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Hey now, it kinda is! Not really in a way that a toy could ever emulate perfectly though. I don't mind a few parts being taken off and put back on but the idea of parts left over... that's sad to me.

Hey, so will Bandai start supporting MW now? I think it'd be sad if on the day a chogokin VF-25 gets released MW has the latest Yammy 1/60 VF-1 on its home page. Then again, I guess Bandai and Yamato aren't really in direct competition so maybe Yamato wouldn't be too upset if MW had a Bandai toy on its home page.

The review score may be good but it lists a lot of things that many people may take issue with (but Alex didn't find were all that horrible). In my opinion that's what makes it a good review, there are plenty of observations to let us come to our own decisions about the toy. I'll tell you right now, that doesn't sound like an 8/10 toy to me. It makes perfect sense that people would be canceling their preorders based on that review even if Alex was overall happy with it because some of the stuff he doesn't mind will be more important to them. If one of the things you love most about your CMs Ride Armor is that there aren't left over pieces to tuck away after you transform it then there's not going to be a whole lot this Mega House toy would have to offer you.

Yeah, that's why I hate getting new releases from US companies. I was hoping since he seemed to get the CMs in so quickly the MH ones might follow suit but I guess not. Oh well... looks like I'll be playing with a Yamato YF-21 1/60 at about the same time I'm playing with my brand new Ride Armor toys...

It'd be useless anyway, Toynami never sticks to what they tell magazines or people at the various conventions so what would make them tell anyone else something more truthful. I'm sure if you were able to ask George Sohn right now he'd say "Oh, very soon!" and then you could begin the holding your breath game.

I'm guessing you're judging this more on what Exo says and less on what I say. Just because a man isn't willing to irrationally blame all of the world's problems on one toy manufacturer does not make him a steadfast supporter of said toy company. I still think Yamato's original VF-1 1/60s suck and I'm pretty sure it was my constant reiteration of that that got me the reputation. The fact these don't say "Made by Toynami" only proves what I was saying all along, this is a Mega House toy and people's praise or ire should be directed squarely at them (except Exo's). So far I'm thoroughly unimpressed by everything I've heard, I'm really hoping that actually having the toy will re-spark my initial excitement.

Wow, six or seven parts, fork left over after transformation, wheels don't spin, dark pegs that fall off, and it can't stand on its own? It must be truly a BEAUTIFUL piece to still be liked with a laundry list like that.

I suspect you'll like the painted pic more in person. remember there's a thin warped piece of plastic over the head that's altering the image beneath and that the picture is taken closer than your face will be 99% of the time. Look at all the smudges on the CMs one you'd never notice unless you had a camera right up to it:

LOL, I was wondering how long it'd be before someone said "NOOOOO!!! That's lineart I was trying to hold out on people!"

I got mine from LOS at LAFToys so this will be a good test to see how long the delay is from doing that. I imagine it will probably take him like a week to get it in and then another week to get it to me. Then it'll probably take me a week to get a review up. Man, waiting sucks.

Great, so you're going to have to band together with other members and each buy a blind box and then mix and match until each of you has a complete set. That, OR you could pay some guy in Japan 2x MSRP by buying his set he already completed off of eBay.

Apparently Sundown and I were noticing the same things.

Nice, way to end it with the Super Condor in action! Is it just me or does it seem like they were working hard on making Hover Ride Armors?

Wow, that is some of the coolest stuff I have seen in a very long time! So many different types of unused mechs! Granted, some of the stuff I'm happy they didn't use, and some of it you can clearly see is work in progress that got us to the finished designs, but it is so great to actually see the steps taken. Amazing stuff, thanks Jasconc!

psst, those aren't GNU, those are the 1/200 gashapon.

Why are all the Cyclones flying?

A Legioss stands 8.75meters tall (according to the RT infopedia) so at 1/18 = 19.138 inches tall or 48.61cm if my math is correct. A Beta stands 13.7 meters tall so it'd be 29.95" or 76.11cm

In the Japanese version, IIRC, Rey goes delirious from a lack of water.

I believe someone's speaking Robotech...

$4.40 per and there are 12 total (3xYF-19, VF-1J, and VA-3 + 3x Chase?). This does not sound like $50 well spent... meh, but what toy does seem like money well spent?

If memory serves HG wanted to release Yamato (and other manufacturer) products in the US and collect a licensing fee. BW/SN stepped in and said that any company that deals with HG/Tatsunoko will lose the rights to do business in Japan. So, this is the tale of two or more greedy companies, not just one.

Yes, every time the sword is shown it scares someone new. At this price point you should also get the dragon they were battling.

Oh I definitely agree, they definitely should have responded to at least let you know their stance on the matter. Customer service should be a fairly simple thing, I did it for a bit back in my dotcom days (although there certainly are an amazingly high number of people in this world who seem to get no greater entertainment than by harrassing customer service reps). Toynami doesn't get off the hook like Yamato does with the whole "We don't speak English" bit. If I were looking at them from a business perspective, I suspect they hire a bunch of CSR mules when they release products and then lay them off after the initial hot streak of sold/returned items. I had all my experience when toys were new releases. Again, not defending the practice.

at the price, I'm guessing all that is standard.

Toynami considers the Aoshima Legioss an Aoshima product if I'm not mistaken. I imagine if they did contact you they would tell you to contact Aoshima and Aoshima would tell you you're out of luck if you're outside of Japan. I have had MANY interactions with Toynami 'cause I have gotten MANY bum MPCs and Toynami replaced them all quickly for me. From what I understand their service did diminsh though. My MPCs had turn around times from 2 to 5 weeks but I've heard about people waiting much longer for Toynami to issue replacements. I think people were waiting 8 weeks + to get replacement cups for their 1/100 stands. EDIT - Not trying to defend Toynami's stance on the Aoshima here, just letting you know what I think is their reasoning behind not servicing it. As far as I know, the Aoshima Legioss is a Japanese product that is imported to the US by individuals in much the way Yamato products are. This wouldn't be the same as the Mega House product where I imagine Toynami would act as a distributor and thus be on the hook for servicing the item.