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I'll point out that a fair number of places are probably going to have different hours during Golden Week (this year it's April 29 - May 5), but most will still be open. Also, you might think that since your ATM card worked in random ATMs in Cambodia or Africa that it'll work in Japanese ATMs. Well that's wrong (seriously). Look for 7/11s, Post Offices, Shinseis and Citibanks if you need to get cash. A regular bank ATM won't work.

Don't forget the third Mobile Suit Gundam movie. 353077[/snapback] Seriously like anything with Gundam counts (Gundam F91 and Gundam X for sure). Although most of the Gundam fleet battles weren't that good.

Apocalypse Now is quite an omission. Although I am glad they included Zulu. Even though I liked Aliens and the Matrix, they shouldn't be on there

I still can't believe I missed this thread for so long. Quite frankly, the Dreamcast was awesome. Sega put out so many original (how often do you hear that referring to games today?) games. Shenmue (1 and 2), Jet Grind/Set Radio, Samba de Amigo (that was the title, wasn't it?) and Space Channel 5 were really good games. Although some games were just bad (Sonic Shuffle anyone?).

Good to see some (more) changes. Although I'll wait and see what everything looks like when the dust settles before (hopefully before Shawn comes back) saying anything about how everything looks.

I thought Azumanga Daioh was ok. ADV has translation issues though (although they aren't as bad as other places - once I was watching Law and Order and they were calling someone Sr. Huevo and I was shocked, until they said it was because his brain was like scrambled eggs). As for the quizzes, I wound up as Yomi.

I assume you mean under the monitor tab, where it says screen refresh rate? Not only is the box not checked, but it's (oh, what's the term...?) not available to be checked. Under the adaptor tab, where it lists info on the card, there's a "List All Modes" button. My choices are: 640x480, 256 colors, 60Hz 800x600, 256 colors, 60Hz 640x480, High Color (16-bit), 60Hz 800x600, High Color (16-bit), 60Hz 640x480, True Color (32-bit), 60Hz 800x600, True Color (32-bit), 60Hz (currently using this one) 640x480, 16 Colors, Default Refresh 800x600, 16 Colors, Default Refresh Under the nVidia tab, there is nothing useful. Mostly driver info, plus some options for full screen overlay that are blanked out. Go to the Control Panel -> Display -> Settings (click on Advanced) -> Monitor and the box should be there. And if you don't have the latest drivers for your video card, get them.

I remember who you're talking about, I'm pretty sure it was glane(with some numbers). I've seen him around once or twice since then. I haven't been here for that long (only like 3 and a half years), but I remember some of the older people (primarily when someone would either get banned or run off with a ton of other people's money). I remember when Rosario came back (and Mylene', who came back like 3 times). And we can't forget about Shawn, who is barely here (but he pays the bills, so that is definitely appreciated as a place like MW costs a lot to run).

In that condition, I would say $150-$200 if you sold it on ebay. To give a better price range, pictures would be needed. It also depends a lot on who is on ebay and sees it. The market for anything vintage is bad here in the US (but at least it's better than in Japan)

Actually there was an article in the Wall Street Journal about this today. If you renounce your citizenship and you make over like $140,000 you still have to pay for the next 10 years, and if you don't they can bar you from the country until you do, on their terms (they can also not let you renounce if you are doing this as a tax dodge). Back on topic, I've seen weird stuff done by foreigners in Japan and Japanese teachers here. These guys once I saw were trying to hit on women but mispronouncing pretty/good looking and wound up insulting them (and it was obvious). And one of my Japanese professors (a Japanese national), is the only person I've ever met capable of scaring the entire class into showing up on time and knowing every little thing, even in advance of when we're supposed to know it (in contrast to the American professors, who never bothered with anything like vocab or stroke order).

Nice pics, although does anyone have any pics of the SOP Yamato with the Nomuras (or a Mikumo reissue) or an original Popynica (preferably the Big Scale one, but somehow I doubt many people would be willing to shell out the cash for it)?

I wouldn't necessarily say this is absurd http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...2282460229&rd=1

I have enough real books so I don't need something passing off as a book. Not to mention my bookshelves are full. I think the best packaging has to be the original Takatokus or the 1/55 Bandais (not the 1990 Super though).

Now, who can point out what's wrong with this. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=5923033757

I took a pic of my 1/55 collection before I sold off some of them. It appears as though I deleted it, but it might be around here somewhere. F-ZeroOne - The Max is a reissue.

Great shape must mean an absolutely horrible box. You can see fingerprints from greasy fingers and bent corners, among other things.

After Takatoku was liquidated, Bandai picked up the SDF-1 mold. Some were made and sold under the Robotech line but with Bandai and Macross on them. Then they were released with Matchbox and Harmony Gold (and Robotech on them). They wound up being licensed by Matchbox and they didn't actually own the molds (I believe this was confirmed by some of the HG people at a panel somehere like a year ago).

There were also some LS kits too. I don't think I've ever seen them on ebay, and I believe they are 1/100 scale (definitely smaller than the Imai kits).

I believe the reason the monster pix is in there, is because the book was make prior to the release of the monster pix and any news about it. My bad. I meant the Takatoku Monster, not the Koenig one (which I have no interest in).

I got this from amazon when it first came out. It's decent, but I don't think it's worth $15 for stuff one can easily find online. Although I did like the fact that they brought in their own Macross stuff for the pictures (as is obvious due to the yellowing some of the toys have). It's also somewhat annoying that there was a lot of stuff not pictured (they go through every Yamato Valk and don't have the Destroid Monster there).

I think everyone has noticed it needs a lot of work. And wasn't there supposed to be a Christmas update too? (Shawn didn't say which year though)

I've come to the conclusion that customs everywhere (except for the US, we don't seem to care) is horrible. That being said, the USPS is just horrible. Anything to continental Europe takes forever. 2+ weeks to Italy (EMS). But this is the best. Something I sold on ebay and had it shipped (strangely the guy didn't e-mail any questions about it so I just assumed customs didn't update it), although the guy paid for EMS (they say 3-5 days).

I saw it, thought it was decent but it seemed to be missing something that prevented it from being great. Some stuff was obvious (I won't say what) and there were some big inaccuracies there (if you realized them it made things worse).

I don't know if anyone has done it for the leg pieces, but I know someone's done it for a CF (so just the backpack).

Not worth it (he's talking about the small ones as there was only one type of the big one made, whereas all three variants of the smaller ones were made).