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For Orguss, the one to get is Kazutaka Miyatake Design Works. It's also a good Macross artbook as Miyatake and Kawamori often collaborate together - to the point that some Macross mechs are part Miyatake part Kawamori. For Mospeada and MZ23, I don't recall any artbooks of dedicated to Shinji Aramaki or Hideki Kakinuma. There are some artbooks specific to those titles and the studio that they worked at though. There's two good Bandai Entertainment Bibles focused on ARTMIC works.

How could anyone here forget.... "Clash of the Bionoids" by FHE. Not only did it have a horrible dub, it was also chopped up. Macross DYRL or what was left of it... ;_;

[deleted] Never mind. I should've looked at the previous page.

Like what? In terms of defense spending, I would think the Arrow would've been much more of an asset than what they got from the BOMARC-B. And I don't see how the Arrow would've been obsolete. Given upgrades, it probably would've lasted many many years - even the F-111 which was lambasted eventually found it's place and proved it's worth). In what way? Besides, wasn't it the RCAF that wanted the Arrow and initiated the program? And wasn't it the RCAF that wanted to gold-plate the aircraft? IIRC Avro Canada did everything it could to make sure that the Arrow would be a winner. I'm not an expert, but I would think it would've been better to stick with the Arrow and keep Avro (and all of the benefits that a high-tech industry could provide) alive than instantly crushing everything with a pen. Heck, Sweden who is just as small (in terms of market) as Canada seems to do just fine.

All of the V-bombers were gorgeous. The Victor particularly looks futuristic when I flip through ancient warplane guidebooks (dating from the 60s) with photos that are black & white. With regards to elegant Brit warplanes, the best looking prop planes (WW2 and post-WW2) were the Merlin-engined Spitfires, the Centaurus-powered Tempest II and Sea Fury, and the twin-engined Mosquito/Sea Hornet. The worst looking plane was by far the Fairey Barracuda. I'll excuse the Gannet because it's an ASW plane. For jets, the best lookers were (IMO) the Hunter, the Scimitar, the Lightning and the V-bombers. Oh, and ofcourse the unfortunately cancelled TSR-2. The Typhoon is nice looking too. But I'm not sure if it's accurate to call it a Brit fighter.

I like the looks of the Lightning. Very macho looking. Love the odd shaped wings. Lightning with Victor tanker (another gorgeous Brit aircraft)

If only...you guys never cancelled the TSR.2... ;_; Now that would've been something nice. But hey, the EE Lightning wasn't too bad right? The Typhoon isn't that bad. And it's probably unfair to compare it against the F-22 or F-35. I would assume it's more than a match against the latest Sukhois.

Er, um... how about hyperboles, projections, and promises?

You mean in like these 2 pics? The light-blue one is a repainted 1/48. The one in the middle is the VF-0. The Hikaru is a 1/60. Yeah, it's kinda odd. Some folks have stated that the VF-0 is close to the size of a F-14 Tomcat and the VF-1 is closer in size to the F-16 Falcon. If that's the case Yamato might have it right. Look at the VF-1 in 1/144 scale in comparison to an F-14 in the same scale - Notice the hugeness of the Tomcat. *Note: None these pics are mine

I'll trade you one of my Strikes from Volume 1 for a non-Super in Volume 2. PM me if you're interested.

That depends on what kind of music you like... but let's see... Well, you can't go wrong with Anzen Chitai. 　http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz8e-lPJBrs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPcIpV3gBUU PSY*S is good too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3s_9FlyUw0 For J-pop idol singers, there's plenty to choose from. Idol singers were all the rage during the 80's and Macross is indicative of that era. Among my favorites (not including Iijima Mari) include... Oginome Yoko http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52zuLDC7V7s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zycYQQHv3fc and Nakamori Akina http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2tWKU0CY3I and Utoku Keiko/Mi-Ke http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbUgVt43UY0

I'm not a big fan of theirs but I do own one of their albums. The song "Roman Hikou" is a classic. I could listen to that song anyday.

I listen to music that primarily date from the 1980's. Whether it's rock, anime theme songs, or J-pop, the majority of it dates back to that decade. Shows you how old I am. ;;

Maybe the Navy should take those re-winged Intruders out of storage.

A little treat for those of you considering to buy or have already purchased Megahouse's Ride Armor toy: And for those of you lucky enough to own a Gakken or skilled enough to make a Imai kit: Enjoy!

Rough translation: In addition to loving your works since before the year 10,000+2000, I've been indebted to Chief Director Kawamori. As usual, Kawamori-san is a genius. This VF-25 Valkyrie just has a utter coolness.

What's really said: "Our production staff is super hard at work in order to perfectly reproduce the transformation and proportions, so please look forward to the quality."

You simply can not compare diecasts of VFs to Hot Wheels. There's a huge difference in detail, production scale, and buying demographic. I suppose you can price at $9.99 but then I wouldn't be surprised if detail and quality went waaaaay down.

Vostok 7, you have my support. Fighter mode is my favorite mode for ALL the variable fighters ever designed. I too think the 1/200 variable fighters collection that Yamato will be releasing soon is a good start. I hope that the quality is better than the 1/144 F-toys Chara-works VF-1s. I like the 1/144 collectables but there's so much room for improvement. I'd love to get accurate non-transforming fighter-mode only collectables in a scale larger than 1/200. 1/200 is a bit too small. Maybe something in 1/100 scale? Or heck, how about 1/72 scale non-transforming diecasts? Priced somewhere like the fighter plane diecasts we see from companies like Dragon, Century Wings, Hobby Master, and the like. Around say $40-50?

Without a doubt, Revoltechs are absolute fun to play with. I too recently got the Helldiver (as well a movie vers. Ingram). Both are very nice looking. The right leg on my Ingram is loose but it's not proving to be a major problem (the problem doesn't seem to be the Revoltech joint but rather the hole that it sits in). One thing fun I did recently - ”Miura" Ingram

Um, didn't Boeing try to get this deal in an underhanded way by hiring/recruiting an AF official involved in the tanker selection process? Which then led to a scandal that jailed the AF person and a Boeing exec? Yeaahhh.... Boeing....maybe... if you had played fair, ya wouldn't be in this mess.

Let's see some pics of your toys being played around with. I'll start.

Here's a Japanese review on CMs toy: http://gsr.seesaa.net/article/82903832.html The toy in the review had issues with the front shaft - particularly with those pins just like the Collectdx reviewer (as you can see in the pics). The reviewer decided to make his own fix/modification. The reviewer says he was angry at first but after making the modification, he's quite happy with it. Though his hasn't broken yet, the probability of the windshield breaking is 100% says he. Bandai's Action Base 2 apparently works nicely with the toy. I've read a few Japanese reviews on the CMs toy and the general feeling is that the toy (mainly the bike) feels more like a prototype that was rushed out.

I say don't worry about the future. What's past is past. Enjoy what's actually coming out NOW. There's no use moaning and worrying yourself silly about what may or may not happen. Much of it is out of our control anyways. Besides, it's better to be optimistic.

There's a Macross in-joke in Episode #7 of Bamboo Blade. Poor girl received a VHD of DYRL as a gift but didn't have/know what to play it with.