Graham

Out here in HK. Saw it in the Oriental 188 center in Wanchai for HK$599 this evening on the way to class, but didn't have enough cash on me to buy it and the shop didn't accept plastic. Will go back and pick up one tomorrow. Graham

Stay away from the Macross Solid Archive figures (the Valks firing missiles), unless you are really, really desperate for a 3D representation of the VF-25F and VF-0 w/Reactive Armor. These were released yesterday here in Hong Kong and are widely available in most hobby shops (dunno what's up with Bandai making these widely available, but not the much better model kit?) Anyway, many shops here are offering either just the entire set of 5 as a set, or just the first three (VF-25F Battroid & Gerwalk & VF-0S w/Reactive Armour) as a set. I bought the first three only for HK$100, as I have no interest in Nos 4 & 5, the 2 x VF-1 fighters. Just unpacked them from the boxes. Nice boxes by the way. They are typical PVC gashapon and being PVC have lost the sharpness that the original resin sculpts had. Also, the parts fitting is terrible on these. Had a reallydiificult time gettng many parts on and getting them to stay on is a nightmare. The VF-25F gerwalk is probably the worst. in this regard. These are not going on display. Heck they are going straight back in the box and in a drawer. Yuck. Graham