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  1. danth
    I just bought a Super Ostrich (brand new) with two cracked shoulders. Is there a way for me to get replacements? If so, would the be the right color? Also, my Ostrich has a somewhat crooked canopy that won't close all the way. Do you guys know if the piece that holds the canopy hinge is glued on or screwed on? Because I think that piece has to be realigned for the canopy to close right.
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    Question for all you awesome dudes. I just got a v2 Super Ostrich. I think the canopy is misaligned. It looks slightly crooked when I look straight down on it, and it won't really close all the way. Is the little piece on top that holds the canopy hinge glued on? Because I think that piece has to be realigned. Is there a solution for this problem?
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    That's basically what I meant to say, as long as it's the battroid that's "realistic" and the fighter that's line art-accurate.
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    I wish I could see the leg fins in that pic.
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    HLJ Yamato Sale!!!

    danth replied to Jasonc's topic in Toys

    I never liked the primary colors with black stripes. For instance, I love the Hikaru TV with red on white, but his DYRL red & black on white scheme just looks too harsh to me.
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    Agreed; I'm all for line art-accurate fighter modes regardless of the slight compromises in battroid.
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    The more I look at those dwarves, the less I like the Star Trek-style alien hair and makeup. I don't think there's a person on Earth who read the Hobbit and imagined the dwarves looking like this.
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    Yamato 1/60 Regult

    danth replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Ahh, good point.
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    Yamato 1/60 Regult

    danth replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    I totally agree; there's no reason a Destroid should be more than half of the price of a Valkyrie. Same with the Regult unless it has a removable pilot.
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    Those drawings are amazing! I knew Japan could still draw characters...they just need sh*t-tons of money to do it.
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    Yamato 1/60 Regult

    danth replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Any reason why Yamato won't make toys for these? Did they learn their lesson with bad-guy mechs after the Q-Rau? If they could keep these at destroid prices I think they'd sell...or are destroids even selling?
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    I HATE the new style of transformers.
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    I got in on Amazon. I paid $200. I really wish I had gotten the original Japanese version since I prefer that head. I took that pic with the webcam on my Mac, which I guess is why it's kinda blurry. Yeah, I doubt I'll ever own the Scott/Stik, but I prefer the Rand/Rey type anyway. Though I wouldn't mind having that beam cannon.
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    Thanks. I was afraid to transform it when I saw all 100 steps in the booklet, but it wasn't as bad as I thought. The more I look at it, the better it gets -- it just looks incredibe. It's one amazing feat of engineering.
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    Finally got one of these bad boys.
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    That looks hot!
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    They're losing money if you count all the people like you and I who would be collecting this line if the toys were possible to find.
  18. danth
    Holy crap, I think Fili and Kili look bad-ass!
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    That's not the answer I wanted.
  20. danth
    Wait, is the Elint being reissued?
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    Whoa, that's interesting. Glad to see they're keeping the SDFM guys around. What did you think of Zero?
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    I actually like Macross 7 the most after the original. Zero and Frontier are garbage in my opinion, and Plus is extremely overrated -- ugly as hell character designs, unlikeable and unrelatable characters, a stupid story based on flashbacks. I mean, yeah, the mecha fight scenes were cool. Macross 7 was flawed, and too long, but it had the charm that the other sequels were missing. It also felt more like Macross with the Mikimoto character designs and all. Thanks for all the info by the way.
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    I really want to disagree with you, but then I look at Gundam, where the only thing holding the franchise together is the robots. They make all the merchandising cash as well. So it isn't very unrealistic to say that the mecha is really what matters. At least Macross has two other constants: the music and the love triangle. And of course Miyatake designed the titular Macross itself, as well as the Zentraedi mecha & destroids. It's funny how Kawamori includes Miyatake in all of the Macross shows, but not Mikimoto. I think Kawamori considered Mikimoto's work in Macross II a betrayal and is still upset about it. Why on earth else would Mikimoto not be included in Macross Plus? Those Plus character designs are fugly.
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    The source for the key quote in the article (about the original ideas coming from Kawamori) is the Perfect Memory book. I don't have it nor do I speak Japanese, unfortunately. It'd be nice to see a translation of that page. Is there a translation of Perfect Memory online? While SDF Macross was definitely a collaborative effort, it's looking more to me now that Kawamori was truly the "original concept" guy, so I won't be as perturbed when he is referred to as the "creator" of Macross. However, since none of the later Macross works were nearly as good (not counting DYRL, which was awesome), I'm not crediting Kawamori with the all the glory. The collaboration is what made SDF so great.
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    One thing I keep hearing lately is that Shoji Kawamori is the "creator" of Macross, which sounds like a bunch of baloney to me. I know that he has become sort of a figurehead of the Macross franchise, but from what I remember, he was simply the mecha designer for the original Super Dimensional Fortress Macross. Anime News Network lists the credits like I remember them: Kawamori was merely a mecha guy, while others were in charge of scenario and direction. Wikipedia lists Kawamori as the writer of SDF:Macross, which seems completely wrong. Is this some sort of historical ret-con so shows like Macross Frontier seem more legit even though it has almost none of the original talent behind it? I know Kawamori directed Macross Plus and became the grand master of Macross after that (story supervisor for Macross 7 and director/storyboard for Frontier), but I don't think he's the "creator" of Macross by any means.
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