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  1. Just checked and Discs 5, 8 and 9 from my 3 disc mini sets are cracked. . I thought I treated these wit h kid gloves...damn. Disc 9 seems to be a problem for a lot of people...
  2. Interesting. More impressive proportion of sales than I would have thought but a lot of posters on here seem to have the attitude that it's a much greater proportion attributed only to MacrossWorlders and/or foreign (non-Japanese) fans.
  3. I have a problem with you saying 'this is where the money is'. The Japanese market is a lot more significant than the total sales to members of MacrossWorld. Just because a few people on here spend their whole paychecks on whole squadrons of 1/48s doesn't mean that Yamato sell more to them than to all the hobby shops and Toys R Us in Japan. Japan is a country of over 120 million people with a very high level of disposable income. Japan is also the home of obsession. If you think you spend a lot of money on your hobby I can introduce you to a bunch of Japanese friends I have who spend much more. Or like a guy I saw on Japanese TV who swapped one of Nomo's original Dodgers jerseys (valued at around US$30,000, according to the TV show) for a front row ticket to a Morning Musume concert because his 'hobby' is Morning Musume. I'm not surprised that Yamato doesn't give a crap about the whinings of a bunch of mostly American fans on here and probably why they don't bother feeding Graham insider info anymore. Its not worth it for them. Get over it, Yamato don't care that you exist. A lot of people on this board act a little too self important and act as if Yamato is making Valks just for us MacrossWorlders...Just a gripe I've had for a while that's been building up. Sorry if I offended anyone.
  4. Ebay sent me an email notifying TwoPieceNarrow had been deregistered but luckily got my M0 1-5 a week ago from him now. My FX DYRL? and M7 work fine on my PS2 (chipped). From what I've been hearing on MW glad I didn't pick up the FX M0.
  5. Hayase has a great link there. Lots of nice Squadron markings/regalia. Really interesting. Some of them are just wierd like the Monster 'My Baby' marking - a sign of the early '80s Japanese "Lolicom boom" as documented in Otaku no Video???
  6. Ewillen - Thanks for the links! I should always do a search first!
  7. Skull00

    What scale Destroids?

    It would be cool (& price effective) if they did the destroids (1/60 or 1/48) like Takataka??/Bandai?? did in the '80s as a variable set with a universal body or two and attachments for all the humanoid destroids.
  8. Hey you can see Mari IIjima and Mika Doi's name on two of the Phalanxs destriods. Yeah I own the TV box set but never noticed that before. Even though it doesn't have the Orgroid in it that screen grab is so interesting. All the graffitti the animators put in. I wonder if the girls face on the Phalanx closest to the screen is supposed to be anyone? I can't make out the characters under her picture..
  9. No it was produced by Viz Comics in America as a sequal to the translation of the Japanese Macross II: Lover's Again manga they did.
  10. I got my TwoPieceNarrow disc here in Australia yesterday. Thing only took around 4 days to reach me! Thats service! Video & audio seem fine. Unfortunately the subs are imbedded in the video and can't be switched off. That's my only gripe. Recommended. As mentioned previously there's no slip cover. Does anyone know where we could download a cover? Perhaps just for episode 1? ...Now I just have to order that Sailor Moon Live Action TV set on his eBay store and I'll be in otaku heaven...
  11. Props to Low Viz Lurker for his always highly detailed and passionate posts! Enjoy reading em!
  12. Skull00

    Huge SDF1

    I got a kick out of the transcript off the back of the box. Apparantly the SDF-1 has a full complement of Alpha and Beta fighters!! Cool!
  13. I'm Australian where Robotech wasn't aired untill 1987 or so. Luckily I lived in the States from '82-'85 and saw RT there in 1985. After the last episode aired I cried for like a whole day. I was only 7 but it definately had a profound effect on me. I soon realised it was from a country called Japan. I then started to have an interest in everything Japanese, from Bonsai to the Karate Kid! When I got back to Australia I'd tell kids about Robotech and they'd be totally confused but when it did come on here my friends were totally hooked too. In University I studied Japanese and went to Japan on exchange for a year partly out of my love for Macross and the unique culture that produced it. During High School I joined a local anime club and watched Macross Plus and DYRL. After that I knew I had to get the original Macross and ordered the Harmony Gold Perfect Collection tapes...then they were cancelled 2002 was a watershed because I finally got the Animeigo set. Now I feel I've come full circle...But there is always still more to collect!!!
  14. Thats so damn cool! <orders Lum vol 13> Thanks for that Pat.
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