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It is sad as this has been the best series in a decade. I wonder why they plan on canceling such a great show?

Oddly enough because of my current status I have a lot more available funds than I did years prior. I am in school so I use my loans for my apartment and bills, and I also get the G.I. Bill so I have more available money than before. I am more concerned about getting a job when I get out, but as I am a filmmaker I am sure I can work anywhere just maybe not the job I actually want.

Yeah usually if the shipper send all the necessary info and does the forms properly it shouldn't take no more than a day or two to clear customs. For the past couple of months I have been getting tons of things from Hong Kong and Japan and never really had a hold up at customs....yet. (knocks on wood)

It's not that bad in person though.

Yesasia is a good place. I got mine on ebay. You can buy it anywhere for about 40 bucks. It isn't expensive at all. It is also easy to figure out. I don't know or read any japanese and I figured out the game to the point that I have an overall A on the game right now and working of getting S or SS on everything. Too Bad I can't beat Sad Sniper EX. Michels valk just sucks to bad imho.

They same way that everyone forgot about Jedi in Star Wars in less than 20 years time.

I don't know so far they have done very well with keeping with the spirit of the original toys. the Seekers seem to be the only ones with some divergence to the original design. Those an Ultra Magnus but Fans Project has already rectified that with their classics upgrade

That's understandable. I just feel though that while that may be the case for some most usually want all the bells and wistles because while it may be more expensive now it winds up being cheaper because if you did just have a standalone figure then wanted to upgrade you wind up paying for the upgrades and the shipping on those. Hence why I am not really going to buy any of the upgrade stuff for my Alto DX, but just by Michel's so I can have a figure with a fast pack. But then I am known for eating my own words so I may end up buying those upgrades too.

Man it isn't that big of a deal just don't display it with the boosters and FPs. Yamato has gotten wise and trys to package their figures now with all the bells and whistles, which really helps especially during these times.

Honestly I think the next Masterpiece should be Devastator. Have all original six bots and have them do a perfect transformation without adding parts. That would be cool.

I concur, it's the only one I mess with now. My model just sits in fighter mode on my desk untouched since I got the DX toy.

Man I get more and more excited for this fig. I will soon have an entire shelf on my Detolf dedicated to Mac+ will all the mech that made it memorable in a new amazing scale that doesn't make me so ashamed to show off now unlike the older models. Not that I am ashamed but damn the new figs are amazing.

Jon has stated the he is purposely holding off on the Mandarin. He wants him to be a shadowy figure within the background of the story and then use IM 3 for Mandarin. You can tell by the allusion to him within the 10 Rings terrorist organization in the first film. After seeing how well the first film turned out I am sure they know what they are doing. The Dark Knight had 3 villians, 1 main, 2 side ones and was perfectly fine. They never said in the new Iron Man film how much screen time or story is actually going to be sent on each one. From what I can tell Mickey Rouke will be the head bad guy and use Black Widow to infiltrate Stark Industries since both characters are Russian. It makes the most sense to me anyway.

I got my Toynami Cyclone, man is this an amazing piece. This is without a doubt one of my favorite transforming mech toys. I will also probably get the Lancer and that's it. i do suggest if you can afford it pick one up.

I too am keeping mine as well as displaying them. I am only getting 1/60s in colors and versions I don't have except for Hikaru's VF-1J so that I can have a complete Vermillion Squadron in one scale. Other than that, if I have it in 1/48s I am not getting a 1/60. Feels too much like double dipping.

Mine is pretty tight all around luckily no floppiness

Plus we fans have been dying for this one much like the Max TV version. It is sad to know that Toynami beat them to the punch with an inferior toy but they had a VF-1A Kakizaki (or Ben Dixon to then) in their first lineup of releases and here we are in what our third line of VF-1s and just now getting it. I have been waiting for the entire vermilion squadron for some time now. Just a few months left.

Sounds accurate. If Michael was still alive I would have faith in this project because he would be involved but now I don't know. Even though Megan was a fan of his and is a comic book nerd I think she won't care too much about the material if the paycheck is big enough.

I thin Sad Sniper EX mission is the hardest thing ever. I don't know what it is but not matter what i do in how i improve Michel's valk he seems to take damage like nobody's business. Like the smallest missile always seem to take off ridiculous amounts.

Don't mean to throw off the thread but when did Yamato say they were making the VF-4??? Or is it just a consideration thing?

Got my 1D today. First thing I did was recreate the scene where the nose was on the Vf-1S, but I had to use my Hikky 1S. Anyway I love the figure the colors are perfect and luckily since I already had another version 2 valk the transformation and hip bar doesn't worry or scare me. Now for my Hikky 1J and working towards the infamous vermillion squadron.

Great pics man, I need to take new photos, my collection has grown extensively since last I posted pics

How do i get an S on Sad Sniper, or most of the Macross Frontier missions for that matter?

Welcome to the fold from the darkside of valk collecting. You are only getting started wait till you go for the macross plus and macross zero valks. the 1/60 YF-21 is still yamato's best valk period

I don't know, I feel that it has potential. I can see the threads being made that are going to turn this into a great show. A friend of mine pointed out that Joss takes awhile to usually hit his stride on a show. Plus he may be playing it safe after Fox mutilated the last show of his they aired.