Graham

Never heard of Blu-Ray. I'm building up a pretty good movie and anime collection on DVD and have no intention of starting all over again with another format. I'm not much of a gamer and the only reason I would buy a PS3 is if there is a Japanese Macross game made for it. All of my consoles were bought specifically to play Macross games. Graham

If its a painted resin sculpt, the joints will be much looser than on the production toy and it will also be heavier that the ABS plastic production version. I wouldn't worry about stability in the production toy, I'm sure it will be able to stand without support. Graham

what can I say, please send pic this way too Oh what the heck, PM me as well please. Graham

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Can't be bothered to cite sources (sorry), but from all I've read, IIRC, both the Gripen & Eurofighter, let's throw in the Rafale as well, should be far superior in the A2A arena than the F-35, i.e. more agile, more weapons, better sensors, more thrust and better visibilty. All those planes should also have a better payload for A2G when compared to the F-35 just using internal weapons bays. Not sure how the F-35 compares when using the optional pylons tho, but then of course it losses it's sole advantage of stealth. If I was doing procurement for a nations airforce for a multi-role fighter, I'd probably chose in order of preference bassed on cost and performance: - 1st Eurofighter, 2nd one of the upgraded F-15 varients, 3rd Gripen, 4th one of the upgraded F-16 varients, 5th Rafale and lastly F-35. Graham

Heh, I was just thinking the same thing before I read your post. It would be great to have the framed original painting of that to hang on the wall (or a high quality print). Graham

Well, my 1/48s forgot to wake me up this morning when the alarm clock failed to go off and I was late for work and the boss screamed at me Oh yeah, and those pesky Macross Plus toys keep leaving the toilet seat up, which really annoys my wife . Damn Yamato and their poor QC Graham

Actually, I'm not sure if I can post a review on the series as it's neither anime nor sci-fi. Go head post a review. If any mods give you a hard time, tell em I said it was OK this time . Graham

Damn it, tell the boat's crew to row faster Graham

Hmmmm.....banning everybody that loves transformers, what a great idea Now why didn't I think of that first? Note, it can be dangerous to put ideas into Graham's head. OK, all TF fans form a line on the left and prepare to be processed Mwhahahahhaha. Graham

I was hoping that a few (dozen) cases might have been snuck out of the backdoor of the factory and made their way to HK for an early (unofficial) release as often happens in HK . This does not seem to have happened, unfortunately Graham

Will the MPC Alpha's not be released here in asia, meaning we have to order ours stateside then? I've heard that the release date for Asia has not been decided yet, but the US will be first. Graham

Very cool pic. First time to see that one. Nice. Graham

I'd have to say that in my opinion, 2-seater 1/48s should certainly feasible from a technical standpoint I think the 1/60 VE-1 and VT-1 sold fairly well, the VF-1D less so. You certainly don't see any VT-1 or VE-1 on toy store shelves here in HK anymore. However, the tooling costs to make 1/48 2-seaters would be pretty high as there are a lot of new parts that need making. Perhaps Yamato feel that they would have to set the retail cost unreasonably high to recoup their investment and are worried the high price would kill sales. Or perhaps one day soon we will see 2-seater 1/48s? Graham

I don't mind if Yamato goes the small and cheap route, as long as the also go the large and expensive route as well. Graham

Eh.....we have a no review policy? Got my Sledge Hammer DVD set last week and it's excellent. Graham

LOL....better be careful or the TF fans on this board might hunt you down and tar and feather you Graham

I completely agree. With both the Yamato 1/60 line and 1/48 line, not to mention the Bandai 1/55 reissues and the Toynami 1/55 MPCs and even....gulp....the Banprestos, there is something to please everybody. It really is a win win situation for VF-1 fans. We'll probably never have it this good again. But enough of the VF-1 already, well except for a 1/48 GBP Armor, 1/48 VT-1 and 1/48 VE-1 that is Graham

If it's the series #1 chase figure, then IIRC there should be no assembly required as I think the Minmay doll is just a solid lump of plastic (not 100% as I don't own one). For the series # 2 chase figure the VF-1 cockpit, I'm not sure, as when I bought mine it had already been removed from the box. However, if some assembly is required, it would probably be minimal and only mean plugging the two support struts into the base. Graham

Yep, I'll second that. We need a break from the VF-1. If Yamato makes, the following toys, I'll buy multiples, as I suspect would many MWers:- VF17D/S FP, VF-22S, VF-0A/B/D/S, SV-51 Nora & D.D., VF-11B/C/D FP Resculpt, YF-21 FP Resculpt, VF-5000B FP, VA-3M, VF-4, YF-19 FP Resculpt, VF-19F/S/P/Kai, Fz-109F/A, Stampeed Valk, VF-2SS w/SAP, VF-2JA. YAMATO are you listening? Graham

Ya, but there is good Graham and there is evil Graham and only Graham knows which he is today.......Mwhahahahha But seriously, it takes a lot for me to ban somebody and I certainly wouldn't do it just because somebody calls me on a post or disagrees with something I've said. I think the only times I've banned people have been when other members have let me know about a particularly bad Troll. I'm all for good natured discussion and debate as long as it stays civil. There's no rule that says everybody has to like the same thing. Graham

When I'm online I do try to check all threads in the 4 main forums, not just the ones that interest me. Even though I'm not really into Gundam anymore, I still like to keep an eye on what's going on. Graham

How are the gunfights and hand-to-hand combat in this movie? Are they realistic, or typical Hollywood over-the-top nonsense.........shooting two guns at once, held sideways, while jumping through the air in slow motion...yuck! Realism is cool IMO. Hollywood's version of martial competence, usually involving lots of wirework, slow motion and unrealistic moves just turns my stomach. Graham

Actually, I'd be interested to see Kawamori doing some more designs for Gundam. I'm sure he'd certainly do a better job than that arch-recycler Okawara. Of course though Kawamori's top priority should be a new Macross TV series....pronto! Graham

That's funny. What are you doing reading a Gundam thread for? Looks like you don't let go of a chance to bash Gundam for all it's worth. You don't like it. We get it. You don't have to rain on our parade. Mwhahahahah....Graham, bringing doom and gloom to Gundam fans everywhere G-Graham (The Mobile Gundam Basher)