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the YF-19's kneeling position:

ok, here're some 1/60 yf-19 gerwalk-lovin :

Got mine today, too. He's frickin' sweet!!!!!!!!11111

The news-corp owns the Valk, not Hibiki. Hibiki's also a trained and licensed valk-pilot. It's been a long while , but as far as I can remember, I believe the antique SDF-1 was operated using a program-disc. Even then, it can only barely hover and do a limited alpha-shot. Try to watch it again since of all things, M-II actually had a pretty believable reasons for the things and stuff they were doing despite being only limited to 6-eps. The question that needs to be asked about M-II was how the heck did the SDF-1 bridge survived the attack. I think the theme for M7 is to have mechas with boobies and faces.

fyi. Gunbuster-R1 site is live. with trailer and stuff. http://www.bandaivisual.us/gunbuster/

I got mine at Wallymart. with the 3d lenticular-card thingy. for $12, iirc. with the iron-on autobot shirt-transfer exclusive. would've been alot better if it was an iron-on decepticon shirt-transfer. dunno the other exclusives from other stores, tho.

In the DYRL-scene after Misa just got done berating him and the Skull team entered to tease him, Max called Hikaru "sempai". Therefore he was second-in-command behind Roy rank-wise.

I thought I posted my Classics-SS pics. Anyway, here: I didn't buy AstroTrain-Classics nor HotRod-Classics since they're quite boring to me.

Amazon.jp has a cheaper listing for it: http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/switch-language...anguage=en%5FJP My final charge came up to at least a cheaper $260 from it. Yeah. It's a bit steep on msrp and still not-so-cheap from AmJ. But I think it'll be worth it. At least for me.

LET'S BOLT IN!!!! dunno if it's been posted before, but here: http://www.toei-video.co.jp/DVD/sp21/voltesv.html w00t! w00t! w00t! w00t!

fyi. The Classics and 20th-Anniv Reissue were all at the Walmart here today. At walmart-prices, I bought Megs, StarScream and Bumblebee. I passed on AstroTrain (meh), Prime (too tiny) and Rodimus (too generic). For $10, SS is definitely kewl! He's got knees, for $diety$'s sake! Now to wait for the other Seekers. --- Megatron-Classics, with the other toy he was inspired from : Alt Redneck-Prime vs Nerf-Megatron Classics (they actually scale against each other nicely): for $20, I only wish Nerf-Megs got articulated-fingers and rotating wrist. And nerf-bullets. Otherwise, he's pretty kewl. Not owning the MP-03, yet, here's my current Decepticon leadership: and of course, Bumblebee:

Exactly. The $12.99 and $24.99 prices on 'em at Fry's was a little too steep considering not all of them are that worthy. If I can't wait on Walmart or Target prices, I might just get Starscream and Megs.

off-topic re: Prime When I felt it, the chest was die-cast, at least. Fwiw, the re-issue 20th-Anniv Hasbro-Prime has more flatter/duller colors that it seems like it's all plastic. The blue-gun doesn't help, either. It really is boring in colors and stuff compared to the first-issue. /off-topic. on-topic: I kinda like the MP-03, but I'm still quite iffy on the colors. I'll just wait for the Hasbro-version.

I saw 'em today at Fry's. AstroTrain, Bumblebee, Megatron, Prime, Starscream, Rodimus. The Hasbro reissue of Prime-20th with the blue-gun was also at Fry's today. I didn't buy any, tho. I'm currently broke. ;

I think you're just being ridiculous about the ridiculousness and stuff of the VF-1 1/60. fwiw, you could've saved yourself the money and whining by just reading the 1/60 pictures-reviews that were written back when the 1/60s were first coming out at both here at MW and at MacrossNexus. Oh, yeah. Yammie did found a way to transform their valks without having to take off the legs. It's called the Yamato 1/48 Valkyries.

iirc, the TRU-version came out separately alongside the Hikaru-1A. Possibly even earlier than the Hik-1A since it was an exclusive.

heh! I spotted and got the Dodge Redneck-Prime at our Walmart here in DiegoTown day before Labor Day for $20, iirc. Haven't bothered to take pics, but he's actually not that bad nor floppy as the previous pics shows him up. And yeah. There were also about four Mirage's and three Jazz/Meister's. But that was weeks ago from today, so they're most likely gone.

Hikaru-1A was 2001 Focker-1S was 2001 Max-1A was 2002 source: http://macross.anime.net/production/models.../vf1/index.html

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?.../07/07/apop.DTL

But you'd pay $150 for Yamato's QC-ridden screw-ups. What Yamato QC-ridden screw-ups are you talking about? All of my Yammie-valks are great and well-worth the price. The're all poseably good. They're all pretty. They're all kewl. As such, I don't even have all the Yammies. I only buy like one valk every two/three years. Unless they're on the old HLJ fire-sale of yesteryears. It's just really sad that you guys got taken for $20+ with these toynami-pos. But I guess someone has to take one for the team. Oh, yeah. Did I mention my Yammies are all damn pretty?

If these 1/100 toynami's cost $10 instead of the $20+ that people paid for 'em, I'll give it a fair shot. Until then, my $20+ is better spent on something else.

from http://animenewsnetwork.com/ So Eri's coming!

Yeah. F L C L anime brought us The Pillows, a japanese band that totally r0x0r!!! they're on YouTube, too. check them out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWdTqQ80SVw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x57wCuuW_k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtYJwJ_YeWk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peEx8PMq6mY

but you do. you have to remove the heatshield/canopy depending on the mode. take a look at it again, the heatshield and canopy designs are similar to 1/60s. you can't leave the canopy on and have it in battroid or the chest plate doesn't lock down. you can't leave the heatshield on and have it in fighter mode since it looks stupid...especially with the raised skull emblem. i know i sound like a broken record here but the reason why i'm so unhappy about the $20 price tag is simply the fact that i can get a 1/55 for $20 more. think about it, the 1/55 is far superior in every way compared to this thing, its bigger, better, more durable, bascially more bang for your buck. so how is this thing not a rip off? how can anyone justify a $20 price tag? *shrug* 421912[/snapback] Your comparing 2 very different scales and products. The way I see it, $20 either buys you the 1/100 toynami toy, or the 1/100 bandai/imai swap transformation variable kit. The whole review is basically going about talking about what the $20 is getting you. For $20 I don't think anyones expecting a 1/55 or 1/48(which for some reason everyone is comparing this to, come to think of it, I don't think anyone dared compared the banpresto to those 2). And where as some of you make it a point to compare it to the 1/48 or 1/55, why is there no mention of the old takatoku/bandai 1/100 toy from the mid80's? Same scale, and all. Toynami's got more articulation than that thing, the only thing that the old taka/bandai 1/100 has over the Toynami is the retractable landing gear, not like they were anything to write home about in regards to aesthetics. And on THAT one, the canopy/heatshield were the samepiece...in fact...PAINTED even. The canopy WAS the heatshield on those ones. Me, I've always wanted something small and those model kits fit the bill except all models break in my hands. That is why I want the toynami and don't really think its a rip off. For $20, I want something I know will not break in my hands, not something that I have to build, paint, and assemble myself only to watch it crumble. (This is my experience I manhandle all my toys and models, and my models break, my toys do not). 421937[/snapback] I think the best way to settle this is to do this kind of comparo: Alternator Mirage vs Toynami-Valk [*] A Transformer Alternator Mirage is $19.99 retail. [*] It's not exclusive, but it's pretty rare to find. [*] Perfect Transformation, even if it only has two-modes vs the three-modes of the toynami-valk. [*] Alternator-Mirage is prettier, great poseable, non-floppy, and had quality plastic-construction. So how then does the Toynami sdcc-valk compare against it, i.e. what makes the Toynami sdcc-valk justifiable at it's price ($20+) against the local Alternator competition?