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Old news guy, but nice try.

Corny song and parody... but those super articulated clone trooopers are great. I have 2 of em (the rest the army builder 3-packs or 2-value pack or the red Saga clone captain)... Love all the ball joints they have... just wish they had come with the rifle instead of that pea shooter.

Definately Yamato 1/48 but hope you have deep pockets and lots of shelf space. Followed by Yamato 1/60 which are the best bang for the buck IMO. Next I would rate the Toynami's. I hadn't actually ever had a chance to get my hands on one but I was messing around with my Cousins Roy and it's not that bad at all. It's sculpt is off, but then so is the Bandai/Takatoku... just the Toynami is badly overpriced (especially considering the armor) and doesn't have the nostalgia going for it. But that said, it's not a bad toy. Nice and posable in ways the Bandais' aren't with opening canopies and little features. The hands are easily way better than the Yamato 1/48... the light in the visor... We won't go there. Then I'd put the Bandai reissues for chunky nostalgia.

Damn now I'm starting to want a VF-1J. I like my 1/60. I like my 1/60...

Have you even watched M7? They weren't "defeated" as the word would imply at all. Geperenich "saw the light" as it were and they left. The M7 fleet was defeated if anyone was... As far as any ol Britney Spears wanna-be being able to stop the war... you're quite right... but just as wrong in your ultimate point. Here's an excerpt from Macross 7: "Even the superstar who saved the earth, Lin Minmei was just a pop singer when she first debuted. I watched her from up close, from the beginning . Gradually as she sung, her singing gained more power, and eventually she was so amazing that she was able to stop the war. Everyone has potential. It is the duty of our project to realize this potential. " The project is Project-M, meant to replicate Minmei's success. With training, practice, and Sound Boosters even some of the Jamming Birds were able to generate the aura that Basara had far earlier and with far more power. Porn? That'd be one good porn star, but I'm trying to conceive of one able to generate anima spiritia and what any potential Sound Booster might be like...

Merry Christmas to all.

Not bad at all. And more appropriate than a russian or chinese SKS style one IMO (leave that for the SV-51). Any Americanized design deserivative of the F-14 needs a bayonet like that.

Heh. They're easily available at Frank & Sons combined with Clone Wars DVD.

Right now, my Low-Viz. Then probably the YF-21FP. Then probably the Anakin Clone Wars starfighter. I'm anticipating the Masterpiece Optimus Prime/Convoy to maybe edge out the YF-21 if not the low-viz...

SW starfighters are clearly seen using "targeting computers" even against other starfighters. Visibility isn't needed for a pure space fighter, as the TIE is. And partly it's in their paradigm to be rather expendable. They horde and attack en masse, using numbers and the presence of their carriers (Star Destroyers) to overwhelm the opposition. The OTM "overtech" is a blatant crutch and application of (Arthur C) Clarke's Law. It's always used to explain the things that don't pass the bullshit test. In this case it's canopies and hints of Star Trek's "transparent aluminum" or something. In any case, realism when combined with transforming robots is almost an oxymoron.

"You're a mean one... Mr Grinch."

I like the Clone Wars version. A bit inelegant but meaner looking. In fact, think I prefer it to the pseudo-TIE fighter business that's apparently cooking for Episode III...

Damn... kinda pricey! Yeah it's big, but it should be largely hollow and doesn't transform. January?? Reminds me how much in the dark we are about what's happening... maybe if I had babelcrapped that last Yamato newsletter...

Well I was a 96 overall and GT 128. Pretty high. Yes, tanks and infantry were my top 2 choices.

It looks ok. Don't know whether i'll see it or not... possibly...

Hmm well that came out wrong. I like ya A1, I just think you willingly exaggerates your position on M7. As far as Togo... I think there's more depth in M7 because of it's longer length. Every character (except maybe Basara) grows substantially. Gamlin and Mylene the most. I even think Basara comes along a bit... which is more than Isamu did in M+. Don't get me wrong, I like M+, M7 just has more meat and potatoes to it.

I'm interested in recasts too... anyone? TV uniforms would be great!

That's what I'm talking about!

Looks pretty good. Please don't do that to a Low-Viz though... get a Max or 1st issue Hikaru or Roy or something...

You're wondering why a Civilian had an advanced Valkyrie... Gamlin wonders too but is blocked in his research. Later on, we learn that Max himself knows about it and comments about Basara's flying in that context... Then we'll hear hints about "Project M" and Ray's involvement with it (with Basara's unwitting complicity). Basara was being used as an experimental tool of the UN Spacy long before Sound Force was created... I like M7 especially once City 7 gets separated from the fleet. It's alot deeper than SDF in many ways. It's easily deeper than M+, which was too short to effectively compete against the main series (but could compare against MD7). The infamous Macross "love triangles" weren't as interesting, but the plot was better in a few ways. Definately suffered from budget/animation difficulties but like every Macross series it brings something different to the table. Overall, I like it better than SDF and DYRL but it's neck and neck with M+. Some of the detractors have legitimate points. Some guys like A-1 are so ludicrous in their posting about it, they have very little credibility on it except for making themselves look like asses.

USMC M1A1 tank commander. Deployed for Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Back from Baghdad. Oo-rah to the other Marines. The Squids can find their baby blue shirts and bell bottoms and leave their posts (machine guns) like they did on my last float when the weather got bad. Army? Ain't Ready for Marines Yet. Jk, anyone putting on a uniform has got SOME respect for me... even if they're weak and undisciplined non-combatants in girlie uniforms. jk.

Too bad they're not in the 5-10$ range. They'd be good for that, but when I see them for 15-20, it's too much. Some of HLJ's sales look pretty good, but u get stuck with S&H of course. One of these days i'll buy 2 or 3 Super/Strike CF-s and a main character one or two.... one of these days...

It'd be neat to see some pics of the TV VF-1J's FAST-Packs on the Low-Viz. I think the DYRL packs look fine... not enough to justify another scheme certainly, but if the TV ones look better...

The "movie" is a pretty good episode of the series but doesn't quite fit. There's a few decent missile salvos from Emilia's Q-rau but are useless against a Protodelvin, of course. On it's own, it served to interest me in the main series, so I think it's pretty good. The OVA is worth it just to see Gamlin and his VF-22S in action towards the end. The whales and the story are different, but not bad. Graham and his Ahab shtick was kinda corny, though. Ignore A-1's fixation on teletubies, handjobs, and Michael Jackson.

It worked for mine. U sure u're doing it right?