Graham

Also picked up Great Mechanics DX 9. As others have mentioned, the cover is great and maybe the text contains some new information (I don't know, not being able to read Japanese). However, the lineart is nothing new that hasn't been published in a dozen other books and the quality of the lineart to be honest is not that great. Many of the pics have been enlarged to the point where the lines show obvios jagged edges. Graham

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I can't stand it either. In fact, I'm convinced they mixed up the word order of the site name and in fact it should be called 'It Ain't Cool. Graham

Err.....not really. While the overall silhouette may be similar, apart from the gunpod, the VF-17 and VF-171 share no identical parts. Toys of the two would require 100% different tooling. Graham

OK, just thought I'd bet check to make sure. Graham

I see Captain America has already posted in this thread, so I'm presuming that this recast is being done with his full approval and permission? Graham

One thing that I don't think anybody has commented on so far, is that under the slip band on the cover, it says in English: The bit that says "stratosphere only", gives me hope that we will see a second volume on the VF-1 for space use. Graham

Never even heard of the original movie before. Graham

How much did you pay for yours? I'm looking to pick up a second one, but when I checked 188 Center in Wanchai today, it was HK$1,099, which seems a little high to me. Graham

Saw it last night. Definitely my favorite film of the year so far. Graham

Hi Guys, Here's a few quick photos of the new 1/60 VT-1 I snapped this morning. To be honest, I haven't transformed it yet, as it looks so good in fighter mode. No weapons included, but it does have hard points on the wings if you want to attach missiles. Graham

There are only 6 x VF-1 in the first wave. When does 6 out of 17 = 50%?????????? Graham

Looking forward to seeing this. It's not showing here in Hong Kong until earlier October though. Saw the 2 online trailers recently. Gotta say the alien ship looked very ID4 mothership-ish. Graham

Thanks. Checked and mine's a '2006', so as suspected, Hong Kong - region 3, which makes sense as I bought it in Hong Kong. Graham

Box!? That went in the bin, 5 minutes after buying the thing nearly a year ago (or whenever it was that MAF came out). Graham

That may or may not be the case. That magazine pic you are quoting is already over a month old (the previous issue of Dengeki Hobby), whereas these C3 pics are much newer. Graham

This is the definitive version of the VT-1, we have been waiting 25 years for. Awesome, Awesome, beautiful toy!

On the DX line in general, it's quite common to have paint chips or damaged Tampo printing brand new out of the box.

Have to study the CG art again, but first impressions are the upper arms look too long & skinny on the Q-Rea toy.

So how does one tell what region is ones PSP?

There was also a coloring issue with the face of the VF-19S as well. Bah, two of my favorite mecha, the VF-17S and VF-19S and they screw up the face coloring. Graham

Will pass on the launching missiles. They look pretty silly IMO. Graham

Sheesh, didn't know he had gotten that fat. Graham

Damn, either these sets are heavily weighed towards the VF-1, or I'm just an unlucky SOB. Picked up another two at random on the hope of getting a VF-25F/G, VF-2SS or a VF-19S/Kai/P and what do I get, 2 more bloody VF-1s!!!!!!!! This time a TV VF-1A Max and a TV VF-1J Millia. That means out of the 4 I've bought at random, 3 have been VF-1s. That's 75% fracking percent! Grrrrr! Sigh..........I didn't want any VF-1s at all. Oh well, I'll glue them together so they don't fall apart and give them to my son, I'm sure he'll like them. Graham

Don't know how authentic the food is, never having been to Mexico, but there are at least 4 (what I consider to be good) Mexican resturants here in Hong Kong. Graham