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I didn't want to make Ralphie cry. I think that was Kawamori behind the mirror, yeah?

I think it goes something like this... Focus Group Guy: [after showing the fans some Macross cartoons] Okay, how many of you fans would like Macross to deal with real life problems like the ones you face every day? [the fans cheer] Focus Group Guy: And who would like to see the show do just the opposite, getting into far-out situations involving robots and magic powers? [the fans cheer again] Focus Group Guy: So, you want a realistic down-to-earth show that's completely off the wall, and swarming with magic robots? [the fans all chat at once about it being a great idea] Milhouse Van Houten: And, also, you should win things by watching. Focus Group Guy: [sighs]

You guys might enjoy this... Not quite a high-poly 3D model, but this is a GunBuster model I made a while back in Spore. There were a few other users who had decent Buster Machine models - if you have the game, it's worth a search. gunbusterlf.bmp gunbusterr.bmp

The stickers haven't been applied. Those ones weren't factory-fitted on the Gakken, along with the invasion stripes, cockpit display, the black bars that go on the wheel hubs, and several of the little warning labels.

You shouldn't imho, unless you are on a corporate lease plan. VW's are the Bic lighter of the automotive world. Audis are slightly better.

Unlikely scenario. The pure awesomeness of the Beagle should be all the impetus you hobos need to "buy, buy, buy". Read Save's posts.

Welcome to the club Eugimon. It really is a fine piece, and in my reckoning the in-hand experience is well worth the pricetag. This is one of those few modern toys which is actually more impressive in person than it is in photos. Grats dude!

My reaction would be the same as >EXO<s, but the profanity filter wouldn't let me say it if I tried.

Blasphemer. BURN HIM!

WDC, I don't know if you are still fishing for advice on this one, but here are my thoughts... About ten years ago I had a customer make the same mistake, putting about 8 gallons of diesel into a 12-gal tank. The car in question was subject to a recent mechanical restoration which I had performed myself - the engine was brand-new, and was still being broken-in. What amazed me at the time was that the engine actually ran on the diesel, although it was belching, smoking, and knocking like you wouldn't believe. After pumping out and flushing the fuel tank, purging the fuel system (including the mechanical injection pump and injectors), changing the oil, and running a couple of tanks of premium through it, the engine tested healthily and suffered no ill effects. It still runs strong and healthy today. I've seen multiple catastrophic cooling system failures in VW's and Audis over the years; once a faulty heater-valve caused the heater core in a car I was driving to explode, showering me with steam and scalding hot water from the heater vents - all of the glass instantly fogged (I was on the highway), and I received several 2nd and 3rd degree burns to my legs and feet. Other failures I've personally observed have had to do with the coolant hoses blowing off of their fittings (due to inadequate factory-equipped clamps and mounting hardware), and head gasket failures (usually the result of owners using cheap or low-octane fuels). In my (admittedly biased) experience, I've come to the conclusion that VW cooling systems are absolute junk. There have been numerous class-action suits against VW for the very reasons I've mentioned. My thinking is that while the diesel-fill wasn't the best thing that could have happened to an already compromised engine, it probably didn't do much to accelerate the problem. If diesel was entering the cooling system in volume (very unlikely), it would most certainly cause it to run hotter. HTH

To add to BigF's list, the only thing that bugs me is the posters (here and abroad) who actually receive pleasant responses with good basic information and corrections, and who do not bother to read them, ofttimes quoting those very same posts...

...But the doorknob lives in perpetuity For the unaware, "doorknob" has since become a catch-all description for any knob-ish type characters here, so watch out, lest you become a knob yerself.

The stars can be giveth; and they can be taketh away. I doubt that anybody gives any credence to the stars when looking at sales items. Hell, I didn't even know about them until you posted this thread. For all anyone knows, the stars could be related to relevance to topics posted, as this is how they work on other message boards. If you're a reputable member and/or on the SSL, that seems to generally be enough.

Greyrider, lemme guess: was it StormTrooper? All of the incidents there seem to revolve around one mod... I've never been banned, or warned anywhere. I'm a good boy

Ups and downs is a bit of an understatement. "Heights" and "Depths" are more the terms I would use. IMO (take lightly, just my opinion), if you are a line-art nazi, the Toynami setup is for you. The sculpts are really pretty nice. Though the build quality on their Tread is really quite nice, the Legioss' are more hit and miss (and more "miss" than "hit"). The Aoshima stuff is about the same as the Toynami cosmetically speaking, but going by most reports, is even more deplorable in terms of build quality. The CM's stuff is (again, by all reports) terrific in terms of quality and playability, but somewhat inferior in terms of sculpt and line-art accuracy. If you are not a Line-art nazi, then by all means go for the CM's. The final option is the OG Gakken 1/72. Prepare to bend over. Expensive, extremely hard to locate, fragile, and wooden. Pretty cool though in terms of rarity, cachet, eliteism, status and funk. My $.02

Atom's [CDX] review of the Beagle Rey is up:

Yep, outage here too earlier today... Though I think I've found the culprit: AZ has been busy with the cables, I see.

Meh. Close enough. I feel so...dirty...

It's already been done, more or less: Pretty much, yes.

Based on the unadulturated [well, a little, actually] awesomeness which is the Robogeisha trailer, I rushed off to see Machinegirl last week. It was campy, surreal, over-the-top, gory, and out and out hilarious. You can pretty much combine any of the descriptors in the previous sentence to form an accurate description. I did think to myself that the mom in Machinegirl looked a little young to be the heroine's mother... Thanks for the heads-up NT, wowowow. Tip for the wise: Machinegirl is available on Netflix's streaming service. Go watch it.

"GEISHAAA TRANSHFURMMM" "GEISHAAA SAWRBRAADE" This looks too good to be real.

Though I was enthusiastic about the 2.0s when they were first announced, they actually ended up breaking my enthusiasm for Yamatos. I already had every variant I wanted from the previous 1/60 and 1/48 releases, and the insanity had to stop somewhere... So there it was.

Damn straight.

Sad to hear. I've owned quite a few Karmann-built cars over the years, and though the quality wasn't always the finest, they definitely had their place in the world of coachbuilding. I do hope that someone decides to buy up some of their old production tools so that some of the older parts and sheetmetal can be repro'd. There could potentially be a good amount of money there for the right party or parties.

If your mobo manufacturer doesn't have a utility for this, you could try Speedfan (clicky). There are lots of other utilities out there which do the same thing, but so far I'm happiest with Speedfan. HTH