danth

I don't post much here, so forgive me when I say DAAAAMN!!! That's abso-f**king-lutely incredible! I need one of those stat. Sign me up.

The 1997 GI Joe relaunch The new GI Joe figures The 1/60 Yamato The 1/48 Yamato *ducks* Yeah, it's awesome, but not what I had hoped for.

Am I the only one who likes Energon? They're nice and chunky, like old school toys. They have nice, humanesque proportions in robot mode. They're very articulated. And they look mechanical, unlike those organic, insectoid-looking Armada TF's.

Wow. I was never a huge fan of the 1/60's, but this VF-0 makes the Yammy VF-1's look awesome. For Yamato to make a valk with removable legs and nose that doesn't even look good is pretty lame. They took the easy way out and it still looks bad.

What's going to be released in 1/100 scale? Someone please inform me because I've been out of the loop for a while.

Here are some possible solutions: this thread from robot-japan talks about using bleach. If anyone figures this out let me know. My freaking Joke Machine has yellowed! (just found out today)

Welcome fellow newbie. Yeah, I started a thread like this a few days ago and it got locked pretty quick. At firtst I thought it was just because I mentioned Robotech...

I don't think fifbeat was talking about the mods, dudes. I think he was talking about the regular members who complain about a topic for some silly reason. And I like his idea of letting chips fall where they may.

What's all this talk of bloodletting and flaming and "can't we all just get along"? It looks like we are getting along and having a nice, vigorous debate. This right here is the bread and butter of internet forums. The amount of polite restraint in this thread alone is heroic. (Hey, you exaggerate...I exaggerate. )

I'm not impressed with the Masterpiece or the Yamato 1/60. The Yamato has crappy paint, annoying stickers, too many parts to replace/remove during transformation, too many ugly gaps in the legs where the different pieces come together, and the legs always fall off in guardian mode. Plus the plastic just feels weak and crappy. The Masterpiece...well, for that much money i'll get a new 1/55 with fast packs. But the rereleased Bandais don't fit together as well as they used to. I think it's a combo of weak springs, weak plastic, and that ungodly gap behind the air break. So for me it's Joke Machines. Mwa ha ha! Or the 1/48s if I get rich. (Yeah, I know this is my 4th post and nobody knows who I am. So sue me. )

Did I studder? Ha ha ha. No, really, I know valks aren't actual "robots" (they're not automated), but valks are generally considered "robot toys" by people who collect more than just Macross. Wicked Ace: Yeah, I know all about that. Actually it was the anti-Robotech bigots who soured this place for me the first time around. But I'm not here to appease jerks. If certain people can't understand that I (and about half of Macross fans in the US I'd wager) grew up on Robotech, then that's just too bad for them. It wouldn't be fair to deny me my nostalgia now would it? I'm pretty sure you guys are half joking about the Robotech thing anyway. Half joking... Thanks for the warm welcome! Time to go to the Models forum and beg for some Bandai SD kits.

What's up folks? I'm a looooong time Macross/Robotech fan. I used to come to this site a while back but I got out of Macross for a while. Ever since I bought Smoke Screen from the Transformers Alternators line a few weeks ago, I've been back on the Japanese robot kick. Just wanted to intoduce myself before I start posting. And if anybody wants to unload some HiCompact or HiComical Bandai valks, I'm your man!