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Well I would presume that the most diehard MW members responded to the survey. I think it's pretty neat info. Is my Super Max more rare than a LVI?? Neat stuff... nice color coordinating also.

Yeah but wouldn't the SDF-1 be a prime target for the Anti-UN? While I agree that there'd be a need for lots of people around the ship you'd also think the constant potential for attack would mean fewer families and more solo-dudes working out of quarters rather than living in a town. Then again, next to the SDF-1 may also be the safest place imagineable as it'd probably be the most heavily fortified location within the UN.

I believe Rnurman is selling one in the for sale thread (1/48 that is)

I was thinking about that myself. You gotta love a vendor that doesn't need to charge state tax (CA 8.25%!) and doesn't want to tack on 4% in Paypal fees because he's wise enough to keep a non-premium account handy for those of us who do direct funds transfers. Now, if he'd only offer a kick back to those of use who bring up his name in threads occasionally! Did he ever even get people YF-19s? Seems like he's been on a hiatus for a long while now. When he comes back I might have a nice order waiting for him (provided he has the pricing right of course!).

You know, DYRL actually seems to cement this idea a bit (well, maybe not stretching it to the cathouse). remember Hikaru's date with Minmei. He tries to end it by going to the hotel and she shoots him down. That was what immediately came to my mind when you mentioned it so I think maybe that actually was what the creators intended... but were as subtle as humanly possible about it. We do see plenty of the pilots interacting with the civilian ladies and it's doubtful with all the destruction of property while all the people survived in shelters that people would have homes all to themselves. Now, getting around the "Oh my God, she's going to the hotel with that pilot!" issue is another matter entirely and it's not like you could get away with too much with a captive audience to sit there and gossip. Heck, it's a wonder the bridge bunnies didn't just sit out front of the hotels with a bag of popcorn.

Is the picture huge? I used to get problems when I tried to upload a really large pic. try using imageshack.

Graham, ask them to make clear parts for the GBP like they did for the strike set! It might take some work to install but I think it'd be coo'!

Where did you want the pilots to bang the civilian ladies? They sure as heck didn't seem to want that going on back at the soldiers' quarters.

I would like to see more paint schemes that are only slight alterations of existing ones... j/k

Yeah, that's what I mean by "playing" the better person. He tried to seem like this great guy with super high standards but deep down he just sucked.

LOL... but nah, I like his descent. For one, it's strikingly adult subject matter for a cartoon. For two, it shows that being a paficist and playing the better person doesn't equate to a whole lot unless there's a lot more behind it than attempting to be unabashedly contrarian. LOL, that's not a dig on Hurin... I was looking for the proper wording and boom, there was his title!

technically it's okay to quote that image since it's no longer on the same page...

MPC VF-1: $24.95 for Ben Dixon up to $99.99 for Rick Hunter MPC VF-1 Appendix: I think we're now at like $59.99 for a Rick Hunter and $99.99-$149.99 for a Max/Miriya (yes, that's insane).

I don't know if this is mentioned but it's a thought, I would like Yamato to stop skipping the details on non-canon paint schemes. I'd have to double-check, but didn't they leave everything on the Stealth black (like the area where the airbrake is? I think they also made the turbines black? Seems to me like they just kind of skipped it out of convenience. Heck, if you don't think shiny metal paint looks cool for a certain scheme then why not give us a flat gray or something? Yes, this is an uber nitpick but hey... why not?

I dig it in fighter mode but in battroid it looks like a black guy in a white suit. I have nothing against black guys, or white suits but I feel like something is missing in that mode. Obvioulsy good work and 100x better than I could ever do. Edit - Just looked at the close-ups, I really like the detail work and effects.

You don't find Egan Loo... he finds YOU. LOL, ignore that. It's pretty clear that the creators of Macross made efforts to copy military structures and nomenclatures outside of Japan but just used everything as a loose framework. So it's inconsistent but hardly out of an attempt to be clever in a confusing fashion. If it's an example of them just lifting the Japanese way of doing things it seems pretty odd since most aspects seem to emulate English-speaking/structured militaries. Now, if you're suggesting it was just poorly researched, they thought it sounded cooler, or they figured no one in Japan or anywhere else would ever care enough to dig into it, that I could totally understand.

There was a preorder for the Shin pack on eBay for $195 shipped to the US. I think that was a bit better than I have been seeing it elsewhere... still seems steep to me (but I'm getting more and more cheap). I really think people who preorder should get a break on these products, not just have the first opportunity to pay MSRP.

just the head and the available paint schemes. For all sorts of pics, go to this page.

Wow, that's seriously a great price! Side-entry is a pain but how often am I actually putzing around with the stuff in my cabinets? Where does one buy one of these?

I don't know that they're the *best* overall but I will say that the MPC is the most fun in Guardian/Gerwalk. I could definitely tweak it in ways for my photo shoot that I could not do with either the 1/60 or the 1/48. Still, I would rather have a toy try to compete more in either fighter or battl/roid mode and that's where the MPC gets instantly eclipsed.

I revised my review of the Toynami appendices for the VF-1 veritechs on my site. Here's some images:

"What do we do now?" "We die!" Dude, back off Last Starfighter... if that movie featured the Governator it'd be the greatest movie of all time. (bringing back some A1 humor in his absence)

Overall dimensions sound pretty good. I think a little more depth would probably help but otherwise that's fairly decent. It's affordable huh? Where would one get one like this and what's the price tag? I almost bought one just like it a year ago but it had an oak finish.

I can see your foot I like the paint scheme, spruces up the valk a little. I'm still diggin' the Max though.

I think they're the exact same DVDs. I don't own both, just the Rt.com version, but the inner-boxes look just like the Animeigo release so I imagine the DVDs inside are the same also.