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I dunno.. maybe if it had more intakes.

nice. those vf-11s look great in formation like that.

I'm gonna agree... non transforming generic "space plane" is pretty low on my list of things that I'd like to see.

Just cleared customs, woohoo, should have my package of goodies in a day or two.

The mom is the best character in the movies, so yeah, build on your strengths!

I have to say, uncharted 2's multiplayer is a lot of fun. being able to scale walls, roofs... anything with a ledge adds a level of strategy and tactics just not found in other shooter type games. Mind you, I'm usually in the middle of the pack but just last night I climbed the back side of a tower to snipe a sniper on a nearby roof, ran along another roof, grabbing a sniper rifle and taking out another 2 guys, jumped to yet another roof when I noticed someone following me, doubled back and jumped down behind him and took him out with a melee attack, sniped another guy, ran out of bullets so grabbed a shotgun and shot a guy in the face before being sniped myself.

I would want to see double joints on the knees for better leg posability. More movement on the skirt armor so the thigh can have more movement. The head to be worked out a little better so it's not just pegged on. A more detailed, high quality posable pilot figure (sub contract this out to have a revoltech figure if they have to) .

woohoo, just waiting for customs now. muahahaha

it's so awesome.

Yeah, I'm really enjoying it. It's definitely seen seen through a BSG lens but still very much stargate.

but but, it transforms!

yeah, funny how the tattoos work for the bot but pretty much ruin the jet mode. Oh well, considering I'll probably never transform it into jet mode I guess it's a wash.

blegh, jet mode still looks like ass, made worse by those tattoos. Agreed on the squished canopy, it really detracts from the sculpt and I don't even get why they had to flatten it in the first place, doesn't seem to affect the transformation at all. Looks oddly bulgy as well. I'm laughing at all the comments of how accurate his jet mode is... hahaha. man, those transformers guys, so easy to please. Oh well, at least bot mode is kick ass. I can't wait to see what rumble frenzy is gonna do to it.

Comparing one product against another product is in what way a good way to determine anything, exactly how? Again, how much does it cost to make a yf-21/vf-22? How many unit are likely to sell versus the vf-11? What were the licensing fees for each? You have zero facts and yet you and every other arm chair economist on this board keeps making pronouncements of how yamato over charges and offering helpful advice like, "they would sell more if they charged less!" Because that's brilliant advice, I'm sure no one at the company ever took Intro to Economics in High School. Maybe they're marketing data shows that the vf-11 just won't sell, that even if they sold it at 20 bucks they'd never sell enough for it to ever make back their investment. Because the tiny little whiny macross fan community is too small to support a transformers pricing structure... so yeah, they need to stick it to us because that's the only way they'll stay in business. And maybe they can sell the vf-1 at 100 dollars a pop because more people will buy it period, then the non-hero, canon fodder valkyrie that has less paint schemes and wasn't as popular as the original design. And gee, if your wordage is saying: Why wouldn't I read it as for exactly what I criticized it for? And yes, everywhere in the world there are problems, but on the whole, Japan makes things like cars and gadgets, things people buy and they sell them to countries like us, who make hardly anything. And yes, they farm a lot of the manufacturing out to China, etc, etc, but the actual companies, the ones based in Japan, are in the business of making stuff. Stuff other people buy. Other people being us. In the end, people are still taking their personal situation and shoving it at yamato. The toy isn't too expensive, why? Because people are buying it. If you're not one of those people but you want to be, that's too bad, but yamato or sony, or whoever, is under no moral, ethical or economic obligation to make a f*cking luxury item cheaper for your or my convenience. But again, sure, yeah, I wish things I liked were cheaper. I wish LED HDTVs cost 50 bucks, grrr, evil Samsung charging 3k for the set I want, how dare they!

waiting for the blu-ray. but will definitely pick it up when it comes out

What do you mean "seems"? Do you have any idea what the overhead is? Materials, rent, lease, salary, wages, the time it took to design it, the licensing fees, marketing? Anything... a single hard number to base anything on? If *you* think it's expensive for *you* that's fine, I'm sorry you're hurting, a lot of us are. But it's ridiculous to say yamato is charging too much because *you* can't afford it. And no, the east asian economies are the balloon raising the economy, so no, the Japanese economy isn't tanking as hard as everyone else's. Countries that actually make things recover faster than the countries that just buy stuff.

It's not that fans are cheap but that a large segment of fans feel entitled. And lets be fair, yamato has introduced mid level priced macross toys, revy has 20 dollar toys, there's the 1/100 scale market, most of this stff can be had for 20% off if you wait for a sale. Frankly, these aren't staples, your life doesn't depend on toys. If you can't afford something then the problem really isn't with the company it's with you.

It's funny, I remember years ago when people were paying out over a grand for a 20 year old toy and bragging about it. Now we're sob sob sobbing about 200 bucks. boo hoo us.

yes, things we want should be cheaper.

And his friend/enemy turns into a pig?

meh, line art looks that way.

looks like it can, sorta, the back pack would still need to be in the up position.

yup, really hoping the ARMDs are fully detailed. I'd still like to see a light job on it as well, flood lights, windows, stuff like that.

those are great pics, glad to see you back swoosh!

alright... NOW I have a VE-1, low viz vf-1s and armored ozma in the mail.