Graham

I'm going to give this movie a 2.7 out of 5. This means I would see it at the cinema once, but once only and will not be buying the DVD. It's an enjoyable enough summer action movie IMO, but you really need to turn your brain off at the door, not worry about the numerous glaring mile-wide plot holes and just enjoy the flashy visuals. Graham

Yes, you are blind. Graham

Ranka doesn't look to good "Blob Ranka", but to be honest at 1/60 scale, what did you expect? Heh, yeah the 007 is printed upside down. Graham

Will probably pick up a VF-25G today. It's disappointing how the sniper rifle sticks out of the back of the plane in fighter mode. It's very sneaky of Bandai how they kept that hidden in all the publicity photos leading up to release. Hate when toy companies make outsize guns for action figures, ala the GNU VF-11B. Will probably keep this one in GERWALK mode using the speaker pod wings, as my DX VF-25G is already in a battroid mode aiming pose. Graham

Heh, Noel sent me this link, which is quite funny. On another related subject, I went it to Toys R Us for the first time in about a month and saw they had the Playmates Terminator toys. Boy, do those thing look sucky! Sculpt and articulation-wise, they reminded me of action figures from the 80s'! Graham

I was going to, but the higher than expected cost forced me to reduce my order to 2.

Not sure I will display the Super Fold Booster. It's a little too pink. Yeah, I know it was that way in the anime, but really on the toy, it looks very gay IMO. Love the missiles and Ghost though. Graham

The official Frontier blog has the preview of Chonicles issue 25 up. Cover mecha is the VA-3C!!!!? WTF, I'd have much rather they have gone with the much nicer looking (IMO) VA-3M from VF-X2. I wonder if this lends weight to the theory that the events of VF-X, VF-X2 and M3 are no longer canon, as they seem to be completely excluding them from Chronicles. Looks like a free card from the upcoming card game is included as a gift. Graham

Worth it or not? Thinking about picking up the DVD. Graham

9 hours and counting until I see TS. Graham

Must say that the security at the nuclear power plant in ep 2 of S2 was increadibly lax. Graham

Got 1 of the new clear stands a couple of weeks ago, and was somewhat underwhelmed. I've only briefly tested it with the new 1/60 VF-11B in fighter mode so far, but was quite disappointed. As others have mentioned, the friction fit of the connector is insufficient to hold the figure against gravity at any but the most shallow angles. I imagine this stand will work much better with smaller, lighter toys such as the Mac Plus GNUs or the Bandai VF100's line. For the moment, the stand is back in it's box until I have the mood and patience to mess around with it again. Graham

If ABS, I will buy. If PVC, I will pass. Graham

Spoke to my regular toy dealer today & he said the VF-25G should be out next week.

Watching it on Friday with BlackAces and Neova. Graham

I would comment, but as I have no idea who Scud or the Maxx are, I won't. Graham

Haven't been following what China is doing with fighter jets, but on seeing those pictures, my first thought was Chinese F-16 knock-off. Those factories in southern China will copy just about anything, from LV handbags, to the latest Nokia phones and now I guess jet fighters as well. Graham

Getting both, but if I could only choose one, it would be hands down the DYRL version. I'm a huge fan of DYRL Valks, not so much of TV series colors. Graham

Heh, when I read that something was swappable on the Armored VF-25S, I figured it might be the neck. Doesn't bother me too much, I can live with it. But agreed, that if several members on this site and others can come up with working extended necks that don't need to be swapped, then Bandai should have been able to do the same. Graham

I'd guess it will be out by the end of this year. I don't think it will take Bandai another 12 months to get it out of the door. Still undecided if I will buy this. If it is transformable and if all the red and black markings are actually correctly colored plastic parts and not stickers or decals, I will buy it, if not, then not. I still think there is a possibility (about 15% chance), that Bandai will go the Hasegawa route and make this a highly detailed non-transforming fighter mode only kit, which would be great for WM Cheng and all the other traditionalist model kit guys. Graham

Back when I was a kid in school in the 80s', we used to have F-111s and EF-111s fly over our school every day. Can't remember which US airbase in the UK they were flying from, but I used to think it was very cool. Graham

IIRC, didn't Michael Ironside's character use twin Ingram SMGs? Graham

Haven't seen TS yet, will see it this coming Friday. I presume it shows the start of the war between humans and Skynet, so the humans would likely still have more land/air/sea vehicles and men available in the early stages of the war, than in the later stages, as shown in T1 & T2. Graham

Heh, are you complaining about the size of the box? If yes, you will be the only person ever in the history of Macrossworld to complain beacuse Yamato actually made a box smaller! Graham

Nora and the cannon fodder have less floppy wings than the Ivanov. Graham