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"Thunder Hummer" should be super parts for a "Blow Superior." The Thunder Hummer ain't my thing but your work looks great.

Toys are supposed to be bright and shiny... MODELS are supposed to be matte and weathered. I was actually let down when I got my first Yamato because the plastic looked cheap and model-like. I've grown to appreciate matte finishes more but I like how Bandai's hits that sentimental button of "Oh yeah, I collect toys because I remember how much I love toys... not because I'm an adult without modeling skills."

Is this because they don't know how much your final total is going to be so they just get the authorization from your credit card up front? I know my company was asked not to do this by our credit card vendor (generally speaking, every business contracts someone else to handle the transactions, the business pays a fee to the credit card processor, and then the business accepts the cash, it's actually a pain in the rear with many different companies involved... the least of which is your actual credit card company).

I finally got some work done with Bandai's Tornado Parts gift-set including a video: I've also unveiled the new anymoon.com format, the Mega Review. My goal with future updates is going to be combine multiple similar posts into one Mega Review to make the site a lot easier to navigate and keep updated. Let me know if you guys have some feedback... there was a lot of content being squeezed into one post.

Are you my personal troll or just a troll in general? I actually said that "I would draw the conclusion" that they WERE profitable but below Toynami's desired ROI. Others are free to draw their own conclusions.

It's impossible to say whether or not Toynami's Robotech line is profitable. We can conclude that the fact they're still operating despite the global meltdown that has many companies that produced better wares hurting, Toynami as a whole is profitable (or at the very least, not too deep in the red). I would probably draw the conclusion that the early deaths of all their MPC lines after the VF-1 would be an indication that the lines were not much better than break even. They also seemed to lose shelf space with every release which means more and more stores felt they were getting shelf warmers which undoubtedly made it harder for the MPCs to be profitable.

There are no additional Toynami Masterpiece Cyclones planned. The blame for this one doesn't really fall on Toynami's shoulders (and even less so, HG's). Beagle, the Japanese designer and manufacturer of the toy got screwed by the global economic downturn. The toys probably wouldn't have even seen a Scott Bernard (Stick) version if it weren't for Toynami's agreement to purchase a chunk of them. Even with Toynami's involvement there just weren't enough being made/sold to be truly profitable and so Beagle canned the project. EDIT - it's also generous to say the Scott Bernard MPC Alpha sold out. While it's technically true that they are sold out of every store, it's also true that Toynami didn't make anywhere near 15000 of the toy (I think they stopped at 7500, I forget the number). So, it's entirely possible that Toynami will make another batch at some point and they will no longer be sold out. The same is true for all of the MPC Alpha toys, Toynami only made a portion of the stated maximum.

Every Robotech Masterpiece ever released? I would think Toynami.com would have that but I might be able to do it off the top of my head: Series 1 VF-1 1) Rick Hunter MPC VF-1J 2) Ben Dixon MPC VF-1A 3) Roy Fokker MPC VF-1S 4) Max Sterling MPC VF-1J 5) Miriya Sterling MPC VF-1J 6) Jack Archer MPC YF-1R A) Rick Hunter Super Parts B) Max Sterling Super Parts C) Miriya Sterling Super Parts Series 2 Alpha 1) Scott Bernard VFA-6H 2) Rook Bartley VFA-6Z 3) Lancer VFA-6I 4) Sue Graham VFA-6X 5) Maia Sterling VFA-6ZX Series 3 Beta 1) Rand VFB-9H 2) Annie VFB-9Z 3) Lunk VFB-9I Series 4 Cyclone 1) Scott Bernard VR-052F 2) Rand O'Keef VR-052T

I've got one of these toys on order, I'm hoping for a shipping notice soon (with my Grace VF-27 and DX display stand). I've got line art and similar toys waiting for comparison shots so I can get a good review of it done.

I can't remember who, and digging through these forums could be a bear. IIRC, this person modded the v1 GBP to fit the V2 just prior to Yamato's announcement of the V2 GBP.

Looks pretty darn good there... I see they went with the least efficient packaging possible though. "Let's spread things out and make the box bigger to make people feel better about dropping this kind of cash."

someone has already modded a v1 to fit a v2... they should have all the answers.

I think I'm actually going to dub this the first V2.2 release. What do you guys think: V2.0: Rainbow canopy, original crotch/hip connection V2.1: Rainbow canopy, Updated crotch/hip connection V2.2: Clear canopy, updated crotch/hip connection Is that too nitpicky?

I think it's a mixed bag. If you have some valks with the treated windows then you probably would want the first edition... it's not like the old crotch system didn't work and the 1A Max/Hayao allegedly had okay shoulders.

I would really hope that the re-releases have the improved crotch and removed rainbow effect.

It may not be so much about the intelligence of the viewer but also the culture. It may be more a western cultural philosophy to try to interact more with the viewer (especially in children's programming). This might not be from the presumption of stupidity but rather from the fear that a child will wander to the next channel or form of entertainment if they aren't being constantly engaged. You might say that western producers feel that western audiences have a shorter attention span so a narrator spoon-feeding the plot to the viewer has the dual benefit of interacting with the viewer and simplifying the events.

I'm really eager to see how the hip joint functions in my hands. Having it be able to extend away from the body could hugely improve articulation but if it comes at the expense of making the hip harder to angle that'd be a shame.

This movie was pure win but I bought the original DVD and that's good enough for me.

Finally did a review of the character figure set on anymoon.com

Regardless of what version you got, it sounds like you got a real lemon. Even my v1 VF-0S was put together properly in the packaging.

It's kind of funny to say it's because of the scale of the RD line because I coulda sworn the RD line is a non-scale line.

Could sworn it sounded like a Faw-ker to me but that could just be my knowing how the name was spelled and hearing what I expected (in a Japanese accent no less). The point remains the same, Robotech is allowed to have different names and different pronounciation of names because it's an adaptation, not an attempt at a faithful translation.

What doesn't make sense? His name in Macross is Roy Focker (pronounced "Fawker"). His name in Robotech is different, it's Roy Fokker (pronounced Foe-ker). It's not that his name in Robotech is mispronounced, it's a different name just like Hikaru Ichijo is not Rick Hunter.

OOh I just remembered another one I loved, a game called Warsong. I heard it had lots of sequels (and maybe predecessors) in Japan and I always wished they would be brought over to the US.

In Robotech his name is Fokker, not Focker, and is pronounced as it is in Robotech. If you're not upset that they keep mispronouncing Hikaru as "Rick" then you shouldn't have a problem with Roy's last name. As it's been pointed out, Fokker as it appears in Robotech is actually a more accurate homage to the Fokker airplane. I like Robotech. As a cartoon for kids in the 80s it was one of the better examples. Are you an adult right now critically analyzing an 80s cartoon? Well, chances are then you're going to find LOTS wrong with it. It does suffer from technobabble, macguffins, terrible animation quality (at times), plot holes, occasionally awkward voice acting (although I've seen MUCH worse), and what I think is a pretty terrible second generation.