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Heh, a little more than a head to be more accurate, but just watch the show b/c I won't spoil it. Just don't get put off by the 3-4 episodes in the middle that are kinda slow b/c they kinda drug it out to throw in a whole lot of plot at a slow pace and this show is anything but slow paced.

I still think the $80-100 range should be the max amount. Honestly, Unicron and Primus from Transformers have to be about the same size and they are hefty toys and only cost $40-50. Toynami is just trying to overprice a toy (which will more than likely cause bad sales and have the blame deferred to lack of interest instead of poor pricing choices). I like everything but the cockpit in robot mode. It looks HORRIBLE like that and could have EASILY been fixed.

But over $100 is kinda pricey. I'll still hope for revoltech to eventually make one (or find this on ebay if they end up being cheap on there).

Okay. First, I play japanese games on my US psp frequently, but the psp is region free (at least for games, it's actually region locked for movies if I recall correctly). There might be mod chips for a psp, but I don't know anyone foolish enough to use them when modding a psp is so easy. If the place you're taking it to asks for more than $40, tell them to shove it b/c you can do it yourself cheaper and then you always have the tools to fix your psp if you brick it by accident. I've modded both slim and phat psp's and it's very easy. In fact, if you buy a "battery tool", then you run basically no risk of messing your psp up. The modding is actually a software mod if you use a battery tool (replaces the use of a modified battery to get the psp in repair mode). I'll go ahead and say that Sony made a game system that is perfect for hackers and modders b/c you can do so much with it. What the modding will do is allow you to run homebrew applications and play games off of a memory card, instead of using UMD's (disks). The modding basically makes the psp a mini-computer for your use as you see fit.

The site I listed has a little drop down menu like keepvid except it has more options. Sorry for any confusion b/c the site actually converts the file on its own for you to download.

I'd love a YF-19 and either a YF-21 or VF-22 in 1/100 scale! I could actually probably afford one then!

Your welcome.

I use this one usually. http://vixy.net/ I should have linked it before. It'll download directly from youtube and then convert it to the format desired. Very nice. Here is a RAPIDSHARE of the trailer in MP4 format I uploaded using vixy.net http://rapidshare.com/files/134437420/macr..._mp4_format.mp4

If you're talking about converting a flv file (youtube) to other things, there are some nice free online converters out there. Just google for them.

Oops. My bad. Wasn't paying attention. So TTGL is coming a month earlier than what I said! Hooray! Any word on when the ARX-08 from Full Metal Panic is being released?

He pilots Gurren. Simon pilots Lagann (the head). The item coming on the 15th of November is Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. The show is basically about size escalation. The main robot just keeps getting bigger and bigger and the last one is massive (I'm not spoiling anything, so read a wiki on it if you want to know). I'm pumped to get Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann!

They just went from small in the movie to bigger on the toy. I mean it's coming from Japan, so what do you expect? They slap giant knockers on everything. I still think that overall its cool looking interpretation of batman. Reference image of the costume from the movie... http://hidef.com/images/media/news_images/...atman-joker.jpg And I think the Gotham Public Works cosplayer is the hottest Catwoman. Just check out their site for some pics...Meow! I still want my Harley Quinn in a movie dangit!

You know it's funny, most of my imports actually come from ebay or play-asia. Ebay can be good if you're willing to buy it used.

Okay guys, thanks for the info. I appreciate it. I may just let it sit unbuilt for awhile longer b/c it sounds like more work then I'm up for at the moment. I had actually considered selling this at one point or seeing if anyone wanted to recast it, so I may end up going that direction if I think it'll be too much trouble to build one day. I also had forgotten to mention that I've built transforming custom Transformers from scratch (sheets of plastic and rods), so I'm cool with pretty much everything mentioned minus drilling holes, but I could practice on some spare plastic I have sitting around if needed.

Maybe b/c part of the reason why I bought a transformable kit was to be able to transform it??? I'd have bought a damn Hasegawa kit if I wanted it fixed. Hell, there have been plenty of toys that transform and get scratched from that process but some people (myself included) like that it transforms and enjoys transforming it. I asked how hard the kit was to build and if I'll need anything extra to build it other than basic hobby tools.

Oooh, look at this awesome little toy. Anyone know what the cheapest English friendly place to order these from is? Movie Realization Batman and Bat-Pod http://www.amiami.com/shop?vgForm=ProductI...ate=review.html

I've had the thing laying around for years now and never did anything past making sure all the parts were okay inside. I searched on the boards but didn't really turn up too much info on it (could be my search skills just sucked on this one though). So how hard are these kits to assemble and do they require any extra parts not included in the kit? And this is probably the wrong place to ask this, but did anyone ever make re-casts of these? I should mention that I've done tons of gundam kits and a few other kits, but never a resin kit.

Okay. The title said it was ACE so I assumed it was Ace frontier, but I was a little skeptical. The graphics did remind me of the Gundam Battle series though, just a little more polished than the GB games. I'll remove that link and stuff now.

Bad information on my part. Sorry. All the info has been removed now.

It looks like they screwed up lots of "parts positions" in that display case one.

I've been playing through Gundam Battle Chronicle to brush up on my skills before I play Gundam Battle Universe and I gotta say, I hope they don't overpower certain fighters like they do certain Gundams. Honestly, some gundams have a weapon that can pretty much one shot almost every enemy before the enemy close and that's not really Macross like in my opinion. The other thing is that I really hope the team stressed fighter combat as opposed to close quarters combat b/c from most of the still frames I've seen, I don't see many pics of the jets fighting and that worries me. As mentioned by others, the Gundam Battle games let you transform if a gundam can, but you never really want or need to b/c of the games design. Let's all hope the GB team can make a well balanced game that has lots of fighter vs fighter mixed in with close quarters.

Check out mahq.net for some images of the Macross Frontier mech if haven't already.

Heh, I see I'm not the only one with a leaning head on my valk (Max from Wave 2). The arms also come pretty much out of socket when they attach in fighter mode. One piece of the new armor has a slot that's too big, so the arms won't stick in it and the leg flops down. Toynami valks are definitely an example of you get what you pay for...In other words, you pay very little and you get crap quality, but that doesn't mean it's not a fun toy, especially with the armor.

To me, I'll always love the YF-19 though I don't own one (unless you count the 1/72 VF-X2 paint job one b/c I missed out on the original and can't afford the new ones). I also have one of those studio halfeye kits but I never built it for fear that I'd ruin a $200 item that's hard to find.

Um, you got really lucky. I heard a lot about cracked shoulders. Heck, mine was cracked out of the box! It's a very fine crack, so you may have cracked ones and not realize it. Mine has widened over time though, which worries me. But if worst comes to worst, I'll throw a little putty on it and let that stuff set up and it'll be good as new....well in my case better than new.