Beltane70

I only have the small B-Club Visual Comic book for Dangaio. I used to have another book, though I forget which one it was. At least, I think it was a Dangaio book, but it also could have been a Hirano art book. I lent the book to a friend of mine that I haven't seen in years.

The only other piece of Dangaio merchandise that I own is the CD for 2 and 3. I used to have the first CD as well, but that's been lost to an ex-girlfriend that I haven't talked to or seen since we split up over a decade ago.

I didn't get to see the entire special, just the raw of the first episode. So far, I like what I see. I can't wait until April comes around!

I've always wanted to drive on that road ever since I've been down it!

Damn, I wish that I knew about those cels, especially at that price!

Not sure what you're trying to get at with this statement. Ghosts aka bits were featured as recently as Frontier, and 0083, the one Gundam show Kawamori DID work on, had the Alpha Azieru using fin funnels.

To this day, I still wonder what happened to Kumi.

Aaand another delay. What in the world is Mikimoto working on that's keeping him from producing Macross The First?

^^^ That's the same way that my '05 Sentra SE-R SpecV is, totally stock. The only thing that I'd really want to do to my car is change the front end and wheels to the '02 Sentra SE-R style.

With the Hi-Resolution line, they say the frame is pre-built. I think it will be a one-off release just for the IBO Gundams as they're just toying with the idea since Barbatos and co have a presentable inner frame.

It does look slightly more stylised than the 1/100.

That doesn't sound too different from the 1/60 Gundam F91 kit from the early 90s. It had an already assembled inner-frame.

My most recent Macross toy purchase was back in September. I picked up the Perceval when I was on my trip to Tokyo.

Looking at the picture, the shorts look like they could possibly be stickers, too.

Yes, I'm sure. The original animation in Macross Flashback 2012 was the realization of a set of scenes that had originally been included in the final episode (#36) of Super Dimension Fortress Macross, but were removed in the storyboard phase to keep the episode from exceeding its allotted run time. Ultimately, that meant that the SDF-2 design they created for that episode (see Macross Perfect Memory pg150) went unused and a new design was subsequently created for Macross Flashback 2012, which is the Megaroad-class emigrant ship design.

Because Flashback 2012 incorporated some DYRL? aesthetics like the Macross w/ ARMDs, and because it was produced after DYRL?, it tends to get rolled into DYRL? as an epilogue even though it's really more an epilogue to the entire First Space War story arc (and was conceived as an epilogue to the original series).

So, basically, I've been misinformed for the past 30 years? Wouldn't be the first time, though!

The original Macross and DYRL didn't have Kanno doing the music, either and look how good the music for them is! Granted, she probably wasn't even working in the industry back then, but her music isn't essential for Macross' music to be good. Even without her doing it, I quite liked the music for Macross Zero!

The events depicted in Macross Flashback 2012 were originally storyboarded for use in the final episode of the original Super Dimension Fortress Macross series, which was set in 2012. They were dropped from the episode plan due to runtime constraints, but when it was finally animated as Flashback 2012 it was still set in 2012.

Are you sure about that, Seto? I've always seen that the scenes from Macross Flashback 2012 was intended use at the end of Do You Remember Love?, hence why it appears at the end of the newer releases of DYRL and also why the Macross keeps the appearance that it had in the movie.

With that chunk of Australia missing, it certainly wouldn't surprise me!

I don't see why they even bother putting up a release date anymore. They might as well just be honest and say, "we don't know when the new installment is going to be released.".

Well I just finished Yamato 2199. And that should really put some perspective on how far behind I am on anime.

Better late than never!

Speaking of which, I'm currently building the 1/500 Yamato this very moment!

Yeah, passing up a good deal on an S14 because it was automatic is a bit silly, just given the ease and low cost of converting to manual. Automatic S14s don't hold their value nearly as well as the manuals for that matter. You can get one for half the price of a decent facelift S14 and spend less than $1000 to make it a 3-pedal.

And I'll grant that the B15 Sentra isn't a bad car. It was, however, designed in the last days before the bankruptcy, so that basically explains it. The B16 is an ugly bloatmobile of a car and the B17 is simply enormous, if only mostly as ugly. The CVT does ruin what it has though, which isn't all that much. (I had a buddy whose first B17 lemoned on him, so they put him in another B17. Both were awful to ride in or drive, but at least this "compact" sedan had hella rear leg room. And also a sticker price that makes everyone go "whaaa")

But even the B15, I don't like as well as the B14, or especially the B13. The B13 was such a good car, they still make it in Mexico. It espouses the values I believe a car of its class should hold. Light weight, low-frills, and handsome but not stylish. It's a compact sedan. It doesn't have to look crazy or wild. Just make it handsome. Then it will never be ugly. But, Nissan is obsessed with overstyling everything and building cars full of stuff they don't need for their class, and shoving CVTs into everything. I'm sure they'd have a CVT truck and I guarantee they'd have a CVT Z if they could figure out how to make one work in a RWD application. At this point I think they may have given up on RWD and just plan on calling the next Juke, "Z", so they can accomplish their CVTs-in-Everything goal.

My first Sentra was a '92 B13 that even after 16 years I still miss even though it had absolutely no options. It was the first and so far only car that I bought brand new.

I prefer my B15 over the B14 I had. My only real disappointment with the '05 is that it lacks the front end and five-spoke wheels of the '02-03 SE-Rs.

You will definitely not get any arguments from me about the B16s, though. I don't, however, mind how the B17s look.

I'll only worried about the quality of CVTs when manual transmissions are no longer an option.

See, that's an odd perspective as they go. Every single Nissan enthusiast I know has no love for Renault Nissan and its design aesthetic. Mind you I've been a Nissan guy since I could pronounce "Nissan". I was 4 the first time I steered a 1995 Sentra around a parking lot on my dad's lap. My first car was a Nissan ('88 200SX), my second car was a Nissan ('90 Pathfinder) that I loved so much I bought it back from the guy I sold it to. I spent 2 years finding the perfect 240SX, which I've owned for almost 3, and I've got an '85 200SX I'm building up with a friend. So for a long time, I've lived and breathed Nissan. But over the last several years, they've really been trying that enthusiasm, and the direction they've taken has no relation to the Nissan that brought Japanese cars to the Western world. Their cars are overstyled to make up for how lackluster they've become. They don't excel at anything except having the highest CVT failure rate in the industry.

For me, Nissan evokes thoughts and memories of a time before the bankruptcy. To call these Renaults, Nissans, is an affront to that, in my opinion. Most of the Nissan enthusiasts I know feel similarly. It's really split the Nissan crowd into two: people who love old Nissans and people who love new Nissans. There doesn't seem to be a lot of crossover. (Except in Nissan's lineup, where they have 5, by my count)

I'm actually one of those crossovers. Despite my defense of the newer Nissans, I still prefer older Nissans like you do. Before I bought my current Sentra (an '05 SE-R SpecV) I was searching for either a mid-90s 300ZX or a '97/98 240SX. To this day I'm still kicking myself for passing up a white '97 240SX because it was an automatic.

Actually, I haven't owned a car that wasn't a Nissan in over twenty years. Granted, they've all been Sentras. And again, as far as design aesthetics, we're talking our own tastes here. You don't like the new Maxima, I do, neither of us are wrong. Plus, since when has not owning a particular make or model of car made anyone unqualified to judge whether they like a car's looks. I don't need to own a Porsche to know that I don't like the way one looks.

The Z33 and Z34 both share the same chassis platform, the same engine family, and the same design aesthetic. The Z32 is long in the tooth for a Z as it is, at 6 years. Unfortunately, Nissan doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of not screwing up the Z35, so I've stopped paying attention. Nissan has lost its way, probably irreparably.

I'm going to have to disagree with you there. So far, I've been really liking the new designs coming out of Nisaan. For the first time in twenty years, they've actually come out with a design for the Maxima that I really like. Now, if we were having this conversation a few years ago, I'd probably agree, as I found most of the designs from '06 to about '12 to be lacking. I guess it just comes down to individual tastes in this case.

Speaking of the Z, I think Nissan's a bit overdue for a totally new design for the Fairlady seeing that its current form is already over 12 years old.

What is even the point of an official English sub release that you won't make available to the US?

Now I'm just gonna torrent it and they won't even get ad money.

Crunchyroll will be airing it starting next week.

I was happy to see that Fafner EXODUS has started back up again.

Cool! Glad you got it. SSM is a good store it's probably already on its way! Happy to help

Chris

You are, indeed, correct! I got the shipping info and the kit was picked up at 4:44 pm, CST. The price wasn't bad, either. With the shipping, the order came out to $97.10, which is still less than Gundam Planet's price of $117 before shipping (though I could avoid that since Gundam Planet is located about 90 minutes from me).

I'm feeling a strange sense of accomplishment seeing that I bought the only one they had in stock!