's an inherent design flaw, not a QC thing. (I think they are honestly wider than the rest of the car).
  16. David Hingtgen
    I was watching for it but never saw it. I think she's the only one that never did work with her "assigned" valk/pilot etc. Don't recall her in a flightsuit either. (Would've remembered that for sure).
  17. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, Freya and Makina shouldn't share the same mold for 2 obvious reasons. PS--did we EVER see Makina in Delta 4?
  18. David Hingtgen
    Still at HLJ, low stock.
  19. David Hingtgen
    Still at HLJ now but low stock.
  20. David Hingtgen
    I *think* I got an HLJ one. It was available and I got to the very end and got the "thank you!"screen, but it's still "no open orders" in my account. And now sold out. ::edit:: Woot! Order confirmation email from HLJ.
  21. David Hingtgen
    Ok, so now they've done a Gyanko kit----where's RAIN????? She even showed up in GBF....
  22. David Hingtgen
    I missed HLJ by 20 mins? Gah.
  23. David Hingtgen
    The heck? Now it'll be on my next credit card bill and I'll have to pay it off, but it won't even ship until a month after that. Will N-Y "refund" payment? I intentionally waited until the payment deadline just so this wouldn't happen.
  24. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, every theme is messed, both mobile browsers and desktop ones. Some themes are worse than others. "Tags" are affected the most though. Ugly and hard to read at best, utterly invisible at worst.
  25. David Hingtgen
    Depending on how they do it, Max/Milia valks are often "molded white, with large areas of color then painted on" because it's much easier to paint rich red and blue over white plastic, than vice-versa. So even like the lower legs can be molded in white, then the entire sides are painted. So you may end up with the legs having "pink" accents due to being molded in that color, and clashing with "pure" white paint in neighboring areas. (The 1/48 is still the best Milia paint job ever---they did an amazing job having the red paint match the red plastic, and the white paint match the white plastic)
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