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Solid hair... I don't get the clear hair version... even though I got them... The second series almost doesn't matter. The clear wasn't molded with tranlucent dye, instead it was painted on, which makes it NOT clear anymore...

Or Guppy... hehe.

I gotta agree. The announcement cam out last year around the same time as the Q-rau. And now the Q-Rau is almost on it's second incarnation. Remember when someone from Toybox said that they were going to retool the whole thing because he prototype was built exactly at 1/60 scale and usually it would be built at twice the size? Can you imagine how big that prototype would be at 1/30 scale??? Well I think it's gone the way of the YF19. I've still got my fingers crossed on the YF-19. Although, I must admit to losing hope fast... A variable monster's cool, but damn I wanted to see that giant footrest be made! LOL... i gotta stop acting like I know what's up with the YF-19.... I just do that to make the fanboys sweat. I was lurking around and in the TMP forums and I saw a quote of me saying it's a dead project and another fanboy telling him not to listen to fanboy rumors.

Titanic, True Lies and the Abyss are all terrible movies and James Cameron is a hack. Just because he had one of the highest grossing teen cryfest summer shlock movies of all time under his belt and the academy awards popularity does not make him a good director. What has he done since? Jack. Terminator 1, 2 and Aliens can be seen the same way, they are attrocious movies but everone loves them because of all the guns 'a blazin' and special effects. Same goes for Peter Jackson, He was not much more than a third-teir New Zealander gore movie hack until he landed LotR... and Jackson got lucky that he did not totally destroy the LotR trilogy as he had the bonus of good story material, good actors and a good crew behind him. Plus "Founding" an effects shop in this day and age is no big thing as it is just a matter of money and headhunting the right talent. As for Savini and Burton they also have one or two box office successes, more due to their cast and story talent. But the element all these people have that Phil Tippett does not is experience. Their "good" movies came at number 4, 5 or 6 in their careers. ST2 is Tippett's first film in the chair and it shows bigtime. Just as the movie Spawn was a first time shot for most of it's leading crew, ST2 shows itself as a very shallow, immature film. Budget is just an excuse, mainly being an effects person Tippett is used to having about a 100 million in breathing room to fire up his flints and maya seats. I think King George has proved the point that good effects are no match for a poor story and lousy acting and now Tippett has proved that a bad story, budget effects and an inexperienced director can do the same. But seeing as the budget was so low ST2 will most likely will make money in the first week (like the Spykids franchise) and will convince him he should make more movies. Don't you just love hollywood? I fargin loved the Abyss and even more when the special edition came out. It seemed that the story was lacking with the original release, but it was the fault of the studios that made him cut the meat of the story. Maybe Cameron isn't the best director out there but I wouldn't go as far as to call him a hack. I'd say he's one of the best action directors and should have stayed within the genre instead of trying to spread out. He's able to mix the gun ablazing with an interesting enough story to keep you entertained for a few hours, not to mention make the details believeable as a good "action" director should. I'd take Cameron over most of the directors out there making action films like Michael Bay, Simon West, Jan De Bont, Robert Rodriguez, all the MTV escapees and after Kill Bill, I'd most likely prefer watching a Cameron film. But I rather he stopped making movies if he's going to try outside the field. It seems to me that there are a lot of these ILM alumnis that are branching out to directing as it should be their natural route, but I noticed how bad they are at it. Phil Tippet and Joe Johnston are a couple. They sure know how to make space ships fly or a Dinosaur walk, but they can't tell an actor how to act for crap. I don't know if there's a formula for good directors. I mean look at Opi.. who knew that a child actor/teen geek idol could turn out to be such a good director? I'll wait on my stand on Peter Jackson, but I think King Kong is gonna be the next big bomb as Emmerich's Godzilla.

I gotta agree. The announcement cam out last year around the same time as the Q-rau. And now the Q-Rau is almost on it's second incarnation. Remember when someone from Toybox said that they were going to retool the whole thing because he prototype was built exactly at 1/60 scale and usually it would be built at twice the size? Can you imagine how big that prototype would be at 1/30 scale??? Well I think it's gone the way of the YF19.

Is that an actual piece by Ross? I can't believe how unproportional it looks.

It's not a question whether or not it did happen. I could go thru that stupid thread over and over and it wouldn't reveal one thing. I'm just wondering if anyone here ever considered the fact of it's possibilty. I mean we all know that HG is a blood sucking leech of a company... but what if it's a blood sucking leech of a company that has a contract?

I know it's the worst thing that could ever happen but what if BigWest signed something that shouldn't have back in the 80's and it's coming back to bite them. I don't follow the debate thread, but I mean is there any proof otherwise aside from the fact that HG hasn't completedy raped the property yet? It's a hard truth to swallow but we may all have to face it someday...

It looks to me that the arms slide back and forth at the shoulder, so maybe it's not extended to it's full length (speculation). The arms flip upside down in battroid mode so that maybe where the sliding action is useful.

Thyw didn't, trust me. Looks good from far but far from good...

Wow, Pat, I can't wait for you to get this book... so I can check it out! Does it not have the Popys too?

They should classify everyone by what beer they drink. Yeah, I have a couple of buds. But I like hanging out with the Coronas too. But sometimes you feel like spending time with some Asahis. You know what I mean? The world would be a better place... 'til you run into a Colt45...

that pic of M&M with the kids... I've seen the one with ALL the kids.

Holy crap... never saw this one before!

because they're a bitch to recast.

Nice halfass custom haterist... like mine...

hey Angolz it's been touched on this thread... http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=8434

I gotta agree that this is the best toy representation so far, but if your going to be bold and call it a masterpiece then you better make sure that everything is in top form. Even the 1/48 is not called a masterpiece and I would argue that it is (less the damn QC). I hope that the delay addresses this issue. I'm also betting that the fact that it drags has to do with that damn removeable cyclone gimmick. Guess we'll see. I gotta give it to them though. They know how to take a damn good set of pics. Damn, can I say damn anymore?

If it feels as good as it looks, i'll get one. Remember how good the VF MPC looked?

Sorry, I meant to bump Shawn's first post. Not the debate.

OT, but what are the odds of seeing the Alpah/Betas and Cyclones in CG warfare in the new game? I don't remember any cut scenes in Battlecry. I think MikeRB was our best hope of seeing these mechs in glorious CG.

Folly to whomever tries to argue that this picture was done for reasons other than eliciting responses like this: True, artwork based on a subject is open to interpretation. I was just voicing my disappointment that HG had to service the lowest common denominator. Anyone remember the Lebatars?HG has a history of trying to make these characters "sexy". Oh please, anyone that doesn't meet the criteria where you drew the line has to be the lowest denominator because you quoted one sample.

Lol, she was probably the ony one who knew the song. Wish I'd been there... Actually, Jwinges was there, so there was TWO people that knew the song... jwinges should've done a duet with her, then. Yeah right... he can't even get kyun kyun right!!!