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Quote: Yeah, we really need a commision to 'find the facts', those commisions always do a bang up job, never get political or partisan or turn into blame game show trials. I can't wait. The 9/11 commision was very enlightening and we're so much safer from terrorism nowadays. Actually, I found the 9/11 commission report to be very enlightening. True, you had people blaming each other for why certain things happened. However, the report never says that one side is right or one side is wrong. It was more of a collection of information they found by interviewing the various people involved with Homeland Security at the time 9/11 happened and the years leading up to the tragic event. You as the reader need to make up your decision based on this information. (Which guy do you believe? Who's really at fault? etc...). Kind of like a documentary that shows both sides of a story. I found it definitely more informative than listening to people make a bunch of uninformed comments without having any factual basis. Seems like in this country citizens believe the louder and more outraged they are, the more their arguments are supported. Doesn't work that way.

I read Hillary Clinton wants a commission put together to investigate what went wrong in the reaction time of the relief effort. I hope this happens. Usually, stuff like this is done just to try and make the other party look bad. However, it makes sense to figure out where the whole relief process broke down so they can fix it for the next major natural disaster or terrorist attack that hits the United States. Also, I just want to know WTF happened.

I think when everything has settled down and the situation has stabilized, an investigation should be done to see why the relief effort took so long. Was this a problem at the federal level, state level, or local government level? Until we get more information about the chain of events that occured in the last week and the details, we should cut down on all the finger pointing. After all is said and done, there will be a lot of blame to go around for everybody. However, we need to remember that this is a natural disaster of proportions the United States has not seen in a while. I really get tired of people shooting off their mouth based on tid bits of information. We do know Katrina hit on Monday. The levee started to break on Tuesday morning according to a report I read. The National Guard and aid did arrive before Nagin went on the air Thursday pleading for more help. However, the amount of aid was lacking. Looters and gang members were stealing (not just food) and shooting at police officers and civillians. People were held in miserable conditions at the Superdome and Convention Center. Substantial aid did not seem to arrive until Saturday. Things I would like to know: 1. Why Bush waited until Wednesday to fly back to Washington and then waited until Friday to see the flood site? 2. Did the local governments convey information to the right people to get proper aid? 3. What were FEMA and the National Guard doing during the period from Tuesday to Friday? 4. If people could not get out of NO before Katrina hit because of transportation, why weren't those flooded school buses used instead of just having them sit there and get... well flooded? It may sound like I'm accusing everybody, but actually, I just want to have an explanation. As I said before, these are extraordinary circumstances, and there ARE reasons why people do things the way they do even if it might not seem apparent. I just remember wondering why the firefighters weren't called out of the second building during 9/11 after the first one collapsed. Later, I read in the 9/11 commission report that the radio transmitter did not function the way that they had hoped, and a lot of firefighters never heard the order. Interesting how things make sense when more information is available.

Do'h! I just saw that HLJ has the other BGC figures up for preorder. Unfortunately they are actually gashapon trading figures. They must be tiny to fit in those plastic capsules. On top of that, it is still sixty bucks for the set, and these are not posable. WTF Man! At first, I thought I would pay any price to finally get some BGC figures. However, there is a limit to how much I am willing to get screwed. Oh well, more money in my pocket.

If you look back a couple of pages, you will see different Yamato figures that are supposed to be from the Story Image Figure line. If they made them, they should release them some time in the future I am guessing. Probably waiting for all the AS figures to sell out first. I'll definitely be waiting.

Thanks for the pics. Finally, a good reference of how big or small these things are. They seem to be decent quality toys. However, at a sixty dollar price point I will probably pass. I am hoping the Yamato ones will come out soon, and even if they don't have the articulation that these have, I just want some BGC figures to stand up in my display case.

Has anyone actually ordered one of these things? Just wanted to know if someone could post a review of the toy soon.

Hey Wolfx, Where did you find the pictures for the Yamato BGC figures? I can't seem to locate it anywhere on the yamatousa site. I saw that story image figures range from 4 to 5 inches. That's not bad considering they only cost five bucks. Even if they are not that posable, I only plan to stand them up in my display case. Any indication of a release date for the yamatos. (Sorry, I don't read japanese). BTW, just checked out the Yamato japanese site and it looks like I was wrong. The figures will not be 160mm as stated. They will be 150mm! At a $55.00 price tag, this just seems to get worse and worse.

Can this be right? 160mm in height or approxiamately 6.4 inches!? ABS and PVC plastic? Does Wayne Brady have to choke a B!@%! I have been waiting forever for these things to come out. I thought 55.00 for one figure... okay, that's a bit pricey. I also pretty much thought they would not come with any diecast metal, but as long as they were a decent size (eight to nine inches) that would be okay. Now I'm finding out that they are only 6.4 inches? That's a size of a freaking Toynami MPC alpha, and those things can transform! Are these things going to be extremely limited production? Is there gold lining the insides of the toys? How big are the yamato ones coming out... three inches? Even if the Yamatos are the size of GI Joes, they may be the better value at 500 yen or about five dollars. Get a whole set for twenty. In any case, considering the Guyver III Max factory toy is only about forty to fifty dollars and is close to eight inches, I think these things are extremely overpriced.

Seems like HLJ is the only place that has this up for preorder. BBTS does not even have it listed. Does anybody know who I can go to so I can buy multiples for a decent price. I was thinking about getting five of each. BGC is one of the original series that got me into japanese animation in the first place.

With all the MZ23 talk, I decided to rent it from blockbuster online to see what the hubbub was about. Boy, that sucked! Can someone explain to me the appeal of this movie. A guy is being chased by the army because he has some kind of bike they need for the computer. They almost kill him but don't. So he hangs out with his friends. He finds out the whole world is a sham and controlled by a supercomputer. So he has sex with his girlfriend. The army has numerous opportunities to kill him especially at the end, but the guy lets him go just because. I watched the dubbed version so maybe the Japanese version makes more sense. As it stands, the thing is a jumbled piece of garbage. Cool bike though!

Robot Chicken is the funniest TV show ever! You can't beat it! Anybody who thinks otherwise is stupid, an idiot, doesn't know what he's talking about... a snob... Now you know how I feel when people praise stupid movies to no end.

I agree these figures look great. However, I am worried that Yamato are releasing them. I actually wished Bandai could release them because their SOC is fantasic. Also, anything Bandai I ever bought has been good quality with little to no defects. I actually feel good about my purchases. The Yamato stuff I bought I thought looked good, but I didn't feel like they warranted the price tag. These things are sixty bucks each, will probably be made of 90 percent plastic, and will be fragile. I am guessing they will feel like the Millia Q-rau.

Are those the yamato ones or the larger ones? Still can't tell how big they are.

If the AS BGC figure is a little smaller than the 10 inch Guyver figures, that Motoslave is going to be pretty big. However, I guess the Konig Monster and 1/48 were pretty big too so let's see if it will happen.

Really? Only 630 yen? That's around how much US... six bucks? I don't mind shelling out the sixty for the AS figures if they are big and well articulated. Maybe I will get both. Heck, for six bucks it is hard to go wrong.

Is it confirmed that AS will be doing BGC figures? Aren't they suppose to be bigger or something than the Yamato. Judging from the pictures, I doubt the Yamato figures are completely diecast. They look more like painted plastic. I think we can trust Yamato to come out with good BGC figures since they don't transform and don't have any small moving parts. It looks like one of the signs says "Available in Winter" which would suck, but we've waited this long.

Just wondering if anybody knew how much the Bubblegum Crisis Figures will be, how big they will be, and when they will be for sale by Yamato. I saw pictures of them which looked pretty nice. However, I could not determine their size.

Ultra Magnus repaint reminds me of when Superman got a new all white uniform. As Norm Macdonald said: "Problem with the old suit... not gay enough!"

I don't know about this one. Kind of disappointed that the custom prowls that I have seen on ebay look better than this thing. I think the legs look completely wrong but that could be from the mistransformation. His head also looks a bit small compared to the rest of his body. I'll reserve judgement until I see better pics though.

I just repainted my Grimlock charcoal grey and put racing stripes on it. Now I just need to tint the headlights, but I don't know what to use. I tried mixing black with future floor wax, but the stuff is too watery. I think the best thing would be the tinting material cars use for the windows, but I really only need a very small piece. Any suggestions? BTW somebody posted a pic of a custom mustang that had its headlights tinted. If you could post that again, that'll be great.

Don't know about the others, but I specifically bought Meister instead of Jazz because I thought the Hasbro version looked really cheap. Considering Jazz is going for $30.00 on ebay anyway, I didn't mind spending the extra ten bucks for the high quality looking diecast metal. Meister has a metal hood, metal bumpers, metal doors, and metal top. I could not be happier with the diecast content in this toy. For others like Grimlock, I think the alternator version is fine. The plastic is painted on, so it is much tougher to tell between the BT and Alt versions. The one I want to know about is Blue Tracks. The Alt version is too expensive anyway, but I wonder how much diecast is in the Japanese version. Anybody own one, please post.

I understand that Hasbro Tracks is rare, but this is ridiculous. The Binaltech Metal version only sells for $40.00 and that has metal in it. BTW does anybody know where I can buy decals to put on my Grimlock alt. I was hoping to find 1:24 decals that said mustang or at least some black racing stripes. It is for a little project I am doing.

Great SS! How did you do the racing stripes for it? I am currently trying to do a Grimlock with black racing stripes. I didn't know if I should mask and paint or just use waterslide decals or regular stickers. Yours looks pretty darn good.

Any help would be appreciated. I wish the ones ordering toys for these stores were transformer fans so they could order the correct volume for these toys. I definitely would have ordered less Ravage and Swindle knowing that Ravage looks kind of ridiculous and Swindle was never really that popular. Oh well, guess I'm asking for too much.