Graham

Nope, that's not it. That's a YF-19 or VF-19A with what looks like a Sound Booster unit. Graham

See page 124 of Macross Design Works book. Or see it on MAHQ. You can see the VF-19S/F with FAST Packs in action during episodes # 44, 48 & maybe 49 of Macross 7 IIRC. Graham

OK, so I know I'm extremely late to the ball game , but I finally got around to seeing the Battlestar Galactica remake yesterday. I had to order the DVD from amazon as it never aired on the craptastic Hong Kong TV channels. I have to say I really enjoyed the remake. The was some stuff I liked and some stuff I didn't, but overall it impressed more than any other US sci-fi tv series or mini-series made in the last decade and left me looking forward to seeing more. Although I liked the original Battlestar Galactica, I'm not a hard-core fan, so was able to approach the remake without any expectations or other mental baggage. Here's a few comments on the remake: - I thought the use of vernier jets for maneuvering in space was great and loved the dogfights. Couldn't believe that James Edward Olmos looked so old. I'll always remember him best as the extremely cool Lt. Castillo from Miami Vice, so it was a bit of a shock seeing how badly he'd aged. Liked the look of the Viper MK.II, but not so much the MK.VII, glad they all got wasted. Liked the new Cylon fighters, but agree that they did look a bit too much like the Droid fighters from Phantom Menace. Wasn't bothered by the change in Starbuck's sex as many were and thought the actress they chose was quite good for the part, but she still needs to grow into the role a bit more to be convincing as a cigar smoking, loud mouth, ace pilot. Wasn't too keen on the actor they chose for Apollo. No real charisma and wooden acting. And don't the producers know that male sci-fi fighter pilots are supposed to have mullets? That's like an unwritten rule of hollywood sci-fi shows . With all those ribs showing, the Galactica looked like it had been stripped of most of it's hull plating. Was that intentional (part of the decomissioning?) or was it supposed to look like that normally? The theme music from the original series was far better. To this day I love the music from the original show, but the remake had no memorable music. At least a day after watching it I don't remember any of the music. Was there any music? Liked that the Viper pilots actually wore spacesuits when flying, but didn't like their normal unisex spandex gym type clothes. Uniforms on original Galactica were far cooler. Don't the producers know that fighter pilots should have cool flight jackets Graham

Thanks for posting the pic EXO. Wow, that does look like it's just a small trading figure with nearly no articulation. I wonder if the name 'Collect 500' implies that these are going to cost ¥500 each. Graham

I feel completely the same way. Graham.

And we are still talking about this after 4 pages.....why? Let's face it, none of us are going to win it, so it's best just to forget about it. Graham

Damn, can't view the pic of the Raiden on either my home or office PC. Can somebody please post it in this thread? Graham

I have the displeasure of having grown up in Milton Keynes Now do all you Brits on this forum will understand why I left and never came back Anyway, I don't remember the exact date I first saw Ulyssees 31 on TV, but it would have been sometime between 1981 to 1985, which is I think the first time it aired on UK TV. Graham

NOoooooooo!!!!!! Runs screaming and gibbering into the corner. Graham

The unwritten, but generally understood policy of Macrossworld is that pictures posted should be around 640 pixels wide, no wider, otherwise it disrupts the page layout and forces people to have to scroll from side to side to read the whole post. Please resize your pics and make sure any new pics posted are the correct size. Graham

Actually, it's not impossible, just insanely difficult . There is actually another Hasegawa YF-19 perfect-transformation conversion from an old issue of Hobby Japan that does feature correct folding front and rear landing gear and a groin peice that actually folds the correct way (the first ever in a YF/VF-19 toy or model), so there are no removable parts at all, although the rear of the lower legs do an origami type folding just like the SHE kit to accomodate the shoulders/upper arms in fighter mode. It's not by IHP, but I can't remember who the sculptor is. That particular issue of Hobby Japan is not in the MW magazine section, but I have it at home and will get it scanned at the weekend if the baby allows me to But one thing to consider that with the custom conversion model kits, the little custom made hinges and joints are so fragile, that they are not really suitable for a mass production toy. Graham

That conversion was made by IHP and it does feature swappable parts. The landing gear is removable as is the front groin peice. Graham

I still wish Yamato would do more to fix the shape of the wings on the VF-0. You can see from the CG pic of the VF-0A that Ignacio Ocamica posted above how they should look, and the wings on the Yamato are still way off despite the recent resculpt. While the wings on the Hasegawa kit are not perfect either, at least they are a damn sight closer to the anime than Yamato's effort. Graham

I've always wondered if that scene with the VT-1 was an animation error. Or perhaps only the VT-1 & Maybe the VE-1 as they share the same forward fuselage (nose/cockpit section) have those vernier jets below the nose and other VF-1s do not? AFAIK, only the SV-51 has VTOL ability in fighter mode. Graham

And guys, please give me some credit for at least having half a brain. I do know what Ulysses 31, Battle of the Planets/Gatchaman & Thunderbirds are!!!!! I wouldn't ask about something so obvious and well known as those shows. As a Brit I grew up on Thunderbirds which is something of a national insitution in the UK as well as other Gerry Anderson shows like Captain Scarlet, UFO, Joe 90, Stingray, & Space 1999. I may be an old fart (35 next month), but I'm not quite senile yet Graham

I like the beige and tan colors of the anime VF-0A better than grey, but I agree that it would probably be difficult to find the correct color of plastic to look good, unless the toy was fully painted. HLJ has some nice photos of the painted Hasegawa VF-0A. Now that's how I'd like the toy to look. Graham

Disappointed that the VF-0S's head hangs down so low in fighter mode. There is really no excuse for this given that so much parts swapping is involved and the toy comes with a seperate nose/cockpit section for Fighter mode Graham

Noel, A few questions: - Does the Yamato 1/100 VF-0S have a pilot figure in the cockpit? I can't quite make it out from your photos. Any news of the release date of the VF-0S? Did CM's have a booth and were there any Macross series # 3 figures on display, or any news of a series # 3? Did Hasegawa have a booth and was there an Ivanov color (black) SV-51 or a VF-0D on display yet, or any news of them? Any news of any new Hasegawa Battroid or even Gerwalk kits? Graham

I wonder how much sending out all these replacement toys is going to cut into Toynami's profit margin? Will it make them too scared to produce the red, green and dark Alphas? Hopefully, they will greatly improve the QC for any furture varients, as I imagine it would get prohibitivly expensive if they have to send out replacements for each color varient . Graham

'Space Sentinels' That's the one, thanks David. Graham

October 22. Try searching first for such a simple question. Graham

I need help finding information on a Sci-Fi/Superhero cartoon from my childhood. I think it would have aired sometime in the mid to late 1970s. I can't remember very much about it, except that it featured 3 hero characters each with different powers, who may or may not have been named after characters from either Greek or Roman mythology. They also had a cool looking spaceship that was based either inside a volcano or a mountain, or perhaps under a lake. As I said, my memory is sketchy from so long ago. I sorta remember the spaceship as being vaguely flying saucer shaped, with 3 landing struts and lots of kibble on the exterior. Please bear in mind that my memory may be faulty. The only other thing I remember is that the ships computer or perhaps it was a ships robot spoke with quite a sexy female voice. I've tried searching for info on this, but when some or all the details I'm remembering may be incorrect, I haven't found anything so far. Hope somebody can help me as it's bugging he hell out of me. Graham

Looks fantastic. Great job. Always a pleasure looking at photos of a well built Macross model. Graham

Bariaburu Faita, if you are in contact with Atelier Sai, please let him know that a toy of the MADOX-01 powered suit from the 'Metal Skin Panic' anime would be very popular with I suspect a great many MWers Also, please ask him why the heck he canted the VF-0S's headlasers so far outward on the latest sculpt revisions. They were the one thing that was fine about the original sculpt! Graham

From what I understand, Toynami is not a very large company, so I bet they only have 1 or 2 people handling customer service and theose people are probably not full time on customer service, they most likely have other duties to attend to as well. Graham