TheLoneWolf

Since Global is supposed to be Italian, I nominate Joe Pantoliano!

Last I checked, it goes for around $40 - $50 on ebay. Not exactly the $100+ it used to command, but not a bad price either. I work part-time at an anime/videogame store that actually sells Super Famicom games, but even we give no more than few dollars for Super Famicom games. The reason is that, while they're rare, most of our customers (think Inu Yasha fans) don't know what they hell they are and the carts simply languish in the display case. And our few customers who do know what Super Famicom carts are already have the roms. The Scrambled Valkyrie cart is strictly for the collector. I'd put it up on ebay or just sell it here. Should you choose the latter, shoot me a PM, I'm interested.

Yes, the pilot should be significantly smaller than the 1/48 pilots. If I had to guess, I'd say it should be a little bit smaller than Toynami's VF-1 pilots. Now, if you're thinking of the craptastic 1/60 VF-1 pilots, not to worry. When the VF-1 1/60 cockpits were originally made, Yamato didn't plan on having actual pilots sitting in there. When they eventually decided to cram pilots in there, their legs had to be cut off and arms molded onto the body. This time around, the 1/60 VF-0S is being designed to accomodate a pilot from the get-go, so the pilot should look decent considering the scale.

For shame, confusing authentic Studio Nue artwork for Tommy Yune's! Is it really that bad or are we looking for the slightest reason to bash HG?

Are you sure about that? I just got a hard drive magnet to stick to the leg of my 1/55 Bandai, unless the 1/55 doesn't use true die-cast.

Very cute idea, but I don't think many of us are knowledgable in the realm of anime, with the exception of sci-fi anime. I know that I was completely stumped! Btw, you're pretty good with the pencil, keep it up!

My money's on a 1/60 spud pilot.

I agree with haterist on this one. The last two orders I've gotten from HLJ came in boxes that fit my toys like stretch pants do to hot legs of a girl. Basically, there was no padding since there simply wasn't room for any. So any blows that came to the shipping box were also evident in the toy's actual box. The toys itself were fine, but the boxes definitely has some dents and creases. I didn't bother contacting HLJ since I figured they've give me the big FU (which they apparently did to haterist).

Woohoo, rebirth of the CHUNKY MUNKEY!!!! Yes, for some reason, the proportions of the VF-0S remind me of our beloved 1/55 chunky munkeys Best off, it looks like a chunky with the posability of the 1/48, minus the swingbar, woo! Even the gunpod looks chunky!

How's this supposed to work? Whenever I'm lagging, sure it's hard for others to hit me, but it's damn near impossible for me to hit them too. If I'm lagging, what I do is throw grenades in someone's general direction and pray. edit: oh yeah, I'm using a Linksys wireless router (though the xboxes are using cat5 to the router) and have never had any problems with it.

That's incredible!! Do you have a higher res picture?

All are plastic. Even the 2nd ed is plastic. Only DYRL pilot that is rubber is the Hikaru 1S. 335282[/snapback] I was under the assumption that the 2nd edition Roy had a rubber pilot, thanks for the correction.

Let's not forget way back before the PS2 launch, the Final Fantasy VIII demo? It was running on some SGI machines, yet was hooked up to a PS2 controller so the camera could be controlled in real time. Sony claimed it was running on actual PS2 hardware. 335313[/snapback] Silly me, I remember seeing that FFVIII demo years ago and thinking it was running on PS2 hardware. I think I may have a copy of that demo somewhere, gonna have to watch it again now

Does the 4th edition Roy come with a plastic or rubber pilot? So far the 1st and 3rd editions had plastic pilots, whereas the 2nd edition had rubber pilots. Weird that Yamato went the extra mile with the 2nd edition and not the others. I wonder how it's production differed from later versions.

Awesome work Patt. Nice to know CMS threw us a bone by having Max in a relatively solid piece. If I manage to get a Max, I'll try to scan the box image and make a comparison.

If you're looking for an easier way to discover the Max chase, are there any distinguishing noises the box makes when you rattle it? For example, with CMS series 2 it was easy to locate the chase cockpit since it was sold as a solid piece and literally made a "thunk" when you shook the box. Does the chase Max come pre-assembled or is he broken up like the rest of the figures. Also, there may be a slight differation in the box. When I say slight, I mean a single pixel that is off. I work part time at a videogame/hobby store and our regulars pointed out with Yugioh packs, you can tell which packs have holos in them because somthing as miniscule as a pixel is off. Works every time for them.

Holy crap, a life size mecha that ISN'T a Gundam!!!

I agree, MJW's role didn't exactly require an oscar-calibre actress, but I still believe the best actress for the role was Alicia Witt. As far as performance, her abilities are on par with Kirsten Dunst's. But when it comes to looks, she most closely resembles the MJW of the 80's and 90's (recent comics make her look like she's 15, probably some lame marketing ploy). Dunst just doesn't look like any incarnation of MJW, nor does she carry any of her charisma. Bad casting, justifiable in that Dunst happened to be an "it" girl when the movie was being made.

Actually, in the battroid lineart, the area where the airbrake normally goes is pretty slim. But in fighter mode, it's longer. Goold ol' anime magic at work again! Anyways no complaints here, I prefer the way Cap went as it looks more realistic to me.

There are exceptions to this rule. IIRC, the official Flashback 2012 DVD is all-region.

Check out the link CF18 posted, DYRL Max definitely has a helmet. But Isamu doesn't seem to have one. Kinda sucks, but when he did that specific pose in the OAV/Movie, he wasn't wearing his helmet. Either that, or CMS just got lazy.

Interesting, it appears both Max figures will be packed as solid figures, not seperated into smaller pieces like the rest?

If that were Kakizaki, he'd be a whole lot wider

Put me down for one pigmented set.

Sweeeeeettt!!!! 300 dpi is plenty, hope you have plenty of bandwidth