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  1. David Hingtgen
    I've gotta say---they're not using the increased size to increase the detail/"realness" at all. It simply looks like a large Yamato V.2 or something. As in, a 1/20 fighter jet should have much more refined leading edges, intake lips, wing-sweep gloves/gaps, etc. But I'm not seeing any of that there. Everything is "blunt" and unrefined. (and I'm not taking panel lines etc that'll be added later, I'm talking shapes/design)
  2. David Hingtgen
    Still waiting/hoping for a 31A.
  3. David Hingtgen
    "Man-at-arms".
  4. David Hingtgen
    Ok, they can squat. But they really didn't do anything to improve the shape/proportions of the lion, or Voltron himself much for that matter. It's still homaging/based off the original toy too much, and not the show.
  5. David Hingtgen
    I don't own that version of the mold, but I've *tried* to disassemble enough Frontier valks to confirm that yes, sadly, they are often held together more with glue than with screws. And it's a very good glue, that can rip the plastic apart before it'll let the seam go.
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    MP Seekers will all stand a lot better/easier if the tailhook fairing was removed, like on the real thing. It's sad at the number of ways I've seen them try to get around it, ignoring what the real thing did, which is the easiest option of "snipping off the part causing a problem".
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    I'm not seeing many new seeker molds. A whole lot of KO's of the MP molds, both tweaked and 100% copies, but almost no "new from scratch F-15 molds". Just "Howling Meteor" and that's only a silhouette, and based on the shilhouette I have my doubts as to it being an actual F-15.
  9. David Hingtgen
    I see Tallgeese as more like this:
  10. David Hingtgen
    That too----I still can't quite figure out what the proportion issue IS, but it does look wrong to me. Simply literally not tall enough?
  11. David Hingtgen
    On that note, I'm thinking about picking up the MG Tallgeese. But I'd have to paint the entire thing, which to me kinda negates half the point/fun of a Gundam kit. (because I demand TV colors---Tallgeese didn't have white boosters and yellow accents all over, nor was there any navy). The many TV-colors repaints look awesome, but makes for much more work. Tallgeese, vs Tallgoose: I'm kinda deciding between MG Tallgeese, Wing Zero Proto, and Epyon. Leaning towards Epyon.
  12. David Hingtgen
    I'm amazed/impressed they got anything even at all resembling the FOC Nemesis design out of the WFC dino mode. Would prefer a much more city-ish/G1-ish "fortress" mode though. Not sure about the 3rd "different jet" mode. Would rather effort/parts have gone into better city mode.
  13. David Hingtgen
    Too much TFCon news to post, other than: My budget for next year is already gone, to buy PX's WFC Trypticon.
  14. David Hingtgen
    I see it as good news, as more money into the franchise means more money for valk CGI...
  15. David Hingtgen
    Is Wing Gundam like the smallest MG, of any "normal" suit? (not like a Ball or anything). I think I've built 1/144's that were bigger:
  16. David Hingtgen
    Started working? They're nearly done: https://www.flickr.com/photos/95812560@N03/28312358206/sizes/l That's way beyond sample/prototype. That's molded in color. (markings appear to be decals though, so it still has a bit to do)
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    It is now, despite being 2 years old. Re-titled thread.
  18. David Hingtgen
    So did the black series Revan come out or just no news lately? Googling just brings up stuff from a while ago. Also----any chance of actually getting it? I never ever saw the first Revan (nor Bastila).
  19. David Hingtgen
    Turret #2 is better than docking port #1 in the same scene....
  20. David Hingtgen
    White flaps, but not rudders/spoilers. Hmmmm.
  21. David Hingtgen
    HLJ doesn't do parts anymore, sadly.
  22. David Hingtgen
    Why is everyone missing the "cooling unit failure" line? It was like "1-3, and 8-10". I think one area had a heating failure, but another had a cooling failure. Mirage and Hayate seemed to be in an energy-intensive area, so it may be one of the naturally hotter parts of the ship.
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    ::ok, I'm just going to give up trying to post now. Something's changed, and normal spoiler tags aren't working right for some reason.
  24. David Hingtgen
    Hase decals are much better than they were years ago, but even back then, Hase decals never had the "screen door/dots" effect that Bandai ones have.
  25. David Hingtgen
    FT's Blitzwing has an inferior jet mode to Gewalt, but Gewalt's tank mode is SO bad, that despite being a jet fan first and fore-most, I'll have to wait and see how FT's turns out due to the million times better tank. (really, Gewalt pretty much is a MiG-25, though of course there's some issues--mainly the back half of it---but FT's jet isn't really ANYTHING. It's MiG-25-ish, but it's almost just as F-15-ish, especially the nose/canopy area) I do like Gewalt's robot mode though, to me it's the best Blitzwing by far in that mode. (yes, the shoulders are weird, but everything else is quite nice---and "animation-accuracy be damned" the half-nozzle feet on the other 2 bots look awful and are also nothing like either the toy's or real MiG-25 nozzles)
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