mechaninac
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Only the VF's overall design and general transformation. The engineering behind solving certain transformation issues or other features are solely the purview of the company that creates and patents them. For example: Yamato's unique swing bar and anchoring for the VF-1's legs, or their solution for the deployment of the VF-1's arms; any company that acquires the rights to produce a VF-1 toy can follow the basic transformation parameters and come up with their own take on any particular design challenge pending BW's and SK's approval, but they cannot copy Yamato's ideas.
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I thought as much. And the nature of engineering and design patents is such that they're so broadly written and all-inclusive that there was no wiggle room around it for Bandai's design team to create a comparative solution for clean under-wing attachment points. This is totally understandable as Yamato needs and deserves to protect their intellectual property, but it sucks nevertheless because Bandai's only likely alternative will be the clip-on rout*... a very unsatisfying option. Se la vie Edit: *unless if they embedded magnets in the wings, but that would require 2-part wings or glued-in panels to cover the magnets, and the use of panels and/or wing assemblies may be covered by Yamato's patent too. And even strong magnets would still make aligning the ordnance a bit fiddly anyway. Err, never mind, back to clips.
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Damn Dobber, you're right. There are no underwing hardpoints in evidence... they were obviously there on the prototype. Could it be that Yamato has a design patent on that particular implementation (Bandai's looked like a dead ringer for Yamato's), thus necessitating that Bandai drop that feature on their product to avoid a lawsuit?
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I believe they're down to update their system for that new "Private Warehouse" feature they're implementing starting June 28.
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Once upon a time I seem to remember we had a dedicated GITS threat but after conducting a search I got nothing, so I'll post this here. I find it to be too pricey for what it is, but some may be interested; it is a very nice action figure of the major from STAND ALONE COMPLEX, much better than the one Yamato put out a few year ago. Amiami has it up for preorder.
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She reminds me a bit of Musubi from Sekirei, at least in that image.
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I'd personally like to see a VF-5000, any variant, before a redo of the YF-19.
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Ditto for HLJ...
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Ninguém jamais acusou HG de fazer decisões sã para melhorar a visibilidade e a viabilidade da propriedade ROBOTECH. Nobody has ever accused HG of making sound decisions to improve the visibility and viability of the ROBOTECH property.
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I was able to get a YF-29 reisue... no regrets on that score. I do hope to catch a VF-25S renewal reissue if/when it happens, just have to be ready to pounce as soon as preorders open and hope that when I do they are still available.
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Okay, that was pretty sick for a fan project... far more impressive than Bayformers.
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Agreed...
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I'll try to get that too if it's ever released, and the Elint version(s) as well.
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To be perfectly honest, if it weren't for this thread I would have never known that Tron Legacy even existed. I've been watching online and enjoying it very much, but I do not have Disney XD in my cable line-up, nor do I plan to ever get it. If Tron were aired on a regular basis in the regular Disney Channel it would have a much better chance to reach a wider audience; but in my case, if The Disney Channel didn't come in the standard channel package I would not have that either as there is absolutely nothing worth watching in that bastion of pablum.
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The first season of TLOK was like eating a masterfully prepared multi-course banquet... in the end it leaves you totally satisfied and anticipating the next meal.
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Is that 5040 Yen that I see? Ouch! I love the overloaded with ordnance look of the 171's super pack, arm missile pallet included... it's just has such a cool overkill vibe to it without it looking overdone like the YF-29's or the 25's Tornado packs.
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Actually, it is... in Spanish Portuguese, Spanish, Italian use "in" instead of "un" to denote a negative modifier to a word: instável = inestable = instabile = unstable
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Oh Hellz yez! No word on scale or price, however...
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1:1 HWR-00 Monster Mk II... anything else would be uncivilized... Construction techniques: take a page from the Statue of Liberty... lattice (welded tubular steel should work and be very strong) inner frame with thin metal sheething for the "skin". Edit: BTW, you're nuts!.. a wonderful sort of nuts.
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Dredd 3D - in theaters Sept. 21, 2012
mechaninac replied to Zor Primus's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
That was totally underwhelming. It'll make a decent rental, eventually. -
That's the one VF release this year that may actually cause me to ignore my $230.00 shipped limit and pre-order no matter how much the final cost hurts.
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Cool news regarding the fast packs for the Nightmare Plus. Give Bandai's supply shenanigans of late, having this set, like the add-ons for the 25s, as a webshop exclusive is actually a good thing; it means that anyone who was able to get the 117, and wishes to have the packs, will be able to get a copy without any sleepless nights drama.
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It's official, starting with the Kai variant, Yamato and the lousy exchange rate, have "colluded" to completely price me out of this hobby, at least for their newer M7 stuff... I just refuse to pay these exorbitant prices (even with AmiAmi's preorder discout the 19F rings in at $237 + shipping, and the 17D a whopping $319 + shipping ). Too bad too, the F and D look really nice. Bandai, with all their supply foibles, are now the only game in town for affordable, high end, 1/60 Macross toys... if you can secure one before the secondary market drives their prices into the stratosphere as well.