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  1. Sildani
    Yep! Macrossworld hasn’t changed in 16 years.
  2. Sildani
    I read somewhere... maybe in Mr. Scott’s Guide to the Enterprise... that it was the USS Ti Ho that had been rechristened.
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    Wah. I thought I was on to something. I picked the 51, 4, and 27 because I thought one or two designers had lasted that long and had made design input to all of them, not necessarily that they’d been made by SV Works proper.
  4. Sildani
    Picked up the Carbonized Second Sister at GameStop and, wow, what a great finish it has. Definitely a couple cuts above the standard finish. Recommended.
  5. Sildani
    Looking at the Sv-51, VF-4, and VF-27: pure sexiness. The real answer, I think, is singularity of purpose. Most other VF’s can take on various mission packs for purposes that the original VF design isn’t ideally suited for; indeed, in the case of the VF-25 Messiah there was a desire to make an “all-regime” fighter, good in atmosphere and space, with the ability to take on various Super/Tornado/Armor parts to change roles. The Slayers all seem to be purpose-designed for limited roles, or one role. The VF-4 was space-optimized, and wasn’t really used much in atmosphere. The Sv-51 was the first operational VF, built in response to the VF-0 series and intended to defeat them. The 51’s Super Parts were intended to assist. The 27 was made in response to plans for the YF-29 Durandal getting leaked to Macross Galaxy, which made them modify their 27 (which was a match for a Super Messiah) to accept its own Super Parts (more thrusters, gas, and missiles) to almost achieve parity with the 29.
  6. Sildani
    Gotta get Wedge. Hopefully they make Biggs, Jek Perkins, and Garvin Dreis too.
  7. Sildani
    Nice.
  8. Sildani
    Camera angle, and it’s missing about ten feet of engine and propeller spinner.
  9. Sildani
    Hmm...
  10. Sildani
    Want a grey primered one I can paint myself.
  11. Sildani
    Oh geez... which of those is going to be more collectible...
  12. Sildani
    So this arrived. Heavy guy, it’s mostly metal. Interesting tidbit: it doesn’t explicitly say USS Thunderchild ANYWHERE on the model, although it’s on the box. I’m very pleased, regardless! Edit: UK based eBayer aheebob has already made waterslide decals saying “USS Thunderchild” available for this model for about $10 shipped to the US.
  13. Sildani
    Here’s the studio model that was sold at Christie’s auction house, and it’s kinda dark, so I’d say lighting.
  14. Sildani
    I met him at a Star Trek convention, he signed my Decipher DS9 Nog card and shared an anecdote or two. At a panel I attended, talk was had about what a potential Captain Nog might be like and much laughter was had when he came up with “Mini-Picard!” Thoughts are with his family.
  15. Sildani
    Why not grab the fold quartz from Windermere? They’re pretty much destitute after the events of Delta, with everyone in the Brsingr Cluster either ignoring or actively despising them, so it seems to me like the New UN could simply dictate terms and begin harvesting for a bargain price. Unless they’re worried about somehow triggering either some sort of arms race, or they’re paranoid about a large quantity of high-quality fold quartz appearing in the galaxy, even if it’s mined by the New UN and only transported and used by them.
  16. Sildani
    One has Bajoran workers, one has Bajoran officers. My Akira-XL just shipped! Woo!!
  17. Sildani
    F-35 to get the new Raytheon Peregrine missile. https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a29071628/f-35-raytheon-peregrine-missile/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_pop&utm_medium=email&date=091919&utm_campaign=nl18097110&src=nl
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    I need one. They're making an XL Terok Nor, too. 8” across.
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    Poland cleared to buy F-35s. https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2019/09/11/poland-cleared-to-buy-f-35-fleet/
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    It’s thought Eaglemoss took the DS9-era 36” studio model to do the XL-sior with... surprised you didn’t catch the fact the deflector array grid “paneling” was actually off-kilter... the lines should be perfectly fore-aft and port-starboard, on the XL-sior they’re offset, bisecting those cardinal directions.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    Sildani replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Great job with the Armored Parts review @jenius, they’re just not my cuppa tea.
  22. Sildani
    Gotta agree, the story is not for the wee ones. This place gets dark. Also, the voice cast is killer. It’s a who’s-who of Hollywood, and all of them are nailing their roles.
  23. Sildani
    Surprise indeed. I figured the Berkut would have been scrapped or sent to Monino by now.
  24. Sildani
    Or maybe the Japanese F-3.
  25. Sildani
    Yeah, they’re small hexagonal vents near the wing root on the trailing edge. They’re the best candidate.
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