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  1. David Hingtgen
    Every Intl trailer is slightly different. One of them clearly shows Blue Leader, diving from above. (unlike the group who did TFA, Rogue One's team seems to understand how the markings on an X-Wing work)
  2. David Hingtgen
    18 days to go to get 1000, he's got 856. Spread the word!
  3. David Hingtgen
    Tracks will very likely be my last MP. I place a huge emphasis on alt-modes, more than most people do.
  4. David Hingtgen
    If I'd known the Commodore was coming to the US as the G8, I'd have probably waited for it. There was a time the G8's were just sitting on lots with huge discounts---I seriously even considered trading my car in when it was 1 year old----would have made little difference payment-wise (only roughly calculated, never seriously did the math). I should have, as the G8/Commodore is a better car, and it held its value SO much better. That car went for 90% of sticker price even when several years old. Of course, I almost NEVER see G8's in the snow, they may not be much of a year-round car here.
  5. David Hingtgen
    I recognize that SFC game box!
  6. David Hingtgen
    Just like that, asides from color. (While there are many small differences, the front end is the biggest and best one---the nose of the V8 version looks SO much better than the V6 version IMHO). It's ALL different up front. The only parts shared between the V6 and V8 in front of the windshield, are the headlights and hood. Fenders, sub-frame, radiator mount/system, brake system, engine mounts, bumper, intake, grilles, fogs, A/C, suspension----all are V8-specific.Due to the aluminum subframe and aluminum engine, compared to the steel subframe and engine of the V6, the V8 version is actually lighter up front and thus has better weight distribution.
  7. David Hingtgen
    That's bad enough to be a deal-killer for me. Looks worse than the G1.
  8. David Hingtgen
    I'd buy Mei's VF-27 in a second.
  9. David Hingtgen
    Grand Prix GXP, with the LS4.
  10. David Hingtgen
    Bayformers are becoming ever more human as the movies progress, though.
  11. David Hingtgen
    Just so long as it doesn't end up looking like the new MegaZord (I.E., Bayformers without the name)
  12. David Hingtgen
    So, spent the weekend changing my sparkplugs. Only 2nd time I've ever done so, first time on this car, first time on a V8. Notes: 1. Getting the old wires off the plugs is still the hardest thing by far. Utter death-grip. Destroyed several of them---they ripped apart rather than let go of the plug. Had to use pliers to wrench the remains of the wire-ends off the plugs of those ones. 2. "100,000 mile plug" is total BS. My car has 53K, the factory plugs were awful--some of them. As others with my engine have said---AFM/DoD/"4-cylinder-mode" really eats up the plugs. The 4 in the "normal" cylinders looked pretty good, and would likely last quite a while longer. But the 4 in the "occasionally shuts off to run in 4-cylinder-mode" ones were awful. Gunk, black, oil 2/3 of the way up the threads, ash in some places, soot in others. Should have checked/replaced a while ago actually. At like, 1/3 of specified life instead of 1/2. (also, two of the plugs were in the "pulling as hard as I can, bracing my legs against the fender to crack them loose" category--can't imagine how stuck they'd have been at 75 or 100K) (and for how stuck in they were, the new ones threaded in very nicely) 3. After new plugs, car has never idled so smooth. I won't know for a while if mileage has improved, and I won't BS anybody by saying it has 10HP more now, (and I haven't even gone past half-throttle yet, just idling around town and grocery-getting to make sure everything's running well first)----but I know for sure that there's less vibration at idle than the day I bought it. (I swear it also idles slightly faster, maybe 50 rpm or so). TLDR: If your engine has a "shuts off half the cylinders when cruising" feature---check the plugs in those cylinders WAY early.
  13. David Hingtgen
    Still waiting for a flightsuit Grace to put next to my green VF-27...
  14. David Hingtgen
    Or you could always buy my Lego Y-wing.
  15. David Hingtgen
    Semi-random, but I saw an interesting license plate at the gas station yesterday: "HIKARU"
  16. David Hingtgen
    It is Bandai, and their final production DX valk paint is rarely as nice as the samples'...
  17. David Hingtgen
    I dub that one Hathor. (because it's like Anubis, but white---we really could use some more Z.O.E. stuff...)
  18. David Hingtgen
    Macross Galaxy VF-27β
  19. David Hingtgen
    So add-on parts, or completely new kit?
  20. David Hingtgen

    Macross figures

    David Hingtgen replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    And I'm still waiting for a Grace anything...
  21. David Hingtgen
    I thought I was the only "Heart and Soul" fan here. Sometimes I wonder if it's even better than Holy Lonely Light. (but it's not) We really need more Emilia songs...
  22. David Hingtgen
    Isn't that just Roid's?
  23. David Hingtgen
    Shape-wise it's great. But I must echo the many comments I've already seen about it being flat grey, and not silver. That IMHO is along the lines of making Prime's grille and bumper white----that's a technical limit of animated cel paint, not the intended color it's meant to portray. Megs is supposed to be silver. That is an aspect when slavish toon-accuracy should absolutely be ingnored.
  24. David Hingtgen
    They do a lot of airliners, quite nice ones. I think they do tanks, too.
  25. David Hingtgen
    Does it come with a second, buff/Var pilot sculpt?
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