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Excellent! A friend of mine refered me to a Testor's do-it-yourself package with a software disk, the spray-on stuff, and a sheet. Well, I think my printer's pretty darn good, so I'll give it a try. thanks for the feed-back!

Yup! And I'm lovin' every second of it!

I just started 'Ghost Hound' on the recommendation of a friend. So far, I'm liking what I'm seeing. Anyone else watchi this one?

Okay, let me start with the problem I find for myself. I've got three of Yamato's 1/60 Destroid Tomahawks, and one of them is the Tan 'Special Weathering' edition. Well, the two standard models come with sticker decals, and I've found them to be quite bad, really. Let me show you why. Now, as you can see, the stickers aren't too good, expecially on the curved dome of the lower torso. Now, I was pondering the idea of scanning the water-slide sheet that came with my 'Special Weathering' version, and printing out sheets off that scan. I've got the program, and I'm pretty sure I can get black water-slide sheets for the project. Now, my question: Has anyone ever done water-slide decals off of scans before? If so, how did they work out? Can you provide pics? Thanks! R

"But, I was going into Tashi Station to pick up some power converters!"

"We can use the deflector array to [insert badly-written sci-fi principle/effect here]!" -Wesley Crusher

Okay. I've never worked in an anime store, so my experience is purely subjective.

The world's most famous last words: "It's easy! What could go wrong?"

<<< WARNING: AMATEUR ATTEMPT AT AN ASWER FORTHCOMING >>> In a word, yes. If my understanding is correct, the BlueRay version of MacF is called 'The Yak Deculture' edition, where scenes were added to fill holes and add to the general eye-candy content. Admitedly, of all the versions I've seen (I think there may be three, total), this one (BlueRay) seems to be the best.

Not really. Have you ever seen a store that specializes in anime? In the US, there's a dispropotionate amount of toys, models, DVDs and manga that are mecha-centric in thier nature. Just look at all the stuff that comes out with the Gundam name. If HG had engaged in open competition, throwing RT against Macross, it would be a true, one-sided victory in favor of the Macross side. With all the BS that HG has done in the past (Blocking of Macross, FASA, and everything else, as well as thier failed attempts at anything like a sequel), they would be completely overwhelmed by the sudden flood of Macross sales, and RT would die a rather gruesome and obscure death, lamented by only a few die-hard blind fanboys that seem to operate under the idea that HG can do no wrong (I don't think I need to mention names, here, since they've already been used in this thread ad infinitum). What HG's doing, now, is simply throwing whatever propoganda they can against the wall, seeing what sticks, and telling everyone that RT is a viable franchise, where anyone with two functioning neurons can see that it isn't. If HG were to allow open competition, and allow Macross to be marketed in the US, it would be suicide, pure and simple.

Oh! Uhh... Damn, dude.. Sorry...

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Yeah... what he said.

<<<WARNING: BLATANT ATTEMPT TO GET THIS THREAD BACK ON-TOPIC!!!>>> I'm somewhat disappointed in this version of the Macross, to be honest. It looks rather shabbily done, as if to just get it out there as quick as possible. The color scheme seems a little haphazard, too. I know the DYRL version was a shades-of-grey deal, but this just seems... bad. Personally, I'm not that much of a DYRL-version fan. I prefer the TV version, to be honest. My idea version of the Macross would be a TV version (Daedelus/Promethius) in DYRL colors, but snce these things go for way more cash than I have, it's a moot point.

True, but my point was more to show the only commonality between FASA and DP9. You're right, in that the HG-2 engine was a vast improvement, though.

If you say so... Personally, I prefer the look of the gears, as opposed to those VOTOMS designs... YECH!!!

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First off, the only thing Heavy Gear has in common with Battletech is that Activision did both cockpit-FPS simulators (And we all know how similar they were, too. A BIIIIIIG disappointment, when I saw this.) Other than that, there's none, really. FASA did Battletech, and Heavy Gear was done by a company called 'Dream Pod Nine'. Now, it's true that most of the gears in the game are smaller than a Battletech mech. Come to think of it, they look to me to be oversized landmates from Appleseed. In all actuality, the gears seemed to exist in that no-man's-land between powered-armor-suit and giant-robot-mecha. They didn't have any real fixed weapons (Aside from a rocket launcher, possibly), and they could pack extra weapons, as well, (Kinda like a Zaku2), but they were too damn big to be consideredd armor suits.

The introductions of the 2nd and 3rd edtition box-set rule-books, if memory serves correctly. They were written up as walking tanks, but then comapred to tanks, being shown to be faster and more maneuverable.

Okay, but it does bear the qeustion: Would T have had better cohesion, or worse, if Rick Hunter was NOT the central focus of the entire storyline? I would submit that it would have been better, if for no other reason than to say that it would leave more plot elements open for re-engineering, as it were. As it stood, the 'Hunter' factor was an all-pervasive influence, and even in the masters, there was a small smidgen of him (The backstory that showed that the SDF-3 was well on its way during the events of the Masters Saga, and Rick Hunter was in command.) Personally, I would have thought that a retired Lisa/Rick Hunter pair would have been better, and the SDF-3 being cmmanded by a newer character. Just like Hikaru, Rick served his purpose in the Macross Saga, and he should have been gracefully left there. With this in mind, You could have had a longer time period between sagas (chapters, really), which would allow for the magical hand-wave, giving way to a more solid continuity, and the ability to address certain inconsitencies between these chapters with a more graceful and reliable method. But, what do I know? I'm not part of HG, so I can't really know anything, right?

Why? He's absolutely right, so why punish him for it?

Well, the disgust and bile generated in me comes from the simple fact that I keep wanting to scream "DO SOMETHING ORIGINAL!!!" to these asshats at HG, but I know what I would get. First, I would get Steve and Co. saying that they, indeed, have the rights to these designs, and then... I'd get Kevin McKeever telling me "We are doing something original (but I can't talk about it)." then, MEMO and Mav would try to ban me from the general fandom for being too logical. "WHAT YOU SAY MAKES TOO MUCH SENSE. RETURN YOUR ADV-VERSION DVDS AND LEAVE RT TO US IDIOTS. HEHEHEHEHE" I just can't win.

While I would agree that the Black 'Stealth' paint scheme is rather generic, I would argue the timing of the Toynami release, as well as two rather glaring thefts from DYRL. First, the timing of the release is quite dubious, as it coincides too conveniently with the release of the Mac-25th release. It's just too coincidental for my tastes. Second, the square missile pods and the strike parts are direct rip-offs from DYRL, and were never parts of the original Robotech series. As such, including them into a Robotech toy/mechandise line is grounds for disgust, if nothing else. For me, it just goes to show the depths that HG will go to to make a buck, and with Tonyami's lack of quality, I can only wonder how this thing is actually made. Nah, it's a rip-off, pure and simple.

This may have been mentioned before, but I'm really too lazy to go back and check... Has anyone mentioned "Maximum Overdrive"? Steven King's monumental flop of a directorial debut? That thing's so awful, it's hillarious! I bought the DVD just for the laughs, alone.

That's damn impressive, so far! Can't wait for the finished version! Excellent!