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I tend to go the other way and just buy VF-1 toys that were in DYRL (although I also cheat a lot). Luckily, I'm not a fan of these Hi-Metal VF-1 toys, so won't be getting anymore. Graham
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I had the chance to handle the prototype of this in Yamato's Tokyo HQ back in March last year. Pretty cool toy, but Zoids are just not my thing. Graham
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I'm pretty sure there is an official source that stated that fuel is extracted from the atmosphere, but I forget what the source is. I thought that this was well known and commonly excepted, as we've certainly discussed it enough times over the years. Graham
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IIRC, in an atmosphere VF engines extract hydrogen from the air and use that for fuel, so basically its a 'free lunch drive' allowing the VF effectively unlimited range/endurance. In space, it's a diifernt story and the VF has to rely on internal fuel, so when that is gone, the VF is dead in space. Graham
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Macross Frontier Movie 2 thread - Now available on Blu-ray/DVD
Graham replied to Tochiro's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
The face doesn't look anything like Sheryl IMO. Graham Hope we get more Ozma in the second movie, but somehow I doubt it. Hope he doesn't die also. Graham -
Aren't both Keanu Reeves and Johnny Depp gettng a little long in the tooth to play Spike? I mean Keanu is 47 and Johnny Depp is 48! Graham
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Never liked the mecha or character designs. Watched the movie once, long ago. OK, but not my sort of thing. No interest in manga. Graham
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They are not 'weapons tubes'. They are engines that just happen to have some micro-missiles launchers built into the outside of the engine nacelles. The YF-29 is a 4 engined variable fighter, just like the VF-27. Not sure what the endurance is like though, as in space, using 4 engines, it's going to burn through fuel at a fearsome rate. Graham
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Just watched this over the weekend. Some of it was OK, but I ended up fast forwarding through at least half of it. Only really for hard-core Sheryl & Ranka fans IMO. Nothing here for mecha fans to see. Graham
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Star Wars: Clone Wars animated series
Graham replied to BoBe-Patt's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Too bad that preview site doesn't let you view it if you are outside of the US! Graham -
While I also love the VF-19S Hi-Metal, the fighter mode sculpt is far from perfect. IMO, Bandai didn't really nail the shape of the forward fuselage. Makes me wonder if they could/would get the shape right on a YF-19. Graham Graham
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It's debatable whether the YF-29's leg micro-missile launchers are actually internal to the leg per se. Rather it looks more like they are mounted externally onto the leg. After studying the DX toy CAD art and model kit photos it looks like the leg micro-missle launchers are actually just FAST packs bolted onto the outside of standard VF-25 legs. We've had something of an indirect debate about this in the YF-29 toy forum thread. Graham
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I really like the VA-3M from VF-X2. Graham
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Not the first time I've heard (or seen)of Bandai toys yellowing even in the box. I used to have some variable V-Gundam toys that were never taken out of the box and stored under my bed that were almost completely yellow, when I took them out a couple of years later. Very disappointing. Graham
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So no Japan or HK based members got this yet? Wanna hear a review from a Macross fan's perspective and also hear how it compares gameplay-wise to MUF. Graham
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Whoops, posted my comment above in the wrong thread. Meant to post it in the ACE R PSP thread. Graham
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Commander Wolff, Commander Colt and the Aquadroid are must buys for me. Graham
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None of our Japan or HK members got this yet? Wanna hear a review from a Macross fan's perspective. Graham
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Iron rule of realistic atmospheric fighter designs: If it looks too much like a 4+ Generation fighter jet, it's probably not a "realistic" space fighter design. Graham
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Bandai DX Chogokin YF-29 Durandal Valkyrie
Graham replied to UN Spacy's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Definitely need to do some serious magazine picture studying when I get home tonight, as some of the pics posted in the various YF-29 threads are too small for serious examination. So far it seems like we have 4 different versions of the YF-29, each telling us something slightly different: The DX CAD pics (in multiple angles). The early unpainted model kit scuplt (in multiple angles). The more recent painted model sculpt (in multiple angles). Kawamori's line-art (in one angle only). Each set of pics seems to be telling us something slightly different regarding the legs. The early unpainted kit sculpt for example had the ventral leg fins, but seemed to lack the micro-missile packs. I'm especially interesting to see if any pics besides the DX CAD pics show the VF-25 type ankle collars. Graham -
Still no domestic release of the DVD here. We didn't get a theatrical release either. Will have to order from Amazon. Graham
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Last time I played a SRW game was years ago back on the PS1. Probably more than a decade ago. Whether I pick this up, depends on how difficult it is to play for a non-Japanese reader like myself. Graham
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Has anybody else suffered any yellowing of their DX VF-25F Alto? Just noticed the other day, that my first-edition VF-25F Alto, which has been sitting in my display cabinet in fighter mode with Super Packs fitted, has started to yellow in certain areas. The white plastic of the lower legs and also the plane's belly area (part with the crotch lock) and some of the screw-hole covers are now a significantly different (yellower) shade of white. I bought this VF-25F when it was first released and it has pretty much been sitting in my display cabinet the whole time. My display cabinet is in my study (computer room), although the room has a window, it's located on a side of the house that doesn't get the sun. Also, my display cabinet sides are wood and the cabinet is at 90 degrees to the window, so even if direct sunlight enterd the window, it won't shine direcctly on the cabinet. So far my much newer DX VF-25F Tornado in the same cabinet doesn't seem to have yellowed. Graham
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That looks great. I'd buy a toy of that in a heartbeat. You should post the pic or, or do you mind if I post it, as I have no pic posting limits? Graham
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Bandai DX Chogokin YF-29 Durandal Valkyrie
Graham replied to UN Spacy's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Hmmm........very interesting observations Reïvaj. I really hope Bandai is not simply going to reuse the legs from the V.1 VF-25 on the YF-29 toy. Need to go back and study all the available YF-29 model kit pics, to see if the kit has the same ankle collars as the VF-25 or not. Graham