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David Hingtgen

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  1. I think I had my -25 sets for nearly two years before I got my -25 to put them on! Saved a lot of money in the end though.
  2. I want one mainly to have a working model of a cascade-style reverser.
  3. The same company that showed this when asking for VF-0D preorders? I'd have been ok with the minimal markings if it had actually released in "slate blue with pale grey undersides". But that pic's not even close to what we actually got.
  4. Do they deal with being applied to matte surfaces better than traditional water slides? This kit's sheet says printed in China---not a good sign in my decaling experience.
  5. Tiny pegs or clips on the edge, would be far less noticeable than half the coat of arms missing like it is now.
  6. Seconded. Never heard of ASU DECA.
  7. My Smart Robin is the result of cancelling my Mania King order. I came very close to getting the later correct colors Mania King, but never did.
  8. YF-23 gear is even better I think, but much harder to find. (I remember when those kits were cheap and everywhere) Also, if you don't need metal, you can buy a whole Hasegawa F-18 kit for less than the metal gear costs.
  9. Ok, so they made a hinge for the left half of the tailfin/shield, and a second set of hinges for the right half?!? One single hinge down the middle would have looked a lot better, than the zig-zag they have now. Seriously, I've seen much smaller hinges doing the exact same thing, on other transforming figures etc. Why'd Bandai do the worst-looking possible solution? "Splitting in half down the middle" isn't some complicated new thing they have to figure out, I expect better.
  10. This goes for both posts! There's no modex number printed on, but there's a small sheet of waterslides. All other markings are printed.
  11. I noticed the Deadfish release of Ep 4 seemed lower quality (more pixelated) than earlier eps. Like they dropped the video bitrate or something. Most noticeble when there's lots of "sparklies" (or missiles!) on screen.
  12. True, but I find them easier to accept than UUUU's weird paw-thumbs.
  13. So it seems few people like the Anubis-head? I love it. Though I also seem to be one of the few who likes the head on Messer's -31.
  14. 13 or 4? I'm tempted to do 4, but 13 is so much better-known.
  15. I had FP NotWeirdWolf on pre-order, but cancelled it. Snout is ridiculously long, and the colors are all wrong----which is strange, as FP/MT has the best paint and color matching of ANY toy company. Hasbro's has perfect colors (wish their Triggerhappy did) and a much better wolf head.
  16. Ok, just a quick overview from last night (it's hard to take good pics at night under CFL's): I tried to give an impression of the paint job and the many small markings tampo'd on. A single piece of one of the intakes has more printing than my entire Arcadia -19 I think... Bottom pic, note the tailfins have each RWR/light painted---white, red, silver.
  17. I hope there's at least one repaint of the commander-type. Actual pure black with gold would be nice.
  18. As I said---I've got *a* 1/144 Tomytech Gimix series kit. It's just not a valk. They have planes from real-world, games, and anime.
  19. G1 Triggerhappy was so simple, and has a Cybertronian alt-mode, so he's in the "hard to be massively better" category if an MP or 3P came out. Kind of like Soundwave---the G1 was already fairly "perfect"---new ones are just bigger. Sure they're better, but it's not like MP Bumblebee levels of better than the original.
  20. It seems strange but true, but the "Ace Combat effect" seems to work in real life: Nowadays, it's not the airframe/engines, it's the avionics/weapons. Give me an F-8 with AESA, ASRAAM, and Meteor, and I'll happily go up against a Gripen wielding AIM-9J's...
  21. Man, if there's a character I was NOT expecting a new figure of, it's Triggerhappy: Very pleasantly surprised, and he is SO bought. He was my one and only Targetmaster. (excluding Piranacon, who only sorta counts)
  22. Well, the first one is the worst by far. Try the second, see if the improvement is enough to keep hoping it'll eventually become good. (I'm still watching, but MAN that first ep turned me off...)
  23. I could go on for pages about Uranos' jet modes, but suffice it to say---Harrier's the worst by far, followed by Falcon. Phantom's probably the best. Ares has MUCH better jets. But the Rafale's better than the Tomcat. (sorry, I don't know Liokaiser well enough to know their real names, much less TFC's names)
  24. Anyone interested in any pics/sort of a build? It's not a valk, but I just got one of these kits and plan to start it soon. It won't be a full build article or anything, but I could highlight some things people are interested in.
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