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  1. David Hingtgen
    Omega Prime is probably about my all-time fave TF toy(s), it was amazing. Would love if the Haslab is that. Though, it's almost to the point of "a newer one might not really be BETTER"----I am not impressed by the new Magmatron, and passed on it. (I loved the original Magmatron).
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    That's how you know it's the two-seater!
  3. David Hingtgen
    Just a false canopy? Amateurs. You've gotta add a false mid-air refuelling receptable, and I believe we even have a false tailfin and its shadow (I do think the "black" resembles the shadow of a -16 fin, if the light was almost above and only slightly to the side) (tilt your head left and have a look, especially as the shadow "wraps" around the curved nozzle area)
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    Pretty much that---a re-opening from AmiAmi or HLJ, will be sheer luck and very short-lived, due to someone cancelling theirs.
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    AmiAmi lasted exactly 1 minute. I managed to get one, and when I refreshed at 8:01, gone. (I got super-lucky, as I accidently refreshed the page again when it had already opened! That cost me like 2.5 secs...)
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    Has anyone opened one up to look for flash and "carefully removed via slicing with an Xacto" vs forcing+hoping? Or is it in an area that's basically impossible to take apart? (I don't have any AX versions yet, only an original -31) (I hate how much Bandai glues everything----I could make my -25's flawless if I could just get everything apart nicely)
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    Pretty sure they mean the exhaust petals. YF-21 has a pretty notable thrust-vectoring array back there. Surely someone has a GIF of it? I'm thinking particularly the "mind-machine link" demo scene. ::edit:: Here: 【MAD】 MACROSS PLUS MOVIE EDITION　YF-21 on Make a GIF
  8. David Hingtgen
    B&W+recut does sound like an awesome edition, would be a bit surprised if it comes to the US though.
  9. David Hingtgen
    Good shield? G-Saviour, ironically.
  10. David Hingtgen
    For the utterly insane price the set is, they should have given everyone dual-molded legs. I mean, Cyclops doesn't even have PRINTING on his, and looks like an unfinished prototype. Yellow boots, yellow thigh straps, that's the 90's Cyclops look. This is, Cyclops forgot half his costume while rushing out the door, and only had time to put on his chest-strap. I mean, isn't the "superhero brightly colored kneeboots" look THE thing that dual-molded legs best take advantage of, and would be the primary reason it even exists? (black shoes/boots are easily achieved via printing, but printing bright colors over other bright colors often have issues)
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    Yet, they still haven't fixed the backwards paint on the chest-stripes. That's still a deal-killer for me, but such a simple fix. But, knowing Bandai, and the VF-1 modex debacle, I'm honestly kinda surprised they haven't "doubled down" and reversed the shoulder colors to match the incorrect chest...
  12. David Hingtgen
    That was IIRC Kawamori's explanation for the hip kibble on the Masterpiece Starscream toy.
  13. David Hingtgen
    Hope they tooled up another hood, without the hood pins. That's a deal-killer for the Duke boys...
  14. David Hingtgen
    I'm a bit late to this thread----are you looking for just a shell, or a whole console at this point? My indigo one's mint and boxed, happy to sell to a fellow forum-member.
  15. David Hingtgen
    GundamInfo just dropped all of Turn A, subbed, on their channel. Was this announced before and I missed it? I know what I'm doing this weekend...
  16. David Hingtgen
    I'm surprised the Thunder Machine even has the Pontiac logo molded in.
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    It's there, they just didn't paint it to match the molded-in detail. Look carefully at the blue plastic, right in front of the grey tip of the canopy...
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    The modex numbers on the ventral fins look backwards (again). They'd read "113" (or IIE, really) in fighter mode... Rather than fix it, Bandai will just issue "113" tailfins down the line... And it's not even a mirroring thing---it looks wrong on every side of every fin.
  19. David Hingtgen
    VF-25: Since the shoulder armor is so hard to remove, I just left the joint assembled, and poured nail polish inside as best I could. Several times, with the arm in different positions so it'd flow to different areas. Though if I were to do it again, I'd use Future. (nail polish is "hot" enough that it reacts with the plastic part of the ball-joint socket, and it dissolved a small amount of material at the edge).
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    I also notice that the Pontiac arrrowhead recess on the wheels is quite prominent, I think it should be toned down a lot.
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    Absolutely---that's why I'm keeping my retro one and (trying) to sell my SDCC one. The retro looks better IMHO. I painted a few small extra details on the retro and the details really pop. (like the flames on his boots, and studded belt)
  22. David Hingtgen
    Was the decision to have a Crossfield/Discovery-esque saucer-look an idea from higher-up, or were you guys given fairly free-rein? (it was mentioned in dialogue, so I wondered which was first)
  23. David Hingtgen
    The 1/12 KITT has the same problem every light-up car has nowadays: Cheap "white" LED's for the headlights, that give a cool-blue effect. Obviously wrong for any 70's/80's car. They need to use warm-white/golden-white LED's to mimic the incandescent/halogen look. There's tons of LEDs designed just for that purpose, but very few companies use them. They cost like, 3 cents more... Sure, older toys with small bulbs were dim, and burned out easily---but the color was right. And nowadays we do have readily-available LED's that are bright and long-lasting AND the right color---but it seems so few companies are aware or care about "the right look".
  24. David Hingtgen
    Is SDCC Zartan not actually in very much demand? His price is high on ebay, but nobody seems interested in mine. (and I'm not asking ebay prices for it!) Whereas my extra Eel was snapped up in an instant.
  25. David Hingtgen
    I'd like to request LESS articulation---no working doors on the "orange tiger" car please.
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