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Kirith, the real bummer with the Elint is that the backpack just wants to flip downward. It seems like there should be some clicking mechanism or other means for keeping the backpack stable (as the giant radome on top is bound to cause balance issues). Instead the backpack seems to be the only loose part on the whole toy so I have to balance the weight of the radome perfectly over the center of the toy to get it to stay in place. Am I just missing some way of locking that backpack upright?

GOo! Well, HLJ still does show them in stock so it looks like this is the time to pick one up before they all start going for $500+!

How do you convert that price into $$?? It looks like it's $300GBP so wouldn't that be nearly $600? Isn't that six times what HLJ is selling it for? I must be doing some bad math somewhere....

While I do criticize pretty hard, I hope people understand it's the toy I'm bashing. I own a ton of 'em so I hope I'm not picking on the owners. I just want people to buy them for the right reason (absolute completism) and not because they think they're in for some stellar product. Here's a picture of my Elintseeker when I finally managed to balance it standing. Is there anyway to get the backpack from just flopping around and toppling the thing all the time???

Definitely would have to be watching DYRL for the first time. It was about 10 years since I had seen RT's The Macross Saga and I was a fan. I saw DYRL for sale and was like "Hmm, that reminds me of a cartoon I saw way back when" so I bought it. Shortly thereafter I had completely immersed myself in all things Macross and became a member here.

I totally thought this thread would be about the revelation that there are some canadian members of MW Just kiddin' of course. Wow, now I know why so many eBayers mention that they're not responsible for destruction of objects by Customs. At the same time, I did just watch Batman Begins and if people can smuggle drugs in Bunnies and then weapons within the drugs, I guess Customs has to be thorough....

I guess I got caught up in my bashing, the 1/60 fighter mode definitely is fun and sturdy (esp. non-fast pack versions). They suffer from the typical loose missiles in wing scenario at times but otherwise the fighter mode is definitely where they shine.... it's a good thing too because a 1/48 in fighter mode takes up a whole lotta display room

I couldn't disagree more. I own somethin' like 8 of 'em and they're one step above crap for the most part. It's impossible to transform one of these thing without having to hunt down a screw cover. The backpacks are shifty. My elintseeker can't stand in Battloid mode unless it looks like it's trying to simulate some Michael Jackson move. The GERWALK mode is just a byproduct of the fact it can trasnform into battloid mode. The legs in GERWALK are mismatched at best. The head sculpt of the 1S is a shame more than a "compromise" of design. The legs are awkward, transformation is clunky, and did I mention the stupid preponderance of screw covers that come off with a strong breeze? No sir, the only thing that makes the 1/60 good is the number of variations. I own them all to support my display cases but would never recommend them. People bash the MPC religiously but I think I would recommend them over the 1/60. (Obviously I would tell people to just hold their money for a 1/48 over either)

funny, I always thought "Guardian" was the mode in which the MPC Veritech shined most. The fighter mode is pretty bad. The origami VF looks like it has a penis it is hiding with the cockpit of the fighter in battloid mode. Kinda funny stuff.

I thought it was strange we never got a Hik 1J without any armor or a Hik 1S strike.

another quick ?, is your VF-1S Hik wearing Milia's super armor on the legs? Is it supposed to be red or is that just a personal preference?

Chowser, what's the white YF-19 on the far left? Is it a customized Yamato?

Discussion of an Aliens remake???? Nah man... just nah. "GAME OVER MAN, GAME OVER!!" That film is untouchable. Where's Agentone? He's gotta have an opinion on remaking an Arnold film. I would see a new Predator film, I would see an AVP done right, but I doubt you could lure me into a theater for a remake of any of the originals. They were done right the first time.

if that were a woman... i'd make love to it. No wait, it stands about a foot tall so making love to it would kill it... damn the logistics... I think you get the point.

JENIUS!!!!

Holy crap, Mikimoto is white???? Oh wait, I think I'm confused How much does a Bandai Elintseeker in freshy fresh condition go for in Japan? I want one. Also, keep an eye out for any odd MOSPEADA stuff I may not know was even made.

For the record, I was just joking about having the Yakuza break his knees... sorry if what I said started that whole snowball. Then again, these issues were all bound to come up eventually so maybe it's good to have these things out early.

I think I could be convinced to spend $600 on an ultra rare 1/48 Mastercard VF-1J. If you ever see another let me know. Of course then I'd have to figure out some way of assuring you're not going to run off with my money. Does anyone know some people in the Yakuza I could employ to bust knees... I mean, keep people honest

JBO, what the heck is that? Do you have the ability to put whatever you want in that dialogue box? I have all sorts of evil thoughts running through my head. Sundown, don't waste your breath (or uh... finger muscle energy in this case?). He's just gonna come back with some crazy talk about God endowing him with the right to determine how everything in this world should be interpreted and that you're a moron for thinking otherwise. It sounds like you may have taken some literary classes in your time. Big Derrida fan? Can we deconstruct Robotech? Oh man, would we also have to deconstruct Macross, Southern Cross, and MOSPEADA if we did that? Crap, is Robotech new art in the same way as Kathy Acker's "adaptation" of Great Expectations??

So how does one acquire one of these Mastercard VF-1Js??? I own a Mastercard, I don't remember them asking me if I'd be interested in an exclusive Macross product.

Hey Hurin, I apologize if it seemed like I was jumping on you in my last post. I was just readin' through and laughing at how the thread slid from innocuous toy talk to why RT and HG sucks and how this cat is an Arafat clone or some such. Anyway, It seems there really isn't a Yodobashi Ikiba building right outside of LAX... I musta been confused EDIT - verb tense

Yeah, I don't go to the movies because I think what's happening is real and genuine... I go to be entertained. Call me strange, but I am thoroughly entertained by having my face firmly between two big breasts. It's certainly worth $1 to me Heck my gf doesn't mind having her face between two breasts every now-and-then either and the entertainment of that is far superior! I was going to go tit-for-tat with 1st Border again but now I see he is clearly insane and there's no point. Any one who can argue his version of anything is superior to the one being produced by the creators and that only he understands the creators' original intent has got to be engaged in some sort of psychosis. Doesn't matter anyway, with every new RT product created his version of RT reality slips further and further away... I think that sums up the moral of this story nicely. If we can have five people familiar with the story have five different takes on the event and point to five different scenes that support their arguments then yeah... that's about right.

The yellow shield doesn't look nearly as bad as I thought it would! I still like my theory that it woulda just got painted whatever color they had lying around everytime they needed to touch it up.

LOL, Hurin totally ignored the "stay on topic of the thread" line and went right back to derailing. Hey, you know what I think are pretty rare, the jokemachines for DYRL.

1st Border, I am soooo happy that HG cares nothing about your misguided opinions. Not that I hold all that much faith in the new series being any good... but I'm fairly certain the things you feel are fact will be easily refuted. You think the Invid are weak.... yet we are already hearing that they are a terror to be dealt with. So, what are you going to say when the new series shows them as being powerful? "It conflicts with the old series so the new series isn't canon!" No, I think you're just wrong and refusing to own up to it. How protracted was the Invid war with Earth? Um, not at all. Was it because The Masters had done so much damage to the ASC? Okay, it's a nice thought, but the Invid destroy all the remaining army, at least three massive reclamation strikes, and then the remaining REF reclamation force upon its return. Was the ASC more powerful than all of that??? The animation does not support that. Leonard is a moron, he was probably gorging on donuts and ignored someone telling him there was a big ship landing on Earth. Your suppositions are no more valid than anyone else's. The Regis never states why she is leaving. You are supposing it is because she feels her defeat is inevitable. Her actions don't really support that though. Scott and Lancer tell her she's gonna be defeated and she scoffs. Sera tells her she will be defeated and she scoffs. She's a Goddess, she knows she's not going to be defeated. It's only when she senses that more damage than good will come from the battle that she packs up her bags and defeats those who would damage Earth in the process. Yeah, it's truer to MOSPEADA's line of thought but it plays out the same in RT without any direct evidence to the contrary. You tell me. I missed that part of the animation. Oh wait, it's not in the animation. In fact, no history of it is in the animation at all. Point K is also, clearly, not a base, it's a gathering point. When enough people gathered there the Invid wiped them out. I can pick a "point' on a map and label it, it can remain labeled that for an eternity, that doesn't mean anything. All you can do is suppose, and again, your suppositions don't mean more than my own. Can you please tell me what in the animation proves that no one on Earth knew of the Invid? Besides, it's possible the Invid were a huge threat at one point and then beaten off a planet and disappeared with the Zents thinking they were gone forever... only to have the emerge even more powerful than before. Again, you lack imagination, the Disciples of Zor could have been anything, including an alliance that included the Invid. So, by your own logic, the Invid would be powerful. Again, I think you prove my point, the Invid are so powerful they don't feel the need to worry about humans trying to reclaim Earth. They don't want the moon base and if the humans are stupid enough to attack from it they'll just wipe 'em all out. After all, it's easier to defend than to attack.