Graham

I seldom if ever check this thread, due to the often long-winded nature of the posts. However, after receiving 4 'report this thread' PMs in short order, I decided to see what all the full was about. Thanks guys, I had to read through 10 pages of extremely long posts. I now officially have a migrane! Prior to catching up on the posts, I had no idea who or what a 'Bendo' was, or why members here seem to be so bothered by his views. "If ya' don't like what someone says, ignore them", has always been my motto. Graham

VF-1A heads?

Gotta say the deign is slowly growing on me. Can't wait to see how manauverable it is in the movie with the swivelling boosters. The 360 degree rotating guns should be intersting to see as well. Graham

Err........no it's not pink. Graham (pictured 1/200 scale, not DX)

No signs of the VF-11C out here in either Mong Kok or Wanchai, so I'm calling shennnigans on an initial batch being already out. Graham

Both varients? I'm only seeing one type of armor pack for the VF-171EX, in Chonicles, in other source books and in the anime. Can you elaborate? Graham

On the first song on the Re.Fire album, is Fukuyama singing "Dinosaur" at the start of the chorus? Sure sounds like it to me. Graham

IMO, Alto's behavior never came across as emo to me. He aways seemed quite calm and level-headed. He didn't bitch and whine, or agonise about killing (like most Gundam pilots). He just got in his Valk and did the job, without fuss. Graham

Heh, British humor site 'The Daily Mash' had a piece on Avatar that made me laugh out loud. Read it here: avatar-'greatest-ever-film-with-blue-pretend-cat-people' Graham

Yep, I frequently use the third weapon, although that is dependant on the mecha. Examples of great third weapons, especially when levelled up are the beam guns on the VF-25 Armoured Packs and the grenades or nukes or whatever they are on the Konig Monster. Also I level up everything. The way I play, is that rather than just zipping through all the missions, once I get a new mecha, I play that mecha exclusively usually just on 1-2 select missions (the Ex missions if available) and level up all the stats on the mecha. Graham

Ah, but Galactica was a "reimagining", not strictly a remake But just to clarify, I don't like remakes of movies. TV series are a whole different kettle of Mackerel. Graham

* Best Anime (film/TV series/OAV) - TV Series = Macross Frontier. OVA = Macross Zero. Film = * Worst Anime (film/TV series/OAV) - TV Series = Gundam 00. OVA = Votoms Pailsen Files, Movie = Steamboy. * Best/Worst Manga - Don't read Manga, so no comment. * Best SF (film/TV series) - Film = District 9 . TV Series = RDM's Battlestar Galactica. * Worst SF (film/TV series) - Film = Terminator Salvation. TV Series = Dr. Who (started good, but turned crap). * Best SF Literary (Book/Short story/Comic) - Best comic, without a doubt is '2000AD, the galaxy's geatest comic'. For books, GRRM's A Song of Ice & Fire series & an honorable mention goes to the first 2 books in Peter F. Hamilton's 'Void Trilogy'. Don't reacll any memorable short stories. * Most annoying trend in Anime - Whinny, angst-ridden heros. Thankfully, Frontier bucked that trend. * Most annoying trend in SF - overuse of CGI for spaceships. Bring back models. * Best comeback - Dunno. * Most disappointing comeback - Dunno. * Best Game of the decade - Macross Ultimate Frontier (of course)! * Most consistent game developer - Dunno, don't play that many games. * Best/Worst Game platform of the decade - * Which product do you really wish had not turned out to be vapourware? - * Most Unnecessary *Remake - All of them. Never seen a remake that is bette than the original. * Greatest addition to your toy/model/DVD collection - Toy = Yamato's 1/60 scale VF-11B. Perfection in toy form. DVD = Macross Frontier TV series. Models = don't buy models any more, but Bandai's 1/72 scale VF-25 models were damn good, so get my vote. * What is the piece of technology that you have now which was not available at the start of the decade that you cannot do without? - Err.......MP3 player. * Best Band/Album/Live performance - Live performance = Muse - Black Holes & Revelations tour. Album = Muse Black Holes & Revelations. Best band = Muse. * What do you think is going to be the most inaccurate SF prediction about life in 2010? - Err.......still no personal jetpacks, or cities on the moon! * Person of the decade (NO politicals) - My wife, for staying with me, despite all the crap and stupid stuff I do. * Where do you think you will be at the end of next decade? - Hopefully retired on a beach in Thailand, but I'll settle for still alive and in good health. * Complete the following sentence. "I will be much happier next decade if I get a BJ ever night." Graham

Nice, Looking forward to this. I also hope the Valk is white, not blue tinted. Hope we get a painted SMS stand too. Graham

In a way I'm disappointed, as this is one of my favorite Valks in the Macross universe and I've been wanting a toy of it for 15 years. However, my wallet is heaving a sigh of relief, as the Yamato Valks have been coming too fast recently. Graham

That's beacuse it sounds like you bought the recently released "movie color" version, which has blue Super Parts and a blue tinted VF-25F. Fine if you like blue, but if not, you would have been better off buying the original (or reissue) standalone VF-25F Alto, which is white and tracking down the separate Alto Super Parts set (which are grey). Graham

I'll buy the official R2 DVD when it's released and of course download the fansub when available. But yeah, if it showed at the cinema here, I'd see it.

Currently listening to the following albums: - Fire Bomber's 'Re.Fire'. Muse's 'The Resistance'. Sheryl Nome's 'Universal Bunny'. Graham

OK, this thread is getting a lttle off topic. Let's get back to discussion of the Frontier movie please. We have a licensing discussion thread, so please take talk about the licensing dispute there please. Graham

Is it sung in Cantonese or Mandarin? Graham

Not surprised, given that most of the VFs in the series come with Fast Packs, Armored Packs, Fold Boosters etc. Graham

For those who can't make it out on the pic a couple of post back, series 3 is scheduled for release in March 2010. Saw it advertised on a Bandai flyer in a toy shop today. Graham

Scrawny is good, me like scrawny. Anyway, Grace Park was definitely the hotest female in the show IMO. Graham

Curious to know if any mention of the following: - 1) Whether Max is still captain of Battle 7? 2) Whether Milia is still mayor of City 7? 3) Max and Milia still apart or back together again? 4) Did Mylene ever marry and if so to whom? 5) What Gamlin is doing these days? I doubt any of the above will be covered, but you never know. Graham

Guys, you wanna discuss Star Trek or post pictures of the Enterprise, please start an ST thread in the other anime section. Graham

Eh........the VF-27 comes with two chestplates? I'm presuming the smaller one is for battroid and the larger one is for fighter? Do you have to swap them in order to transform? I may pick up the green mass production version when it's released. Prefer that over Breara's unit. Anyway, glad to hear that they have strengthened certain areas of the kit compared to the VF-25. Graham