Graham

As David H said, he was hired and paid to design the Gundam in 0083. Doesn't mean he loved Gundam. I'm paid to do my job, doesn't mean I love it either. Graham

I wish people wouldn't keep claiming this, when there is no evidence one way or another showing that when Macross Frontier was created, that Kawamori was still a Gundam fan. Yes, there is some evidence that Kawamori was a Gundam fan 28 years ago, when SDF Macross was created. I have no dispute with that. But I have yet to see any evidence (that I am aware of), to show that he is still a Gundam fan today (please feel free to correct me if I am wrong). So yes, he may or may not be a Gundam fan today, or he may absolutely detest Gundam now. Unless the man himself says so, people shouldn't keep claiming he IS a Gundam fan and that Gundam influenced the Frontier VF designs. At best we can say with any certainty Kawamori was a Gundam fan 3 decades ago! Graham

Outstanding. I love the VF-171 and I love Experten's kits. Just a pity they are produced in such small quantities and so hard to get hold of for most of us outside of Japan, unless you are willing to spend silly money bidding on Yahoo Japan auctions. I agree the canopy and the nose look a little off. And yes, the poll choices don't make much sense. Graham

I just unlocked a 6th paint scheme for my Typhoon. Graham

Excellent first two episodes. I especially liked the ARC Troopers episode. Some great action and dialog. My son really enjoyed watching them too. Can't wait for next week's episode. Graham

I doubt very much that Trial Frontier will be a PSP port. And no, the movie will not have English subs. Graham

Sweet! Somebody has to make a 1/72 die-cast replica of this soon. Russia has the best paint schemes. USAF & RAF paint schemes are so boring these days. Graham

In Joint Assault, you can get upgrade parts for the real planes. Graham

Thanks, GRAND CANNON. Thos scans are great, even if I already have some of them already. When you modify the stats on the other cards could you post the pics the same way please. Also, you mentioned some links for other cad pics? Graham

Bloody hell, mission 21A is hard! No problem taking down the first 3 Varcolacs, but usually run out of time before killing the leader. Graham

Love this game, but if I have to destroy one more Spiridus, I am going to scream! Graham

Definiely interested in getting these when you have the stats done. My son loves these cards. Anybody know of any website that has the regular cards to print out? I'm not buying 2/3 of my son's figures for him again, just so he can get the cards! Graham

Hell yeah, the last panel in that comic is my life. Graham

The Daily Mash on Halo Reach....LOL! Graham

Just buy yourself a PSP already and AC:Joint Assault (and MUF of course)! Graham

An all new YF-19 is actually a possibility for the future (say 2-3 years later), but far from confirmed at this stage. More in the 'we're just starting to consider it' category. Mylenes - no. Graham Resin sculpt only at the moment. They are still a long way from having anything in plastic. Blazer will definitely come. Graham

Ha, one of my gripes with the AC series has always been how combat is too close up and there are no real BRV missiles. Graham

Ha, didn't even know this was still going. The local station that was screening it here in Hong Kong (TVB Pearl), dropped it years ago after season 3 or 4 IIRC. Is uber-cutie Kristen Krueck still in it? She is just MCOT! Graham

That is a surprising large number of parts. Graham

Got some nice A4 size CAD drawing printouts, including some not seen before of fighter mode, but I didn't get to see the prototype . However, I will have a chance to handle it next week.........yipee! Bad news though, release is not expected until Q2 2011, as they want to get the 1/3000 SDF-1 out of the door first. Still, that gives us more time to save up for the 19. Graham

Hmm.......so based on that new report, seems like the game is pretty short at only 12 missions. Oh well, from the "Trial" in the title, I think we all kinda knew it wasn't gonna be a full game anyway. I like how the article describes "new gameplay features like "anti missile actions" which let you shoot down incoming missiles, and the ability to free your fighter of armor whenever you like." Hardly new features as these were already implemented in MUF! Graham

Really enjoying Joint Assault. Up to mission 7 or 8 now. Currently playing the one where you have to escort a chopper into an oil field to rescue a hostage. I really can't stress how much better I think this came is than AC:X and how much more I'm enjoying it. Only a few planes available so far (F4, F-16, F-18, F-5, Mig-21 and Tornado) And of couse, the only one I like out of those, the Tornado (hey, I'm British, gotta support our planes), is too expensive at the moment.....LOL! Currently using the F-16, which I'm not really a fan of, as I've always thought they are quite ugly, but at least it flys better than that dump truck with wings, AKA F-4. I'd prefer to use the F-18, but can't afford that either yet.....Ha Ha! I like that you play as a private military contractor, but that this is set in the real world. I dunno, playing in real world environments makes it more enjoyable to me than playing on some made up fantasy planet. I do wish the game featured more choice of older real world Cold War era planes though. I'd love to fly the English Electric Lightning, Buccaneer, F-105, F-106 etc. Some more modern, but not yet in production planes, like the Silent Eagle and Pak Fa would have been great as well. Buy it, play it! Graham

I may (or may not) get to see and handle the prototype today. Cross fingers and wish me luck! Meeting people from Yamato Japan for lunch today in HK. Hope they brought it with them. Graham

Any comments on the Turbo Tank? Good? Bad? Thinking of getting my son one for Christmas. He now has so many Clone Troopers, that his Gunship and AT-TE can't hold them all, so we need another Clone carrier.......LOL! Not sure what my wife will say though! Graham

Just came across this video of the Typhoon from the recent Farnborough airshow. Loaded with I think: 4 x GBU bombs. 6 x A2A missiles. 3 x Fuel tanks And still amazing manoeuvrability. Graham