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Yes VFX, that is an awesome hand-painted job. I've always loved that particular model and it's nice to know who it's builder is. I have 3 VF-2SS's here but I'm too afraid to touch them. I paid over $80 for one of them when I was naive and HLJ didn't have reissues in stock.

Sou na... masaka??? Say it ain't so! Say it ain't so! This series just keeps getting better and better! Just like the allegory of it's final episode... IT'S TOO YOUNG TO DIE!!! Truely, in the upper echelon of anime, Fumoffu has been my favorite of the past 5 years. Time to buy the manga? And hey, the A-Team rip-off theme is back for a moment right at the end.

How do you aim on X-Box?

I HATE remastered 80s animes and cartoons. The fact is that the original art isn't that good to begin with most of the time. And the original sounds are mono and have very low-fidelity also. All they ever do with these "enhancements" is raise the contrast so it's gharish, then sweep over all the frames with a smart-blur filter or some other filter to remove noise - this often means loss of detail or oversimplies colors, and then for sound they make some totally fake 5.1 with extra effects and misplaced sound and then it's all a horrible mess. Let me tell you, I hate Rhino's TF DVDs because they are so hard to watch and listen to with all these wierd shabangs and whoosh-whishes in the background. It sounds like somebody was playing around in the kitchen when they "re-mastered" TF.

Why are you guys so excited over having #7 vs #8? I have #8, you are making me jealous with your enthusiam. Granted, Solberg has more future in WRC while Makinnen is old news. Plus Hasbro's Alternator will only be #8 so I guess you guys have more of an exclusive with extra piggy decals on your mirrors. I'm just disappointed that this line is definetely going to be very American friendly/American oriented because most of the cars announced are all North American versions. We have a Viper, Corvette, and I read a Jeep is next (not neccessarily hound), but the Streak repaint which may be a street STi. I was just hoping for a Mitsu Lan Evo And believe me, Prime is huge compared to this guy. Remember, Prime is the cab of a truck and that's huge compared to a sedan. I've seen comparison pics where Smokescreen is only 2/3rds Prime's height. BTW, here's a pic showing that all the doors/hood/trunk can be opened just like a diecast 1:24.

Man, this thread looks like it is extremely popular. I think some denizens are making a silent push for new MW content

NAFTA doesn't help the little guy. And there are still taxes and import duties on everything. Especially now when the United States are increasingly becoming defensive and isolationist, Bush has (illegally) raised tariffs on everything from lumber to steel and the WTO has had to intervene on many occasions to protect the economies of foreign countries who depend on trade with the US.

Speaking of MP Prime...here's what I said on another forum: This head sculpt is just totally not doing it for me. I've never liked it from the beginning and now these extreme high-quality close-ups are making me depressed. The beak of his "cap" is virtually missing, it's just a curved band around his head. His ear antenna are virtually flat, without his "headset" pieces. The faceshield and eyes just feel very alien for some reason. His eyes are just not "Prime". There's something I can't quite put my finger on but it is really bugging me. It just feels like this Prime is "unfriendly". I think maybe it's because the mask is removable so it's sticking out too far as well as being too large, kind of creepy especially when you know what's underneath. The eyes are also the wrong shape. But I think the biggest problem are the sides are square enough and they don't have the "cap/visor" shape (Metal Force Prime, Action Master Prime - and virtually all the cartoon versions) and instead went with the "flat-band" across the forehead (MP Prime, Original Prime LaserRod/Scourge). All these years it's been the cartoon Prime that I've liked and this just feels wrong...skeletal. I also don't like the vent in his crest recessed. Anyway, I bought a 1/48 so Prime is out the equation for me at the moment. There are too many things I don't like about it (hydraulics, patches of grey on the legs, battle damage that looks like a 5-year old took charcoal to Prime, likely short stacks, his back, grey gun, etc.).

I was bored.

"The page you are attempting to access has been removed because it violated Angelfire's Term of Service."

Their posted on Angelfire so that isn't a good thing. Probably blocked - exceeded bandwidth. I'd love to see these. Hopefully he can attach them to his MacrossWorld posts.

Any ideas of how to reinforce this area before the problem shows up?

Gerwalk - because it's the best of both worlds and you can brandish the most weapons. Kinda-like an animal puffing itself up to look bigger to predators.

Marking as gift doesn't cut it anymore. I think they've caught on to me. Either I'm charity or a rockstar with lotsa adoring fans with all the "gifts" I'm receiving. My experience is that if they open it, and they see a price tag or a receipt or an invoice, they will charge you for it, and charge you for their time (plus all applicable taxes and duties to the full extent of the law).

Yeah, that's the US price. And you get dinged by everything from customs that is worth over $20. I think the charge for something $200 US (~$275 CAD) is around 30 bucks. It happened to me with jewelry (not for me! ) and some videogames. I even asked the guy to write $20 on the customs sticker but nooooo...Canada customs was nosy and they open the package and read the actual paypal invoice which said $280 on it so they charged me full price + GST + handling. I hate it when you get things in the mail and it has that yellow "Canada Customs" tape all over it. It really reminds me of police tape because it's more or less the scene of the crime. Whenever they open packages, there's a chance they can lose things and they definetely lost the parts for a Transformers Hound I bought a few years back. I hate shipping across the border too. I lost $150 of toys (boxed Prowl and boxed Computron) back in the day because of the mail too. Tracking no-longer works once it reaches the border. It got to the border and after that, I had no idea where the package went. I just know it just never showed up at my door and Canada Post wouldn't reimburse me because of some loophole in their legal documents.

So Keith, if the music of Macross II is so bad, how do you reconcile its use in Macross 7, the series you worship? And for the record, when I first watched Macross II, it brought me to tears momentarily because of the epic destruction that was happening in the end. It was amazing to watch Earth's defenses fight back (even though they totally sucked - but the new Destroids are very cool) and I was totally expecting some mystical supernatural thing for the SDF-1 to do. I realized Macross II just WASN'T Macross so I gave up my prejudices and watched it for what it was. I had just finished reading up on some Norse mythology and with them calling the Macross the Aluice or whatever, I was getting excited at what the series might pull. Then the completely blow the thing up and that just knocked me over (yes I was so excited I was standing up watching it). It's not perfect but hey, I'll take it over crap like Gundam Wing anyday. One fun trick to do with Macross 2, if you have the DVD, put it on English dub AND English sub at the same time and see how much the langauge differs. It has a hilarious sort of effect.

I just spent about $200 preordering a Hikaru 1S and the fastpacks. It's going to be my first 1/48. Does $135 for a Hikaru and $59 + tax for the fastpacks sound like a good price? I know they are cheaper at TMP anime but I'd rather try to avoid customs fees for shipping them across the border (I'm in Canada). I hope I'm spending my money wisely. It's this or Masterpiece Prime but the Valk won out.

Graham was incredibly kind to me, mailing me a replacement tail pack for my 1/60 a year ago. A wonderful fellow. Same with Shawn who personally alerted me to a GBP-1S armor auction when I needed a part. But I wouldn't want to encourage all of you to ask him for parts, or to abuse his kindness. He just can't supply them so easily. I have a suspicion he may have raided one of his own Valks and for that I am very very indebted to him. Thanks you guys!

This is great news for me...who all along loved the VF-1S but wanted a Hikaru version because arguably this was the version that was the "hero" in DYRL, that we get the awesome shots of flying through Boldolza's base and finally perforating his fish-bowl. And this one will have all the features and upgrades that we've seen throughout the 1/48 line (such as the tabs inside the nosecone) as well so there's no worries about missing features. I've always thought the 1S had a much meaner/darker streak in red too. Also, my old DYRL kits from the 80s were also of the red 1S. So for those that have been holding out on the 1/48s, this is great news because this can be their first and formost version. For those that have all the other variations, of course you can pass on it as it's nothing but another clone.

I just heard song that seemed to be pretty recent on the radio. It was sung by a girl with a female chorus and a slight hip-hop beat but it was really nice. The chorus started off with something like: "I remember the days" or "I remember days gone by" (I can't recall). The kicker is that it was made with the melody of Spandau Ballet's "True" from 1983. Instead of "I know this much is true", it was replaced it: "I remember the days" or "I remember days gone by". I really would like to find this song or the artist. She has a really nice voice. Reminded me of Vanessa Carlton at first.

Hi, I'm back. Since the new forums switched over I really didn't get around to registering but I need some help finding a member from the old board that I sent Jetfire leg clips to for recasting. I'd very much like my clips back (and the extra recasts he promised me) but I can't seem to find his member name or our correspondance on the old board. Does anybody know how I can contact a member named flash or flash002? I tried the search function on the old boards but I might have a few letters off in his name. Thanks.