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  1. David Hingtgen
    VF-23? Making it variable would have delayed service entry even longer than the F-35 took.
  2. David Hingtgen
    I'm surprised/disappointed there's not more new/remolded parts. Was kinda hoping it could lead to a new Nobel variant or something.
  3. David Hingtgen
    If the US had picked the F-23, the T-50 would only be the second-sexiest plane flying now.
  4. David Hingtgen
    That's exactly how I remember it. The early pic was PURE G1. Tall thin vertical intakes above the shoulders, F-15 wings, etc.
  5. David Hingtgen
    Oh no, floor polish etc won't help at all. It's not a friction thing, the hand just doesn't even "fit" the grip. There's a solid 2-3mm gap all around most edges. It looks like a cat or dog trying to hold it in their paw----the shapes just don't work together.
  6. David Hingtgen
    Protos look better, since they're usually painted resin. Don't expect the actual releases to have those exact colors. Nor quite as many markings. If you really look, no -27 or -29 matched the sample. I'd love Mirage's and Chuck's to be those exact shades, but I'm expecting brighter, more "cartoony" colors in the end. And quite possibly glossy plastic.
  7. David Hingtgen
    So I'm 98% done with my MG Zeta Plus. And I've gotta ask---is there any Gundam that can't hold its gun, worse than this kit can't? It's mind-blowing how many issues there are with trying to get it to do any sort of grip, much less not hold it 45 degrees off to the side while doing so. Might as well just glue it to the back, because it simply looks ridiculous "holding" the beam rifle.
  8. David Hingtgen
    And it's a terrible idea, both aerodynamically and toy/model-wise.
  9. David Hingtgen
    Gah, yesterday my HLJ warehouse hit 60 and they shipped it. So of course, today, after weeks of waiting, the last little 300Y item comes in stock. I really don't want to ship it by itself, but there's nothing coming out in the next 60 days AFAIK. (If Bandai would hurry up with a VF-31A, then I'd be fine...)
  10. David Hingtgen
    They're not even capitalizing on the fact that they can TRANSFORM. Might as well just have F-22's flying around...
  11. David Hingtgen
    Maybe Figurarts will finally release the Rain figure they showed all those years ago. I mean yeah, it took a long time before Master Asia came out, but c'mon, it's been an even longer gap since then, and not even a hint at Rain coming.
  12. David Hingtgen
    Still no subs? Doesn't sound like I'm missing much. 20 eps in, I was *much* more invested into Frontier's story and characters. (and valks, and battles, and songs...)
  13. David Hingtgen
    Maybe by then they'll actually show battroid-mode combat in the show.
  14. David Hingtgen
    Executor? Not in that timeframe.
  15. David Hingtgen
    That's my most-desired combo of all. -31A wings, but more color than the grey -31. (Needn't be nearly as stripey/gaudy as Delta squadron, but just "normal" valk schemes, like Roy/Alto/Isamu etc)
  16. David Hingtgen
    That just even further proves my point. If Wing as a whole is not that popular to start with---then why make a little-known (did it even exist at all before the kit?) variant of Heavy Arms first, as a mainline release, then wait literally years to make the minor changes needed to make the most-wanted/popular version and make it a limited release? It'd be like making a never-before-seen variant of the VF-19P first, then 4 years later doing Basara's.
  17. David Hingtgen
    I hate it, but I'm not surprised: The most popular version of Heavy Arms, as seen in EW, is the limited P-Bandai release. While YEARS ago we got the "never seen anywhere" orange version of that mold. Yeesh. Either give us red+orange TV version, or navy/teal EW. Not some hypothetical hybrid. Same rant for Sandrock. Give me TV or EW. Not "inbetween" ones we never saw.
  18. David Hingtgen
    TFW's gotten worse, MW is the same or slightly better. IMHO. I don't peek into TFW's Macross thread very often.
  19. David Hingtgen
    I posted a longer version of this in the DX -31 thread a few days ago, but I think it will. I know *I* have less interest in the -31 toys due to limited use of battroid and sparse use of super packs. Frontier enticed us early on with awesome battles highlighting mode-switching and the plot-based equipping of super and armor packs, and later tornado. Delta has given us just one forgettable use of the sound booster.
  20. David Hingtgen
    Yup. I wish they were all exclusives. You have a weeks-long ordering timeframe instead of 4 secs, and you have like a 99% chance of getting what you put in your cart.
  21. David Hingtgen
    That pic shows the equally rare 4 AIM-9's option as well. This as close as a Tomcat gets to a dogfight config.
  22. David Hingtgen
    Mirage. No, wait, get Messer, that'll make it easier for me to get Mirage. Yeah, that's it. Nobody buy Mirage, she's not a good pilot.
  23. David Hingtgen
    Looked around, couldn't find it again. Will post if I do.
  24. David Hingtgen
    I found the drawings on the official site, and laying them on top of each other, the -31A does have slightly larger canards. But the shape is the same, so it's hard to tell. And without HFH confirming it, it could easily be written off as an artist's error etc.
  25. David Hingtgen
    Wow, that's really thinking it through. Props to Kawamori for that.
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