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No kidding... Have had no problem finding subs for Rideback (which I highly recommend), but none for Viper's Creed, and they both started within days of each other.

Just watched episode 4. As before, I don't speak any Japanese, and haven't been able to find any subs, so this is just my best understanding based on the animation. First of all, I have to admit that the mecha designs are starting to grow on me. Would love to see Yamata make toys of this to go next to my Garlands. I also appreciate the fact that each character looks genuinely different, without having to resort to crazy hair colors or something like that to differentiate them. It is nice to see that the plotline is starting to expand beyond just one (or two) really long chases and shootouts along empty highways. It needs more, but, from what I can infer, I'm still not getting the feeling that there are any larger, multi-episode plots really building up. I hope I'm wrong. I guess I'm just more of a fan of the bigger, 26 or so episode long storylines, as opposed to "and this week, they fight villain X" type of series. Maybe this will be like Blassreiter, where it initially felt like separate episodes, but really were building up all along. Of course, not understanding the dialogue, I may be completely wrong.

Robotech: Genesis: Legend of zor (#1-6, Eternity): Wow, this was actually MUCH better than I was expecting. MUCH. My only previous experience with the Waltrips was Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles, co-written with Tommy Yune, which I though was absolutely terrible... just awful... Anyway, this was really good. Never been too interested in this aspect of the Robotech universe, but they wrote a very good story, with solid dialogue (except for Zor talking to the "Masters," which felt like it was taken directly from Darth Vader talking to the Emperor). Nice details added to his interactions with Optera, too. The art is very solid. Nothing amazing, but nice crisp art, with good panel layouts. Very reminiscent of the better Comico Robotech stuff.

And a great way to take advantage of how few people in Japan have probably read Crisis on Infinte Earths, or the current Final Crisis.

VARIABLE BIKES - Abenobashi Robocop-like robot turns into motorcycle (Episode 12, 5’22” mark of part 2) - All Terrain Command GONFALON ? - Armored Police METALJACK Redsepter - Batman 3-in-1 Batjet Vehicle Shadowtek Moto-Hawk Transforming Motorcycle Gotham Racer - Blassreiter Paladin Garm (Joseph’s) motorcycle - Blue Comet SPT LAYZNER Majin Hero WATARU - Brave Command DAGWON Thunderbike - Brave Police J-DECKER Gunbike (5 other bikes that combine into 1 robot also) - Bubblegum Crisis /Crash! / Crisis Tokyo 2040 Hurricane Moto Slave(s) Typhoon Moto Slave (s) AD Police Motoroids - Busou Shinki High Speed Trike Type – ACH Stradale High Manuever Type – YDA Stradale - Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Guren Mk-II? - Dead Heat Makoto’s FX (FX, A FX, B FX, and C FX also) - Denjin Zaborger Motorcycle that turns into robot - D.I.C.E./Dinobreaker Motorcycle that turns into a dinosaur Trike that turns into a dinosaur - Energy Bomb GAMBARUGER Gambarbike - ExoSquad J.T. Marsh w/ Exoconverting Aerial Attack E-Frame - Galactic Gale Baxingar Reppoon Harricane Typhoon Others - Gall Force: Eternal Story Jet Blowgun - Genesis Climber MOSPEADA MOSPEADAs (VR-052) Fuke (VR-038) Blowsperior (VR-041) - Genesis Survivor Gaiarth Hoverbike/robo-bird - Get Ride! AMDriver Moto Bisar Griffon Neoamdriver Ragna - G.I. Joe Cobra Ninja Hovercycle Commando Red Banshee Street Bike B.A.T. G.I. Joe Ninja Hovercycle - GoBots/Machinerobo CyKill Dart Scooter Mr. Moto Night Ranger Throttle Tri-Trak - James Bond Jr. Scuba Cycle - Kamen Rider Agito Tornader Delta Side Basshar Faiz Auto Vajin (different versions, like new one in Kamen Rider Decade?) - King of Braves GAOGAIGAR Gundober - Maisto Prodigy Maximus Quik Res-Q Arch Cyk-One Grip Gas Quikrip - Marvel Megamorphs Ghost Rider - M.A.S.K. Barracuda/Jackal Bullet/Bandit Buzzard Condor Detonator Dynamo Firecracker Fireforce Iguana Piranha T-Bob Vampire - Machinerobo Revenge of Cronos Bikerobo (Scooter, Police Bike, and Futuristic Bike also) - Matchless Passion GOSAURER Saurerbike Saurerside - Mecharider Ripoff of Megazone 23 Garland - Megazone 23 and sequels Army Garland Garland Garland E=X Garland GR-II Hargun Proto-Garland - Metal Armor DRAGONAR Stark Gan-Dolla - Microman Automaster Cassette Machine MC-08 Battle Bike HG90 Hyper Speeder - Mr. Muscleman Bikeman - Power Rangers o Jungle Fury Battle Bikes: Tiger, Rhino, Bat, and Wolf o Operation Overdrive Mach-Morph: Black Ranger Helio/Hovertek: Red, Blue, and Black Hovercycles Hovertek Cycle: Green, Blue, and Orange o Mystic Force Cycle Morphin: Red Power Ranger Solaris Night o SPD Patrol Cycle: Red, Blue, Green, Shadow Delta Morph ATV: Red, Blue Uni-Force Cycle: Omega, Red, Blue Delta Morph ATV: Omega, Shadow o Lightspeed Trans-Armor Cycle: Red, Blue, Green, Silver o Lost Galaxy Astro Cycle: Red, Blue, Green, Black o Space Deluxe Galaxy Cycle: White, Black, Yellow, Red, Pink, Blue - Revoltech: Assemble Borg Barrels Speeder TriStriker - Rideback Various Ridebacks (Fuego and others) - Roadbots Harley-Davidson FLHRC Racing Classic Kawasaki Ninja ZX12R - Robotech Chariot Cyclone (MOSPEADA): VR-038, VR-041, VR-052 - Scramblewars Moto Slave Garland - Storm Hawks Aerrow’s Skimmer Aerrow’s Skimmer III Ultra Carver’s Air Skimmer III Ultra Dark Ace’s Switchblade Elite Finn’s Air Skimmer III Harrier’s Skimmer Classic Ice Grinder Junko’s Air Skimmer III EL Mr. Moss’ Skyride “Bessy” Piper’s Heliscooter Ravess’ Switchblade Elite Repton’s Bone Wing Starling’s Slip-Wing Fighter Ultra Stork’s Safety Buggy Talon’s Heliblade Talon Switchblade Third Degree Burner Air Skimmer - Transformers Afterburner Arcee (various versions) Ariel Autoscout Axel Axer Blight Brake Bulletbike Bumblebee (WWII motorcycle w/ sidecar) Chromia Crossover General Grievous Crossover Spiderman Crossover Spiderman (black) Damper Dirt Rocket Double Face Elita-One Flamewar Flareup Gasket Gauge Glide Go-Bots Buzzer-Bot Go-Bots Cop-Bot Groove (various versions) Heavy Metal High Test Hightail High Wire/Highwire (various versions) Iguanus Lugnutz Knockout Nightbeat Offshoot Oil Slick Offshoot Override Paradron Medic Perceptor (various versions) Prowl (animated) Prowl (action blaster) Ransack (various versions) Rapid Run Rattrap Refugee Road Pig Road Rocket (various versions) Sideways (various versions) Simiicar (Beast Wars II) Sureshock (various versions) Tarantulas Throttle Thrust/Vehicon Drone (Beast Machines) Vroom (pretender shell) Wheelie Windrazor Wreck-Gar - Viper’s Creed Blade Maneuver-roid - Vor-Tech Battletracker Roadheat - Wingman Winard II - Zillion Tri-Charger

Updated list coming soon. Reformatted, and the stuff from Nandy's book has been incorporated into the main list.

Sent them an email last night. If I don't hear back today, then I'll give them a call.

I actually thought Daywatch was really disappointing. Felt like they rushed two sequels into one movie. I haven't read the books yet, so maybe that's the way the second book played out as well.

Just read Robotech: Love & War (#1-6, Wildstorm). Much better than I expected. Not the biggest fan of Macross, though I don't mind it either. Mainly just have fond childhood memories of it. This was an entertaining retelling of the key moments in the Macross saga, as they related to Max. Artwork was pretty good too, as was pacing and page layout. The backup (Little White Dragon) wasn't bad either. Never been a Lynn Kyle fan, but this story folded into the main story very nicely. I also really liked the artwork in the backup, especially Rick. A nice mix of original anime/manga style with more realistic faces and bodies.

First transformation of the Proto-Garland (which is gorgeous) and one of the legs snapped. The upper rotating part broke internally, where I'm worried if I glue it then it won't be able to rotate anymore. Any advice? Contact Angolz? Contact Yamato USA? Funny, the Proto is cooler, but the Factory seems more solid and stable.

I'd stay away from Antarctic books. Eternity are good. Academy that are continuations of Eternity ones are good, the others... some are good, some aren't. I recommend downloading them, like I did with BitTorrents. If they were available for purchase from the companies, then I'd say buy them, but where they're out of print, I don't feel bad downloading them. The ones that I like, I seek out back issues of to purchase hardcopies. Those are my personal opinions on the books, based on what I've read so far, and on downloading.

I like it.

Just read Robotech: Academy Blues #0-5 and Robotech: Breaking Point (group together, as they all focus on Lisa Hayes in her cadet days). Firs tof all, apparently I need to read Return to Macross, as there are a couple minor references to it and these stories must be interwoven. Otherwise, this is one of the most disjointed books I've ever read, with whole details, plot elements, and characters being introduced, skipped over, or assumed that we care for them. Really poor writing on its own. Don't know why this was a separate series from Return to Macross. I guess I'll reserve the rest of my judgment on the writing until I read Return to Macross. As for the artwork, it is just terrible everywhere except for issue #5, and there it is only good in the panels drawn by one of the sisters. The other panels are awful. The artwork by all the other artists just looks EXTREMELY rushed, especially towards the latter part of any given issue. Most annoying isn't the fact that you can't tell who a character is from one given issue to another but rather that, with the exception of some good portions of #5 and a couple significant characters elsewhere, you can't even guess at who is male and who is female. I've seen fanfics with far better writing and artwork. Breaking Point has poor artwork, but at least it's consistent throughout. Not sure if this story takes place the same day as Academy Blues #5, a week later, or what, since the timeline is unclear. Lots of exposition in the dialogue, but could use some narration. The one thing I will say about Breaking Point is that at least you can tell what panel follows which one. Academy Blues jumped around, which was incredibly annoying, forcing you to read every panel, then try and piece it together from the dialogue.

Angolz has it for a good price, or at least did when I ordered mine a couple weeks ago.

Problem is, I want the quality and detail of the Beagle, but at a scale to match the Yamato variable bikes... Probably asking way too much here.

Have to say, since part of me would like somewhat matching versions of my different variable bikes, and I doubt Beagle would ever undertake the Bubblegum Crisis and Megazone 23 licenses... would be interesting to see Yamato do a MOSPEADA (and not just help Beagle with the box). Still no word on shipping from Robotech.com...

Looking forward to checking it out. Oh, by the way, I got your email last weekend. Sorry, work's been insane and I haven't had a chance to send anything similar back, but I will, and continue our previous conversation.

So would this now be the most rare MOSPEADA collectible to date? Even more rare than the old crummy Betas/Treads?

That's funny stuff. AND I'm impressed by your photoshop job there. I get what you meant by the rabbity now. I was thinking ears, not face. Sorry, I've been up for 40 hours straight.

This was the early Toynami version, which was cancelled and replaced by the Beagle? Does it differ from the Gakken in any way other than the head sculpt?

Ok, so the Factory (white) Garland and the Proto-Garland (both Yamato) arrived in the mail on Monday. Due to work constraints, I've only had a chance to open one so far, so I followed your advice and opened the Factor Garland first. I have to say, due to all the complaints I've seen on here, I had very low expectations, and have actually been quite impressed. Nice solid piece. Yes, it does come apart too easily, but everything goes right back together. Nothing actually broken, just separated and then put back. I MUCH prefer that to having to glue things back. I think my only complaint, at least in the minimal time I've spent with this thing so far, is that when it's standing upright, it is too weight-biased towards the back and wants to tip over, or at least looks like it does. I end up having the thing leaning over forward, which makes it look kind of funny. Looking forward to opening the Proto-Garland tonight. Man does Yamato do some serious boxes for these things.

Don't really see the 'rabbity' thing you mention. I actually like the outside illustration quite a lot... much more than I like the final Toynami head sculpt.

I didn't realize the Toynami production run was only 3000. How small must the Beagle run be then?

Actually, someone just posted a link to a Japanese Robotech fansite a week or so ago in one of these threads. Can't remember where it was right now.

Just doesn't seem likely. Heck, MOSPEADA was just as popular, if not more, and barely had a sequel (Love, Live, Alive I believe it was), and the creators have recently said there's no chance of a new sequel.