I thought Kassar and Vajna went their separate ways back in the 1990s when Carolco folded. Vajna went on to found Cinergy without Kassar. Sounds like total BS to me.
There's a big difference between the Terminator movies and the Robotech DVDs - home video rights to the first two Terminator movies were sold around while HG has always retained the right to Robotech.
The last time I checked, certified action heroes only rescue damsels in distress.
I am secure enough in my sexuality to save the life of a man.
I'm sure the doorknobs agree.
If you count everything he does as official, Zeta wouldn't even have existed in its current form according to the novels he wrote.
If Lucas can get away with re-tinkering his stuff decades later, why not Tomino.
Hasegawa made a batch of their first 3 VF-1 Valk model kits in clear blue, red (more like pink), and IIRC green. One color for each type (S, J, and A). They used to go for cheap on eBay for $9.99 each.
Slightly OT, but does anyone remember the Robocop side-scrolling shooter arcade game that's been around during the late 1980s? Was a home version ever made?
I didn't realize there was a GameCube version of MGS2: Substance?
BTW I heard that some of the cut scenes in Substance was censored (more blood in the SOL version, for example the SEAL slaughter scene with Vamp).
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Scroll down to the last 1/3 of the page. Garage kits of these have been around for years. Yamato is simply doing a quickie mass producing these pre-painted and pre-assembled.