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Met Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat and several other minor HK celebs while working on various HK movies back in the '90s. Celebs don't impress me. They're just people like you and me. In fact many of them tend to be real Alpha Hotels. Graham

Good news. From what I understand, the second run of VF-0S due out in July is supposed to have tighter knee and elbow swivel joints. Graham

Correct. Graham

Heh, I normally just thow mine away. No space for the bloody things anymore. Graham

Don't be an ass. You don't know that and are assuming. And if you do, then state your sources. vinnie 407818[/snapback] Both of you, no personal attacks or name calling please. Graham

They're 'Man-Dolls', not dollies! Graham

I think the means the shipping cartons are blank, not the actual individual toy boxes. Yamato shipping cartons usually hold 4 x 1/48 IIRC and are brown card, with the writing (Yamato name, PO number etc) printed in blue). Graham Graham

I emailed the Saab online shop about the book and they just replied that it is in English. Graham

Didn't there used to be a live-action Witchblade TV series, with the title role played by some ugly girl with a unibrow? Graham

Release is now rescheduled to July. Graham

Can anybody tell me what the weight of the Super Stealth box is? My scale doesn't go up that high. Graham

CD Japan has it. I've ordered from them many times and they are always fast and reliable. Graham

Can you let me know the title and ISBN number and I'll see if I can order it from somewhere. Graham

Do you still have the link? Graham

Just read from Jane's newsletter, that the F-35B engine is having overheating issues.....heh! And what's this Saab book you guys are referring to. I'm a big fan of Saab's planes. Graham

I don't think it's necessarily good news. I mean if neither Yamato nor any other toy company want to touch Macross 7, what's good about it. The differences between the YF-19 and VF-19F/S/P are huge. Pretty much every single part is different between the designs, requiring completely different tooling. I've studied this matter in depth in the past. IIRC without checking the linart, the only common parts between the YF-19 and VF-19S/F/P may be the hands and biceps, but every other part is different. Graham

Macross 7 VF-11C is all white with black trim. The heatshield is also white. The FAST packs are a sort of dark blue or greenish blue depending on what source material you look at. Overall the Macross 7 VF-11C color scheme is reminiscent of the DYRL Super Valk scheme, although without a chest color stripe. Other differences are that the thrusters on the Macross 7 VF-11C's back FAST Packs are squarish, whereas on the Mac Plus VF-11C, they are bell (or cone) shaped. Also, the VF-11C has a different more streamlined gunpod with no bayonet and the back-mounted FAST packs only have two micro-missiles launching ports per pack, compared to 4 per pack on the Mac Plus VF-11B. Overall, I prefer the color scheme of the Macross 7 VF-11C to the Macross Plus VF-11B. Graham

This movie doesn't open here in Hong Kong until July, bucking the recent trend of simultaneous worldwide release for summer blockbusters. However, I showed my 2 year old son, who absolutely loves cars, the online trailers at the weekend and he really enjoyed watching them. I'll probably buy him the DVD when it comes out, as he's still a bit young for the cinema experience. Graham

From what I understand, Bandai's Macross 7 license has lapsed and they have not renewed it. So if Yamato wanted to pick up a Macross 7 license they could. However, as Yamato already have a license for VF-X2 mecha, there is not much point for them to also spend money on a Macross 7 toy license. With the VF-X2 license they can make VF-17, VF-22, Full Armored VF-1B if they wanted to. The only thing they cannot make is the VF-19 Fire Valk and VF-19F/S/P. However, I get the impresion that Yamato thinks there is not that much of a market for the Macross 7 style VF-19 series. Graham

Could somebody please explain to me what is the difference between instananeous turn and sustained turn rates. I thought a turn is a turn? Graham

Guppy, Devin made those already. Graham

Nerver understood why a lot of people seem to have a problem with the ending of Blue Gender? It seems pretty clear and unambiguous to me. Graham

I don't remember him being religious at all in the early to mid-80's comics, but I may just be remembering wrongly, as that was a long, long time ago and a lot of beer has passed under the bridge since then. Graham

Just rewatched X2 on TV over the weekend. I'd forgotten that in the movie, Nightcrawler was portrayed as being very religious. From my memory of the comics though, I don't recall him being religious at all. Was this something that was added for the movie? Please bear in mind that I stopped reading X-Men comics (and superhero comics in general) in the mid-1980s, so I've no idea about what's been happening with any of the characters in the last 20 years.......LOL! Graham