Graham

Ah, so it's using a Colt Python .357 and the rubber grips are Pachmayr grippers painted brown....LOL Graham

Big fan of the book, but not the atrocious live action movie or crappy CGI series. Personally, I think the Studio Nue powered armor designs from the 1986 anime are the best I've seen, closely followed by the Kaiyodo toy, which was also designed by Studio Nue. They are pretty much exactly as I imagine the suits to be. Graham

I thought it said "spring"? Anyway, there are more photos in the new Figure Oh... 324998[/snapback] Renato, What's the issue number and what's on the cover? I want to try to pick it up. If you buy it, can you please scan and post the pics. Spring, summer, we all know it's really going to be winter before it comes out.....Ha Ha Ha. Graham

Yeah, that's true, although the asteroid training scene with the Vipers when the new CAG screwed up was pretty well done. Graham

I read somewhere that the ratings for season 2 had dropped quite a lot. I wonder if one of the causes for this is because so many people recognize all the Earth vehicles and weapons and are annoyed by it? Graham

Yeah, I also noticed that. I'll have to check the mini-series again, to see did it actually show any futuristic looking land vehicles or not, or were they using present day Earth vehicles even then. I seem to recall seeing somesort of flying car, although mayby I'm just confusing it with SW ep III in my mind Graham

Yup. I'm sure it's because the prop must be easier to work with. 324834[/snapback] Having previously done a few years work in the prop movie gun business, there's nothing more reliable with blanks than a revolver. However, with that cosmetic shroud fitted over the barrel and cylinder, reloading may be slow and yeah you only get 6 shots, so you can't film a single take with an actor blazing away and firing 20 shots like you can do with the FiveSeven. Also, the FN FiveSeven being straight blowback and firing a bottleneck cartridge should be pretty easy to convert to blank firing and likely quite reliable. Not sure in the real world you'd want to be shooting those Cylon Centurians with that pipspeak 5.7x28mm round though. Graham

Thanks for posting that concept art, definitely looks like a S&W revolver, with a shroud fitted over the barrel and cylinder. Could you take a photo of your prop gun, I'd like to see that. I noticed in ep#5, when Starbuck gets shot in the abdomen, the pistol she dropped was one of the Colonial pistols, not a Five-Seven. I think that's the last time I recall seeing one. Heh, I also noticed that at least some of the Five-Sevens have the polymer grips painted brown, I guess to try to make them look more like the original sidearm. Graham

The release date hasn't been specified yet, just sometime in Summer 2006 I think, which we all know actually means by the end of December next year Graham

I thought the gyrojet type grenade launcher on the Five-Seven looked terrible. To me it looked like a featureless block of black rubber or plastic with a hole drilled in the front. They could have added some detail to it to make it look a bit better. Anybody got a good picture of the Colonial pistol they started with? IIRC it had wood fingergroove grips (looked a bit like Hogues) and didn't have any iron sights, although I think there was some sort of rib on the tob, which was perhaps used for aiming. Graham

Just up to episode # 5 of season 2. One thing that's bugging me a bit is the increasing use of present day Earth firearms and vehicles in the show. On the firearms side we see a British army SA-80 rifle and a H&K UMP SMG being used by the Pyramid team on Caprica. Starbuck was seen using two Czech Skorpion sub-machine pistols and Helo was using what looked like some sort of UZI knock-off. I also noticed in episode # 3 when they are attacking the missile battery, Chief Tyrol's pistol is actually an FN Five-Seven pistol with a fake grenade launcher attached to the accessoy rail. And of course, the standard Colonial rifle is a Beretta Cx4 Storm carbine. Then there is the Hummer being used by Starbuck and Helo on Caprica . I mean, come on how likely is it that the 12 Colonies would develop a vehicle identical to an Earth Hummer. Of course it could be that when the Galactica and fleet finally find Earth, it is the late 70's and, they sell the plans to AM General just in time for them to win the US Army contract to make the Hummer . You would think that with the popularity of the show, they would have enough budget to actually make up some futuristic vehicles and firearms, or at least add some cosmetic add-ons, so they are not so easily recognisable as present day weapons. Well, at least the Colonial pilots pistol is a made up 'space gun' sometimes, when it hasn't morphed into an FN Five-Seven. Graham

To be honest, I'm bored of the VF-1 after 23 years of VF-1 toys and models from Takatoku, Imai, Arii, Bandai, Yamato, Banpresto, Hasegawa and Toynami (not to forget all the various garage kits as well). There's more than enough VF-1 toys and models out there already damn it! If Bandai were to release a PG kit of a mecha from Macross I'd prefer they did something different like the YF-19-FP, VF-2SS w/SAP, VF-17D-FP or Full Armor VF-11C. Graham

Negative. No plans to see it. The first one didn't really impress me, so no plans to see the sequel. Graham

ROFLMAO......and spitting coffee everywhere. Funniest thing I've heard all month and so true as well. Graham

Well, perhaps if Shawn gave me and Myersjesse the access passwords to the new server, we could actually do some updates . Graham

I've got 3 cells from M7, one of Mylene, one of Gamlin and one of a VF-17D in battroid mode. Graham

Yes, there is a hatch under the nose, just like on the 1/48, for the swing bar to fit into. It's just I can see it more clearly in the actual magazine, compared to the low res scans I posted. I'd post higher res scans if it wasn't for the stupid attachment size limits on this new forum software. You should be able to make it out in the pic below. Graham

Well, it's pretty certain that the VF-0S will be coming with 1 x pilot, 1 x GPU-9 gun pod, 12 x AIM-200A air-to-air missiles (3 per wing pylon) and 2 x leg-mounted FAST packs (held on by magnets). I would say there is a high chance that we will get the Ghost later and if we are lucky the Reactive Armor set as well. Graham

I hate the Asshimar, flying donut with legs more like. Or as I not so affectionately call it the 'Ass-Hammer'. Graham

3 for sure, perhaps 4 as I really like the VF-0S design and what we've seen of the Yamato toy looks mighty fine so far. Can't wait for the VF-0D hopefully in both normal (grey) and Shin (blue) colors as the D is my favorite of all the Zero variants. Graham

Somebody should start a poll thread on how many 1/60 VF-0S is everybody going to buy . I'll be getting at least 3. Graham

One thing that helps the VF-0S in this regard is that the top-outer part of the shoulders are sloped, which makes them more aerodynamic in fighter mode compart to the VF-1's shoulders, which are more squarish. Graham

I'm still doubting whether the painted VF-0S that Noel recently took pictures of at Wonder Festival was actually a modded 1/48 or not. Thing is I know 'Tofu', the Yamato guy that Noel spoke to and his English is pretty poor to non-non-existant, so it might just be a case of him not getting his meaning across to Noel clearly. You can't really mod a 1/48 and make it look like a VF-0S. Yes, you can use a few parts like the landing gear & swing bar but everyting else has to be either built from scratch or modified so heavily that it would probably be easier and simpler to build from scratch. The 1/48 doesn't have a 'skeleton' that you can attach VF-0S parts to, like some people have been saying. Graham

If I'm reading this right, that means the amo magazine will be removeable from the gunpod. Although we never see a VF-0 change magazines in the OVA, the Compendium does say that the VF-0's gunpod uses detachable magazines, unlike the VF-1's GU-11 gunpod, which does not. I'm still wondering if the pitot tube on the underside of the VF-0's nose will have to be removed during transformation, or have Yamato designed some clever way for it to fold or retract into the nose for Battroid mode? Graham

I don't think Yamato is getting the FAST packs held on by magnets idea from Toynami. IIRC, it was Macrossworld's own WM Cheng who built a Hasegawa VF-0S that had the FAST packs detachable and held on by magnets. Graham