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Wow, beautiful. Thanks so much for posting those, Akim. And thanks also to Totoro for his previous pics

Yeah, I hear you there and can sympathize... I never cancel orders, on the basis that it is not fair to vendors to do so, but this one has had me seriously thinking of doing so. 'Tis already paid for though...

I love the Cosmo. I think that one belongs to Jay Leno.

I dislike that SL intensely. It's been at SEMA for the past couple of years... always funny to see people's reactions as they walk past it - most are scowls and "yuck" faces

Today was official release day for Crysis in the US. Ran out and picked up my copy this afternoon, and have been playing since. It's a fantastic game, and it scales well enough even to play on my older single-core P4 system. Anybody else playing?

The Megahouse toy looks best in armor mode. The sculpt and detailing in this mode look pretty nice. The bike mode, however, leaves quite a bit to be desired in my book. The front fairing, shocks, and windscreen are just all wrong. The 'tank' area looks wrong because the fairing isn't deep enough to shroud it, and I'm not too fond of the cage assembly to mount the saddlebags. I'll buy one, but it will probably stay in armor mode. The Namitoy version looks pretty OK in armor mode, not quite as nice as the MH though. It's a bit bulkier, but that reinforces the sculpt in bike mode. It does look a lot better than the MH in bike mode, with the only really glaring proportional weirdness being the size and shape of the fairing - the windscreen and shocks by contrast look great. Will buy one, and [will try to] remain cautiously optimistic CMs ride armor is a little bit of an unknown quantity, but the sculpt actually looks pretty decent on the bike... Not quite so much on the rider, from what we've seen. Still, who knows what we're missing, it may look pretty cool finished and painted. As long as there is decent durability, it should actually be pretty cool to fiddle with. At the size, looks like like an excellent replacement for the old Gakken small ride armors. Until I have these in hand and can make an informed judgement, I'll have to stay with the large Gakken as the best of the best.

I'm a sucker for CFs. While this model looks interesting, it's just not right in my mind that they used the color they did The show definitely displays a more shiny bronze coloration. Nonetheless, I find this scheme interesting in that the lighter color really shows more of the detail and construction than did the Ivanov or Nora (Still don't have my Ivanov either) .

Nope. No word. I wouldn't expect much until end of next month. Bahh.

QFT. Man, those rims are dope.

I feel your pain.

Get a rope. As far as Macross mecha goes, the VA-3 (including variants) would have to be my least favorite... The design and transformation just scream "GoBot" to me

Cool. Looks like F-Toys took note of demand. Now people don't have to be fleeced on Ebay

Bump... Any progress, Totoro?

I love Miyatake's Orguss designs and all of the old Takatoku Orguss toys. While the show itself could be kind of whacky at times, the mecha designs are all great. Real robots at their best.

If it does end up cheap (unfortunately, this is unlikely), it would be nice as a toy to fiddle with. I like the diecast swingbars and the cargo boxes. I do not like the extremely "plasticky" look, and lack of painted detail though.

I think this is the kit Roger mentions above:

What are you going to be doing with it? Everyday commuter? I'd go for one of the Hondas if so. Lots of upgrades available for almost everything else on your list if you want to do anything to it. I'd personally stay away from the VW - VW's are the Bic Lighter of the automotive world * Edit - No offense, VF1 Strike Valk! I quite like your Corrado, like YLM says, probably the best of the watercooled VWs.

Yarp. Good catches on the stbd wing root and "hump". The retention boom for the Legioss looks different than the 1/72, too. Sorry that the zoomed shots look like amateur UFO snap-shots (but actually, they kind of are) *Edit - Jeremy, that's from the B-Club Artmic Design Works book (mentioned a few posts up on the last page).

I took some quickie pictures instead of risking my spine on a scan. The details are very difficult to make out, but it definitely does not look like the 1/72... See what you guys think:

No, he is actually right. The advertisement in question is in the B-Club Artmic Design Works book. There is what appears to be an ~1/35 TREAD and Legioss in flight above the posed 1/35 Legioss that is the subject of the photo. What is not clear is what sort of mock-up or model the TREAD might be, as it is backlit and kind of tough to make out detail. I'll see if I can get a scan of it later.

Takatoku 1/55 VF-1D Prototype. It was featured in a TV commercial. Someone else will have to post the picture. It's so rare, that even Google Images will not net it.

My all-time favorite valk is currently tied between a 1/48 Hikaru VF-1J, and a 1/60 VF-1A CF. It would be a highly technical post to explain exactly why, but suffice to say that the new wave of toys circa '02 really stoked my interest anew.

Excellent job. I shall endeavor to be less spam-like in my postings, if at all possible

Try some Barry White. Valks, baby.

Yeah, surprised that it's not locked yet... All this talk of Velcro and sticking-in-holes