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Personally, I was disappointed when the reviews came out too and cancelled my plan to buy it. But then a local store offered anyone who buy the DX from them a service to check the content of the box before delivery and should the head laser bent, they will pack in the replacement. With the gambling aspect gone, I decided to pull the trigger. With the thing in my hand, I can see what people are complaining about. In fact I have few more complaints that were not (or rarely) mentioned here. Things they could've done better. But you know what? I did NOT regret my purchase. I handled the toys, using knowledge from the internet to avoid tragedy (like handling the canopy to avoid cracking), transform it straight up using youtube guide ignoring the manual, so yeah hands on experience is pretty smooth sailing. I'm more of Battroid guy so I'm really happy with the legs done well. The backpack doesn't really bother me that much. But one thing that I love the most is color and finish. The blue is just amazing. I don't know if it's accurate to source material, probably not, but I don't care. It's just right to my eyes, although sadly my phone camera can't capture it perfectly. As display piece the Battroid is glorious, I can't help smiling when admiring the thing. No problem handling it to change the pose for photos either (so far). And it does look great as companion piece to YF-19. In the end, it's complicated. I can't recommend it straight away, because as I mentioned before, all the flaws mentioned here or elsewhere are valid. No argument there. And I wouldn't gamble with QC for that price if I couldn't find a way to avoid it. BUT overall experience has been positive for me, both from visual and handling side of thing. So I don't know, I can't force people to like it and ignore the flaws, but at the same time I'd have to disagree that the toy has no value whatsoever.

Gundam and Macross are just cows that Bandai can milk money from. Why satisfied with just one if you can get both Gundam and Macross popular? The one with emotional attachment to Gundam would be Sunrise the animation studio not Bandai the parent company. I don't really think a toy company gives a damn about franchise rivalry. Especially when both owned by the company itself. That, and voice of dissatisfied customers who got burned out. How many people here swore to never give their money to Bandai again after the preoder fiasco? Assuming they monitor boards like this of course. I suspect that too. That can explain the recent rarity and preorder rush situation. And probably the reason why some Bandai toy line seems to be gone as the remaining assembly lines are prioritized for more popular item.

Does anyone here worked on manufacturing industry? I do, and although mine isn't toys, the whole concept is pretty much the same. My theory is that the DXs shared the same factory or even same assembly line with other Bandai toys line like, maybe, similar stuff like SOC or even radically different SH.Figuarts. Therefore the production must be scheduled accordingly far ahead. And as the line will be used for another product, the production will be stop when it's scheduled to stop. Changing the molds and adjusting the machines are hard, even more so for toys which have assembly and painting by hands ( as you need to "adjust" the workers too ). So you can't just change the schedule or product quantity on the fly. This is also why re-release took months, instead of just mere days after the sales number from pre-order or launching day confirmed that the product is selling well and fans demand more. One might notice that Yamato doesn't suffer the same problem as Bandai. I'll just point out that toy line variety of Yamato is nothing like Bandai; so they don't have to cram so many different things in tight schedule. As big as Bandai is, I don't think they can afford one factory per each toy line, or even specialized assembly line for each separate toy line. Not in this economy. I'm sure that the designers and everyone involved in creation (NOT production) of the toys are also fellow hobbyists and really care what fans and customers want. But once the design leave the office and entering the production phase, it's all getting industrial there. Just what I thought based on my experience as human cog in assembly line . And before someone blame Gundam for this, it's the same for Gundam figures too. Model kits are different as they are made by different division in Japan factory, not made in China like Tamashii division figures.

Have you watched Den-O? I don't like Den-O myself, but nobody can't deny how wildly poplar it is. Multiple movies, far exceeding any other heisei shows, spin-off anime for the imagin, etc. You get the idea, comedic premise sold well and that's what Toei care about. For hardcore longtime fans...maybe just movies like The First and manga like Spirits. Similar to Gundam and Macross, it's standard business model for longtime, decades-old franchise. Oh yes they do. I like to think of them as "J-Drama with kamen rider in it". They're the last of non-toyetic/gimmicky/colorful rider.

You have to remember target audience of Kamen Rider. I think some Riders in past 7 years are dark enough for kids' show.

If anything, I hope Legacy sell well so the developer can see that Strangereal universe is still profitable.

Speaking of AC2, is it true that AC:AH Legacy for 3DS is a remake of AC2? I remember I saw the name and logo of TSF Scarface and something about coup (the plot of AC2) in early trailer.

The wreckage has been found. It's on a steep cliff (which actually near the area of my old workplace). From what local news show, it looks bad.

This is what I'd call "disturbingly catchy".

I was talking about fans actually. My point is that those fans we ridicule now will also look down on newer fans. In future version of MW, those Frontier fans will write WTF in big bold letter expressing their disbelief on shameful act of new fans, And claimed that they would never do that. Then when confronted that Frontier also have fanservices and silly stuff they claimed that it's not as bad as newer ones. And then goes on and on how the franchise isn't what it used to be . See, it's a circle not one way to degradation. GL has advantage for being a new franchise. If it was a sequel of 80's anime, people will complain on its fan-service. It doesn't matter if they're relevant/well-executed or cringe inducing. People, or specifically old fans will complain because it's not what it used to be.

IIRC, Martha Vist is his aunt. Also, people who read the novel said

Oh I'm suuure fans of older super robot genre in 1982 also complained on how the genre and its fans is not what it used to be. To look down upon young uns and told yourself you the wisest one would never act like them is a sure sign that you're getting old :P

Graham's argument was something like "Just because I hired to do my job, doesn't mean that I'm a fan of it" Back to the topic, the split between UN and Anti-UN would make more sense if Zero universe is alternate of ours. Like how in Full Metal Panic!, Soviet and KGB still exists up to present day. But in Macross, history deviates only after ASS-1 crashed. Unless there are official publication about geopolitics in earth sphere before the events of Zero.

Psst, be careful. Last time someone mentioned that, Graham steps in and telling people to stop mentioning such blasphemy as if being a Gundam fan is an ultimate sin .

GM Cannon II and Blue Destiny Unit 1. Although I'm not too sure about Blue Destiny since it has RX designation instead of RGM. But It does look like a variant of Ground GM.