jenius

I hate CGI movies that try to look realistic. So far they've all been festering crap. I really hope this does better but I can already tell I'll hate it by how unnatural all the movements are... everyone looks like a marionette (sp?) if they're not running and jumping. I know it's a tough medium but why not just do a hand drawn cartoon instead??

I think I preordered a defender from Overdrive like two months ago.

Exercise just got stylish again!

You guys are crazy, the 0S is getting reissued.... they're going to be everywhere also. They don't move terribly swiftly.

That pic isn't showing up for me (probably work firewall). If it's the one that has a hand drawn arrow to the back of the fighter in GERWALK then you've got it right. It LARGELY was fixed for version 1.5 and 2. Of all the Zero toys I've owned only my first edition was so sloppy it was problematic. My 0S 2nd edition does have a tiny bit of slop in that area though and if you're used to how solid the VF-1 feels it might make you think it's flimsy even if it holds together aesthetically.

I'm at work or I'd show you a picture from my review of the 0S first edition on Anymoon.com (you can go and click the VF-0 link to see for yourself). The broken back in fighter makes it so the nose droops and leaves some gaps in the back. Really it's just a way of saying the toy lacks sufficient structural integrity in fighter mode so it comes apart a little bit on you.

On my 0S Ghost combo the "broken back" is barely noticeable, not at all like the first edition VF-0S where it was impossible to avoid (and my VF-0A was the tightest of all there).

Actually, anime accurate would mean the gauntlets don't have to be removed. I'm not sure but I think the Beagle is perfect transformation.

Well I'm guessing then it also says something like "Originally we made the pilot too small, the pilot that will be included is the proper size" and that's why there's a pic of two pilots. Crap, I'm bummed the yellow one may not be final. I don't want to get a collection of destroids and have them all look very similar.

I love the yellow one... the other two are kinda boring (but I could certainly see where they'd fit with a more realistic military look).

Just saw this on an ebay, it's for a Robotech MPC Cyclone (repackaged Beagle): Seems like confirmation that the Beagle is still going to come out in Japan first and that Toynami was indeed hit with the delay.

Yeah but the 1/60 V2 is a much better toy all around. Maybe instead of getting a 0S now or a 1/60 VF-1 2.0 a person should wait a couple months until the smoke clears and see if the 0S really is perfect or if the 1/60V2 really is something they should be afraid of. After all, one failed shoulder on a 1A hardly seems like something to flip out on... I know in the electronics industry about a 5% faulty product percentage is assumed... maybe the same works for toys.

Honestly, I don't think Toynami has gotten better, I just think more retailers have gotten wiser. This toy was due out MONTHS ago. Toynami originally told publications it should be expected March '08 and it gracefully slid to December '08. This sounds way too bizarre and I hadn't heard anything about CMs doing something unique with these releases. Is it possible you saw a collection of stuff CMs had given a store to use to set up a display or something?

Good lookin' fix Eugimon! Quick Yamato Impression: "Metal? In a joint? Inconceivable!" Okay, that's kind of unfair considering how metal-tastic the feet are on the Destroid.

You must try harder, this was a few pages back: http://www.yamato-toys.com/dev/release_010...l?infolnk=index

Revoltech FTW. The Gnus just don't look that much better and in my experience a Revvy costs $20 and a Gnu costs $30 or more. The Revvys are more fun to pose and come with more accessories. I have both but I think the Revvys were the better buy.

Out on the market? Yes, there are 2, the Beige standard Tomahawk and the Weathering LE. The Olive Drab is due out this month and it will be the third to the market (unless you don't count the weathering edition).

FYI - Fuke CMs appears to be out, no Shinobu yet.

Having had no 1/60v2 problems, and having owned tons of 1/48s and seen all manners of problems, I'm liking the 1/60v2 more. Sure, maybe the 1S and potentially more have issues but the first three 1/48s had nosecones that fell off in the wind, wing flaps that fell off almost as easily, loose airbrakes, etc. Now, all that stuff is just annoying, not as serious as a break, but if the shoulders are now truly fixed then I think the 1/60 easily trounces the 1/48.

i like turtles!

They put that info up a while ago, before Beagle announced the two month delay of the Japanese version. One would presume that this means the Toynami release will be delayed until February unless Toynami somehow got Beagle to allow Toynami to release it first.

I'm going to hold off on criticizing the hands. It seems totally possible they're made of better stuff this time around like the Aoshimas were.

Let us know your opinion again in 1 year when the wing on your YF-19 won't sit still and your VF-0S has no arms.

Oh wow.. just noticed that they got the chest intakes wrong also. In The Shadow Chronicles all of the Alphas feature Shadow Fighter chests. Not sure if the VTOL is supposed to be there but I'm guessing probably not. Wow... Toynami definitely did not try hard. My complaints about the Beta already: 1) Legs are too short... It has the build of a primate. 2) Cockpit folds down without being concealed... although I think we all saw that coming.

The problem is, with Graham no longer being on Yamato's speed dial, who could deliver that sort of message? Our best hope is to have someone who attends shows in Japan ask a Yamato rep and the folks at shows often aren't reliable sources of info.