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Sumdumgai

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  1. I'm drooling in anticipation, but I'll wait for as long as it takes! I'd rather get a YF-19 that's represented correctly, rather than a lanky or chunky toy. *cough cough* BANDAI! *cough cough*
  2. He's just stimulating hair grow in his palms, nothing more to be shocked about than some of the other stuff in that series!
  3. According to the Cognitive Development Theory, between the ages of 3 and 5 a child acquires gender constancy, which is an understanding that a persons's gender is fixed and cannot be altered by a change in hairstyle, dress, or name. Slaby and Frey (1975) describe the process of gender identity formation as having three stages: 1) an awareness that two sexes exist (attained around age 3) 2) an understanding that gender does not change over time 3) an awareness that gender remains unchanged across situations and behaviors (constancty) -from Sex and Gender by Hilary M. Lips You can bombard him with masculine stuff and that could do the trick, or you have the chance that he will reject it if there is an over-exposure. He's at an age where he's still learning what's for boys and what's for girls. As for the dress, well, let him know what kind of social reactions he will get, especially if classmates find out! Just be patient, calm, and understanding. Don't over-bombard him with stereotypes. It sounds like you've been handling the situation well. Plus, try having a talk with your wife to see what she thinks and explain why you're worried. Besides some kids go through this faze. Let him have his fun, but jus tlet him know that socially it's considered unacceptable, and if the public finds out he's gonna have a hard time. Good luck Rob! You'll do fine! (I'm a student in a psych class on Sex and Gender, not a psychologist though!)
  4. No problem! I know I missed out on them for a bit, I managed to get a hold of a few figures but I know that there are other people like me who said "DAMN! I should have found out sooner!" It never stops amusing me when someone thanks me and says my name!
  5. If anyone's interested I found a shop that has the CM's Macross Figures. It's a place called House of Anime. So far I've bought stuff from them twice, with one of the times having some stuff that I found wierd (some plushies not being in original packaging, although they claim that they received them that way, as for a gashapon set not being in sealed bags, I got their demo set since the series was out of production). In any case, if you want to here's the link: http://www.houseofanime.com/ It's in Toys & Figures, then you go to Vinyl and Plastic Figures. You should be able to click on Macross, and you'll be brought to the page. They are $8. They do ship internationally, although my stuff got shipped in a ramen box last time... <_<
  6. One day while transforming my VF-11 there was a sickening *snap* and I was holding a severed leg. Super-glued the leg back on, but I'm afraid that it'll re-break off, or that the other will decide to come off. I'm just gonna wait to see if Yamato does a new sculpt of the VF-11 like they've done with the YF-19FP. Seeing how well the VF-1 line has come out, QC issues aside, I'd wait a couple years for a VF-11 resculpt! Besides I find that the current VF-11 has too large of a back, and the legs are too short. I still love my VF-11 though.
  7. It depends, do you mean the one based off a VF-1? Or do you mean the sketch for the VF-11 variant in Macross Design Works?
  8. MORE EWOK CARTOONS!1111 ... Oh gods... what if they make GUNGAN cartoons? Then we will have to: Wipe them out. All of them. Palpatine had the right idea when coming to that race! I dunno about a TV series, it could be really crappy... Then again it could be good!
  9. I love the VF-1 and the VF-0, but I got charmed by the VF-11 in Macross Plus (since I haven't seen Macross 7 yet).
  10. On the subject of Engrish, here is Home English Home http://www.americakokki.com/english/english.html MPC, MPC Hara-kiri, Hara-kiri
  11. Sorry gotta get this outta my system... BOOBIES!!!! I remember seeing that some years ago when I had started watching some old Orguss tapes at the local video rental. I kept thinking, "damn, that looks like Misa".
  12. Beat me to the punch Graham! Just wondering but do you have any news on any new Valkyries? Not that you have to tell us what yet, if you aren't allowed to. But, just to keep us bouncing off the walls in anticipation (like telling kids "Yeah, I got you a present" but not giving any more info).
  13. I sense that someone is ANGRY!!!! Seriously though, let's not breakdown into acting like kids and calling each other " 'tupid" cause we can't agree with each other! Grow up. I'm just waiting to here either the "yes" or "no" on 1/48 Macross Plus valks, regardless of whether I could use them as a skateboard or a truck. 1/55 is cool too. 1/60 ain't bad either, more economic and size handy. Can't wait to see about that 1/72 YF-19FP while waiting though!
  14. update: 1/72: 1 VF-11 1/60: 2 VF-1A Max (and my fiancée bought a VE-1 so I'll count hers too) 1/48: 3 VF-1A Max and Two Low Vizs Damn, the low viz is purty!
  15. Max keeps his glasses in place because he's a genius, as Mikimoto would put it (hell he's a genius at aging right?).
  16. Sumdumgai

    1:48 VF-1J

    I'm not a canon extremist, I just prefer my valks without the FAST-packs. They look sleeker.
  17. Oh geez, there seems to be a lot of that happening lately... Good luck on fixing it! I'd point you to Monkey Nugget, but I remember reading that he had said that Yamato stopped doing the spare parts thing (check the "Latest 1/48" thread).
  18. Wow, people here are getting ANGRY!!!! Obviously neither Hurin nor Goku-whateverthehell are gonna be able to convince each other of the other's pov. Take a deep breath, exhale slowly, then go find someone to hit. You'll feel better. Anyone hoping for a Max VF-1S by the way? Maybe a Minmay Guard First Edition (the pink one is fugly)? Kakizaki? VT-01C? Stampede (oh god the weight and size of that monster!!! )?
  19. I've ordered once from them too, and I'll be damned if I order anything from them again. So far it's taken about a month for my orders to come in, that's between confirmation and having to receive items back in stock (they should have something showing if the items are in stock or not). Plus, it shouldn't take an entire month to get some items back in stock when they should normally be available in Japan (some non-Macross items). Then I got butt-raped on duty fees, €45 x2 ($52 xtwo packages). At least when I ordered from Valkyrie Exchange I got my 1/48 no problem, box in great condition, and no duty fees. From now on I buy from Valkyrie Exchange and not HLJ. Hell, I could have bought my valks out here, overpriced as they are here in Paris, and saved money in comparison to what I had to pay in the end through HLJ. I scream at them: ANGRY!!
  20. Does it have Japanese language with English subtitles? I've been waiting to see that series in Japanese since I think around 1994-1995 when it was first released in the US (or was it 96-97?). I've only seen the dub, and I really want to see it with the original voices.
  21. Good points! I've noticed too that besides the complaints there's a lot of "victime syndrome". I'm fine with bitching about QC issues, but bitching for Yamato releasing something new doesn't make any sense to me. Hell, if they decided to make the VA-3 which I personally dislike, I wouldn't bitch about it. I wouldn't buy it, but hell if other people like it and will buy it, wtf is the problem? I'm thankful that Yamato's around making Valkyries! The alternative are vintage toys, Bandai re-releases, or that MPC crap. I'm waiting for new non-VF-1 valks, but I find it amusing to watch and see how far they can milk the VF-1 line. With all the customs they can do, the sky's the limit!
  22. Actually it's still possible to do another series with what happened to the Megaroad 01 despite Hikaru's voice actor being dead. Look at the brand new Saint Seiya Hades Arc. They bring this series out years after the original finished, and they had some voice actors die in that time period, so they simply replaced them. Besides didn't they get a new voice actor for Hikaru in the new Macross game on PS2? Just leaving it a mystery could be cool too though.
  23. I love SVC Chaos, I think it's much better than CVS. God the SNK side got screwed over in the first release, at least they evened things up in CVS 2. <_< I'm waiting for December, then its SVC for PS2! I would have prefered a dreamcast release, but oh well! <_< I don't like the fact that you can do a MAX DM only once per opponent (or was it per round?), but the super bar is kinda cool otherwise. Kyo's fun this year, a mix of 2001 and 2002. And of course Iori gets ANGRY!!
  24. In france, i ve seen an anime shop selling one at 200 € -> 234 US Dollar Yep, you read correctly. There is no thief, only ignorant customers. Here in Paris at Red Sun, they're selling the 1/48s for €270, that's $315! Gotta buy online here, or search really hard!
  25. Sumdumgai

    vf-19 FP

    My daily routine is to get up and turn on the computer, then check Yamato's website to see if there's any Macross updates. After that I check to see if the Macross World site has been updated, then I go here to the toy section of the forums and check for any new news on the Valkyries. Okay rather than putting your life in danger for pics, could you tell us how the Q-rau looks compared to the earlier sculpts we saw here in the forums? I can't wait to see the new YF-19 sculpt. I held out on the old release YF-19 after the VF-1s were first announced, in the hopes that they'd do a resculpt, and boy am I hoping that paid off!
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