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Here's what I found, The reissues I've been pulling apart have been the VF-1S super valks. I never had problems with the back pack. I had some difficulty with the shoulder areas but was able to get them apart. I had major problems with the nose cone. As it turns out, they are not glued together. Actually, the fit is so tight that I needed to use a combination of a screwdriver and exacto knife. The fit was so tight in fact that some of the pegs broke while pulling the thing apart. This doesn't really matter to me. I can always glue the thing back together again. It was annoying though.

Thanks, I'll give both methods a try.

I saw Rob's head. What the hell does a stock head look like. Do you mean the one that comes with the regular VF-1A's? I thought the Chris head was suppose to be a recast of that.

As you can see from this picture, I have removed all the screws including the one behind the head.

For the most part, dismantling my reissue has been easy except for one part. The nose cone does not seem to want to come apart no matter how much force I use. Did Bandai glue the two parts together at the front. Included are pictures of what I am talking about. The back part can be separated. However, the piece starts holding together like cement when you get to the "001" decal. The nosecone won't even budge. What's the deal here? Can anybody help?

Will Rob's head fit on a reissue? Also, where is Rob's site. I can't seem to find it.

I read the instructions for the Chris Beretta head replacement but still can't do it. The big problem is that the hole in the head is not deep enough. Thus, the head sort of sticks out too much and this scrawny neck shows. Am I suppose to just sand down the neck to the size of nub then stick the head on. I hope not. That would mean sanding off a quarter of an inch of plastic. For people who have done the Chris Beretta head replacement please offer help. I'm too close for this custom to look this bad. Thanks. Max2

Instead of bumping, why don't people just write some inane comment to move their topic up. That's what I do.

Thanks for the heads up! I checked the guy's site. He lists the quality as being B and below. That really worries me. Usually A quality is still pretty bad. I can't imagine B or C quality. The search goes on.

The interesting thing is, I kind of liked the two stories meshed together. I think if I saw Harlock all the time or Queen of a Thousand years for an entire episode, it would get boring. That was one problem I had with Starblazers. It was always the same thing over and over again. Watching the space battles was fun, but there really wasn't much of a plot except fight off the alien attack episode after episode. By mixing it up, they could have the space battles with Harlock and a mysterious plot line with the Queen of a Thousand years. The biggest problem I had was just how they could not connect the two stories at the end.

I always see people use the term LOL. I thought it meant Lots of Love, but then it does not make sense how some people are using it. Also, what does it mean when people write "BUMP"?

I was wondering, does anybody know the approxiamate scale of the unicron toy. I imagine it would have to be something like 1/10,000,000 or some ridiculous number like that.

I know a lot of die hard Harlock fans hated this Harmony Gold version of Captain Harlock, but it was the Captain Harlock I grew up on. I think the great thing about it was mainly the voice acting and the music. Yeah, the kids were annoying, but Harlock was done well. The problem is I have never seen the show televised outside of the bay area. Now I can't find anybody who has old episodes. If somebody recorded the thing or has copies of it I would greatly appreciate that person contacting me. Yes, I would be willing to pay money to get my hands on the old Carl Macek rendition of Harlock. On a side note, did they every make a model of the Arcadia shown in this version? I have seen other models of the arcadia that are similar but not the same. Essentially, the front is not pointed, but has these two large exhaust valves or something in the front.

I think the non transformable one looks pretty good. See, this is why I wish yamato would do something about the nose cones to the valkyries. They just look too big to me in robot mode. I actually like the proportions on this thing better than the yamato 1/48. It's nosecone isn't hanging around the knees. Of course, then it wouldn't look good in fighter mode. I wish they could just split the difference.

Thanks for the help, I decided to use the primer as the paint because the Tamiya white really sucks. I mean, I spray the thing through my airbrush and it comes out either too thin or dries before hitting the surface. This surprised me since Tamiya usually makes really good paint. I have only had this problem with the white. Primer does absorb liquids a lot faster. The clear coat I put on looks really uneven right now because some parts got completely absorbed while other parts has a shine. I think a second or third coat should solve this problem.

People in the tranformers forums actually like unicron that way. Go figure. I think the thing looks like unicron's hiddeous brother. Something went wrong in the pregnancy and that's what you come out looking like.

I was wondering what would be the problems of using a primer as the paint if the primer is already the color you want. For example, I just primed a VF-1A with white. I started painting over some parts with a Tamiya white, but the parts look virtually identical. The only difference is the gloss which I can put on later using Future. Is there a need to repaint a model white if the primer is already white. I wanted to know if anybody has tried just using the primer as the base coat and the paint. Thanks.

I always thought this was the coolest invid mecha of them all. However, I have yet to see a toy or model or anything of it done. I was wondering if any company made it or if somebody has built a custom design of it. I believe the mecha is called Invid Pincer Command Unit. Below is a picture.

That looks great! I hope to be able to do that to my unicron. Unfortunately, I'm terrible at things like soddering. What a drag.

My friend thought Cabin fever looked interesting. From the commercials, I thought it looked like a piece of crap. Oh well... BTW never listen to what the commercials say in terms of critical praise. Sometimes a critic can bash a film saying "It's a terrible film with no redeeming value except the special effects. The special effects were spectacular." All the commercial uses is "...the special effects were spectacular." Also, the critics that they do use are often deadbeats just trying to get some noteriety. Some hick boy in a god forsaken town thought this movie was great because it has been the only movie he has seen in twenty years. Who cares. Of course, a lot of the big name critics are whoring themselves now too. Fat and stupid comes to mind. If I sound angry, it's because I am tired of listening to how every film is great, every movie is a masterpiece. Bull! I work too hard for my money to spend $9.00 on a mediocre film. Give me the Godfather or One flew over the Cuckoo's nest. Yeah, I'll pay $9.00 for that, but not for the garbage they have been feeding us for the last several years. It's like a scam of milking you out of your money. Movie companies make bad pictures. Critics tell you they are great. You go and watch. If you think the movie is bad, there is something wrong with YOU. You're too picky. You're a snob. I just want to beat those people into the ground. Sometimes it blows to be passionate about certain things.

Silverbolt was the whimpy one. "I don't like to fly high. It's so scarry!" Give me a break. Couldn't they come up with a better character flaw than that!

I watched the RE movie. I though it was overall a bad film. Yeah, I can see why guys would like it. Hot chicks kicking the crap out of zombie dogs, zombies, and evil monsters. However, it did not embody the essence of the video game at all. The video game was creepy and had this isolationist feel about it. A lone man or woman trapped in a spooky mansion trying to figure out what happened. The movie made it more into a cartoony, kung-fu, gun fighting flick. The director or cinematographer sucked all the atmosphere out of it which made the original game so fun. (BTW, dipping actors in flour does not constitute good zombie make up. What the hell was that!) Here's the problem with having the same people do Silent Hill. I really liked the story to Silent Hill. It also did a great job at setting mood and creating an extreme isolationist feel. In fact, I didn't like the game all that much in terms of playing it. The controls were very clumsy, the monsters were not very interesting, and there was not enough of them. However, for some reason, I still like the game as a whole. This goes back to the mood and atmosphere of the game. So, if the people turn Silent Hill into a cartoony, kung-fu, gun fighting flick... throw everything that was good about the game out the window. It will suck period. I wish a guy like David Fincher would take on the project. The story is actually better than most Hollywood movies out there right now, and imagine a silent Hill film that looked like Seven. That I would pay to see.

But that's only my opinion!

When comparing various toys, one must look at the price tag too. A Mercedes is head and shoulders better than a toyota camry. However, the price tag may put the Benz out of reach for many consumers. So how does this apply to the Macross toy line debate? Well, the 1/48 is the most detailed out of them all but runs around $100.00. Personally, I like the Chunky Monkeys for my buck. They average around $40.00 each and were always my favorites in terms of proportions and materials used. (really like the shiny ABS plastic with diecast joints). The MPC's are worth it if you find one in a garage sale for $10.00 or happen to come by a free one walking on the street. Of course, I would probably take that one, sell it on ebay and buy more Bandais.

I remember someone bashing the transformers forums when people there were singing praises about energon prime. I'm beginning to agree with him. Apparently, most of the people there like the new black version of Unicron. In fact, some of them thought it was better than the Armada version. They talk about it as a must have! I think a black version of Unicron can be cool, but the initial pictures I've seen look kind of stupid. Maybe it will look better up close. I don't know.... seems like there is no accounting for taste anymore. Let's make Rainbow brite Unicron. He will have all the wonderful colors of the rainbow and appeal to kids everywhere.