Graham

Just picked one up at 6.10pm HK time for HK$1,128 at 2/F, 188 Centre, Wanchai. Looks very nice. No stand. Full markings. On the way home now. Won't be free to take it out of the box until 9pm though. Surprisingly error free English blurb on the box rear. Graham (from phone)

I hated that. Really kiddified IMO, with silly looking mecha. Sorry, can't stand any mecha that has trains for Shoulders and a lion on the chest. Graham

Oh and yeah having both a Saturn and PS1, I did notice when the DYRL games came out, that the FMV for the Saturn version seemed better. Graham

I love Philosoma. It's one of my favorite PS1 games. Graham

May have to check this out one day. Me likee T&A! Graham

Although, I can sort of buy the idea of SMS thinking "well what happens if we are attacked one day and our Meltran members are not able to get to their Q-Rea"? and then asking LAI to jury-rig a way for full size Meltran to use the VF-25's Super Packs in an emergancy. It's a stretch, I know but wackier ideas have been tried in war. Graham

Yeah, I always felt Klan strapping on those Super Packs was one of the silliest elements of Frontier. Graham

Not liking, the sculpt looks a bit too chunky and busty to be Sheyrl IMO. Graham

The DX VF-27 is still not out in Wanchai 188 Center yet. Checked during lunch. Will check again at 6pm. Graham

Was it ever confirmed in Chronicle (or elsewhere), that the Macross Galaxy fleet is owned by the company General Galaxy, or is the name just a coincidence? Graham

Nah, Revys are just crap in general, nothing to do with CNY I'm sure Graham

This is Macrossworld. A single report of breakage of a toy that has been in circulation for a months already and the sky starts falling......LOL! Graham

Was told by a shop keeper last night that the VF-27 will start selling in Hong Kong today. Will check during my lunch break in 2 hours time. Graham

Got a photo of the offending area? Not sure exactly where you mean. Graham

Another interesting and lengthy article on the PAK-FA, although quite biased (very pro PAK-FA and F-22 and very anti F-35). http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-2010-01.html Graham

I passed on the "so called" movie color version. Don't like the blue of the Super parts and like the blue tint on the actual VF-25F even less. Nothing wrong with the original 1st and 2nd issue white ones IMO. Graham

What do you know, it is in Chronicles, reverse side of the VF-17 A sheet. The pic I used to have was a much bigger version though. Graham

Sorry guys, that's not it so far. Graham

Ahem...........that's a topic for the model forum. Graham

What the heck is Giggitish? Graham

Guys, Probably about a decade ago, a friend e-mailed me a piece of rare VF-17 line art that is not in the TIAS Macross 7 books, or in any other common reference souce. In fact I was never able to trace where it was from. I've never seen it on any Macross website either. The piece of line art shows a front or three quarters view of the VF-17 battroid (I think it was a VF-17D), IIRC from the waist up. What was special about this battroid line art is that it showed the chest plate lifted up, so that you could see the cockpit inside the chest. The cockpit canopy may also have been open, but I don't remember clearly. Unfortunately, after going through several computers since then, I can no longer find that piece of line art. My friend who originally sent it to me is also in the same situation. I'm just wondering if any members have that piece of line art and can post it? Also, if anybody knows the original source? Graham

Err......shouldn't that be "change the course of history", NOT "change the court of history"!!!!! Graham

Yeah, I still haven't seen them anywhere in HK yet. Really surprised that nobody is importing them. Graham

Seems like the VF-19F/S internal micro-missile capacity has been retconned down to half of what it was. Earlier sources from the 90s listed it as 48 in total (24 per leg), but Chronicle seems to have now halved that to 12 per leg. Graham

Tough call. Live action movie = Aliens. Anime movie = DYRL. Graham