Graham

Liked the first one, thought it was quite a fresh concept at the time. Tried watching one of the sequels, I forget which, either 2 or 3 and fell asleep halfway through......LOL! Graham

I emailed Sebastian and got a reply back that he his family are all OK, just some minor damage to his house. Graham

Can somebody remind me when the web-exclusive grey Q-Rea is supposed to be released? Thanks, Graham

Bandai should include a lilac paint pen with every VF-27 DX, for emergency touch ups. Graham

Guys, I've received one paypal payment that I have no idea who it is from. Please remember when you send payment to include a note with your Macrossworld name. Graham

Guys, to keep it simple the same fee will be charged to everybody. I'm charging US$2 per person, which covers the cost of the packing materials, i.e. the padded envelope, the shipping charges which so far have been under a dollar US each, something to cover any charges that Paypal will no doubt stick with, plus a little bit for my time, as this has taken up far more of my time than I expected. Hope that is not too unreasonable. The hinges are of course free of charge. Please send payment by paypal to grahamandamy@gmail.com and when you send payment, please make sure to mention your Macrossworld name and real name, so I know who it's from. The second batch of 20 envelopes will be posted out in the next couple of days. Updates will be posted in my sig. Graham

Emailed OverDrive at the weekend to ask if they can obtain the VF-27 DX greenie normal version, but no reply yet. Graham

My schoolboy French is extremely rusty, but he didn't just refer to me as famous did he? Graham

See my sig for new update. Graham

What the heck are you using to open the landing gear on your Yamatos, a screwdriver, with an extremely sharp head and then just stabbing it while blindfolded into the landing gear well multiple times? If I can't get a landing gear open with just my fingers, I'll use either a wood toothpick or the plastic shirt clip from a cheap ballpen that has a removeable cap. I've opened landing gear on my Yamatos many times and never had paint chipping like that on any of them. Graham

Yamato are aiming for the end of the year for the 19Kai, so it will probably be a while before we see and prototype pics or CAD lineart. Graham

Sounds like, Alex has infected Renato with whatever strange Valk killer disease he has. Seems like it's highly contagious. Maybe I should cancel my trip to Japan in April. Don't want to get infected with the dreaded Valk Killer disease. Graham

Depends, do you want me to get working on getting the replacement shoulder hinges packed up and sent out, or would you rather I do a review of the VF-27. Priorities, priorities, priorities! Graham

I don't know why so many complaints about the poseability (or lack thereof) of the VF-27's hips. I find the articulation and poseability to be very good. Graham

Just to say both my VF-11C are perfect. I'll likely be picking up a third one next week. Fantastic toy. Graham

What happened to Renato? My slow-ass antique computer is having trouble with the download. Graham

Heh, my view is a bit different, well more like 180 degrees from yours. I'm like "the Bandai VF-27 DX is overall a great toy and is close to approaching Yamato levels of awesomeness, but Bandai still need to take a few more lessons from Yamato before they get there".........LOL! Graham

What happened to Renato? Can't be bothered to load the movie on my slow-ass antique computer. Graham

Where are you getting the 8 barrel info from? Always thought it was 7 barrel. Graham

I may be wrong, but my understanding is that with present day technolgy, solid state lasers are still only in the kilowatt range, where as chemical lasers are in the megawatt range. Graham

Hoping that the 3rd game in the series will be announced soon. I wonder what the title wil be this time. 'Macross Extreme Frontier' perhaps? Graham

Friend sent me this link with these cool Boneyard pics. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8530165.stm I'd love to visit there. Graham

I really wish Bandai would do some different Valks from Yamato, like the VF-2SS w/SAP, VF-2JA, VF-17D/S, VF-171, VF-4. Graham

Hopefully it will have the T-50 Pak Fa! Have to go back and retry Ace Combat X, I gave up on it after getting stuck on a mission. Graham

There are no dysfunctional crotches (so far) on the VF-27. Croth lock is nice and tight. Much tighter than even the tightest VF-25 croth lock. And although I haven't compared sizes, the VF-27's crotch lock does seem a bit bigger (I may be wrong though). Anyway, it's a great toy, far more enjoyable than the V-25 series. Just take care of the paint on the nose when transforming.....LOL! Graham