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  1. David Hingtgen
    The policy specifically mentions recasts, and direct knock-offs of existing items. It was primarily put in place due to some places copying MW member's own sculpting and recasting it for sale. It also goes along with our "don't ask for/distribute copies of official shows/movies", as again it is directly copying someone else's work/production. Third-party items, while very rare at this point for the Macross franchise, do not run afoul of this AFAIK. The "Makuros" is not a copy of an existing product. (Heck, there's "official" Toynami stuff out there that's practically a true KO of some of Bandai's work---they're closer to being against the spirit of the policy than Makuros is)
  2. David Hingtgen
    I very much agree with the new combining Voltron feeling like a KO. Hollow, thin plastic, awful paint. And while ratcheted, the joints are so loose/floppy that the floppiness (measured in degrees) is greater than the degrees between ratchet detents. Only bought one to try---think I'll save my money and buy the SoC.
  3. David Hingtgen
    The cheap/easy way to get foil like that, is candy wrappers. It's not self-adhesive, but you can't beat the price.
  4. David Hingtgen
    I'd take that offer on Messer's.
  5. David Hingtgen
    I didn't get a pic, but I saw a custom plate "HIKARU" recently. Wondered what they were referencing.
  6. David Hingtgen
    Much like I did with my -27's nosecone (and a few other spots), I think I'll give it a coat or two of flattened Future to some areas before it is transformed even once. (once I actually buy one, that is). So---intakes/hips are the #1 area that needs protection? Followed by 'aft of canopy'? Anywhere else notable?
  7. David Hingtgen
    Super glue, because model cement will only dissolve the paint but not really affect the plastic.
  8. David Hingtgen
    I'll be interested in Mirage's, whenever that may be.
  9. David Hingtgen
    F-101? I see so much more F3H in the Phantom.
  10. David Hingtgen
    I do the following for all valks, from the -1 on, because they generally all can, and it "looks right" to me: All the way in for fighter mode. All the way out for Gerwalk. Half-way for battroid.
  11. David Hingtgen
    What's the shipping cost for that to the US? Wondering about "JP MSRP+shipping" vs US price w/free shipping.
  12. David Hingtgen
    I came here to post "see the F-4" but someone beat me to it...
  13. David Hingtgen
    Is it selfish to hope the value of the LEGO TIE Defender will skyrocket, so I can sell mine for $$$?
  14. David Hingtgen
    I meant to post this a while ago, but then Xmas, forum being down, photobucket becoming utterly unusable due to their ad-scripts, etc. So anyways: Tucked out of the way at the Kennedy Space Center, unadvertised (AFAIK) and only there if you seek it out---is IMHO the most important display of all of them. Guaranteed to be utterly silent in this little room, even with thousands of screaming kids and tourists just around the corner. It's basically "go under the staircase and zig-zag around as far as you can go". (I wonder if it's intentionally "hidden").
  15. David Hingtgen
    Ironically I'm buying more official and less 3P lately. Many of the Titans Return deluxes are very nice (though QC is atrocious----I've returned more broken/malformed figures this past year than in my entire life before) but I'm generally not liking the direction most 3P is going----they're either going "present MP style" hyper-toon-accurate/blocky, or highly-stylized too-far-from source material. Before, it tended to be more of a hybrid, like early MP's, which I really liked.
  16. David Hingtgen
    Will a fixed-pose trigger finger hand, fit in fighter mode?
  17. David Hingtgen

    Macross figures

    David Hingtgen replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    From what I can see, the "January" release for Mirage means the very very end of Jan. Thus, will mean my HLJ warehouse shipping deadline will expire JUST before it arrives. I swear Bandai times everything to release like 61-65 days apart, just to ruin HLJ private warehouse shipments...
  18. David Hingtgen
    Interesting comparison, that the heavily upgraded F/A-18A+ (and now the C+) take advantage of electronics being miniaturized over the years---they tend to be lighter than older/"gradually upgraded" versions, since the same capabilities can now be fit en masse into fewer and smaller "black boxes" etc. Yet the F-16 only ever seems to "plaster on more bits" wherever there's room. Bonus: Found a nice new early Tomcat pic: http://collections.naval.aviation.museum/emuwebdoncoms/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=71201
  19. David Hingtgen
    Number of parts maybe, but raw amount of plastic----I think the Tornado pack has more. It certainly has more "visual impact" for the money.
  20. David Hingtgen
    That's more expensive than I guessed for super parts.
  21. David Hingtgen
    That's my hope----that the movies will make really neat/worthwhile armor set. Sigh---a valk designed with a replaceable weapons module---and they don't even fight in battroid mode in this series, much less try different weapons.
  22. David Hingtgen
    I was very wrong for years. But I was also very young then. I know better now. Murcielago though----even those who KNOW still seem to get it wrong. Also----the "Hurricane".
  23. David Hingtgen
    The fold crystals seem to pop up on a hinge---head clearance?
  24. David Hingtgen
    Yup. They're all like that.
  25. David Hingtgen
    Plus---Bandai does tend to tweak each release. Look at the YF-29. The second one may be too early to get any improvements, but the third release should.
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