Graham

Err.....didn't you review this already, or am I getting mixed up? Graham

The VF-0B is now shown on Hasegawa's site. Only a small line art pic at the moment though Graham

Nope, don't own one and no plans to buy one either. Not a fan of transforming trucks and cars. However, I will admit that is a very well designed and engineered toy, definitely the nicest of the Transformer toys IMO. Graham

Here's some good info on the Tornado GR1 losses during Desert Storm: - http://www.raf.mod.uk/gulf/loss.html And some good basics on the air campaign: - http://www.cdi.org/iraq/gulf-war-I.cfm Graham

IIRC, the RAF lost 6 Tornado GR1(?) in Desert Storm. Graham

Don't let Sebastian fool you. He is not really a low grade manager. He's actually like one of those James Bond villians who desires to rule the world, complete with a huge secret base on a deserted tropical island. Graham

Bought one when they first came out, but only one. I'm not a big fan of TV colors, so I won't buy multiples. It's a nice toy. No flaws on mine I'm happy with it. I keep it mostly displayed in fighter mode without FPs. When Miria's is released I'll display her in battroid, without FPs. Graham

Heh, I noticed Drifand replaced the Kaiyodo Powered Suit's "Hair Dryer" hand flamer with what I'm guessing is an MSiA GP-01 beam rifle. I love the Kaiyodo Powered Suit toy (currently own 5). I've also been looking for a better looking hand weapon for my Powered Suits. Oh well, I sold all my MSiA toys last year, so can't use their guns. Graham

you make is sound like b&w is bad? Personally, I think having the fight against the Crazy 88s in full color is far superior to the black and white version. Maybe it's just because I saw the full color part 1 first and saw it on the big screen. Or maybe it's just because I hate needless censorship. Anyway, I didn't see the neutered black and white version until last week when I watched it on DVD at home. Actually, I couldn't bear to watch it, I switched it off and the next day gave the DVD to a friend. Luckily my Japan R2 DVD of part one just arrived today, so I will once more be able to watch it in full color. Graham

Oh well, hopefully, the HK & Japan theatrical release will be 100% color like vol.1. Graham

Don't know if it's true or not, but I read somewhere about British pilots referring to Tornados as 'the Flying Coffin'. Graham

Argghhhhh.....still havent seen part 2 yet. It doesn't open in HK until April 29th Are there any black and white bits this time or not? Graham

Found the old Macross Zero ad that shows the 2-seat VF-0. It was on a flyer that IIRC came with the Yamato 1/48 VF-1A Hikaru. Graham

And locked as there is already and existing 12 page topic on the 20th Anniversary prime here. Graham

Belongs in 'Other Anime & Sci Fi'. If it ain't Macross, it don't belong in the Macross Toy Forum!!!!! Graham

Found a pic which I think is from the July 2002 issue of Newtype magazine showing the two seat VF-0(A/B)? with '303' markings. See: here. Graham

Personally, I think there is a high probability that Shin will die in episode # 5. Graham

The October 2002 issue of Hobby Japan magazine, featured a scratch built two seat VF-0 model, although no letter designation (A/B/C/DS etc) is given. See here, here, here & here. Also, the Macross Compendium mentions that 4 two-seater, and 2 two-seater armed reconnaissance units of the VF-0A were manufactured. Lastly, I remember an early color advert for Macross Zero in one of the Hobby magazines, which showed Shin and Edgar sitting in the cockpit of a two-seat VF-0, which was not a VF-0D, but looked more like a standard VF-0A/S. Cant find the pic now though. Graham

Very interesting. Which site are those pics from? I can't find them on either the Hasegawa site or HLJ. Graham

I've always been curious about whether with todays high-tech materials and design and manufacturing techniques, could we actually build better prop fighters and prop bombers than in the past, or were WWII designs the pinnacle of prop plane design? I just think that if we were limited to props and guns only (no jets or missiles), it would be very interesting to see how good a prop fighter we could build these days. Graham

I'd buy that if the girl came with it. Graham

Yep, this was posted and discussed already on March 11th in this thread. Graham

Nope, not a magazine, they are digital print cards which are not available yet, but will be available from vending machines in Japan. This has been covered already, and was first discussed in this thread started on March 7th. Here is the link to the company that is going to make them (no info on the Zero cards yet tho). The official release date of Macross Zero episode # 4 is May 28th. This has also been known for a while now and previously covered in several topics on MW. The release date for ep # 4 can also easily be found in the Macross Compendium. Graham

As much as I think it's a good idea to have a dedicated custom model page, I've barely enough spare time to keep the custom toy gallery & magazine pages up to date, not to mention finding time to do toy reviews, of which I'm very behind with at the moment . And the situation is not likely to improve as it's only 8 weeks until my son is born, so I expect my presence on MW is going to be greatly reduced in the near future. Anyway, I'm the toy guy and Shawn is the model guy, so a custom model page should really be Shawn's baby. Graham

One of the things I love about Macrossworld is that we frequently have deeper and more intelligent aviation discussions than on many dedicated aviation forums A bit OT, but I've always thought it would be cool if all the world's militaries could agree on arms limitations for military aircraft. Basically, planes could only be armed with machineguns, cannons or unguided rockets and bombs (no guided missiles allowed) and no jet engines either, propeller driven only. It would be interesting to see with today's technology how good a prop-driven fighter plane/ground attack plane/bomber we could make compared with WWII planes. Going back to the days of big dog fights and fleets of bombers would be fun. Graham