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That's really weird then. Granted, I have only pre-ordered the 3 Banpresto figurines from them, but they promptly answered all my questions. Maybe their standard of service goes down after the money changes hands?

For a transforming kit there might be some areas where the tolerances don't really allow for painting, else you would get a floppy/gappy model otherwise.

Yep it does! It's not out yet though, hlj is accepting pre-orders right now. I'm still getting to grips with my VF-25S, so its not an easy task!

Hmm they promptly replied to my emails when I sent them-- did you use the contact form on their website?

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I hate to be the first to say this, but we need liner notes! For this as well as OST 2! pretty please with a cherry on top?

Maybe an added usefulness of GERWALK mode is that it helps both aviators and destroid pilots to transition to the form that they are least comfortable with! You have to figure that some of the better destroid pilots on the Macross were probably reassigned to fill up the ranks in the VF squadrons, afterall.

Nice... have fun with your build!

I'd say start with the Hasegawas first, since they are much much simpler than the Bandai kits, which have been compared to their Gundam MG line. Alternatively, if you can wait, and want a 'do-it-all' kit, you can get the 1/72 Luca, do the Ghost fighters first (which will be simpler, and you can try things out 3 times before you're out of Ghosts) before doing the Valkyrie itself

Probably different employees entering the toys into the database. They should really have some standadisation of such stuff.

I nearly exploded before I read the last part. Whew... looks like my GNUs are going get some fast packs then--- when the price (and demand) drops-- I actually got my GNUs at 37.50 for all three, so it (the price) wasn't too bad. Retail price of 2000 yen each is probably too much though.

Given how it is launched from underwater I think that's a pretty safe assumption. Either way, I think it's pretty silly to have to involve a carrier in the recovery operations-- there's no point having your VFs launch from a submarine/submersible and not have any way of recovering them independently. The vulnerability issue could be mitigated by the active stealth systems on the VF and (probably) on the submarine as well, preventing the casual observer from detecting recovery operations.

Heretic! NGE is alive and well, if toy production is anything to go by.

Or perhaps the recovery of the fighters is done underwater, to preserve some element of stealth. In the second episode of Mac0, Ivanov was running out of fuel in his fight with Fokker which is why he had to disengage from the fight. I don't think he would've had the fuel to fly that far out! (Especially since he would be engaged by the other VF-0s in the area on the way out to any surface support ship.)

Hmmm. Maybe it has something to do with their pay cycles? i.e. If everybody gets paid at the end of the month, it makes sense to release stuff then. Still sucks though.

Wow I really like the purple tint that you did! What proportions of ink and thinner did you use?

O_O You actually know the airport handlers!?! Also, +1 to all the problems with Heathrow. 1st thing I do once I get my baggage is to check that nothing is broken or cracked or anything (I have one of those luggage cases that is basically a 5mm thick plastic shell). So far I've been lucky!

Yea... I don't see a similarity other than the colour. Moving on, when is the exact release date for the toy? I think we've finally reached the point where nothing new can be said without some hands on reviews... I know my purchase will certainly depend on these reviews!

How likely will a 2nd issue be? They haven't re-issued the YF-21 yet, have they?

Yes it did! It also solves the issue with having your engines blasting away while trying to recover the aircraft, which is (needless to say) not a good thing. Well done! MrMarch: I agree wholeheartedly. One of the best things about Macross is that it doesn't introduce a new machine every other episode like Gundam, which sometimes just seems like an endless series of toy commercials.

point to note, I was checking out the first page of this thread, and there is a link to the 1/60 v2 review on the macrossworld.com site, but there is no link to the review from the site toys page itself. Perhaps something got lost in the reboot of the site?

Thanks for the tip! Please post up pics of the finished parts! I was thinking of using this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=250302497045 to back the parts. Do you think it would work?

OT: Is that a 1/60 VF-0S Reactive armour? Did you build it yourself?

Heh the Indian and Israeli defence industries are so close that you can bet Israel is involved in some way with this, probably quietly so the Russians don't piss off their other customers too much. Anyway, perceived competition always promotes development, so now you can see the US defence industry languishing in its technological glory while the defence industries of the Indians and the Chinese are racing to catch up. Until they do, I don't think we will see the end of ridiculous handling of procurement programmes in the US-- and even if they do I'm not optimistic. Hobbes: I think it has been mentioned somewhere that all these old birds are still around somewhere, probably sold off to the backwaters of the universe where they can still do some good. anime52k8: Let's not play semantics here, you yourself stated that the Yak-36 and the X-32 use similar methods of attaining lift. Also, it is open knowledge that LM engaged the Yakolev design bureau for help with the lift fans on the X-35, because of their expertise with the Yak-38 and Yak-141. Either way, supersonic VTOLs are cool, as long as they don't look like a goldfish (X-32 yucks)! SchizophrenicMC: The SMS is an example of a rich mercenary company that parallels Blackwater today, but I'm sure that there are tons of poorer mercenary companies that still fly the VF-1 as their main fighter!

The way it is used seems to be as some sort of vanguard-- capable of reconnaissance in force or reconnaissance by fire, without risking Battle Frontier, which is the flagship of the fleet. The reason that mercenaries are used in this role seems to be a combination of a downsizing of the NUN Spacy compared to the UN Spacy, and the increased autonomy that immigration fleet governments seem to have.