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Sqidd, you gotta do something with the poor Roy VF-0S (non ghost) on the bottom shelf! He needs a kick butt pose!

Wow, you're not kidding about the detail being hard to make out! Going off just the Alpha I'd have to concur, that doesn't seem to be the 1/72 version. If I had to guess, I'd say it's an incomplete prototype of a 1/35. I'm basing this off the fact that the arm on the far side doesn't seem to have the bottom half attached (see how you can see the rounded end of the wing where it would swivel?). There's also a mysterious hump on top of it. PS - thanks for the pic!

I'm in the exact same boat! I spent $200 on cables alone for the new place. My God is it ever fun though! The list of stuff for your apartment you can get for the cost of a VF-0S is pretty staggering though... I got all my plates and a vacuum for about that price

Yeah, that'd be sweet to see. I wonder if it's the wood prototype...

Wow, Tehachapi... there's a name I haven't seen in a long time. When I was there last they had just installed their first traffic signal. I hope everyone makes sure to have their toys easy to move in case they're evacuated. Obviously, more seriously, I wish all the best.

To my knowledge, they never even mocked up a 1/35 Tread.

You're right, the prototype Takatokus had different heads on their VF-1S.

No box, yellowed, broken, and on the verge of Toynami's release? I think $1,000 even might be it... but it seems like lots of people in Argentina are ready to get into a bidding war.

There's a Max 1A in that same commercial.

Latest word, if I'm not mistaken, is 2/08... and probably everywhere that imports anime toys.

Doesn't XSToys have some really rare one off stuff? I'd be interested to know what kind of stuff like that existed. I don't think prototypes should count exactly... but even those would be cool to know about.

Isn't that Hasegawa art?

What that guy said. ^

As both are clearly douche bags I would definitely go with Sharon. Piloting the SDF-1 whilst piloting a Ghost so superbly TWO fighters could barely compete before one went all suicidal redemption on it was impressive. On the rape, I think it's left intentionally vague as well. He certainly did SOMETHING, likely more than we saw, but how far along and how horrible it got is just better left unsaid, that's a dramatic device. Macross has a lot of "open to interpretation" moments. What I don't get is where anyone could find Isamu "likeable." I think he could have been made likeable if the series was longer but I didn't see it in what we got. A punk who pretty much always gets what he wants whereas Guld is the person who constantly wants more than he has (or, more specifically, what Isamu has).

This could be read two ways... and from past experience I believe both ways of reading it are correct... and that is cool.

I believe the new MegaHouse Cyclones were in the $50 to $60 range, it was detailed in one of the previous pages (in Yen).

To do the knees you don't pull straight out, you pull out and down, it doesn't feel like a sleeve mechanism but some sort of a hinge.

There are other threads that dictate the very minor differences of the DYRL Focker and the MacrossTV Focker VF-1S. If memory serve the arrow on the head is black in TV but yellow in DYRL. There's little stuff like that.

Oh, sorry, I gotta read quick at work.

Please remove the shoulder covers and look at the plastic beneath. I'm curious to see if there are stress marks. It was cracking plastic that made the shoulders loose.

not sarcastic, just drunk.

Wow, I'm kinda with you but that requires further explanation... the bodies of the VF-1A through VF-1S are identical, it's just the paint schemes that changed. I agree on the Banprestos but I would say they are easily far worse than Toynami's MPC Veritech or Yamato's 1/60 VF-1. Once price gets thrown into the equation I think they're all in a brutal fist fight for who can suck worse. Takatoku's henkei series is an easy trumper of all though... those toys leave a LOT to be desired and they're pretty expensive now since they're so old. The Toynami Morphers cost less than two dollars each on eBay so I think I'll just chalk them up to getting what you pay for. I'm sincerely hoping that price is for TWO VF-0S. You're right though, toy-wise I think the first edition VF-0S is right up there with the first edition VF-11B and its exploding hips.

I'm hoping the rest of your rant is sarcastic since you proceed to beg for new toys. I'm also hoping you realize the VF-1D is not a simple repaint, it's a two seater. As a two-seater it has an extended canopy and a slightly different chest piece and a few other differences. If you're confused at the differences please research the custom 2 seater 1/48s that were made by an MW member... Graham, can you please ask for an update on NB4M's 2 seater??? Looked like a beautiful design... Otherwise I'd want to hear about whether or not any new 1/48 repaints are planned (not necessarily reissues of existing schemes). Another question, who has the rights to the upcoming Macross series??? Finally, are there any plans to sell NEW toys based on the original Macross TV series???

While the heat is damaging, it is not the only aspect of the light that does damage. Do LEDs produce light in the UV range? If they don't, and they burn cool, then you're probably looking at the best situation.

I kept my display cases in a room where the window was always shuttered and I made sure that the only side light could come into the cases was the front and the sides that faced other cases. All light is bad. The thing to remember though is sometimes it doesn't matter.... some times plastic just wants to deteriorate.