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The blue is the grey parts on the mecha , shown in the lineart on top left. Probably bad lighting or prototype colors. I'm sure they'll look ok once released.

Just before the fade to black at 28:00. After Nono leaves and screens Lark off with the buster corp. I tried to take a screeny, but no luck. 405690[/snapback] That's when she "ran away" wasn't it? What did she do? In the office now so i can't check. I remember distinctly she screens Lark off, flies off and a surprised Lark is bewildered. The general says that No. 7 has abandoned them and there's no hope left. The VGW then warps out. PS: Surfed on some animeblogs and they said the same thing. I think you've mistaken on the Nono More part.

Nor Nono for that matter. I wonder where she went off to. I thought she was about to sacrifice herself by going into the VGW. Hmmm....maybe she went off to get Buster Machines 4,5,6 etc which are probably big ass muthas left in some periphery in space and forgotten. 405675[/snapback] *** Spoiler *** You DID see the last shot of Episode 5, right? Nono is nono more 405683[/snapback] Huh? She "abandoned" them. The VGW warped out towards presumably earth. What last shot?

Yah yah....i know SSSM stands for Solar System Shell Machines as said by you, but i was wondering where you coined this term cause it wasn't in my translations nor did i hear a japanese equivalent. Oh oh...okok. Exactly! Which means they never knew what were the original space monsters, and mistaken the VGW to be one of them, a Topless. What this implies along with the Topless "threat" is, somehow the Topless is similar to the VGW. I don't know how but SOMEHOW. Similar enough to cause attacks by what you call the SSSM. No argument about that. They just recently knew about it of course, otherwise they would've got rid of the Topless long ago. Hence the sudden drop of "status" experienced by Lark, Chico and the rest of Fraternity. From heroes to zeroes. A hard blow to them that they were not even fighting the real threat to humanity and they themselves were the threat was a painful blow to their ego. Chiko seems to be taking it strangely well though...... Nor Nono for that matter. I wonder where she went off to. I thought she was about to sacrifice herself by going into the VGW. Hmmm....maybe she went off to get Buster Machines 4,5,6 etc which are probably big ass muthas left in some periphery in space and forgotten. Heh? Have you seen/downloaded ep 5?

Actually i meant that the busters and Topless are related to the original space monsters (VGW). The Topless are somehow similar to the VGW and i think its probably their ability to manipulate space like warping a giant robot appendage out of nowhere. Remember when they found the VGW on Titan and regarded it as an alien buster machine and Topless like themselves? Where did you coin the term SSSM btw? Anyway in the starting 5 minutes of episode 5, its largely explained that the solar system defence buster machines evolved over time to be more efficient and ironically take on the form of the VGWs they were designed to eliminate. The humans had no more options left after investing their whole military power for the Black Hole bomb plan, which apparently failed but gave them some time. Due to that reason, humans have shut themselves in the solar system and eliminated warp technology so as not to lead more space aliens into the solar system. The defence system forms a barricade outside the solar system disallowing anyone from entering and exiting through normal space. Thus the red horizon in space now called the Red Milky Way. Not to rain on your parade, but during the starting 5 minutes of episode, the general asked the scientist why were the defence system attacking humans if they were made to defend them? The scientist then claimed.....that it has detected a danger similar to the VGW within its defence grid, the solar system. They are "Topless". Hence started the "rehabilitation" of all Topless in Fraternity, and that's when the defence system stopped their attacks appararently. So its not clear what's the relation of Topless with the original VGW but I assume its sort of the VGW's way of infiltrating the solar system by diverting the defence system's resources to attack their creators instead of defending the black hole. So i doubt the defence system went rogue due to Nono's absense. They probably still functioned withtout Nono's concious thought, and were just reacting to the threat they detected in the Topless. This is true. The humans seem to not know what has happened over a few millenia ago. They probably tried to venture beyond the solar system but were stopped by the defence systems buster machines, and thus fighting an enemy they throught were the space monsters. About the Jung theory....hmmm.....maybe Jung made Nono....or better, Noriko's friend's (the one with glasses) daughter's grandchild? LOL!

Drat...you know something....which i forgot. *digs up copy of Gunbuster*

Actually I did notice that the pilot looks like it fits very nicely into the seat and you are given the illusion that he is holding the 2 control sticks on the side of the cockpit, whereas on the other 1/48s they look more like they are being squashed in without holding anything. I don't know how much this differs from the original low viz pilot but i love it on the stealth.

Holy crap. Big pictures of the Gold Frame Amatu and F91.

BEST SWORDFIGHT Karas VS.....anything..... Jin Vs Mugen (Samurai Champloo) BEST HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT FIGHT Spike vs....anything as well. XD (Cowboy Bebop) BEST MAGIC(MAGIC USER) FIGHT Can't think of a specific fight scene, but the "magic" battles in Scrapped Princess were pretty good. BEST GIRLFIGHT Ryoufu vs Ryoumou from Ikkitousen...Zomg....short lived fight but the "climax" was what raped my adulthood. Lucy VS Nana (Elfenlied) ZOMG. Blood and limbs!! BEST MECHA/ROBOT FIGHT Eva 02 vs Eva Production (The End Of Eva) Roy VS Ivanov (Macross Zero) Max VS Milia (Macross DYRL) (PS: Btw Mowe, max didn't fight milia in a QRau. ) MOST EPIC BATTLE (in anime, they all tend to happen in space) Banner Of The Stars Gunbuster episode 5 and 6. Macross DYRL? MOST TEARJERKING MOMENT (its not an anime fight) Saikano......i don't have to say more. Elfenlied, when the "evil" diclonius was carried away by Nana's "dad".

trust me, that's how I get through the days when there's no work to be done! 405028[/snapback] Oh yeah. I can attest to that. I find myself keep hitting the refresh button every 5-10 mins. Disturbing.

Well if its about UA being cheapest in town, then i apologise since i'm not from SG. Not all SG shops have newsletters and that was the cheapest in a newsletter i got. Of course on occasion, a shop in China Square (which doesn't do newsletter and websites) gets some dirt cheap stock......and i feel cheated for getting my stuff in MY.

Next time read the posts properly before you ask me to "open your eyes". That was what i meant. You get much cheaper valks in SG than in MY.

Yeah i'd like to know too. Either Izzyfcuk has misunderstood or he seems to know where its cheaper in Malaysia. Do tell.

Just to break the "cryptic" messages that ppl have been posting about SGD prices of macross stuff, cheapest i came across was RM400 for a VF-0S. That's about 170 SGD. In Malaysia, cheapest you'd get is RM550, which is about 239 SGD. That's quite a difference. So yes i'm quite sure right across the causeway its much cheaper. And just lately, a certain newsletter from a shop in SG was advertising about RM390 for a Low Viz 2...that's about SGD170?! Dirt cheap!! Come prove me wrong. Yeap i heard. So what's your point? I did say SG was cheaper than here.

Awesome! Need I say, A WHOLE LOAD OF SPOILERS BELOW? HEHE So like most of us thought, the Space monsters they've been fighting all this while were a defence system left behind by the humans in the past, with Nono as the control core. In reaction against the rise of Topless, which are regarded as Variable Gravity Wells much like the original space monsters, the defence system went against humanity. Could this have been the space monsters doing, to infect humanity with this affliction, Topless, so that it will divert the defence system's attention away from Black Hole Exelio? Black Hole Exelio, probably named after the Exelion, was where the original fight between Nono and the space monsters happened. So now the questions remain: 1.) What are the new buster machines? Were they made from space monster parts? 2.) What is Nono's relationship to Noriko? She comes out of the asteroid mentioning her name when she was discovered, and now we know that Nonoriri is the name given to Noriko for saving humanity. Noriko keeps mentioning the last bird of mars, which was obviously refering to Noriko. 3.) Has Noriko returned to earth yet at this point in time? I'm guessing probably yes since its a long time into the future.... 4.) What are the Topless? It was mentioned it was a "disease" and that the defence system will leave humans at peace as long as they "cure" it. I'm guessing its a diversion created by the space monsters. So i guess this episode pretty much puts to rest any doubts that Top 2 has no relation to Top 1. Excellent episode. Pretty sad that its gonna end next ep.

I don't like imageshack cause it has popups and ads.

For the Haruhi fans....this one is the OP sequence with gundam. Man this dude has too much free time. >_< http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3DbKgX1kLQ...gundam%20haruhi

w00ts!! Downloading!

Photobucket has a bandwidth and image size limit. This one doesn't. Especially useful if ya wanna post detailed pics of to be released figures.

Yeap i'm sure. You wanna bet your life on that?

http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/ Apparently it doesn't have bandwidth limits nor file size limits. No advertisments and popups too. I'd thought i just post it so you guys in the forums can post any big picture you want. It works pretty much like imageshack.

I never seen them on comparison with other toys yet....but reports say they are tiny.

Holy cow , i think i'll crash and start collecting HCM pros....or at least just for the CCA line. >_<

Where do all these ppl get their test shots so easily? >_< Wouldn't hasbro be pissed that their "not yet released" stuff are showing up on ebay? I can imagine if Graham sold his valkyries prototypes on ebay and make yamato go mad.

This is hilarious, based on the upcoming Wii game Smash Bros Brawl. http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=197