Oh my God, that is both awesome and hilarious. Ben, Gina, and Jet all having one of their moments, and poor Shinji is just caught in the middle... like some poor novice surfer on a 80 meter rogue wave.
My one nit... Ben wouldn't suddenly start trying to buy the Judy off of Shinji... He'd instead start begging for the plans so he can build his own. He's a big-time Do-It-Yourselfer, and Skuld knows he's got the facilities for it, if not the materials. (Tanalloy, I imagine, is kinda tough to come by even by that point.)
Although... we could say that Ben only wanted to do a close inspection of the machine so as to reverse-engineer it. That'll let us keep this without retconning and open the door for a Shinji-and-Ben one-on-one piece later.
My one nit... Ben wouldn't suddenly start trying to buy the Judy off of Shinji... He'd instead start begging for the plans so he can build his own. He's a big-time Do-It-Yourselfer, and Skuld knows he's got the facilities for it, if not the materials. (Tanalloy, I imagine, is kinda tough to come by even by that point.)
Although... we could say that Ben only wanted to do a close inspection of the machine so as to reverse-engineer it. That'll let us keep this without retconning and open the door for a Shinji-and-Ben one-on-one piece later.