TheLoneWolf

Sorry but they're long gone, once the other employees found out these things flew. Just a word to the wise: I made sure to activate the code on my old Xbox1. The code will probably work if you activate it from the 360, but I didn't want to risk it and just plugged back in the old Xbox1. Also, if you have any friends that work at Best Buy you may want to hit them up. Even when the Xbox1 was at its apex Best Buy employees were able to buy 1 yr cards at cost, which was $13. By that logic, the Gold 1 yr cards should be around the same price.

Graham said that the elbows are different between the TV and DYRL 1/48's. I haven't compared elbows yet, if what he says is true then you would need to replace the elbows since the current Roy 1/48 is based on his DYRL VF. The hands would also need to be replaced with the TV fat hands since it comes with the stock rat claws...er...I mean DYRL hands

Smaller Boxes - I don't think Yamato will find a single fan of their large boxes. If they had Tenjin artwork then it would be a different story, but Yamato seems to be a fan of the minimalist design so it makes no sense for the large boxes. They could easily shave off a couple of inches by folding in the wings and tailfins. I doubt it would hurt sales since most stores I've seen display the boxes on their sides or with the window flap closed. I'm sure smaller retailers like Valkyrie Exhange would welcome the smaller boxes too as it would save them storage room. Tampo Printing - I love how they're including more Tampo printing, but I think the basics such as the UN Spacy logo should always be Tampo printed wherever it appears on the lineart. Nevertheless, extra UN Spacy logos should be included as stickers for customizers. Crystal Clear Canopies - Yamato's given us better canopies over the years, but I still get a little envious when I see how beautifully clear Hasegawa's canopies are. VFX2 License - What's up with that? Yamato releases the blue VF-19A and Konig Monster then says "Oops, we might not have been allowed to make these?!" Now onto some fanboy questions... Model Licensing - How feasible would it be for Yamato to obtain a model license? The only reason I ask is that I think a lot of people would be interested in buying pre-painted unassembled Yamato products, possibly on sprues. My primary reason would be to avoid overtightened screws, cracks and stress marks right out of the factory. Yamato would be able to save money on assembly costs and the packaging would be so much smaller and cheaper. Again, customizers would love it too. Quality Control Quality Control Quality Control - With rising pricetags, a lot of us are understandably expecting higher quality control. Yamato is getting better, but could you see if Yamato would be willing to send 4 - 5 MW members early production samples for testing? The members chosen should be held confidential and be required to sign NDA's, but this way we can know Yamato toys can withstand "American" handling. All signs indicate that we handle our toys more often, and perhaps more roughly, than our Japanese counterparts. Stuff that may not worry Japanese QC testers Americans may see as a red flag. The members chosen should have already demonstrated a good understanding of toy structure and aircraft design. nightmareB4macross and David Hingtgen come to mind. I know I'd be willing to buy a 1st release if I knew it had been tested by fellow MW'ers, but as it is now I just wait for 2nd or 3rd releases.

None taken, but now I gotta wonder why they wouldn't allow my old roommate to revive his account. Oh well, thanks for volunteering to be our guinea pig.

Nice collection! It looks like you made Max's Virgin Road VF-1D out of a variable kit, if so I'd love to see it in battroid mode

Sounds good to me, but just remember that logging into your silver account won't be a problem. You'll run into the wall if you try to upgrade your silver back to gold via a prepaid membership card or credit card payment.

It doesn't make sense to me neither, but that's what MS told my old roommate when he tried to revive his lapsed account. But if you want to go ahead and try it anyways then let me know how it works out. I suppose, in a way, they're holding your gamertag hostage. To someone with the gamertag of Bob543979 it won't make any difference, but if you really like your gt and don't want to lose it then MS has you by the balls.

Edit: Whoops, misread your post. But yeah, that's a cheap way to keep your gamertag "alive" if you don't plan on playing too much. Or you can grab an Xbox1 Live 1-year prepaid card and use that instead. Most places are clearing them out because they think they're worthless, lol. My store was one of those places so I picked up a 1 year subscription for $20 plus my employee discount.

That's my guess too

If your Xbox1 Live or 360 Gold membership has lapsed for more than 3 months then you'll be forced to choose a new gamertag if you want to play on Live. The weird part is that Microsoft doesn't delete lapsed gamertags so no one else can take them, but they will not (or cannot) revive them either even if you verify that you're the original owner. In the case of 360 Gold memberships the account will be automatically downgraded to a Silver membership, but after 3 non-paying months on Silver status your gamertag will permanently be stuck on Silver status. There are four Xbox1 dvd drives out there: Philips, Thomson, Samsung and Hitachi. To my knowledge, all these drives are interchangeable on all Xbox1's. But if you're trying to install a standard PC dvd drive onto your Xbox1 you're going to notice that the pc dvd drive is missing an extra connector that's exclusive to the Xbox1 drives. It it possible to physically mod a pc dvd drive to work on it, but at this point it's not worth the hassle and probably cheaper to just buy a used Xbox1 from Gamestop.

Good news! Your memory card, game, and system are fine. Your situation piqued my curiosity so I decided to backup all my AC3 saves (US and JP) off my PS1 card to my PS2 memory card, I then deleted them all off my PS1 card. Next I fired up my US version of AC3, started a new game and saved. Next I fired up my JP version of AC3, started a new game. When I tried to save the game it asked me an extra question than it normally would (wish I could read kanji), I don't know what it asked so I just answered yes. I'm not sure what happened next, but it looks like it saved. Finallly I rebooted my JP PS2 and went to the memory manager, my US AC3 save was there but the JP one was no where to be found. I'm not sure what that extra question was, but I believe the existing US AC3 save is causing problems with the JP's ability to save. I'd back it up to another memory card and keep two memory cards: one for the US version of AC3 and the other for the JP version of AC3. PS1 memory cards are cheap, you should be able to pick up a used one at gamestop for $5 max. I never had this problem because I originally had all my games spread over 3 cards and consolidated them onto 1 card years ago.

If they want my money, then damn straight.

I don't think it was a complete waste of time. After Blastotoys had their lawyer ask Harmony Gold for proof of ownership the letters stopped being sent out. I guess Harmony Gold wasn't expecting anyone to formally call their bluff.

Is it still possible to lock polls so that people can vote but not post any text?

The original 1A Hikaru and 1S Focker also couldn't bend their forearms to a complete 90 degree angle, they could only do about 80 degrees. And beginning with the 1J Hikaru the headrests were notched to better fit the TV pilots.

So the R2 DVD is in stereo then. Imaginasian really dropped the ball by giving us Japanese mono instead of stereo. I was going to purchase these, but I don't feel like giving money to a company that intentionally gives us an inferior product.

It turns out the "software" wasn't 100% percent software driven, Sony had to include hardware dedicated to the emulation which ended up only saving them $20 per console after all was said and done. Sony also admitted that their software emulation wasn't as accurate or comprehensive as they originally planned, so rather than pump more money into coding updates for the software they just axed it completely.

I agree that human vs human gets boring very quickly, but I'm hoping through Xbox Live that we'll be able to have two teams of 4 planes each dogfighting each other. Or even two teams of 8 planes each. A deathmatch involving 8 planes with every man for himself should be pretty intense also.

I know Graham said that Yamato will never do a VF-2SS for obvious reasons, but when did he put the kibosh on the VF-4?

That's what I thought too, but it turns out the early versions of the Halo 360 used the old board design. Any Halo 360 manufactured after 8-25-07 should be 65nm. And JB0's right, placing consoles on carpet is a very bad idea. Aside from blocking vents carpets also do a great job of capturing heat. And as we all know heat travels upwards, so if you're on the 2nd story of a warm house or apartment the carpet is going to capture the heat the from floor below. Carpets also gives insects easy access to the console. With the amount of heat modern consoles generate it makes a cozy home for the buggers.

Great work, Ryuji! I love how you went with Misa's DYRL hair.

The Halo Edition 360 in that picture is NOT a 65nm. The manufacturer date on it is 2007-08-16, which predates 65nm.

Try saving with another game.

Good luck finding a translator who would be willing to tackle an enormous project like this at a reasonable cost. By comparison, scanning the entire book would be the easy part.

Interesting. According to this article the new PS3 will be missing both PS1 and PS2 compatibility. I guess we'll have to wait for an official word from Sony. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7030164.stm