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This one's easy... Battroid is the best. Why? Because that's the only way you can pose dozens of 1/48s without having to add on another room to your house. When you start posing these things in GERWALK or setting up a bunch of fighter displays you find yourself out of room in no time flat.

I'm wrong

No, you can't, because the backpack mechanism is incorrect on the CF (ie. it lacks the slots needed to attach the boosters). Edit - Thanks Xsjado

The paint jobs don't look very smooth... almost hand-painted (or maybe it's my monitor) which is what really leads me to believe they're customs... then again maybe they're mock-ups.

I was packing away my Superposeable Alphas last night and it occurred to me that they actually resemble the CM's Legioss pretty closely. Honestly, that's not too bad of a thing. I still have high hopes (and fears)

I think both would look better in person. The YF-19 doesn't look as bad as the VF-1J also.

I still need to find a good place to buy one. Once I have it I'll be doing a gi-normous photo shoot I'm sure ... sadly that'll probably be months from now at my current rate.

Assuming this is a Tatsunoko licensed product (and I would think it'd have to be) then HG may end up totally supporting the product and even go so far as releasing a Robotech branded version for US distribution. Stranger things have happened. If that's the case, I would definitely expect Toynami's Beta to be dead as a door nail.

LOL, F* this buying over the Internet crap, I'm flying to Japan and doing some hand-picking next time!

It's far from Totoro242 just having bad luck, I've been tracking every 1/100 auction for a while now and almost none of them have guns. Also, the pictures you find almost anywhere seem to always be gunless. It must just be like Noel said though, all the original owners didn't really have a place to put it and just discarded them and so the ones you find now-a-days are all gun-free. Strange that so many would still have their unapplied sticker sheets but not have the friggin' gun.

but the toys there aren't shown with guns?

I only own 1 1/100 Taka and it has no gun: 1/100 Max 1J: No Gun: 1

I have a similar problem with the black stripe on my GBPII

Yeah but that's actually right in line with Toynami. Toynami is projecting November of 2007 state-side. I would think they would introduce the product first in their home market and then abroad (seems to be how most companies do things). If they're not just repackaging it will make for some awesome competition! Then again, Beagle might not hit until November 2008. Also, if Toynami only has a couple prototypes it'd make sense that Beagle wouldn't be showing one... but you would probably suspect Beagle would be showing pictures of the Toynami prototype at the least.

I'm always in the market for better goods. I hope all of these companies put Toynami to shame but coming from a history with a dearth of toys for this series (since the late 80s at least) I'm really just thrilled to see any companies involved, including Toynami. Oh yeah, we're going to see some neat comparisons in scale now too with other franchises. This should be very cool. You guys don't think that Beagle will just be distributing the Toynami product do you?

Actually, Gakken's large Ride Armor is 1/8 scale.

Yes, and Gakken wasn't a toy maker back in the day either. There's still more than ample reason to show more tha a little trepidation over a company taking on such an ambitious (and delicate) toy. Even for a dedicated, tried and true company with tons of experience, the Ride Armor is nothing to take lightly. It is very complicated with many small parts that need to move to combine in a delicate menagerie of a figure.

If Tatsunoko still exists as its own entity they would be the ones doing the raking... not that this would be particularly bad for HG since it opens up some doors for them if they want to work out an import trade.

Holy Jesus, this company's first effort at a transformable toy will be a ride armor? That has disaster written all over it... although I hope to God I'm wrong. Was Toynami's version 1/10 or 1/12? It's the same size standing as a Toynami Alpha in Battloid. EDIT - Those bastids have the 1/72 Japanese version of the Gakken Legioss I want in their display. SaveRobotech, go steal it for me!

That just made me picture Milia all oiled up...

$150 is definitely much more expensive than $60. Yes, you get a lot more for the extra $90 but it's still an extra $90 you would have to spend. Dragging Toynami's non-existant Beta into the conversation is a non-issue since no one out there is going to feel burned that they spent money on a Toynami Beta. The more accurate question is whether or not people will feel the CM's Alpha is worth $60 and then whether or not the Beta was worth the additional $90 (using your hypothetical pricing). It's also a lot tougher for people to part with $150 in one shot rather than $75 in two different shots. Basically, I just don't see a BIG backlash although a few of us (most of us board crawlers) will certainly be making some remarks .

If these were bigger or equivalent in price I'd agree. Since they're going to be the same size and much more expensive I don't think we're going to see a huge Toynami backlash (well, more than we've already seen). Besides, as it sits right now the look of the CMs Legioss leaves a bit to be desired so it'll probably boil down to which interpretation people enjoy more (with the CMs getting the huge "BUT IT COMES WITH A TREAD!!! boost). I really need to see more on how these two toys link together. The cradle is just not going to be very easy on the eyes if its necessary at all times. A red "Beta" is seen in the aborted Sentinels effort. There is no precedent for one in Mospeada though aside from the fact that all Legioss are space worthy and you never know when you're going to have to launch one into space.

William, this GBP of Yamato's is based on a fan custom. The fan custom had different decals (all were Prometheus) including a really nifty Prometheus leg decal that showed the eagle pecking at the ship's name sake.

C'mon now, all you're arguing there is who thinks what looks good... that's just a matter of personal preference. You think it looks pretty bland, some people think the new stickers look kinda bland, some people think the original stickers didn't look bland. I just think the current stickers are confusing since they reference two different ships of berth whereas the original custom was very specific to one (and, I'm with the other person, the Prometheus sticker on it was pretty tight).