Graham

As some of you will know from my past rants I'm not a SEED fan or a Gundam fan in general. I tried watching SEED up to ep #28 then gave up, turned off by the chara and mecha designs. However, at the weekend I came across the HK bootleg DVD of the first 4 episodes of Destiny, so I thought 'what the heck' let's give it a try. I've only had time to watch the first 2 eps so far, but you know what, I've been pleasantly surprised and I'm finding myself actually enjoying it so far I thought ep#1 was pretty gruesome the way Kira accidently wiped out Shin's family . One thing I find strange though, is why bother building the Sword Impulse Gundam, when it's swords and boomerangs are completely useless and can't even scratch the other mobile suits (not that I've seen so far). Surely when designing a new Mobile Suit, you would want it to have weapons that are actually capable of damaging other current MS? Graham

When Yamato first started releasing The Macross Plus toys, I originally planned to buy 5 of each, which was 1 each to display in F, B & G modes, one to keep MIB and 1 to play with. However, for some reason I ended up buying even more. I think the most I had was about 13 x VF-11B, 8 x YF-19 and 7 x YF-21. I've since sold most of them and just keep 3 of each. Of course when Yamato started with the 1/60 line it was impossible for reasons of both finance and storage space to buy so many of each, so I just satisfied myself with a no more than 6 of each. Of courese when the 1/48 line came out, I sold off most of my 1/60 collection and now only have 1 of each. For the 1/48 line I have between 1 to 3 of each variant. Graham

Because every man needs a threesome at least once in his life Graham

No news at all . Graham

Pardon my ignorence, but what is ICO? I did a google search and came up with lots of stuff, but none game related. And nah, not interested. The only games that interest me are Macross games (of course), some Star Wars games, the Ace Combat series and when I'm in the mood, the Armored Core games. I'm only a casual gamer and never bother with other genres of games outside of my own limited sphere of interest . Graham

Yep. Graham

IIRC, isn't there a submarine in GITS Innocence which looks sort of like a dolphin? Graham

VF-17D. Graham

Like them or not, the Soundforce Valks were deliberately meant to look different to the UN Spacy's military Valks. One of the functions of Soundforce was to boost the morale of the civilian population during time of war. In order for their exploits to be well known, their VFs had to be distinctive and easy to see in battlefield film footage, hence the somewhat outlandish look of the VFs. The Soundforce Valks are civilian machines belonging to a rock group. Of course they are supposed to look different from military machines. I basically like to think of them as a Glam Rock band with Glam Rock Valks. Just remember folks, it was all for publicity and propaganda purposes. I have a theory that a lot of Macross fans who watch M7 have difficulty accepting the Soundforce Valks, as they still basically think of them as military valks. Stop thinking of them this way and a lot of the dislike goes away. At least Kawamri didn't start puttting human faces on all the military VFs (yet) . Graham

Yep, never liked the VF-1D head. Far too blocky looking. Graham

C'mon don't be shy, tell us what you really think . Graham

LOL...VF-9 Space Pope. That's pretty funny. Graham

Grumble, grumble, grumble..........still waiting for the grey Z-Plus C1 GFF recolor. And when oh when are we going to get an Assault/Buster V2 GFF? Graham

Hmmm....think I'll pass on the red Alpha, not liking the head sculpt or the color. Definitely getting the green one when it comes out though. Graham

Sigh..........poor me. Had the game for about two weeks now, but only found time to play it for like 3 minutes so far 5 month old baby + mother visiting from UK + stressed out wife = no free time for Graham . The sad thing is work is so quiet at the moment that I have nothing to do most of the time, but I can't exactly bring my PS2 to the office. Graham

I think Macross is pretty dead in Japan at the moment. Unless we get a new TV series which proves to be ultra popular, I doubt we'll be seeing much in the way of new merchandise anymore. So although we'd all love a Zero game, I doubt we'll see one . Graham

Shoplifting again was she? Graham

Not sure I like the 6 wing X-wing type fighter in the ep3 trailer. The original X-Wing was my favorite childhood space fighter, but the new version just seems freeky, like some sort of mutant dragonfly or something . Perhaps when we see a clearer image of it I'll start liking it more. Also not really liking the new Jedi Starfighters so far either, it just seems fundamentally wrong somehow the Jedi having TIE Fighter style canopies on their fighters. I understand where Lucas is going with all this though, trying to bridge the technological styles of the Original Trilogy and Prequel Trilogy. I guess the designs will grow on me after a while once I get used to them. Anyway, ROTS is definitely my most anticipated film of 2005, together with George Romero's Land of The Dead. Just hope ROTS doesn't have anymore babbling about how those who are strong in the Force have lots of chlorine in their swimming pool or whatever Graham

Is Soccer actually even played in the US? I thought it was just Baseball, Basketball and America Football over there? Graham

Looks good, can't wait to watch the movie. Graham

I don't think November is likely. Probably December or January. Graham

Gotta say watching the OT DVD set recently has rekindled my interest in SW to the point where I'm really looking forward to ep III. I don't even mind ep 1 so much anymore (just rewatched it), and I've always liked ep 2 (gotta love Rebublic Gunships)! Graham

Green Alpha!? I thought the red one was next (not that I've been paying close attention to these things recently)? Graham

Top 5 in order. 1) DYRL 2) M7 3) M+ 4) SDF TV 5) M0 Graham

Saw these today in the local branch of Animate. Boxes were all sealed and there were no markings to show which is which, so I didn't bother buying any as the only ones I'm mildly interested in are the V and Hexa. Graham