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NICE! The second set sounds like an easy winner, I don't collect DYRL stuff so I hope they sell Roy's VF-1S separately....

If Yamato re-did the Alpha and added a Beta with the same quality of the 1/48 Valks I would be THRILLED. Alas, I doubt it is to be.

Crap, I always forget which member told me this and in which forum, but someone said it was BigWest that always freaks out when Yamato talks to HG. So the fact HG and Yamato are talking is no big deal, it's getting BW on board that's the big factor.

That's the one! A little aftermarket lighting too (costs about $20 and super easy to install). Sure, gives me a chance to show off my MOSPEADA case! here's two cases side by side.

only $99.99?????

RT.com forums say it has been postponed until 2007.

Hey guys, thanks a ton for your compliments! Glad you all dig the set-up as much as I do. Yes they are. They're honestly quite a bargain. The big downfall is that the shelves aren't adjustable heights but if you're going to have a Yammy 1/48 in battloid mode they're pre-set at pretty much the perfect distance apart anyway. I was going to buy some custom display cases so I could pack more in but they were a bit pricier than I expected. Except for that pesky Q-Rau M&M display! I have two problems. First, my copy of DYRL for whatever reason won't let me lift a still-frame image, Second, when I first set up the case I wasn't sure what was going to go into that cube. I honestly never thought I'd buy a bust. Then I saw them at a store for like $9.99 each and since my brother was strapped for cash I told him that'd make a good xmas gift. I figured, worst case scenario, I could sell them next Xmas and make a little money When I opened 'em up though I was quite surprised by how nice they were and they worked really great in a display. The place that had the other two busts was strangely out of Max (they probably saw how badly roy and rick sold so they didn't order as many of Max). If they ever do a Miriya I'll buy them both and add them to the Q-Rau set-up. I have no idea where I'm going to put the VF-0S when it comes out. I'm gonna have to start working on a third Roy display!

Man I LOVE the LowVis. Every time I see a pic of it I love it more. LOL, I remembered doing the trade but I wasn't sure with what member! Man, back then I think I had one yammy product, a 1/48 VF-1S and strike parts. Oh the money I have spent since then... Sorry, I didn't realize back on page 58 you had shown those other pics. VERY NICE. I'll see what pics I can dig up. I kinda feel bad posting 'em here though since I don't have them hosted on a website anywhere. Eh, what the heck, here's my MacrossTV & DYRL stuff (warning, not all of it is Yamato so I am venturing a little OT)

Thank you Mr. March for the education on the whole "mecha" thing. I guess since much of this conversation has been about starships and stuff I should have realized that sooner. I guess I was thinking mecha was somehow derived from robot or jinzo-ningen concepts (pardon my jinzo spelling there, i probably butchered it).

Is there such a thing as an American mecha designer? What mecha would they have created? I can only think of the armored frames in MatrixII and the cargo frame in Aliens.

AWESOME display fansubs! Seems like you dumped super Max for another VF-1S Focker. CDn - very intimidating Hikky VF-1S. I can almost hear a thug Hikkie saying "yeah, that's how I roll."

Aww man, I love drinking. I love drinking as much as I love Macross. I can prove it, the other night I thought "I could go out drinking or I could buy another Valk." I stayed home and bought another Valk.

Unless your salad dressing is made of people... "Soylen dressing is PEOPLE!!!" Man, I am so retarded. Anyway, the VF-1 looks like a modern day (um, for the 1970s) western fighter to me and the Zent ships are big blocky floating things and so is the SDF-1. I don't really see how Macross fits the bill here. Other than that the difference is almost entirely the difference between drawn Science Fiction and live-action science fiction. There are plenty of exceptions too. As Hollywood budgets get bigger you'll notice that SciFi props are getting sleeker and sleeker.

Holy crap, Penny, is that you? Oh, sorry, for a second there I thought you were my exgirlfriend.

Yep Hiriyu, I was watching it also. That's the second time I've seen it go for $400+ but typically it doesn't break $250. I don't know why it has such random peaks in price. I was planning to bid $220 on it...

I think RT Background music would also make great cell phone rings.

I second the George Clooney speech being great. Humorously adding his "world's sexiest man 1997" title in there was great. He actually seems to have a sense of humor similar to Stewart's. I will also agree that Stewart did a great job. I also liked the opening spoof where all the past hosts refused to consider doing the job again. I really only watched bits and pieces but the parts I caught were done well. Man, I'd be thrilled if they'd get rid of the crappy song performances next year.

Seriously, this is the kind of thing that makes future projects by other people less likely because they remember getting burned and then don't want to put money up early. That's a BL thing. I find it really humorous that he actually told everyone he was giving up for a while and taking on another project. I'm gonna try that at work tomorrow and let you know how my bosses feel. -

It featured a non-violent protagonist who danced around to evade the enemy. The only people who could continue to suspend their disbelief during that performance are children.

I feel like Tom Hanks' character in BIG. I just don't get it. A movie version of Macross7 ought to have a darker more foreboding feel. How can you accomplish that with a guy dancing through battles while piloting his mech with a guitar and never hurting anyone? There really aren't even that many deaths in the show either, the "vampires" normally just suck the "spiritia" out of their foes. No, I don't think this story would make a good movie at all.... UNLESS You would have to do it as a kiddy-fied version! Do it super-deformed (Super-Deformed Fortress Macross SEVEN) and otherwise Pokemon it out. If you went for that feel you could certainly make it foreboding to children at times and you wouldn't even need to update the look of the Protodevlin. In this kiddy version you would start with a BOMBA! concert and then have them shoot out into Space a la Voltron when the Varatu appear. After their combined "SOUND ATTACK!" the Varatu would run away. After the mystery of where the bad guys came from and a few bad guy victories (where they suck the spirita out of a few characters) the magic Sound Force would go to their planet and subdue them with the "ULTIMATE SOUND ATTACK!" It would end with super-deformed Basara giving super-deformed Geppy a hug and credits would roll as he turned to the camera, gave a big thumbs up, and yelled "BOMBA!" Now that, is how the Mac7 movie would work.

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.