Fort Max

The last new mecha to be done as an SOC class toy by Bandai was Aquarion. Perhaps as these are also Shoji's work that may inspire them a little to put some better toys, I guess we'll just have to wait and see. CF18, You're right in that E7 wasn't that popular which depressed me, never did get figures of The End, or The Spearhead or...

Ohh, Gainax, Nemo, Laputa, I'm liking what I'm hearing here. Also, it may say $80 on AOD's site but deep discount dvd has it for $56 and in UK pounds it's about £28. To put that in perspective, a standard volume of any anime show costs £20 new on the shelves here so 39 episodes for that money is a pretty good deal for me. Thanks for the insights guys, I think I'll go for it when I get paid tomorrow.

Yeah, me too but unless ADV US have something cool in mind for an SE (1/1 Core drill, art box and soundtrack would be awesome) I'll just wait for the UK release which has already been confirmed as "going to happen" by ADV UK.

I was browsing Animeondvd's front page and I noticed that ADV have just released a perfect collection of Nadia: Secret of Bluewater. I've never seen it but I understand it's an old fan favourite or something, da ya think I'd like it? http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc_reviews/6762.php

Get ready guys, the first dvd will apparently be solicited pretty soon. Saw this in Animeondvd's forum, someone found a listing in a store computer or something, $30, no release date yet and no mention of any kind of SE though.

Bandai having the rights worry's me a little, unless it's Gundam or Eva they don't bother much for new, unproven shows. See Eureka Seven, a handfull of models and PVC (swap parts nightmare) toys.

This is Bandai we're talking about, I fully expect that all of the existing Gundam's will be upgraded/replaced and that more will show up in due course. I can see CB needing more pilots before too long as more nations try and resist them.

Gui, I think teh real plot will be revealed soon, they're still outlining characters and their motivations not to mention setting up the various rivals. Keith, fair enough man.

I'm curious to find out what super's they've got. I'm hoping for a Zeroymer since Yammies own one a few years ago was not that impressive.

As do I, but many do not, they simply take, take, take. One of my best friends is like this and he's the same age I am, we both watch the same mecha shows on fansubs but I buy considerably more dvd's then he does whereas he's happy just to keep the fansubs, or worse, buy bootleg dvd's. Other people I know are even more obstinate, they won't pay to see a film at the cinema or even for a single on itunes. I personally absolutely hate this entitlement culture we live in now. I imagine it must be the same in Japan, only old skool long time fans are buying the dvd's still, publishers need more fans to buy them but why would they if they can just keep their digital recordings. This is why I say the buisness has to change not just domestically but on it's own turf too. And if they're going to start distributing through new means (i.e. locked digital content through the internet) then they might as well look into tapping other markets while they're at it.

Well we don't know for sue that's over, right? And yes Setsuna is a huge pillock, If Tiera had been there he'd have had a fit! And let's have a show of hands from the cast members please, Does anyone here not have a dark past...

I read this yesterday morning and as I understand it the ideal solution is to get anime studios to legitimize fansubbers, i.e. pay them for an accurate nglish translation in a digital format. They would then chrage fans a small fee to download this except it would be made avilable at the same time as the domestic release (also on the internet). If studios could start doing this and in more languages then just English then they would soon see a turnaround in profits.

Keith, just get Bitlord, it's a decent program with no intrusive crap and you can search for what you want from inside the program itself.

Great shirts MM, No. 2 is really cool and I'd buy it but No, 4 is just pure win! These really kick the crap out iof the simple shilloutte shirt that was on HLJ a while back.

I just want to know which one is the better toy!

So Yamato are aiming for hcmp quality figures at revoltech sizes at a lower price then either? Awesome!

Aye, give us a chance, it's only Monday lunchtime where I am!

I also think that the core drill being cheap tacky looking plastic is adding insult to injury over the price.

I'm inclined (not to mention dissapointed) to agree, bye bye pre-order... So, where's yours then Bandai?

Ah, thanks very much for righting the confusion Graham.

I'm just gonna wait for someone rich to tell me which horse I should back!

They're not showing much of the Aesty that goes inside it. And Im surprised it's not been painted by now too.

I saw a pic somwhere of Megahouses's Stig without the helmet on at all, whether that means the helmet comes off or the whole head comes off remains to be seen.

Guys, have a look at this post I saw on toyskingdom, it seems to show that the megahouse will have or may have available the hand weapons some of you were asking for. http://www.toyskingdom.com.hk/forum/viewth...;extra=page%3D2

Megahouse already said they were planning on doing the four main charcaters and I think I recall hearing the same about CM's.