Getsuga Tenshou

One hell of an ugly prototype. Even the fighter mode is not appealing. At least for me its not.

In stock again at amiami.

From their previous price of around Y12,000, it now costs Y15,480. With those reports of looseness and paint chipping, Ill pass on this one entirely. I hope the v2 VF-25s will address this issue especially the loosening problem.

Amiami is still taking pre-orders. Usually, pre orders would have been full by now. This would mean there's still lots of skeptical potential buyers out there(including me).

landing gear check... pre order.!!

The VF-11B is only at 20% off. Still too expensive. I don't want to get the 11C cos I already have too many white valks.

I've ordered some stuff from HLJ last week. Sent payment to them on Thurday, April 21 but still no shipping notice. I've sent them email this morning asking for my order status but no reply. Is this normal for HLJ? I know they sometimes take long to ship out items, but they replied pretty fast to my inquiries on previous occassions.

Depends on price. If they price it like the latest Fire Valkyrie, ill pass.

If the sales for this are poor, HLJ will include it in their next Yamato or Macross Sale. Opportunist bastard here.

Gerwalk mode looks weird

Heys guys i have not ever ordered from this company before, can someone who has conform that they are a good company to be ordering from for good customer service, shipping and packaging quality, etc ???

I have ordered Master Grade Gundam kits from them before. Their service and processes for payments and shipping notifications are more or less the same as amiami. In short, recommended.

My VF-27 is extraordinarily difficult to get back in it's battroid pose holding it's gunpods, mostly the shoulders... I'm afraid to touch it now cause getting the gunpod up in a firing position will be a PITA again.

What a pity. I really would have loved to get the VF-25 and VF-27 but with all these bad reports ....

My throat was cured by watching this episode - so... makes sense to me! :-)

Pete

Currently watching Mac 7 episode 31 while simultaneously clicking CTRL+R in my browser for the Mac F 2nd movie spoilers. Its not as bad as most of you guys are saying it to be. I was actually entertained after the first 3 or 4 episodes. Totally digging the songs especially the acoustic version of Totsugeki RABU HA-TO

LET'S GO tsukinukeyou ze

yume de mita yoake e

mada mada tooi kedo

MAYBE dou ni ka naru no sa

ai ga areba itsu datte

Anyone knows where I can download the Acoustic version of the OST? THanks

damn...that spoiled the ending.....

ARRGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

if you could read japanese,and don't wanna be spoiled, please don't read the post I replied to XD.....

hope I enjoy the movie nonetheless... >_>

Can you summarize the Japanese spoiler and insert it in spoiler tags please :-)

Edit: I mean translate

THANK YOU !! IM SO CONFUSED people on animesuki are saying that his review was clear and as to who he pic was also put in his spoiler as well but i could barely understand that translation the google gave me and bing so im not even sure if their spreading more rumors or it's the truth....

I guess you joined Macrossworld just to get the spoilers for the 2nd movie right?

kresphy actually posted a spoiler in Japanese. Had to do excite translate on it :-) But it was a poor translation and some parts were not all too clear. Can someone post it in better English?

Oh no, spoil away, just put them in boxes.

I third the motion :-). Please Tochiro. We wanna know the love triangle ending and who made a 3 sec cameo. Was it Shin from M zero?

I'm from the Philippines, and I get what you're saying about the Postal Notices. Problem is, shipping stuff to Manila via EMS is atrocious, because the EMS hub in Pasay City tacks the cost of shipping on top of the price of the item to compute for customs duties!

So its back to SAL, and when weeks or even months go by without any sign of your package, you gotta worry, since the Post Office won't lift a finger to try and locate

it unless you have a tracking number (but if you had one, you'd be going to Pasay, not your local Post Office) or a Postal Notice (but if you received one, then you wouldn't need their help in the first place!).

Kabayan!!! Haha. It's really sad that government corruption and incompetence is getting in the way of our hobby. If you order online often, you might as well befriend the people from your post office or customs. That's what we did. We give them snacks everytime we claim our stuff. It made our life easier.

How about making a movie of the VF-X games starring Aegis Focker?

Alas, M7 just isn't where it's at anymore. If there is going to be a sequel of anything, it'd most likely be MF.

By any chance, are you from the Philippines? If you are, I suggest you check out at you local post office and inquire if there's a shipment addressed to you. Im from Cebu, Philippines and from my experience, the local post office do not deliver the shipments to us. They instead deliver us "Claim Slips", a piece of paper that tells us that we should go the the local post office and claim the shipments ourselves. And the big problem here is that the delivery guys who are supposed to give us the claim slips are real sloppy. Sometimes it can take over a month for them to deliver the claim slips when in fact, the shipment itself has already arrived a month or so earlier.

So taking this crappy government service into consideration, I always use EMS shipping for my big orders as I can keep track of their shipping status online. Once it says "Retention" Status in the EMS site, I know the shipment is already in my post office. I just get my online tracking number and claim my package at the post office without waiting for the darned "Claim Slip" from them.

Regarding HLJ however, I rate them 2nd to amiami in terms of customer service, ease of online purchasing and shipping issues. So far, I have had no issues with HLJ.

my item still not receive frm HLJ using SAL...as per date now already 46days since 1st day that HLJ inform me that my item already sent out...got 55days..i wait until march for my item..

HLJ already has stocks of the Yamato Display Stands(Launch Arm) now. Bought 2 of them and now waiting for shipping cost.

http://www.hlj.com/product/YMT00033

Was seriously thinking of getting the flighpose but got chickened out of it because of the reports of paint chipping.

Off Topic: ae_productions, nice collection you got there. I wish I had more moolah so I can buy more valks. As of now, I can only buy them when HLJ or Amiami has them on 50% discounts ahaha.

Has anyone been having major problems with their VF-27s? So far, the only major complaints Ive read are for the 25. Bandai is re releasing the VF-27 late February and Id like to get one if there are no major issues for this mold. Thanks.

http://www.amiami.jp/shop/?set=english&vgForm=ProductInfo&sku=TOY-RBT-1004&template=default/product/e_display.html

Either way, the triangle got resolved.

I have the M7 series and OVAs/Movies since around 3 years ago. But because of the bad feedbacks by the Macross community, I haven't started watching any of it yet. Guess the time is now hehe.

Sheryl is ahead of Ranka by a wide margin in the poll. But many people voted for the I don't care opion. Sigh ... I guess most of those who voted for the I don't care option are those who are too tired of discussing the topic already. Again, sorry for that.

Count me in among those not liking the current color scheme. I like the black theme or the YF-19 theme better.

So with this new trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GugClf1Em1M

it looks like they are going to keep michael alive and still keep his relationship with klan klan.

I wonder what is up with the bells and wedding dress scene. The real question is are they going to tie up loose ends with this one or are they going to make a new season? What do you think?

If they're going to create a new story/continuity for the movie, which will we take as canon? Personally, I think the death of Michel added some emotional depth to the series and is part of what made the series unforgettable. I would prefer if the same thing will happen in the movie, no offense bro

Well her last name is "Lee" so I guess that makes her Chinese

Yeah really sorry bout that. I guess I wasn't active during the time this debate was still in the hot seat. I would have loved to take part in that.

Off topic for a moment here, but I like the way they kept referencing the older macross series. One episode was even dedicated to the legend of macross zero. It gives the newer fans who doesn't know anything about the previous macross generation some history which in turn will make the newer fans interested in watching the older macross series.

Ranka's Chinese? How do you figure?

Anyway, yeah...it's all been discussed many, many, MANY times. I guess we'll find out in a week and a half or so, eh?

(And for the record, I don't really care who ends up with Alto.)

Hey guys. I've just finished watching the Frontier series for the first time. And I apologize if this topic has already been discussed before. I just want to get your opinions because the people in this forum seem to be smarter than the average fans(fanatic?) in other anime sites. I would really appreciate it if you would state your reasons for choosing one over the other or if you dont care haha. Ill start with mine, and I think Alto ends up with Sheryl for the following reasons:

1. Ranka has so many similarities with MynMei from the original Macross. She's Chinese, works in a Chinese Restaurant, and she becomes a singing sensation starting from scratch. Sheryl also has similarities to Misa in a sense that she is stubborn, and her relationship with the main character starts out rough, but during the course of the series, she mellows down and falls in love with Alto. Well, we all know who Hikaru ended up in SDF macross right? :-)

2. In Episode 24 before the final battle with the Vajra, Alto goes to Sheryl's room and he says that he's coming back after the battle because he finally realized that living alone is not how humans should live or something of that sort(need to rewatch again this part). I think he was also going to say that he loves Sheryl but was stopped by Sheryl herself before he could.

3. Alto's time with Sheryl is more intimate compared to Ranka's. The Star Date episode, their Dinner Date. Basically, they seem to connect more with each other.

4. I like Sheryl better than Ranka.

I guess reason #4 kinda invalidates the rest because it shows my bias hahaha. What about you guys?