Jasonc

I love it. And love Eve.

I guess I'll be pulling out my Mospeada stuff very soon and taking pics. I got a set of 1/72 scale coming for someone, and the 1/55ish guys all should be here hopefully this week. Keep your fingers crossed. I'm excited to see what these will look like.

Wonderfest licensees can make only 20 of one item, and these project pieces that people do seem more out of personal interest, than trying to sell a mass amount of product. I don't think you can compare selling 20 of one item that is like cast in resin and hand duplicated, to a company paying thousands to have metal molds made, and reproduced in a factory using ABS or Pom and diecast. Two totally different worlds.

So, if most people don't have that much interest in that particular series, it's evident enough that the toys won't do that well. There's always risks involved, when making a new product. How businesses counter those risks is by risk management. Approaches to that are: Risk Avoidance = Do nothing Risk Identification = Finding areas of possible issues Risk Assessment = Research the validity and extent Risk Reduction = Research ways to reduce the threat Risk Transference = Insurance policies Risk Retention = Not used here Risk Monitoring = Self assessment to keep active risks under control By your argument, Toynami should just skip all this, make some toys, and hope for the best. If they did make super posables, even though I like Southern Cross, I wouldn't buy them. I don't collect superposables, and maybe Toynami's done research on their sales and again, going by forums and whatnot, that suggest that idea isn't a good one. They've probably done that with the Southern Cross line. George Sohn isn't stupid, and they do have a valid license for Robotech toys. I think if there was money to be made, he would have made something. Southern Cross toys don't sell just because there isn't any, seems they wouldn't sell well due to lack of interest in that part of the franchise. You can debate that all you want, but a few interested people doesn't warrant paying money for making a new prototype, then paying a factory to make molds and producing several thousand. And you're right, I wouldn't trust Tommy and all them either with what they say...but, since they aren't acting on making the toys, that says enough.

I think HG, and Toynami, moreso Toynami, have done research to warrant not making Southern Cross toys. Apparently, HG has done some research, or at least read their forums over the past 11 or so years, and has determined that Southern Cross isn't a money maker. While it maybe sad, and some fans may want to fight it all they want, the fact is, is that it is the least popular of the 3 series. I don't think anyone needs "a link", or word form a guy who ran ADV. Getting a straight answer from the guy who ran ADV isn't necessarily going to be the whole truth, either. You're talking to someone who isn't going to say that a product he put out did terribly. I know from a decent group of people I know, that Southern Cross is more times than not, the least favorite of the 3 from Robotech, and if people recall Robotech, don't remember too much of the second series. Also, sales of a series do have an outcome of the toys. I'm sure the sales and popularity of this series in Japan are a good indicator of how toys and product for this particular segment would translate here and now. I'd like to see an AJAX "space helicopter" or a tank, but just will not happen. As for the additional characters in any further installments, that's their call, but they'll most likely be supporting cast, not important.

So, a moderator is trying to ban people who watch it, after baiting people to ask about it? Either they don't want fans, or we're witnessing more of the lack of growth on the evolution scale in thought processes. I would say it's sad, but it's funny to watch them panic over something that really doesn't change much of anything, except maybe compel some to either go see it at a convention, or forgo that need now that they've see the entire 30 seconds. Trust me, when I say that it's not too much more impressive in person. Looks decent, but it's not going to pump protoculture in you.

I will try to sing this to my wife, and see what happens. I'll probably get the rollie eyes, but that's how I roll.

I can make them, but I have so many other projects on the table, that I can't really hunker down and get them completed. It's in the works.

Yep, that's where this thing came from. As far as working Lancer into the story, they could've also said that this ship was more for high speed recon, and he just got shot down. He doesn't seem like the soldier type anyways, and his type of ride armor would support a recon story as well. Ugh, HG, you suck at creating story, even for story that's 90% written already.

That, I can agree on. Could've done it where Lancer wasn't supposed to go out in one, as they weren't meant to be used on the reclamation mission, but he does anyways. Something like that. It would've made more sense than throwing your men to the lions.

Yep, that makes sense...take out all the most advanced fighters you have out of the equation, and lead a reclamation force full of half-assed, one mode fighters against a superior fighting force, to do it. Afterall, that's what any smart general would do, right?

The animation does look pretty decent...like I said, at least better than Shadow Chronicles. I don't think they need to redo that movie, as the story sucks to no end. While this doesn't show much, it does, at this point, seem to confirm that they moved away from using some, or more of the LLA footage as this side story. It also seems to totally negate the picture shown last year of Sera holding the shield and gun, as this seems to take place before her transformation. Overall, it's OK. It doesn't move me into a sense of wow, and maybe that's just because it's kinda rehashing old story and old designs (they can't seem to do anything totally original, can they). I guess we'll see more as time goes. The animation looks passable at this point, but there are some parts of it that look very cheap, like the blinking thrusters (now that I mentioned it, HG, you can fix it), and the super saturated green in the ship. Trust me, it looked much heavier in person, than on the camera footage this person shot. Maybe this is just some unfinished stuff.

That animation still holds up today. I don't know how long that will be up, as Bandai is usually pretty quick to get those off youtube, but it's still very good, even by today's standards. Of course, if you're using the HG standard, then this is the greatest animation of ALL TIME!!! Speaking of animation, this has been floating around already. I didn't shoot this, but saw several cameras open during the filming. This is but one. You have to download it. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q5GZYOSM

Yeah, moves can be so harsh on the body, mind, and spirit, just looking at all the stuff to do. But, this move will be a good one, as the house is big enough to have my own display room. Thinking of doing the same with custom diplay cabinets built in. Epic.

If the Mospeada figure set gets to set 5 or 6 that I'm working on, there will be some "baddies" (shock trooper). The foot soldier is already designed, and will be in an earlier set, as well as Lunk/Jim's jeep. Got a lot planned for the Mospeada toys. As long as the interest is there, hopefully I'll get through the entire run of ideas.

For some reason, the VF-25 pics just don't have that appeal that the Yamato toys have. It's not the brand name either, just the look. Never got too far into collecting them, so absolutely no loss to me. I'm surprised no one has put up the YF-29 in this thread. I may do that soon.

That question is an interesting one. If HG went under, or Frank goes and they start selling off the assets, do those series go back to Tatsunoko, or do they transfer to the buyer? Probably all stipulated by what was in writing, but it would seem logical that at that point in HG's life, should it happen, Macross, Southern Cross, and MOSPEADA, would all go back to Tatsunoko.

It was a large DYRL cel of Minmay during her concert with original background. These cels are very expensive, and based on the condition, was very, very clean. No line deteriation. I have one, rather, my wife has one, that was around $400. There are those certain characters that if you can find a cel, are a pretty penny. Another one like that is Noriko Takaya from Gunbuster. Her cels in good poses and position are way up there.

Good purchase, and at 5% off. Slightly less than MSRP is pretty good, considering these are selling for more than that in some places. Enjoy the purchase.

[singing]After all of the battles are over....[/singing] $200 is about the same as they were when they first came out. If you got the money and means, I'd say go for it.

If this comes out, I'm going to write a song to get it on the soundtrack. I'll call it "Swagger Like a Thundercat" or some crappy title like that. The tag line will be "I shake my swagger like a Thundercat, Hoe!" Whatcha think? Anyways, I'm likin the previews of this show, and I'm totally wanting to see this. This is probably how most of the cartoons that are out now should do things. It appears to have a more serious approach, and geared for kids, and for the people who grew up watching these. It's not dumbed down, at least it seems, which is great.

There were some. There was a few of Minmay, ranging from $200-$1200. There was also quite a few of Myun from Mac Plus. One of them I would've loved to have gotten, but it was a bit out of my price range ($500). There was one of Hikaru in DYRL helmet, one of the VF-1D, one of Guld Goa Bowman. There were also quite a few of them of Sharon Apple.

If you're measuring by insulting people, they're probably on par with each other. Bendo does it more directly and McKeever tries to veil it under half-assed sarcasm and cynical comment. If you were to gauge them by annoyance factor, again, none of them really seem to do that well, either. Ah, but "Troll factor"...now, that we can measure.

VF-25 v.2 preordered After seeing the what the improvements offer, I'm more than happy to put down my reserve spot. I think the best improvement is just the look overall, but improving the cockpit, crotch, landing gear, legs, it's all a vast improvement.

This is what makes going to AX so much fun. This year, the calibur of anime cosplay girls seemed much higher than previous years. Not just in costume, but in the hotness scale. It was also nice seeing girls in the older range (20-30s) cosplaying.