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  1. Hehe, did anyone else notice that they dubbed in the sounds of an AT-AT (Star Wars) walking for the RC robot playing with the soccer ball (at the very end).

    That little robot was quite amazing :)

    I wonder the price point on that guy.....Z??????????

    The video captions mentioned something along the lines of 380,000 yen :blink:

    FM

  2. Go to HLJ, download the sci-fi toy show movie and there's a few seconds of footage of the monster shot at the Tokyo toy show where it was in monster mode.

    Looks great and the cannons look pretty long to me. :D

    Fort Max

  3. Is that the new YF-19 (in the 5th pic, in the middle right with a FAST pack and don't get excited just yet guys!) or is it something else?

    No, not Yamato. That's the old Studio Half Eye 1/100 scale YF-19 perfect-variable resin garage kit.

    Graham

    seriously,

    seeing that pic really makes me question why it was (and is) so hard for yamato to release a yf 19fp... they could have easily modified the current sculpt, (fix the legs a bit and make it leaner, etc) and slap some fast packs and you would have had many grateful fans buying it in no time. Instead, they leave people guessing on whether or not it's cancelled or not. What's SO difficult? they already had the fast pack versions of the 21 and 11B going (which were all old sculpts with FPs anyway) why not just complete the series and bring some closure to it?

    personally I've long since given up any expectations for it... but that picture kinda made my closet-ed feelings surface a bit.

    Basically, Kits are made out of resin, resin isn't suitable for toys, plastic can't be formed as thin as resin can be. Also plastic requires different engineering and fixing techniques.

    That might not be totally acurate but it's more or less sound.

    Fort Max

  4. great.

    I haven't gotten any email-confirmation from HLJ, yet, tho.

    I wouldn't bother waiting for that, those e-mail confirmations often come hours after they actually ship it and HLJ have actually gotten better at getting new stuff out the door as soon as it comes in.

    Case in point, a new Tf came out yesterday abnd I was surprised to find that HLJ had not only got it in but had allready sent it it on it's way to me. Last time I pre-ordered from them, it took them three days to get it sent after it came in.

    These look nice, I might get one while I wait for that monster. :D

    Fort Max

  5. Last I read about the 1/60 GBP on some chinese site is that Yamato is still trying to find a supplier that can produce thicker sticker sheets. They also re-hired the backpack hinge engineer to redesign the chest missile bay doors.

    How hard can it be to design a single hinge when you've allready made Soooo many impressive toys. :p

    You guys are throwing around 1/48 GBP like it's solid information, is it fact or just wishfull thinking?

    Fort Max

  6. I have written to them,but in english (and i don't understand what they ask in the contact form) and they are not replying me so if anyone of you can translate some info of the official page for me (Specs,price,avaivability,etc...)i would be very pleased and of course,please make a translation of the contact form to put my correct data there and make and attemp of communication with them  :lol:

    And it is very important also the translation of the info page.

    When in doubt, good old Hobby link will sort you out,

    http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?BAN922945

    Well,of course it's a good reproduction of the bike,but the one i'm asking for help is a REAL KANEDA'S MOTORBIKE :p

    Oh that, it's just a promotional model that's been at variuos shows in Japan.

    If there were any plans to make a real working replica of the bike it would be everywhere on the internet. :lol:

    I'd stick with the 1/12 if I were you. :)

    HLJ's pics of the Koenig are great, thank heavens they didn't miss it.

    Fort Max

  7. I have written to them,but in english (and i don't understand what they ask in the contact form) and they are not replying me so if anyone of you can translate some info of the official page for me (Specs,price,avaivability,etc...)i would be very pleased and of course,please make a translation of the contact form to put my correct data there and make and attemp of communication with them :lol:

    And it is very important also the translation of the info page.

    When in doubt, good old Hobby link will sort you out,

    http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?BAN922945

    I'll have to watch the opening movie of VF-X2 again, but IIRC the VB-6 does not land in shutttle mode, instead it transforms to Gerwalk mode to land and then steps on and squashes an enemy tank 

    Graham

    Wickedness, who needs wheels when you've got tanks to land on.

    Fort Max

  8. This "no Photos" rule that Shizouka has seems a bit daft, why put something on display if you don't want it to be seen :rolleyes:

    I can understand that they feel that allowing endless photos to be taken might hurt next years attendance figures but I can't imagine anyone who likes it skipping on going unless they had too. :D

    Has anyone been to it before, is it as much fun as it looks or is it like E3 whwich gets slated by every games journo that goes.

    Fort Max

  9. Doesn't look like the VB-6 to me. It's too cylindrical. When the VB-6 finally surfaces we will KNOW it with a full on pic.

    That's just the angle the pic is taken at and the fact that the ship is also resting at an angl. But it quite clearly is the VB-6, the alignment of the cannons can be seen to be the same as the line art/proto pics and you can also see the battroid mode claw at the top right of the ship (in the image sense).

    Fort Max

  10. Sorry guys bt I am REALLY interested in the Ymato Zeorymer... anybody have any info? Size, price, release date, ABs, Diecast or PVC (god forbid)???

    It's only just debuted and it's a protoype, nobody knows anything more then wahat can be translated from the tag. :)

    HLJ usually puts some notes with each pic they take so just wait for their report to go up tomorrow. :D

    Fort Max

  11. I'm confused as to how this can possibily be legal.

    Isn't Toynamis stuff titled as "Robotech" and Yamatos toys are "Macross" so how can they order someone selling products licensed under a different name?

    It's not like the "Takara can't reissue Jetfire beacuse bandai owns it" thing, I can belive that because it's excatly the same toy but these are two very different product lines. :huh:

    Fort Max

  12. Perhaps that post came across the wrong way. I wasn't dissapointed with it, quite the opposite in fact. It's a great looking toy and has as Dr Clay pointed out, Charm which is unusual in most of the modern diecast robot toys.

    As I said it has it's flaws but It was Yamatos early attempt so I'm not going to hate on it for them.

    Shin Densetsu, don't worry mate I have every intent of getting a 1/48 fairly soon but not this month as I only just got paid for the first time in my new job and the money's gotta last Y'know :D

    Fort Max (putting a fiver aside for the Koenig)

  13. I just got it this morning in about two days from Asia, surely that can't be bad going :p

    It's a nice toy, I was surprised by how big is it and it's weight, however it is a little floppy and awkward looking and it really needs some locking joints to keep both the upper and lower torsos in place.

    Everytime I try to move the arms it gets taller :lol:

    But as it was Yamatos first stab at the concept, I'll forgive the falws and I eagerly await the newer stuff.

    Fort Max

  14. Whoa, the seller sent it out today and I can safely say that he (stealth639) is the best ebay trader I have ever had the pleasure of dealing with.

    He has e-mailed no less then three times to confirm recepit of payment/shipment of the valk/and to provide a scan of the EMS receipt respectively.

    At the rate he works at, I might even have it before the end of the week :D

    I'll post my feelings on it when I've had some quality time with it :p

    Finally, thanks guys for your positive comments. I was half expecting to get a torrent of "that toy suXXors" messages but you've been great. :)

    Shin Densetsu, Yeah I hang out here now as well but TFW is still my home on the net.

    Fort Max

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