Graham

Can we have some larger pics for the MW custom toy gallery? Graham

If Yamato don't release the two Super Nova schemes, hopefully one of our intrepid MW customizers will step up to the plate and tackle the challenge! Erick (Takatoys) or Devin (if he comes out of retirement) would need to scale the Hasegawa decals up to 1/60 scale though. Graham

I'll try to take some pics of them together in the next day or two. Graham

The Wave website now shows the release date as January 2007. Damn, I was hoping to get this before Christmas. From the pictures on Wave's site, it's easy to see where and how the shoulder cannons rotate. Graham

This is worrying, but it's too early to start to panic. Hopefully it's just a few isolated incidences of drastically overtightened screws and not another full-blown VF-11B epidemic. AFAIK, only 2 or is it 3 MWers have reported this problem with their VF-0A so far? Still, I'll be checking my three VF-0A when I get home. Oh, and can we have some photos from those who have had the toys arms break, so I can pass the pics onto Yamato. Graham

So just how do you pronounce the name of this console then? Is it: - 1) Why. 2) We. 3) Double-You Two. 4) Double-You Eye Eye. Silly bloody name whatever IMO. Graham

Ditto. Graham

So do I. I love Nora's color scheme much more than Ivanov's which I find somewhat plain. My Hasegawa SV-51 is painted in Nora's scheme. I do hope that if Yamato reelease a Nora SV-51, the yellow markings will be Tampo printed on, as they would like terrible as stickers. Graham

While the animation and story of MacII are considerd to be somewhat sub-par by many, the Valk designs in general are well liked by most. I'd personally love to see a perfect transformation VF-2SS w/SAP and VF-2JA by Yamato. Not bothered about the Metal Siren though. I never did care for the design. It's extremely fugly IMO. Graham

When are we going start seeing some VF-0 customs? Kurt? Jung? Graham

Guys, please keep talk of the VF-0A to either the VF-0A thread, or the 'What's wrong with my........" thread. This is the YF-19 thread. Graham

Yes, it should be able to fit on the VF-0S. Graham

Sits quitely twiddlling thumbs and smiling. Graham

But what we really want to know is are the stickers for the tail fins crooked on the sticker sheet or not? Graham

Amended the thread title, so it's not so misleading. Graham

It's not all floppy in battroid mode. That is an extreme exageration. Yes, if you turn it upside down then the torso unlocks, but that hardly qualifies as being all floppy! The limbs and joints are all nice and tight. You can pick it up and fly it around in battroid mode by holding onto the upper legs, the groin or the backpack. Graham

Heh, guilty, multiple times Graham

Interesting, the standalone Ghost in those anime screen caps does seem to have some sort of two or three tone splinter camoflage paint scheme. Graham

I have several I got from Yamato, but need to ask if I can show them. Graham

Actually, if I was selling a DYRL 1/48 on Ebay and it had straight skulls, I would probably mention it in the item description, in the hope that idiots buyers would bid a bit higher. Graham

Anybody feel like writing an indepth review of series 1 & series 2 for the main site? Looking for about 1000 words written in a fair and objective manner. And of course lots of pics of the toys in all three mode, box & instructions. I'd do it myself, but I have no plan to buy the toys as I don't want more VF-1 toys. If Toynami wants to send me some free samples to review I'll be happy to review them........hint, hint. Graham

I'd happily put a VF-19 or VF-22 up against an F91 anyday. I'd feel quite comfortable putting an earlier generation Valk (VF-1, VF-4, VF-11, VF-17) up against any mark of Zeta, which has the aerodynamics of a flying brick! GP02 would have to hit the Valk first. In the original Gundam One Year War TV series, Gundam armour was IMO shown as being overly unrealistic in it's ability to stop the shells's from the Zaku's guns. Later Gundam anime, seemed to revise down the protective ability of Gundam armor to the point where it could be penetrated by cannon shells. And there are cannon shells and there are cannon shells! IIRC, wasn't it once calculated in another thread on these forums that the kinetic energy produced by a shot from the RX-78's beam rifle was actually similar to that of a 55mm round from the VF-1's GU-11? Graham

Non-existant unfortunately! But I seriously doubt we will ever see a PG, MG or SOC Valk. Bandai has never had much love for Macross. Graham

Each to his own I guess. Our tastes definitely differ though. I've always found Gundams and Evas to be very asthetically unappealing mecha designs. I do like some of the Zion designs though. Graham

I disagree. One of the issues I have with many Mobile Suit designs is that despite their huge size, they actually have extremely limited armament and often limited mobility as well, especially the early U.C. era MS. Take the RX-78 for example, it can't fly, only walk, run and jump, so has to have a mother ship or other transport vehicle to transport it from location to location, unlike Valks, which with their high Mach speeds have far more useful stategic mobility. Not to mention far better manuverability. Many MS, the RX-78 included also carry a tiny weapon load for their size. Head Vulcans with limted ammo, a beam rifle with limited ammo that usually has to be discarded after 20 shots or less and no spare ammo! beam sabers that are only useful if the enemy gets within range. While I'm not going to get into a Valk vs MS discussion, I'd take any VF over any pre-Victory (UC153) era MS anytime. Valks generally have the upper hand in armament, speed and manuverabilty. Valk armor and pin point barriers on later VFs is nothing to sneeze at either. Not even going to get into the whole G-Gundam, Wing Gundam, SEED/SEED Destiny thing as they are more super robots than real robots IMO. Graham