Graham

It might be possible with a bit of modification. The base of the stand has a screwed on plate covering the bottom, with I guess a weight inside for stability, I dunno, I haven't disassembled it yet. But it looks like if you unscrew the bottom plate, you could probably drill some holes in it to rig up some sort of wall attachment. The arm should be stable enough, as it has several screws which you can adjust for tension. Graham

The locking bolts on the 4 grappling claws are just molded on detail, they don't move at all. The 4 grappling claws are only hinged where they join at the base. Also, the grappling claws are not really used to hold the Valks, as they do not clamp closed very tightly. Basically the grappling arms are just for show and for providing a little extra stability to the Valk. The main point of attachment is the clip which attaches to the underside of the Valks and plugs into the vertical strut on the base. On most of the Valks, except the YF/VF-19 and maybe the Q-Rau (dunno, I haven't tried the Q-Rau yet), the clip snaps over the Valks, hip bars. Basically, it's a squarish or box shape plastic clip with two 'U' shape cut-outs that go over the Valks hip bars. I'll try to take some pics of the clips tonight as I know I'm not explaining very clearly. Graham

Awwww , that´s so cute , he´s already interested in the valks , Graham you surely have some very hairless legs BTW Ha, that's my wife's leg in the background. Graham

October 22nd, great that's a week before my birthday! That means I should get it from CD Japan in time to watch on my Birthday Graham

I would not treat a model kit as cannon though, especially one which is a fan made scratch build or conversion. Graham

I'd like to be able to read what it says in the second photo, under "History of Art". Looks like the front landing gear is not attached, which makes me think it's a fan custom. IIRC, the front & rear landing gear was glued in on the YF-19. Graham

That's interesting. I've also never heard of or seen that before. I'm wondering if it is legit or a fan custom? It's never appeared in any of the hobby mags AFAIK. Graham

Another potential problem is that the clip for the VF-11B attaches very firmly to the hip pegs and requires a bit of force and twisting to remove. While this is not a problem on the steel reinforced hip joints of the FP version, I'm worried it could cause breakage on the original 'weak hip' version when removing the clip. Graham

Downside is that the stand comes with 8 different attachment clips to fit the various Yamato Valks, however, the clips are not marked to show which is which and although they are all slightly different, the photos in the instruction manual are not very clear. Still, it's not exactly rocket science to figure out which is which Also, you need to use the clips to make sure the Valk is firmly attached, which is another reason why you can't do an upside down 1/48 Valk w/FPs. Unfortunately, neither the 1/72 YF-19 or 1/48 VF-1 can fit their gunpod on the stand in fighter mode. Graham

Very sturdy and stable and quite heavy as well. I don't think it's gonna work with an upside down 1/48 w/FPs tho, well, at least I'm not risking my BP8 to try! Graham

And with a 1/48 VF-1S Super Focker. Graham

Here's the stand with the VF-11B FP. Graham

Here's a pic of the stand with the 1/60 VT-1 and Zentradi baby in the background. Graham

Sorry the pic is not very clear, I had to scan it from the Macross Plus Game Edition game book. Unfortunately the DVD player on my stupid Hong Kong coumpter won't play region 1 or 2 DVDs, only region 3, so I can't grab the pic from either my US or Japanese Macross Plus DVDs Perhaps somebody else can get a better version of that image. Graham

To prove once and for all that the weapons pack is not part of the arm, I give you this picture. Graham

I don't think it was a dramatization. I'll have to watch that episode again, but I thought it was just Akiko having a flashback to that incident as she explained what happened in the past with Stephen & Ray. Graham

The article does mention that 'Land' will be a post-apocalyptic type movie, with survivors living in walled cities, so I'd expect a significant Zombie threat. On the other hand, I remember reading an interview with Romero several years ago where IIRC, he said that in the 4th movie, which would be set 1 or 2 decades after Day of the Dead many of the Zombies would have decayed away, so the Zombie threat would be reduced. Guess we'll just have to wait and see. Anyway, Romero is the man, so I'm sure he won't disappoint. Graham

If the auction is just using stock pictures from Yamato's website, rather than a pic of the actual product in it's original packing, then it's a safe bet that they don't actually have the item on hand yet. Anyway, it should be out sometime later today in Hong Kong. Graham

Well, the Cinescape article mentions a budget of 20 million, so it aint gonna be that big Anybody know what the budget for the Dawn remake was? Graham

I'm just hoping that when Universal release Miami Vice season 1 later this year or next year(?), that they have managed to secure all the song rights and keep all the original songs, instead of replacing them with some generic crap. I know problems with music licensing is what has kept the show from being released on DVD before now. I'd gladly pay extra for Mimi Vice DVDs, to have all the original tracks in place. Graham

Gotta admit, I'm not really a fan of the recent Dawn remake. The sprinting Zombies did nothing for me. Saw it once and had no desire to see it again and I won't be buying the DVD either. Unlike the original Dawn, where I've watched it countless times. And yes, Savini better be involved with Land of the Dead. Actually, I thought Savini's cameo in the Dawn remake was the best part of the entire movie. Graham

Makes sense to keep some Stormtroopers. I mean the Ewoks have gotta have someone to kick around right, otherwise they might eat your cat or something. Graham

Yay, Cinescape has news that director George Romero is finally going ahead with his fourth Zombie movie to be titled 'Land of The Dead'. I'm a huge fan of Romero's Zombie movies (Night of the Living Dead 1968, Dawn of the Dead 1978 & Day of the Dead 1985). In fact Dawn of the Dead (the original not the remake) is in my list of all time top 5 favorite movies. Can't wait to see Land of the Dead. Graham

Actually its a vernier cluster. Check the animation. The Macross Compendium has the following to say about the YF-19's shoulder FAST Packs: - two FAST Pack conformal propellant tanks mounted above dorsal nacelles in Fighter mode or to the sides of shoulders in GERWALK and Battroid modes. Graham

Which would be a lot easier without a certain other company whose initials are the same as Horrid Garbage......sigh Graham