Graham

While I like the version they have released, I'd also like to see the OVA Shin & Cannon-Fodder versions released, with tampo printed tail fin markins on the cannon fodder, say 50% of the production run with rabbit markings and 50% with skull markings. Graham

From what I was told, depspite the fact that it completely contradicts both the anime and Hasegawa, the view of the HRH is that there is only one VF-0A color scheme, there is not supposed to be a separate Shin Type & Cannon Fodder type. Graham

Thanks David. Graham

I'm glad they changed the dorsal fuel tanks to grey, instead of the white on the pre-production pics. I won't get mine until next Tuesday, but I'm dying to know what color the pilot helmet is and also to have a look at the sticker sheet. Graham

They were probably mugging people, so they could get money to pay for all the new Yamato Macross releases. Graham

Anybody know a way to grab Flash images? I want to get the CG pics of the Fighter, Battroid & Gerwalk modes of the VF-0D Shin Type, VF-0D Normal Type & VF-0A from the gallery section of the official Big West Macross Zero site. I've tried a couple of types of free software, that are suppoosed to let you save and extract Flash images, but they haven't really worked. Graham

It's definitely out in Japan, as box pics are now showing up on Yahoo Japan auctions. Graham

You guys really need to get out more. Graham

Anybody who thinks Gundams are cool looking and Battroids fuggly needs their eyesight checking and/or some serious time in therapy. Everybody who has any taste knows that it is in fact Gundams that are extremely fugly and Battroids that are cool looking. Graham

Supposed to be today! Graham

From what I understand, the VF-11B/C airframe is not stressed to take a fold booster. Graham

VF-0A is scheduled for September 25th, which means today! I forget what the Kakizaki release date is. Graham

To me, it looks like an inpainted resin sculpt, or one just painted with primer. I haven't asked, but I hope it's not the color they have chosen. Graham

There's a definite and firm click from the middle when I change the thruster position on the woodland GBP, that I don't get on my blue GBP. Graham

I've asked Yamato about landing gear on the Ghost Booster, but I'm still waiting for a reply. Graham

The 1/60 YF-19 was designed from the begining to be Fold Booster Compatible. Graham

Took the woodland camo GBP armor out of the box last night. Very happy with it. Haven't had time to take apart the chest yet to see if any improvements were made. The attention to detail continues to amaze me. I love the way that even the inside of the armour has panel lines. One change I noticed compared with my standard GPB, is that the backpack thrusters now have a distinct click, when moving the thruster nozzels between the two positions. Graham

Fold Booster & FPs will be released together as a set, sometime early next year. Graham

Very happy with my Angel Bird. That said, I haven't transformed it and probably won't. Fighter mode looks the best IMO for this paint scheme. It's going to end up on display in fighter mode, without any missiles or gunpod, just the way it was in the TV series. It's great that we finally have a production toy of it. Graham

Here's a bigger scan of the pics from the November Dengeki Hobby. I took the page out of the magazine to get it completely flat on the scanner. Click to enlarge Graham

Not mis-transforming per say, just they didn't want to show the feature until now. Made me have a good laugh when the CAD art was first published and everyone here was bitchin and moaning about how the shoulders should angle up. Graham

Should still be late November. Graham

Strange POV IMO. The non-canon Valks as well as recent canon Valks such as the Angel Birds have been selling pretty well. Certanly there's not huge piles sitting unsold in warehouses. Yamato didn't really blow a whole load of money to produce them as the cost of the molds (the main expense) was paid for a long time ago. So it's only production and materials cost, plus a small amount of cost involved in development for choosing the paint and plastic colors to use. There is definitely profit being made on them. The more profit Yamato makes, the more it will encourage them to produce other Macross toys, such as those from Plus, Zero and others . Graham

No! Graham

It pushes in to make space for the arms in fighter mode. Graham