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Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
Spioróg
Status: Common resident, with occasional winter visitors from Continental Europe.
Conservation Concern: Green-listed in Ireland. The European population has been evaluated as Secure.
Identification: A small bird of prey (raptor) with broad wings with blunt wing tips and a long tail. Small hooked bill suitable for eating meat. Tail is banded in all plumages with four or five bands. The sexes are different in size, the female is larger than the male. Sparrowhawks have barred underparts in all plumages, with the barring extending across the underwings, breast, belly and flanks. Males are bluish-grey above and often have orangey-brown barring on the breast, belly and underwing coverts; the rest of the barring is brown. Females are grey above with brown-grey barring on the underparts. Juvenile birds are dark brown on the upperparts with finely marked feathers; the underparts are coarsely and irregularly barred.
Similar Species: Goshawk, Kestrel
Call: The main call a rapid high pitched chattering, which is usually only heard in the breeding season.
Diet: Usually small birds which are taken when perched or in flight, sometimes after a long chase. Attacks with one or both feet, will pursue prey on foot. Sparrowhawks often utilize hedge rows or other cover, flying low on one side and then crossing over to other side to surprise its prey. Is a master of flying in woodland where it can fly through small gaps in branches pursuit of its prey, displaying great agility. Will use woodland edges, rides as well as any cover, especially cover that adjoins woodland. Will even pursue prey birds on foot over the ground.
Breeding: Probably the most common bird of prey in Ireland. Widespread in woodland, farmland with woods, larger parks and gardens. Nests in trees. Breeds throughout Ireland but is scarce in the west, where tree cover is low. Formally bird of woodland, it is now also found extensively in wooded farmland and will venture into urban gardens, where small birds attracted to bird feeders are taken, much to some peoples distress.
Wintering: Resident in Ireland. Can be seen throughout the country, although numbers will be low in the some parts of the west. Resident birds will be joined by wintering birds from Britain and Europe.
Where to See: Many people see these birds in their gardens, where they will be hunting on small birds. Can be difficult to spot in the countryside but will often give good views, when flying over head, where it may on 'prospecting' flights
DISCLAIMER
Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based on historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Some 50 countries over four continents have flown the MiG-21, and it still serves many nations a half-century after its maiden flight.
The MiG-21 also served with the Armed Forcess of the German Democratic Republic (Nationale Volksarmee, NVA; Air Force: Luftstreitkräfte, LSK). When Germany’s unification came about, the air forces of both formerly independent states were merged in October 1990 under the West German Bundesluftwaffe. Many aircraft from the GDR’s forces (the LSK/NVA) were tested and evaluated for future use, but only a few types were kept or even introduced to further service. One such example were 28 MiG-29s which were converted to Western standards as MiG-29G and actively flown, but these aircraft were eventually sold to Poland in 2004.
Another Soviet type which saw active use in the Bundesluftwaffe’s arsenal – even though only in very limited numbers – was the MiG-21bis. With the Eurofighter (formerly Jäger 90, now Typhoon) and its development lagging more and more in time, the Luftwaffe was only (and still) left with F-4F fighters in the QRA role.
Even though a modernization program for the German F-4F fleet was launched in the 90ies (KWS = Kampfwertsteigerung), which was to upgrade radar and electronics and introduce the AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missile, the “heritage” of light MiG-21bis fighters with low mileage in 1990 was a welcome addition. Simple, light, cheap to maintain and having a professional pilot pool at hand that would need no training on a hew aircraft type, the decision was made to revamp former GDR aircraft. The alternative would have been to lease an interim type, like the F-16 as Italy did when the F-104S was phased out, and also had no Eurofighter at hand to replace them. But this solution was considered to be too complex and simply have a longer preparation time, including pilot training.
Consequential, the MiG-21bis was to be modernized with NATO-compatible avionics and armament as well as a domestic engine. Operationally, these aircraft were to be added to the Jagdstaffeln in northern Germany as a support for the ageing F-4Fs.
24 airframes with little mileage were chosen from the former NVA’s 14 MiG-21bis izdeliye 75A (Fishbed L) and 32 izdeliye 75B (Fishbed N) aircraft, which had all served with LSK’s JG8 at Marxwalde. Starting in April 1991 the MiG-21bis were transferred to Deutsche Aerospace AG (DASA) in Hamburg for modification to MiG-21G (for Germany) standard.
This program included:
·Replacement of the original Tumanskiy R25-300 engine with a slightly more powerful but much more modern, reliable and fuel-economic Turbo-Union RB199-34R Mk 103 afterburning turbofan
Modified rear fuselage through the much shorter RB-199 engine, including an elongated afterburner nozzle, an additional air intake at the fin root and an additional fuel cell in the rear fuselage
·Replacement of the original Soviet RP-21M radar with an Emerson AN/APQ-159 planar array radar with a range of 20 nmi
·Addition of a passive AN/ALR-23 infrared sensor under the air intake
·Adaptation of the armament to Western/German standards, including the replacement of the internal GSh-23-2 gun with a single BK-27 27mm Mauser cannon, avionics for AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles and conformal chaff/flare dispensers at the base of the fin
·German/English stencils and change of gauges to feet, knots and nautic miles
·Air superiority paint scheme according to current ‘Norm 81’ standard
The MiG-21G was optimized for the short-range interception role. The AN/APQ-159 provided sufficient all-weather capability, even though only two AIM-9 would be carried. Alternatively, in a secondary ground attack role, the MiG-21G could carry up to four BL-755 cluster bombs, iron bombs of up to 1.000 lb calibre or Matra pods with unguided missiles. The under-fuselage and outer wing pylons were wet to carry drop tanks, which were frequently carried due to the low range of the MiG-21, despite the new engine and the added fuel cell in the rear fuselage section.
The first modernized MiG-21 became available in March 1992 and the aircraft were allocated to Jagdgeschwader 71 ‘Richthofen’ at Wittmund and Jagdgeschwader 73 ‘Steinhoff’ at Laage, the latter also operated the MiG-29G during that time. Tactical code numbers were kept from the preliminary registrations under which most of the MiG-21's from NVA/LSK had been taken over but written off. As a consequence, all MiG-21G had codes in in the 24 xx range but in inconsecutive order – an uncommon practice in the Luftwaffe arsenal!
JG71 actively used the MiG-21G in the QRA interception role over the North Sea, while JG73 focused more on dissimilar training for NATO partners with Soviet types - the aircraft were, together with the MiG-29G, frequently transferred to Decimonmannu Air Base on Sardinia for NATO air combat training, wher they were even pitted against Israeli F-15 fighters. All aircraft were piloted by former NVA pilots who already flown the type before, so that no special trainer was necessary and the former NVA’s MiG-21UMs could be sold or scrapped. It was not planned to introduce new German pilots to the MiG-21G, since the aircraft was only seen as a stop-gap solution for the pending Typhoon.
The MiG-21G modernization program was completed in August 1993 and an operational success, even though the program costs exploded, performance was not as good as expected and the aircraft only filled a very specialized gap within German boundaries. With upgraded F-4F KWS gradually being introduced in the mid-90ies, the MiG-21Gs were concentrated at JG71.
A total of three aircraft were lost during service. Finally in 2004, with the much delayed introduction of the Eurofighter Typhoon imminent, the decision was taken to retire the MiG-21G as quick as possible. JG 71's aircraft were withdrawn in August 2004, all airframes were scrapped.
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 15.0m with pitot (49 ft 2.5 in)
Wingspan: 7.154 m (23 ft 5.66 in)
Height: 4.125 m (13 ft 6.41 in)
Wing area: 23.0 m2 (247.3 ft2)
Empty weight: 5.560 kg (12.246 lb)
Gross weight: 9.350 kg (20.594 lb)
Powerplant
1 × Turbo-Union RB199-34R Mk 103 afterburning turbofan with 43.8 kN (9.850 lbf) dry thrust and 76.8 kN (17.270 lbf) with afterburner
Performance
Maximum speed: 2.090 km/h (1.300 mph)
Maximum speed: Mach 2.1
Range: (internal fuel only) 1.400 km (870 ml)
Service ceiling: 17.600 m (58.500 ft)
Rate of climb: 225 m/s (44.280 ft/min)
Armament
1x internal 27 mm (1.063 in) Mauser BK-27 revolver cannon with 150 rounds
A total of max. 2.000 kg (4.405 lbs) of external ordnance on five hardpoints, including up to 4x AIM-9L Sidewinder AAMs (typically only two carried on the inner wing pylons), drop tanks (490l under the outer wings or max. 800l under the fuselage) and unguided bombs or missiles of up to 500kg (1.100 lbs) each.
The kit and its assembly:
Just in case you are in doubt: the German Luftwaffe never operated the MiG-21 actively, and the MiG-21G version is just a (maybe good?) story. The MiG-21s you might see with the Iron Cross were all written off, only used for tests. Officially they have never been with the active forces like the MiG-29, which were only operated at a basic level.
Anyway, the gap between the F-4Fs’ retirement and the much delayed Eurofighter was a true fact, and the timing was right to come up with a “westernized” MiG-21bis, the most modern version which had been operated by the NVA/LSK before Germany’s re-unification.
24 17 is a real registration number: this truly was a NVA/LSK MiG-21bis (a Fishbed N), formerly carrying the tactical code "837 red" (C/n 75051347), but this aircraft was withdrawn on 3rd of October 1990, as almost any other former NVA aircraft, and scrapped in Dresden on 2nd of February 1993.
The kit is a Mastercraft MiG-21, one of the many clones of the vintage Kovozavody Prostejov (a.k.a. KP) kit with some mods, including engraved panel lines. It is a good basis for such a conversion since almost no part fits to another. Especially funny is the nicely depicted KM-1M ejection seat in the building instructions, with a detailed description and painting instructions - but the kit just includes a crude, L-shaped "thing" with a blob as a head rest...
Additions include a new engine exhaust nozzle (a shortened piece from an Italeri F-15), the new gun blister under the fuselage, the IR sensor under the nose, a RHAWS pod on top of the fin and the extra air scoop at its base, the blow-in doors under the wing roots were opened, chaff/flare dispensers added from scratch, a pair of AIM-9Ls with respective launch rails and a different drop tank (from an Academy MiG-23).
A new seat was added, from an Italeri Tornado, as well as a Matchbox pilot figure. Landing flaps and the rear fuselage air brake were opened for a more ‘lively’ look. Changes should only be visible at second glance and in superficial details, but still set this fantasy variant apart from the real thing - much like an IAI Kfir from a Mirage V.
Painting and markings:
This whif rather draws from its livery, even if it is subtle, too. For the MiG-21G I tried to transfer the German F-4F’s so-called ‘Norm 81A’ paint scheme, which is appropriate for the model’s time frame, even though rather late: Norm 90J was next, which was introduced with the F-4F KWS.
Norm 81 is REALLY complex. There are two basic patterns, comprising alone four(!) grey tones for the upper sides, one light grey tone for the sides and then, additionally, a two-tone scheme for the lower sides! Huh!
Since these colors are all RAL tones, I had to approximate them:
Upper sides:
RAL 7009 Grüngrau à Revell 67 (authentic)
RAL 7012 Basaltgrau à Revell 77 (authentic)
RAL 7037 Staubgrau à Humbrol 106
RAL 7039 Quarzgrau à Humbrol 92 (not available anymore, used Revell 47)
Fuselage sides/fin:
RAL 7030 Steingrau à Revell 75 (authentic, but used Humbrol 64)
Lower sides:
RAL 7001 Silbergrau à Humbrol 127(used Humbrol 166)
RAL 7035 Lichtgrau à Humbrol 196 (used Humbrol 147, which is a tad darker)
You get authentic RAL tones (e .g. from Revell), but emulating them is not a true problem since the Norm 81 scheme quickly deteriorated and lightened up in real life, so much that you can hardly tell one color from another. Besides, you rarely see a ‘clean’ German F-4F in Norm 81 livery. Hence, the model received a double wash with very thin black ink and also a treatment with very fine sand paper, which helps blend color edges and creates pretty realistically 'worn' areas and flaws. This was further enhanced through dry-brushing with shades of grey.
Other external color mods are the di-electric panels, e .g. the shock cone in dark grey or the fin cap in medium grey instead of the typical bright green of Russian origin. I mixed Humbrol’s 32 with 168, for an unidentifiable tone which was later dry-brushed with light grey for a worn and ‘plastic-like’ look.
The markings were puzzled together from various sources: national insignia, the tactical codes and the JG71 emblems come from TL Modellbau aftermarket sheets. Stencils and other small markings from a German MiG-21 and other appropriate scrapbox findings. Another nice detail are the formation light strips - it adds some color to the grey-in-grey aircraft. Another 'copied' detail are the four thin white stripes on the radome - an idea I took from German Tornado fighter bombers.
Since Revell enamels do not go well with Humbrol matt varnish (which I prefer), I tried Revell's acryllic matt varnish - and the expeiment was a real success. Good stuff!
So, a small project with little effort – done in just four days from sprues to varnish. Painting the model kit was the most complex task. But even though the MiG-21G looks a bit ‘grey in grey’, the result is pretty plausible, even elegant. Nice whif!
Customs and Border Protection Assistant Commissioner, Kevin McAleenan, testifies at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on "Evaluating Port Security: Progress Made and Challenges Ahead". Photo by James Tourtellotte.
Minister of Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Minister Jeff Radebe during the National Evaluation Seminar at Burgerspark in Pretoria. (Photo: GCIS)
Ram Bahadur Katuwal of the Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) talks with farmer Bishnu Maya about the improved maize she grows since taking part in participatory evaluations of new varieties, on her farm in Belhara village, Dhankuta district, in the mid-hills of Nepal. The project was part of the Hill Maize Research Program (HMRP), a long-term collaboration between CIMMYT, NARC, and other partners.
Maya is a widowed mother of three and a "dalit," meaning she is a member of one of the poorest castes, considered "untouchable" in Nepal’s traditional hierarchical system. She works hard, devoting the majority of her 0.6 hectares to maize, but also tending millet, tomatoes, cucumbers, and various livestock. However, traditional maize varieties have one small ear per plant and are very tall, making them low-yielding and prone to lodging (i.e., falling over), and Maya was never able to grow enough for the whole year. She struggled to feed her family and to send her children to school.
Katuwal, then agronomist at NARC's Pakhribas Agriculture Research Station and currently cluster agronomist of the HMRP, worked directly with Maya and other farmers to help them choose new varieties to try, as well new crop management practices. Maya decided to plant a variety called Manakamana-3, which with its two large ears per plant gave her higher yields, as well as resisting lodging with its shorter, sturdier stalk and staying green as it matured, making a better feed for her livestock. The project also advised Maya to plant intercropped vegetables in addition to maize, bringing her additional food and income. “Now I have enough food and can sell some surplus to pay for my children’s education," she says.
The project focused on women farmers and disadvantaged groups like dalits, testing and promoting technologies that could be implemented by the farmers themselves. Participating farmers have observed 20-50% higher grain yields with the new varieties. "We know this program is for us. We would not have participated in the trials if it wasn't," says Maya. She now demonstrates the new variety to other farmers.
According to a report released in 2010, more than two decades of joint efforts between researchers from Nepal and CIMMYT have helped boost the country's maize yields 36% and those of wheat by 85%. As a result, farmers even in the country's remote, mid-hill mountain areas have more food and brighter futures.
Photo credit: D. Mowbray/CIMMYT.
For more on the HMRP and CIMMYT's relationship with Nepal, see the following:
2010 e-news, "Nepal-CIMMYT partnerships reach the unreached": www.cimmyt.org/en/about-us/media-resources/newsletter/869....
2006 e-news, "People of the Clouds": www.cimmyt.org/en/about-us/media-resources/newsletter/254....
Nepal-related stories on CIMMYT's blog: blog.cimmyt.org/?s=nepal.
Bishnu Maya appears as one of three women discussing their lives as maize farmers on the CIMMYT video "Maize for Life", available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ls53idLkUg.
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Celebrating IANPHI: 10 Stories from the First Decade (Plenary Session)
From the seed of an idea planted in 2006, IANPHI has taken root and flourished over 10 years into a vigorous force for improved global health through development of and linkages among the world’s NPHIs. In this session, we hear from ten champions who were there from the beginning -- offering their memories, insights, and inspiration.
Moderator:
Jeffrey Koplan, Vice President, Emory Global Health Institute, USA
Panel:
Margaret Chan, WHO (via video)
Pekka Puska, Former Director, National Institute for Health & Welfare, Finland
Jeffrey Koplan, Vice President, Emory Global Health Institute, USA
Matt Hanson, Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA
Augusto Paulo Silva, Director, Global Health Centre, FIOCRUZ, Brazil
Placido Cardoso, President, INASA, Guinea-Bissau
Jeffery Minton, Senior Designer, HDR Inc., USA
Camilla Stoltenberg, Director-General, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
Mwele Malecela, Director-General, National Institute of Medical Research, Tanzania
Mauricio Hernandez, IANPHI President, National Institute of Public Health, Mexico
The angler who reported the stranded bottlenose dolphin keeps the animal righted while it's being evaluated.
Stranding response was conducted under 109 h authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
Tributary diagrams, a partial account of the presentations; Evaluative Communities, Art and the Blockchain at Furtherfield, London.
Customs and Border Protection Assistant Commissioner, Kevin McAleenan, listens to Rear Admiral Paul F. Thomas, Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy, USCG, speak at the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on "Evaluating Port Security: Progress Made and Challenges Ahead". Photo by James Tourtellotte.
Customs and Border Protection Assistant Commissioner, Kevin McAleenan, testifies at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Committee Affairs on "Evaluating Port Security: Progress Made and Challenges Ahead". Photo by James Tourtellotte.
A dashboard dial created by an artist during a session of Lucy Kimbell's Free Evaluation Service performance/service
Evaluation of activation of endogenus banana streak virus sequences in Musa germplasm from Southeast Asia and the Pacific
credit: Institute of Plant Breeding - Crop Science Cluster, Los Banos
A dashboard dial created by an artist during a session of Lucy Kimbell's Free Evaluation Service performance/service
A dashboard dial created by an artist during a session of Lucy Kimbell's Free Evaluation Service performance/service
For our attention-sparse generation... via www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/magazine/21wwln-evaluations-t....
Evaluation of functional training circuit by measuring gas exchange with K4b2 @Fitness Brasil Santos. (Photo by Mário Pozzi www.facebook.com/pages/M%C3%A1rio-Pozzi/248979128572265)
Manpower v. 7, no. 6 (June 1975). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Labor, Manpower Administration, p. 4-9. SuDoc L 1.39/9:
A dashboard dial created by an artist during a session of Lucy Kimbell's Free Evaluation Service performance/service
I printed a sheet with several of the same model and started evaluating each of my current projects against it. It's an interesting exercise to go through.
I put the template up on my site if you want to use it (thanks to Rob for PDFing and adding a legend). Note: Credit to Jack Cheng for the original.
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany - 7th Signal Brigade Soldiers Spc. Ricky Barnes (right) and Staff Sgt. David Foster (left) evaluate a casualty during the team medical simulation poriton of U.S. Army Europe's 2013 Best Warrior Competition here, Aug. 21. The competition is a weeklong event that tests Soldiers’ physical stamina, leadership, technical knowledge and skill. Winners in the Soldier and Noncommissioned Officer categories of the USAREUR competition will go on to compete at the Department of the Army level. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniel Cole)
Cadets from Penn State ROTC participated in their PT evaluation, consisting of two minutes of push-ups, sit-ups and a two mile run on Aug. 30.
JSC2012-E-211703 (31 Aug. 2012) --- In a training facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Timothy Lindsey (left) and astronaut Andrew Feustel put their heads together as they evaluate in Earth's gravity environment some procedures for a possible zero-gravity space walk in the near future. The "real" procedures would be put into play by the Expedition 32 crew members aboard the International Space Station. Personnel from JSC’s Mission Operations Directorate along with a handful of astronauts and engineers spent a good part of the afternoon on Aug. 31 evaluating the procedures. The need for a follow-up session of extravehicular activity eventuated when the two space walkers from Expedition 32 were unable to complete all their objectives on an Aug. 30 space walk. Photo credit: NASA
From left to right, Riccardo Polastro, DARA's Head of Evaluation, Ross Mountain, Director General of DARA, Dr. Abdulkareem Bin Si Ali, Makki Hamid and Martin Barber.
JSC2012-E-211707(31 Aug. 2012) --- Astronauts Andrew Feustel (left) and Mike Fossum put their heads together as they evaluate in Earth's gravity environment some procedures for a zero-gravity space walk in the near future to be conducted by the Expedition 32 crew members aboard the International Space Station. Personnel from JSC’s Mission Operations Directorate along with a handful of astronauts and engineers spent a good part of the afternoon on Aug. 31 evaluating procedures for an unscheduled space walk to be conducted at the station. The need for a follow-up session of extravehicular activity eventuated when the two space walkers from Expedition 32 were unable to complete all their objectives on an Aug. 30 space walk. Photo credit: NASA
OK, wow, something truly special - probably my top pick for Hot Toys figure in 2018. Believe you me, it was a tough choice given the competition but what clinched it for me was the fact I only bought one figure this year.
Like I said, it was a very hard choice for me to make in choosing a winner of this prestigious award.
So I finally cracked it open and did a thorough evaluation like I usually do, and gathered my thoughts in written word, right here, to share with the world.
So this figure is of course Wonder Woman, specifically the one released for the Justice League line, and is the Deluxe version which comes with a pimp cloak and a scale Mother Box. While very pretty and ornate, I honesty have no idea how one would incorporate the thing into their display, and I don't have any idea as to why it's so damn heavy either.
By now, if you actually cared, I'm sure you've read all the horrible nasty things people have said on line about how her sculpt wasn't as accurate as the Training Armour version, and that this is the worst thing since sliced bread because of this fact. My response is as follows:
FUCK OFF. SERIOUSLY.
Now, don't get me wrong. This sculpt doesn't look perfectly like Gal Gadot, or even the Training Armour version. But the painstaking detail into which people went show how "bad" the thing was, and lets not forget Nosegate where people showed the nose on this sculpt was longer than the Training Armour version. All-in-all, it was witch hunt, plain and simple.
Is this the greatest Hot Toys ever made? Dear Lord no, not even close, but it doesn't fail because of the way the sculpt looks. The final release resembled the prototype very, very closely, which is what I was expecting. I honestly don't get why people thought the final product would look like Gadot, given the fact the prototype didn't look like her in the first place.
OK, enough with the rant here. Lets move on.
So Wonder Woman comes with her shield, sword, leader harness thing, two sets of bracers (normal and glowing), a single armlet, several Lasso of Truths (one coiled, two unraveled), a stand, and a variety of hands. She's also rocking a seamless body, which is somewhat of a new thing for me.
If you're unfamiliar with the concept, a seamless body is pretty much a metal skeleton with a rubber suit around it. Naturally, something like this means that articulation will be limited. Now, I'm not exactly a posing genius, but even I found that the limits imposed were a bit severe. You can't really raise her arm about her shoulders, and don't even THINK about doing her trademark arms crossed pose, which really makes the glowing bracers kind of pointless.
If you read the manual, pretty much anything fun you want to do will damage the figure, so you're pretty much limited to museum poses, or at most, re-enacting the Coincedance video.
On the plus side, the body aesthetically has improve dramatically since the days of Ada Wong from RE5, with excellent muscle definition, including some veins on her forearms. I still feel her bust line is too low, something that seems to be a problem with most of the Hot Toys female releases, though in this case I think it's also because they recycled the body from the first Wonder Woman release.
Joints in this figure are tight, probably because it's new and also because the rubber suit is providing some really strong resistance to movement.
Other than the sword and the shield, the other accessories included (except the cloak, I guess) are pretty much nice to have, but ultimately don't really add a whole lot to the figure due to the limited articulation. The various dynamic lassos can't really be pose into anything exciting, same with the bullet effects, and of course the Mother Box.
Speaking of the Mother Box, that thing is pretty, but is pretty much a paper weight. Damn heavy too.
I do like the cloak. It adds some nice character to the figure, and is very well made. It also lets me recreate an iconic look from a movie I have yet to see.
So articulation aside, what killed this figure for me was the piss poor design of attaching the shield to her back. Two little plastic hook things? Bad, bad, bad, bad idea, Hot Toys.
Try a little harder next time.
So that is my mini review of Wonder Woman. I think she looks great, but in terms of being an action figure is severely limited due to her body. Still, Wonder Woman has great shelf presence, especially since this version doesn't look like a lifeless blowup doll.
NASA began evaluating five habitat prototypes developed through NASA’s Next Space Exploration for Technologies Partnerships, or NextSTEP, to help engineers refine requirements for the design of an American-made deep space habitat for the Gateway. Lockheed Martin turned over its prototype to NASA, and testing began with crew on March 25, 2019, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Pictured inside the habitat prototype on March 26, 2019, from left are astronauts Stephanie Wilson, Shannon Walker and Raja Chari. Astronauts are participating in the evaluations to provide their perspectives as those who may one day live aboard the lunar outpost, which would be located about 250,000 miles from Earth. Ground prototypes developed by Bigelow Aerospace, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and Sierra Nevada Corporation will be tested in the future at various facilities across the country. A sixth company, NanoRacks, plans to develop a prototype as well. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
After the evaluation period Windows can damage your computer, this is propably reason of the Blue Screen of Death above.