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Ahh, good, so I don't have to feel guilty for liking it. So you're saying that there are a number of possibly cheap licenses that would include the VF-4. As for Trash, do you recommend it? Is it scanlated? Yeah, the VF-4 rocks that much. I think one reason it's so cool is because it truly looks like a trans-atmospheric craft. It looks like a jet aircraft and like a starfigher.

Hey, does anybody know who designed the Stampede? I'm assuming it's not Kawamori. Anyway, I love all the VF's, and the VF-1 will always be my first love, but I have to give props to the VF-4. It's got the most mystique of any variable fighter, since it only appeared in animation briefly in fighter mode. Also, if you can put yourself in the mindset of watching Flashback 2012 when it came out, when the only VF was the VF-1, and seeing the VF-4 for the first time, you can imagine the excitement you'd feel. "Holy S---! A new fighter! Wait, does it transform?" We were left with a mystery. And since the VF-4 has never been seen in animation since, it's kept most of it's mystique. (Yeah, I know it's been seen in video games. But it's not the same.) Also, it's one of very few VF's that hasn't existed in toy form. Hmmm. I bet the Flashback toy license isn't that expensive. C'mon Yamato! Although, I'd hate to see how fat it would end up as a toy (YF-19 gullet syndrome?).

Hmmm, never seen some of these. I guess the artists I worship were not infallible after all: I see white out on that paper! And they used graph paper as a crutch. I bet they even used rulers and stuff. Inspiring.

You'd probably like Genesis Survivor Gaiarth, an early nineties anime that's unfortunately only available on VHS.

You callin' dibs? I'd love to do an eighties style space mecha show, right down to the transforming/combining mecha and eighties character designs. The main characters would be adults, and there would be no angsty or girly main characters. I'd also like to do a parody anime that either exaggerates or reverses stupid anime cliches, and I love Sumdumgai's idea of a cool main character surrounded by annoying friends! That's exactly what I'm talking about.

I think they're definitely worth it, especially for a Robotech fan. See the originals. You'll regret it later, when these sets are out of stock everywhere, if you pass on such an awesome deal. Southern Cross is by no means a bad show.

Hey, the Beta/Tread looks pretty decent, besides the hideous landing gear beam. The Legioss is a stinker, as is the link-up engineering.

Yeah, the striped DYRL valks are no less boring than the TV 1A's. At least the TV-1A's have a different pattern than the 1J's. But what really makes the DYRL 1A's and 1S's so bland is that we've seen so much of them in toy form from Yamato. The first 1/60's were the DYRL 1A's & 1S, and then the first 1/48's were the DYRL 1A's & 1S. I'm sick of them. The Max TV 1A has never existed as a toy, which makes it special, and, come on, it's freaking Max Jenius. I think Macross fans would go nuts for Max's TV 1A.

That's be the ultimate initial wave in my opinion. I'm way tired of the DYRL 1S's and 1A's. Let's see some TV valks.

It's gonna be a long spring for me...

I'd bite if the Legioss and the link-up was at all anime accurate. I could even forgive the long nosecone and rounded edges at that price. But as it is now I don't want it at any price. It just occured to me, looking at the Tread...what were they thinking? There's no way the Legioss' arm thrusters would have ever fit into the recesses in the Tread's chest. Was the link-up a total afterthought? I guess so, since the Legioss' vertical stabs don't even fold in all the way.

Me too, but gawd, how much would Yamato try to squeeze us for a 1/60 battlepod? Yamato, I don't care how tall they are or how good they look -- I'm not going to pay more than $40 for a non-transformable ball on top of skinny legs.

That would be freaking awesome! Yeah, probably. But you know everyone here would go nuts for one.

I think the 1/60 tailfins, though a bit small, are much more accurately shaped than the 1/48's. If you look at the line art, the 1/48 tailfins are totally wrong. As for the "stubbier front," I pesonally don't see it, and this shows that it isn't really stubbier at all. I agree that the 1/60 double bump is not as nice as the 1/48 canopy's smooth contour, but it doesn't bug me nearly as much as the low-hanging shoulders of the 1/48. The new front landing gear looks good enough for me, but I personally don't care much about detailed gear.

The wide canopy has been a complaint ever since we saw the first pics of the 1/48. I wonder why Yamato hasn't addressed that problem for the new 1/60? I wonder if Graham has ever mentioned it to them. Surely a slimmer canopy means a slimmer retracting heatshield, which should be even easier to engineer. The wider canopy is not a deal-breaker for me, but it seems like a needless deviation from the mecha design.

Alright, Eugimon and Maximiria, we're all going to make you two hold hands until you get along.

No, in those black prototype pics, one intake hole looked bigger, but it was just a shadow. God damn stupid CM. I wanted a Legioss & Tread so bad. I always bitch about Yamato, but I bet they could do a better job.

I'm really loving the new 1S head. The 1/48 1S head was decent, but I think this new one is gorgeous. Maybe it's just because it's looking down? I dunno, there's just something about it.

Kyp: Damn, I didn't realize how fugly those old 1/60's were until now! Eugimon: The gunpod is definitely too far back. I bet if it were moved a centimeter forward, it would look big enough. If I had to gripe about something, it'd be that the whole tailfin area is a bit too small and not far back enough. Here's a pick of the new VF-1 without the rake ( i broke up the outline of the pic):

Let's have a visual aid, shall we? You'll noticed the new VF-1 is slightly raked (pointed downward while on its landing gear)

I know it'll never happen, but I like Shin Densetsu's ideas: Hikaru 1J and Max & Kakizaki 1A's would be awesome. Or, the CF 1A, VF-1D, and Hikky 1J would work too.

Haha, nicely put. There's a term I've heard before on the internet that sums up this Legioss/Tread toy pretty well: EPIC FAIL.

Wha? Seriously? I had no idea either. What are the differences?

Regarding the connecting beam and landing gear, there's an easy solution. If they're going with removeable parts, they might as well have one nice-looking but non-functional connecting beam for the Tread by itself, another ugly but functional (fugly?) connecting beam for the link up, and detachable landing gear for either beam. That way you can still have the Tread displayed on the runway by itself without those hideous snaps sticking up, and you could have the connected Legioss & Tread in the air without landing gear hanging out. It looks like this job was just too tough for CM. Or the projected production run is too small to spend the money on first-rate toy designers.

So which VF-1 do you guys want them to release first? Even if it's not probable, if you could pick any VF-1 for them to release first, which would it be? For me it would be the Hikaru VF-1J. It's my favorite VF-1, easily. I love the 1J head and the white scheme with red stripes. Plus, it's Hikaru, the main character's valk. Looks great with GBP or fast packs.