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The box is tiny... I thought it was going to be the box for my VF-19K Hi-Metal stand.

No problem. I'm setting up my photo booth again for another round of shots and I'll bust some of the old toys out for a group shot or two before I put the Konig away. While I'm at it I'm also going to try to find a way to set up my video camera so the lighting doesn't completely screw up the white balance... I guess that's what I get for using such a cheapy video camera though. Anyway, I can imagine a shot that might work for everyone so I'll try to make that happen... may take a few days before I get it online though.

I think that could be easily arranged but what mode do you want to see it in next to these other toys?

Review is up! It's pretty rough so let me know if you see some errors.

I was given a Cayenne as a courtesy car while mine was in the shop and I didn't find it overly spectacular. I did some hill driving and I felt the automatic transmission was in a state of constant shifting. It had a bit of pep to it (obviously I wasn't in one of the baller versions) and an excellent turning radius but overall it didn't strike me as amazingly better than some of the other SUVs I've been in. Then again, my opinion is probably pretty tainted by my general dislike of SUVs.

I did do a review of the VF-25 Tornado release on anymoon.com but it's lumped into my VF-25 mega review. I also have the extra parts but I haven't taken them out of the box to start reviewing them yet. I have so many new toys I need to get through right now and work is very busy. I should have my Konig DX/Robot Spirits review up tonight and then hopefully I can take some more toys out of there boxes and start working on some more reviews.

What is the point of destroid/battroid mode of any vehicle? It probably boils down to the extra dexterity of the hands for close quarters operations... like lifting heavy items or throwing a punch/pushing something.

What's a minimac?

The destroid mode can be posed walking... it's just not perfect. You can bring one knee forward a notch(kind of like GERWALK) and bring the other knee back and it looks like it's walking. No, it's no where near what you can do with a VF-1 toy but you can make it look like there's some action going on.

Nah, I can deal with some fantastical elements but they had crap like people escaping on flying rocks and sometimes SILLY concepts wedged in. Luke used the force to lift an X-wing out of the swamp and it was seemingly magical but not silly. The flying rocks seemed silly to me. I'm not saying flying rocks have no place in the Macross universe I'm just saying the writing was poor.

From a real top view, Macross 7 is the most direct sequel to SDF:M and is a running leap away from a serious story to a much more fantastic Macross universe. MacZero is actually a lot easier to stomach if you can get all the way through Mac7 (no small feat... it's got a completely different tone from SDF:M) but there's no arguing that MacZero had a lot of people scratching their heads. From a universe perspective, everything makes sense but at times you'll definitely feel like different shows were meant to appeal to different audiences (as one would hopefully expect considering the time lag between them). MacZero also suffers from some really odd story-telling... it kind of feels like an episode got lost in there toward the end.

Ever heard of Mosler Auto? When I was into Corvettes I used to dream of this thing (or something like it):

The Bandai DX Konig Monster is NOT 1/100 scale... it's a non-scale toy which is why it's badged as also being part of the Robot Spirits line and why it's NOT billed as part of the Hi-Metal line. I did the math and if the Konig is supposed to be 41meters tall (I don't know if that's correct) then the DX is 1/117. In shuttle mode the toy is about 1/107.

Okay, I've taken the pictures of my DX Monster and filmed a video review but I still have a lot of work left. In the meantime I've updated my Yamato Monster review on anymoon.com to get the ball rolling... if you haven't seen it before, go check it out. If you have seen it before, I completely reworked the pictures so they're now big enough where you can actually see the toy.

I heard from a friend in Japan that there was still some interest in making Mospeada models... I thought he was just talking garage kits so this is really good to see.

You're not differing so much as amending. Differing would be insisting that all Hikarus with GBPs were safe and you're simply adding that there is a second run that is safe... sadly I don't believe you can tell if it's a first or second edition by the packaging.

I've been hearing very interesting rumors about this toy... but most the rumors can go either way so I won't start spilling dirt. I do have one on preorder though and am hoping to do a quicker review of this toy than I do most.

Logos is close on the V2 VF-1 toys but not quite. The VF-1J Hikaru that came with the GBP was old stock so it's not safe. The VT-1, for whatever reason, also has the old shoulder hinges so it is also not safe.

love the look... will there be a monkey and boy hiding in one of the trunks?

HG has the rights to Macross outside of Japan. Since they made Robotech that's how they prefer to badge things but lately Macross has proven more marketable than Robotech so they're starting to release things as Macross products.

Macross should take a dump on Robotech's chest now by doing essentially a parody of The Robotech Masters. Wow... I started thinking about how Macross would do that and as I typed it up I realized I was re-writing Macross II. Never mind... I think Macross has already been where I was going.

If EXO's figure doesn't fit... you can blame EXO.

I just got my sexy girly version of the Monster with a bunch of other toys... I'm going to be a very busy bee for a while.

1) DX Koenig is probably more like 1/120 scale than 1/100 and that's why it's not part of the Hi-Metal line but rather the Robot Spirits line 2) It's very silly to say "This company should make all the toys that aren't proven money makers since we already own the toys that are." If they're proven money-makers they're going to get made first. 3) Yamato and Bandai pull from the same statistics on toy sales and probably very similar market research to decide what gets made. If Bandai makes all the same toys as Yamato it's because that's what the market indicates people will buy, not because Bandai is copying Yamato.

I find it a little hard to believe that the three could have any interactions what-so-ever if Guld had actually gone through with raping Myung but the first couple times I watched Mac+ I was pretty sure that's where they were going with it. I mean, doesn't Myung actually hook up with Guld at one point after they're reunited? (been a long time since I watched M+). We know that Guld is the type of guy to "blow a fuse" so I like to believe he walked in and saw the girl he liked with his best friend so he assaulted his best friend and basically did the "you're a slurm" thing to Myung and treated her like trash and tore her top off and left it at that.