Pat S

About 1 day left on this. It's at $130 right now. I'll be listing quite a few more Macross related items in the near future as well.

Starting at $130 and no reserve.

Very good condition, except it's missing the yellow rear tip on one of the tails. Otherwise it's complete with unused stickers, and a great box.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/172358763041?

Thanks for looking.

Yeah, I just wanted to say that I checked out some of your threads just now, and you're very talented. Take a break if you need to, or move onto something else for a while. Maybe you'll come back.

Spiderman seemed like it got a quick reboot.

This thread should be called, "Hey, what movies are coming out?", because Hollywood is mostly remakes now, with a sprinkling of sequels and franchises.

You have a 1:48 only collection? Just wondering why not get the 1:60?

Kinokuniya book store in the International District has lots of anime and manga merch. Not a lot of mech stuff though except some hobby books. It's near Uwajimiya which is a large grocery store with japanese foods. It's a pretty cool area, definitely check that out.

Thanks for the replies, that's what I'll do, take the glass out, lay it together on a flat surface (sandwiched if I can).

Hi,

I'm moving to a new city about 300 miles away in a couple of months. As I was packing away some of my toys I looked at my 2 detolf displays and it occurred to me that I'm not sure how to move them. Should I disassemble them and lay all the glass on top of each other, or can they survive a ride in a big truck standing up?

Thanks for the help!

Yes. Someone even built one in battloid (or whatever) and posted pics.

Here's the link for the 1/32 legioss I mentioned above...

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=38367&hl=lives&page=1

Since there was a lot of talk about the suits earlier in the thread...

They didn't do a lot with the suits. They were worn for half the movie, but only a few scenes showed them actually amplifying the wearers abilities. In some scenes it looked like it just slowed them down. So, don't have too high of an expectation of seeing some awesome mech action. They do have some cool guns on their backs though. Also, there were a few well done comedic lines spread thru the movie, it's a mixed bag, but it worked for me as simple sci-fi action fun. Bill Paxton cracked me up a bit.

^Me!

I enjoyed it. It's not going to rock anyone's world story wise, but it was solid fun, with quite a bit of action. As said above, it's probably Tom Cruise's best since Minority Report. Literally a cross between Starship Troopers and Groundhog day. There's a big cliche in this movie, but I don't want to spoiler it. I'd recommend seeing it, and I'm very picky.

It's can be found on torrent sites, search for [ACR] SPT Layzner. It was ok, but no Mospeada in my opinion.

Got one from HLJ.

Right arm is loose.

Ankles could be tighter.

Other than that, it was in great shape.

FYI on people having issues getting the fastpacks on in fighter. What worked for me was to folllow a suggestion a few pages back...

1) Attach the shoulder fast pack pieces. Make sure to move the sliding arm on the fast pack part into the top position. You probably need to move the leg down to get the pack to mate up.

2) Pull the leg down being careful to not hurt the wing peg.

3) Attach the leg fast pack parts by lining up the long peg at the rear and the small peg at the front to their respective slots on the YF-19 leg. Be sure to check clearances to the stabilizer wing on the foot, press down firmly, but don't break pegs or anything. Check to see if the fast pack is secure. If not, line up the holes again and re-seat firmly.

4) Move the leg back into fighter position (leave one click open on the first joint by the intake). The position should match up the wing peg to the hole in the fast pack, and the arm fast pack lines up with the slots on the back of the legs.

5) Secure the leg in place by moving it so that the shoulder and fast fastpack parts can be clipped into place.

A note about this though, the plane is quite a bit less tight feeling with the fast packs on. When the toy is in regular fighter mode, it feels pretty tight and sturdy to me. Much less so with the fastpacks.

I'm more impressed after playing around with it today.

So... What's the trick to getting the shoulder fast packs in place?

The shoulder pieces have a sliding arm on them. The part that attaches to the YF-19 actually moves back and forth where it connects to the pack. Try playing with that little part to get it to slide back and forth and see if that gets you a better position to attach the pack.

I got mine today. Bought it from HLJ. Arrived in great shape. I put the old Yamato 1/60 next to it and transformed them both trying to see the differences. The Arcadia looks better in all modes. I also noticed how flimsy the Yamato feels. I'll be selling the Yamato soon I think. There's a better version, and I don't see the point in having 2.

As far as other things about the Arcadia:

I did have trouble with getting the legs extended (took a lot of pressure). I was not able to get the leg fastpack parts on securely in fighter mode. I will try the suggestion above from M'kyuun.

One wing was loose at the main pivot. I was able to tighten it with a screwdriver.

I actually dropped it about 2 feet onto the ground. Pieces went everywhere, but the only sign of damage was one wing looks like it has a slight stress mark. Not that noticeable though. I did get pretty worried for a second!

What if someone gave you the choice of one or the other, with no cost to you if you picked the '64?

LOL, the 64. Some of the details like the guns are better defined (all the guns especially the AA on the sides of the bridge). I'm fine with the 57 though, I can't justify upgrading.

Some comparison pics between the 57 and 64. I can see some things I like more on the 64, but since I have the 57 and the Andromeda already, I'm not switching...

http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/bunbun660124/GALLERY/show_image.html?id=33997052&no=2

I believe this request has been fulfilled.

I have Act 3 in MP3. Do you want just the 1 song? Message me.

SNES Metal Warriors was my favorite back then. Years later 3D games came alone, Saturn Virtual-On and PS1 Armored Core took the spot.

That was a great game, fun with 2 players too IIRC.

I am no expert, but I don't consider myself lacking in the modeling skills department - but I do lack the time to build models nowadays.

I did build a pretty good looking YF-19 a while ago - 11yrs (before kids).

http://www.macrossworld.com/cgi-bin/mwfarchive/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=8;t=9483

Pssst, you are an expert, and that YF-19 you built looks amazing!

This spectrum of color (yellow/light brown) has to be one of the hardest to match. My house is a similar color, and I had to take multiple samples to Home Depot for them to get a color match, and I'd say it's still 10% off from perfect.

Not sure how possible this is, but it would be cool if Arcadia could find out from either Kawamori or from production notes what color they used or intended to be used. They could even scan some original cells to get an idea.

I'd personally like to see it darker, but I have an old SHE model that is quite a bit on the lighter shade and it looks fine to me as well. I think I'll be happy regardless of what they pick.

Haha.

I'm definitely NOT saying Screamers is anywhere near as good as The Thing! The Thing is on an entirely different level in every aspect. I just have a soft spot for parts of Screamers for some reason.

Thanks for putting the interview together, and thanks John for sharing! My GF asked what I was listening to, and she sat down to listen.

BTW, I actually liked the first Screamers movie. It had some good paranoia atmosphere towards the middle, sort of like John Carpenter's The Thing.