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Dante, the thing is, I WANT to like my SPEC Eva so badly... it;s got amazing posability, and the removable armor gimmick works well and allows great articulation aside from the head... the thing is the inner frame is just made of such cheap feeling materials that the toy really lets me down... and I feel like the color purple is way too light...

I've always looked at those LM-HG kits and wondered how good they are... seem like they could be a good cheap thrill, but I've never really seen any good pics of one OOB and then built up... My fav. Eva is pretty much tied between 00' and 02, and I really like 04 as well... 01 has always seemed kinda goofy to me, important as it was throughout the series, and 03 was neat, but didn't get alot of time to shine... but then again, neither did 03 (no time!) I've got a pair of Revoltech Evas which are all-right, but not great cuz of their size, but my favorite Eva toy is ahnds down my SoC 00'... it's got the Spear, which looks great, it looks awesome with both the pallet rifle and sniper rifle, and it is awesomely articulated and just looks awesome. I'd like to pick up an SoC Eva 02 if they ever re-issue it...

It looked way un-articulated from the pics... Got my SPEC Eva replacement legs from HLJ today... nice of them to send it, so I'm happy... still I wish this figure wasn't such a piece of crap with such potential...

That big black streak looks like crap, and I really hope that if it was a official thing, they'd fix the color of the elevator joints on the wings... still, I would kinda expect it to be a custom, bc/ why would pics surface of this without any indication of its release?

Yamato Macross products don't hit the shelves in the US... a few notable US online toy retailers import Yamato products (BBTS and yesanimation are my two favorites) but these items do not get released domestically. The only Yamato thing I've ever seen in a US brick and mortar store was a 1/12 Scopedog...

I think that's an inherent design aspect of the 51, not something to do with the toy... remember, it IS a plane that needs to transform rather than the much more fleshed out and polished up designs that come later (even the VF-0 has a much more 'developed' look than the 51...)

Hmmm... I talked to the same guy as well.. and probably got the same response, haven't checked yet... I hope this works out in our favor... And BoB, I really don't think the incessant ranting is necessary in a thread such as this which has nothing to do with the 'problems' at large or anything, but rather is simply a thread for all of the people with the same issue to get it resolved together... maybe you should just take your whining elsewhere please.

I can do a write up later today if I can remember all of what I did... I've gotta head off to school now, take a college math placement exam online this afternoon, and go to work tonight, but I'm sure I can squeeze it in by tonight If I remember correctly, I really didn't do that much besides decaling and panel lining, followed by some pastel weathering...

I believe HWR is looking into starting models for sale or hire... you might want to send him a PM...

Hi all, These are some much nicer new pics of my 1/48 GBP custom... decked out with Anasazi decals. These pics were taken with my much better camera for the custom gallery... shows the flaws much clearer. The one thing that immediately sticks out to me is the chipping... I think I might go back and redo it, but otherwise I'm happy with it.

Hate to double post, but I wanted to bump this for my photos of the modded elbow...

That's right... wow.. I actually sat thru Hook thinking it was Tim Curry again... I must not have been paying too much attention. Still, I wanted Tim Curry to show up in Pirates, not Hoffman.

Nah, Tim Curry def. played a ridiculous Hook somewhere along the line... didn't he?

It was a big help... I've net even very good at power-tool stuff but this was a breeze.

So last night I spent some tine with my Yamato RS Scopedog apart on my workbench doing some tweaks... I clear-nail polished the ankles a bit, and now they are much more secure, I tightened up the bicep swivel with clear nail polish bc/ it was basically a free-spinning joint, and I did some hacking, dremeling, and filing... and now the elbows on both my Scopedogs now have around 20 degrees more articulation!... they used to just go to right angles before, but now they can bend in much further... combined with the tighter bicep swivel, I've made the toy able to successfully pose with almost any weapon without either collapsing or looking awkward. I've determined that the solid shooter really cannot pose well unless I mod the grab handle to move like on all the other weapons, but my 'Dog is now getting ready to unload with the big 9-round box missile launcher which before was basically an unusable accessory! This elbow mod is def. going to become a standard practice on any more Yamato 'Dogs I get... and I've got a BrutishDog on the way... I'll try and post some pics of what I did tonight... it's something that anyone with one or two small files and some patience could do, but a Dremel made the process much easier and quicker...

I agree with ya there... I really don't like the finality of the villains' defeats thus far... Venom is always supposed to be a problem...

Made Will cooler? I kept thinking that Will basically hod nothing to do until the last 45 minutes... he seemed kinda lost and in the way for alot of the movie.

FSM went to Wonderfest? Weird... the mag has been nothing but stupid car models and bad airplane models lately... maybe one tank per issue if you're lucky and there was once a Star Wars model in it.... it'd be weird to see the Monster in there, esp. with it being HWR's mlsz... I might be in for a Monster, but I was wondering if I could come pick it up on some Thursday over the summer? I'll be working at a summer camp in Hinsdale, MA, and it'd be a heck of a lot easier to pick it up on one of my days off than to have the beast shipped to Albany NY...

Ah crap, you are probably right about the boxes... I bet it will be larger than the current standard box size (19 and 0's)...

They just asked me for the same thing... I don't have my stuff handy, so if anyone could post this info here, I'm sure it would save everyone who is going to have to give them this info alot of time...

I wanted Keith Richards to be a total badass as well... when he appears, I half expected Tim Curry as Captain Hook from the Robin William's Hook to walk down the steps... I woulda appreciated that kinda of nod, but for Keith Richards, I felt he was a waste...

Supposedly it's supposed to be Syphilis? Not schizophrenia... you'll notice that gross sore on his jaw that never heals over at all during the whole movie...

See, I dunno... I felt that there was much more dialogue and thick, boring scenes of overdone plot and not nearly enough good fun piratey stuff... maybe me and my friends are just too cynical.

Aside from the RS equipment pack, is there any difference between the TC variants? I know some of them had different weapons I think...

I preordered my Ivanov... hope it's good!