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I just paid regular retail price. I don't get any special deals on Bandai stuff. Wish I did. Graham

Wondering where the Q-Rare and Konig Monster are supposed to launch from, cus' if the mini-figures are in scale with the Quarter, there's no way the could fit into the carrier section or even on the carrier launch elevators. Heck, if the Quarter's carrier arm sculpt is correct and in scale to the mini-figs, it's not like it could even hold a great many VF-25 inside, give how shallow it is. Can any body remember if the anime showed where the Konig Monster and Q-Rare launched from? Graham

It's annoying to me, that the hobby mag scan shows the Tornado pack ofn the new bluish-white VF-25F (which I dislike). I hope the production toy comes with a standard white VF-25F. And yes, I have that magazine and it's definitely shown with the bluish white VF-25F. Graham

Two pics attached. The white marks on the shin are the partial super glue fingerprints. On the knee cap, just above the gun turret, you can see the extra grey slodge of paint. Graham

Maybe I'm reading your post wrong, but it sounds like you don't like the Quarter design from the anime in the first place. If so, knowing that you don't like the designI think it is "wacky", why did you even buy the toy? Graham

Ditto.

Opened mine yesterday as my Christmas present to myself. Even though I'm more of a VF fan than a capital ship fan, I think it's a really nice toy. Bandai have done a great job. My only minor complaint is that one of the factory workers had left a partial super glue fingerprint on the front left lower leg & there a small spot of grey paint on the left knee cap just above the gun turret, that shouldn't be there! :angry Found transformation to be easy. Even the shoulders, which are tight were not really an issue. Thanks to other people's comments, I'd expected them to be tight, so used the appropriate level of care and gentle steady force. Anyways, attached are a few quick and somewhat blurry pics (still a bit hungover from yesterday, so couldn't hold the camera steady). Merry X'mas to all. Graham

I'm liking the VF-19Kai. Realy hope they release the VF-19F/S/P as well. But yeah, yawn...........another VF-1 toy. C'mon Bandai, let's see a Hi-Metal, VF-171, VF-17, VF-2SS, VF-4 etc. Heck, anything but another VF-1. Graham

And the Brera and Ranka figures in the DX VF-27 cockpit look a good deal more detailed and better painted than the blobs we get for pilots in the DX VF-25 toy. Graham

I loved Inglorious Basterds & District 9. Thought everything else this year ranged from average (Star Trek), to crap (Terminator Salvation). Still waiting for some friends reviews before I decide whether to see Avatar. I'm definitely not a fan of the Na'vi or mecha designs, or of CG heavy movies in general.

Based on my quick glance yesterdax, while checking the box contents in the shop, I suspect that the individual turret guns may be capable of some limited degree of movement, which may explain why in some pics they where not aligned properly.

Picked up one yesterday at the Oriental 188 Centre in Wanchai for HK$1,348. No time to take it out of the box yet, as I had an Xmas party to go to last night. I did check it very quickly in the shop and the gun turrets looked OK. Not sure, but they looked to be ABS, not PVC.

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RIP Dan. You will be missed. Graham

I bought my PSP on the same day Macross Ace Frontier was released. I think you can guess which game I bought it to play. :-D Graham

Ya' know what, even before reading your post, I've also had that feeling recently that playing MUF is really just like another way of playing with my toys. It's great having these high-end toys on display and then actually go and be able to play them in a 3D combat mission. Graham

How many hours did you rack up on MUF before your break? I'm on 139 at the moment. Graham

How did this topic get to five pages? Graham

Never seen Farscape, but have a friend who raves about it and who just bought the complete DVD set. Graham

My DMZ-5 Turbo Custom has all his lenses. Luckily, I've never had an issue with any of my Takara Scopedog toys. Graham

Mah crap don't stink like normal people. Bow down before my awesomeness mortal! Mwahahahahaha! Seriously, I dunno, probably something to do with being an Admin. Graham

So what prey tell are the changes to the other VFs? Graham

Still trying to decide if I want to go see this or not. Pre-Titanic, I would have had no hesitation about going to see a new James Cameron Sci-Fi movie, but a number of points are turning me off paying money to see Avatar at the cinema. First and foremost is the CGI. While it may (or may not) be revolutionery and groundbreaking or whatever other superlatives you want to throw at it, it's still sounds like it's gonna be 2 hours plus of blue CGI cat people, in a CGI alien forest, riding on CGI dragons. I'd rather watch live actors thank you very much. The trailer that's been running on TV here, focusing on the blue CGI cat people and their world has really, really turned me off and to be honest, at least on a small TV, the CGI looks pretty average. Second is what I've been hearing about the pacing and style of the movie itself. From what I've heard the first hour is more like a nature/wildlife documentary, the second hour is Dances with Wolves with blue CGI cat people and it's only in the last 40 minutes that we get to see the cool military hardware and crap blowing up. Will wait for some reviews first, put the more I hear, the more this is sounding like a rental. Although to be fair, people have said the last 40 minutes of 'crap blowing up' is supposed to be really, really good. Maybe I should just skip the first 2 hours and arrive at the cinema to see the last 40 minutes! Graham

Thought the first one was OK. Fell asleep when watching the second one on DVD. Still haven't seen the third yet. Graham

Heh, those spots! Graham