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Wonder how many Miria clones there are out there...

Monkey-N should get this to traumatize Valkyre Hunter D (his kid) Monkey: "You mess with Daddy's toys again and you'll get kaba-kicked!" D: "YAY!" Just joking Monkey! I want one though.....

I've read Aegis' preachings about the evils of the 1/48 line. Okay I know the VF-0 and YF-19 would be about 15.5 inches, and that doesn't turn me off. I don't see it the same way that it would be too bulky or be impractical. Bigger doesn't necessarily mean more detail, but it does mean I won't have a little peace of earwax for a pilot figure. It also means I get nice little detailed cockpit innards. I'm not trying to convince you Aegis to want a 1/48. Go ahead and argue. But, why are you on a crusade against the idea of non-VF-1 valks in 1/48 scale? It's not like people are screaming, "Skip the 1/72 line! Skip the 1/60 line!" You've preached so many times about how we don't understand the size, or that it would be impractical, or that you don't need the size to ge tthe detail. As someone so eloquently put it before "We're not pissing on your parade, so quit pissing on ours!" <_<

I was pleased with the RK OVA, because they kept to the flashback elements of Kenshin's past. The OVA is much better than that part of the manga. Telling Kenshin's past as an OVA only about his past, rather than faithfully adapting the manga into a longer OVA series was a move that brought about a much better story. Plus they put much more of the Shinsengumi into the OVA and had that big event in episode 2, which was a historically real event. DO NOT read the profiles on any of the characters who are historically real (Okita, Saito, Katsura Kogoro, and Takasugi Shinsaku). The ADV made profiles are full of crap, they didn't do any research at all (it figures from the company that sleeps with HG). Don't watch the dub either, the dialogue is butchered and the voice acting blows.

Ah, seeing someone say something that makes sense with a calm head is always refreshing. JsArclight I applaud you!

Those are some damned good ideas! The swingbars could be attached to that T-bar likeon the 1/48 VF-1, and be more or less decorative rather than functional. The swingbars wouldn't have the same risk of breakage as if the legs relied solely on the swingbar alone. I love that change the nose-cone idea. Only time will tell to see if they do release bigger VF-0 valks. And a 1/48 VF-11, AHEM Yamato, hint-hint, wink-wink, knudge-knudge, ya know what I mean? edit: YF-21 and YF-19 in 1/48 scale please!

Well, that's still better than "marked for death by the mod-squad" or the Counterstrike title for snipers "camping fag".

1/48 scale, regardless of what everyone says about size and about cost. I know that it would be big, but I honestly don't care. I don't mind dishing out a lot of money for something big, detailed and cool, and also being in the same scale as my nice VF-1 Low Vis.

Okay, I've been wondering for a while. Why do people sometimes refer to Kawamori as the "hoary froating head"? I don't suppose he pulled that terrible "Elrond trick"... edit: Thanks Ewilen

You might want to check this section of Macross World: The "Where to Buy Section" http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?act=SF&f=13 Or at least post there.

I'm just happy that if I decide to get a VF-0 the shipping will be cheaper because of the lack of die-cast That's not even mentioning the lack of all the problems of metal: scratched paint, wear on plastic, different balance, etc. <_< You want MW Porn, here you go!!! edit: The Low Vis in all it's glory! Uncensored version in the Toy review section of Macross World!

I'd bet old HG would raise a big-ass stink if they did that and a US company tried to release it in the States, regardless if they had a real court case or not. I think a re-make COULD be cool. It all depends on how they do it. Hell, if they re-made and updated it with the stuff Kawamori wanted to do with the old series but ran out of time/money, I'd watch it. Heh, they could put one of the buildings being destroyed as HG as a little wink at our "friends".

Now why would you have to worry about dropping legs into the toilet?

I saw part of the show from old tapes from the old US release on video. It had an interesting premises, but I didn't get far in the series because the video rental place had only three or four, and the company that had been releasing it had already gone under... I liked Orguss 02, I prefer it over the original series (although I hadn't seen enough of Orguss). Sorry but give me Macross mecha anyday, although the Orguss mecha aren't that bad. Jeez, imagine if Focker's personality got switched with Manning from Orguss 02...

Well, I'll wait and see how it turns out before beginning any real bitching on it. I'm just dissapointed at the small-ness of it. Yamato's learned a lot since their Macross Plus valkyries, and since working on the 1/60 and 1/48 line. So I'm gonna be expecting some damned good quality on this thing! CF18 my fiancée confirmed your translation more or less (she's a translator among many things) "Since VF-0S is big, it is the same size as a 1:72 VF-1." Since there is no 1/72 VF-1 yet, maybe this means we're in for another surprise? I can just hear the groans from everyone who's sick of the VF-1 line and wants fresh blood! Uxi, I hope they make the VF-0 in your 1/60 scale, and then in my 1/48 scale, that way we can all be happy... unless we collect everything in every scale, in which case your wallet has my sympathy.

Okay, I haven't been able to find the answer in the compendium and am just going on memories, so please someone confirm whether I am correct or wrong. If memory serves me correctly, the enemy mecha are Zentraedi. Not Meltran since that is in DYRL (movie taking place in the Macross Universe) or in Macross II which is considered "another universe". They are renegade Zentraedi in power armor like an upgraded Nousjadeul-Ger (http://macross.anime.net/mecha/zentradi/aerospace_craft/nousjadeul_ger/index.html). I know that there is a more complicated background story to it, but I can't quite remember. You may want to check out the Macross timeline on the compendium, you might find some answers there. I'm just too damned lazy to sift through it myself... http://macross.anime.net/story/chronology/index.html

The VF-0 is 18.69m long in fighter mode, the YF-19 is 18.62m long in fighter mode, and the VF-1 is 14.23m long in fighter mode. (according to Macross Compendium http://macross.anime.net/mecha/index.html ) So if the VF-0 was put in 1/72 scale it would be about the size of the YF-19 that has already been released. .......... 1/100 scale...... Give me a 1/48 scale!!!!! (yes, big and detailed, and bigger isn't necesarily better, but DAMNIT I want my valks in the same damn scale!!!!!! )

Your son shall from henceforth be known as "Valkyrie Hunter D"!

It's an animation mistake. HG counts it as an existing weapong system on the "veritech" in Robotech. Then again these are the same clowns that created the YF-1R from an animation mistake. "Stealth" fighter my ass... <_< edit: Oh yeah, Macross Compendium is probably as official as you'll get, confirm it with some other members though.

Ewwwwwwwww, he "did it" with the candlestick?!

Joons VF-1J was my first, and it's undergone many minor repairs, but is still in good working condition. The only thing is that it's sitting in its box in my old room back at my parents place. Damn the chunky monkeys are durable, that thing has gone through sooooo many crash landings...

I got introduced to Macross through Robotech just before Macross Plus came out. I had to read the book version of the Robotech series in order to find out what happened, since the local rental place onlyhad a few tapes of the Macross part of Robotech, and the stores had stopped selling Robotech tapes. I'm happy I found Macross, but it didn't take Robotech to introduce me. I would have wound up watching Macross Plus anyway, since it took me a while to realize that Macross Plus and the first third of "robotech" was related. I hate butchered anime, and that's what Robotech is to me. I really hate HG, especially since their interference with the Macross Plus toys. In the end, I believe that this (along with Duke Togo) summarizes my opinion:

No more HG, no more ADV, no more Saban, no more Disney, no more Nintendo. Or sit around depressed as the local government takes away my nice shiny squadron of Zentraedi power suits, since I'm a micro-human, and not Zentraedi sized, so thus wouldn't be able to make much use of them. If you can control zentraedi pilots who use the suits, then let's just say I could become filthy rich supplying pictures of Miria and other Zentraedi women to the many fans of Macross World... Could be cool also to make a human-scaled working version of the Q-rau by taking apart a full size one and replicating it on a smaller scale (if possible). edit: forgot to add "have a bad day VF-19pilot? "

They better not go the way the Dune books went, and bring Roy back to life through cloning of his cells taken from his body that has been preserved since his death... And of course he would have all his memories and be able to help solve some unresolved problem/question left unanswered since Macross Zero. So 50 years after the events of Macross Zero, Roy Fokker comes back for some new adventures, probably helping out some new young hot-shot pilot. If by some chance this is what happens, you can please stone me to death! I myself wouldn't mind seeing something with VF-4s, VF-3000s, and VF-5000s. Could be cool to see some other "older" valkyries, like prototypes that didn't make it into production or only saw limited production. edit: Blerg, I forgot until you mentioned it!

Welcome to "a-hole World"! Here, have a door knob! edit: Just checked out the YF-1R review... Then a review for a 1/60 Yamato CF. http://www.blueforgegames.com/ProductDescr...iption_VF1A.php This is a Macross Valk he's reviewing. WTF is this description about nose-cone lasers on veritechs when in the rest of the thing they write "valkyrie"?