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If you acknowledge the potential for error by prefacing your statement in such a way as to notify the entire audience that you're not an expert in something (or that you're not through it entirely) then there's no harm in sharing your opinion. I'm also reminded of someone's comment before that they didn't need to eat an entire turd to know it tasted like crap, one little sample would do. Point is, sometimes you can be qualified to make an opinion without being completely exposed to something, other times you can state your opinion on something and defer ire by acknowledging your own weakness in the subject. Whenever anyone reads a book or watches a movie they constantly analyze what they're taking in before it's complete and there's often a lot to be gained from that analysis. It's also pretty easy to draw some conclusions by simply reading discussions on this forum. So, UN Spacy Academy with a new Valk.... the good news is it should be hard to start that story off with the frantic pace Kissdum worked with.

I wouldn't mind if there was a separate line of Zentran pilots that we could opt not to buy to keep prices down...

Isn't the Matchbox Battlepod about 1/60 scale? I dont' see any reason to believe that this toy would be too big. Also, the thing isn't all that crazy complicated, it doesn't even have arms. I dunno, I guess engineering the legs to both be poseable and capable of supporting the egg could be tricky though. Still, I think we're discussing a toy that's probably on par with the Q-Rau from a cost perspective and with greater appeal.

Just because Basara is a poorly written character it doesn't make him less of a character. Sure, of the two, Mylene is more complex, but Basara is still a lead character AND symbolic of a certain mindset. What irked me most is his mindset is also flawed and in the end he appears to be right without anyone really having learned anything. If only A1 hadn't earned that lifetime ban... I hope the new show has a character with drive and ambition who doesn't devolve into some silly fanatic of ill-gotten causes like Basara. If UN Spacy's answer to new alien threats is "We'll just throw our crazies at them in expensive flamboyantly painted valks" then I'll be rooting for the destruction of mankind.

Old = Cool I finally added another vintage toy up on my site. They're not the most glorious toys but I'm sure some of you will recognize them from having thrashed them during your youth.

I would say Mylene is more like Hikaru than Gamlin is. I also think people dismiss her because she is so easily dismissed, not because she is a girl. There are strong female characters in Mac7 that are a bit tougher to dismiss, Rex, Miria, Sivil but Mylene is just fluff. She takes all the things that drive us crazy about Hikaru and exemplifies them even more. Like Hikaru though, she redeems herself toward the end of the series but again, she does it in a manner that's not as satisfying. Gamlin plays a good foil to Basara but I don't think he's really all that comparable to any of the cast in the original SDF:M. He's too straight-laced to be Hayao or Hikaru and not talented enough to be Max. As much as anyone would like to say M7 is not about Basara you pretty much have to ignore the fact that every single episode is about him to do so. He overwhelms every aspect of the plot so much that he doesn't even have to be present or involved all that much before he has grabbed the viewer (often for worse rather than better). I hope someone at least mocks this up... it sounds too awesome.

Okay, I just completed episode 5 and I agree with RDClip. The first three episodes are way too much being crammed into way too tiny a timeframe. I imagine it was thought that this would hook a new audience with a ton of excitement but it seems far more likely to turn people away with a peppered story that's entirely too frantic. What I love is that they then threw in episode 4 which takes the previous three episodes and condenses them into one episode that would be pretty much unintelligible garble to anyone who didn't watch the first three episodes (worst summary episode ever). Episode 5 actually appears to be the first real episode in a bunch of ways with the first 3 episodes just being flashback fodder from here on out. It seems like the more conventional approach would have worked better here where the information related in the first three episodes would have been slowly and carefully spoon-fed to the audience throughout the course of the season (think Trigun where we meet the hero and slowly learn why he acts a certain way and eventually just what exactly he is). Man, I hate when heroes call out their attacks! "Sword attack! Jump Kick!" whatever... This story will also seem really familiar on lots of levels. I keep getting Blue Gender flashbacks. Really, I don't watch much anime but I sense that anyone who does will recognize this story as just a collage of things that have already been done. On the plus side, it's really pretty at times. I'm not too put off by the character designs, they work well enough. The two mechs are friggin' sweet in my book (2.5 mechs?). Welp, I hope I'm through the worst of this show as I think it has potential to be pretty enjoyable if not exactly revolutionary. Here's to hoping I'm right...

Let's not forget a TV Version Q-Rau!

i see you caught it.

1/60 scale would be much more feasible and would fit their line better.

If memory serves, the original SDF was not a transformable spacecraft. It was retrofitted to be transformable due to necessity. That same ship then appears in DYRL because it is a re-telling and in Mac+ because it is iconic. I don't think it's really fair to have that be a precedent unless the argument is that the SDF-1 itself should appear in all Macross shows. Mac7's ship is just plain silly and to say "Oh that's just Macross for ya!" ignores that the fact that there's some backstory as to why one large battleship, in particular, had to transform. There is certainly no precedent that UN Spacy was in the habit of producing transformable capital ships. If they're going to include another massive transformable object in a future Macross I hope they at least give some sort of explanation as to WHY it should transform.

Beautiful work. Way to make a great toy out of a less than average one.

I don't know if you guys saw that other thread but it looks like a 0S 2nd issue is coming out after all. Huzzah.

No, it's just showing you the toys you can pit against each other in a grudge match. Ivanov Vs. Roy, Nora vs. Shin.

It's non-canon and it's not a CF. CF is white and beige and is also seen in the anime. Allegedly Kawamori stated that all the VF-0As were supposed to be the same and were supposed to look like the toy Yamato released. So it's a non-canon paint job that represents what the VF-0A would look like in a more realistic world where everyone would fly similarly painted vehicles.

I think it looks decent in battloid... well, if it has all its parts that is!

No, but I believe the original release date was July so it they might be out somewhat soon.

Some thoughts: 1) The Toynami MPC Alphas actually are doing pretty well in the secondary market. Anyone who cleaned up shop at the RT.com $39.99 sale can now make an easy profit. Scott MPCs easily go above MSRP. 2) I don't think it has been implied anywhere that an improved version of the Toynami MPC Alpha is going to come out (with the possible exception of the two announced Shadow Chronicles variants). I think Robotech fans are stuck with the Alpha Toynami originally gave them. 3) Aoshima's Legioss may very well be made available to fans at RT.com but for some reason I doubt it will get a re-packaging treatment as an RT product. For one, the Aoshima doesn't look nearly as close to the vehicle in the show as the Toynami product does (and honestly, RT fans seem easily confused with stuff like that). For another, by keeping it labeled a GCM product they can deflect some of the ire at Toynami's "masterpieces" not being as good as the Aoshima toys.

Well, on the snide side, no one here likes the term "veritech" as that's a Robotech term and in Macross they're called valkyrie. For opinions, pictures, ect. I would recommend you go to my website's section on the 1/48 toys by clicking HERE.

If the backpack isn't sitting flush make sure you've dropped the little "shark fin" piece inward. Also note that the trap door the head comes through can be pushed inward until it clicks. This entire area and process is where the dreaded BP8 comes into play. The BP8 is the plastic that comprises the hinged that the backpack sits on. If you don't collapse the little shark fin or if you lift too hard on the backpack you will snap the plastic in the hinge.

I think the color they're showing is a bit too bright but I like they're taking the more cartoony approach over Toynami's more gritty color choices. Toynami went a bit dark whenever possible, typically much darker than Gakken and I'd say Gakken was closer to a proper reflection of the show:

The vintage stuff just doesn't get enough love these days. Here's a pic of those elusive 1/100s in action

Goin' the extra mile... I love it.

This is true for the most part but let's not forget they made a YF-1R toy with a 5000 piece count. There's some chance Toynami might go beyond the norm... although I agree it's HIGHLY unlikely.

These people had lived through so much, it's likely there's not a single personal boundary left between them. They're beyond family at this point. Some times that leads to romance, sometimes it leads to a friendship so tight it is beyond romance. I don't know which Jim and Mint have but neither would surprise me in the least. Let's not forget Macross' perspective either. The whole world was nearly obliterated... any subsequent romance is therefore welcomed! Mylene is way too old not to be married....