Vic Mancini

Walter White. Breaking Bad is my favorite show currently on TV, hands down. And Isamu Dyson is still my favorite thing Cranston has ever done. So yeah, the Mac Plus dub gets my stamp of approval. In regards to Mac II, it's the only series/movie I haven't seen yet. Well, except for the 2nd part of the Frontier movie, but that's on my to watch list as soon as it's leaked.

That's funny! I almost edited my post after adding it to say baguettes instead of bread sticks, but I'm trying to cut back on my self-editing on message boards.

That is true, but you can use words to make anything sound ugly. For example: The Excelsior looks like an undersized frisbee clamped onto a pelican's torso with bread sticks for nacelles.

I agree with everything I quoted above. Those are really great points. I don't really feel the same way about the criticism of the characters, and I still liked Voyager a lot just for it's premise alone. DS9 was the least interesting to me. I found it extremely boring until they started introducing the Defiant. I guess I'm weird. Ack! How can you say that? The Voyager was a beauty. So sleek, and forward swept wings for the win!

I feel the exact opposite. The problem with the YF-19 is the forward fuselage is angled upwards at a 10-15 degree angle. It looks so wrong. The VF-19 has the angle of the fuselage correct so the pilot is actually facing forwards. JOY!

Not as sexy as the anchor woman in that SU-35 video David posted.

Are the black holes on the P's legs missile dispensers? I guess this means it won't have the opening leg hatches that the Kai has?

Looks more like Ninja Gaiden to me than the 25 or 27.

I like it. And if this is an accurate sculpt of the head, I want one too. http://blog.livedoor.jp/sanaki0527/archives/cat_10026005.html

I obviously need to watch Frontier again.

Oh really? Dang, I can't say I ever noticed cannon fodder VF-25s. I always thought SMS was just the Quarter, a Monster, and four VF-25s. Sort of a small special unit like Diamond Force, (except privately contracted of course.)

Also known as a VF-171?

Supposed to be that way. http://www.macross2.net/m3/macrossf/vf-25f.htm They gotta make those head lasers splay outwards, though. It's like the last missing detail they need to really capture the silhouette of the battroid.

Holy crap it looks exactly like the CG. Let's hope the legs/engines sit where they are supposed to in fighter mode.

There was a time when people got by on kerosine lamps. They raised animals on their own property and slaughtered them to put food on their own table. They got by without electricity just fine and probably thought the world could have gone on another thousand years without electrical companies and their high prices. 3D is just one of many technologies that are still in their infancy that are going to become part of every day life. It's going to be integrated everywhere and it's going to be good. It's going to be so good that going back to a 2D format will feel as limiting as walking around in the world with one eye closed. Can you live without one of your eyes?...definitely. But it's extremely difficult if you're used to living with two.

3D is not a fad. It kind of sucks right now, but it's just a stepping stone towards bigger things like holograms, and retinal projectors, and eventually direct brain interface fully immersive virtual reality where you don't even need one eye, let alone two, to enjoy three dimensions...not to mention taste, touch, and smell. We're all going to be uploading ourselves on the internet some day where computers that are a billion times more powerful than the human brain will produce virtual reality that is indistinguishable from real life. 3D movies, TVs, games, and cell phones are just the tip of the iceberg. You might as well be against electricity, and the internet, and any kind of human progress if you are against 3D technologies. Just join a hutterite colony and get it over with!

There's also a scene in Mac Plus where Isamu sees his reflection in the hull of Alpha One as clearly as if he's looking at himself in a mirror. I don't think that means the YF-19 should have a chrome finish. I'm not saying you're wrong either, just that you can't use art from some specific scene in a show as absolute evidence for how something should look in toy form.

He used a Robotech reference. Let's get him!

Yeah, weirdest gerwalk ever. The strangest part is the legs. I'm not sure why they don't bend forward more. There's no real reason why they shouldn't be able to. Maybe those elbow cannons have SERIOUS recoil and the legs have to be positioned way behind the center of gravity so it doesn't fall on it's butt when it fires.

That is so bad-ass.

True, but at the end of the day it's still Basara, and a gun that fires speaker pods instead of bullets. I'd prefer a military VF-19, which is why I'd opt for the stubby-winged Blazer if I had to choose. It would be ideal if Yamato made some of the Master File variants, but that probably won't happen.

I was thinking the same thing!

Wow, even I'm impressed! The only thing missing that would make this thing perfect is some little rubber accordion style slip covers over the ankles. Love that cockpit transformation! This makes me want a V2 YF-19 so bad.

Beautiful. This scheme was made for the 22.

I'm sure it wasn't 1:1 either, but neither were the super parts or GPB for the VF-1. And think about how fewer their sales would be if they were some kind of stand alone objects instead of accessories to enhance the VF-1. What I was trying to say was I don't think very many people would be interested in Mac Zero ghosts if they didn't attach to VF-0s like fast packs. Granted, the X-9 is a hell of a lot more popular than the ghosts from Zero. I'm not disagreeing that it would be cool to have in 1/60. I think it would be awesome. I'm just saying...you asked "why not" make the X-9 since it's nicer looking than the Zero Ghost, and I'm providing the most obvious answer.