TheLoneWolf

Wow! I expected to be proven right on the PS3 price drop, but not on the same day as my last post! http://kotaku.com/gaming/rumor/playstation...y-15-275391.php Yeah, it's Kotaku, but it's hard evidence that Circuit City will be dropping the price by $100 (for a week?).

A price drop is definitely going to happen soon. I just hope Sony doesn't drop the hardware emulation in favor of software emulation in order to cut costs. To me, that will be a deal-breaker. The hardware emulation on the PS2 was great, but it still wasn't 100%. I wholly expect much lower compatibility with software emulation on the PS3.

I have to commend Microsoft for admitting that their systems are faulty and that they're not "getting the job done." I always expected them to extend the system warranty even further, but a public admission of guilt is not easy for any company to go through, no mattter how much evidence exists. Kudos to Microsoft With the free shipping and 3 year warranty there's no reason to stop me from buying a 360. Halo 3, here I come!

His plan backfired, I now have more respect for Tommy Yune.

Absolutely stunning! Can't wait to see the finished pics!

I can't comment on Akira and Tokyo Godfathers, but wasn't Macross Plus "International Version" released as an educational tool to help teach English in Japan? Hence the reason it had Japanese subtitles, but no English subs. The same thing happened with Super Space Fortress Macross. I suppose there's a very slim chance BD \ HD Macross releases could include subs, but Japan doesn't need to do us any favors. In fact, I'd be willing to bet that Japanese companies stand to make a more lucrative profit by selling a license to an American company verses selling a couple hundred extra copies of their own DVDs that include English subs.

Very nic pics, Swoosh! And thanks for the mini-review. It's great to see that Yamato fixed the landing gears and gunpod, but I'm still a little worried about the neck hinge.

You're comparing fashion customers to toy customers?

Ok, rather than waste time arguing semantics, let me rephrase what I was saying: The Japanese are more willing to put up with breaks, QC issues, imperfections, design flaws, et al than we Americans. I'm not saying they're better than we are, or are foolish for not being as vocal as us, all I'm saying is that I believe it's a cultural thing.

I'm going to go with this option. No offense to my fellow Americans, but we don't have any problem calling out Yamato when a problem arises. OTOH, it seems the Japanese will put up with imperfections rather than rock the boat. I believe it's a cultural thing.

Possibly, maybe. What exactly do plan to do with the images?

Soon we won't have to worry about Konami releasing Policenauts in English David Hingtgen, if you're serious about buying an blue import DS Lites I'll check my store and see if we have any more in stock. I don't believe imports are sealed so I can check for dead pixels right away. I know we used to sell the baby blue DS Lites, but I doubt we had Navy blue. They were also around $149 - $159 each.

That's right, the stock canards are POM and the extra set is ABS. Good thinking!

When the 1/60 VF-1 was released, a lot of us asked why more of the toy wasn't made out of POM. Graham said that (excluding cost) it's difficult to cast complex parts out of POM. Simple square pegs, like the 1/60 VF-1 leg connector, are good candidates for POM. But that VF-0 shoulder looks much more elaborate than a square peg. Perhaps the new shoulders were cast from POM, but due to the complex shape of the shoulder and the hand assembly involved, the POM's effectiveness is reduced thus leading to stress marks and possible breakages. Either way, it would still be nice to know for sure if the shoulders are made of POM. Mowe, when I get home I'll break out my 1/60 VF-1 and see if there's any textual differences between POM and ABS.

Mowe, can you confirm if the shoulders on your 0A are made of POM? If they are POM, then we've seen the limitations of POM.

That's the best summation of Basara and Mylene that I've ever read.

I hope you weren't serious about the pitchfork

Got a weight scale? If the heatsink is significantly larger, then the refurb should be heavier than the stock version.

You're absolutely right about the Q-Rau's being expensive. But if Yamato were to release a 1/60 Regult you know they would jack up the price beyond reasonable levels. The QF-Ghost is small and features no moving parts aside from the landing gears, yet it sells for $40+. The Regult is much more complex with it's rotating guns, legs, opening hatch, and is much larger than the Ghost. I'd estimate a 1/60 Regult at $80 minimum. Then Yamato would scratch their heads and wonder why no one is building an army of Regults edit: At 1/60 scale a Regult would be about as tall as the 1/48 in battroid mode. True, most of it would just be the legs, but you know Yamato.

5 years is pretty optimistic. Emulating consoles takes a lot more than raw processor power. By todays standards the Dreamcast had relatively simple hardware architecture and ran Windows CE, yet the system has been out for 8 years and emulation for the Dreamcast still isn't 99%. I'd expect a good decade wait before 360 emulation hits 99%. One thing that is certain is that the price of the 360 and AC6 will drop. In three years you'll probably be able to pick up both at 50% of todays prices.

Sorry to hear about your 360. How long is the Singapore warranty good for? Depending on how long it lasts, you might be able to hang on to your 360 until the 65nm version comes out. That version should be more robust than the current crop of 360's.

I'm sorry to hear about your VF0 The problem is that Yamato should've used a screw to hold together the head in the first place. Leave the glue to Toynami. *coughAlphacough*

I'd hate to see the size of the box for a 1/48 Regult The Regult is a lot taller than the VF-1, I'd say by about 50%. At 1/48 scale that's a little too big for my tastes (and display case). I'd prefer a 1/60 release, that way it can go along with the Q-Rau. Regrettably, I doubt Yamato will release a Regult in any scale. If memory serves me correct, the 1/60 Q-Rau's didn't sell that well so I don't think Yamato will put out any more enemy mecha from the original TV series. But if you really want a Regult, you can always pick up the Matchbox/Exo Squad version. While it lacks detail, it is approximately 1/60 scale.

Maybe the hands wouldn't be 1/60 scale if they were bigger.

I hope so. Even though I enjoyed Mac7, the series did seem like it was artificially drawn out in order to meet the criteria of their contract. If the new Macross series is around 25 - 35 episodes that should be enough to sufficiently flesh out all the characters while keeping the story moving at a steady pace.