Jolly Rogers

Yeap, a news report said the seller got a visit from the FBI. How sales of military equipment is not illegal is beyond me. Guess Homeland Security was told by the powers that be to leave this seller alone for the sake of economy.

Blue Angel F/A-18A auction

I have the original, non-FP version and never had any problems with the hips (it's been transformed at least a dozen times). However, I do have a problem fitting the parts together in fighter mode. There's always this @#%$ing gap in the middle of the plane...

And this just screams lion to you? Hahahaha, excellent point. At least the Toynami version can do the A stance.

Whoa... 16 bucks for a tiny figure? Gimme some of whatever they're smoking.

Did you guys catch the segment on Conan O'Brien about the "Don't Show, Don't Tell" channcel featuring 12" GI Joes?

I can't afford anything so I had water.

Ay-ay-ay... That's what everyone always assumes, but it's just NOT true. Look hard enough and YES, there ARE Toynami valks on the shelves of stores in Tokyo. And it pisses me off. I want to know how the hell they're getting away with this. imports? same can be said about yamato toys here. ya but we're talkin about "store shelves". You can't find Yammys on Toys R Us stores in the US, all because of the HG "Blows" license thingy Can you find Toynami MPCs on TRU shelves in Japan? I doubt so. Assume HG never interfered, and Toycom is able to distribute Yamatos freely in the US. I doubt we'll see them on US TRU shelves still. To date I have yet to see any toys distributed by Toycom on TRU shelves. I've only seen their products at comic stores.

In that case, you should direct the question to your dad, not me. However, knowing parents, he'd probably blame you for not driving defensively enough to avoid such morons, so you are better off getting another lawyer.

Unless the people that hit you look like they are judgment-proof, you should get a lawyer to help increase your car-buying budget.

You must think it's also a great thing what Joons and the Chinese bootleggers of the 1/55 Takas did.

I bet you won't be saying that if she looked like or is played by Jessica Biel.

You can keep an eye on HLJ, they have sales on the chuncky monkey fairly often. Not much of a sale considering the shipping you'd ending up paying. Get it from BBTS. Their service is great. If anything goes wrong, it won't be a hassle to get your problem fixed.

83 bucks for bootlegs? That's insane... the set probably cost him only $3 in China. Just ask anyone who had a recent trip to the World Capital of Bootlegs™.

Not as upsetting as placing a door knob in place of Minmay.

Word has it that Bandai America is scaling back on merchandising of Zeta in order to push Seed junk. Exactly how much of Zeta toys are being axed is the million dollar question. All we know is that the DVD release is almost a certainty, but nothing is concrete beyond that.

Pictures are posted on the Paratrick site although it is mostly drawings only.

Did anyone catch X-Play's preview of Twin Snakes? For all the graphical improvement hoopla, I was disappointed. Looks like they spent most of their time adding bullet-time cutscenes instead of remodeling the characters. I give the new look of Meryl thumbs down.

Visit a doctor, have your ear wax cleared out.

Major Spoilers for the next 3 episodes You will never guess who the baby belongs to!

2 discs per movie (Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, and Alien Resurrection) - theatrial + director's cut. The 9th discs contains promos for all 4 flicks.

FYI the rank is determined by your last name and your first name determines the animal. If you don't like the animal, try using initials, nicknames, or middle name instead. BTW they're previewing Twin Snakes on X-Play later today.

Medicom released a line of Koubu Kai Miracle Action Figures from Sakura Wars 2. They are the most articulated and gimmick-packed (light-up and movable eyes, electronic sound chip) renditions of the spirit armors from Sakura Wars, and reasonably priced (¥3,980 yen MSRP). Too bad the line did not continue with the other chapters from the franchise.

MGS Code Name generator Edit in: I got Commando Koala, LOL!

Found a new photo of the painted model: