Valkyrie Hunter D

Valkyrie Hunter D,

Would parts from a 1/60 Roy VF-1S Strike work? I need to know if there is even enough demand to warrent me buying a new 1/60 and parting it. I don't have a single 1/60 at all now.

Sure, a VF-1S Strike would work. The parts I'm really interested in are the previously mentioned mounts for the fast pack boosters. I'm only hoping that there is enough demand for 1/60 parts. Anybody else out there need some 1/60 parts?

Neova,

Could a fast pack equipped 1/60 be dismantled for your service? I lost a set of mounts (used to connect the fast pack boosters to the backpack) while making some customs and I can't seem to find them anywhere.

I am soo glad Hasegawa is delving more into sci-fi/games genres. I'd be one happy modeler if they ever make a Cypher variant. And seeing all this talk makes me wish VOOT or VOM had online support. I would love to take you guys on with my Fei-Yen or Raiden .

Let me be the first to add Pat S to the SSL for selling a 1/60 brownie during a quick and easy transaction. Thanks Pat!

They're just hitting the shops as we speak (type?). They shouldn't be too hard to find in the coming weeks. But I got mine from Neova for $165 .

I was gonna buy Record of Loddoss War for DC. They wanted $39 used at gamestop, ran low on funds that day. Got paid the next day went back and it was sold ! It looked like Diablo but was it as good, anybody played it?

Yeah, this game is basically a Diablo clone (without all the mouse clicks) with a Lodoss War setting. The story is totally separate from any of the events in the anime, but it does add some interesting background info. If you dig Lodoss War and Diablo, this game is definitely worth a look.

Add one more for Neova; Anthony gave me a good price for the new 1/48 Max and quite possibly made me the first U.S. resident to bring one home .

Zero Gunner 2

Shenmue 2

Virtual On Oratorio Tangram (needs the DC Twinsticks though. It sucks without it.)

Rez

Space Channel 5 part 2

Representing nothern California, right here in Sacramento. And quite possibly the only Macross fan here too .

A little off topic but how does Aero Elite: Combat Academy stack up against ace combat series, Delta strike or any other flight sim/game?

Ed

Comparing Aero Elite vs. Ace Combat is like comparing apples and oranges. Aero Elite is the closest you'll get to a flight sim on any console. While not as meticulous as any top grade PC flight sim, it features a lot more realism than in all the Ace Combat games combined. Training missions in AE may seem mundane, like performing a successful barrel roll, loop, etc., but it does pay off after playing a lot of AC (where flight physics just go out the window). Graphics-wise, Sega's AM2 division did a bang up job with the plane models (I think they were even assisted by the JSDF), but Namco's renditions are just a tad better. However, AE does allow you to pilot helicopters and Harriers, something the AC series has yet to feature.

AC, on the other hand, gives you really pretty planes with a truckload of missles and bombs to blow crap up. You can't go wrong with that (ignore Lethal Skies, Top Gun, etc.).

Anyhoo, they're both fun games, just on different levels.

The new characters look generic and bland. I haven't played any of the polygonal fighters based on SNK games, but from my experience of the Street Fighter EX games, I can say that I don't have high hopes for this title.

I think it's your best custom so far, Devin. Love the fast packs on this one.

These guys are already on the list, but I've just had some recent transactions with them, so many thanks to:

Major Tom (excellent packaging, books came in pristine condition!)

Monkey-N (kits are in great shape)

singtao (great deal on a yammie strike, and a pleasure to deal with!)

Just one choice for me: Sazabi! The Nu would be cool too.

A-6 Intruders still active in 2010? Sweeeeet!

The answer to that last one was Dirty Pair Project Eden. Next one. In the tv series Ghost Sweeper Mikami, what is so unusual about Mikami's ghostly partner Okinu chan?

Aside from being a centuries old ghost?

Kawamori must've still had Armored Core on his mind when drawing up that Mac 0 Destroid.

BTW, in the new INNOCENCE book is the main picture of the Macross cast that overlaps the entire back of the Mikimoto box. Unfortunately, I don't have the necessary hardware to provide a high-res scan. Perhaps someone who does can track down a copy of this book? In the meantime, I'll try to get a scan myself from some other source (Kinko's maybe?).

Aw man, I've already put in my order for a Mikimoto version box. This should still go through, right?

I hope the minimal participation won't delay or even undermine the Mac+ box.

Does the Innocence book feature any new Mikimoto Macross character art or is it just reprint's of his older work that is already available in other books?

Graham

The Macross pictures from Innocence are not in my older Mikimoto books. They seem to be illustrations from magazine covers, video game ads/cases and CD covers.

Is there any way to tell what the nose cone says? (at work so can't watch the ep in question )

From that screenshot alone, does it say "SEXY" ?

Hidden sex messages in Macross?! Just more evidence of Disney ripping off ideas from anime .

Dagnabit! Y'know, considering the nature of the show, I don't want to speculate any further as to what a "Sparkling" attack might consist of.

If this is the same show you reviewed a while back, my guess is nosehair.