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PS - maybe someone should start a new thread asking "Who's more believable, Max Jenius or Nekki Basara.

Nah, Basara was ridiculous in every way, it's not just his own personal bias. That being said, do we ever learn why he's sooooooo good in combat? Where'd he get his training? Oh man, remember when Gamlin was discussing how Basara routinely breaks some logical performance barrier making Basara a superior pilot... Oh crud... this is supposed to be a "What I like...." forum. So instead of summing this little debate up with "I like Basara and you're wrong" and "I think Basara is a joke and you're wrong" why don't we just leave it at "Some people like Basara and some don't." I, for one, would rather Mr Hanky star in an outer space sci fi flick than Basara but instead of discussing it in this thread (other than covertly.. as I am now) I simply left him off my list of what I liked about the series. Nobody needs to have the last word here folks, it is clear who likes him and who doesn't.

Actually... if you look at the one I stole and compare it to the one posted here... the purple face's color does look oversaturated. I think it has to be just a bad scan... I don't think anyone in RT is gonna be purple...

This is it... does it look different or am I tripping?

I know everyone enjoys ripping on this picture but I actually saw a copy somewhere else where the face wasn't purple. Soooo, it's safe to assume one of the pictures underwent some difficulty in the scanning process... either that or the other website fixed it to avoid exactly these comments

Can someone remind me what the history of the Varuta fighters was supposed to be? If the Varuta are all brainwashed zents from a previous colonization attempt then it would stand to reason that the Varuta are using Earth fighters right? Are they modified VF-4s? Those mechs really did peak my interest but it was tough to admire them on my copy of the series because they don't really stand out well in space battles.

Posts soooo long.... thread being derailed from what we like to another argument about why Mac7 is sooooo incredibly bad. Basara is sooooo not realistic.... Max not having him hung is sooooo unrealistic. Gamlin's near death was soooooo horrible... I'm astounded that someone referenced it as something done well. I cheered when Gamlin died... I thought it was the first attempt in M7 to be more than silly rubbish... and then he was magically alive again affirming my belief the entire series was silly rubbish. Let's get this back on topic though and just stick to what we like. Stuff like Max kicking butt or the Protodevlin folding the bomb back to his ship. That made me smile and then laugh. Good stuff.

Wow, I remember these got really rare at one point but then Yamato re-released 'em so I thought they'd be everywhere. I guess they must have done a pretty limited re-release.

Do we know that's supposed to be Rick? I thought it was TR Edwards when I saw it initially.

In the word's of the Howard Stern Show's Casey... "NICE!" For the love of GOD, why doesn't ANYONE release a TV 1A Max???

Man, this is like the hundredth person I've read about having this happen. I feel extremely fortunate, I got mine on a blind whim for next to nothing and I was kinda rough with it at first and never had it break. Thank goodness the toy stayed together long enough for me to realize how fragile it was and stop touching it altogether Just be happy this didn't happen to a YF-19 (although, IIRC you really just have to worry about all the paint chipping off of those).

In preparation for the impending arrival of my 1/48 CF I decided to prepare my CF display case. I pulled the guys out and tried to figure out some good looking poses. Here's what I've come up with -

I think it's just "limited" for now. If demand doesn't warrant a second release then this bad boy will be pretty rare. By not specifically labeling it "limited" they reserve the right to dump thousands more on the market when they notice secondary market going through the roof like it did with the LV. For now, it's just a gamble.

Nice weathering on the Milia 1/48 fast packs. Looks like you panel lined the 1/60 Hikkie 1J also. Did you do any weathering or panel lines to the Milia valk?

As crammed as I can get my Milia cube... I finally got a minty Milia JM! *Edit - it occurs to me that this is supposed to be a yamato display thread so this post is really in the wrong spot since it's just a random display case pic. My apologies.

The 1S Hikkie also sold horribly when it was first released so the only 1/48 I would ever truly think won't be re-released is the LowVis. I also think Yamato has learned from this and that's why the Mass Production is (ironically) a limited production toy that won't be marketed as such just in case somewhere down the line they want to release more of them. Coincidentally, isn't that exactly what happened with their 1/60 mass production toy? They sold it as a limited edition but demand was large enough for them to make a non-limited edition as well? This time they're being even smarter, if they never call it "limited" in the first place they'll never have to make a slight change to the box or paint tone.

Lets your Hikaru Collection that I have noticed below your Millia collection 328066[/snapback] Oh don't worry, pics of that will be available in due time... I'm waiting until all my Hikkies are dressed up in their GBPs before I take any pics though. Sadly I think the box containing my Taka GBP-1 was stolen! I just got a Milia JM too so I think I'll have to snap another pic and see if the Detolf cube doesn't just appear to be solid red

You too can own a Toynami superposeable for only ten times MSRP! Graded Toynami toys... .what a mistake that is. You'd have to take that thing out of the plastic just to know it's not broken. $99.99 Superposeable

Yeah, I noticed this as well. I started with halogens in my first two display cases and switched to Xenons for the second two. I believe the xenons produce friendlier light (no UV) but are still just as hot as the halogens I too only use them for a minute or two at a time. Really though, if you move your hand six inches down from the light source it doesn't seem hot enough to really do any damage. The xenon lights let you angle them though so you can angle them out to the glass (although this means less light to all the toys).

Another Detolf-er! Those little cubes will be packed in no time!

There can be no doubt, use of the destabilizer spells certain death for the pilot.

Didn't the mechs/spacecraft in WotW have sphincters they used to eat people... people they carried around in a scrotum? I'd say that was pretty organic looking to me. Also, don't you guys think the Q-Rau is kinda organic? Was it mentioned already?

anything you guys can say to make me feel less gay about saying this dude was a hot lady is greatly appreciated. Thanks Keith and everyone who has referred to Geppy as a "her." I appreciate it. I thought of something else I liked (very briefly but then didn't like as it played out). That scene where the Monster fires one massive volley and rips the top right off a building. While kinda dumb that was still cool, made me wish we'd seen more hot destroid action.

As you can see in the pics above, and as I've stated a few times, you can really minimized the arched back of the fighter mode. It was a real struggle though but at least I learned about that arm now. My red alpha is simply amazing, not only does that thing have all three landing gears on the ground but it can actually roll around on said landing gears! The arm in the pic came out a little but it can actually still pull off all three landing gears with both arms tucked in pretty good. Sadly, most my other alphas aren't so nice. What should Toynami Have done? 1) Place the slots the arms attach to the legs in slightly more upward. 2) Move the apex of the nosecone ever so slightly downward 3) Move the slots the cockpit flaps (aka front wings) fit in ever so slightly forward. It's a delicate act and I don't believe the Legioss/alpha was ever meant to have a raked appearance... just perfectly flat.

Look, pictures!