Graham

At the moment, I'm stuck on that nighttime mission where you have to fly to a city and take out all the radar sites, the ones that have blue cone-shape radar beams. I can successfully take out all the radar sites, but what the heck do you do next? I'm guessing it's something to do with the big building (space elevator?) in the center of the city, but I can't find a target and by the time I take out all the radar sites, I'm usually down to a minute or less of time. Oh, and I've been using the A-10 for this mission. Gotta love the loadout of 110 rockets! Love the A-10 and I think this is the first air combat console game I've played where the programmers have actually made the A-10's gun different to other plane's guns. In the Ace Combat series, the A-10's gun usually has the same firing sound and damage as all other guns. Oh and David, have you got the Eurofighter yet? If yes, which character gets it and what's it like to fly? Graham

Been here since the beginning and before that used to be a regular on alt.fan.macross Graham

I found the easiest way to beat this mission was to use the SU-25 Frogfoot with FAE bombs. Fly high to avoid the carriers SAMs, then when you are nearly above the carrier, dive down, salvo a couple of regular missiles to take out the top launcher then drop 2 to 3 FAE bombs to take out the carrier. Then get back up high again to avoid the SAMs from the small submarines or boats or whatever they are that are lurking around. Graham

Eh, I thought it's been known for ages that the release date was pushed back. No big mystery, just Yamato were a little over-ambitious when they gave out the original release date. Getting the tooling made and the bugs ironed out takes time you know. Graham

Gahhh....these hackers are so annoying. What's the point of it? Never understood it. I bet it's some 13 year kiddie doing it as well....moron. Graham

Actually, this news already broke in the MW model forum about 5 or 6 hours ago Graham

Cue Twilight Zone music........... Graham

Good catch. I think they have just gone up as I check the BW site every day or so and hadn't seen them before. Graham

Here's a pic of the Hasegawa 1/48 F-2 model kit taken from the HLJ site. Graham

Here's a page on the F-2 from F-16.net. And here's a thread on the F-2, also from F-16.net site. Graham

From what I've read online, the F-2 is basically a Japanese built F-16, with the following Japan specific changes: - A 25% larger wing area. Radar absorbent materials used on the leading edges. A longer nose to accommodate a phased-array radar. A larger tail. I'm sure there are other differences as well, probably in the avionics According to one website I read the cost is roughly 4 times that of a Block 50/52 F-16. Graham

Go to the gallery section of the Big West Macross Zero site. No lineart of the F-14, but some quite good CG pics. Graham

Although I've only been to Japan once, I did spend nearly the whole trip with Seichi showing Shawn, Noel and I round a great many toy, hobby and book shops and I've gotta say that I was surprised at how few Yamato and Bandai Macross toys were to be seen. By comparison, toy and hobby shops in Hong Kong (where I live) seem to stock far more Macross toys. Graham

I haven't really been following this situation, so I don't know what's been done or said previously, but perhaps Shawn could explain the situation to Seichi and ask him to talk with Tanmen in Japanese to try to make him see that this is a business deal which he should honor and really has nothing to do with politics. And if I understand Tanmen's view correctly, he should have no problem selling to someone from say France for example, as France did not support the war on Iraq. So perhaps the orders could be resent by a French MW member as I believe we have a few. Graham

Definitely customs. Graham

Just found someone using this gif as an avatar at another forum. Quite funny and on topic Graham

He iscustomizing a Yamato VF-11B, so it won't be any bigger, unless he makes bigger tailfins. Graham

To the best of my knowledge, neither Yamato or Hasegawa have been given access to CG models of the mecha from Macross Zero. All they have been given is some CG stills, e.g. side view, top view, some angled views, plus a very small quantity of lineart. Apparently Kawamori is still working on the definitive lineart, which is one of the reasons why there is no TIAS book yet and why only a couple of peices of lineart have so far been published. Graham

LOL...maybe THEY know something we don't Graham

The choice was real easy for me. The X-Box doesn't have a Macross game (and no, RT Battle Cry doesn't count). Pretty much the only types of games I play are flying games, so of course I bought a PS2 for the Macross game and also for Ace Combat 4. Graham

Congratulations Kevin. When's the due date? Graham

We have a forum for discussing Macross games and this is not it, but I am moving you there. Graham

It's probably made by an ancient human civilization that worshiped the Aliens as goods (or demons) or some such nonsense. Graham

OK, if I put this in the MW Custom Toy Gallery. Also, how about some Fighter and Gerwalk mode pics? Graham

Wrong forum. This is nothing to do with Macross toys. Moved to 'Other Anime & Sci Fi' Graahm