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I watched this earlier this year on the recommendation of a friend. Not the sort of anime I usually watch (no giant robots or tentical sex ), but it was enjoyable enough, if a bit depressing. And just to confirm what Sebastian said, the English subtitles on the HK DVD set are pretty good. Graham

I used to know a guy who's name was Wang. Graham

Does the Strike Gundam really need to be updated though? It's only what 2-3 years old, so performance-wise it shouldn't be that far behind the curve. With a good pilot and the ISWP it should be comparable to all but the most advanced suits. Graham

Some people have mentioned seeing a shimmering around Shin's shield, but I don't remember seeing it (screen caps anybody)? Also, the English translations of the Impulses's specs on sites like MAHQ make no mention of the Impulse's shield having any special ability. Graham

Takatoku Orgoids are fairly easy to find here in HK in the shops that specialise in vintage toys. I can think of 2 or 3 shops that have them. Of course they are not cheap though. I've been thinking of buying one of these for years now, but the reported fragility puts me off. I just wish I'd bought some when I came to HK in 1986 as they were still selling everywhere then for original retail price or less . Graham

I like my electric toothbrush......does that count? Graham

Nah, gimme slender, elfin chicks anyday. I like my women between 95lbs to 110lbs max and between 5' 3" to 5' 7" tall. Monica Belluci or big women in general do nothing for me at all. Small is cute, large ......what for? Graham

As well as the Gun Walker, Kyosho also make a cool R/C sci-fi tank called the Gun Roller. Graham

Nothing says cool like a Daggit! Graham

VF-17D or VF-22S Graham

On the subject of Engrish, there's a small sandwich shop in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong that has a sign up advertising a 'Tuna with Cum' sandwich. I think and hope that they actually mean Tuna with Cucumber, but their method of shortening the word 'Cucumber' is odd to say the least. Needless to say I will not be trying this particular sandwich just in case the description of the ingredients is accurate . One of these days I'll have to take a photo and submit it to Engrish.com. Graham

That statement is generalizing too much. It's only the best selling genre in the US market. Well, it helps that the US market is the largest market... Not that I really care, but I'm just curious is the North American games market really bigger than the combined Asian, European, UK and South American, i.e. the rest of the world's games market? Anybody in the industry have some figures? Graham

Actually, I'm wondering why no other MS so far has been fitted with a version of the Forbidden Gundam's energy deflection armor as that was very effective against beam weapons. Graham

It would be cool to see some new Orguss toys, but I can't see it happening, unless the great champion of obscure licenses (Yamato) decides to pick up the license. Graham

Anime endings raped my childhood . Graham

Uh, because he's actually a very good pilot? Are you forgetting he fought multiple Gundams to a standstill as well as surviving relatively unscathed against a gunbarrel equipped mobile armour, in what was essentially his first mission? I don't think Shins that good a pilot....yet. While in eps 1-2 he was able to avoid being damaged by the 3 stolen Gundams, I don't think it's really that accurate to say he fought them to a standstill. He was also unable to damage the 3 Gundams at all. Of course he may have been deliberately trying not to damage them so that ZAFT could get them back intact. Athrun an Yzak did much better in their ZAKUs against the 3 stolen Gundams in episode #6. Of couse Athrun and Yzak are far more experienced pilots than Shin, but the ZAKU should also be an inferior machine compared to the Impulse or the 3 stolen Gundams. Graham

Screw that, I want to see Cagali get into her Strike Rouge and put her foot up in his @ss. Forget using Strike Rogue (although I /would/ love to see it with the IWSP in the show.. Well, we do see Strike Rouge with ISWP in the opening (or is it the ending, I forget?), so I think there's a good chance we will see it in the show later on. Graham

In this thread so far there's been a lot of mention of various characters (Mwu, Rau, Rey) being Newtypes, but is this actually established fact, i.e. is it actually written down anywhere in official source material from Sunrise/Bandai, or actually mentioned in the show? Or just because some of the characters get that little lightning flash thingy when they sense another character, or to warn them of danger are we just assuming that they are new types without having solid facts to base this assumption on? Graham

Yeah, I've just finished watching SEED and I also seem to recall a few times where Kira did the multi-target thing in Freedom without being in SEED mode. It seems to be more a function/ability of Freedom rather than part of Kira's abilities IMO. Graham

Heh, somebody should just use the image posted on the auction to print some high quality copies and flood ebay with them . Ok, I can understand the seller selling this. Heck if somebody is stupid enough to pay 25 grand for a peice of cardboard, then why not. More power to the seller. What I don't understand is the bidders. I mean I thought Yu Gi Oh was an anime & game just for little kiddies, i.e. under 10 years old. I don't see any little kiddies having 25 grand laying around, so does this mean that they either have very rich (and stupid IMO) parents or there are actually adults willing to blow that sort of cash on a kiddies card? The mind boggles ! OK, I'm a guy in his mid-30s who collects transforming plastic Japanese robot toys, so perhaps I shouldn't be so critical, but I still feel there is a big difference between spending maximum $200 on a quality robot toy, which is aimed at older collectors and spending 25 grand on a piece of card that is aimed solely at pre-teens. Graham

The guy and the girl in those pics really need to be introduced to each other. Graham

Actually, it was the Arii & Imai Macross model kits that first got me hooked on Macross back in 1982. I didn't actually see my first episode of the TV series until visiting HK in 1986. I finally got to see DYRL in 87 or 88 and that was what really got me hooked big time. Graham

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The ending of Evangelion raped my childhood. Sorry, just seems to be a theme on Macrossworld at the moment. Just jumping on the bandwagon (AKA if you can't beat em join em) Graham

Well, we all know what three words 'psychotherapist' breaks down into: - PSYCHO THE RAPIST Graham