jenius

If you want to keep using "hobo" that's fine by me, I was just telling you that I think it sounds retarded. I also think the CMs Legioss Tread looks pretty goofy and you think it looks great, to each their own. As to the figures, wasn't CMs showing a tiny "parts-former" Ride Armor that was going to be included with these Legioss/Tread combos? I didn't think it was a series of little statuettes but rather something more fun. EDIT - Ignacio, that makes sense now. Nobody likes the arched back on the Toynami. The clown-feet I forgive because in a bunch of the lineart everything Mospeada from the Ride Armors to the Legioss have over-sized feet but that's a personal preference thing and I can get people hating it. As to the canopy, it never grabbed me but I can see a difference. EDIT II - I'm as not offended by the word "retarded" as I am not offended by the word "hobo."

No offense but that sounds kind of non-sensical. If the Toynami were an exact copy, instead of the 95% copy it is, you would have liked it. Since it wasn't, you're going to like this CMs Legioss which looks maybe 20% like the Imai. What was Toynami's biggest change to the Imai kit? The chest intakes look a little different. Look at the CMs chest intakes now... EDIT - wait, I'm not offended in the least by the term "hobo" but I would recommend not using it as it sounds well, retarded. If you need to somehow find ways to insult people with other opinions than your own at least man up a bit and put some meat to it otherwise you'll just be dismissed as being special. If your intention is not to attempt an insult on people then why not skip name calling all together?

Problem with your theory about the names: if Toynami was going to give him a name it'd be Rand, not Ray. MH named him Ray because it's more sensible then Ley (though anything is still possible with a character named Stick/Stig being the star).

I'll take Serenity, any day, over the new SW trilogy. The old SW trilogy I prefer to Serenity though. Serenity is average? You guys must have caught a bunch of truly excellent scifi in the last couple years that I managed to miss.

Hobo - it's the kind of insult you'd hear from a six year old. It seems perfectly appropriate on Internet forums where most the squabbling is child-like at best. "This thing looks like crap." "You just can't afford it hobo!" "Don't call me a hobo you little bitch." "What? I'm a hobo too... haha." Eyesonme - that's a heck of pipe dream you have there. The CMs legioss is very narrow in comparison, I imagine there are lots of spots where the fit just wouldn't work. I'll be happy to give it a go when mine comes in though!

BACK FROM THE DEAD. This is inspired by two things. 1) the argument in the HD thread about Serenity vs. Star Wars and 2) I just made my girlfriend watch it for the first time and I'm wondering if anyone can help us with the Reavers. Now, it'd been a long time since I had seen Serenity but I remembered watching it. She's the kind of girl that hunts down logic flaws so I remembered to tell her "just don't think too much about The Reavers" when the movie started although I couldn't remember why I thought there was a big logic flaw associated with them. After the movie what does she say? "I'm genuinely surprised how much I liked it but you're right, The Reavers make no sense. Does the TV show explain them better?" I shook my head. "So in the movie the Alliance makes a whole planet disappear? 10% of the population becomes so full of rage they're inhuman but they are organized in some fashion? What do they do when they're idling around Miranda? Why doesn't the Alliance just come through and wipe them out in Miranda's orbit and then blame the destruction of Miranda on the Reavers and seem like big heroes?" You guys got some better explanations of how Reaver society works and why the Alliance just ignores them and lets them pillage the outer worlds?

It's so sad that those leaning poses look so cool up until you see the wheels/tires.

So, is it Ray or is it Ley? The debate continues (although it shouldn't, it should be Ray).

I wish I agreed. So far I don't see a single thing that gets me thinking "CMs did this right!" I'm sure you're right as to the "durable" and "toy-like" but i'm an adult, I'm looking for a lot more from my $250+ toys than being able to zoom them around making jet fighter sounds. I want them to be very impressive display pieces and so far the Toynami looks like it's playing all sorts of trump on the CMs there. Then again, we know next to nothing about the Toynami at this point so time will tell.

I am dreading the inevitability of looking at both and saying "CMs did this right, Toynami did that right, and between the two of them is one great toy or two mediocre over-priced ones!"

If I had to bet, both Desmond and Juliet will get off the island. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the next episode is dedicated to that very fact. Then again, we've seen post-island Ben and he doesn't seem concerned with Juliet so maybe that means she's still stuck there.

Size-wise it's just fine but I doubt that connection point area would be exactly the same on both. You could probably rig it up easily enough, just too early to tell at this point.

Seems a bit early to do the full scale panic job on the MHs. I'm going to let a few more reports of broken toys come in before I become really frightened. The failure rate on just about any manufactured good should make for one bad experience amongst all the good we've heard.

So does that mean the intakes/chest move freely now? The toy didn't fall apart right, it just looks sloppy? Consider yourself lucky, I had an arm fall off on a toy that was sitting completely unused. The MPC Alpha is such a fail in regards to durabilty it just makes no sense. Here's how I imagined it worked: Factory guy: "Hey, so you said to make all the moving parts out of thin plastic and the parts they support out of heavy diecast right?" Toynami: "Yes, that's exactly right." Factory guy: "And the hands, everyone's going to be fidgeting with them, you want them made out recycled erasers?" Toynami: "Yes, that's exactly right." Factory guy: "Aren't you touting this as an Alpha toy and collectible people will actually be able to pay with?" Toynami: "I don't pay you 7 yuan an hour to ask me questions!" Be afraid people, there's probably an exec right now talking to Factory Guy about the Beta...

I used paypal so i imagine you have to pay at time of order.

I think I just scored one of these off eBay... I'll save my celebrating for when it's actually in hand. Then will begin the huge debate... to open or not to open.

The chances they get the color perfect are slim but they should be close enough. It's only the first 3K of Scott's that are different from the last 10K. Otherwise the Alphas all have the same paint throughout the entire run.

Oh hey folks, let me explain how this worked. When I checked the first day they were on Order Stop so I sent an email. They responded saying "We were waiting on an allowable figure from CMs and have reopened the item on the website for additional orders." (that's not an exact quote, i'm going by memory). When I checked the website, sure enough, it was no longer on Order Stop so I went ahead and processed my transaction as normal.

I don't know if Aaron would count since he was just a fetus on the airline. Yes, Kate does have Aaron and apparently that freaks Jack out. I could have sworn the preview said we would learn who the sixth is last episode so by my count that means they must be counting Aaron right? 1) Jack 2) Kate 3) Hurley 4) Aaron (??) 5) Sayid 6) Sun Apparently some of "the others" make it off the island also, Ben being the most notable so far. Speaking of which, seems we're long overdue having heard from them.

Go a page back, SaveRobotech went with them to a trade show. They have a website, URL is on the previous page.

Man, I don't know jack poo about intergalactic travel, gamma ray bursts, or stars with huge names. I was just trying to figure out if we necessarily had 8K years to live or if the explosion could come sooner. Sorry I posed that question in such a way as to ask if any particular member's understanding was right or wrong or included both sides of the light speed coin.

Kamikaze, do a google search for Robotech Genesis and you'll see all you need to see. No toys, nothing official, it's a big fan project.

The only point I meant to make, and the one I think that JBO is affirming, is that in the quote I've taken from page one above, you didn't acknowledge that it could have blown 7999 years ago and we wouldn't know about it until tomorrow. So yes, if it blows today we have a lot of time left but if it blew 7999 years ago that'd be more reason to be more concerned... of course we'll never know when it actually blows until we see the repercussions 8000 years later so there's still no reason to be concerned.

Looks like it's from that group of people who are trying to recreate the Macross saga in an all reimagined way as to avoid legal issues... unfortunately the story is part of the legal issues I imagine so good luck to them.

Wow, that was odd. Kinda cool.. but odd.