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Toynami's look aesthetically better... in pictures. I would bet that CM's will have better quality and fit, but the design is just horrid and for it to justify the price, it just loses in all kinds of way. Looking at the Beagle CAD designs for the cyclone, I would love to see their version of the Legioss.

The more I look at the CAD drawings of the Beagle, the more I consider just getting that. Maybe I'll just get one CMs to play with. The Megahouse look good too, but if Beagle comes out with each variation and it meets the look of the plans then I'll pay for it. It's obviously gonna be more though, isnt it?

Thanks Graham! I guess we will know for sure in the coming months. BTW, the pics in the new magazines look like screengrabs from a commercial, and those usually advertise the price at the very end towards the bottom. I noticed that the images look cropped, so perhaps pricing is not yet finalized? I'm excited for what might be a new VF-1 commercial! What part of "don't quote me" didnt you understand??? Can't wait to see pics of the fps attached! Awesome news.

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Oh man... Daimos? I still need Grendizer then Daimos and that'll complete my childhood heroes collection.

that's true, except for me... I didn't like the revoltechs and I doubt I'll like these. It's all about the new 1/60s and the ride armors!

someone need to put those valks on the treadmill. gonna pass on these. Dont care how cheap they are.

I dont think they have anything beyond what they've shown because of the WGA strike.

those beagle drawings look good. The rider sits unawkwardly and look at the springs on the hydrolics. If it's anything like those illos, I might have to wait. That megahouse video looks awesome! Thanks real one! I'm kinda happy about the mospeada ride armors, I think they'll make up for all the failures all the Legioss turned out to be (except I'm not going to buy Toynami's cyclone version... what for? I need all the money for the other versions.. Hell, I might get dupes of the others before I even think about getting Toynami's.)

I thought the movie was brilliant. It seemed like it was presented in a simple manner but it really was more than what it was. First of all the plus the effects were solid... not only the monster but the liberty head, the sets, I like the fact that it wasn't the obligatory tough military guy played by Nicholas Cage and the hot scientist played by Jessica Alba. I know you guys find depth in that, but that's just too stale from the moment it landed. Instead you got unknowns that are believable as real people. Though I remember Marlena from the series "Class". Also I was glad that the monster was chosen to be revealed slowly. A friend of mine called and she said that people told her that you barely see the monster... And I'm like BS... the monster gets to be in your face by the end. And when they show it it's freakin unbelievable. I think the weight of the story is presented as people ask themselves (and everyone wonders this) what would you do in an event of a devastating catastrophe, except in this case it's in a way fantastical manner. Where would you go, who would you save and in what order? Who would you get in touch with first? And to what extent would you go out on a limb for that person? I feel like a lot of people come in to this movie screaming, I want to see the monster and totally miss it. The devastation was so real but at the same time there was enough entertainment to call it fun. The monster wasn't just for great effects but it was to remove you far enough from reality to say its ok that I'm watching people suffer and still say that it was fun to see it. But it was never funny to make it seem ridiculous, which most effects heavy movie seem to do a lot now.

Have these been posted? I didnt really read this thread until I saw the movie but I never seen these. http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/01/06/video-...ired-by-slusho/

These guys are 100% right though, they should come with side covers... now it bugs the crap out of me. It's a huge gap and that ar connection joint is just hanging there. Other than that I likes it a lot.

That's 2! 2 zings for the price of one!!!

Why so serious?

haha for some reason I missed that bit about Bonsai bank on Grahams post...

Man I'm so glad I have my money at Bonzai Bank. It's not a large financial institution as its mostly made of tiny little branches with firm roots! ZING!

pills scattered... suicide?

The Genesis system uses hardrives. it's a huge camera, they used to film Superman Returns. We used it to film a documentary here and it's way too big to run around with. I'm assuming they used it to capture images used for inserting FX. And they also used 35mm. I'm guessing all of these were transferred and matched to digibeta look without sacrificing quality, because some shots were way too clean to be just handheld digibeta.

I honestly think that you should see this in the theaters with the exception of whether or not you have a home theatre with a large screen and a good surround sound system. If you're in the theater, sit close to the middle or towards the back especially if the screen is huge. I've seen this 3 times viewing it at different distances and it while experiencing it at mid distance gave you a more immediate feeling, sitting farther meant seeing everything a lot better. Any closer is too close. The sound design is amazing. It would be hard to believe that a small handheld recorded something so alive... lol. Dark Horizon lists different types of image sources for the movie. 35mm film, the Genesis, etc. http://www.darkhorizons.com/2008/cloverfield.php

I read somewhere that it was actually shot with 35mm. Some shots such as Rob under the bridge was shot with a handheld, but I'm pretty sure it was hi quality HD digital.

GRAHAM: No... but yours do! CRAAAAAACK! Rhapsodyred99: AAARGH! Oh god! The humanity!