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Awesome - this and a vf-19 blazer will give me all the valks i ever wanted to finish my collection.

I was looking into this thread myself recently and it really got me thinking. Yamato really needs to give us more options regarding stands here because right now our choices are rather limited IMO.

The products that exist for the most part are ok. The launcher arms stands are of great quality but are waay too expensive for a stand IMO. The other recent offerings were a little better price wise but they're not sturdy enough for more extreme poses. Many ppl buy stands just for that reason as well, if Graham or anyone out there are listening I think it's a good idea that they provide some more options for stand products.

So say we all

I can't see 3D, but my friends wanted to see it in 3D so I sat in that theatre. I have to say it must have been extra awful because the whole thing was a blur to me. Usually with the glasses it just becomes regular 2D. But this time I couldn't tell the difference with or without it.

I took my 4 year old daughter watching it (her first cinema trip) and she loved it - she was transfixed to the screen the whole time. She thought the ice giants were a bit scary at the beginning but happy screamy scary rather than terifying.

Its a great film, i loved it and there isnt any swearing or anything so its good for the family. All the jokes and action are very visual so it was easily enjoyed by kids but there was enough depth there to satisfy the older crowd.

Obvious answer is obvious, but probably because Zero's ghosts attach to Valks like super packs. Everyone who has a VF-0 wants the ghost to fully load their fighter.

Sure, just like everyone who collects the macross plus valks would want an x-9 to complete their collection.

Of course not EVERY mac plus collector would buy one but im sure the the attachment rates for ghost boosters wasnt 1:1 for vf-0 owners either.

The point is that its something that people would buy that dosnt seem complicated to manufacture for a company like yamato - so why not do it?

I'd buy a ghost X-9.

The X-9 is much nicer to look at than the Macross Zero Ghost and they made that so why not the X-9 ?

Dear PSN, please make it so MGO doesn't glitch as much when you come back.

Your Friend, Keith!

Your asking the wrong people, MGO's numerous glitches are down to Konami's network rather than PSN.

it wasn't a joke.

"Order Stop" means their preorder-quota has been filled-up.

In this case i dont think it does because i had 3 on pre-order for ages and i got an email from them on the 3rd March saying...

"Despite many months of attempting to locate stock on the item(s) shown

below, we have been unsuccessful. We have contacted the manufacturer and

understand that, at this time, they have no plans to produce any more in

the foreseeable future. As such, we have removed the following item(s)

from your outstanding order.

>YMT34700, Mighty Block #01 Yamato Display Stand Clear Blue

If you have any other sources for this, we recommend that you use them as

we doubt we will be able to get additional stock.

Thanks for your patience, and thank you for using HobbyLink Japan."

heads up, guys.

The Mighty Block Stand is coming back at hlj:

http://www.hlj.com/product/YMT34700

Are we looking at the right link because that one says they have no stock, arent taking pre-orders, and that they dont have any information from the manufacturers as to when the iten will be back in stock.

Or is this some lame April fools joke ?

OPTION D

i vote option D

I understand the unicorn debate (and I also wish that it wasn't explicitly stated that way that Deckard is a Replacant), but what about the glowing eyes - the replicants have them, the owl has them, and also Deckard. Were they in the original release of the film?

I think they were.

I can understand not liking the unicorn scene because it removes the ambiguity but it also works the other way as well. Most likely a huge number of people who watched Blade Runner (pre unicorn edition) will have never pondered the question if Deckard was a replicant because the film is perfectly watchable to the average Joe without that question ever coming to mind. Now (post unicorn) we have a scene which makes people ask "huh? what does that mean?" and so more people are asking the question "is Deckard a replicant?". Now if the second cut achieves that purpose better than the original then it has served its purpose and fleshed out what the director wanted the audience to understand.

I also disagree with anime52k8's idea that the director has no say over the canon of the story. The audience can interpret things anyway they want and do what they will with it but thats pretty much just fanfiction. Canon is canon, so why i totally understand why you dislike that scene it dosnt negate it from being part of the story, even if it was added in at a later date.

I suppose an example we could all relate to is Macross Frontier. If teh series creators released a special edition of the final episode which shows Alto and Sheryl become a couple, get married, and then have a load of kids with girls that look like girls and boys that look like girls, then thats what happened - even if it is a load of cack.

Why is this an argument?

i'd prefer to think of it as a discussion.

Its come about because this is place for discussion for a group of sci fi/anime fans who have passionate opinions on sci fi/anime related topics.

As for dynamans reply to the star wars analogy - the point is that the actor is only privy to the details that the director gives them and so although they may have their own ideas they arent any kind of authority on the characters background.

Except that at the time the movie was made nobody was saying he's was a replicant. The screen writer says the he's human, Harrison Ford says he's human, Phillip K. Dick originally wrote the character as human. Scott is the only person who's ever explicitly stated that he was a replicant and that was 20 years after the fact. Just because Scott changed his mind at some point and the studio decided to cash in on that by letting him re-edit the movie doesn't change the original intent of the film at all.

so yeah, Deckard is NOT a replicant and Ridley Scott can sit on it.

At the time the movie was made nobody was saying he was a replicant because the majority of audiences were too busy saying what a tedious load of poo the film was, and the crew were bitching about having to do shitty voiceovers and edits.

Harrison Ford's opinion while interesting dosnt have any relevance. Im sure when he was filming Star Wars he didnt know Darth Vader was really Lukes dad but if the director says thats how it is then thats how it is.

Blade Runner is so far from the Philip K dicks novel to make his original character outline irellevant. Blade Runner is not Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep.

So that leaves Ridely Scott and the screen writer you mention. Ridley Scott has been saying for a very long time that he wasnt happy with the cut of Blade Runner that originally ran in theatres and he is hardly reknowned for milking his films and shafting his fans. He says this is the way it is and thats fine with me, its his film, his vision.

The film has always been ambiguous and as i have already said i think the only person who has the final word on any ambiguity is the director.

Which is all bullshit, of course. All of Gaff's figurines say something. The unicorn, originally, signified uniqueness; being rare and special.

For me, the dream is just a dream. I ignore it.

For me in the case of any ambiguity then the final word is from the director. In this case the director has stated that Deckard is a replicant and that the origami unicorn Gaff leaves is a reference to his implanted dream.

I thought that the 1998 Kurt Russel film "Soldier" was an (unofficial) sequel.

Gah... hopefully this new stuff won't be anywhere near as dog doo-doo as that movie was. Total let down - only went to see it because of an awesome space battle scene in the trailer, that was never finished and eventually cut from the final film. >.<

It wasnt a sequel, just set within the same universe. The only real link is that Kurt Russels character is noted to have fought in several of the battles that Roy Batty talks about in his closing speech in Blade Runner.

If the Dragon was in the Octagon he would literally kill every fighter! Kung-Fu is not used in the ring. I have trained and sparred with real Kung-fu artists and I received a fracture on my forearm with just a glancing blow. There are some moves that can kill you and that is why you really need to toughen up in the art. Ring fighting and street fighting are two separate combat styles. That is one of the dumbest questions asked. Its like comparing apples and oranges.

The guy I used to spar with once told me, when he was a slave to a rich family back in china if you are in a bar fight you kill one guy and the rest back off. When I met him i was in my mid 20s and Dept manager at staples. "Jimmy" was our warehouse clerk. When I asked him to get a MFS unit he would climb a 14 cage like you see in the movies. When we sparred and he started training me hewas careful not to hurt me but I still got the fracture. For every offensive move he had 3 counters for, it was simply amazing. If you want to see real fighting, on occasion if you know the right people go to china town and street fights can be found with money being tossed around exactly like you see in the movies. The point is you cant ask how Bruce would do in a ring. Without gloves and rules, I doubt that any fighter would last a round with him. He is just that good.

BTW - Brucey did have a lot of ground work too with some great submission holds

im sorry but this entire comment is one of the most ridiculous things i have ever read, it sounds like it has been written by a child reciting a load of hype and exageration to his friends in the playground.

Having your arm broken by a glancing blow is nonsense unless you have brittle bone disease - do you understand what a glancing blow is?

Some guy climbing a cage isnt some kind of testament to kung-fu. People who practice parkour can do infinitely more impressive feats than climbing a cage.

ALL martial arts have moves that can be fatal so its nothing unique to kung-fu. A wrestler could drop you on your spine, a muay thai boxer could spinning back elbow you in the back of the head, a jui-jitsu practioner could choke you to death.

Bruce Lee was impressive in the 70's, welcome to 2011.

Have you actually SEEN the last episode of the series. It's more than just a theory.

Yes i have, no its not. That episode is full of symbolism and so it would be very silly to take it literally. Anyway as i said even if you do choose to take space rockets, monkey masks, and cackling dopplegangers literally then it dosnt spoil the rest of the series in any way.

MMA has shown the world that most effective martial art in the cage/ring is american wrestling.

Actually what MMA has shown is that the most effective martial art is mixed martial arts. Hence why one dimensional wrestlers like ryan bader and brock lesnar lose to more well rounded fighters like jon jones and cain velasquez.

If you look at my punctuation in that sentence you can see that I have included something that can blow the entire series for a person who hasn't seen it.

It dosnt, it merely references one particular theory which is very open to debate. Regardless its not some kind of major revelation that would hamper enjoyment of the series if you had prior knowledge, since nothing is actually done with it to give it any relevance.

I tried to keep that as vague as possible so only people who know what im talking about will know what im talking about.

Well I just hope he ends up with SOMEONE!

The ambiguous ending for Mac 7 really didn't work that well, when you compare how satisfying it was to see Hikaru finally pick someone by the end of SDFM.

Fans need closure otherwise you just annoy them...

I actually prefer the open-endedness of Macross 7 & Frontier rather than the cliche of seeing the hero end up with the girl.

In no way is Bruce Lee the greatest martial artist in the world. He was just the first one that got in the media spotlight by using his talents.

Sure he was an amazing martial artist, seemed like quite a cool guy and had a great philosophy but his movies arent that great and while it was impressive in the day to audiences its not that brilliant to anyone who follows martial arts.

He was the first big martial arts star, he opened a lot of doors and changed percpetions, but lets not get carried away with bullshit.

If U r in the UK, Please!

People in the UK. Could you please find me the march issue of the Q magazine? I'll pay you back, of course. Reply, please!

Im in the UK, whats so hot in this issue ?

Welp! Sorry, dude. the yammie-block don't seem to have any adaptor for my Nora. So unless somebody knows better about it, I'll just post a Nora/Hikaru comparo-pic for you (with bonus Roy vf-1 gerwalk-pics) :

edit: i'll try to get my Roy-Zero out maybe tomorrow or the weekend. I believe the adaptor there will work on the yammie-block. or not.

thanks for that, most appreciated !

When you say that the SV-51 dosnt have an adaptor for the mighty block - isnt it the same adaptor that fits on the black stand that comes with the SV-51 ? I thought all the various adaptors had the same octagon style peg socket,or does the mighty block not use that octagon peg on the end ?

Thanks to everyone who has posted pictures of their valks on the different stands.

There are a couple of comments saying that the mighty block stand wont hold anything heavier than a VF-1 and I was just wondering why? My VF-1 Max is pretty heavy due to its solid metal legs whereas something like a YF-19 or Sv-51 is mostly plastic and feel a lot lighter.

Is it something to do with the base being too small or is the arm too weak, or is it more to do with the centre of gravity on the larger 1/60’s ?

Gotta be Grace from Frontier - its that cheeky little wink she does which seems so friendly but has a wealth of hidden undertones. Its a sort of nice polite "are you coming to bed dear (*wink)" and then when you get there you realise she has planned an all night, drug fueled orgy with both her and Sheryl.

Otherwise a couple of votes for Milia for being an awesome MILF and Sharon Apple for wearing no virtual clothing and having massive eyebrows... oh and massive tits too... musnt forget the tits.

Regarding the flightpose stands: Some people have been reporting the silicone tips are unstable and either exude a residue or cause paint apps to peel off after prolonged contact. I haven't had this experience and my guess is that it was a bad batch somewhere but be careful nonetheless.

Yeah i read about that in another thread, from what i gather though it only affects the paint on metal parts. I only have 1 VF-1 with metal legs and all the rest of my valks are plastic Macross Plus & Macross Zero ones so i should be able to get away with it.