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It's nice to know there are Cherry2000 fans out there:)
I remember watching that movie over and over when I was in college. It was great...
I never new about RealDolls - at least not until five minutes ago
Those are awesome! And at only 7500 bucks a pop...that's really cheap when you consider the quality of those things. Maybe my girlfriend can get me one eventually as a present
The problem with RealDolls though, is that they don't have much of a personality... well - ok - they do - I mean - there's a lot of character in those girls, true - and it's a leap forward - but... you can't really take them out to dinner or dancing.
However, I would love to fill the house up with those. In any event - there is a reason to work hard, save and be ambitious after all
um... and Ranka 1/8 is cute and great
Pete
Yup. Cherry 2K, and of course, pre-Sex-in-the-City Kim Cattrall's Mannequin are my 2 favourite sexy B movies. Oh wait, there's a 3rd - Zapped - Heather Thomas. Yummy...
I'm already working hard, saving and be ambitious for my GF. Yup. Apparently, GFs are all the same, Asian, Black, Hispanic, Blonde, etc - we call it having the 5 Cs in Singapore - Cash, Car, Credit Card, Country Club membership and a Condo in a posh district.
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A little note about the review though, it's not out of print. I saw Mospeada and Southern Cross released together by ADV as a collection months ago. Somewhat demeaning to Southern Cross since Macross was also re-released as a collection by itself.
I bought and watched those DVDs, which is why I started this thread.
It's old school anime. And those ADV dvds were the 1st time I watched the entire series (for both). When it was shown on TV way back in the 80s, I missed episodes because of school curfew (no TV unless you finished your homework...) I never saw the final few episodes for both series back then. So it's a 'Mission Accomplished. I can finally move on' feeling for me when I finished watching them 2 decades later. Next stops: Gatchaman season 2 and 3, Yamato, Captain Future, Nadia.
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I'm not denying the beauty of non-jointed figures that are fixed in anime accurate poses. It's just that I dream of having figures one day that have no joints that are visible and still can move while looking like the fix-posed figures in whatever pose you fix them in.
It would be technologicall possible to produce something like this. Kaiyodo is on the right track with their Fraulein series which is getting better and better at covering and masking ungainly joints.
I hope that in the near future we will have perfect poseable figures with no visible joints that are scaled at 1:1 - then we can forever be rid of wives, girlfriends and the like. Mwaha ha hah hah.
Pete
I don't know about that. I think I still prefer Melanie Griffith over Pamela Gidley, though both woman and android are deliciously hot back in those days. Ouch!
And yes, I've seen RealDolls before. And no, I have no wish to be like that triple-degree Vietnamese-American Macross male fan with overdrew 3 credit card limits to build his own android.
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cms issued a milia 3 figure pack
Correct. 2 heads (1 with helmet on, 1 with her long hair down), 1 helmet, 3 bodies (1 in wedding dress; 2 in pilot uniforms, 1 with hand on hip posing, 1 with hands posed as if piloting the Q-Rau)
I think I'm right but feel free to correct me. Thanks. Anyway, guess it's time to visit my closet to see the figures again. It's been a while.
And 9800yen for a Q-Rau is expensive. Probably will be on bargain soon. They aren't very popular the 1st time around. Only if Yamato had released the green TV version, I'll add a 3rd Q-Rau to my collection.
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Just like to comment that I ordered a pair of Ranka Lees upon seeing this interesting thread.
No, I'm not into lolis. Hence, I don't watch shows like Kodomo no Chikan or buy figures based on those characters.
My preference is for boobalicious women like the cow lady figure and the Queen's Blade Menace shown in this:
http://blog.hobbystock.jp/report/2009/02/tp0102.html
http://blog.hobbystock.jp/report/images/tp0102/025.jpg
I'm buying because:
1) Megahouse, a subsidiary of Bandai, makes the best accurate PVC figures at the lowest prices. You can compare the prices of their 1/8 figures with the other manufacturers e.g. Orchid Seed, Maxfactory, Goodsmile Company. Megahouse's ones are bigger, better made (except maybe for GSC, but GSC is more expensive), and priced lower.
2) I want to support a company that offers collectors like me a cheap but good quality product.
p.s. I also buy stuff from Orchid Seed, Maxfactory, Goodsmile and others. These 4 companies I named ranked among the best in accurate PVC sculpts, paint quality and prices. Yamato is inconsistent, as usual. Taki is priced higher and doesn't acknowledge the sculptors in their product boxes most of the time. As for the others...are those even the same anime ladies figurised?
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i've heard the same story taskraven, that they cut the series to half of what it was supposed to be
Most of the time, one can tell if an anime is cut short. Usually, the ending seems rushed, like Southern Cross, the original Bubble Gum Crisis, Tenjou Tenge.
If a series feels like dragging out its end, usually it means it's way too popular to end it (aka a cash cow) but the script writers have run out of fresh ideas/plots. e.g. SDFM TV, Tenchi Muyo TV, Ikkitosen 3rd series also known as the fan-service galore series, Nadia-secret of blue water, 3rd series of Jigoku Shoujo aka Hell Girl, 3rd season of Gatchaman.
An anime series that I feel is just right: Mospeada
p.s. The examples I give are IMO only.
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Sob...he will be missed. One of the more memorable villians on screen, and one of the more memorable actors for me, personally, due to the fact that I'm a big fan of Fantasy Island. Sigh...
First, Raul Julia. Now another great Hispanic thespian is gone...
I must catch the Oscars Award show obituary section later this year. He should definitely be featured there. sigh...
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Are there problems with angel birds? (1/48)
I have seen them being sold at a really cheap price and wonder if it has any critical problem.
For a short period of time (before the ebay craze), my friend bought the hot low-visibility version at 50% discount from Tokyo Takashimaya. He informed me it was stacked on the floor like some clearance sales.
Yeah, so anything can be "unwanted", even the now very hot low-viz version.
So, as long as you like the colour scheme, that's all that matters. Cheers.
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Wow! this is amazing, thanks!
Minmay is hot!
Yup. Fully agreed. After all these years, Minmay is still the hottest of all the anime idols, imo. I guess being the 1st always has it's advantages.
BTW, that's new Mikimoto artwork for Minmay right? :where's the love emoticon?:
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Bandai Visual has been the home video partner to BigWest forever so I doubt licensing costs are really an issue with them. However, it does come down to demand.
To garner the same sales as the Perfect Edition, they'd have to remaster from original film prints for a Bluray release. Adding a sub and dub track would also be helpful to boost international sales. So at this point who knows.
Frontier is the golden child at the moment and will be getting all the attention for at least the next year...
Yup. Frontier is the new golden goose for Bandai. So I guess DYRL will be way way down in the BD release schedule list, if it's on it at all. I owned the original LD version. And never bought the DVD re-releases (for any anime titles, actually. Spent too much on my anime LDs already...)
Hopefully, if it's released on BD, it's done right.
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Original Astro Boy & Marine Boy (yes that's back in the 60's
)Wow! I finally found another person who watched Marine Boy. This is my first anime. I watched it in the 70s in Singapore. (I was born in 1970). Left a deep impression on me. (mini-subs that fire multi-warhead torpedoes, sea roaches for enemies (or was it beetles?), cool electrifying boomerang weapon for the main (male) character, and a mermaid named Marina.
Yeah, it was dubbed in funny American, but when one is a 6 year old kid, it doesn't really matter since I don't understand half the story plot. The on-screen action scenes is all that matters.
This was followed by "Captain Future" in Mandarin. (you know, the one with the space ship that can protrude out X-shape wings.
Another one that I watched about the same time in Mandarin as "Captain Future" is about a boy who fights a HUMONGOUS demon/devil with a magic yo-yo. I don't remember the title though. He manages to cut off one of the devil's horns early in the series. That's the only impression I had remaining in my memory bank about that show. pity...
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Just the winter one.
Woah...I didn't know that. Thanks for the info. I've been spending way too much time in the World of Sanctuary lately. (that's diablo 2)
Guess I will have more time to save up cash for the summer WHF.
Wow...the recent economic crisis caused by the greedy bankers is really hurting us bad now...never knew such a popular event like WHF will be cancelled...
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>>Einherjar and yui1107
Thanks for the great Jeanne art and links. I love the full ending. I didn't know there's one. I only had the ADV dvds, not the original Japanese LDs.
>>Shun
I believe it was on Channel 5, if I remember correctly. Anyway, I guess I can always go to the library and search the microfilms of old newspapers of the 80s.
>> everyone who's interested in the SC soundtracks
I will be hopping over to Tokyo Japan this year later for either WF or Comiket. If I manage to track down a copy in some obscure 2nd hand shop, I will put up a bt here. But hopefully, I don't get banned or sued...
Now to hunt down an "ISBN type" number for that CD...
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The other factor that I think really hurt the series was a lot of poor quality animation. When the show was animated well it was good, but when an episode was outsourced it was virtually unwatchable. (The original Macross series suffered from similar problems)
Maybe its time for a remake?
Taksraven
Thanks for this bit of trivia. I didn't know Macross TV series was also outsourced. No wonder the quality isn't consistent. Some were great, but others look like crap. I was like "Is that Minmay and Hikaru?"
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Oh come now, we all know your into her first couple of albums.
Shocked by the Power! Oh oh! Shocked by the Power of Lurrrrve!
And...
Will you do the lo co mo tion with me!
lol. Kylie is an Australian Icon.
your not an aussie are ya Black Lotus?Unfortunately, no. Singaporean.
But I always love Aussie women. Olivia Newton John started off the trend. That's followed by Elle MacPherson, Kylie Minogue and Portia De Rossi (Amanda Lee Rogers) whom is married to Ellen Degeneres now (good for them
) . Also, personally, I had relations with a few in my life as well.Also, definitely love Australian bands. My favourite bands include Air Supply (left them out earlier. Oops
) and Bee Gees.I love the fact that Australians are fun loving, laid back and seems to always wear a smile on their faces, I guess the total opposite of Singaporeans - uptight, workaholics and big smugs (e.g. see the Singaporean Govt whom always love to brag we're number 1 in this and that...sigh...no wonder all our neighbours hate us).
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Correction sir, Blondie is "NOT" Debra Harry, Blondie is the group as a whole.
I know that. But I believe she's the only blonde in the group. And I like the group because of her singing voice.
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Gakken toys were "MADE IN SINGAPORE"!? I never knew. All these years, I never knew.
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I really like the series but never completed it, almost over a decade ago. That reminds me the character design resembles Mikimoto.
If I recall correctly, it is by Him.
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First off, thanks to everyone here for their wonderful informative comments. I thought no-one will even bother looking into this thread I create, after seeing the words 'Southern Cross' in the title.
>> To Roger:
I agree with point 2. But I actually love the fact this show's main lead is a teenage lady (Age 17 I believe). It's a nice change from the other big robot/mecha animes of that time, which all have male leads. This is actually what made me watch it in the 1st place. And yes, I'm a straight guy.
Wow! That's a lot of toys that will never see the light of day. There's a 1/48 red bioroid toy produced? I didn't know. Any hope of some pictures? And there's supposed to be poseable Inbit kits for Mospeada too? sigh. I would really love to have those crabs.
Sketchley corrected me on my economic history lesson as well. Thanks.
">> to totoro242
Thank you. You just reminded me that I have a Lana figure kit stored somewhere in my storeroom. It's been like 20 years already...
>> Vifam7
Ok. I didn't know about the loli-fied stuff or the castoffable Lana toy. Was that toy ever mass-produced? It will probably be one of the 1st castoffable toys, and beat the recent Queens Blade stuff by about 2 decades.
>> Shun
The nekkid shower scenes appear in the early episodes. And yeah, I remember the Aisha skinny dipping scene too from Mospeada. And yes, it was shown on Singapore national TV to children on Saturday as well.
Now that I recall, I believe Singapore showed all 3 animes (Macross, SC and Mospeada) in both versions, the Mandarin channel one has the original Japanese storylines, while on the English channel, we have the Harmony Gold Robotech version.
>> to kamikaze_kamujin
Yes, now I've seen it all. A Japanese Robotech fansite. I never knew these existed. Thanks. Note: This is not a criticism of the fan. More of a criticism of myself for my own narrow-mindedness.
>> to Roger again
I think subconsciously, I love the show is because of the huge amounts of hovering, since I do have a mild OCD with regards to cleanliness.
>> VF5SS
Thanks. Ahh...so that's the Logan. I actually have no idea what a SC Logan is until you posted that clip (unless one's talking about the sci-fi novel/show Logan's Run)
Again, a big thanks to everyone.
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The color shift didn't bother me at all - can understand Oshii wanting to reclaim his 'cyber turf' and all that. But... I really disliked the use of CGI human models right from the get-go. Motoko's movement lacked fluidity... and it had nothing to do with 'emulating a limited-joint love doll' as in Innocence. The 3D animators should've gotten some tips from Pixar... the diving sequence which was so ethereal in the original now looks slap dash. Wasted effort... maybe Oshii will lucas it some more and produce a ver. 2.5. :-P
And in ten years time, we'll have ver.3 just like Street Fighter.
Silly jokes aside, I believe [QTS] just released a h264 1080p version. No subs or dubs though. Google it as I cannot remember the site offhand.
p.s. If it's not legal to mention BT stuff on Macrossworld, pm me and I'll refrain from doing so. Thanks.
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My metric math conversion is bad... My math is bad in particular lol. What are those in pounds?
1kg is about 2.12 lbs.
So that's about 100,000 lbs. I don't know how many stones though. Got to google it. BTW, that means the galactic whale hunter Zentraedi in Macross7 Dynamite will be about Ultraman size too I suppose.
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Nope. That's when the Plaza Accord took effect, and the bubble economy started. The burst started in 1990.
And that plot of land ain't small (unless if you consider NY's central park small). It was also only valued at more than all the real estate of California, at the time.
Thanks for the correction.
Still, I rather own all of California than the palace grounds. Remember David Lee Roth's famous song about California Girls? -
Well, as I said when we reviewed Southern Cross on Destroy All Podcasts, the show is an interesting failure. Perhaps it was too ambitious for its own good. Some of the mecha are pretty unique ideas (the Spartas is pretty cool even if the cruising mode stupidly doesn't even cover the pilot in a canopy, the space helicoptor Auroran is cool), having a woman as the lead (or three women as leads if you like, since Jeanne, Lana, and Marie are a trinity) is pretty unique, and the show's focus on character development as the resulting slower pace are all nice twists on the real robot genre, but it was Tatsunoko trying to do a Super Dimension show entirely in house without using Studio Nue, Artmic, or any other design houses and maybe that was part of their problem.
There really aren't Japanese toys for Southern Cross, just models, so you are kind of stuck unless you want to get the Robotech toys. I actually think the Robotech Spartas is pretty cool, for what it's worth.
If you are watching Southern Cross and not Robotech, you will probably realize in the last episode they only defeated one Zor ship and there's a whole fleet left in space around Gloire.
Yes, but Dess and his 2 trinity brothers died. So in that sense, the Zors are defeated totally. (Leaderless. And the show did stress that the Zors take commands from the top hierarchy, and weren't capable of individual thoughts.) Also, their bio-energy reserves are way too low at the end of the show such that they even have to liquidate their own newborns. In that sense, they are sad. Even worse off than the Zentraedis, imo.
Thanks for the info. I guess I love the show for the strong characterisations. The characters are believable.
BTW, this is also my first exposure to nekkid cartoon ladies back in the 80s, courtesy of Jeanne.
I'm surprised Singapore censors let those scenes broadcasted uncut to children on national TV Saturday matinee time slot.
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Zero toys released in Japan for Southern Cross. There is one super crappy Chinese bootleg of the Lana model kit, but you are better off buying Dana on a vacuum cleaner.
Many hardcore fans here in the states will tell you the reason the show didn't do well in the ratings was a poor timeslot. Mospeada also suffered from a bad timeslot, but the fan following was large enough that a follow-up OVA was made.
Mospeada also had broader merchandising support in the form of models and toys which helped the show as far as sponsorship. These toys and models began development before the show aired. SC had no toy sponsor and my guess is that it has to do with the industry at the time. Takatoku was headed towards bankruptcy while trying to push their Orguss and Dorvack lines and develope a new Macross line for the upcoming movie. Gakken's Mospeada line was also not fairing well in Japan as evidenced by so many unreleased toys from its line (they have more unreleased toys that actually releases). So you had a stalwart toy company considered a pillar of the robot toy industry and you had a publishing company (Gakken) who was fairly new in the field of making toys, both companies facing major financial probelms due to sponsorship of mecha anime shows. It seems logical then that no company would want to touch SC.
Honestly, Mospeada's revival in Japan followed Toynami's niche success line of Robotech The New Generation toys. Had they not first proved that Legioss toys were still viable, I doubt you would see anything released in Japan. Look at Revoltech. a large company like Kaiyado doesnt even have plans yet for a Legioss or Sparta figure and they'll release mecha from just about any show! Given this logic, I think that when Toynami developes SC mecha toys first here in the states, then you might see some toy companies pick it up in Japan. I know for a fact that Toynami is considering SC toys right now, so keep your fingers crossed.
I have the soundtrack CD somewhere packed away, but I'm sure there are some locations on the internet that have it for download. Someone else may have it there.
Thank you. This is the type of info I was looking for. As for the CD, I'm hoping to snag a cheap, still-in-good condition copy off the web. But I guess I will hunt for downloads at the same time. Though both will be difficult, seeing the following is so limited.
IMO, the crisis the toy companies faced back then is probably the same we are facing now - an economic crisis. If I remember correctly, 1986 is about the time Japan's huge property bubble just burst (huge in the sense that the small plot of Japan emperor's land is theoretical worth more than the whole USA
), sending lots of firms into bankruptcy. (They are all linked)p.s. I suppose I shouldn't bad-mouth HG too much. They did provide valuable services/incentives for the re-release of Mospeada toys.
Thanks for the link too. I shall be visiting there.
And I also love Totoro. It was my first anime related soft-toy and piggy-bank.
Megahouse Ranka in swimsuit 1:8 figure
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Lucky you. Congrats. Hope your relationship blooms even more.
That's what I thought too. But if I ever get a Realdoll, my 1st would be Klan Klan. (The scaled down adult version with the full set, not the loli-micronised one)