kensei

Should put Ronnie Coleman or Jay Cutler in the next movie. There the closest thing you can get to the big J.

I am on the fence about that. Kira didn't do anything much but get "spotted" by Stellar. It was only then did Stellar freak out. Kira killed her then before she could do more damage. Kinda justified IMO. I don't think that he was totally in the wrong. All the new model comment? Too right. But Strike Freedom is[/is] an awesome piece of work anyway. Problem is, Stellar was going to die if she didn't get the treatment she needed. He was damned if he didn't anyway.

I thought Halle Berry decided to cop out of anymore X men movies?

That's the thing, Shinn was a victim of bad writing. Also, I do not believe that Talia would have gotten beaten that easily. That ending was a total cop out.

Hey I am not biased, I don't even like the guy. I was referring to the fight between Freedom and Impulse, not Strike Freedom and Destiny. Also, I would really doubt that Kira would want to fire his chest cannon while Strike Freedom's arms were busy blocking a huge arse sword coming down on top of him. With the arms in that type of proximity, to the chest I wouldn't fire that weapon. You seem to focus on the fact that with all fights, death is the be all and end all. But it isn't. Kira still was fighting to his full potential. So what if he didn't want to kill? He still could have put Shinn away easily and sent him home crying to Rey, but he didn't. Kira underestimated him and LOST. Full stop. Got defeated. And yes it does count. Kira had to at the very least disable Shinn...no he had to at very least defend himself. Dude, the guy would have gotten killed otherwise. Are you telling me that you wouldn't be doing your damnedest if your enemy was going in with the intent of killing you? No way. Kira is also by no means a saint. Even after he acquired Freedom I am sure that he was indirectly responsible for the deaths of many soldiers on the battlefield. Slicing the wings off Murasames isn't exactly letting them off easily, if I recall correctly there are no ejection seats and crashing into the ocean isn't exactly the softest way to land. Kira's return with Strike Freedom though is another story entirely. And, I loved the battle between Kira and Shinn, although I wished that they could have faced off again. And by no means is Shinn the best Gundam pilot ever. He merely one of the top ranking pilots. By doing his homework and making use of Impulse's modular abilities (thinking outside the square, c'mon..would any of us have thought of that?) he managed to defeat a much more powerful Gundam. That was what I admired about him, around that time. After he got Destiny my ratings of him plummeted. Sorry dude you gotta use another example for me not a street fighter one. Haven't touched an arcade game in four years, and haven't even touched the first SF. I understand the example though don't worry. The Three Ships Alliance are definitely the heroes of the story. I strongly believe in their ideals as well. Also, while I agree with you that Shinn's attitude to fighting and killing is wrong and unethical, I do not agree that he is continually seeking more power. He is merely a puppet of Dulllindal who makes full use of his gullibility and talents. Yes Shinn needs to wake up and think for himself and the bigger picture, and yes he needs to get over his family being killed at the 1st Battle of Orb. Intrinsically born and bred evil? No way. He just needs to be bitchslapped more by Athrun to get the message into his head. Losing your whole family in one go can seriously mess you up you know.

Shinn was never a guy who sought himself out to be the best of the best. The fight against Freedom only turned personal when he killed (indiectly or directly, whatever you wanted to call it) Stellar. Shinn was a more lost than most characters, he fought in the ZAFT army thinking that he is serving as a retainer to peace rather than seeking to be top dog. Before Freedom stuck it's nose in Shinn was well able to cooperate and stare in admiration at those more skilled than him (Yzak and Dearka and Athrun). Although I do not believe that his anger and resentment is projected in an appropriate fashion. But he will forever be listed as one of the greatest Gundam pilots of all time due to the fact that he best Kira in Freedom with Impulse. You can object and complain all you want about him having spare parts and extra support and that Kira never went for a killing shot (which I disagree with cause be was aiming for the abdominal region before Impulse split in half), but the fact is that Impulse should never have been able to defeat Freedom in the first place. The fight was unfair to begin with. Bloody Freedom with it's nuclear powered engine and complement of weapons and intrinsic ability to fly far outclasses Impulse's Force and Blast variants. I believe that Blast impulse would have been a better match for the Freedom, but it was not space and it didn't have the ability to fly. Either way, Shinn did admirably.

Oops, sorry didn't mean to hassle you. Thought you always had the passwords, forgot that you needed the new ones.

Nope. 349159[/snapback] After Neova brought in more Max's, I am starting to believe that there was a second release. I know that there wasn't an official announcement, but after a long drought of VF-1A Max, there was suddenly heaps available to some suppliers. Even Tamim managed to score a case, and a few in HK did too. Although the announcement that was unofficially made was some excess factory stock. Apparently it is the same as the Max and Millia VF-1Js' but that was awhile now. So I doubt that there is really a lot left in stock. I hate to spead rumours, so I would take that info with a grain of salt.

No worries. I'd be pissed actually if they did to two tones. Just anohter thing that I HAVE to buy.

The final touch eh. That's awsome Dat. John you make some awesome kits! Can't wait to see the Elintseeker if you make it.

The VF-1J non and FAST Packed version have no differnece in colour tone between them. None of the white base VF-1s do.

I agreed with the 1/60. You'd be silly to wish for something in 1/48. I don't like the idea of rehashing the same old 1/72 line with the Macross+ toys taht's all. I hate those toys to be honest. Not Yamato's best.

I completely agree! 348701[/snapback] I don't. Only all of them would be perfect. I disagree with 1/1 LowViz Lurker though. With what they did for the 1/72 Macross + line, they should just drop it and come up with a brand new design while making them as big (+/- 2 cm - 3 cm) as the 1/48. 1/72s are not without their flaws. They should just go for it and make a perfect YF-19 and VF-11. With nothing left to improve, they should consider their job complete. Except for yearly reissues of course. Just in case we want a few extra....

I would like to know what that would look like. Maybe I shoud have a play with my Monster and find out if I can get it into that position.

Good luck the the dentist! Make sure they keep their oxygen masks on... 348717[/snapback] Americans eat beans for breakfast?

http://www.mahq.net/mecha/macross/macross.htm

Recommendation: Have one GOOD and big steak dinner before you fast.

Alternatively I would recommend using the sticker undeath a heatshield and then paint over it.

Yes we have. Hope Patt ios fine though. He should have got it done by now.

Cool, can't wait.

VF-1J Joke Machine.

2.56 m ?

RIP Pat. As a memoir of your great work, I pre-ordered the Karate Kid collection for next Friday. I can hardly remember seeing TKK 1, 2 and 3.

The different between roy and hikaru is just the yellow and the red colour? nothing else? 347557[/snapback] Yes that is the simple way to put it. All the yellow is red and the black heatshield is red. Also, the pilot sculpt is not that different, technically anyway, it is just a DYRL? pilot sculpted from rubber instead of hard plastic. It is the only rubber DYRL? pilot in existance, all the others are the M0 pilot with the low vis and the TV rubber with the CF 1A and 1Js. If anything, if you can paint, I would suggest that you get a Roy and paint it up becasue the actual quality of the run is better than the Hikaru 1S. There is no such thing as a off-white vs. white base colour for the DYRL? VF-1s they are all the same colour.

Superglue! I like Zap brand personally. A tube of thin for capillary action and a tube of thick for filling seams. That's personnally the strongest superglue I've ever used. I used it on my 1/48 but didn't cover the bottom of the table, and spilt a 1ml. The only way to get it off now is to chisel it off the table.