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Or even better, one of the many many chanbarra samurai films from the 60's and 70's. Akira Kurasawa's stuff is a good place to start. Watch the original Zatoichi movies, they rock! Not that new crap with Beat Takeshi! There's Yojimbo (with the Western adapted "Fist Full of Dollars"), The Seven Samurai (with the Western adapted "The Magnificant Seven"), and the Samurai Trilogy with Toshiro Mifune as Miyamoto Musashi. I still gotta see Kill Bill, but I don't have high hopes for that movie, maybe I'll be surprised!

We wants it! We needs it! Our... prrrrrrrr-ecious!! Need a VF-4 and a 1/48 VF-11 (I don't give a damn if I can ride them to work, I want them in the same scale range as my 1/48 VF-1, regardless that they're bigger and will have a box that I could fit a dead hooker's body in!).

I'll go for a 1/48 YF-21! Give me a 1/48 VF-11 thank you very much! And of course the VF-4 (yes I am obsessing on it). They could probably strengthen up the delicate areas with metal parts that normally a smaller one might not be able to have because the metal parts would be too small and weak. On a 1/48 VF-11 they might be able to do away with those shoulder bars that the 1/72 VF-11 has. Just wondering, but has anyone had any accidents yet with their pilots? Cat eating it. Kid eating it. One of you getting hungry and deciding to see what gummi-pilots taste like. Candle falling in the cockpit during a romantic dinner (sorry, couldn't resist! )?

I'll obsess about hoping what they will release! Knudge-knudge wink-wink VF-4 knudge-knudge wink-wink Oh do I wish! Maybe stuff from the Variable Fighter Experimental Program? SW-XA1? SW-XA2? There's so many possibilities! Till then, I'll be obsessively and maniacally waiting for the YF-19FP, and then I'll probably wait for the Q-Rau!

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!! I just got the same email!

Just a suggestion, but why doesn't someone do an Appale Genki VF-0, like the Minmay Guard VF-1? I mean replace the Minmay picture with the little guy, and change the color scheme to tropical colors!

Low Viz VF-4, any paint scheme of the VF-1 lines too! Minmay Guard VF-4! Actually, I would sure as hell buy a Low Viz version of some of the other valks if they released them! But I need a VF-4! Needs it, wants it! Our.... prrrrrecious! I'll just keep hoping! ... either that or I'm gonna learn how to sculpt and spend years trying make my own!

Can't sleep, valk will eat me! That thing looks cool!

If they make a VF-4 with the quality of the VF-1 series valks, I'm sold!

Actually, yes I do hold up my valks and go "woooosh wooosh". I also go " vriiiiiii-shooooom!" and "bratatatatatat!". And slow motion while I transform it "va-shin choo!" Seriously!!! Uh foreplay prowess.... I'm imaginative and can make funny noises? Seriously, grown ups who can play with toys because they don't have strong schemas are generally more mentally healthy and can enjoy more things than less open minded people. And in fact my fiancée finds it really cute when I run around our home playing with my valks. I even got her into Macross, and she bought herself an Elintseeker and plays with it too! We don't commence mating dances with the valks, but I've heard of weirder things! Like this topic! If you don't understand why we buy them and play with them, then you will never understand. You can always try picking up girls by saying "check out the size of my nosecone, baby!" or "I'll show you, I'm no micro-human!"

Expect to pay something around €30-45 customs fees. I did when I got a shipment from HLJ for a similar price. Thankfully when I got one of my valks from Valkyrie Exchange, no customs fee, it was marked as gift!

Is this a philosophical question?

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*

He's just stimulating hair grow in his palms, nothing more to be shocked about than some of the other stuff in that series!

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!)

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!

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... <_<

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.

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?

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!

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).

On the subject of Engrish, here is Home English Home http://www.americakokki.com/english/english.html MPC, MPC Hara-kiri, Hara-kiri

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".

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).

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!