Graham

When I say the feet in that pic are from some ugly samurai looking robot I MEAN the feet are of some ugly fricken samurai robot!!!!! : Sheesh! Does my word mean nothing anymore? For all you unbelievers, here's the full page pic from Hobby Japan. The reason I didn't scan the whole page originally, is because nothing else on it is Macross related and this is still Macrossworld, at least last time I checked! I really don't know why I bother sometimes. As for the VB-6...NO COMMENT. Graham

Arghhhh....guys need help. Somebody please tell me what the heck you are supposed to do in the mission 'Hyper Speed Rick' (the recon mission)? At the start of the mission, you are told to fly straight forward, so I fly forward over the first of the enemy bases (shown as yellow dots on the mini-map). After flying over the first of the bases, red dots (which usually designate primary targets) appear on the mini-map. I know you are not supposed to destroy any targets as this is explained in the briefing and your back-seater Harry, tells you off if you fire at anything and anyway the YF-12(?) only has 4 missiles. So I figure being a recon mission, the idea is to fly over all the enemy bases (all the target dots on the mini-map), so I do this several times unitil I run out of time and I still get mission failed. What do I need to do to complete this mission? Getting very frustrated !!!!!! Graham

For those of you who are interested, the image actually originates from these books. The books also feature a similar cutaway drawing of the VF-1S Battroid and the Destroid Spartan as well. Graham

Just hope they have the Eurofighter Typhoon and Tornado as they did in AC4. Hey, I'm British, so I prefer flying British planes! A Sea Harrier would be nice as well, but Namco seem to have something against Harriers And just for once, it would be nice if the A-10's 30mm Avenger cannon had more power, range and a different firing noise to all the other guns. I'm so glad AFDS got that correct. Graham

The opening song of Combattler V. Graham

Heh, if it was up to me and I was the CEO of Bandai, I would stop making Gundam products and concentrate on making MG, & PG Macross models and kickass Macross toys. Personally, I can't stand 99% of most Mobile Suit designs. Graham

You can see pics of the pilots for the 1/48 Max & Miria on this page. Graham

And just how exactly is Lobster boy supposed to move around in his robot mode.....hop? Graham

A couple of the weekly HK gaming mags have articles on AC5 'Unsung War' and they show pics of some of the characters. Gone are the cell animed style of previous games. Instead in AC5 they are replaced with more photo-real looking CG characters that look like real people rather than anime characters. Graham

Hopefully a subbed version will be available for download within 3 days of release, just like with episode 3 Graham

Thanks for clearing that up renato, it's nice to know the changes will still be made. Graham

What you have to remember is that Hasegawa probably gives kits to those Hobby Japan & Dengeki Hobby in-house model builders a few weeks before the general release. Actually, they probably get them even earlier given the long lead times involved in magazine publishing. Graham

Macross Zero episode # 4 is now available for Pre-Order at CD Japan. I've just placed my order. Graham

Just updated the MW Magazine section with scans from the just released May 2004 issues of Dengeki Hobby magazine and Hobby Japan magazine. Both magazines feature some nice pics of completed Hasegawa SV-51 kits. Graham

Here's the pics from the new May 2004 issue of Dengeki Hobby magazine. This time we get a pic of the back of the battroid. Graham

According to the new Dengeki Hobby magazine, looks like the release date for the 1/100 VF-0S is now June 2004. Graham

I think the battroid mode nose is the only part shortened. However, one thing I'm not sure of is exactly how long are the removeable and swapable nose cones. I suspect they may consist of the complete nose & cockpit section. i.e. from the tip of the nosecone all the way until the neckpeice (where the head attaches). If this is the case, your idea might not work as to transform the toy from battroid mode to fighter mode, I know it is necessary to remove the neck peice from the battroid mode nose section. So to make your idea of only using the fighter mode nose cone in all 3 modes, you would have to modify it to accept the battroid mode neck piece as well. Anyway, your proposed modification would leave two holes in the nosecone for fighter and gerwalk mode and probably destroy the two red color hybrid sensors on the sides of the nose as well. Plus you would end up with a disproportionately long nose in battroid mode. Graham

Just like to add, it looks like this toy definitely has a mid-calf rotation point (where the red band runs around the lower leg), just like the 1/60 VF-1. Graham

I suspect you are probably right Oh well, maybe we will be able to disassemble the toy and modify it by cutting off those ugly hip joint buldges and shortening the pegs that join the leg to the nose. Graham

After seeing this thread, I've been thinking all morning about which toys I've found disappointing. The problem is so far I can't think of any toys that have really disappointed me. The Banprestos were crap, but according to the rules of this thread they don't count and I never really had high expectations for them anyway. I guess the problem is that I do a lot of research before I buy a toy, so I generally know what I'm buying and also I really only collect Macross toys and Gundam Sentinel FIX toys. That's it two toy line only. I'll probably also buy the MPC Alpha/Legioss when they come out, unless they turn out to be total peices of junk. As a kid, I collected Star Wars figures, but it's been what 20 years since I last bought one. I guess I'm going to have to vote for the Yamato 1/72 scale YF-21 FAST Pack version as the most disappointing toy. Horrible color, poorly sculpted gunpods and FAST packs and the damn thing never wouldn't lock together properly in fighter mode. Graham

From the new Dengeki Hobby magazine. I'll scan them as soon as I get home. Graham

More pics coming in about 5 hours, stay tuned. Graham

Is this a certainty? The only thing certain in life is death. I was going to say 'death and taxes', but a clever man can avoid tax. Graham

Not much chance, in fact I'd say extremely slim. Unfortunately, those days are probably long gone. So, I'll be buying retail just like everybody else. Graham

Yamato don't really seem willing to have any contact at the moment, so it's no use to ask them questions for now. I'm sure a VF-0D will be coming soon. Graham