Graham

We haven't seen Michael fire his Sniper rifle in fighter mode yet. I'm wondering if like Breara's rifle, Michael's has the capability to fire on full-auto, or rapid semi-auto, but at a reduced power level? Even if Michael's rifle can't fire in fighter mode, he still has his wing root/hip guns as back up. Graham

More like months or years. I could cheerfully strangle the person who thought up that hoax. Graham

I don't think that's an animation error, just how the Starliner lands. The Starline definietly looks like it has some of the YF-21's morphing ability. Graham

I for one really hope the do the Armored pack for Ozma. I really like how it loooks in both fighter and battroid modes. Graham

The full internal skeleton is only for some of the GN-U super robots. Due to the torso shapes of the Valks it's not possible to use it. Graham

Grrr.........that's why I hate places like that site started by four guys named Chan and the BS crap hoaxes that gets posted there. For the next couple of years we're going to be getting people posting here saying "Wow.....have you seen the new VF-29". Then we have to waste time debunking it.....again and again!!!!! Graham

Sad that AiA dropped Frontier. Shinsen is good, but I'd like it if they were a bit faster. My computer is only a couple of years old and had no problem playing Gattai's .MKV files, but for some reason chokes on gg's .MKV. Graham

It's likely that no one at SMS including Ozma even new about the new fold boosters. The only reason that Luca knew about them and was able to get them is because LAI is his families buisiness. Graham

Cube, I think we have to agree to disagree about proportions. IMO, Yamato have done an excellent job on the proprtions of their toys and they just keep getting better and better. As for toys breaking, well I've had toys from every manufacturer break, including many from Bandai. The more complex you make a toy, the more articulation, features and gimmicks you add, the greater the chance that something will break whoever the manufacturer. Graham

Thanks for the translation. Can you take a shot at translating the mecha stats in this picture as well please. Graham

Damn, accidently knocked my Revy YF-19 off a 5' shelf yesterday onto my wood bedroom floor and the head laser snapped off. Was able to glue it back on, but still upsetting. I really hate it when toys break, especially when it's my fault. Graham

2-4 years, or so I've been told Graham

Just to clarify, my post was not meant to be anti-Bandai in anyway. I’m certainly looking forward to the 1/60 DX toys and 1/72 model kits and hope Bandai do an excellent job. All I was saying was that Bandai may have got a bit ahead of themselves when they initially advertised the 1/100 “simple transformation” line of Frontier toys. The VF-25 has a far more complex transformation than the VF-1 especially in the shoulder and torso area and I think it would be difficult for any company including Yamato, Bandai or Takara, to make a toy of the VF-25 with simple transformation, that is durable and looks good in all three modes in 1/100 scale, especially if they are aiming to keep the price point around the same as the HCM-Pro toys or lower. While Bandai certainly has many years experience with transforming toys, transforming toys are not their bread and butter. As somebody aptly pointed out, there is a big difference between a Valkyrie, which when transformed actually looks like a plane and a Gundam, which when transformed generally looks like just a folded up robot. For the person who mentioned the MG EX-S, I have personal experience with the Bandai EX-S Gundam MG kit. It has pretty bad proportions IMO and the ankle on mine snapped on the second transformation. Color me not impressed. While Bandai has experience with transforming mecha, I still think that most of the transforming mecha they have made has been relatively simple in design with a few exceptions, such as Gunbuster. IMO Bandai doesn’t have Yamato’s level of experience with making Valkyries that look great in all three modes, especially Fighter mode. The simple fact is that in many other mecha anime franchises, the mecha designs do not generally make a great deal of effort at making the alternate mode look good, Transformers being one of the exceptions. People here often say look at Bandai’s SOC line for excellent engineering. I agree that the SOCs are great toys. I’ve owned many of them, but there are only a few of them, namely the above-mentioned Gunbuster and perhaps Dancouga and 1 or 2 others that have complex transformation. Most of the rest are relatively simple design wise. Somebody mentioned the recent SOC Iron Gear. While it is a great toy with lots of Gimmicks, the transformation is not exactly rocket science. For the person who mentioned Bandai’s Super Sentai robot toys as examples of complex transformation that looks good in different modes, I’m going to take it that was meant as a joke. Graham

Can somebody translate the text on the right side of the screen please? I really want to know what the different stats are. Graham

My guess is that Bandai found out that designing a "simple transformation" Valk, while still having it look good enough for the discerning standards of todays consumers is not as simple a task as they expected. Designing a simple transformation toy that looks average or that looks crap is easy. Designing one that looks good in all three modes is actually a lot more difficult than most would expect. With Gundams its easy, cus' most transforming Gundams are just bend the leg at the knees, point feet down, rotate waist 180 degress and attach the shield over the head. Valks in general are a whole different kettle of fish and several orders of magnitude more complex in transformation. Graham

They have nothing to sweat about. The SV-51 are YF-21 masterpieces IMO and shows they are second to no one and the design and engineering that went into the 1/60 VF-1 is about as perfect as you can get. Graham

Old news Kresphy. We have had a thread on this in the games forum for 10 days already. Graham

It really looks like the 1/100 line is dead. Graham

Loking forward to seeing the Ozma VF-25S in fighter mode, with the big horned skull emblem tampoed on the back. Graham

When the Kamjin clone gets the call on his eye phone, just after the eyecatch, any idea who he is talking to? Also, I get the feeling that the first time the Zentradi open fire on each other, they are missing on purpose. Graham

Just got this magazine from amazon jp. It's really small, only 6" x 8". Mostly text with some small colour pics. No new line art. Not worth it IMO if you can't read Japanese. Graham

It was noticed 4-5 days ago when the latest Hobby Japan scans were posted. Graham

Haven't watched the ep yet, but I'm betting next week's appearance of the SDF-1 will just be a flashback to Space War 1. Graham

We know from the lineart that the shin is actually the rear landing gear door. In the pics from the New Hobby Japan posted a few pages back you can just about make out that there is a hinge for the shin to open. Graham

Looking better and better. Mickayesou, which mag are those scans from? I want to pick up a copy. Graham