MacrossMan

As a matter of fact I'll turn it on later today with the TV on to give you a better visusal. Me and this misses have spent many nights with it fired up watching a movie. It's not wood burning. You flip the light switch or hit the remote controll to turn it on. There are fake logs with some mash looking stuff that glows like hot ashes when the fire is turned on. It's is a sealed vented system with the vent running along the backside of the house. We turn the ceiling fan on to keep the warm from rising and the room stays nice and toasty. It doesn't affect the performance of the TV, but then again the system is not engineered like a traditional fireplace. Here's a picture to give you an idea. There's no chimney; just a small vent coming out the roof for the fireplace. EDIT: for added pic with fireplace burning

Not a problem man. Here's a before and after. Our builder built a house next door to us with a theater. My wife was hell bent on two living areas so we chose this house and the second living area became my space. The builder and his contractor stopped by once I got the room completed. I popped in Iron Man and jumped to the scene of Tony Stark coming out the cave and causing mass destruction. The look on their faces; you could have bought'em for a nickel! The couldn't believe the sounds and wanted to know who dialed in the sound. I just smiled. The theater next door has stadium style seating with hollow floors to create more resonance that gives you that heart pounding bass from soundtracks. My room sits on a concreate slab in an open area off the kitchen where sound goes everywhere, yet as Tony is coming out the cave it feels and sounds like something big and heavy is moving in the house. The sound is phenomenal. When guys are over they say they hear stuff they don't hear at home on their set-ups. All soundtracks have the same information, but it is a matter of having the right equipment to unlock it all along with good speakers that can reproduce the sounds that the engineers have laid down. Many have complained about the first Transformers soundtrack being weak; specifically Blackout's attack in the opening scene but I don't have that problem. I'm only pushing 55 watts of high current power to each speaker. My two fronts have powered subs built into them that I have set to turn off when 5.1 surrournd. I let my sub handle all the LFE. A good sub will have a good crossover that you can dial in to where there is muddied sound coming from it. For example, the high frequency of thunder will be heard from certain speakers while your sub will step and grab all the rumble. Good subs love to just hang out in the background and wait to pick up low frequency effects. A sound system is only as strong as its weakest link. Keep that in mind while building your set-up.

Mount that baby above the fireplace then! Pioneer makes a flushmount for their plasmas that actually makes the TV looks like it is "glued" to the wall. The guy that built my house has a contractor he uses for home theater type stuff and was blown away by the flush mount for the Pioneer sets. Since the fireplace is sealed you can't go wrong. I have a 50" Samsumg hung over a sealed fireplace since December 2006. Not single problem other than its picture can't touch my older Pioneer with a 10 foot pole.

You're one sick dude! What is that in the lower left hand corner? Didn't realize you had gotten your hands on so man 1/48 exclusives. Damn! I can only imagine.

Sheesh! I've searched high and low for a transformation video for this. As easy as I remember it being to transorming it, I followed the instructions of a video. I'm wanting to put this back into fighter mode and was wondering if anyone knows of transformation video. Otherwise he'll spend the rest of his life in battroid.

Yo Q, I used to sell home audio and video some years back so I have a little expertise in this field. I've read some of your posts and noticed that you said the new place has a lot of natural light. 50" should serve you just fine, but I would go with plasma. If you're money will buy Pioneer Elite go for a 50" plasma Elite. I won't go into all the technicals, but it is hands down the best money can buy. I paid $4500 for a regular 43" Pioneer plasma in 2005 and it's just as beautiful today as it the day I got it. Pair it with Direct TV HD Satellite? You won't find a more superb picture. Pioneer has actually gotten out the plasma TV business, but Panasonic has picked up some of their patents which explains why their newer plasmas quality can compare to Pioneer's. Don't quote me on this, but I think they used the same glass that went into the Pioneer sets. Super deep blacks and rich warm skin tones. Let all the light you want into a room and promise you the picture won't wash out. It's almost comparable to CRT without the black levels. I have an LCD in my son's room because it's more "robust" if you will. He'll be playing games on it and watching a little TV. He's notorious for pausing TV or video games and leaving the TV on overnight and I don't have to worry about burn-in. I've actually done this on my Pioneer set and I forget the name of the technology it has that prevents the burn-in. LCD's are easily washed out with light so I would avoid them at all costs since you will have a lot of natural light. WmCheng mentioned mounting above the fireplace and he is right that electronics and heat do not mix. Unless of course like he stated, the fire place is a sealed unit. The heat generated through walls can affect the performance of the TV. Plasmas kick out enough heat as it is.

Yep, that's v1. If you see it for sale with no designation of which version do not buy it unless you intend to add it to a v1 Valk. It is NOT compatible with the newer v2 Valks.

Looking forward to the after when I get out of class tonight.

Okay, still no new photos. I'm awaiting the arrival of my table top lighting studio as well as some new subjects to shoot. It also looks like I might have my third lens before spring is in full swing. Hope to be the proud owner of the Nikon 70-200 2.8 VR II by the end of April.

Couldn't resist the bump. Too bad ass to let it fall to the wayside. New members daily so they need to see this.

If I am not mistaken, she played at one of the earlier cons stateside.

I have to agree. Although I do like the newer flex-stands I like the solid feel of the older version better. If we could get the solid base back along with stronger bracing plate that doen't crack under pressure that would be awesome. Oh and the clear rubber thingys instead of the black ones. Overall it's a good stand, but it appears the new style cut down on the shipping weight and cost of packaging while comprising the quality of it. Somewhat watered down while maintaining the price like many things today. I can remember when bananna bites (laffy taffy today) were 5 cents each when I was a kid. Today they cost a quarter each and they're about 1/3 their original size. I don't mind the increase in price, but please don't sucker with an inferior product for more money!

This is one sick build!

So glad i have been tied up with other projects and haven't picked up many of the new 1/60's; especially the Super O and Elintseeker. Hopefully by the time I pick these up they will all be fresh stock with the appropriate fixes.

Right on miriya! I mean I so don't want to see the MG's made in this scale, and looking at the "rough" Sheryl Guard provides just a glimpse of how bad ass the MG's would be with the new 1/60 mold. I've gotta kick my 1/48 addiction so I can pick up more of these. Can you imagine this in the Thunder Hammer armor? That would just be NASTY! That clear Tamiya paint has to come in gold as well and we could get the cool gold sunvisor that was done on the original! Okay, I'm starting to re-think the whole "exclusive 1/48 MG" thing. That being said i'll always love my 1/48's, but looking at this thing really sets the wheels in motion for what can be done with a blank canvas...

I did the same thing with 0A and Ghost Set I got a couple years ago which I believe do not have any issues. I was fortunate with my stand alone 0A and 0S. I've had them both for over two years and I never had any issues with them except for the shoulder ball joint becoming a bit loose. Seen the horror stories about these, but again I was fortunate. Getting rid of them cleared out some space for Roy's 0S with ghost set which is supposed to have better joints and what not but I plan to display it in figher mode with the ghost.

Eagerly awaiting the VF-0S with Ghost Booster set.

Ho-Lee cow!!! Please tell me that is not a 1/60 diorama with the v2 1/60 Valks! Asise from the awesome custom job, the dio's are to die for. If you have other pics of this scale diorama please post them. Thanks!

What lens are you using right now Kick? I'm trying to get a 70-200 f2.8 and I'll be finished with lenses for a while.

Valks are like buses...this one; next 15 one's coming. This has got to be one of the most loaded threads I've seen in quite some time. All fun aside, I would tug it a bit; but carefully. It should come loose. I've had to do this with some of my v2 1/60's.

I might be wrong, but this piece being metal won't have any effect the parts it's attached to for swiveling because it's just placstic. There are no painted parts either. I belive the part would make for a more secure shoulder if it was metal and there was a rubber bushing in the metal loop for the pin to "fit" inside to give the shoulders/arms better poseability without the fear of it falling apart. On some of my 1/48 Valks the front wheel bay doors are metal and I have no earthly idea why this is. I don't see why they can't put metal where it really counts.