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If I could find it, I'd tell ya'. Still having trouble tracking down the damn thing. Guess I'm gonna have to wait for my shipment from Amazon Japan. Graham

Of course all this mention of the Birdman could be a big fat red herring to throw us fans off. It'll probably turn ot that the Birdman is some minor comic relief character that dresses up in a bird suit, to promote a rival restaurant to Nyan Nyan, or something silly like that. Graham

Prequel trilogy Vader. Graham

Bandai should have released Max & Kakizak DYRL VF-1A with the 2002 reissues. Graham

The 1/100 toy line utilising "simple transformation" (which probably means parts swapping), should be quite reasonably priced. At the moment, it's all just guesswork, until Bandai gives us an update. Graham

Yep, props to all the groups that are subbing Frontier. Words can't express how grateful I am to be able to watch a new Macross TV series with English subs within a few days after it shows on Japanese TV. Graham

Good call, that would be a nice twist on things. Graham

I strongly doubt that Habbiller and Brera are the same character. My prediction about Alto getting injured in the episode "Friendly Fire" is not from any inside knowledge, just if we follow the whole homage trend, it's likely we'll get a homage of the SDFM TV episode where Hikaru gets hit by friendly missile fire. Only in this case, Hikaru = Alto. Graham

Pricing hasn't been announced yet for the 1/60 and 1/100 Frontier toys or the 1/72 Frontier plastic model kits. I don't see a 1/60 Full Armor vF-25 being cheap though. Graham

Oh, I see on the color page. Sorry, I thought you menat you had seen it in the actual manga story. The pic on color page 3 is exactly the same CG model as you see in the TV series. What may be confusing you is that on color page 2, the rotating radar dish is shown in it's closed position. Parts of the edge of the disk can actually extend out and this is the configuration that is shown so far in the anime. Graham

Eh, which page did you see Luca's VF? I don't recall seeing it. Graham

Buy the damn CDs ya' cheap bastiches!

My predictions based solely on the upcoming episode titles: "Bye Bye Sheryl" = Sheryl returns to the Galaxy fleet. IIRC, it's been mentioned that she is only visiting the Frontier fleet for a short period of time. "First Attack" = Vajra attack the Galaxy fleet. SMS launch to help and also to rescue Sheryl. I think Brera Sterne may be encoutered in this episode, but I don't think he will be an enemy. My current thinking is that he may be an ace pilot of the Galaxy fleet and may turn into a rival for Sheyrl or Ranka's affections. "High School Queen" = No idea. "Friendly Fire" = Alto is injured and hospitalized in a friendly fire incident during combat. Graham

I'm pretty confident that if this business model takes off, then pries will come down fairly quickly. And I can't recall the last time I watched anything dubbed. Graham

Simultaneous release, with no region coding and subtitles in multiple languages is definitely the way to go. Heck, I wish they would consider this for DVD as well, not just BluRay. If Frontier get's this treatment, I'll probably bite the bullet and get a BluRay player. Heck, even though I'm far from rich, I don't mind paying Japanese prices for discs if it's for a show I really like. Graham

Wow!

I'm so getting these as long as the have the correct Skull markings on the FAST packs. I've always been a sucker for DYRL valks. My son will like them as well. Graham

The VF-25 does seem to have some additional armor over the shield though for both the Super and Armoured Packs. It looks like the knife is a standard weapon stored inside the shield. Graham

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