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  1. David Hingtgen
    Never noticed it before, but found it in a another scene too. They're clearly red----but not sure they're lights? Can't really think of a real-world equivalent for round red lights on the underside of a fighter.
  2. David Hingtgen
    Not sure what you mean? I do plan to paint the "obvious-what-they-are-but-not-painted-as-such" landing lights on the wing leading edge. (Normally Yamato/Arcadia goes so far as to mold them as separate clear parts---but for the VF-4, it's like they didn't realize what they are)
  3. David Hingtgen
    VF-4 is pretty bland, especially in battroid IMHO----seriously thinking about painting the ventral fins black with a red edge, as is "proper" for a Hikaru valk. It may not be canon, but canon is only like 4 seconds... (and, real military CAG/CO planes tend to get many subtle variations frequently--you can easily see small details of the paint scheme change over the course of a single year/cruise)
  4. David Hingtgen
    The 10 mins of the new Frontier short has more feels and more impactful music than all of Zettai. Just imagine if it'd been reversed----10 mins of Delta, a full new movie for Frontier...
  5. David Hingtgen
    How's the Maisto F50? Is it a newer mold, or "still being used from when the F50 came out"?
  6. David Hingtgen
    I think I got the last one, it's out of stock now. (Hobby Search--all the other "main" dealers seem to have run out a while ago of the regular version, just $$$$ premiums left)
  7. David Hingtgen
    Everyone's writing in Grace, right? In the other characters section?
  8. David Hingtgen
    That's the plan!
  9. David Hingtgen
    It's here! One missile had popped off (I was worried when I heard a piece rattling around inside) but it seems ok so far. Good thing I bought my mechanical pencil yesterday, I can start panel-lining it soon. (after I get some experience handling/transforming it though)
  10. David Hingtgen
    Yes, but EMS etc from Japan isn't cheap, and BBTS has like $4 shipping, so the difference when shipped could end up being about half that. (it's actually a bit better deal than I was expecting---I was fully prepared for it to be a full $300 in the US)
  11. David Hingtgen
    That's pretty much my thought, said much more succinctly/eloquently than my post did.
  12. David Hingtgen
    Yes, but the markup on a valk+supers combo pack could be substantial. Especially if they decide to use a "traditional" USD-to-Yen rate, and not "what it actually is now, and is predicted to be next spring". I was going to wait for a US release, especially as it may be easier to get support if Bandai'd----but the more I thought, the more I leaned towards "well, if I'm going to possibly save the better part of a hundred bucks, I may as well at least try to get a pre-order in tonight". Also, and even more importantly IMHO---Alto's -25 is FAR more popular than the other wwm releases. Sure, it's not a Roy 1S, but it's the most visible/popular valk of the last 20 years I'd say. It may sell out quickly in the US.
  13. David Hingtgen
    ::checks source code of confirmation email:: Mine's time-stamped 35 seconds after it opened, assuming AmiAmi opened at EXACTLY 11AM their time. So yeah, less than a minute for sure.
  14. David Hingtgen
    I'm amazed I got one at AmiAmi----I logged into my account about 5 mins before it opened, refreshed every minute or so "just in case"---then the moment it showed up, I added to cart----but it made me log in again to actually check out! Typed as fast as I could, and it went through.
  15. David Hingtgen
    I had the same thought, that they're too big.
  16. David Hingtgen
    Shawn----I never knew you were so interested in Plus. (for me, it's the series that really got me into Macross)
  17. David Hingtgen
    I'd assume not as expensive as it was just a few weeks ago. (should have sold mine back in July! Now I'll probably get less) Anyways, the REAL new Suikoden game coming out:
  18. David Hingtgen
    I have seen a Draken and 262, but only static. Some day I'll get see the YF-23's. (I plan to see both, so two trips...)
  19. David Hingtgen
    Regular. But I have Anasazi37's decals.
  20. David Hingtgen
    1.5 years after I originally posted in this thread saying I'd wait for a sale---turns out it never really did go on sale, but the yen fell pretty hard against the dollar since then. So I just finally ordered a VF-4.
  21. David Hingtgen
    Were any of the hollow spring-pins replaced with regular pins, in the anniversary one? It'll suck if these new ones start splitting their hinges apart after a few years like the originals. (mainly the ones around the waist/crotch area, but the nosecone one also seems a bit iffy)
  22. David Hingtgen
    Not so well----leaving it in until midnight did nothing, so I let it sit overnight----still nothing this morning. Added a bit more oxi-clean and checked it around lunch-----no change to yellowing, but all the metallic grey paint around the underside of the backplate had dissolved away, leaving pure black paint. (apparently it's painted in two layers). So now I have a white+black Alto, instead of white+gunmetal. Going to sell it for parts I guess----it's still good for many parts, and some parts are still perfectly pristine white. All the black and red striping etc is still perfect, but the gunmetal grey they use for the "internal bits" mostly exposed in GERWALK mode is apparently far "weaker" paint than the rest.
  23. David Hingtgen
    Most of what I want lately is P-Bandai, so it's expensive and/or sells out instantly, so I have bought very few kits the past couple years. "Yeah, I'd happily pay 15-30 for it, but not 50-80 just because it's "exclusive". It's getting ridiculous, that if I drew up a list of like my top 15 suits I'd like a new HG/RG kit of, nearly every single one has been made fairly recently, but only as P-Bandai.... So I just go without, rather than spending $$$$$ on small kits.
  24. David Hingtgen
    Jealous because I've never seen any of those. (And I'm a big Gripen and Tornado fan). Memepost? Memepost:
  25. David Hingtgen
    Well, with the announcement of the reissue of Alto's -25, I just tossed my Alto into a vat of warm oxi-clean. (it worked very well on Legos, but have never tried it on a valk). Disassembled as much as I could, but impossible to remove all the metal bits, since some pins are insanely tight and some bits are super-glued together. Will see how it works---I do the "warm water with some oxi-clean in it, for a long time" method, vs a "zapping with UV/sunlight or using high-concentration creams" method. My Lego parts suffered no damage at all, so I'm hoping the same thing will be effective on my valk, and also not harm the paint or metal bits. My Alto's yellowing is very mild compared to what's usually posted here, but I can see it, and it'll only get worse over time---better to "bite the bullet now"----it'll either be restored nicely, or be ruined-----but I want to know before the pre-order window closes...
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