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The 1/48 has superior detail, more features, and a correctly placed head. Those are huge pluses. There are also some cool 1/48 non-canon schemes. The 1/48 GBP is a marvel to behold but it does have a bit of wonkiness as far as proportions are concerned. The 1/60V2 VF-1 toy has much better proportions, less of a crotch at the expense of a misplaced head, and less features that many people felt were useless on the 1/48. It will be interesting to see if the 1/60V2 GBP can top the 1/48. I'm eagerly looking forward to doing a comparison.

I wanted to buy a Focker GNU but I still haven't found it for a reasonable price. Sigh.

T-Rex isn't Yamato...

Yes. The CMs figure kits are probably the last item for a long time. Speaking of which, does anyone know a shop selling those figure kits? I can't find them anywhere. I know they're out but lots of people I talk to either don't plan on carrying them or have them still listed for Preorder. Not sure what's going on with those.

I've never seen the unextended version of the last episode... but the extended version felt way long and a bit boring...

Ooh Cally's death was a super intense moment. That was some fracked up stuff there. She seemed like such a sweet girl but then again, things aren't always as they seem. Things sure get awfully strange for the four from this point going forward.

Yeah, The Plan would be a bad choice. The Plan is something to watch when you're done with everything... and even then I'd recommend you wait a month to watch it so it's not such a fresh rehash.

WAY.TOO.BIG Reduce image size to 900 pixels wide as DarrinG recommended. Beyond that I can't believe you got your MPC wet! You're a braver man than I.

I put this together a while back.... it's been pointed out that I scored the old releases pretty high compared to the newer ones but if you click the individual links you should be able to get the big picture. Sorry, I didn't bother with a straight v1 vs v2 comparison. http://anymoon.com/blog/2008/09/22/vf-1-to...omparison-post/

Alternate subjects for this thread: "How can Yamato get you to pay for the same thing again?" "What should Yamato have gotten right the first time?" "What improvements can Yamato make to their current toys to render them obsolete so you will buy virtually the same thing again?" I find the ideas of slight improvements to this line of toys so yamato can spend 2010 milking like a dairy farmer really boring.

LOL, c'mon... you can't be too upset... the show's been over for a long while now. I avoided the BSG thread entirely until I caught up on the DVDs. It's not as much fun as talking about each episode as you live through them... but it's the only way to be safe.

eh nevermind, I think we all get it.

No, that's just you regurgitating what you've read on the Internet from people who never bothered looking at both toys at the same time. The Yamato 25th anniversary toy is absolutely NOT an original paint scheme that Yamato struggled to create. In fact, the Yamato 25th anniversary is a very COMMON paint scheme that's been slabbed on numerous products, race cars, and advertising campaigns over the years. They took a toy that was made black and then put some gold in a few places and mispelled some words on it. But what about the Stealth? It's black, maybe Toynami ripped it off right? No... other than the fact they're dark you can't really say they look like an inverted paint scheme or something cheap like that. EDIT - there are some similarities to be sure... but also notable differences. In the end, if toys being DARK makes them rip-offs of other paint schemes then yes, Toynami TOTALLY ripped off Yamato's Stealth AND their VF-1(25) toy. More realistically, people like dark toys and Toynami created their own paint scheme using Navy Blue as the base and black and gold as their trim. It does have both black and gold... but man, that's a pretty big leap to full rip-off status. Of all the stuff you can nail HG and Toynami for... I don't believe the paint scheme of the Stealth is a valid criticism. Also, it's a non-canon product and they have merchandising rights for the VF-1 outside of Japan so there's nothing really worth griping over there.

a little note, ff made the same mistake i did when I took pictures of my VF-22S, namely he forgot to rotate the pilot which puts them further away from the cockpit and makes the lack of heatshield look far more damning. It still sucks there's not heatshield but it's not as bad as you'd think from those pics.

Beagle Ride Armor... Oh, Macross toy... Impossible to say... lots of excellent choices but nothing that truly blew my socks off.

Nora SV-51 os a wonderful toy... but it does have a gaudy paint scheme. SAL shipping to SF Bay Area took about two weeks for my order... about a week slower than EMS. Overdrive sometimes gets me stuff in 3 or 4 days with EMS.

I don't know how safe the assumption it is but it certainly is the prevalent assumption now with Bandai not mentioning VF100 at recent shows and items like the RVF overdue.

1) Boobs are AWESOME 2) I hope I can find these on sale some day. Maybe next year's HLJ Yamato sale....

1) When did I say anything about "sanitized"? 2) Clothes "more in tune with the times." This is a timeline outside of our own, there's no such thing as "in tune with the times." If you're speaking from a BSG standpoint, the times were varied depending on the colony. Furthermore, the whole topic is nonsensical because it plain and simple doesn't matter for the context of the show. Never once, that I recall, did a plot point revolve around clothing. 3) Your arguments come off as entirely superficial. "Meh, this show was too pretty, that show was too dirty." You're like a step away from announcing you hate certain books because the covers are lame.

In theory, yes, you can see much more detail in an extreme close up. Sure, there are variables that can make that not true... a blurry picture from any range isn't very helpful but at the same time a picture doesn't have to be huge, just clear.

To get great deals: Don't buy toys until they're at least 1 year old. Then, buy them on super sale as stores make room for new product. Just be careful with anything that might get sold out.

Agreed, details seen in extreme close-ups are often much LESS noticeable in person. There have been countless times where it wasn't until editing pictures for my website that I noticed little build issues on toys. That said, bent turrets are big enough where I don't think we'll have any problem seeing those and as soon as you notice it it will drive you crazy forever. I've got one on preorder and I'll honor it but if I was at all on the fence I'd wait to buy this thing until a repaint or some reviews.

I kinda think someone is focusing on all the stuff that really doesn't matter... like clothes... and ignoring all the stuff that actually made the show good... like compelling characters. Actually, no, you're saying the drama sucked. I'll agree, there were some plot holes and deadends but I think you're tucked a little too tightly within your own box to enjoy a large swab of scifi. You have preconceived notions based on Earth-man history as to what a future MUST be like that is going to ruin all depictions of the future that don't jive with what you've imagined. On that note, I'll bet you loved The Fifth Element (and I loved it so no knocking). That seems to be right up your notion of the future's alley (but then again, that's also showing Earth people in the future so it would make sense).

While The Sentinels did get pretty crazy on a few different levels it's kind of wrong as adults to look back at the alien designs for a children's TV show and say "Oh my God, those are so lame." The Karbarrans are just Wookies... you got a problem with Chewbacca? The name, on the other hand, is almost as bad as the squid people being from Calamari or whatever it was in Star Wars. The Karbarrans... Care-bear-ans... So clever.

I've been saying that a Mospeada movie would be a great idea for a long time. Mospeada is so episodic it wouldn't be that insane to cut it down to a 2 hour movie. They could fix some of the plot contrivances that had folks with jets driving motorcycles across country and stuff like that. Make it the story of a guy crash-landing on Earth. Dealing with Earth people so sick of war they're willing to turn on their own. Have him be a hardened alien hating bigot that meets a beautiful girl and takes her along with him so he can protect her. Then she turns out to be an evolved alien, big fight, nearly scorched Earth, the end.