Graham

Looks great. A must buy. Graham

Easy pass for me. The only 2 movies I like are 'A New Hope' & 'Empire Strikes Back' and I'm only interested in the original theatrical version of A New Hope. I have no burning desire to replace my DVDs. And I still don't have a Blu-Ray player yet. And Han shot first! Anyway, these days, my meagre Star Wars interests are more with the Clone Wars CG series, which I enjoy watching together with my son. Graham

Nah, never played a single Zelda game. I never bought into Nintendo. Never liked their cutesy characters. The only Nintendo console I ever owned was a Japanese Super Famicom, so I could play Scrambled Valkyrie. Back in the early to mid 90s', I was far more of a Sega Mega-Drive fan. I can't stand Mario Brothers, naver could. Don't like the game and as mentioned, hate the cutsey characters. Never was a Street Fighter fan and the only Tetris I play is on my cell phone, when I'm travelling and really, really bored. Will probably pass then, or catch it as a rental. Graham

Hmm........never heard of the lead actor or the comic book before. May give this a try if and when it is released here. As for the director, I liked Shaun of the Dead, but thought Hot Fuzz was just so-so. Graham

Head of catering! Graham

No. Would love to, but it hasn't opened here in HK yet. Graham

Only a couple. Obi Wan and Plo Koon. My son likes Clone Troopers much more than Jedi, as do I. We'll probably pick up Anakin at some time, but no hurry. We also have Darth "I can kill you with a tray" Vader.....LOL! Graham

Had a big Clone Wars battle with my 6 year old son this morning. Great fun. Clones vs Droids. The clones won of course, but it was close, as the sneaky Death Watch leader joined sides with the Droids. I think the Droids need a tank to make it more even, but the trouble is getting my wife to agree. She already thinks I have my son has too many Star Wars toys! LOL! Graham

I like the 1st and 2nd schemes, they remind my of the M7 Emerald Force VF-19F and VF-19S respectively. Graham

Agree, I'm a big fan of Seagal's early films, before he got all environmental and fat. Graham

For me, I enjoy an action movie far more when it has an element of realism in the fight scenes, whether they be shoot outs, sword fights or unarmed combat/martial arts fights. If an actor actual knows martial arts and/or has been trained/coached how to move/shoot/handle firearms/fight properly, and the fight is choreographed in such a way that realistic moves are used, rather than fake-ass flying through the air wire-fu, or that annoying slow-mo, then speed up crap, or the just as bad shaky camera & crap angle camera work. Same with guns. I've been a firearms enthusiast and shooting since the mid-90s' and when I see actors that have been trained how to handle firearms correctly and use realistic and proper tactics and skills in a movie gun fight, the movie becomes so much more enjoyble for me. All actors who have to handle guns should definitely be sent to a proper shooting school like Gunsite or Thunder Ranch for training IMO. I really can't stand the two guns held sideways flying through the air while shooting crap you get in movies these days. Graham

I've got 3 x VF-11B and 3 x VF-11C and love them. Excellent engineering, good articulation, durable (so far), still nice and tight and very easy and smooth to transform. I really hope Yamato releases the atmospheric Super Packs from Operation Stargazer for the VF-11C and also releases the Full Armor. As a bit of a downer, when I talked with Yamato about the armor sveral months ago, they did admit when they designed the VF-11 toy, they didn't take the armor into consideration, unlike the V2 1/60 VF-1, which was designed from the ground up for the GBP Armor. This is not to say that the armor couldn't be made to fit the toy, just that it might be abit more difficult. Graham

Agree with you about the Hasegawa 1/72, it's far too skinny IMO. And that would be a "royalty fee" or "license fee", not a loyalty fee. LOL.....I can't imagine any Macross fan paying Harmony Gold to stay loyal to them. Graham

That used to happen to me quite a lot too, in my younger, wilder days. Graham

Quite looking forward to seeing this after watching the trailer. I just hope there is not too much fake-ass CG and wire-fu. Just straight up 80s' style action suits me fine. Together with A-Team, Predators and Machete, 2010 looks like being the year of the 80s' style action movie! Graham

I typically stick to the Typhoon. Although I hope they include the Pak Fa. Graham

Neither did I. Graham

In terms of sleekness, I think the VF-27 (sans gun), looks sleeker than the SV-51. However, I personally prefer the look of the SV-51 in all three modes over the VF-27. The SV-51 just looks meaner and certainly more 'real-world-ish', in fighter mode. For ultimate sleekness, nothing beats a VF-19F IMO. Graham

Opening leg missile bays. Rotating seat. Graham

Looks nice. No vertical tails! But if they are only at the concept model stage, how long would it take to get it into production.........30 years?!!!! Graham

That's normal, part of WTO tendering rules IIRC. A large part of my job is bidding on government contracts (tenders) from the Hong Kong & Macau governments. All tenders have a strict deadline (date & time), by which they must be submitted. If you are even 1 second late in dropping your sealed tender proposal into the tendering box, then you are out. The deadline is known from day one, so it's not like they didn't know long in advance by when they had to submit it. Graham

Very interesting. Graham

Yes, Dio was very cool. Probably my favorite album was Sacred Heart, although Holy Diver and The Last in Line were also excellent as well. Now, that's out of the way, can we please refer to dioramas as 'dioramas'!!!!!!!!!! This is a pet hate of mine seeing them called 'dio'. Graham

Hey, when did Yamato start making movies? I thought they just made toys. Graham

Very interesting about the VF-19C being the most produced 19 variant as of 2050. Can't wait to see what the book says about the VF-19F/S. Graham