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For my part, I wish the VF-25 was a chunkier looking bird (in animation). It seems almost feminine (or maybe insect) looking to me. Of all the DX toys issues, looking a bit more chunky than the animation wouldn't be a major fault for me. I think that's why I'm a fan of the Legioss. The battroid mode looks solid (albeit tiny in comparison to Macross vehicles). EDIT - I do realize that the Legioss doesn't look worthy of flight in fighter mode so yeah, there's some give with the take.

In the TV show she definitely says "My black-haired Busey" (not sure on the name). She specifically calls him a "black-haired" child. That's what made me initially say "hmmm... don't remember that."

Okay, on the literary inaccuracy watch, does televesion Cersei have a child (that died of fever) that literary Cersei never had? I don't remember there being a blacked haired Cersei baby that died in the books. It really doesn't matter, I imagine they're doing that to frame the later reveal about the King's family, but I was just curious if I've forgotten that story or if it's something new.

I think this was on the USA channel at 7AM when I was a freshman in high school. I used to watch it every morning while I got ready for school.

I definitely wish the Quarter were as sturdy as the SDF-1... that would have been pretty amazing. To be fair though, the SDF-1 is a flying brick. The Quarter is a flying X with WAY more articulation than the SDF-1. Bandai had a bit more of a challenge on their hands. On the flip side, outside of cruiser mode, the Quarter is a heck of a lot more fun with its quasi-Daedalus attack, faux aircraft elevators, spinning gun turrets, and insane articulation. It's no where near as iconic though... gotta love how that SDF-1 looks in the background of a good display.

I updated the list found here on MW with some additional information. Since I don't own all variants of the V2 I was thinking there might be some flaws in it. If anyone sees any, please let me know -

You guys talking about the categories? They're broken (see second post). The website had some major problems that are still being fixed. Anymoon.com gets worked on with all volunteer time and me and my cohort haven't had time to straighten that out. It's really odd because if I go into the admin center it tells me just how many posts relate to the categories but if I then choose a category it tells me something like "There are no results". Bizarre. I'm afraid the only ways to sort right now are using the month links on the right (which sucks 'cause who knows when I posted what) or by using the "next page" link at the bottom.

Since this is the only active 1/60 VF-1 post I see on here, I ask you all a favor. Can you please check out my all encompassing 1/60 V2 review on anymoon.com and tell me what I screwed up or forgot? It got massive so I'm sure I missed some stuff in my efforts to streamline it. Check it out and let me know -

Seriously though, I do have a blue MPC Alpha listed for trade right now if anyone here is really pining for one. Take a look!

Watched it tonight and loved it. I was a little iffy on Jaime's casting at first but by the end of the episode I was on board. It was a little tricky for me to tell who was who as they're all a bunch of white kids with varying hairdos who otherwise look similar and aren't referenced by name very often. You only know Theon is Theon because he refers to the Starks in a way that doesn't include himself. The one thing I found peculiar was the changing of the opening scene. It starts off very like the book but as I recall the scout climbs a tree and watches everyone get slaughtered. Instead, in the show, he inexplicably survives despite being knelt down right in front of an "other." One other slight change was Daenarys (sp?) relationship with Khal Drogo. IIRC, in the book the Khal is super respectful of Daen and she eventually mounts him and there is love born out of this mutual respect. I suppose that would have taken a little too long to convey through the TV medium so instead they sort of mimic the scene before the Khal pushes her down and takes her from behind. Other little tweaks I understood better. Tyrion is having his love of hookers emphasized to sex things up a bit, they're drumming up the fear of "the death walkers" (or ice walkers, I forget what they're called) for a bit of suspense. All things considered, so far it's very faithful and very well done. I'm definitely going to keep watching. I'm only part way through the third book but I do hope we see some follow up seasons and the author wraps the series up.

It kills me that so many MWers have grown to like their toys dull. Models are dull and realistic. Toys are shiny. Imagine if Optimus Prime were dull gray and black... (instead of purple* and pink*) he'd be a lame Ultra Magnus knock-off. * as per Low_Alt's vision Can someone spell out for me what's different about the hip and the knife in those photos? I don't have my DX-25 out so I can't immediately see what improvements have been made. EDIT - "kills" is waayyyy too strong a word.

Yes, the sound booster is to be sold about two months after the YF-19 separately (for about the same price as a V2 VF-1 if I'm not mistaken).

The whole reason HG thinks they can make a Macross Saga movie is because enough of the Macross Saga plot is generic. Just don't call your fanfic/fanpic ROBOTECH or MACROSS and instead call it something else (heck, thinly veil it). You can still have big mechs that transform fighting big invading aliens. You know BigWest isn't going to come after you so feel free to leave the names unique to Macross characters in there.

That's why Bandai Hi-Metal series is there. Less than $100 and still sweet. We still have choices. -

So HG is aware the work they do isn't better than fan fiction? Awesome.

Why would you choose 1/60 scale? Wouldn't 1/48 be a better choice since it would roughly go with Toynami's Alpha/Beta (or the CMs Legioss).

Ooooooooookay... but the lips don't move right? What purpose would that serve?

I don't care about the optional leg pieces but I also wish the neck cover was integrated. I look forward to owning the toy and finding out why that would have been so hard to pull off and why the toy MUST have a big gap on the front of the chest. What's the Macross universe reason for the Kai having two different faces?

Max is probably more popular and/or there are less of him in stock. If 60% isn't enough of a discount then maybe you just don't find the toy all that compelling and maybe that's a sign you should pass. I was tempted to buy both but then I realized I didn't care about either and I'm happy with my Gamlin (which I think has a cooler color scheme anyway).

What's your price range going to be on the graphics card?

Word on the street is: no bells and whistles for the sound booster to be sold separately but Yamato thinks it's a pretty big step forward from Bandai's offering (at twice the size, one would hope).

Last time I checked their website looked like it hadn't been updated in a really long time so I took their link down from my site's recommended stores. I contacted a friend who told me they were definitely still in business but it seems like they are focused on things other than their web store right now. - EDIT - I should have said that the guy who used to run the web store focuses now on other things, I have no idea where the company as a whole's focus is. I assume they have someone else running the web store.

because toys are supposed to be made of glossy plastic

That doesn't make a whole lot of sense unless you just want to OWN a 'street legal' division of some sort. Why bother with smog equipment and I'm assuming 91 Octane fuel for the small pittance of not having to trailer an automobile?

If I owned my own race track... that car would be fun but who else would it appeal to? Sunday drivers who like to tear around hilly back roads? Maybe... but a one person car seems like an idiot's motorcycle.