Chindenathus

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Which ever color you decide to recast it in (hint hint).

I preordered one at BBTS.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_Successor_Nadesico Now get tah learnin'!

Good lord I want that Nadesico Set bad! Is there any way to get it in the US?

Got Universe Treadbolt in the post from HTS today. Mine is F I N E Fine looking. I recommend it. BTW: The gold plastic looks better in person.

He needs that ability to fit into all of Simon Furman's writing...

Which is pretty scary since Furman is a rather "Meh" scriptwriter, nice guy (I've met him a few times) but WAY over rated by GeeWunner types.

I've been wondering if they just like to hear teeth gnash around these parts... I think Bandai is "Mommy Deaf" from all the years of fans bitching about every little detail (CoughZETAGUNDAMCough) on an item. It just gets old after a while, and becomes background noise. Kind of like insects on a autumn day. They screech and rachet into the sunset but the sun still sets and by all that is robotic I will buy this series of product with all the armor and what not because it and the series it hails from is Effin' Schweet! But not perfect...

I recommend some 5oo grit to scuff it and paint as you like.(+) Hell I'm getting the Takara versions because I like their paint job better, especially on the torsos. (+) (I've been contemplating getting the old G1 seeker rifles and re-doing the pegs to fit. Just a thought.)

>>Looks at his "Seeker boxed set" and just shakes his head. It's a sweet set but not worth the scalper prices. just wait till the takara TC & SW come out, it'l be cheaper than the secondary market.

I got my GSG today in the post and my word, it is heavy and really really excellent both in design and execution. I cannot recommend it enough to a GIT:SAC fan with some spare jingle in the pocket. I got mine from the folks at Twin Moons Anime. I think I am going to get this big fellow soon: http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product...amp;mode=retail

I'm interested too! I am curious how "articulation friendly" this kit will wind up. I like to add joint kits to some of my static resin figures from time to time.

A grainy copy of the teaser if anyone is interested: http://tron-2-trailer.blogspot.com/

Be very carefull with his chest panel. The gray plastic gets grouchy with age and the way the door is pinned it's really easy to break the hinge. Just FYI Otherwise he's a fun design from that era. One of my favorites.

The UM shown is a "back of the factory at 3 AM" edition of the figure. I too am curious if it is "Shelf Edition" correct.

God how I wish... >>Prays...

Two things I have to add to this thread: 1. This thread has been remarkably funny and restrained all things considered Thanks for the laughs everyone. 2. I have this co-worker who is built at about the same proportions as Klan Klan, but with a proportionally thicker midsection. I'll tell you now, when she swivels that -ahem- "pillow turret" in my direction and I can feel my IQ lag a good 15-20 points. Needless to say between her and this other girl that gives her some competition. There are days when I wish I could wear shades in the office. Seriously...

The only suggestion I have for the set would be to recast the pilot figure so we can repaint it to be Max or somebody else... That's my two cents.

Count me in for a set!

The Major has always had some serious "Stems". In GITSAC she is generally shown to have a fairly muscular lower body like an athlete. What has always surpirsed about the character is that she is a bit indulgently feminine physically (Remember her body is made to order) and almost never indulgent at all psychologically. In the first manga she was more laid back and a bit hedonistic at times. But in the animated material she is far more staid (except for the wardrobe...) and only rarely shows her sense of humor or any affection.

If you knock together a YF-22 parts kit, count me in for at least one set..

Kawamori redigested the MP Seeker design and arguably did some to improve it and quite a bit to hurt it. Especially the legs/feet/tail-booms issue. The redesign of the arms and cannons didn't win any points with me either.

Just to get the bolded part out of the way first: Any Star Wars fighter with basic particle shields would laugh at a 55.mm solid projectile pretty much infinitely. And consider even the fragile TIE Fighter has this basic form of shielding. Macross Mecha: Engineering: Macross and its two primary races have access to some damned fine engineering. All of the UN-SPACY's hardware is designed to be versatile, and competent at their job. This is especially so by the time of Macross+Plus and Macross 7. Offensive: Some excellent energy weapons technology pilfered from Zent technology. Also Reflex and Reactive weapons are something to take serious by pretty much all Sci-fi settings. Defensive: Physical armor that ranges from adequate (Vf-1) to decent (Destroids and armored Valks). The UN-SPACY is at he edge of decent force barrier technology but still is in the minor leagues compaired to higher end Sci-fi/fantasy. Gundam UC: Engineering: The Universal Century setting has a varied level of quality when it comes to it's technical achievements. Some units are truly superior, whereas some plainly do not rank well. Generally humanity's learning curve is pretty steep in th UC setting. The early mecha are tough but are also designed clunkily, but by the later part of the continuity the designs are pretty outstanding and well though out. Offensive: The UC mecha have access to some very respectable firepower, to the level that could give the high end Sci-fi settings a run for their money. After all their back up weapon (60mm vulcans) could shred most of the mainline mecha from Macross. It only gets (much) more destructive from there. Defensive: Gundam engineers are not shy with the armor plate and with the SUUPAH MEGA DEFENSE JIBBERISH that are Minovsky Particles pretty much guarantees that Fire and Forget weapons are a a waste of time. Gundam AC: See Gundam UC but throw any concept of ballance or practicality out the window. Gundam SEED: See Gundam AC only not quite so much. Star Wars: Engineering: Over all practical and rugged. The technology in Star Wars is designed to be effective and endurant. Star Wars has full AI on tap, excellent high end energy manipulation, and some of the best powerplant and drive technology in all of science fiction/fantasy. Their cannon fodder vehicles can wipe the battlefield with the prestige units in other continuities. Remember the Death Star was built in this continuity. It's pretty hard to top that. Offensive: Star Wars has some truly massive firepower available to even the meekest starfighter. A dedicated gun platform like the X-Wing or the B-Wing would take the best military vehicles most continuities can offer without so much as a bead of sweat. Defensive: Once agin Lucas's universe wins here pretty big as well. Shielded vehicles in the "Galaxy far far away" have by necessity the level of defensive sheilding required to give them a chance against vehicles sporting guns in the 300 million Gigawatt range. Since most Sci-fi haven't had tens of millenia on a million million worlds to develope their tech base they just don't rate comparitively Star Trek: Humans and their allies 3-4 centuries from now. yet surpringly only Star Wars technology and Zentraedi capital ship tech can really give 24th century's UFP a run for it's money. But rest assured when it's all said and done The Empire or the Zentaedi would come out on top. The best and only advantage The Federation and contemporaries can field is that warp drive hauls serious ass in real-space (sort of...) compared to jump drive technology used in most other high tech continuities. Oh and for the record no you cannot "Gate" A Variable fighter, they are all too wide. Way too wide, even when folded up as narrow as possible.

I have Leader Megs (Earth Mode) and his cockpit/backpack is not removable (least not without a screwdriver...) Nor does it open. I does however light up in copter mode.