Graham

Looks like they may finally be getting a release after a very troubled development period. But heck, I'm getting a little tired of SDF Macross figures. I'd love to see a set like this, but for Macross Zero VFs and Destroids. Graham

Never seen a close up pic of the gun door, but no it is not destroyed when the gun is fired. It's a hydraulic cover that swings open when the pilot pulls the trigger and closes automatically after firing. Read this and this. Graham

Does the Innocence book feature any new Mikimoto Macross character art or is it just reprint's of his older work that is already available in other books? Graham

If Toynami do release DYRL MPCs, I wonder whether they would take the time and expense to resculpt the arm FAST packs or not? At the moment, the DYRL Super Poseables have TV type arm FAST packs, which is incorrect. Graham

The 11 is a VF-11D 'Jamming Birds' varient from Macross 7. Graham

I have the original of Macross Since 1983. It's a fun game, but a little repetative. I've tried burning a copy, but the copy I made never worked. Never could figure out what I was doing wrong. I also have a bootleg of Another Story, but could never get it to run on my PC. The best I got was being able to view the intro movie, which was pretty cool. I also have the original of the special edition of VF-X2. Although I can copy PS games, I absolutely refuse to make copies of this, so don't even ask me. Graham

I wonder if it's still in RT or was cut? Graham

Although I'm not really up on vintage 1/55 prices anymore, that price sounds acceptable for a mint GBP armor. Graham

Wow, you watched the entire Macross 7 TV series in one weekend? That is hardcore! Anyway, in Macross 7, Max and Miria fly the VF-22S (the production version of the YF-21). And yes, I agree it would make a cool toy. Graham

Don't forget Yamato has many other product lines, not only Macross. Even if they did stop producing Macross toys, I don't think they would go out of business. Anyway, I'm sure we will continue to see Macross products from Yamato, although even I don't really have a clear idea of what's in the pipeline apart from lots of Macross Zero stuff. As for the 1/48 VF-1 toys, well at the moment most asian retailers still have a fair amount of stock, so it's pointless putting the older 1/48 toys back into production at this time if no stores are going to buy them. It doesn't make good financial sense for Yamato to fill their warehouse full of 1/48s when there are no customers. I'm sure once the stock starts to thin-out Yamato will start getting requests from their distributors for more 1/48 toys and once they recieve enough orders they will pump out another production run. Anyway, it's not like 1/48 toys are especially difficult to find right now (except for the Low-Vis). I mean it's only a few months ago that the VF-1S Hikaru and VF-1J Hikaru came out, plus we had the reissues of the VF-1A Hikaru and VF-1S Focker quite recently as well. Not to mention the VF-1J Super Max is coming at the end of this month and the VF-1J Super Miria in April. It's not a good idea for Yamato to over-saturate the market with 1/48 VF-1 toys. Frankly speaking after the Max and Miria come out, it would probably be a good idea for them to wait at least 1 or 2 years before producing anymore 1/48 VF-1 toys in order to increase the scarcity of the toys and give sufficient time for demand to build. Graham

I'm moving this to the model kit forum. Graham

These I'm guessing are recasts of the old Wave non-transforming resin kits from 1995. Graham

LOL...eventually, I'll get the reissues, both 1/65 and 1/55 added to the MW toy section. So much to do, so little time. Graham

Bet they'll be 1/55 (i.e. tiny), just so they are in scale with the other MPCs and they'll still cost $80! Graham

Heh, it would be difficult to get slower shipping than HLJ! Graham

Toybiz, Mattel and Hasbro have continous production but smaller companied only do short runs. No toy company no matter how large will have a never-ending production run. For the smaller companies, the production run may be in the thousands or tens of thousands, for the larger companies the production run may be significantly larger, say in the hundreds of thousands or even millions (rare these days), but this is still a finite number. Once the quantity ordered has been completed, the factory switches to another product until demand is such that a second production run is called for. Graham

It always makes me laugh the way so many people think toy factories churn out toys endlessly day after day. As Agent One said, a production run (depending on size) takes only a few weeks to complete. By the time the toys arrive in the stores, the production run is already over. Graham

Just wondering, does anybody have a photo of the ultra-rare VF-19 Fire Valkyrie plush? Graham

J-lo's ass, er.....no thanks, I hate butts that require a 'Danger Wide Load' sign. Graham

The original Dawn of the Dead is one of my all time favorite movies (in my top three), so I expect to be extremely critical of this remake. I really wish Romero could get the financial backing to make a fourth Dead movie Graham

Yes, I have gotten more into this game the more I've played it. Although at the moment, I'm so busy, I'm lucky if I can fit in 1 to 2 hours a week to play it. My biggest two gripes with this game are that there is no instant retry button if you die in a mission. It just takes too damn long cycling back through the menus to try a mission again. The other thing that really annoys me (which I have mentioned before), is that I find the characters behavior and dialog extremely childish and annoying. Whenever there is a scene with characters talking to each other, I hardly ever read/listen to what they are saying and just skip through it as fast as possible. I may be missing a lot of the character's backstory, but who cares! I bought the game to fly planes and blow crap up, not listen to a buncha whinney, angst-ridden dweebs behave in such a way that if these were real people, I would probably slap them.....hard! Anyway, I do find the game harder than the AC series. The missions are definitely more challenging, especially the ground attack missions, where sometimes you really need to think hard about how to actually complete the mission. I also love the variety of enemies, with my favorite so far being those big wheelie things. I think overall I still prefer AC4 by a slight margin, but it is close. If Delta Strike had less annoying characters and an instant retry feature then I would definitely like it more than AC4. Graham

Wow, that's great. However, it would probably look better on a runway instead of in mid-air as it looks a bit 'static' IMO. As it's in the air, it would probably look a bit better with some movement or hovering effects added. Graham

Yep, I've been killing every radar in each clump. I'll try the mission again with the F-14 then. Graham

I forget, did we ever decide what the initials PCS mean? 'PCS readings' seem to be mentioned quite a lot in Macross Zero. Graham

Wicked Ace, can I use these pics for the MW custom toy gallery? Graham