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IMO looks more like Jabba's barge. Graham

It definitely seems like Destiny is going for a more of an ensemble cast approach, rather than focasing on a single main character. I think I kind of like this. I do wish Lunamaria Hawke would get more screen time though. Graham

Hmm.....although I like the Zakus in Destiny, I do not like that new Gauf, but then again, it could just be Okawara's art that makes it look bad. It will probably look much better in the anime. Mind you I have never really liked Gaufs, except for the Gauf Custom in 08MST. I for one hope that we do not get Doms or Gelgoogs in Destiny. I've never liked them. Graham

Because only the expensive Japan only release is out so far. The cheaper international release for the US market and the rest of the world doesn't come out until March I think. IIRC there is about a US$60 price difference between the two. However, it's not known at this time whether the international release will differ in any way, i.e. packaging, quality, features or material. Graham

Err....because I wasn't really sure whether to post it in the anime or toys forum. I mean it's a book, so it's not an anime, but then again neither is it a toy!?????? . So I thought, post it first in the Macross anime section so people who mostly visit that section will see the news and then move it to the Macross toy forum as I guess (in my mind at least) a book is closer to a toy than an anime . Graham

Eh, I don't see anything in the item descripion that mentions Wookies? Graham

I quite enjoyed AvP Extinction on the PS2, but yes it is limited and has little replay value once you have completed the campaigns for the 3 species. Graham

Well, the chronology section of the Macross Compendium shows Isamu's last assignment before being assigned to Eden as follows: - October 22 2039 Isamu Alva Dyson assigned to Outer Space Special Science Force. Graham

Finally, an update from the Macross Compendium, that shows the Miyatake Design works book is coming in March Kazutaka Miyatake Macross & Orguss Design Works 宮武一貴 マクロス&オーガス デザインワークス Design art collection A4 size ISBN: 4896016297 Movic 2005 March, end of (scheduled) Y3000 Y3150 (tax included Oh well, 4 years late is better than not at all! Graham

Actually, I enjoyed RE2 as we got to see Milla Jovovich's nipples near the end of the movie . Graham

I haven't watched the second disc yet, so I'm not sure what the extras are and I can't check until I go home. Probably the usual poo though....making of feature, deleated scenes etc. Actually, I never really care for extras. I just went to amazon to check what the extra are and I'm suprised the DVD is not being relesed in the US until Jan 25 and in the UK until March 2005! The official 2 disc DVD was released here in HK a week ago already. Graham

OK, so I'm very late to the party, but I finally got around to watching AvP on DVD over the weekend. And wadda you know, I actually enjoyed it. I certainly liked it a lot more than Alien 3 & 4. A bit more gore would have been nice and the far-too-quick Alien gestation period bugged me a bit, but overall, it was a good fun popcorn flick and certainly a lot more enjoyable than many of last summers action movie releases. Graham

I'm hoping they do make a GQ Zaku Warrior. I'd buy one of each color at least. Graham

My theory is that when the dead reanimate, then whatever force brings them back also stops decomposition or at least slows it down to a greatly reduced rate, i.e. so instead of completely decomposing in say a year (or however long it normally takes a body to decompose), it instead takes many years. Also, in regards to shuffling vs running zombies, I've always thought that the slow gait of traditional 'Romero' style Zombies is not caused purely by rigor mortis or decaying muscles, but is instead a result of the brain's neural pathways being messed up when the corpse reanimates as a Zombie. This means that the Zombie doesn't have as much control over their body as a normal living person, hence the slow movement. Perhaps like a young child or somebody recovering from a serious illness, the Zombie has to relearn how to use it's body to it's full capability. This could tie in with what we have been hearning about evolved Zombies in Land of the Dead and also 'Bub' in Day of the Dead. Graham

The Destiny MSiA are actually pretty detailed. I'm very happy with mine so far. My favorites so far are the Force/Sword/Blast Impulse and the Blaze & Slash Zaku Phantoms. The Savior, Gaia, Abyss and Chaos are also pretty good as well. Yzak's big double bladed axe can't exactly fold, but the haft (handle) is made of two parts consisting of a long and a short section. You can remove the long section to make the axe shorter for storing it on the rear skirt armor of the Zaku. The spike on the end of the axe does fold. The two beam blades are removeable and the two beam emitter parts are hinged, so that they fold down into a more compact form. Graham

Hmm....looks like it has the same beam rifle as the Impulse. Graham

s_i_t_h_l_o_r_d you are sick, sick, sick, sick I tell you Im official jealous now. Nice photos by the way. Graham

I'd buy a bootleg, but there's no way I'd pay US$700 for an original one of these. US$100 would be my maximum. I just wish somebody would make a VF-17D/S Plush. Graham

Have to be next week, all my Strike MSiA are at work. For now, here's a quick pic of Yzak's Slash Zaku Phantom. I did take some quick pics of the Freedom & Blaze Zaku Phantom, but they came out a bit blurry and as it's getting close to 11pm here, I'm not taking anymore pics for tonight .

Ok, here's a larger scan of the text. Graham

And here's some other Destiny figures, this time by by Bandai. The figs at the top half of the page should be out any day now. The figs at the bottom of the page are due for release in March and appear to have a voice chip in the base. Graham

I'll definitely be picking up the Megahouse Lunamaria figure. Graham

And Lunamaria's younger sister, bridge bunny Meyrin. Graham

Next up psycho chick Stellar. Graham

Oh well, even though Panon has beaten me to it, I'll still post the Hobby Japan pics. First up everybodies favorite female Zaft pilot Lunamaria. Graham