Skull Leader

I have an Gforce FX 5600 120Mb with an AMD 1.5 gig processor... it ran the game just fine. Nvidia cards tend to handle open GL games better than ATI cards do. The newer Radeon cards are mega hoss, but Nvidia still has this one licked I think.

Word. From the Secret Wars up until the end of the Muir Island Saga (somewhere around the beginning of the #280s I think) saw the X-men at their absolute best! (not to mention the return of Colossus). It also featured some of the cleanest artwork ever seen for the X-men. I think this is also when we see the most diversity in the team (membership was changing regularly, with people temporarily dropping out and others joining up). Granted: the original team was still called "X-factor", but they still figured largely into most stories (especially the muir island saga.. which crossed between UXM and XF). I definately think this is where the most depth and character comes out after about UXM#330 or so, things really start going downhill. The Omega-Red Saga in the early "X-men" issues was the last good story they had... in my opinion. They put things in the hands of real hosers I think. Younger readers may better enjoy what's out there now, but not me. I guess I'm just getting old.

Colossus died somewhere around the #390s in UXM (the ORIGINAL storyline.... not the offshoots) After loosing his brother and sister to the legacy virus, it was discovered that a cure could be made, but it would require the sacrifice of one mutant. Going behind everyone's back, Colossus made that decision. This was shortly after he returned to the X-men from his brief stay with the alcolytes.

I remember seeing that on Cartoon Network way back in the day (like... in CN's earliest days). Despite the differences in the animation from the comic (I'm a huge collector), I thought it kicked ass... I hated the early '90s version, because they focused almost solely on blue team (with the exception of storm and Gambit), I mean... Colossus was my favorite one! Shadowcat (kitty) was also noticably absent from that series (Longshot and Dazzler also got no love in that series) ... and "Evolution"??? I'm sorry... Anime just isn't X-men's look. I stoped collection UXM around ish #400. It's just gone in a different direction.

This ridiculous... I was watching movies like "Alien(s)", "Nightmare on Elm Street", "Full Metal Jacket", "Apocalypse Now" and "predator" in my youth.... I was a constant war-gamer when I was little (in fact, I had very few toys that didn't have a combat theme of some sort.) As of right now in my life (I am 24) I have yet to inflict serious bodily harm on ANYONE, much less kill them in cold blood. These people are so seriously misguided it isn't even funny... These are likely parents who wish they could home-school their kids just to keep outside influences from harming their "babies", and as such... kids don't get to grow up.

Yes, Gundam is a VERY vast universe.... Azrael has it right, I start with Gundam: SEED. It's little more than a rehash of the story from the original series (of course there ARE differences, but it's basically the same), and the animation is CRANK (fo shizzle)... sometimes I could forget there is a story and watch the animation alone. The soundtrack also rocks. There are some consistents that make it into most Gundam series: -Main pilot starts out as a feeble-minded fool, but trains into an ultimate badass (Amuro, Shin, Kou, and the list continues) -Main badguy(s) almost ALWAYS own(s) every fight he gets into (Char, Norris, Gato, Zechs, The Frost Brothers, and so on) -"The Horrors of War" get major screentime... these are almost always shot to make you detest war. -Spaceborn pilots are better mobile suit pilots (either as newtypes, or just plain superior.. again, not a given, but typical) If you're getting into Gundam, I can't help but think you should try a non-UC story first (because if you watch UC first, you're probably not going to like the story deviants.. kind of like watching a movie after reading the book), it's not a guarantee (there are those that work otherwise), but you may get more out of it that way. Diehard Gundam fans tend to consider the UC story their "major" while they "minor" in given non-UC stories. My favorites? UC Timeline (Gundam Major) -Moblie Suit Gundam: 08th MS Team (good up until the last with Characters that fit the scene WELL... and it has the EZ8, the gundam that wasn't) -Mobile Suit Gundam: 0083 (It's like Top-Gun with mobile suits... and the Dendrobium Mobile Armor rocks... music isn't half bad either) Non UC Timelines (Gundam Minor) -AfterWar New Mobile Suit: Gundam X (The XX Gundam is my all-time favorite gundam.... even if it IS a Nu-Gundam knockoff, the dual satallite cannons bring the pain! A dark but wonderful story of self-discovery... but then, most gundam series are...) -Gundam: SEED (best animation so far.... intense, if slightly revisited, story with deep characters, excellent soundtrack!) -Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz (too much time spent with inner monologue and pointless discussion, which is typical of Wing, but the mobile suits rock... I love Heavyarms Custom!) So, as you can see... EVERYONE sees something different that they like. Gundam really can be a personalized interest with so many different choices.

"If you guys were beers, I'd drink every one of you!" Damn, I loved that series...

Opinions you ask? I think: It's proof positive that Square will sink to ANY low to get more money (but then, they are a business, I suppose I shouldn't blame them) I feel they could've spent that money better developing a better FF game (they haven't done good since VI...although Tactics was pleasant enough) Purely my opinion though.

For Robotechies: *Nelson laugh from the simpsons* Ha ha! You're gonna buy more Robotech!" This is rich.... did anyone else besides me see this coming a mile away? Especially after such blanket statements that assure the fans that it absolutely will NOT be done... right? LOL, next thing they'll do is limit it to 10,000 sets and then produce 30,000... I'll say this for Harmony Gold... I think they're predictable if anything, but that's just me

There was discussion earlier about nuclear weapons on MS vs. VFs. I would point out that GP02 "Unit 2" had a rather primative delivery system, almost a "point and shoot" setup. I'm not even sure if the warhead was "smart" or not. Given the delivery system, I'd say there isn't any way that GB02 could lower the boom on a VF.... they're simply too fast. The VFs prove (many times, in fact) that the RMS-01 Nuclear missile is both agile and powerful. They were designed to eliminate multi-mile long spaceships.. but they were also effective in eliminating large groups of enemy units. In terms of ordinance and delivery means, I'd say the VF has GB02 completely outclassed. Anavel Gato would have to have the best day of his life and be completely in his "A" game to land a shot like that (and not be within the blast radius)... sorry, I just don't see it happening.

withdrawn, my question really didn't make any sense...

We had a functioning Beta player up until around 1986, but the rental stores around stopped carrying Beta, and we only owned one or two movies for Beta as it was, so we sold it and went to VHS.

Tonks, your statement is a real winner... I hope you live somewhere where EVERYONE thinks that attitude is cool. If not, it sucks to be you. I played CS for all of 6 months before I got sick and tired of noob little kids in frag fests. All they were interested in was the quick kill and getting the match over with... NO FUN WHATSOEVER. I upgrated to UT which was MEANT for fragfests (and the cheats are near non-exsistant by comparison) needless to say, I was much happier. Campers were also better recieved there (I'm proud to be master of the sniper rifle, and anyone who complains because I "camp" sucks because they didn't think of it first and can't get to me. STOP SUCKING, BECOME BETTER, THEN WE'LL TALK) Nowadays I only play online with people I know. We used to have an online clan that specialized in playing "smear the queer" with noobs who thought they knew it all (people don't like that kind of attention at all for very long, they find somewhere else to play) now that I do limited online gaming, I'm much happier. Next time I have to lay the smack down on some 13yr. old that thinks he's "Ahnold's" next descendant I'll probably quit for good. While we're on the subject of FPS games, did anyone else think that while UT2003 was good, it didn't quite measure up to the original UT in terms of playability and execution? Just curious.

I don't know what all the whining is about.. the Hikaru VF-1S is THE flagship valkyrie of the DYRL line. What's more, not all of us have modelist tendencies (or if we do, mediocre at best), we're a little less anxious to tear into $120 toys just to change something up (especially after having to PAINT it) So WTF are the rest of us who can't change things up supposed to do if we want a VF-1S Hikaru? Commission someone who CAN to do it? Let's be honest, after labor and cost of paint it would cost us far more than $120. Price of original valk $120 (random price, pretty standard) Custom Valk head $15-20 (again, random, just bear with me... discount this if Roy valk is used) Cost of paint supplies $5-10 (maybe less, but it'll do for this case) Labor commission $40-100 (no one worth commissioning to do this would do it for cheap) Valk and parts shipping costs $15-30 (from dealer to you, from you to customizer, from customizer to you) so, all told, I'm looking at anywhere from $190-250 just to get a valkyrie customized to look like what I could buy for $120. Yes, I probably played it a little loose with the prices, but you get the idea. I'd have to pay a buttload more and have to wait longer to get it. People like me (who disdain cutting into their expensive items just to make them look different), this is a godsend. This rant isn't particularly aimed at anyone, just try to remember that not everyone has the option (or the funds) to have custom valkyries made. A rip off?? Hardly. This is Yamato working for US. I thank them for every variant they offer simply because I don't have the skills to make them. Do I buy every one? No. And for those of you that argue that yamato could better spend it's time producing "new" valks like M&M J variants, all THEY are is a repaint of a Hikaru VF-1J... if you want it so bad, buy a Hikaru VF-1J and customize IT. Don't want to? Ahhh, all of a sudden you start to see why the Hikaru 1S is being made.

I'm with Super O and Azrael. This post has served it's purpose. It's not like we can't open another post once new info comes to light, correct? Let's kill this one, give the slates some time to clear so that when the next info becomes available, we can debate it in a newer light.

Umm, do you have any idea how large 1/48 battle pods and Officer pods would be???? Let's be a little more realistic and hope for a 1/60(approx) version, as those will almost be the size of a 1/55 or bigger.

I witnessed a friend who got to beta-test it here in the US, I think I'm gonna pass this one up for FFXII when it comes out.

this has been debated at length previously. While the AIPHOS certainly bears a resemblance to protodevlin, and there is little to no doubt that it is somehow connected to the supervision army, I have a lingering doubt that it's not so easilly classified. I guess we'll see when the time comes.

LOL, be the envy of your friends... ...ha, you own a Jaguar????? I own my own carrier air wing! (complete with carrier) No lies, Russia will sell you ANYTHING of theirs for enough money (and sometimes not all that much)

It's really a question of personal taste. I don't assemble the whole model, but I do assemble like-components before I paint (example: 1/100 scale ARII VF-1J Battroid) Assemble the upper thigh-paint it Assemble the Foot-paint it Paint the lower-leg halves -Assemble the entire Leg and so on.... The basic rule of thumb being, the more detail that has to go into a piece, the more painting/panel-lining you'll wanna do before you glue it into place.

LOL, Audrey Tautou can render me combat ineffective any time she likes Some interesting nose art ideas... keep 'em comin' people!

I did a similar thread about a year ago on the old forum, but new members and new times have prompted me to do it again. So, starting back in WWII, it was common for bombers (and some fighters) to display nose art on their aircraft (I saw a whole book dedicated to this stuff in Barnes and Noble once), more often than not, they depicted a lady in less-than-full clothing, sometimes in a compromising position (there were many other things too, but this predominated). So, were you a valkyrie pilot and were given the opportunity, who would YOU sport on your fuselage?? Me?? Nothing less than Audrey Tautou will do (see "Amelie" or "He loves me, he loves me not") PS: If you're gonna attach a photo, try not to wipe out the post with it (not too large)

Take care of yourself man, we're not going anywhere anytime soon. I was in a similar situation about 7 years ago, I know exactly how you feel..... Do what you gotta do and come back to us when you can!

I had a couple of bad experiences with TSINC also, Haterist's hate isn't unfounded...the guy took almost TWO MONTHS to deliver a model to me that I ordered from him.

You guys know I never like to agree with Keith, but this time I'm with him.... Those DVDs are damn cheap from the get-go (walk into a Best Buy store and see how cheap "good" anime sells for). You're getting exactly what you pay for in those HK bootlegs. Be thankful you have the animation on hand and the opportunity to figure out the story. Now that you've learned your lesson, go download the ANBUone Fansubs and read it in good english.