Zoom Rabbit Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Okay, here's the TFA 'resistance X-wing' in its new home. It's in the 1/144 scale cabinet. All the non Star Wars stuff mixed in is there because it all happens to be more or less the same scale... A close up shot. The detail is pretty good compared to earlier die-cast releases. The guns were usually made of a super soft plastic that always drooped and was difficult to keep straight; safety, I imagine. Can't let little kids poke their eyes out with laser guns. Rear view. Note how the wings each split into two when the S-foils open, whereas the old X-wings had two complete wings on each side. Also, the engine intakes are redesigned. I wonder how it handles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyan Farlander Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 Note how the wings each split into two when the S-foils open, whereas the old X-wings had two complete wings on each side. Also, the engine intakes are redesigned. I wonder how it handles... Wouldn't mind a new X-Wing game so we could find out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom Rabbit Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 They've effectively cut the stabilizer surface area in half. In atmosphere, they will be faster because of that...and splitting them fore and aft like that will create a differential in airflow that should make them 'tippy' (for lack of a better word.) No difference in lift, since they are (of course) just stabilizers lacking proper wing geometry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildstar Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Decent start to league...I have a full team of five, have averaged 180 for the first two weeks, and won as many points as lost through two weeks. I might be in a Sunday night league this year, too. http://news.yahoo.com/star-wars-original-theatrical-cut-to-be-081934213.html ^ Disney is re-releasing the original cuts of the OT...yes, the one where Han shoots first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyan Farlander Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 Crab feast, human foosball, and karaoke to celebrate this year's release of our software last night. Good times. I opened a bottle of Highland Park 18 tonight to continue the celebration at home - the best Scotch I've had yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom Rabbit Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 (Human foosball...?) Congratulations, Keyan, and tell your team they get their 'hill taker' badge for contributing robustly to the bounty of American commerce. Don't eat crabs, though. If you wouldn't want them in your pants, why on earth would you put them in your mouth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyan Farlander Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 (Human foosball...?) Yeah, it's basically soccer played in a big inflatable thing, and the two teams are tethered to the sides and to each other with bungee cords so they can't move very far. I was the goalie, and I lead my team to a sold 2-1 defeat Congratulations, Keyan, and tell your team they get their 'hill taker' badge for contributing robustly to the bounty of American commerce. Thanks. 'Mer'ca! Don't eat crabs, though. If you wouldn't want them in your pants, why on earth would you put them in your mouth? Jokes like that would get you killed here by the Chesapeake Bay. Your body would be found floating in the water, Old Bay spice stuffed into all your orifices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattig89ch Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Don't go visiting there. Here near New England, jokes like that might get you some dirty looks. But more folks would ask something like 'wtf are you doing there then?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom Rabbit Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Well, obviously I'm here to sell PIZZA. $7.99 for a half ten inch, $10.99 for a full. Choices are limited (so the waitresses don't go crazy) to meat-lover's (pictured above,) Hawaiian, vegetarian or the Italian special. Includes soup or salad. On the matter of shellfish. I'm not fooled for one minute...those are clearly giant bugs that live in the water. 'Shell fish' my fuzzy white ass--call them water bugs! They have exoskeletons, many legs and nasty little mouth parts just like the insects they are. So, if you have an aversion to eating insects (like most sensible western civilized humans) then you should also, logically, avoid lobster and its ilk. I will only eat animals that have a backbone. However, if you must eat water bugs...try my Cajun shrimp fettuccini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyan Farlander Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 Choices are limited (so the waitresses don't go crazy) Why would they go crazy? Isn't their entire job to write down my choices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom Rabbit Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Why would they go crazy? Isn't their entire job to write down my choices? Well, just imagine showing up to work and going to write down what the dinner special will be off of the dry erase board...and finding it filled with a list of twenty or thirty topping choices, along with everything one needs to know about the pizza. I don't want to find my tires slashed when I go home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyan Farlander Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 Can't someone just write it down on a piece of paper and make copies for all the waiters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom Rabbit Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Absolutely...get on that. (You're assuming the waitresses can read.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyan Farlander Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 Absolutely...get on that. (You're assuming the waitresses can read.) I will get on that! By God, I will not rest until I can get a pizza anyway I want it at this place that is thousands of miles away from me that I will never go to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmdr. Cracken Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 I will get on that! By God, I will not rest until I can get a pizza anyway I want it at this place that is thousands of miles away from me that I will never go to! You know, we should all organize and make a trip to Zoomies restaurant. And order pizza. Then complain when the pizza isn't made the way we wanted it. Though, I'm pretty sure he keeps a sword back there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom Rabbit Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Actually, Keyan, I did have your contingency planned for. I wrote 'Additional toppings $1.50' on the special board, and told the waitresses that if the customers wanted to read the entire menu and see what we had, I could put it on their pizza. Horseradish? Peanuts? It's all yours for a buck-fitty more... You guys are all totally invited to Debby's Diner. Most of our clientele are on the older side, so you guys would definitely lower the average age in the crowd. No sword. There is a 'scimitar,' which isn't really a scimitar but just a 12" curved knife used to cut steaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyan Farlander Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 You guys are all totally invited to Debby's Diner. Most of our clientele are on the older side, so you guys would definitely lower the average age in the crowd. Awesome! According to Google Maps I can drive there in only 42 hours. However, the acting in those videos was literally bad enough to ruin my appetite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmdr. Cracken Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 40 hours for me, but it doesn't account for the extra 24 hours I'll neeed passing through Chicago. Gotta watch the Cubs in at least one game...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 46 hours by car... but "this route has tolls"... so F that! It's only 960 hours by foot, not counting sleep. I think I'll do that instead. It will give me time to work up a proper appetite. What are the specials you will be running come mid-November? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyan Farlander Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 Foot race to Zoomie's place! Ready, set, go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom Rabbit Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 45 minutes by X-wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K_Kinnison Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 31 hours for me. Maybe cracken can pick me up after chicago. or i can be there in 7+ hours if i took my private jet.... yea right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Foot race to Zoomie's place! Ready, set, go! Maybe we should pace our walking so that our arrival is simultaneous, and just prior to Dec. 18th... so we can all have a dinner on Zoom before attending the "The Force Awakens" premier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom Rabbit Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 30 minutes by A-wing. What app are you guys using, anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyan Farlander Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 If I had an X-Wing, I would fly it there. But who wants an A-Wing? No punch in the weapons, no shields. Sure, you can get places fast, but you can't do anything once you're there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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