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I saw these at Frank & Sons and was fairly interested as I was quoted $15 each. As is, I have enough VF-1, I think... if they do enemy mecha and destroids, I could be persuaded to get some VF-1 and more for customizing... as is, I'll wait and see.

This is what I ALWAYS thought Megatron should be. The whole shrinking gun thing (even to transformer sized, much less human sized) was always kind of ridiculous to me... A tank doesn't work because he has no tank pieces (tread, etc) and there are OTHER transformers that do that. Megs should be a big 155mm arty piece M198 or M777...

I like my Alphas (2 green, and 1 shadow), and was thinking about buying more for customizing (using extra UN Spacy kites I have around from my Yamato stickers, for example). That skull squadron custom looked good, too... I would buy a Beta/Tread, but not the first one (let others guinea pig). Green and Shadow for certain...

Ah, good to see the boards back up. I'm mixed. I like the way the robot modes look but think they're TOO far out there. I would prefer Prime to look like his anniversarry/masterpiece form, for example. They chose edgy instead of nostalgia, which is fine, but not what most of the adults who grew up as kids watching transformers would like (who may be thought of as going to see the movie or never going to see the movie anyways).

Didn't I read something crazy somewhere that TOS was no longer canon in ST? Anyone heard anything like that? I really don't want to see other actors in the TOS roles, but I imagine that's what they're likely to do... Most likely it will be a horrible raping of childhoods.

I have a 60" 1080p display (though it only accepts 1080i on it's inputs). I'm sitting out the format war and dedicated players until at least next year, though I will almost certainly get the higher end PS3. Even if nothing else pans out with Blu-Ray, it will look much better with my silver HT gear and let me retire my launch PS2 with the noisy fan to bedroom duty (on the 34" CRT HDTV), as well as let me play whatever PS3 games there are, my PS2 and PSX libraries, as well. I am considering the 360 HD-DVD add-on, but it really doesn't go with my HT setup and I just don't like the dual form factor. I would be much likely to sell my 360 premium and get a new SKU that had an integrated HD-DVD drive (and hopefully an HDMI output). While Toshiba/HD-DVD wins round 1 (against Samsung), it appears to me that Blu-ray has much more CE support and much more studio support. By Christmas season, the Sony, Pioneer, Matsushita, and Sharp Blu-Ray players will be out, as well as the PS3. What other, non-rebadged Toshiba players can we expect? The studio support should show far more titles on Blu-ray, as well, barring a studio flip-flop, which might be not be unexpected... For computers, Blu-Ray is undeniably superior, with far higher transfer rates and capacities.

I drool to think of a Yamato VFX VF-17D in 1/60 scale

The legs look funny on that one. I have my Hikaru -1S displayed with Strike Armor as is only proper... but I may have to get another 1/48 of some stripe for the GBP... I'm not sure I like the way the CF looks... my Low-Viz are only proper in Gerwalk or Fighter.... Roy-1S... wish I could still find a 1A max out there (for relatively cheap, no less)...

Mac 7 / VFX would be my hope: YF-21/VF-22 YF/VF-19, VF-17, VF-11 in that order, please. I would kill (or at least pay good money) if they could do a Metal Siren and VF-2SS from Mac II. Next, I would like the Regult, Nos Ger, and Glaug.

XP Media Center / Opera (home) SuSE Linux / Opera (work) OS X / Opera (laptop)

This is just salt in the wound of the fanchildren.

Ah, definitely gonna need to shop around for that 10th anniversary. I also only have a VHS copy (and I haven't even plugged my VCR into the SXRD, though it is sitting there in the HT center).

You don't, but Sony does. Sony doesn't give two licks about the console segment, much less the XBOX 360 itself. Sony's crosshairs are on Toshiba and HD-DVD... The PS3 is Sony's budget first gen Blu-Ray player. They have the gimped version for people like you. They arguably should have gimped it even more. They should have the price on the gimped version at least to $399 but that may not have been possible. If you don't want need Blu-Ray, etc then don't bother bringing up $599 as $499 is for you. If $599 bothers, you most likely don't give a lick about HDMI, etc and 20GB is more than enough. You don't need to worry about memory cards or any such, either. That the specs of PS3 compare quite favorably to the 360 (especially with the reputed price of the HD-DVD add on, MS' price for their OEM wifi, etc) and outperforms it, too, as well as exceeding the technical potential of the Toshiba HD-A1 HD-DVD player (1080p > 1080i) is Sony's goal. Even so, I'll be very surprised if the $599 price point remains for very long. Certainly for the initial run, which is about guaranteed to sell out (I'm very interested in anyone thinks it WON'T). I'll bet by Christmas 2007, PS3 is at $499/$399. Prices that people are willing to pay HAVE come up. I never thought the PSP would have been successful due to it's price point and feature set versus something like the DS... but it has been. The XBOX did not make a significant imprint in Asia and the 360 has been lackluster. This shows with development and PS3 is going to have more wow titles sooner. I enjoy my 360 premium but there are still no MUST HAVE titles and except for Oblivion and GRAW I haven't been playing it so much recently...

That sounds like a really cool project. I have half a mind to try and see what can be done for M7 since the subtitling is pretty crappy in places on all the the bootleg sets (mine, the F/X sets, etc).

The helmet and chest armor are entirely different. Excellent work for a general Mandalorian, though.

I am not getting hardly any hits on Macross 7, which is surprising. I got this set off ebay a couple years ago and it apparently has all of the extra bits that the FX set has. The entire season in one box, but not Dynamite 7 or "The Movie" (aka The Galaxy is Calling Me). That looks available from here. I have no affiliation or experience with that site, since (as I mentioned), I got mine on Ebay. Good set with decent translations, though the fan subs are better.

Oh... me myself I'd be most interested in 1/60 since that's the only scale I have a enemy mecha (the Q-rau, though a Regult would be MORE than welcome, as would an SV-51/52, etc), the VF-1 and the VF-0 at... I could certainly see the interest in having a few 1/48's but as with my VF-1, I only would ever intend to have a 2 or 3 of the 1/48 with the bulk of the collection at 1/60 (or smaller).

I was looking at my VF-1 (1/60 and 1/48) and was just imaginging what Yamato could do with a 1/60 scale YF-23. Moving flaps, air brakes, etc. Separate flaps and ailerons, rudder etc should be more than possible since transformation wouldn't be an issue. Maybe even guns on the inside. I would love to have a YF-23, F/A-22, F-14, etc. Obviously for the larger planes, 1/60 and 1/72 become more cost affordable than something like 1/48...

Yen to Dollar is your most likely culprit. Then... when has anything not increased in price over a certain amount of time?

Probably any of Yamato 1/48. Most I've went was $130, though (2 Low-viz and a Hikaru 1S is all so far). I really like the looks of the VF-0S but $160 is kinda steep. I'm hoping I'll see these for $130-140 at Frank & Sons.

I grant all movies some liberty. Otherwise I'd be running around bitching about how everything flickers at 24Hz. 398467[/snapback] You need a better TV that uses reverse 3:2 pulldown to eliminate "judder"

I guess its an age thing. Those of us who saw them in the theaters, who grew up knowing them one way, want to be able to see them that way again. For us, the SE films detract from the experience, not add to it. 398027[/snapback] I DID see them on the theaters in the original run. At least TESB and RotJ and I think I might have been taking as a toddler to the first one, but that's just speculation. I remember standing in line with my dad and had to take two complete circuits around the theater for RotJ.

I mixed about the Stealth. Some angles I really like... others I wish they would have just done another Low-Viz as a limited 1J. I second the motion to use another squadron than Skull Squadron if they're going to do stuff that's not actually on screen.

VF-0S looks awesome on the USS Flagg. Now I gotta get raped trying to get the Flagg.

Just read the review. Good one. I disagree about the nosecone and flaps, though. These were a problem with the initial VF-1 releases, but were corrected once the nose-cone got the "notches" (and I never had a problem with the flaps falling off.. if anything, I want proper aleirons, flaps, and a rudder. :ph3ar: