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    I'm glad they actually made a decent representation of this one, but I don't think you can really make this design any bigger without the weight of the design itself fairly well ruining the experience. In the realm of sci-fi designs, this one works out just slightly better than the floating/detached nacelles in the most recent Trek designs. The backpack on this one bugs me though. I'm not sure if it's actually supposed to close? It just seems to be stuck permanently detached/opened somehow. I'd love to see one in 1/60 if they could get the limbs stable (maybe some kind of sliding lock that would hold them in place?), but I'm not expecting anyone to take that gamble.
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    I feel like the biggest "constraint" they deal with is just deciding that it's not worth the effort when people don't seem to care about how ugly the jets are when all they want is a good action figure that looks like the character from a cartoon. You're right about the character designs though. When they aren't hampered by fitting an established character into a jet body we get things like the Tomcat Maverick they released. And while I know lots of people didn't like certain aspects of Kawamori's attempt at a Seeker mold, I think he established a very solid foundation for how you could fit a really good figure into the F-15 body without getting stupidly lazy like the most recent MP Seeker. I really want to see someone take another crack at that general torso layout, but using more modern methods in the legs. Just something that plays with creative rearrangments of the components to give us a more streamlined jet while still giving decent character accuracy. Like since the legs and jet taper opposite directions, what if the shins flipped upside down? Lots of options to try there.
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    Whatever it is is potentially going to wind up in Erusean markings eventually, but I'm not sure if I'm going to try the entire scheme. Maybe just the insignia and highlights.
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    So the post office dropped a monster on my doorstep today. I'd been waiting on my pair of Su-27s from ShowZ, and when I saw the size of the box, I guessed they must have doubled them up. No. This thing is huge. I happened to have my Jetfires handy to pose for comparison in both modes, and they're not too far off in scale, but it just emphasizes exactly how big a plane this is. Comes in at near 16 inches long, so roughly 1/54 scale. Given the sizes of the previous ones, I did not expect something this big at all. Maybe I'll transform him.. but I might wait for the second to arrive before I mess with it. The manual is just as much a monster as the plane, so I expect it might take an hour or two to get through on a first run. Just in general though, I think a new bar has been set for plastic airplane origami. Looking over the jet, I think the only corner they cut was that the belly is a bit thicker than it should be, but it's completely hidden unless you view it head-on. I'm no expert on the Su-27, so the proportions of the nose might be a bit inflated, but without comparing it directly, I'm really not seeing anything stick out as being off-model.
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    Yeah, fair, it's a weird mix. I'm not sure what would look more natural, if you can even call it that.
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    I mean, this is actually accurate. I'm not sure if you would prefer actual pupils though, or just something more like his normal eyes.
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    Hmmm, I'm kind of torn. Really love the smoother setup for the engines, but I'm not sure I actually like all of the weird angles and layers in the nose. Also, still think there are better ways to do the wings with ratchets rather than gearing. Still, really nice to see more people tackling this old mess.
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    Part of the issue is also that those movies were pastiches of even older movies, to when you go watch them, you really don't have a built-in cultural reference for why they're supposed to be funny. It helps that I grew up watching a lot of that stuff, but at the same time I can honestly say I remember Scary Movie 3 far better than any of the movies it actually makes fun of.
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    I have no idea if they'd go this far into a tribute, but...
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    I'm actually thinking it's just a matter of her being the character everyone was really wanting from the start. I don't think they're actually going to be discontinued though, since I think the other sets are all still reproduced with some regularity. HLJ just tends to click that button when they don't know for sure whether they'll get more later. Edit: It's back in stock as of about 6pm Pacific, so hope you can grab one!
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    Sweet, I knew I picked up two of the vintage normal Ties for a reason! Glad to see them releasing something without the toy features this time.
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    I absolutely love his statement in the teaser. "After 40 years, we asked, 'What do the fans want?' But instead, we're making this movie." If only the ST had been so bold. Also love they're targeting it for the 50th. Just poetry.
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    Nice, and the newer compound curve plates are being used to great effect on these new car models. I almost picked up the Countach set at Walmart here a week or so ago, but only because it was on the wrong shelf, and I didn't check the price (and it was only a few days after I splurged on SW day ). I might grab both of those eventually, but I'm still stuck in space shuttle land. Side note.. it's bizarre that Lego only offers tracked shipping for their best-selling parts. I ordered about $150 in bricks to build up Columbia, and it got split into two separate orders. Only the "best-seller" parts were tracked, and arrive in about five days. The other half of the order is .. somewhere? I got confirmation they shipped, but all I know is that I've got about $50 in plastic floating somewhere in the mail system that should arrive sometime between now and mid-August.
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    What it sounds like? They weren't happy with the tab being inserted into a crevice that was painted black, because it could remove the black paint... So they just added two more gaping holes, with nothing to hide them. Makes me really glad I didn't care about this release.
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    Not familiar with the specifics of those photoetch sets, but those look like detail covers for the fronts of the super pack missile launchers. Why they would be included with a VF-1D I have no idea, though. It would make sense if it was a standard set designed for use with all the VF-1s, but as you said, it's a VF-1D-specific set.
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