RavenHawk

Not me. Of course, I downloaded them, and have gone back and looked at them in my "MOSPEADA" file at least a dozen times now...

It says right on the picture.

Just bought Merowlink/Mellowlink and his bike and rifle on eBay. Brand new. $30, including shipping. Not too bad, I think.

Still waiting for a pic of what you mean here, Alex. Or anyone else, really.

I think you're probably right, now that I look at the pic and compare it to my Stick ride armor from Beagle, but, either way, that gap is always kind of an eyesore, no matter which Houquet toy or model you look at. I guess it's just kind of an inherent flaw in the design of that bike, by not having the cowling pieces which go over tehe shoulders in armor mode. I was just hoping that Beagle might come up with some ingenius solution that everyone else had missed... still, it really does look gorgeous. I'm feeling so impatiet. As expensive as these are, and as nice as it is to have some time to alot some money for them, can't wait for my Ray... now I can't wait for my Houquet after seeing these pics (before I wasn't really interested, was just probably going to get her to have a complete set)... and can you imagine, based on their work so far, how incredible Beagle's Yellow is going to be??? So what do you all think? Stick, then Ray, then Houquet. Next Yellow, or Shinobou (making use of the molds from Houquet)? Then a Devastator/Super Cyclone, since I suspect a lot of their business is coming from the Robotech/Toynami side of things?

Unfortunately, I don't think this is a case of them having told the story they wanted to tell. I seem to recall a recent interview, from when the rumors of cancellation first started, where one of the writers was saying that he had to wrap up his story ideas this season, and not lay the groundwork for the season 4 ones that he had wanted to do.

I really like the shade of red that they picked for Bartley/Fuke/Houquet here. Much more real-world-militaristic looking, in my opinion. The CMs red, like all of their MOSPEADA toys, is just too cartoony-colored for my tastes.

Looks gorgeous. Only problem is the same one all Bartley toys have: that big empty space below the handlebars, where there's no fairing.

I don't know what to think about what is going on with Megahouse. On the one hand, Houquet's bike is taking forever... and Robotech.com (the only official place to get US Megahouse ride armor releases that I know of) only ever released Stick/Scott and Ray/Rand, both of which are permanently listed as being on backorder, and never released a Yellow/Lancer. These two things make me think that Megahouse may not be getting much for sales from MOSPEADA and may be focusing efforts elsewhere. On the other hand, they keep releasing special editions, like last month's all-black Yellow, the previous toy show's all black Stick, and a black-and-white Stick. This makes it seem like they are either keeping their MOSPEADA line going, while encountering delays with new engineering or new molds... or are just trying to make as much money as they can off of existing molds.

Just watched episode 10. Ok even without your warning, you could see that one coming a mile away. I have to say, though, they handled it so much better than I've seen anyone else do.

Just watched Venus Wars. This is one of those anime I've heard about for years, but somehow never really was interested in, so never watched it. Well, my need for some motorcycle anime (or monocycle, in this case), made me finally watch it. I wasn't expecting to like it at all, but actually liked it quite a lot. Story was good, reasonably mature, animation was MUCH better than i was expecting, character design and costumes were really good too. You can tell it was abbreviated from a much more detailed story (manga, I think). Wierd little bit of gay-bashing in there though.

Just watched Armor Hunter Mellowlink. I've never watched any Votoms before, so didn't pick up on the references to the other storylines, but I liked it quite a lot. Would've preferred a little more plot and character development, but still, enjoyable show all around. I still feel like they took Rainy Boy from MOSPEADA and made a Votoms series about him.

This site is pretty good: http://www.tokyotosho.com/index.php

Episode 10: Ok, now it's not just starting to get interesting or better, now it's really getting good. Much better pacing, music that is really heightening the mood, various story elements coming together... now I feel like it was genuinely worth sitting through those earlier episodes. I'm just worried that nobody else is still watching. On a different note, this is starting to remind me of Blassreiter a bit. No zombie mutations going on or anything, but there is a certain mood and plot twist that just went on that does remind me of it.

Just watched episode 8. Well, this series took a while to get going, but things are really coming together. Seems like characters and subplots from previous episodes that all seemed kind of throw-away are actually intermingling, and it's starting to get interesting. Oh, and the ending to this episode... Wow... I did not see that coming at all! EDIT: Just noticed that the previous comment, also from me, was about having watched episode 2.Yes, I have watched 3-7 as well, just haven't seen anything that really made me want to comment until now. All decent storytelling, that nothing that blows me away (unlike Rideback).

I believe you, but I've never seen anything official about this, so I did not know it had been confirmed by Beagle. The only place I had seen a release order previously was bigbadtoystore (if I remember correctly). I didn't realize it was based on Toynami's old old old info. Well, that being the case, it seems pretty definite that Houquet will be the "secret item."

I really doubt it. I think it's going to be one of the bikes (Yellow based on previously announced orders of releases from online retailers, Houquet based on the profile in the teaser).

I download movies and comics. If I like them, and they're still in print or available, then I go and buy them. Every time. I do this because I want people who put out the quality product to get the revenue and continue putting out most of whatever the product may be. If I don't like it, I don't feel a need to buy it. I know some of you on here may disagree with my personal take on it, but it's my way of, to some very small degree, trying to encourage people to put out high quality products. As for Gall Force, I thought the first movie was ok, but remain undecided. I want to watch the second movie and the third, and then form my opinion. If I like them, I will then buy all three, likely from Rightstuf (this is how I've done it many times in the past, and actually Rightstuf has gotten a good amount of business from me).

My son (10) was telling me and his older brother (14) about how cool Blurr is and how much cooler he is than the one from the movie (the original), just as I was about to play the youtube video for him...

Which one? I've watched up through episode 9. Waiting for a sub of 10 still...

I agree. Like I mentioned a few posts back, I hope someone like this releases the WWII designs. I just ordered the autoscout from bigbadtoystore. I've wanted someone to make a toy of that since I was a little kid and first saw it in the cartoon. Would LOVE to see some Transtech toys!

Hearts of Steel Optimus Prime toy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27201580@N03/...57615056848789/ Cybertron-form Bumblebee: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27201580@N03/...57607585881740/

Nice to see something different for a transformation design.

Thanks. Believe it or not, I did read over that page, but read the second paragraph and, in some moment of stupidity, somehow just skimmed the first one and missed the one vital sentence I was looking for... Ok, let's get back to the topic: So, how many days now until the mystery item from Beagle gets revealed?

Ok, gotcha. Thanks. Sorry, I love my motorcycle anime, but I'm not up on a lot of the anime and slang Japanese lingo. Yes, there were a ton of slo-mo shots in this one. Somehow though, I just don't mind it in RideBack. It's just such a quality show, and really hasn't disappointed me yet.