VF-X2 and the toys, that was the big stink. In the end, importing didn't turn out to be that big of a deal, and VF-X2 wasn't all that great. Still, it was the principle.
Yeah, it was a group effort. I think if you weren't around then, you wouldn't quite get it. It wasn't a great time to be a Macross fan living in the US. I think things would be much different if some of those folks were around now.