Shin Densetsu Kai 7.0

I can't wait for the SUPER nova schemes. I want to see one in red and white, not Milia type colors, but in supernova patterns. The super nova schemes look awesome.

George Pratt and Sterling Hundley were both my teachers. Met Steve Bennet@nekocon in 2001. Met Walden Wong recently@Katsucon.

Nope I loved them. Why? Because they were done in a way that was effective, believable, functional, and dynamic. Shadow Chronicles transformations are not what I call dynamic, they were boring. Look at something like Macross II, hell even Transformers Cybertron, that had good transformation sequences, just to show that this isn't really a SC vs Macross thing, more or less a boring vs exciting thing. And no I am not a toynami and robotech hater. I defended the MPC's, still do till this day, and I grew up watching robotech which led me to macross. Did I want SC to be AWESOME? Hell yes I did. But was it? No. Was it worthy of the hype they were giving while it was facing delays? No. Maybe part II will be good but this movie was not.

Soul specd EVA vs SOC EVA DISCUSS! (Saw the soulspec@katsucon from imageanime, heard it was awesome, price was good, I am debating on whether to get it or not)

What is Shippuuden?

Why should they be intense and mind blowing? Because its supposed to look awesome, your watching an animated movie, boring stuff will not appeal to viewers. This is common sense. Theres always a sense of "been there done that" when seeing something like this. Come on this is an animated movie, part of a trilogy, transformations are supposed to be awesome and awe inspiring. Its mecha for gods sake. I am sure if according to you transformations should be simple and functional then ILM and Dreamworks wouldn't be spending a ton of money and an assload of time making the transformers live action movie look awesome by july. I agree on the functional part, for practicality yes, but the whole point of even seeing it in animation is to see it in practicality, functionality and also seeing it done in an artistic way worthy of the wait they keep advertising. What we saw is what 3d animators are capable of in school. However this is not school, this is an animated movie hyped to death and delayed all along. Same thing in a comic, why draw a boring sequence if it can be drawn in a better way that gets the readers attention? This has NOTHING to do with how it transforms, rather, how it is presented.

I still think the armors will come out this year. They seemed tooled and ready. Maybe they meant new VF-1's and enemies for next year?

GUNBUSTER was awesome, saw it at katsucon this past weekend. I love it! Now I want the DVD set and the SOC. HELL YES!

I want them to make a Tekkaman Blade. HELL YES!~

Macross 0 had way better choreagraphy. SC had very very predictable action sequences. Oh wow yea like we didn't really see the main character and Alex' Shadow/Beta rolling in unison to fire missles and attack. Not to mention the transformations, they weren't intense or anything mind blowing. Compare the transformations in SC to the first transformation Roy does in the first episode of Macross zero. Which one is better? I didn't mind the fact that the alphas had minimal rendering and alll that, what bothered me is how they were animated. I did want this to be awesome, I wanted to be surprised, I wanted to see what happened to Rick Hunter. But no. All we got was a few glimpses of him, a predictable plot of his ass getting PWNED somehow and of course a botched rescue mission as a catalyst for revenge by his friends to destroy Dr. Claw, or the Haydonites. "Oh wait yea you go with an alien and they killed my sister and now i hate you scott bla bla." Who didn't see that one coming? The whole thing was very cliche. They had the ingredients for potentially a great continuation and story but its ruined by cliche/useless dialogue, boring CG animation, and so many useless jokes and a very predictable transparent plot. This was not the robotech that we were waiting for like they keep advertising. The alphas looked okay, but the action sequences were very stale. And even if this is a pilot it has no excuse for being bad. I mean come on they are selling this like a sequel to a great series. If they made this one suck so that part 2 could make up for it, then this one is a waste of money and they are ripping off their fans. Come on there is no logic in making this one bad so that we can buy a sequel that makes up for the badness in this. A good start to a series is Casino Royale. Does this one come off like being a great movie that we want to see whats in part 2? No. Well the SC black skull squadron MPC looks cool. And a beta is enticing. I did not mind the character designs, but the CG animation needed a LOT of work. Overall it was overhyped and very dissapointing.

FREAKING AWESOME! I remember seeing it in person for the first time 6 years ago in california. Man...its big and awesome. A removable semi articulated pilot figure is icing on the cake too. Hey guys the alphas are tempting, what steps should I take to ensure that mine does not break in the case that I get one in the future? So far one thing I have gathered, is to be gentle when sliding the arms down for transformation. Are the arms the weakest parts?

Same here! But hey maybe he meant NEW 1/100 stuff like enemy mecha, destroids and all that for next year. I hope The armor shown last year looked like it was already tooled, so theres no reason for them not to release it this year.

To toys or models? Thats a good question. Toynami could probably easily get the license in the US to make 1/100 versions. It would be awesome to have a 1/100 with removable SAP armor and display stand.

If it was Macross I would be extremely dissapointed. Bad animated movies are bad no matter what name or series they belong to.

Man I bet a takatoku legioss would have been BAD ASS and on par with their 1/55 chunky monkeys. One could dream...

I saw it at katsucon, it was free so I figured I mineswell. Anyways there was a lot of useless dialogue and weak attempts to be funny. To predictable. A main character who when enraged still misses most of the time. A predictable plot of main character's friend sacrificing himself. Maya Sterling being all uptight and eventually warming up to the main guy(was it Alex?), yea it was obvious that was going to happen. CG choreography was way too generic and nothing really new. Basically if you've seen early CG from the mid 90's it was all like that, very predictable. Nothing spectacular. I did like how the story is breaking away from macross and going in its own direction. Seeing the Shadows/Betas combined looked cool. No wonder all of you want the BETA fighter. Me and my friend got more of a kick out of it by laughing at how bad this was throughout the whole movie. The main enemies sounded a lot like Dr. Claw from Inspector Gadget. If anything the movie was comedy relief because it was so bad. If they make a sequel I hope its a lot better. This was definitely misleading and for those who liked the robotech characters theres not a whole lot of resolution, some are briefly seen or mentioned but you don't really see most of them except for Scott and Marlene.

Compare him to all other jetfires(especially the recent ones) aside from g1 and you'll see why we like him. Thank god he is a fighter plane rather than a space shuttle or cargo plane, that got tiresome.

I got 2 at Katsucon and I would say it is close to the MSIA, and similar to revoltech. Thing is, its hard plastic, not PVC like the MSIA's, its misleading since at first glance it does not look like it. Wave 2 is a lot better in quality than wave 1. Wave 1 has some looseness, wave 2 is very tight. The main thing that irritates me is that the backpack on wave 1 does not lock or hold position in fighter mode as well as wave 2. I have the DYRL Max and TV Max. The swing bars in on my wave 1 max do not hold in gerwalk mode but on my wave 2 max they are very tight and hold position. The construction is very similar to the gundam 1/144 scale kits, polycaps, and those white/grey plastic joints that limbs pop into. Think of a gundam kit in that scale only more durable and you pretty much get the idea of how these things are. Overall you get a lot for $20. Why? Hold the box in your hands, and open the front flap on your left, its got a ton of accessories and an adjustable stand for 3 modes. To me, this is a lot for $20. Most Gundam MSIA's don't even have this much. Its the only variable $20 valkyrie toy you can get and its worth it to me. Aside from the backpack in fighter mode, it does look better than the MPC. Also, it seems to me that the focus was on battroid mode as it is the best looking mode. Articulation is a lot better than the MPC and so are the proportions. If toynami ever revisits the MPC line it would be awesome if it was based on the 1/100 line. I do hope we get armor for $10 or less. Collectiondx.com had coverage of toynami from toyfair and said this:

See thats the thing with 21st's products, as hard as the plastic is, its not like the indestructability that BBI has on their products. (I'm sure you would not want to hand your avenger to a child, however the BBI F-18 would probably survive his/her hands). With that said I believe the target market for these toys are teens to adults. BBI's can be given to kids as it will most likely damage them rather than the other way around. 21st's stuff should not be given to kids. I am almost sure my F-104 would be destroyed in the hands of a child, cannot say the same for my BBI hornet and kiowa. Admiral I don't know right now but from what I hear they are inbetween, I think leaning more towards BBI. Their customer service is topnotch and the head of the company is very friendly.

Honestly I never knew of Roy Sutherland until I got into 1/18 scale offerings. I heard he authored a P-51 Mustang modeling book some years back but I cannot say for sure what the title was. What I do know is that he wants to make a 1/18 scale Mosquito. And yes I know how you are about accuracy LOL I've seen you go to town on your posts about the century wings/FOV F-14 over@model hangar. When the new model got your seal of approval thats how I knew it had to be good.

THe best hope is Admiral toys. Maybe 21st...with Roy Sutherland overseeing production(he is called a master modeler). Rumor has it the Admiral toys version is made to be able to make in different versions.

More news.....21st announces a 1/18 F-4 for $90, they plan on making the F-4C, F-4D, F-4E, F-4S, and F-4S. They also announced 1/32 F-4s as well.... http://www.21stcenturytoys.com/area21/arti....asp?newsID=254 Also, badcataviation.com has took off their price info for admiral's F-4, the price might be lower!

Toynami has an 8 inch voltron that might come out. Info@figures.com

http://www.warbird-photos.com/gpxd/viewtop...sc&start=80 Scroll down when you click on the link. The F-5 hasn't been shown yet, but the A-1 is in there. The F-4 is shown prominently, and the 1/32 corsair and Kate should be around there too. Badcatmatt is asking members on gpxd to tell them what kind of armnaments they want on their phantoms. Jason has said that he wants to see an F-14 in that scale, and i think he said if no one else makes it, his company might try, don't qoute me on that one though but I did ask him on a forum a while back. *Also the 1/32 scale birds from Admiral toys is just being shown at toyfair to gauge interest, seems more people want the Kate in 1/18!* I want an F-8 also. If Admiral can tackle the F-4, the F-8 is sure as hell possible and cheaper too. I want both! And speaking of weird but cool...check out who is also putting out a dauntless and F-4....but in 1/32... BBI! http://www.warbird-photos.com/gpxd/viewtopic.php?t=7161 As usual BBI comes out of nowhere. I am awaiting new info on it! It will be easier on the wallet and knowing BBI near indestructible yet rivaling the detail of 21st century toys.

Whoa hold on the Avenger was $69.99 when it came out. Unless you came across one for discount after xmas(I heard some went down to $25). I'd prefer it if Admiral toys did not get picked up by walmart. Walmart's distribution is very spotty. 21st was a lot easier to find in TRU, where BBI now takes up the mantle and has easy to find products. Walmart may have the money to bankroll projects but if your consumer can't find what your paying to make, whats the point? I miss when they used to be sold at TRU. And remember, 21st was the company reluctant to make an F-4 years back because they couldn't figure out a way to stuff it into a box. And this is also the same company that has yet to release the A-10 that all of us have drooled at. So far Admiral toys primarily releases their products via online. Admiral has the guts to do what other companies have not done, remember its barely been a year since they came on the scene and already they are tackling the biggest 1/18 scale product ever created.