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Shin's VF-0A has got to be the next version released in my estimation. It would involve the least modification. After that, we'd be really lucky to see a VF-0D. I would love to see them do the armor but I don't know how feasible that'd be. With the VF-1 the fast packs and armor can go on any number of variations of the VF-1... the GBP for the VF-0 could only go on the 0S and 0A. Questions from those who watched Mac0 more recently than me: 1) Is there a CF VF-0 or would that be the same as Shin's VF-0A? 2) Were there 2 versions of the SV-51 or 3? I know DD had a blackish one, and the girl had a reddish one, but was there also a purple one?

For some reason, this kinda makes me wanna see a Jetfire JM (and I'm not even a big TF guy). Beautiful work you've done on all your custom JMs so far. Stuff like this makes me really want to do some experimenting of my own.

I'm pretty much the same way. I heard RT first and then Macross and felt that the Macross background music was almost comical when I heard it first played. The vocal tracks were immediately much much better but to this date I really can't get behind the original background music. It just doesn't menace me enough. I grew up listening to Operation Ivy, Bad Religion, Jawbreaker, and metal.

Do the space whales get a cameo?

I can't say I agree with this logic at all. First, we're comparing apples to oranges. The 1/72s were flawed toys that broke easily (11B and 19 at least). Had they been packaged in fighter mode people would have broke them getting them into battloid mode or getting them back into fighter mode again. They were gonna break... the question was just when. The 11B in fighter mode would have saved it from some hip breaking within the packaging. The 1/48s wouldn't be broken in the same way at all. Had they been shipped like the original takas I think everything would be just fine.

Did you guys notice how the guy who had, up to that point, seemed to be the leader of the others said that someone else was going to be angry and he seemed genuinely afraid? Apparently we haven't met the real leader of the others yet. The make-up kit and costumes did seem to be an interesting twist... seems like there's a bit of a ruse taking place. My bet on the ending: the whole island is set-up, possibly entirely man-made, for weapons and other scientific testing. Unfortunately, this doesn't explain the extremely small world all the characters seem to live in. Everybody is pretty much related to each other so some force was obviously driving them together before they even got on the plane. How on Earth can this show possibly explain that???

Look at the doo-hickey! Edit - you can see it best in the GERWALK pic where I have flipped it up for no good reason. That little clip grabs your backpack and holds it tight. In the battloid pic you can see (squint) the white clip holding the backpack and then the neckbrace that comes with the Super/Strike parts inserted. Edit 2 - note that you also have to push the flap that the head comes through forward (toward the chest) until it clicks. Someone will hopefully have better pics for you. I need to go drink now.

My "2 buy" list is getting big: 1) Camo LV 2) Camo LV GBP 3) Stealth Super 4) VF-0 Thank goodness I refuse to buy DYRL valks and non-Macross toys like the Garland or I'd be seriously SCREWED.

The VF-0 had GBP armor on when it was on an aircraft carrier. It just makes a battloid into a more destroid type vehicle. I actually think that makes sense for the camo-theme. This thing could be stationed in jungles as heavy defense with the alternative of pursuit by ditching the GBP. The other two modes have the legs right so it must have just been a goof-up.

Couple quick corrections. 1) The ROBOTECH line of models existed before HG's Robotech cartoon. Revell was just importing models under the name. It's definitely not something anyone should label as "stealing" because it allowed american model builders to build cool mechs... long before anyone was interested in distributing japanese cartoons in the US. 2) I'm pretty sure the Orguss II were in the original Orguss cartoon... either that or my Hong Kong subs are really bad. I believe Kei piloted the original Orguss and Olsen later piloted the Orguss II (either that or cannon fodder Orguss were called the Orguss IIs). Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

I was forced to bludgeon the wallet voices to death when I was searching for my Bandai Elint and SuperO. Now I just hear the occasional whisper. I think they're saying to just get the Super Stealth and ignore the standard stealth. Either that or it's telling me to miss work tomorrow and just get super drunk while watching the clown kung-fu commercial repeatedly.

The only thing that he didn't have (Manning) was a really good drunk scene. If they showed him good and wasted once and not thinking it was a bad thing at all then he would have been nearly a dead-ringer.

Is that Max a 1/48 that is sporting 1/60 missile boxes? (i forget the fancy term for them)

my would be Orguss script: Kei arrives in some dimension 20 years later (again). This time the Earth is a lot better off and no one really feels a burning need to restore it. However, something resulting from Kei's screwing with the dimensions is definitely having a very negative effect on everyone and Kei sees it's up to him to solve things. This time though, he's got to kill his own daughter with Mimsy to do it! Okay, maybe now i'm just getting way morbid.

Seriously, if they packaged these things in Battloid mode they could easily be in boxes half the size. I think Yamato is in bed with the shipping companies of the world...

Hey, does anyone know what mech is shown on the beach in episode 2 at about 24 minutes in. It's night time and the mech is shown momentarily in a position that kinda makes it look like it needs to pee.

I wouldn't be so quick to jump on the shill-bidding option. There's a lot of idiots out there also. This guy hasn't shill-bid up the same item in the past so I find it odd that he would be okay with selling the good at an average price multiple times and then try to jack it up. If he wasn't happy with the sell price the first time he probably would have held on to the others and sold them later. Then again, there are as many crooks as idiots..

Okay, let me rephrase, "I don't like how similar the LV2 looks to a CF." Obviously there are some differences.

Wow......

I agree ghostryder. I really don't like how they used the CF as the base for the new LV. It's just so painfully obvious. If they just used a gray VF-1J it would have seemed more unique. Knowing now that it's a celebration of a famous Japanese plane I understand a little better though. -

If you're really don't want it you might want to consider sending an email to the guy who you beat out in the bidding and tell him you made a mistake and you'll sell it to him. I have no idea if it'd work but it might be worth a try.

That could hurt a lot. If you want one (1/48) a member here is selling one for $175 shipped in the US which I think is a good price. If I collected DYRL stuff I woulda grabbed it. I would put the value of a 1/60 to be approximately $50.

Is it like XXX 2 bad? That crap was just on Starz and there was a moment when I thought "No, it is not truly this bad." I sat through The Postman, i thought i could sit through anything, but after Ice Cube launched a motor boat onto a bridge to land perfectly on a cop car that then exploded only to step out of the boat non-chalantly and get into a mega powerful truck and speed off after a smart remark. Yeah, I had to change the channel as quickly as possible.

Damn the consumer for demanding goods! Damn him to death! Where does he get off thinking that suppliers should supply him with the goods he is demanding? Wait, is that not your contention? Damn posters for meandering slightly off-topic! Shouldn't they know to stick to explicitly what the name of this thread is and only shine sunshine up Yamato's arse! How dare anyone voice dissention! How dare anyone suggest other options! Seriously Eugimon, you want a soapbox? People have a right to voice their opinions to the valks they like, don't like, would prefer, or whatever. I guess you have a right to piss and moan too. I guess we all contribute in our own special ways

Actually, there are only three problems preventing a longer heatshield from my quick glance at it (by all means, you guys with the 1D conversions out there let me know what I'm missing here). The yellow circled items are attachment points for the flap that opens up to pass the head to pass through the back of the valk. They can be pretty drastically reduced in thickness and I think maintain their functionality. The red circle is the part that holds the super kits tight while in battloid mode. I think this could be fixed on the two sitters by placing this on the backpack rather than in the back of the valk. The green circles are probably the trickiest. They're fixed on the single pilot version 1/48s but they'd have to be rolling on the 2 seaters. This would allow the heat shield to roll further back into the cavity created by the first two modifications. The trick would be to make these be able to roll while not creating a large gap between the chest plate and the fuselage in battloid mode. Edit - thought on the green circles. Right now the 1/48s have tabs on the heatshield that stick into valk. You might be able to solve the rolling attachments by simply having tabs on the valk that stick into the heatshield. The downside would be two grooves in the heatshield toward the top (obviously you could only have these grooves at the thickest part of the heatshield because otherwise it would just pop off constantly. So, is it impossible? Heck, I don't build toys, I couldn't tell you. Seems do-able to me though.