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Outstanding news! I sincerely hope that they can carry this off well! I'd personally love to see Megatron as the HK Mk23 SOCOM if he can't be the good ol' Walther P-38.

Wow. Those... suck. Well, that's good news for me since I can allocate my money towards other toys.

I'd gladly vote for one which says "This movie must be stopped... no matter the cost." Oh yeah, and then the REAL transformers appear in the middle of the movie and beat the ever loving hell out of these wannabes.

That Skywarp is ridiculously good looking. I hope an official one comes out eventually, because Skywarp is the only one of the seekers I want to have.

For as many times as I've watched Macross Plus, I am pretty sure I can identify the General Galaxy logo on Guld's flightsuit. Shinsei Industries, though, eludes me. Does anyone have decent pictures of either of these? I just got this on DVD for the first time, so I hope to be able to watch it with a bit more thoroughness than ever before. Also, I know I've once seen a logo for Project Supernova. I may have it archived deep in my Macross picture collection, but I'm not too sure. Anyone have any shots of this as well? I'd surely appreciate it. I ask this because I'm considering another run of UN Spacy static on-face decals like the ones I did a while back. I thought it might be fun to consider doing something a little more special, i.e. a New Edwards Test Flight Center base pass decal.

Fantastic new pictures! (Some of us rely solely on Macrossworld for Yamato news. ) This may be old news, but Big Bad Toy Store is already taking $199.99 preorders for this YF-19. This makes me very curious as to how much it will be at retail.

I am so totally impressed with this new 19. It blows the original one out of the water. I absolutely will have one of these, especially if it will eventually have FAST packs and a fold booster. That's just such a nice touch.

Congratulations!

Might I ask are there are any significant changes (besides the joints) between the original release and the second run? And where might I go about getting one of the second run versions?

Wow... I am simply speechless. Thank you for the pictures, Graham! Please extend my compliments to the people at Yamato who are making this happen, and encourage them to keep up the great work!

Now THAT I would watch with great delight.

I am positively thrilled about this new 19! I don't even have a single nitpick.

True story - I met Mel Gibson at a Carolina Panthers game a few years back. My mom had one of the children of the co-owners of the team in her first grade class. They thought very highly of my mom, and invited our whole family to come see a game and have seats in their suite. During the game, the assistant to one of the co-owners handed me a pair of binoculars and told me to look across the stadium at a particular suite and I'd see Mel Gibson. Sure, enough, there he was. The assistant then asked me if I wanted to go meet him, and I was like "hell yes." (I'm a huge fan of Lethal Weapon.) We marched over to the other side of the stadium, and went right in the suite - which was flanked with security. (And this was long before the Passion.) He had his whole family with him and is apparently a huge fan of football. I very briefly introduced myself, shook his hand, and told him that I was a big fan. Another significant one is that I went to high school with Kona Carmack, Playboy's Miss February 1996.

I was lucky enough to have seen the anime many years ago when I was in college. I still to this day think it's one of the most violent things I've ever seen, and I loved every minute of it. Kujo Jotaru is hands down one of the coolest (bishonen, if you want to call it that?) characters I've ever seen. I'd love to find a copy of the anime again...

My girlfriend actually pointed this out to me! I totally loved this movie, and will probably see it again. I was going crazy trying to spot a Mustang in it, and I think I saw one as one of the race TV producers. Well, at least I saw what looked like Cragar 5-spoke wheels, so I'll look more closely next time.

The extras on this DVD are fantastic. There are whole sections regarding the creation and evolution of the Predator (including the absurd looking original), the weapons used in the movie, and the development of the characters. Some of the stories about Arnold and Jessie Ventura comparing bicep sizes are hilarious. I've already bought this DVD twice now - my first copy was stolen.

I'd flat out LOVE to see a Punch-Out game which used the motion-sensing capabilities of the Wiimote. Come to think of it, I am also praying that some very smart person at Sega has thought "Hey... how about a new Samba de Amigo?"

It's on Yahoo!'s front page of right now. Da news. The articles states that the DVD's will have a $30 price tag, and will be available until December 31.

Have you seen the update on AICN now? Apparently Fox told them to cease and desist, and so they pulled the script review down. I could not agree any more about Fox being "terribly out of touch with fandom." Sadly, I feel pretty certain that they will just go right ahead and continue production without changing a thing. Nothing could make me any sadder than to know that such an effort will go into something which the true fans have already decreed as outright bad. But hey, I guess Fox would believe that there are still plenty of other idiots out there who don't know any better.

Where might one go about ordering the new Hori stick set? Also, to anyone who has played the game already: is Bartlett in Zero or not?

OK, so I guess it's safe to assume that there won't be a flightstick coming with this one. I cannot express how disappointing this is, as the AC5 stick and throttle go for about $120 on eBay right now. Ugh. As an alternative, has anyone ever used one of these? I do love Logitech, so I feel like this would be a good substitute for the right price. Along the same lines, has anyone ever heard of an adaptor which would allow one to connect a PC's USB joystick to a PS2? I am so used to using my lovely Saitek stick now that I feel pretty sure I'd have a hard time adjusting to anything else.

Got an Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War t-shirt from my best friend who manages a Gamestop. He still hasn't heard if this one will be coming with a stick and throttle, though... Anybody have any other word?

Awesome, thanks! Now, if only I could find the AC5 soundtrack as easily...

Hmmm! Since I have owned both Bandais and bootlegs at some point, I think I can field this one. I started out owning the bootlegs and got them on eBay many years ago, Unbeknownst to me, I was not aware that they were bootlegs until after I received them. The Fire Valkyrie is not so bad, really, but the Blazer leaves a lot to be desired. The one I had had red shoulders and the Fire Valkyrie's wings (molded in blue), whereas the Bandai Blazer's wings are the correct shape. Oddly enough, both the bootleg Blazer and the Bandai Blazer come with the speaker pod launcher which is completely incorrect. The stickers which came with mine were decent - almost on par with the Bandai ones. Plastic quality is just about the same as well, but the Bandai ones didn't have any plastic tree spurs or poorly-fitting parts. The bootlegs would make for decent customizers if you can get both of them for $35. I still have my Bandais, but I parted with the bootlegs long ago. My Bandais were the VERY FIRST Macross toys I ever owned, and I still love 'em to death. I was also fortunate enough to have gotten them directly from Graham many years ago. I still hope and pray that maybe someday Yamato will find a way to produce a VF-17...

What the heck plane is that...?! It looks wicked! Definitely a strong resemblance to the 19, but I also see a little bit of the Mave from Yukikaze as well.