mantisfists
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Arise and Beneath the Remains were Sepultura at their height, in my opinion. By the time the Justice album came out, I was firmly entrenched in the thrash scene. Growing up in the 80s and 90s in the Bay Area, I feel blessed to have been raised in the golden age and area of metal. Having the opportunity to see many bands (GWAR, Death, Exodus, Death Angel, Violence, Primus, among others) at tiny venues like The Stone, The Omni, One Step Beyond, etc...and buying their demo tapes before they got huge. That also meant, being in a band, that I would get to play those same venues...often times only a few nights after I'd just been there to watch a concert. I remember vividly, sound testing my kit, looking up at the ceiling and seeing blood and other.....fluids....from the GWAR concert I'd just seen a few nights prior. As a 17 year old kid, I can't tell you how cool that was. I'd spend many an hour walking down the aisles of Tower Records, looking for tapes and imports of bands that looked cool or that I'd seen. Some were terrible and I'd quickly toss. Others, I'd listen to so much in my walkman that I'd wear out the wording so that you could no longer tell what song or even side it was unless you put tape on it. It was a great time in my life, which is why I still listen to a lot of it with a huge smile on my face. It's also why I still love Macross so much. I really do hope that they end up releasing the GBP. That was also one of the toys that I always wanted but could never afford and just haven't bitten the bullet to buy. I'd see those and the old Gakkens at the comic conventions (when there were actually comics at conventions) and wish we weren't so poor.
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I'm just impressed you know what a tape is. Metallica represented the height of what a garage band could aspire to and the Justice album sounded like a garage band. I remember cutting school to go to Tower Records to get that album when it was released, rushing home to listen to it with my best friend/guitarist, being blown away by Blackened only to be completely disappointed by the rest of the album up until Dyer's Eve at the end. That time has some great memories for me as a couple of years prior to that I happened on a cartoon that looked like a Japanese version of Transformers (yes, I know how stupid that sounds, but at 12 y/o, I had no idea Transformers WEREN'T American) where planes exploded BEFORE people ejected and they killed my favorite character two weeks in. I was hooked. None of the other Macross shows captured my imagination like the original, as cool as some of the other designs are. And Newstead's neutered sound stemmed from suffering the terrible affliction of not being Cliff. Sad but true (no pun intended).
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Not judging at all, my man. Just wanted to get an idea of what the original cost of them were. Shoot....even $450 is $100 cheaper than anything I saw while perusing Ebay. Wish I would have seen your sale as it sounds exactly like what I'd be looking for. I'm in no rush, though. If it takes me a year or three or never, I'm cool. I've got plenty of other toys to play with. First world problems, right?
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How much were these things MSRP?
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There's no way I'd lower myself to watching a Metallica concert nowadays. Being around a bunch of 50 year old cats who sit down to watch a watered down version of the band I grew up idolizing, or a bunch of kids who have no idea who Cliff Burton is would make me lose all faith in humanity. Besides, I was lucky enough to see them twice in the late 80s and early 90s and once at an improv/FREE show at the Raiders/Titans AFC Championship Game (YES, the Raiders have been in the playoffs). Dang. What's with the fervor behind these things? Are they that amazing that everyone wants them? Thanks for the link, by the way. Cuts down the search for me to find info.
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Yeah, I'm not getting any at the prices they're going for now, just on principle. I don't have a problem being at my computer at a certain time to pre order something. Are the preorders on these things selling that fast? My experience with pre orders has always been chill. Why is there such a problem? Is Bandai clueless about the demand for their product and not releasing enough? Sorry if I'm asking questions that have been answered a million times over. But, I really like the 1/48 size for the original Valkyrie and my old Yamatos are great but they're kind of floppy by nature.
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There was a pre-order for the 1S in July? Damn....that and the 1J would be what I'd be interested in. For Sale section is a great idea. Think I got my Low Vis 1/48 years ago from the For Sale section and had a great experience. I'm not sure what you mean by very few of you buy Macross at MSRP. Do you mean you're buying over MSRP or under?
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I'm late to this whole thing and 550 pages is too many to try and find the answer, but are there any possibilities of Bandai reissuing these? What other variants (if any) are they planning on releasing and who has preorders when they release? BBTS? Amazon.jp? I have a few of the old Yamato 1/48s and love them but these seem to be just a bit better. There's no way I'm paying $500 for one, though.
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Riobot's sculpt of the VR-038L is amazing. I'm in, no matter what color it is. I think I'd get it even if they came out with Fuke's red one. I'm not a big fan of pink and I like red even less (sorry, Ducati). That being said, I firmly believe that Fuke's ride armor should still be red....as is her Legioss. Was still really looking forward to the Bartley ride armor, especially after Beagle teased their amazing sculpt so many years ago, only to be denied. That one still hurts.
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I think you're spot on with it being intentional. If you compare Riobot's pics of the two Legioss, you can see where the Zeta's color variances pretty much coincide with the white trim on the Eta. Oh, well. Not a big fan, but here's to hoping it's one of those things that grows on me or looks better in hand. At least it was an intentional choice vs it being accidental, but I still wish it was a solid dark red.
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Looks like somebody shoulda put a ring on it. I put a preorder on it, though. Still looks pretty damn good.
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I'd be fine with a pink variant, as long as that's what it was.....a variant. I'm hoping the main character Gate from this new series has a pink VR-038L and that's what we're seeing. Especially since these new characters' story is supposed to be running along side the established cannon. If they haven't changed the color of any of the other original characters' ride armors, don't see why they'd make such a drastic change to Fuke's. That's my hope, anyway. Edit: Besides....Fuke was a badass. If they changed anybody's ride armor to pink, it should have been Yellow's. Just sayin.
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I really hope they're not planning on making the Houquet ride armor pink.
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Really? That's a thing? Man. I had no idea. I know it's just a toy, but my imagination runs away with me whenever I look at or handle these toys and that always took away from that. It reminded me that it was a toy, as stupid and childish as that sounds. Ah, well. Like I said, won't stop me from getting it. My inner geek will just have to ignore it.
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I've never been a fan of the Zeta, but I gotta admit...Riobot really nailed it with the fire engine red that they went with. There are a few inconsistencies with the color that I hope they fix or are just lighting. Mainly, on the wings, here.... And on the head, here.... That's always been a peeve of mine, not to mention, it's been my experience that these color discrepancies only get worse with age with these toys, especially if they're on display or out a lot, like mine are. I don't think it's enough to keep me from preordering one, though. These things are amazing.
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The expense of that tech sucks, but everything on Italian motorcycles is expensive ($30 for two ignition security bolts, Ducati? Really!?). On top of that, it just seems like modern motorcycles sacrifice the riding experience for riding ease. Part of what is so exhilarating about riding is just how connected you and the motorcycle become. How every shift of your body, squeeze of your hand or breath you take creates a reaction from the bike. Hell, it can even tell what direction you're looking. Conversely, that bike gives you just as much feedback in return, and all these new features...quick shifters, traction control, launch control, WHEELIE control, dynamic damping, blah, blah, blah....they just create a disconnect form the bike, in my opinion, and don't allow a person to truly RIDE. That's part of what I thought was so cool about the ride armors. Even when they transformed, they did it in a way that kept rider and bike one. The pilot wasn't just inside a robot, the bike was part of him. On another note, I always felt that the 1199 was a dead ringer for Yellow's VR-41H. Compare that to... With the right paint scheme, they'd be pretty damn close, which would be amazing. I just don't have the balls to do it to mine. Ha!!
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The only reason the 999 was unpopular was because of it's aesthetics, and by that I mean it's headlight ?arrangement?. It was very UNDucati (it always made me think of The Guyver). Aside from that, it was supposed to be one of the best handling, most capable bikes on the planet....as, I'm sure, sqidd could attest to.
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Ah, man. Sooooo jealous. That explains your moniker, though. The only thing better than being able to ride Ducs is being able to race them. The only thing better than that is having Ducati SUPPORT you racing them. I was always a Japanese inline guy until my 04 ZX10 got stolen. A buddy of mine asked me what kind of bike I was thinking about getting to replace it. When I mentioned an RC51, he found one in Southern Cali, drove down from the Bay Area, put it in the bed of his truck, stuck it in the app bay of the firehouse and tossed me the keys as I walked in to start our shift. One of the best things anybody has ever done for me in my life. Riding that twin for the first time was an epiphany. The torque and the anger in that engine was intoxicating. I was lucky to have some amazing roads behind the station which happen to lead to Alice's Restaurant, which, if you're not familiar, is a very famous restaurant in the SF Bay area that is extremely well represented by motorcycle and automobile enthusiasts, alike. And they just so happen to have the best steak and eggs on the planet. That twin led to the Aprillia 550 supermoto which led to a new appreciation...and hatred...(Mospeada and Macross fans, if you think THIS hobby is expensive, I laugh at your complaints) of Italian motorcycles. When the Panigale 1199s came out, I always thought it was the perfect bike. It just had too much electronics and rider assistance for me. I've always been a big fan of analog vehicles, the digital just never appealed to me. Then, I rode one and I was hooked. I'm with you in that my body doesn't let me ride like I used to ride (which is nowhere NEAR the level you were riding at) and coming home to see my daughter keeps my knee off the ground for the most part. But, every once in a while........ Seeing main characters die in a cartoon is what got me hooked on Robotech/Macross. Seeing transformable motorcycles in the New Generation is what blew my mind and made Mospeada my favorite.
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All of the ride armors seem to have pretty significant exhaust tail pipes, so I don't know how realistic (as realism goes in 35 year old sci-fi, robot/alien cartoons) or, more importantly, mean sounding an electric motor would be. To be honest, I don't think HG was that far off in the exhaust note that they picked. While I agree that the deep cruiser twin that they ended up going with was a poor choice, I think they were spot on with choosing a twin. I have an RC-51, an SXV550 and an 1199s and let me tell you... the sound of an RC with a Sato exaust, an SXV with a Silmoto or Arrow or ANY of the Ducati super bike twins of the last 30 years, with or without the accompanying dry clutch *clack*, is enough to make any man's pants get tight and any woman's.....well, you get the point. It's bliss, and would fit the ride armors perfectly. None of those bikes were around in the mid 80s though (I think the 916 came around 93 or something, if I remember right). In 85, though, I had no idea v-twins, l-twins, V-4s, inline 4s, inline 6 (CBX1000 FTW!) or others even existed. I just knew that the ride armors sounded amazing to my 11 y/o ears, which is perhaps the reason I don't mind the New Generation version to this day. Nostalgia is a powerful thing.
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Just got my shipped notice from amazon.jp, for anybody else who ordered with them.
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Just got an email from DHL that my package is out for delivery. Hopefully, you got the same, adugifever.
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Let me know if you do call Customer support and what they say, if you don't mind, adugifever. I got the same message. My email says it's scheduled to be delivered on Monday, so I was going to wait until after then to call if I still hadn't received it.
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Please delete. Sorry.
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I'm sorry, but this Legioss looks amazing. That mini ride armor and poseable figure has me so excited, I'd be embarrassed if I stood up right now. If that same figure fits in the cockpit, I'm gonna make a mess. I could be wrong, but it looks like there's a hinge at the waist in Armo-Soldier mode that gives it some added poseability. Always wanted my Legioss to be able to do crunches! Hopefully, that added hinge (if that's what it is) doesn't turn the entire thing into a limp, hunched over mess.
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I'm going to cancel my Rey preorder from BBTS as I have one on the way from HLJ if anybody wants to jump on it.
