Graham

I'm sure Hasegawa would love to do the kits, just as Yamato would love to make the toys, but it all comes down to money. Bandai paid a whole heap of money to be the major sponsor of the show and one of the benefits of this is that they get the exclusive toy and model kit rights for at least a couple of years. Graham

Chapter 1, page 58. That's all for today. More pages to come tomorrow. Should be able to finish the rest of chapter 1 within 2 more days. Graham

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6 more pages of chapter 1 scanned in. Page 53. Graham

Buncha Bandai dicks sitting around in Gundam jackets, really inspires my confidence. They'll probably try to stick yellow V antennas on everything. Graham

Pah, as a long time George Romero fan, I absolutely hated the Dawn remake. Zombies, do not, I repeat DO NOT run like olympic spriters, period! And 300 was a fun but forgettable summer popcorn flick. I definitely have no confidence that Snyder, or any director for that matter could make a good Watchmen movie. Graham

For those of you that haven't been following the Wonder Festival news or the Macross Frontier toy thread in the toy forums, here's what is known so far about Macoss Frontier toys and models from Bandai: - At Wonder Festival on Feb 24, Bandai displayed some very early, rough sculpts of the VF-25 in Fighter, battroid and Super Fighter. However, these are not really representative of the final products, as they were just made from the anime CAD files printed out on a rapid prototyping machine and were basicallly just fixed posed statues. However, Bandai also had signs up announcing three (3) distinct product lines for Macross Frontier: - 1/60 scale DX transforming VF-25 Alto and VF-25 Ozuma toys. 1/100 scale action figures with simple transformation. 1/72 scale plastic model kits. Beyond that, little else is known so far. Graham

Judging by the pics we've seen so far, Bandai seems to be in the extremely early stage of product development, so I would not expect we will see anything, except perhaps gashapons in the shops for at least another 3-6 months. Graham

Think I'm gonna go for the MH. The finishing just looks so much nicer than the CM's IMO. The cheap shiny looking plastic on the CM's is a real turn off for me, as is the breakage-prone windshield. Sounds like I can live with the minor issues so far reported about the MH. Graham

Decided to merge the CM's and Yamato Patlabor toy threads and edit the topic title. This thread is now for discussing all the various brands of Patlabor toys. Graham

Yep, they were tring to go as lineart accurate as possible. Graham

C'mon guys, you know I'm not allowed to talk about stuff or show pics before the official release date. A few words though. Absolutely gorgeous, especially fighter mode. Reasonably complex transformation. Graham

Just to recap for those that have not been following the various Macross Frontier threads closely. Bandai has so far announced three (3) distinct product lines for Macross Frontier: - 1/60 scale DX transforming VF-25 Alto and Ozuma toys. 1/100 scale action figures with simple transformation. 1/72 scale plastic model kits. Beyond that, little else is known so far. And yes, I will definitely be reviewing the Bandai products when they come out and will feature them on the front page. Graham

Chapter 1, page 52. That's all for today. More scans to come tomorow. Graham

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8 more pages scanned in. Here's page 45. Graham

Surprised nobody has posted about this yet. The new April issues of Dengeki Hobby Magazine and Hobby Japan Magazine, feature CAD lineart of Yamato's upcoming 1/24 scale (33cm tall) Patlabor Ingram #1 toy. Could this be the ultimate Ingram that surpasses even CM's worthy effort? Wait and see. Graham