Graham

Why is their a shield on BOTH arms? Should be on the left arm only, no? Graham

Ha,I can't even play MTF at the moment. My son is occupying the PSP playing the new Star Wars The Clone Wars Lego game that was released a few days ago. Graham

Pic in new issue of Dengeki Hobby shows rear landing gear. Looks long But, new CG pics show that wing tips fold in battroid mode in the anime, but not apparently on the DX, unless mistransformed. But no wingtip hinges visible in DX photos. Graham

VF-25 with Armoured pack + reaction missiles or VF-25 with Tornado pack. Tornado pack is awesome. Graham

It's going to be in 3D!!!!!!!!! I mean, feck, why?!!! Graham

OMG! How did I miss those VF-17s after watching Macross Plus a zillion times since 1994 and spending countless hours freeze framing every mecha scene. And I'm supposed to be the biggest VF-17 fan. Shame on me! Graham

Just looking at those pics. Typhoons are the sexiest planes flying IMO. The F-16 is now starting to look really old fashioned IMO. Graham

This topic moved by me to the model forum as it was originally posted in the toy forum, which is the wrong forum for a topic asking about model kits. Graham

I still want to know in the movie, whether while in fighter mode if the YF-29's twin beam cannons (the ones mounted between the tails in fighter mode), can rise up and swivel to shoot at targets in different directions, like the Tornado Pack's guns? Or are they fixed forward firing only in fighter mode? If not, it would seem to be a step backwards from the Tornado Pack! And yes, I realise they can likely swivel to point in different dirrections in battroid mode, but I am specifically asking about fighter mode, for those that have seen the movie. Certainly, in the PSP MTF game, having the Tornado Pack's twin beam cannons being able to shoot at targets in all directions while in fighter mode is a huge advantage, so it would seem strange if the YF-29 deleated that capability in fighter mode. Graham

Nice! Graham

But what does "fold-wave generation capabilities" actually mean? Does it mean the YF-29 can fold without the need for an external fold booster? Graham

The specifications don't seem to mention the YF-29's twin dorsal mounted beam guns, unless they are the ones refered to in the translation as "Fold-wave Projector System". Graham

From the fighter mode pic posted in the recent issue of Dengeki Hobby magazine, it looks like they are still using the same smock wearing pilot figure from the VF-25 DX. Hopefully, it is just a placeholder and will be changed to a newer improved pilot sculpt by the time of release. Graham

Just saw Kawamori san, Tenjin and Risa Ebata, so can at least can confirm they are safe. Asked Tenjin about his family and he said they are all OK. Thoughts to all the many in Japan who are suffering now. Graham

Both Shoji and Tenjin are in HK for the C3 show this weekend. Graham

You can tell that is still painted sample, likely resin. Note the paint chips where you can see the grey underneath. Graham

Will get scans of the latest ep from the April issue of Dengek Hobby scanned and posted in the next few days. Would have done it a week ago, but been real busy. Graham

Probably. Graham

No, besides both being quite long, they otherwise look very different, especially the barrel. Graham

For those who have seen the movie, two questions on the YF-29: - 1) Is the gunpod a beamgun pod, or a traditional shell firing gatling type gunpod? 2) Can the twin beam cannon mount rotate and fire in different directions like the Tornado Pack's beam cannons? And if yes, in all 3 modes? Answers in spoiler tags please. Graham

I like Triangle for the FAST Packs for the VF-17 and the VF-19 and really love using the VF-25 with Tornado pack, but I must admit that I havent played the game much apart from the first 7-10 days after I got it. Not sure why this is, either beacuse the difficulty is too easy, or perhaps beacuse I overplayed Ultimate (330hrs+) and may be a bit burned out. Graham

Because I was the first one to point out to Tenjin that he got the number wrong (011 instead of 001) in his Chronicles illustration. Told him so on FB. Graham

Does Ozma survive? Answer in spoiler tags please. Graham

Ouch, for that price they better include the FAST Pack parts that were shown in the recent New Type magazine. Graham

Wow, I don't think I've ever seen that pic before. Which old issue of New Type is it from. I may have to try to track it down. Graham