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The size difference isn't all that great. I'd say.... BOTH!

a 1/60 Destroid would be almost exactly the same size as a 1/60 VF-1 in battroid no? I'm not a huge destroid fan, would rather have Regults and Glaugs, but the 1/60 seems like a fine scale to me. I think the Gladiator would be the most fun as far as toys go (that might be a Robotech name, I don't follow Destroids). The other destroids are just legs and weapons, at least the Gladiator had arms. All time favorite would definitely have to be the MacII though... I'm going to replace my coffee table with one if they ever make it!

Wouldn't you use a lot less fuel in space since there's no friction slowing you down and limited gravity pulling you? Seems like a well timed burst here and there ought to keep you going and on track.

In my defense, I've only had the 0S for like a week or two Amenbo says the drone Ghost attaches to the VF-0S so all is good there. I'm placing one big ol' order at the end of the month and I'm gonna have it shipped via boat. I'll let you all know what I think when I get it in July

I'm pretty sure both Voltron and Robotech made it onto UK TVs. I know Robotech The Movie was released in the UK on VHS (not that that means anything). I'd have to check the Wikipedia for more info thant that though.

Thanks for the feedback everyone, glad ya liked it! Yeah, there was a lot of other ways I could have structured the reviews. Everything with the exception of the C&C section are supposed to be in order of how you'd notice things if you purchased the toy. First the box, then what the toy looks like, then how the toy transforms, when you transform it you'd probably notice if it doesn't feel very durable, then you would pose the toy. I squeezed the C&C section where I did because on some of the more vintage toys it's something that more people are curious about and often it's likely to be something you're aware of before you even purchase the toy. That's my reasoning at least but I could definitely see where people would do things completely different. My goal is eventually to make the site a knowledge database for Macross/Robotech toys. The review scores will hopefully be far less important to people than the actual stuff they can learn about the toys themselves. It's going to take a VERY long time to get there though. Keep checkin' in to watch my progress though!

I said that quote: Nov 23 2006, 12:00 AM

I like toys that don't require modification.

Did you not notice that RT.com had them on sale for $39.99 for the last few months? I think they just marked them back up to $59.99 though. Yeah, little tiny pics aren't as big a deal but it should be like buckling your seat belt. Doesn't matter how far you go, once you get in the car you should just automatically buckle up.

Kyp, just say "no" to quoting images on the same page.

I can't wait until the day where we see Kicker doing that same pic (on a bigger table) with all his 1/60 versions of those toys (when they're released of course)!

You need to convince the others to build a 1/48 scale South Atari so we could all come by and play !

I think the ol' MB Battlepod is between 1/60 and 1/65 scale.

Yeah, I had a similar thought when I was trying to be ultra delicate with my first transformation. I do think there's a chance that pulling the shoulders out and shoving them back in is aggravating the issue.

Did I ever post a pic to my little shoulder issue? First transformation I got this:

My review is up at anymoon.com:

Sorry, I should have clarified, I was simply speaking from a "looking at it" perspective, not actual functionality. If you were just looking at a VF-0S, not handling it, you probably wouldn't notice how loose it is either (unless yours is so bad it is actually affecting its posture). The backpack stays up just fine (on mine) but will droop a bit if you move the toy. Basically you can pose it and forget about it and not notice the major problems. Fighter, on the other hand, bows in the middle which exposes the gaps near the intakes and causes the gun to just about drag on the ground... a gun that doesn't really fit anyway.

I think Fighter mode is the weakest aspect of the current 0S. I'll be putting up a review soon on my site to show you exactly what i mean....

C'mon, it can't be worse than Star Wars Episode 1 can it? I still love Star Wars. I still watch Episode 1 every now and then (Dude, that Darth Maul duel kicks!). I'm not gonna get too heavy into a few diehards feeling let down. Let's face it, anything we've waited on for 20 years is gonna let us down. Edit - To vs Too, the battle continues.

I did a rant on this not too long ago. Yamato is putting out new product so they're avoiding reissues as to not compete with themselves. Seems like we'll see one of each Zero they plan on making before we see the 0S reissued again. Then again, if the stand alone ghost really can connect to any Zero released to date (which I imagine it can) they might want to put more Zeros on the market to sell more Ghosts.

I think the current snowball of issues is more related to the people who got there's early have now handled there's extensively enough to notice all the little issues combined with people just getting there's and finding issues. There are far more 19s in peoples hands now so there are far more issues to be discussed. It doesn't seem like Yamato made tons of them (they're already sold out at many places) so I can't imagine huge variances between production runs.

I don't own one but I've done lots of research on them and here's how it shakes from what I've read I think the quote above should be tempered by the following comments: 1) The Toynami Voltron DOES look much better than classic renditions. They took a lot of the blockiness away from the lions and gave them their lion shape back. 2) The Toynami Voltron is MUCH more poseable than the old Voltrons. I own the old Voltrons and you can do almost nothing at all with them. Even if the Toynami isn't this uber exciting action figure toy it's still heaps better than the old ones and I remember pics on MW even showing this off. IIRC the durability questions of the Voltron aren't an issue of the Lions individually. Each lion was said to have good heft and feel very sturdy (and can actually be posed on their own well in comparison to the old bricks with legs). What concerned people was the connectors when the Lions went into Robot mode. I guess people were scared because the pieces that actually connect are all plastic. This is where it'd help a lot if I owned one because I think those pieces have to be plastic or else you'd rip the finish off the metal after a few transformations. The big bummer of the Toynami seemed to be that some people felt it looked too thin in Robot mode and that it doesn't have all the cool gadgets of the old big Voltron (trap doors that reveal weapons and such). I loved my big Voltron because of those weapons and the shooting heads when I was child. So now what you gotta understand is that you're going about this all wrong. Don't buy one Voltron or the other... buy them all!

Don't give Yamato so much of a free pass. We know for a fact that Toynami tried to fix the price on their MSRP and don't think just because we love Yamato they aren't engaged in any similar shenanigans. Even if they're not, some retailers would just keep their profit margins the same so if Yamato upped their price 30% then the retailer would still want their additional X% and Yamato could easily figure out what the end price would be for us customers.

Didn't Godzilla actually endorse the Toynami Voltron? If so, I'd say that says a lot.

meh, I still think the 1/60 is equally meh to Toynami's MPCs. The 1/60 looks better in every mode but it's also more prone to falling over, losing limbs, making me bleed, a PITA to transform, funky in GERWALK, the paint chips off and the screw covers are an almost instant loss. I'm actually staring at three 1/60s right now (hell of a Friday night) and let me reiterate, looks-wise they stomp the MPC... but in all respects they are worse as an actual toy. So, I say equally meh. Thank Yamato for the 1/48 though huh!