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  1. David Hingtgen
    Vulcan's not even out yet. The arms came out THIS week and very few people have them yet. And yes, I'm 100% convinced Ordin is based on that pic, because it's the first pic that shows up if you google Abominus. Which tells me that UT doesn't really know TF's that well, if they're using non-standard stuff as references and not realizing it. For how expensive 3P is and how picky TF fans are-----you'd better make darn sure you're making the right/expected version of a character, and not basing it off of a one-off or fan-art pic.
  2. David Hingtgen
    I really hate that pic of Abominus. It's THE pic of that configuration. It's like when Takara colors something "animation error for that one scene-accurate". ONE drawing, produced 20 years later, does NOT reconfigure Abominus. There's also the one pic of Defensor with Streetwise as an arm. Again---one drawing doesn't override every animation and box art appearance ever.
  3. David Hingtgen
    The rotation is clearly animated at least once in M7. (It's like the one time Basara actually fires).
  4. David Hingtgen
    Only last thing I have is that MMC is strongly rumored to be working on Abominus. But it's a long ways off. But a Rex-style Abominus would be awesome. And heck, FP/MT might have come out with one by then.
  5. David Hingtgen
    Sinnertwin's tails have nowhere to go in most modes, and are very crack-prone. All non-Blot limbs have very long, flat, skinny torsos in beast-mode and have poor-looking beast modes because if it. Rippersnapper can barely even stand due to being too long up front. Plus all the other things you mentioned. (Colors, limb-swap). And I think Hun-Grr's dragon heads/necks look awful in ALL modes, and that pretty much kills it for me. The torso-bit is by far the most important member. If he's not good, the team isn't good.
  6. David Hingtgen
    Their Blot was great, but every release went downhill from there. I came *so* close to buying Blot, but am glad I didn't, once I saw the final team.
  7. David Hingtgen
    It's why CW Megatron comes with an Autobot sticker.
  8. David Hingtgen
    Everything's fairly similar, but everything *IS* in fact different. Like YF-17 vs F/A-18, or YF-19 vs VF-19S. Canards are different, tailfins are different, nacelles are different...
  9. David Hingtgen
    Kinda surprised it's VF-31E, and not RVF-31C or something.
  10. David Hingtgen
    What did you use to make the canopy purple?
  11. David Hingtgen
    VF 31variants

    From the album: Reference

  12. David Hingtgen
    The canard colors don't match up---the "display cut-outs" all have red stripes, regardless of valk colors. The new one showing the variant types has "color-coded" stripes on the canards. Wonder which is correct. Also---would *love* a bunch of VF-31A's, and for them to be the mid-season replacement/upgrade----but being an older variant, that's unlikely. Hmmn, maybe Mirage's "grandma Milia" etc can show up in a bright red VF-31A...
  13. David Hingtgen
    This. Any other pod will come with a super-parts set etc. I'm betting on each valk having a unique color-coded parts set, with its own unique pod. (except 03, which will have to come with its radome to begin with).
  14. David Hingtgen
    No flightsuit Mirage fanart yet? Disappointed. (Though actually, I'm sure there's already some on the Japanese boards, I just don't know where/how to check).
  15. David Hingtgen
    Which is what I've been hoping for since she was very first revealed...
  16. David Hingtgen
    Not if they mold it entirely in black, and use stickers for the teal.
  17. David Hingtgen
    I assume Japanese sizing though. Anyone know how Cospa stuff fits?
  18. David Hingtgen
    If when Bandai makes a true YF-19 (VF-19Adv isn't close enough), I'll likely sell my Arcadia. (if they can just tweak the shield and wingroot gaps a little, it'd make it certain)
  19. David Hingtgen
    A local comic shop had a huge store-wide back issue sale---most were $1. I picked up 14 back issues of IDW, and so am now almost totally caught up. Going to go to their other location tomorrow, and see if I can snag the last few I need. $1 issues, right now, is a lot better than waiting until March and May for the next TPB's and paying $20 each.
  20. David Hingtgen
    What pen are you using to panel line?
  21. David Hingtgen
    The engine nozzles on the Disney one look like tubes, not cones. Is that right? I just came across this pic: http://www.modelermagic.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/KG_AVENGER_STUDIO_MODEL-113.jpg And the bow is nothing but a butt-load of battleship/cruiser turrets, layered on each other. With a bridge/conning tower or two. (at first glance, looks kinda German, maybe some American stuff in there) I bet there's a Bismarck kit (or 10) in the original model. Going a bit further along the sides of the bow, I see even more conning tower platforms---like where the directors and AA mounts would be, but flipped upside down. (there's a couple like that right in the very tip of the bow too, but they're more obvious along the sides). I darn-near want to say Iowa/South Dakota-class parts there. http://www.modelermagic.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/KG_AVENGER_STUDIO_MODEL-032.jpg
  22. David Hingtgen
    I think Bandai's being very smart here---this is a good way to squadron-build. Few people will both have the money, and be willing to spend it, on acquiring a half-dozen 1/60 DX's. But 540 yen each? You can easily have the whole squadron.
  23. David Hingtgen
    Me! But that was more than enough "govt aliens conspiracy" stuff to absorb, even for a fan. Can't imagine they'd gain many new fans with an opening like that--probably scared them off. Waiting for "monster of the week" eps. (when you've only got 6 episodes, you don't have a lot of time to try to wrap up the whole series-long conspiracy arc, nor should you try)
  24. David Hingtgen
    They do love their J-model designations. I wonder if it's mainly due to being the "standard hero variant" in Macross now, or if it's still intended to homage/denote Japan, as the original VF-1J and F-15J do. (J isn't a very common model designation---only ones I can think of real-world are F-15J (where the VF-1J designation almost certainly comes from), P-38J, F-4J, and F-8J. For the P-38, F-4 and F-8, there simply were that many variants. But for the F-15J, it's really just to denote Japan-built ones. (F-15J's are really F-15C's built by Mitsubishi).
  25. David Hingtgen
    But that doesn't retroactively name the prototypes. YF-17 is the Cobra, not the Hornet. (true, the YF-21 and VF-22 differ much less than YF-17 vs F-18, but far less can cause a name change--see the F-5 family for good examples----or F-111 and A-6 families)
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