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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.

shooters: Gaiares (i think I'm spelling that right) was one of my favorites

Who is Tasha Yar? Was she the security guard who slept with Data? That rerun was on the other night.. HI-larious.

I concur. I hope to buy the Blazer some day, I prefer it to the Kai, but since I have the Kai I'm going to try to score the blazer at absolute bargain prices.

yeah, that category was invented long after that post and I had forgotten to update it until you mentioned I should do one.

http://anymoon.com/blog/2007/05/22/yamato-160-q-rau-max-miria-versions/ It's a very old post, desperately needs some updating to compare it to the Robot Spirits toy and the line art. Updating the post is on my "things to do" list. Originally I scored this toy higher.

direct link: http://anymoon.com/blog/2010/03/23/bandai-robot-spirits-queadluun-rare/

I hear Bandai is not going to bundle the super parts (but almost certainly will release them). The idea is that the economy in Japan is not very good and there seems to be a toy buying threshold just above where they're going to be selling their Hi-Metal VF-1. The price + super parts is viewed as above that buying threshold. So, I'm not expecting to see any bundles until this line picks up some momentum. The same logic is also why the VF-19K toy has had so much after the fact development. They figured people would balk at the idea of purchasing it for just a tiny bit more than its MSRP but if people really liked it they might pick up the extras that might have otherwise come bundled with a more expensive toy separately.

I have a review up on anymoon.com, I think it might even include a video.

I pre-ordered the special version... there will be a review.

I just read Mr March's comment about how useless it is to have a highly articulated fighter and GERWALK mode after I completed my review but I wish I had beforehand because that's a really good point. My full review is up on anymoon.com. Here's a teaser pic:

Thanks TLW, still not exactly what I'm looking for because of all the schematics and such. I think I'll continue using that slightly off angle line art... it's good enough for people to get the big picture.

I disagree with the banner being a better idea (well, except when viewed from a fan of the originals). The point was to make a cohesive show that people would want to watch from start to finish which would be far easier to sell to advertisers and TV channels than a banner show. "Wait, so at 30 episodes in it becomes a completely different show? What if they don't like the new show?" That would be an awkward question that "All the shows would be very similar" would only go so far in answering. In business you have due diligence and pitches where you have to back things up. The fact of the matter is saying "We'd bring in shows X, Y, and Z" would then mean you'd have to pitch why shows X, Y, and Z would be as successful as show A. In the case of Robotech, shows B and C could never be pitched as being as successful as show A so intertwining them with show A raised the stock of all the shows and made the whole adaptation we know worth doing.

I wouldn't be so fast to judge... just because the new crotch is there and the canopy tint is gone doesn't mean the shoulders won't break. It seems like every week we're still seeing more people post to the "need shoulder hinges" thread.

Yamato isn't allowed to service areas outside of Japan because of licensing issues. It's not really a choice Yamato makes to not help you out. Yamato would love to be able to legally sell and service toys outside of Japan. Since they can't we essentially buy toys without warranties which does make it that much more frustrating when a clearly poorly researched design element is foisted upon us and then not corrected before more variations of the toy are released.

I played golf the other day with a guy named "Jayce" and I thought about asking him about the old cartoon that starred a guy by that name. Is that the show you're referring to?

Playing the NES Castlevania series is a memory that sticks with me well after all these years. I can't remember which one it was but I had an older cousin come visit just as I reached Dracula and I became uber anti-social until I beat him. I can't remember which Final Fantasy game on the NES also sucked up a bunch of my hours. No baseball fan should have been without Baseball Stars (and Baseball Stars II). Then I became a Genesis fanboy with Phantasy Star II. Man... those were much simpler times.

I'm pretty sure Yamato expected demand to be very low for TV Kakizaki and so they didn't make very many of him. If his after market price keeps going up we'll probably see a reissue.

I think I did a decent job of this on anymoon.com. Look at my LowVis VF-1S post or maybe the VT-1 post.

The only way you'd be able to do that is to take apart your brand new toy... it's not something you can tell by eyeballing it.

This isn't much of a compliment but we all have to admit that Tommy's work is a hell of a lot better than many of the original Robotech comics... every now and then I see eBay listings for old comics and I actually laugh at how terrible they look.

My guess is that Bandai will do all the ones that Takatoku originally did, except maybe the CF 1A "misa" variant. What I'm more curious about is the super parts. Having the Max be released sans super parts is a bad start.

Started what? Are we arguing?

Find the old thread and start the fight back up again... I'm pretty sure the argument was between Hurin and some member who probably quit Macrossworld after being berated for thinking the WAVE toy should be poseable. I think you're going to need to come prepared with information like the range each joint can move and the speed at which each joint can be moved... the fight was going in some pretty crazy directions last I checked (all of which were entertaining)... not my fight but I do invite you to make it your own. Start a new thread and call out the "non-articulation-ist" crowd and argue that future SDF-1 toys be super-poseable. Or, keep posting in the Regult thread information about the SDF-1's joints... that's entertaining too.

I thought Max only got his VF-1J after the rain of death... his VF-1A would be the more iconic valk but that paint scheme doesn't sell well.