Stampeed Valkyrie

Question, I am about to sticker the hell out of my low-viz and I want to clean it first to remove any chemical residue so the stickers adhere better. I am abit worried though about the stories of the weathering coming off when this is done. So....Is it safe to use alcohol to clean the valk, or better to use soapy water or what? I figured I would sticker it to death and then give it a clear coat to seal it..any suggestions? Rob

Hey I didnt know they made multiple squadrons of the 1/48 F-14's you have. I can tell by the ugly fuel tanks you have the same one I do except mine is VF-111 "Sundowners" I think. I just really liked the tail art. Hmm interesting now I am gonna have to hunt to see if I can find a 1/48 jolly rogers tomcat. Nice panel lining BTW I like the 1/48 Hikaru 1J just not enough to go out and buy it Rob

lol this thread reminds me of the pictures I see quite often of a valkyrie in atmosphere switching to Gerwalk to rapidly deccelerate....and I keep thinking yep thats gonna leave a mark . Rob

All your money are belong to us! Rob "For Great Justice"

I have a MISB 1/48 Low Viz and I am debating opening it and Stickering the hell out of it. My problem now is that apparently the more I read the more it seems this thing is a "hot" item right now. Same damn thing happened with the Bandai Max and Millia and I left them MISB. I would get another but I am not going to pay $170+ as of ebay 12/01/03 when I paid $140 for mine a few months ago. This sucks! Rob

Yea I would recommend FLCL as well and Rahxephon, Vandread, Full Metal Panic. I dunno if I can recommend Lain though I am almost all the way through it and I personally am not impressed. Rob

Black Dragon is the shortened version of the name, but since your close enough its all yours. For those of you who want the full name which is really long check out the 2nd (I think) YUA boxset I think its the Santa Claus episode, and its also in the manga. Rob

As per my earlier post I have to dig them out and see what ones I have and what ones I would need to complete it. If your interested PM me and we'll go from there. Rob

I actually have 2 cases of these things that I picked up when they first came out to get the whole collection. Unfortunately I never got the whole thing but I did get most of it. I was actually thinking about selling them because I dont see anyone trading anymore. Rob

jwinges, PM when your gonna sell it and how much, I am still waiting on getting my PS2 back from bieng modded once I do I was planning on picking it up Rob

Ok, here we go with another Your Under Arrest Question... What is the full name of Strikeman's Motorcycle? Rob

LOL, now what does that tell you. I cant get any other answers but I get this one . Ok ok give me abit to think of one. Rob

I should just pull the DVDs out and check, and white would have been my first choice next one would be pink. Rob

I would have to say that ZOE Dolores is similar to how Macross 7 was laid out. At first it was like eh... then towards the middle/end it really starts to pick up IMHO. Rob

LOL good point! I personally like Macross 2 and Macross 7 but to be honest they both are the least favorite of mine in comparison to all the other Macross derivatives SDF Macross,2012,DYRL,Mac+,Mac 0. So I can't argue that one is better then the other. I will say this though the English dub of Mac 2 was horrible and yes this includes the ending song which was worse then dare I say it ANY robotech song <_< . And to be equally fair to the other side. I can only listen to Basara say "Listen to my song" so many times and then start with Planet Dance before I start wishing for a stray missle to take him out . I also noticed people making a big deal out of Kawamori's (sp?) opinion on Mac 2......um who cares? So go watch your Macross 2 and Macross 7 and be happy its only an anime . Rob

I just recently knocked over a computer show in my area, and I come across this thing which looks like an N64 controller a walther ppk, and a genesis controller all linked together by cables. Apparently this this is one of those a billion and one type game systems yet this seems to be all NES games. Well so I am looking at motherboards and all of a sudden "Macross" catches my eye, so I was like ok...Macross in the US where are the Harmony Gold goonies . It turns out this little multigame thingy has the famicom ROM for SDF Macross loaded as one of its games. So after some haggling I picked one up for $10 why not? Anyway I am just curious if anyone else has seen these things, if anyone wants I can post a pic of it. Not bad though $10 for the NES Macross Game. Rob

All in all I would agree with areaseven on this review, because by itself ZOE Idolo is ok. Since I have both ZOE games and ZOE Dolores they all really pan the storyline out quite nicely. Idolo starts it, and the first PS2 game picks up right where Idolo ends. Then I believe Dolores comes next and sometime during Dolores the 2nd ZOE game comes into play and ZOE 2 finishes the storyline. Rob

Looks like I am the 2nd person you've met that prefers the english dub in Nadesico. I have had bootleg copy of prince of darkness for a very long time now. I am really interested to see how they translate certain parts of it, or is ADV gonna hack job it, just like the Eva Directors cuts coming out shortly. Guess time will tell when its released I'll pick it up. Rob

Towards the end of Excel Saga the car that Nabashin (SP?) is driving transforms into Gerwalk with a gunpod and looks very familiar. Thats all I can think of at the moment. Rob

Ack...sorry Hurin too much quoting going on for me to read I am curious about the 1/48 line I thought it was supposed to be a special line that wasnt going to repeat everything or most of everything in the 1/60 line. Since I have all of the 1/60's I have passed on every 1/48 that is a remake of the same thing I have in 1/60 scale. So I picked up the low-viz and the Hikaru 1S and fastpacks. Now that yamato is going to release the Hikaru 1J next I will pass on that, and probably the 1/48 M&M if they ever come out. But if other variants do happen to come out that werent released in 1/60 scale I probably will consider picking them up. And even though I love the VF-1 series to death I also think its time to put out some new stuff, VF-4,VF-17 etc etc. Till then I guess I'll wait and see.

Or in other words if at first Yamato doesn't succeed buy, buy again seriously I like this one and like what has been repeated before I have always wanted a Hikaru Strike. Combine this with my recent Low-Viz which restored my faith in the 1/48 line and my poor wallet is really hurting. As long as there arent any obvious QC issues this valk should rock. Rob

I personally wouldnt recommend shipping this display case. I think it would hold up ok but your looking at roughly 45-50 pounds of glass give or take so to ship the package would start costing some $$$. I had to drive 2 hours to get to philly for the ikea near me but it was worth the drive just make sure you drive something that you can bring it back in. Rob

I just recently went over to an Ikea in philly and picked out a Detolf display case even has a light you can mount on the top. All in all for $99 this case rocks there is one drawback though, the glass shelving will slide and might possibly fall, how I solved this problem was I superglued the plastic clips that go on the supports to the glass shelving which solved the sliding problem. I looked at the others and in person the Detoulf had the best presentation ability. Rob

Well as I stated before if Hurnin would have actually read my post instead of putting words in my mouth. The whole point of what I said was Skull One has a right to be pissed off for paying so much for a collectors toy and it having obvious flaws. I guess when I am as old as as wise as you are Hurnin then I will get ingnorant too and attack other people and their opinions. I could care less about what Yamato puts out and now that he has done a good job painting me as a Yamato hater because I wont pay $130 for a toy with some obvious problems I guess its time for me to be banished to the pits of MPC hell . The point I was trying to make is that Yamato has a history of QC problems some major and some not so major but these should be pretty much non-existant for what you pay for a Yamato valk. You can disagree with me all you want but I wont tolerate a personal attack (not that I am pointing any fingers now). Rob

Well I always thought the motto of Macross World was if you dont agree with popular opinion then your thread will be locked, deleted or generally shunned but that is a whole different issue. My comments arent only about the 1/48 valks, its about all the Yamato valks anyone remember the VF-11B?? Xform it once and hope the hip don't break, that was my first wake up call. I still havent pulled that one from the box since I dont want to break it. Most of my Yamatos I havent even opened because I am afraid of what I might find. My only negative experience with a Yamato was with my 1/60 Hikaru super. Now I dont own the 1/48 Roy and from what I have read I wouldnt buy it. I am interested in the 1/48 Hikaru 1S and I will wait for some people to check it out before I purchase it, if I purchase it. If I upset anyone with my previous post, then Oh well you'll get over it. I obviously don't have the popular opinion here but I don't Hate Yamato and if they want to put out a rerelease more power to em. But you cant expect people to just shut up and be happy and then when they speak out complain about them whining. Anyway everything else is pointless rambling I've said my peace. Rob