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Okay, this too has probably been asked before, but wasn't there a reissue Max 1A not long after the first issue? Remember when Neova (or someone) dumped them all for $95 each? I thought that was because Yamato had flooded the market with a second release.

Can someone back this up? I seem to recall the destroids (except the MACII) were all just about exactly the same height as the battloid valks.

I'd go for it. It'd mean the value of the 1/60s we have would be turned to dust though (not that they have much anyway). Honestly though, the 1/60 VF-1s are so bad they almost make me angry so I'd love to see Yamato revisit them and improve them in every way. Then 1/60 would be the NEW scale for all Macross and we could get our Monster and destroids and everything else and leave 1/48 scale for the true "ultra collector's items" and their crazy prices.

Graham, can you swing by Yamato and pick up the lime version prototype for me. I've been looking to score some one of a kind Macross items and that seems like a good one. I'm totally willing to pay full MSRP even if it is missing missles. How generous am i? Thanks!

Well, sounds like we'll still have a Shin release to look forward to in the future also...

With everything seemingly being 1/60 now that Yamato is producing, I say 1/60 all the way. It's not like these things transform so I don't think additional size would really reap much of a benefit. Besides, I'm running out of room FAST.

Call me crazy but I actually would like ot see the green Alaska base VF as a limited version. That doesn't necessarily mean I want it more than the others, but if one were going to be made limited then I think that's a good choice. It's kind of a draw with the Hayaos as I think limited is the only way that guy would ever see any production

Sometimes, when work is slow, I daydream about what new toys I would like Yamato to make. Now that Yamato has moved away from the VF-1 I was wondering what kind of VF-1 toys Yamato could make that'd keep me buying. So here it is, my first attempt at a poll -

Wow, now it looks perfect for the Cannonfodder! Sweet update. I still don't see why i'd put it on an LV though and completely lose the LV effect. Edit - Oooh, missiles are green with red tops too, that's a gratuitous little touch there.

This has probably been asked before but I'm feeling lazy, does the LV mark the appearance of the nosecone supports and less removeable wing flaps?

I thought the message in MOSPEADA about people had more to do with the people that the group encountered. Some towns sold soldiers out to maintain peace, some fell into gang warfare, some went tribal, some just became utterly corrupt. I thought it was a "In the face of adversity, keep your bearings on what's right and wrong."

Would a reasonable assumption be we'll see a whole line of Mac+ valks? Ooh, my naughty bits are tingling

So um, i can't read it, so someone give me a translation already!!!! Edit - in best homer voice "MMMmm candy toy"

If you could pee with enough water pressure to fill a water balloon you have some truly talent and there are people in a certain "industry" that I'm sure would love to talk to you.

I usually save the love-spouting for when I am thoroughly drunk. "You, what's your name? I think I work with you... I love you. You get me my faxes, you're the best.... I mean it." Anyway, SDCSC lives and dies by the body-snatcher element and that's why The Masters just plain dies. I agree with 1st Border though, Dante has some great sarcastic lines. Like Ginrai said though, Seifreit becoming Zor Prime was just awkward and the hints in Robotech really just play out like sections where it was impossible for them to kill the body-snatcher element all together. I remember one episode where Emerson has dialogue that goes like this: E: "How many are missing?" some guy: "hundreds Sir, they're presumed lost in space." E: (to himself) "Let's hope they really are lost." Okay, i just butchered that dialogue royally but hopefully you get the gyst. In Robotech you're just like "What the hell does that mean?" In the original you know that those missing soldiers are about to become undead Bioroid pilots. That's cool. As to the whole MOSPEADA thing, it is definitely episodic and the character development seems to be like a switch. First Rey is like "Screw you soldier boy, I wanna run with the wind and do what I want" then, pretty rapidly, he's like "I've developed a sense of responsibility but while I fight beside you I'm going to make sure you learn to lighten up." Most the development is pretty rapid like that. The only one who is really interesting emotionally is Jim/Lunk. Remember the episode where he beats Stig to a pulp 'cause he's freakin' out? However, I think Genesis Climber actually SAYS a lot more than SDCSC does. It speaks more to the human condition and how people cope (capped between an opening and closing fighting scene). SDCSC just tried to be a soap opera with a tinge of scifi horror to it.

The Alpha is supposed to stand 8.75 meters tall according to RT.com. So, that'd be 875 centimeters tall. The MPC stands approximately 16.5 centimeters tall As I have said elsewhere, the proper scale in battloid is *about* 1/53. Neither Imai nor Toynami are right but since the scale is right between the two it works out fine. EDIT - the alpha requires anime magic to make the proportions it does for fighter mode so the scale there is just out of whack.

I think MW used to have considerably more hatred for Robotech and there was a while there where both sites kinda seemed lame to me. I'd lurk here and watch people spew insults like chimps with feces and then go to RT.com and see posts get locked and deleted. Then I started collecting toys and once I actually started participating on this board the RT hatred seemed less prevalent. I don't know exactly how that happened. Now it seems like people can discuss pretty much anything and get some decent feedback without getting into a flame war... (although I have a tendency to instigate some flaming when it comes to Mac7 but I'm seeing a group about that and hoping to have the habit kicked). Anyway, RT.com is what it is and there's no use hating it for that. Just use it for what it's useful for. Swing by occasionally and look for Shadow Chronicles news or news about new Toynami products.

MARTIAN LOWVIS!!!! Every time this thread comes up I say the same thing I want to see the exact same paint tone but replace the light blue with light orange and the light gray with a very pale orangey brown. It'd be my martian LowVis.

My problems with Bowie: 1) His voice actor just sounded incredibly whiny. 2) He was a bit depressing/awkward at times. 3) He seems weak. 4) He does do a bunch of whining and its at points where you'd think someone would have resigned themselves to their fate. I would very much welcome seeing his death in the Shadow Chronicles. His Herculean father (boy did Bowie miss out on his genes somehow... I mean, seriously, Vince has bigger neck muscles than Bowie) on the other hand, may be cool. I got no problems with his aunt...

No, poseability is defintely not the large Gakken's strong point. The arms do pretty well but the wrists don't swivel, the neck doesn't swivel more than 10% in either direction, there is no waist swivel point, and the ankles are so big there's not much that can be done with the feet/legs.

I thought my sub of MacZero was actually pretty darn good. That's not to say that it couldn't be done better but it kinda seems like there are probably other anime out there that could better benefit from a re-subbing. So Hurin, when are you going to sub Orguss for me?

I actually prefer Macrossworld being limited to discussions (and the selling of) Anime and its various byproducts. Sure, some good-natured wandering is always fun for a moment but I'm glad we aren't allowed to go plunging too deeply off-topic. I don't really get the car or WWE threads except for the fact that when most people talk about their cars it's pure fiction as is the WWE. I'm not complaining about those threads by any means though, every rule needs a few exceptions. Hot dogs however... well that's just plain wierd.

The hands are the only portion that are rubbery... and they're far more fragile than glass. It's really way too complicated a toy for the scale it's done in and that comes out by way of build issues and easily broken bits. Visibly it's worlds better than the Gakkens though.

I vant vun! Seriously, someone pick up an extra and sell it to me.

sorry, I just misinterpreted which way your "it" was going, my bad.