RavenHawk

Shinji Aramaki (best known for designs for MOSPEADA and Bubblegum Crisis and Megazone 23, so it has transforming motorcycles, as well as the recent Appleseed movies) produced anime about a private police force in the not-too-distant future. Fell far short of what it should have been, but I still enjoyed it thoroughly.

It seems like they have just lost all ability to avoid robot kibble underneat the larger jets from the movie-verse.

While at first I was annoyed that now RT is going to sell the Dark Mospeada, I've kind of come around. I have all three Dark bikes from CMs, and only the dark ones. I have the completely dark (no white at all) Yellow from Megahouse, and nothing else from Megahouse. I have both Beagles. I guess I might as well get the dark Stick from Megahouse, kind of fill in the collection, since nothing else is coming out now anyway, and hope that maybe this will at least spur on some more products from SOMEONE.

For the most part I agree with you. Was my most looked-forward-to show last year. Disappointed me right away, though I still enjoyed it, just wasn't up to my expectations. Too formulaic, with character designs that felt like they were from the 90s, and storylines that were probably really solid in plot form, but just not executed very well. On the other hand, I've found that since that series ended, I've actually wanted to see it again a few times, and have watched it 2 more times since, enjoying it a little more each time. I'm hoping for a sequel, with better overall storyline and less episodic feel. I can't think of Viper's Creed without thinking of Rideback. Came out same time, same number of episodes. I wasn't really looking forward to it anywhere near as much, as it was fantastic right from the first episode, and just got better as it went, less episodic and more for the overall story. Only disappointment there was the final episode.

Seriously looking forward to this one. Havent picked up any Devastators because this is the only one I think will be worthwhile. Love the Legends class.

Spedfish, no advice for you, but I am VERY impressed by what you've done so far. Nice work. Helmet looks especially cool. I'm in the same boat, by the way, in that MOSPEADA-related stuff is the main reason I come here.

That is something that I would LOVE to see. Really love those new designs.

Just started watching season 1. Very different from it, but still slightly reminds me of Witch Hunter Robin (which is a good thing).

That's exactly what I meant. Thank you.

Would be interesting to see an updated telling of MOSPEADA, with the current animations styles and technology (sort of like Bubblegum Crisis 2040). Please, nobody mention Shadow Chronicles here... EDIT: Then again, since that new version of Megazone 23, which already had mecha designs ready, got canned, guess we can't expect much for MOSPEADA. Still, Aramaki's new artwork in the new MOSPEADA Complete Works book really is gorgeous.

The two half-way decent writers left? I didn't realize that. Well, for what it's worth, I actually like the movie designs, I think they make more sense, and are a nice contrast to animated designs.

Just bought Legends class Sideways. In general, I really enjoy the fun factor of the legends figures, but was not expecting much from this one, as I did not like the deluxe of Sideways at all. I have to say, I was really surprised by this one. The figure is very cool, with more going on in the transformation than one would expect from a legends class figure. I like it a lot more than deluxe Sideways, and more than a good few other legends figures.

I can appreciate that. I just am glad to see as much Megazone (and MOSPEADA, and other Aramaki works) material out there as possible.

Why would you possibly be glad that a line got terminated before all the figures came out? You're not required to buy it if you don't like it.

I don't know how HLJ is, but Yamato USA was surprisingly quick in getting back to me.

Lol, ok, that makes sense. Looking forward to seeing it.

You know, on the different shelves on my desk I have a Megahouse MOSPEADA, the two Beagle MOSPEADAs, and 3 different CMs MOSPEADAs (the 3 black and white ones), with the CMs being on the same shelf as my 3 Garlands, my metallic Priss, my BGC AD Police figures and Boomer figure, and my Armor Hunter Mellowlink figure and bike, since they're all the same scale. I have to say, as gorgeous as some of the other stuff is, I really really love have a nice variety of stuff that is all the exact same scale and can be displayed together nicely.

Hadn't seen the first season, but I'm working on getting it now. Chinese Electric Batman?

Maybe I just never noticed before and this has been a trend for a while now, but it seems like we're seeing a lot less scifi and a lot more fantasy, high school drama, normal every day life drama, and literary adaptations lately. Darker Than Black looks interesting to me. Maybe sort of Witch Hunter Robin-esque?

Just a heads up, the metallic finish on the BGC bikes seems to make them much more resilient and less brittle and, to date, only Priss has been released in a metallic version.

Well, clearly we've got pretty much the exact opposite opinions of these toys. What matter is, much love for the variable bikes!

While I've wanted Yamato to take over the MOSPEADA license for a long time now, let's not restrict them to Treads/Legioss. Start with those, then, like a year from now, make 1/18th bikes to match their BGC and Megazone ones. As for the scale being small, Yamato has never really been a stickler on that. Their BGC bikes are listed as 1/18th, come packaged with the same figures that, when sold separately, had been listed as 1/15th or 1/12th (I forget which now)... but all still match up with the standard 1/18th figures and bikes (like CMs).

Only the hip problem on my first proto, with no problems on my second, but then i've only transformed the thing like half a dozen times in the year or so that I've had it. I got the metallic Priss BGC motoslave about a week later and found that one to be a lot more fun.

I guess we disagree. I recently read ALL of the IDW comics in pretty much one sitting (well, over the course of a week of so, but you get the idea) and overall enjoyed it (except for Hearts of Steel, which I thought was poorly written and illustrated, and a couple separate issues here and there), never having read any IDW stuff before. I think Simon Furman's stuff reads MUCH better all at once, rather than with a month or multiple months between issues. I also read the Dreamwave stuff right afterwards (even though I know it came out first) and, while the art was decent (except Pat Lee... never liked his art, but since I heard about how he ripped off the people working for his company, it has really tinged my view of his creative work even more negatively), I thought the writing was just terrible for the most part, with the exception of a couple specials and War Within. Overall, I've liked Simon Furman's writing for both companies, and Don Figuroa's art for both companies. I don't know, I'm optimistic for the new series and curious to see what this Universe chronology thing does with the whole timeline. Regardless of any of the above though, I still say that I really like what I've seen of the new designs for the characters in the links I provided above, and think that this would be the most successful path for Hasbro to pursue, both with a cartoon and accompanying toys as, I think, movie aesthetic fans will find something to appreciate, G1 fans will likely appreciate the less-silly updating of those characters, and it isn't visually so complex as to turn off kids who liked animated (and for us adults who liked animated, well, it's over, so whatever comes next will be different somehow).

Are people here familiar with the new G1-based series from IDW? I think the designs are the right mix of movie and classics where this should be the future, both for a cartoon and the toy line. http://www.idwpublishing.com/news/article/803/ http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2009-0...nsformers_N.htm