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  1. David Hingtgen
    Oh hey, protip for the non-light-up display stand: See how it has a rectangular top? You'll likely have a choice of two parts to install into the belly. And you do NOT want the one with a rectangular hole in it, when using the non-lit stand. Trust me on this. You want the "blank" belly-piece, and drill out the holes from the backside. Of course, the banking adapter looks to be quite different, so all that may change.
  2. David Hingtgen
    I think Cop-Tur is out, sadly. They can only do characters from the Japanese show. These are very much "toys of the Japanese SHOW CHARACTERS", not new versions of the toys from Tonka/GoBots. There's a difference. And that means a lot of the "prominent in the US" characters, are not available. Anyone know if any of the ships were on the Japanese anime? I so want Dive-Dive and Man-O-War.
  3. David Hingtgen
    Best song in the series so far---is one of Fire Bomber's, sung by kids. Basara never managed such a sad version though.
  4. David Hingtgen
    I think the banking adapter is new, haven't seen it with any other kits in that line.
  5. David Hingtgen
    But they were fairly close, and not so skinny. These are too far/too skinny, looking like they're floating way far away.
  6. David Hingtgen
    I just can't get past how Daedalus and Prometheus look (not) attached to the sides in cruiser mode. That overhead pic deters me every time I think about getting it.
  7. David Hingtgen
    Sorry, didn't see any notice about GG's delay. (I'm trying to scroll quickly, in case of spoilers). I almost wonder if the rule should be more like 24 hours after subs are out, instead of 24 hours after airing. Or like, 12 hours after subs, if people want to openly spoil as soon as possible. Thankfully people seem to still be self-censoring due to lack of subs at the moment, even though it's technically no longer required.
  8. David Hingtgen
    Still no subs?
  9. David Hingtgen
    Do they ever use THE Voltron theme? Even Voltron 3D used it. (Best part of that series----and Dracotron)
  10. David Hingtgen
    I own it. And didn't use the faceplate stickers. It's no substitute IMHO. I've seen headmasters, so I'm ok/used to a "faced" Brainstorm. But yeah---comics Brainstorm, and the original toy---I prefer a faceplate.
  11. David Hingtgen
    Saw Roy, where was Milia? Same scene? As for the comedy---yeah, with how much humor comes from the pilots, we really didn't need an additional dedicated funny-man in Coran. For toys---I pray for a good one. I REALLY like the designs, especially with how green lion has the shield integrated. Makes green and red more distinct, rather than simply "a bit rounder vs more edged" like the original. (Yellow and blue always were more unique, mainly in the heads/spines, but now they're even more so)
  12. David Hingtgen
    No, the VF-1 is the sole exception IMHO and the only one I plan to keep.
  13. David Hingtgen
    Mike---you got a GREAT deal on that Smart Robin. He was going for well above MSRP not that long ago, and to get the bonus head included----I'm envious. I want the head pretty bad, but not willing to pay half again what I did for the entire figure.
  14. David Hingtgen
    Absolutely. Recent Bandai toys are 10x more "fun" to transform and swoosh around with, than recent Arcadias, in my experience. One or two more sales, and I'll be Arcadia/Yamato-free. (just waiting for a true Isamu Bandai -19)
  15. David Hingtgen
    How's the hood? I've read that in general the KO's lays flatter/lower---but my question is, does it sit further forward----my biggest issue with Track's hood isn't sitting up too high, I can reduce it 90%---but the thing is, it sits too far back ,revealing lots of silver at the front. (or, if I move it foward to close that hap, it then sits REALLY high) And does the hood snap/click into place at all? Also, the canopy (it's more than just a windshield on that mold)---does it sit down flush on top of the doors, near the front? Mine always wants to angle up a bit, and is never all the way down. It takes a TON of fiddling just to not have a huge gap around the mirrors---the side-glass never gets down to the top of the doors like it should.
  16. David Hingtgen
    That's how it is in the show, so that's pretty much expected.
  17. David Hingtgen
    In what way? KO Tracks seems superior to real Tracks in every way. I'm kinda annoyed, to the point of considering selling my Takara to buy a KO.KO Sideswipe is the only I know of to have notable issues consistently, and only the early ones. Everything else is same "luck of the draw" as a Takara AFAIK. PS----Sideswipe's paint job (or lack of it) is still a huge sore spot for me. My fave Autobot, period, and his alt-mode is basically ruined by all sorts of paint issues---especially ironic with the much-touted "perfectly matched to official Lambo specs" color. Yet it's still very inconsistent panel to panel because it's so poorly and thinly applied.
  18. David Hingtgen
    I didn't realize the LERX-thingy (technical term) had nearly that much movement range.
  19. David Hingtgen
    You should offer a special SWS stand for the YF-29.
  20. David Hingtgen
    In my experience with their Super Flanker, they were remarkably well thought-out with the sprue attachment points---often in locations where pieces joined, or under-gated. Also, they seemed to detach very cleanly, best I've ever found---I don't know if it's simply due to the small scale or a certain mix of plastic, but I recommend going against the norm, and try snipping as flush as you can on the first cut. On the smaller pieces at least. Odds are good it'll release very cleanly.
  21. David Hingtgen
    I was thinking EXACTLY that, down to the Gubaba painted on the spine.
  22. David Hingtgen
    Though I'm only just now building it, I've owned it for decent number of years---it's certainly not a first-release, but also not "the latest pressing". Based on how non-existent most panel lines are, and how crisp many other areas are, the panel lines couldn't have been very sharp to begin with IMHO, unless Zeta Plus A1 is way more popular than I'm lead to believe, and there were many thousands made each time. It's like "sharp molding on the parts themselves, but dull shallow panel lines". That was my point--it *should* have been "masking 101" and quick and easy. But it just "went wrong". On every edge of both surfaces of both parts... I kinda want to blame the plastic itself---I gave them one extra scrubbing in soapy water before hand, but am still having adhesion problems.
  23. David Hingtgen
    I think I can make a spoiler-free reply to Graham: I believe because that hasn't been shown before(I think), and would thus be a surprise/unexpected. And so hard to react to/deal with the first time.
  24. David Hingtgen
    Oh no no no no no. The boards were aflame with people ticked at all the issues with MP Sideswipe's paint. Me included. Good ones are rare, and which version you buy has very little bearing. There are flawless first releases, and there are flawless KO's. But there are a ton more awful first and second releases, and early and late KO's. No MP has more common, nor as severe, paint issues as Sideswipe. Early KO Sideswipes have some issues with the tampo-printing, but that is independent of the actual paint. Ironically, most late KO's seem to have better-aligned insignias than the real ones. (true for Sideswipe and Tracks, possibly the Datsuns too) KO Sideswipes also have the "fixed" eyes/facesculpt, based on the Red Alert release. I'm not sure if 2nd or 3rd release real ones do. But no first release one does of course. (I've often wanted to buy a KO Sideswipe head just for the face, but they're not cheap enough for just that) If some day a US release of Sideswipe comes out, with really good paint, I'll likely replace my JP release.
  25. David Hingtgen
    Gotta rant for a second about MG Zeta Plus A1: Are the leading edges of the wings, the biggest piece to ever NOT be molded separately, in color, on an MG? They made the little side-vents on the head a separate piece, yet these much larger, more important parts aren't? (also, the molding on the wings isn't very crisp---I cannot get the panel lines done crisply, nor has masking the orange/beige separation line worked well---these are the only 2 parts I need/plan to paint, but it's been much tougher than I planned----and frankly, I shouldn't have to paint them at all, they SHOULD be molded separately---I honestly feel most HGUC's would have molded these separately in 2 colors. Sure, it's an older MG---but it's not ancient)
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