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Um, Grace tried to KILL Sheryl.

The 1/60 Gun pod with the new 1/60s is dead on in size to the original 1/60s. I think your method of comparing the 1/60 gun pod to the 1/48s is skewing your image of what the proper size should be. Perhaps you just prefer it to be too big (and there's nothing wrong with that preference). As to the lack of detail in the gun, the whole thing is slightly less detailed than the 1/48, it's the kind of thing that happens when scales shrink.

Leon and Grace said they were training the Vajra? I think I missed that line. I remember hearing that the Vajra were evolving.

If the clear/metallic one counts... I already have one Oh, speaking of ride armor exclusives, there's a new post on my site:

You can get "Robotech The Complete Collection" on DVD and it's the exact episodes as they aired way back in 1985. Since there have been a few slightly altered DVDs since then you could probably get the entire Robotech series for like $30 that way. For an extra $20 you get a better picture (I think they used cleaned up Macross footage) and updated sound effects with the Protoculture Edition. That will get you well indoctrinated into Robotech and it's kinda screwy lore. The original series (which are better than their adapted Robotech brethren, especially Southern Cross) will probably run you close to $100 to get but has better music and sturdier plots. You can get the original Macross for $40 and Genesis Climber Mospeada and Southern Cross will both run you around $25 each.

I'm an expert at the gun katas

The Dark MH has the same small tires. You guys sure it isn't just an optical illusion making Yellow's tires look bigger? Remember, the front end of Yellow's bike does dip lower than everyone elses.

It looks like we're stuck with crotchless armor (Stick you naughty bastard) but I can overlook that easily enough. You know, that face doesn't look all that amazingly wonderful to me. It looks good but I think I may want to see a comparison of the RT head next to this Beagle head.

I'm assuming this edit has to do with my "don't feed the trolls" comment. I hope it doesn't though as you'd be missing the point of my comment entirely and it'd be silly to prophesize with an edit happening after the fact. I was telling you NOT to feed the trolls, not telling you that you are one. You should also note that intelligible (I prefer intelligent) debates are far more likely to be engaged in when the mods haven't already weighed in telling everyone to move on.

That's a pretty large post about Roger after a couple mods essentially told everyone to shut up about Roger. Don't feed the trolls. Update: Dark Ride Armor post goes up on my site sometime between now and tomorrow night (I live in California). It all depends on how long I get stuck at the office.

One problem, by Macross standards on love and relationships, Mao would be too old to be Alto's mom.

Good work Roger. Anyway, Sam, yes everything will be going up on my site. Unfortunately, there have been a bunch of toys released all right on the heels of each other that I'm having a very hard time keeping up. I spend all my free time these days taking pictures of toys and don't end up with any time left over to edit the pictures or make a write-up (the six days a week I'm working don't help either). Soon enough though... and the pictures are Suhweet. They (MH) improved the arm by adding a little swivel area just below the elbow.

I got the CMs Wonderfest toys and the MH Dark in. The MH Dark is now my favorite Mega House ride armror and it does feature improved arms. Very nice. The CMs Blow Superior (metalic/clear edition) didn't come with a head!! It does come with the Ley, Stig, and Yellow helmetless heads but no helmeted head! Kind of a bummer but it looks like it comes with a mail away card so that they can send you a head when they make one... I dunno, I have to have a Japanese friend translate it for me. It also comes with instructions printed on regular paper so I'm thinking that they hit some snags on a tight deadline but decided to sell the toy at WonderFest anyway. Oddly enough, the standard Green Stig type comes with 2 helmted heads... haven't had a chance to open any of the plastic trays yet, I just checked for content. One cool thing about the Blow Superior I noticed, also could be construed as lame, they made the clear metallic one have a sparkly finish on all the blue pieces. Definitely not the most appealing ride armor for the diehards but it's pretty cool for what it is.

Hmm, I'm guessing fansubs are out then.. away I go to download.

Hmm.... kinda wish I weren't looking at pictures from episodes that hadn't aired yet....

This thread seems to have less and less to do with Graham's review. Perhaps it's time for a new 1/60 thread geared toward upcoming releases.

I'm with CYS and CYF on this one. Hard Boiled and The Killer are full of win.

I watched RT first so that background synth stuff will always have a warm place in my heart. My brother still has the Robotech Zentraedi Theme as my ring tone when I call him. The first time I watched the original Macross I thought the background music there (just background mind you, Minmay is all sorts of win when it's Mari) was pretty lackluster. After watching more Macross though it grew on me just as much as the techno stuff had with RT when I was little. Now I can imagine the opening to DYRL with the SDF coming into the light and that orchestral stuff is pretty effective.

Inbit are from Mospeada, no HG bastardization necessary. They evolve, are hive creatures, and have a collective consciousness that relays information to each other. Now all we need is to have a human shaped Vajra (Ranka?) and that'll seal the deal.

With CMs you're actually paying a high premium for rarity even if CMs doesn't tell you that. From what I understand, there were very few Legioss/Tread sets actually made. EDIT - Of course, since CMs hasn't made that a selling point it also leaves the door open for reissues and such, or deals with other companies to produce more and sell in different markets, etc.

So the Vajra are the Inbit?

It seems he agrees that the CMs toys are of a similar level of build quality but disagrees that the CMs are on par with Yamato in terms of overall product (ie. they look like children's toys instead of the true-to-form adult collectibles you would expect for their price tag). I'm with him but almost everyone already has lamented that we still don't have the killer app Legioss toy yet. EDIT - did you guys see that the Beta MPC weighs two pounds? How much does a chunky monkey weigh? Also, it's 9.5" tall in Battloid and 9" wide... something seems odd about that.

They might package the Shadow Beta as a Shadow Chronicles toy. Maybe they're just not talking about that while they figure it out.

I'll get the FP version, put the TV parts on my Roy VF-1S, then I'll buy the eventual GBP and put that on my Hikaru, then I'll hopefully buy some non-canon valk and put Roy's Strike parts on that .

The weight addition could mean that the Beta was much lighter than the Alpha and that was the problem. By adding weight to the feet they simply may have just made it comparable in weight to the Alpha. I prefer my toys a bit lighter if they're not going to be super durable but for something the size of the Beta I can handle it. Barring this thing being released while I'm on vacation, my full review should be up about a week after release but that's still a long ways away. I'll be sure to contrast Toynami's connection to CMs. I'm looking forward to doing this review, I had all but given up hope that the Beta would ever come out.