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Also another late Gunbuster arrival here - and I nominate the Gunbusters transforming feet for Toy of the Year. I have absolutely no idea how they made those fold up like they did! Makes MP Starscream look like a Go-Bot...

No. No, they're not.

The Germans also did an asymmetrical design during World War II. Apparently it flew quite well, and was intended as an Army co-operation aircraft, but lost out to the Focke-Wulf "Uhu".

IIRC, these are aimed at small-scale robotics research for universities and the like.

Wow. You liked V-Gundam, Graham?! I just saw it recently, and although I wouldn't say its a bad show, it was a bit of a stuggle. My overall impression was that everyone involved, from Tomino on down, just didn't have their heart in it. Mind you, I think the Turn-A Gundam is one of the best Gundam designs of all time, so what do I know?

Japanese police officers wear white gloves. Perhaps thats the reason? The price is high, but these things are meant to be mostly metal.

We could always dust off the float-plane Mk. IX Spitfire again...

Right, thats it. You were warned. Lets have all the jet engines back now. Yes, you heard me. All of them. You can use rubber bands from now on like everyone else.

Not a film, but I would love a Rapid Offensive Unit (specifically, the Killing Time) from Iain M. Banks "Culture" novels. Unfortunately, as far as I know, no-ones ever really attempted to depict one and the books mainly describe them in the abstract as a collection of modular habitation, weapons, and propulsion modules. But boy, they'd eat Star Destroyers. For snacks.

"It'll be a slaughter!"

It took me a second to translate ' as "feet" and then I snorted coffee all over my monitor. Er, yeah, I hear they're doing amazing things with life-size dummies these days. Anyone want to, er, pool their resources...?

I've sometimes seen magazines like that described as "helical" magazines. Drum magazines usually bring to mind the famous round magazine of the 1920s era Tommy Gun, or the horizontally-positioned magazine of a Lewis gun (or a Zaku!). Mind you, the 20mm Vulcan is often described as having a drum magazine, even though it looks to me more like a barrel!

Thanks for the info - must keep an eye out for volume 1!

Will the Roy come with bullet holes in his back? (oh, sorry, thats TV, not movie. Still...!) Hope theres plans for a matching Milia to go with Max...

http://moeroshop.net/index.php?main_page=i...mp;cPath=27_205 This page has one of the Zeta Gundam books. I picked mine up at various conventions in the UK a few years ago; I would suggest trying the usual culprits - e-bay, celga and perhaps anime collector retailers like kimono my house. Its possible at least some of them may be reprinted on occasion, in which case you may want to keep an eye on Hobbylink Japan and the like.

While not being "all-in-one" volumes, you might want to take a look at the "Newtype 100%" books. While these only cover one series at a time, they do include all sorts of background and item art that you don't get in the books that concentrate on the mecha alone. I know that there are books for Zeta, ZZ, and Chars Counterattcak, not sure about others - though I'd love to know if there was ever a "Turn-A" book...!

Okay, first things first - this section of the MW forums is for Macross toys, not Gundam toys. Posts regarding those should be posted in the "Anime and Science Fiction" section. I'm sure the mods will move this post and any replies shortly. Gundam Wing is quite an old series, relatively speaking, so you may find the toys a little hard to find thse days. You should probably look for Bandais line of "Mobile SUIT in Action" toys. These will be a bit smaller than the 1/72 YF-21 and largely made of plastic, but are reasonably detailed and poseable. AFAIK, there aren't many large-scale Gundam Wing figures. I know there was a big, Japanese-release Gundam Wing Zero, and there may have been a couple of large scale US releases, but I don't recall seeing a large-scale Death Scythe. Bandai have recently launched a line of "HCMPro" Gundam figures, which are smaller than MSIA figures but very detailed and poseable. Currently, there are no Gundam Wing figures in the line-up but its a possibility for the future. Of course, if you're interested, they would be a good place to discover the many and varied delights of "classic" Gundam, as directed by He Who Kills 'Em All, Yoshiyuki Tomino...

Oh, heck, you did the Rimfire as well!

Orguss 02. Features one of the best realised supporting characters ever, which more than makes up for the fact that the lead characters name ought to be "Mr. Plot-Device".

Wait a minute. You did art for some of the MekTon supplements? Your art actually made the Turbo look... well 'ard, as we say in the UK. Good work!

So what you're saying is, it should be Mr. Fixit we should all be buying 1/6 scale china dress models of...?

200 rounds is not entirely unusual in an aviation context, and if the GU-11 fires 1,200 rounds a minute thats quite low for a gatling-type weapon (the famous 20mm Vulcan is often quoted as going up to 6,000 rounds/minute!); IIRC the F-15 Eagle carries about 600-or so rounds in a drum magazine; many European and Russian aircraft carry between 125 - 200 rounds, typically for single-barrelled, larger calibre guns. Even the .50 calibre machine gun of WWII fame was typically fed by magazines holding about 300 or so rounds. Mind you, the GU-11 is a big gun - 55mm, 3-barrels, so thats quite a good rate-of-fire. Remember: short, controlled bursts!

Oops, sorry, so you did...

You got all those and missed Macross? On this forum?!

Hey, has anyone noticed yet that the name-plate spells "Soul of Chogokin" different to other toys in the series, such as the Evas?