Graham

Out here in HK. Saw it in the Oriental 188 center in Wanchai for HK$599 this evening on the way to class, but didn't have enough cash on me to buy it and the shop didn't accept plastic. Will go back and pick up one tomorrow. Graham

Stay away from the Macross Solid Archive figures (the Valks firing missiles), unless you are really, really desperate for a 3D representation of the VF-25F and VF-0 w/Reactive Armor. These were released yesterday here in Hong Kong and are widely available in most hobby shops (dunno what's up with Bandai making these widely available, but not the much better model kit?) Anyway, many shops here are offering either just the entire set of 5 as a set, or just the first three (VF-25F Battroid & Gerwalk & VF-0S w/Reactive Armour) as a set. I bought the first three only for HK$100, as I have no interest in Nos 4 & 5, the 2 x VF-1 fighters. Just unpacked them from the boxes. Nice boxes by the way. They are typical PVC gashapon and being PVC have lost the sharpness that the original resin sculpts had. Also, the parts fitting is terrible on these. Had a reallydiificult time gettng many parts on and getting them to stay on is a nightmare. The VF-25F gerwalk is probably the worst. in this regard. These are not going on display. Heck they are going straight back in the box and in a drawer. Yuck. Graham

Renato, where are you hearing that Yamato are not allowed to re-relaese the Konig? Graham

Interesting and well written article. Not sure I agree with everything, but a good read. Graham

I'm still holding out hope for a second season to be announced after the movie. Graham

Already out for a couple of months. Just search the usual places. 2 Versions: Macross Frontier version and Macross Zero version. They are nice, but very short, like 2 minutes or less each. Graham

I'm not convinced that Battle Galaxy was destroyed. Badly damaged and without it's gunship yes, but totally destroyed, perhaps not. Although we see Battle Frontier do a pinpoint barrier punch to Battle Galaxy's torso, we do not actually see it explode. Graham

Previously when we were discussing possible color variations for some of the toys, they did let slip that there were some issues with the VF-X2 licence, but didn’t clarify exactly what those issues were. They did specifically mention not being able to do a 1/60 VF-19A. This was about 6 months ago, or maybe longer. I was quite surprised that we are now getting a VF-X2 VF-19A GN-U. Graham

Just wondering what happened to Battle Galaxy? I don't think we actually see it being destroyed, do we? Graham

To avoid a similar disaster to not being able to find the VF-25F model kit, I've decided to preorder. While it will probably make it's way here (all previous Macross games did very quickly), I've decided to play it safe, rather than risk being left gameless. Graham