Graham

Aieeeeeee.............it lives! Graham

That's a very nice sculpt on that Lunamaria figure. I haven't been able to find one yet though. They either haven't made it to HK yet, or sold out before I could get one. Graham

Heh, everybody's comments on the Destiny MS sorta remind me how we were all bashing Okawara for the Impulse design the first time we saw it. Now most of us like Impulse. I'm sure Destiny will look better both in the animation and also as a toy/model than it does as static Okawara lineart. Graham

IIRC, the guns in Deep Rising were Calico 9mm SMGs (now long out of production) with extra cosmetic bits stuck on the outside to make them look different. In the movie, I think they said they were Chinese made guns with thousand round magazines.....LOL! In reality, the Calico used either a 50rd or 100rd helical drum magazine. Graham

Sometimes it feels that way, especially recently . Graham

Mine is still fine. I guess that's typical 'hit or miss' MSiA quality for you . Graham

I think Macross itself is not to blame per se with regards to the poor sales of Yamato's recent Macross offerings, but rather it is Yamato's poor business decisions as to which items to produce that have caused the problem. Also it has not helped that recent releases have either been overpriced (Q-Rau), seriously flawed (1/60 GBP), or too obscure (VB-6) to have good sales. Yamato have also hurt themselves by not releasing Macross Zero merchandise in a timely manner, despite having more than 2 years to do so! As much as it saddens my to say this, not all Macross mecha will sell well, even if of superb quality, no matter what we fans say. Enemy mecha, Destoids or obscure Valks will never sell as well as the more well known hero mecha like the VF-1 & YF-19. While a small group of hardcore fans may scream for their favorite Destroid, for example Tomahawk, you just know that it would never sell as well as a nice YF-19. I just think that at this stage with the declining popularity of Macross in Japan, if I was the CEO of a toy company, the only Macross items I would be willing to gamble on making a profit if I manufactured them would be the YF-19, VF-0S/D & perhaps SV-51. Not the VF-1 as the market has been saturated this past several years. I still say good quality, nice looking and well designed versions of these mecha would sell fairly well. Graham

I think one of our members, perhaps Rohby was offering recast fixed-pose hands a while back. Perhaps somebody else remembers better than me and can offer more information. Yes, the fixed pose hands do hold the gun more securely than the standard articulated hands. However, the fixed pose hands are of the TV style and not really accurate for use on the Hikaru VF-1S, which is from the DYRL movie, where the Valks have more mechanical squarish hands. This may not bother you though. Graham

That's worrying. I also bought my set when they were first released. I'll have to check mine when I get home. Graham

LOL....thought I'd stumbled onto a sex advice forum for a second there . Graham

This is so cool: - http://media2.big-boys.com/iraqfootage.wmv Graham

Thanks for the pics guys. After seeing the stickered up greenie, I might just have to buy one now. Graham

That's what I've been saying, make it so it looks as nice as a 1/48 VF-1 and scale it up to say 1/60 scale (about as big as a 1/48 VF-1) or perhaps 1/55 scale and the fans will come running, money in hand to buy it. Graham

zeo-mare, can the GFF Zeta attach to the display stand in Wave Rider mode without the Hyper Mega Launcher? Graham

I bet like the MSIA Z Gundam 2nd ver. cuz I own one, it isn`t a bitch trust me, just swap the body frame or you can ask Graham he gave a good review 2 years ago. Q. To all of you BTW what`s the best Z Gundam figure ? I've read somewhere that the EMSiA Zeta is going to use exactly the same transformation as the MSiA Zeta, which is a good thing IMO Graham

As I've stated before, the white color of that bootleg VF-19Kai toy would lend itself very well to making a VF-19P custom. Graham

I'm not saying that Yamato should make a mass-produced YF-19 toy and attempt to sell it for US$1,000 a pop. That would of course be very stupid. But I do think that these insane auctions for the LS YF-19 plus the strong demand for them at Wonder Fest (120 people entering a lottery for 10pcs) do indicate that there is definitely a demand for a nicely sculpted transforming YF-19 toy. Let's say that Yamato made a high quality, larger scale YF-19 toy, then they could probably sell a production run of 15,000 to 20,000pcs at a retail of between US$100 to US$150 quite easily IMO. I do think the demand is there and the time is right for the return of the YF-19. Graham

Oh well, I just lost the auction for a second Liquid Stone YF-19 that was up for auction on Yahoo Japan. This time the winning bidder paid 111,000yen for the privilage of owning it . For those of you that have been following this saga, the first one on auction a week ago sold for 94,000yen. Figured this time if I bid 100,000yen I could get it, but I was still outbid. I really could not justify going any higher. Yamato....Hello! When you have people willing to spend over US$1,000 on a nicely sculpted transforming YF-19, I think that says something about the market. Graham

Despite owning a fair number of consoles over the years (Megadrive, Super Famicon, PS1, Saturn, Dreamcast & PS2), I consider myself a casual gamer only. Anyway, out of all the consoles I've owned, I think I've been most happy and comfortable with Sony's PS1/PS2 controllers. I guess in the end it's just down to individual preference. Graham

IIRC, they are limited Wonder Fest items and so pretty hard to get hold of. Noel would probably know the price. Graham

Thread from Feb 5, 2005: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=13158&hl Thread from May 23, 2004: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=8294&hl Yes, it is pretty unbelievable. Graham

These pics will be going up in the revamped model section soon, but I thought I'd post the pics of my completed kits here first. These two kits are: - 1) Yellow Submarine 1/144 scale VF-17D/S Fighter, built as a VF-17S with FAST Packs. 2) Wave 1/100 scale VF-17D/S Battroid, built as a VF-17D with FAST Packs. I'm not posting the pics directly in this thread as they are a bit large, but here's the links for anybody who wants to look. Yellow Sub VF-17 - Pic 1 Yellow Sub VF-17 - Pic 2 Yellow Sub VF-17 - Pic 3 Wave VF-17 - Pic 1 Wave VF-17 - Pic 2 Wave VF-17 - Pic 3 And no, I didn't paint these myself (I have no skills), they were commissioned from two different model builders in Hong Kong. Graham

If Valk009 is correct and Hasegawa's next Macross kit is a VF-11, I'm hoping that it might be possible to modify some of the Hasegawa parts to use on the Yamato VF-11B toy, specifically the tail fins and FAST Packs. Graham

Actually, the recent Virtual On mecha kit was a bigger surprise to me than the Battroid VF-1 kit. Graham

LOL! One suggestion, perhaps Agent One should not be allowed to attend, or if he does, all door knobs should be removed prior to his arrival, to avoid any err....embarrasing incidents I can just see it now: - Mari: Eww...what is that guy doing to that door knob over there? OMG that's sick, I'm outta here". Graham