Graham

Yay! My Alto & Ozma super parts just arrived from OverDrive. Won't have time to open them until late tonight though.

Here in Hong Kong, I paid HK$1,250 for Luca, which is approx US$161.29, so only a few bucks cheaper than the price in Singapore. Graham

Let's have no calling other members names that could be considered insulting please, even if it is done in jest. Graham

Good costumes and cute girls = cosplay done right. Graham approves

Actually, I seldom touch the stuff. I live on coffee and beer. And I'm not a typical brit. I hate watching soccer. Actually, I hate watching most ball games, including basketball. Bores the pants off of me. I'd rather watch paint dry. Graham

The head antenna on the RVF-25 is soft PVC. Mine is not bent like that. Graham

Yeah, the head sculpt on the RVF-25 is really excellent. I hope Bandai resculpts the VF-25S's head and uses transluscent platic for the eyepiece this time. Graham

I'm still hoping for a VF-171 and VF-2SS w/SAP in the VF100s line. Of course I'd prefer a 1/60 DX VF-171 though. Graham

I'm not quite sure what to make of this pic. Disturbing yet strangely arousing all the same. There's just something about chicks with large bananas in their mouth. Graham

Those girls are seriously cute. Graham

I think the success (or not) of the VF-19 is going to make or break this line. Graham

Actually, for the VF-25 battroid, the image of an angel always came to mind while watching the show, never an insect. The Vajra were the insects. Graham

Best TV series: Macross Frontier. Honorable mention - Macross 7 and SDF Macross. Best movie: DYRL. Honorable mention - Wicked City. Best OVA: Macross Plus. Honorable mention Bubblegum Crisis and Macross Zero. Macross Frontier rocks, great music, astounding animation, beautiful mecha designs, well choreographed fight scenes, likeable, non-angsty characters etc, etc. Graham

Pass. 100% not my cup of tea. Please Kawamori, get this silliness out of your system and start work on the next Macross anime. Graham

My RVF-25 also came with a small battle scar (paint chip) out of the box, but on the back of the left lower leg. Graham

Just received the EMS shipping notice from OverDrive regarding the Alto and Ozma Super Parts, so I should have them in a few days. A few minutes later, I received another email from OverDrive as follows: - Good that Bandai is taking action to correct this and good on OverDrive for supplying the corrected parts. Graham

I suspect the extra holes will also be used for the Super Fold booster as well. Graham

What's wrong with the Cheyene II, it's a great looking destroid IMO. Graham

I never thought that the Frontier mecha were insect like or organic. Graham

Finally had a chance to take one of my two RVF-25 DX out of the box when I got home last night at about 11pm. I’m happy to report that both black stripes under the cockpit are present. However, at night under incandescent lamps, the color separation is much more obvious and immediately noticeable. You know what though? It doesn’t bother me at all! I’m a sucker for Elint Valks and think the RVF-25 looks just great, even with the different shades of green. I love that you can spin the radar dish and had great fun spinning it. I’ll probably keep the RVF-25 in fighter mode most of the time as I think it looks best in that mode. Also, I’ll probably keep the Super Packs off, as they make it look a bit too busy IMO and distract from the radar dish and ventral Elint fin. Graham

Heh, so many people position the missile pods incorrectly. Graham

I suspect this whole color difference thing is something which is much more visible in photos and not so much with the naked eye. Unless I was lucky, I certainly couldn't see much (if any) difference with my two. Graham.

Flexi-stands are great with most VFs IMO, but not I've found with the VF-25 DX in fighter mode. I've found that if you want to have the DX pointing even slightly nose up on a flexi-stand then the rearward centre of gravity of the DX can make it slide backwards off the stand. Had one near disaster already. Graham

Picked up two RVF-25 DX from my usual Bandai supplier last night. I took them out of the box and examined them in the shop under the shop's flourescent lighting, but couldn't really detect much noticable color difference with the green plastic. Haven't had time to take them out of the box at home and examine them yet though. Graham

I'm probably the only person who prefers the look of the X-32 over the X-35. It's ugly yes, but looks menacing IMO, like a shark. Graham