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gotta agree with the others, that's a great collection you have going!

well said.

Godzilla, I'm sorry, but many yamato defeneders DO belittle our experiences. Comments like: if you don't like it, don't buy it... just be thankful... those things are minor.. etc all say that our complaints are without merit. I'll state again, I didn't KNOW that the VF-0 was going to have brittle shoulders that SHATTERED on me after 5 transformations. I didn't know that the Garland would do the same. I didn't know that a yf-19 FP bundle would be released and I took yamato at their word that a shin type VF-0 wasn't going to be released. I even defended yamato when they told us the shin type was an animation mistake... I do agree that personal attacks against users have no place here and I do agree that personal attacks against Graham are extremely in poor taste. And yes... these anti-yamato threads go on and on... on the other hand, I still have 550 dollars worth of busted yamato toys. Toys that yamato has admitted they goofed on and are willing to fix... only, I have to pay for that privilege. And yes, I understand the why... but after all this.. it just feels like salt in the wounds.

nah, the missiles will be released with version 2 of the fast packs (100 USD) and a bundled YF-19 set (300 USD). they will be completely naked plastic and when people here complain about the missiles not even being painted, we'll be told to shut our pie holes and be thankful for what the great god yamato chooses to bless us with.

ah, so you have no idea but wish to impress us with your fanboism.

wait... who's a whiner?

OMG.. I just realized that I stored my set without emptying out the ink... crap. Sorry... I don't have any tips... it's been a few years since i last used mine... darn... this is going to be a lot of work to repair my pens.

that's fine, but yamato has given us information on bundles before... namely the 1/48 vf-1j super bundle and the stealth bundle. They told us there would be two seperate packages available. one with fast packs, one without. What's so wrong with asking them to continue what they have done in the past? Again, the choice is up to us, I would just like to have more information so I can make the choice that best suits me.

how do you know megs "Rocks?" I didn't know it was out already.

ah, that makes sense... specially the beta link consideration.

gerwalk on the alpha looks silly, imo. With the VF-1, it makes at least some sense... you get faster movement and are still able to deploy wing mounted weapons... but on the alpha? What's the point? it's just a hunch back battroid mode.

well, happy and ambivalent still far outweigh POS.

wihtout knowing what these "obscure" licenses charge in fees, speculation and comparison is pointless.

any news on the official yamato recasts?

omg... it's so bad.

While I'm not keen on the ivanov paint scheme either, I'm going to wait till I actually see the yamato version. I'm wondering if maybe it will translate better as a toy.

So.... I'm wondering, even though Shadow is a US production and the american voice actors are the original.. will i like a japanese language dub better?

I have an offer, I have a very nice 1/72 YF-19, BoB, I'll trade you!

have we made our point? I guess we'll see when the SV-51 comes out.

that's an interesting question... and honestly, I hope that more people will put off buying 1st release yamato toys.. maybe that will force yamato to make better engineering and manufacturing decisions... like not using cheap materials on expensive products.

my snobbish fanboyism aside... I hope I haven't come across as saying yamato *shouldn't" charge what they're charging or that retailers are evil. I also think yamato and any one else is perfectly entitled to charge what they want. It's up to the consumer to decide if that price is worth what they get in exchange and that is a very subjective thing. Nor do I think attacking the middle man is right or fair as well. Importing goods from overseas in bulk is expensive and time consuming and Customs can make life very difficult... if you factor in other variables such as fluctuating fuel costs, rising rent/lease costs, rising insurance costs and the like... and gee, just the time involved... these small business people have every right to make a profit on their hard work and labor. So I'm throwing my hat in with godzilla on this issue... for me, personally, the YF-19 fast packs are not worth 50 bucks. They may be for others, and thats great. i don't think any less of them for going out and spending that money, and I hope they don't think any less of me for not doing the same.

Nice, thanks Dante! I'm always a fan of the art work you've produced for us.

Graham... this information just furthers my resolve to not buy any more first release yamatos. The fact that you, a non yamato employee, knew BEFORE yamato about a manufacturing defect does not fill me with confidence. And if yamato does not know what products they're going to release month to month, I certainly shouldn't put money aside for them, only to receive products that break or in the very least, less bang for my buck. At least with the Stealth, yamato told us that there would be two versions packaged... why can't THAT marketing guy be in charge of future releases?

well, that would answer my smart ass questin (why is it worth 50 bucks?) quite nicely. I'll pick up a bundled version if that's the case... especially if it is the case that all the clear bits glow through like in the anime... I don't know why that makes me happy... I'm usually not that excited about light up gimmicks on my toys.

okay, now that Vista is out... and now that vista supports MPEG movies for wallpapers, I demanded animated wallpapers! yes. DEMAND! pretty please?