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

Page 8. That's all for today. More scans to come tomorrow. Graham

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And now on to the actual black and white manga itself, starting with page 1. Graham

Color page 8. Graham

Color pages 6 & 7. This is a two-page spread. Perhaps somebody can try to combine them? Graham

Color page 5. This is the one with the nice picture of a VF-171 changing gunpod magazines. Graham

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OK, here's the first batch of scans from chapter #5. I'll start with the color pages. Some of these are advertisments, some articles, but I'll include them all anyway for completion's sake. Here's color page 1. Graham

You could order the compilation volumes through Amazon Japan. Graham

As I stated in one of the other threads, if you compare the Frontier Q-Rau art that appeared in Hobby Japan magazine a few months ago with original SDFM/DYRL Q-Rau line art, they are quite different mecha. And I'm not just talking about the obvious stuff like the waeapons. There are lots of diffderences to the arms, legs, head and body. I'll have to post a comparison. Graham

I think they recycled the shot of Alto launching in his Ex-Gear in episode #4 of Frontier, but that's about it. Graham

It's only since Yamato's 1/48 that he has gotten involved with consulting on the toys and he only does it for the higher end toys. Graham

Heh, did we watch the same anime? From the 5 episodes I watched of 00, I thought the cell animation was strictly average for the characters and only poor-to average for the backgrounds and mecha fights. Plus I found the fight choreography really dull and lacking in tension or excitement. Heck, even though I didn't really like them that much, I managed to sit through all of SEED and 3/4 of SEED Destiny and I thought that the animation in those two series was superior to 00. But each to his own, that's why there is different anime for different folks. Graham

To be honest, I don't think Klan will be in the show too often, she's just a minor character. I probably wouldn't like to see her in every episode, but an appearance now and again in micronised form for comic relief is OK. Of course, I'd much rather see her full size fighting in her Q-Rau. Graham

But she's so Cuuuuuuuuuute! Leave Klan Klan alone. Graham