TheLoneWolf

The second wave of enemies is going to consist of humanoid lumberjacks. The insects and lumberjacks will be working together to destroy all the trees in the Macross fleet. It's going to be up to the Private Military Force to show the insects and lumberjacks that trees are our friends. Kawamori's gotta tie nature into the story somehow.

That's awesome! I'm gonna d/l this update as soon as I get home.

Vintage 1/55's hit their apex in 2000 and subsequently hit their absolute lowest in late 2002 - 2004, I remember seeing 1/55 Elints selling for $300, lol! Oddly, some vintages have slowly been creeping back up in value, it looks to be mainly the Fast Pack equipped vintages such as the Super, Strike, Elint and Ostrich. I don't think vintage prices will ever again reach the 2000 level, but if Macross F turns out to be a success (and that's a big IF) now may be the best time pick some up.

I completely agree, but Yamato should use their own proprietary shrink wrap with the "Y" on it. Xbox games use their own shrink wrap with a hologram to ensure no one with a shrink wrap machine reseals games. In Yamato's case, a hologram may be too much but at least print a good sized "Y" on the back. Quoted for truth!!

Whoah, I think you might have. If you click the Signature Proof link it shows that someone signed for your package upon delivery. Good luck getting this worked out.

You're referring to the training montage, right? The original SFX is missing and has been replaced with new (different) SFX.

Remove the gray casing from the A/V casing, it's just filler. Once you've removed it you'll have enough room to plug in your HDMI cable along with the A/V plug with its optical output.

The entire EGM article has been scanned and posted here. In no surprise to anyone, the EGM writer displays his ignorance of the fighting genre several times. He describes "Ryu Dragon-Punching some cartoony half-octopus/half-nautilus monstrosity" (Shuma-Gorath) as a "misstep." IIRC, Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter was very popular for its time and Marvel vs Capcom 2 still enjoys a legendary status in the US. He also asks Yoshinori Ono about Final Fight, it's too bad Ono didn't even work on Final Fight. That'd be like asking Shoji Kawamori if Scott Bernard ever found Rick Hunter.

I'm just amazed at how slim fighter mode is! I honestly didn't think it was possible to make a YF-21 toy this streamlined. Major kudos to Yamato. I'm also glad that we haven't seen any de-limiter pics yet, I hope this feature was just a vicious rumor.

That makes absolutely no sense, why is it called "IV" if it takes place before III? It would be as if The Phantom Menace was called Episode VII even though it precedes Episodes IV - VI. Sounds like Capcom of America is definitely at the helm of this release.

So here we have a male character who is older and a potential badass. Therefore, according to Macross cliche', he will die.

I remember Rosario Love once modded some 1/55 GBP armor so that it could be equipped in fighter mode. IIRC, the only problem was that you had to remove the armor during transformation. Now I wish I had saved the pics to my hard drive.

Good move with swapping out the Hayabusa helmet. I love it when my opponents are decked out in the complete Hayabusa armor, it makes them easier to see, especially with that flashy Hayabusa helmet.

I have to admit, these guys do look a lot better after they've been panel-lined.

Finally! A 1/48 Virgin Road The custom decals are perfect and I do believe that is, currently, the only 1/48 VR in existance.

Looks like Ryu's been hitting the juice in his old age But I do like the backgrounds and the attention to small details like his hair. Odd that they're bringing back Dhalsim after having him sit out SF III. I wonder if he's bulked up too.

Just replace the d-pad from the 360 controller with the d-pad from the old S-type controller. It fits like a glove and now I've got no problems pulling off combos in Street Fighter.

Heh, Microsoft still makes money off Silver memberships, you're still exposed to all the ads when you login. The really disappointing thing is that paid Gold memberships still have to put up with ads. Doesn't really affect me though, after spending years online I've become pretty good at tuning out ads, I can't even remember a single ad I've seen on Live. Nor one that's made me want to actually click on it.

Looking great! No need to feel rushed, Ryuji. The more time you spend on detail the better

Part of the problem is that there are some people who bought a Core set, thus no hard drive. What I don't get is why don't the games' programmers write some logic code for the game to search for a hard drive. If a hard drive is found, begin cacheing game data. If no hard drive is found (or if the hard drive is full), use RAM exclusively. My only guess as to why they don't go this route is that it might double the time it takes to beta test the whole game.

Like I said above, translating Yahoo JP auctions and making them accessible to Ebay'ers isn't going to do squat when the translation reads "WILL NOT SHIP OUTSIDE OF JAPAN"

I wouldn't sweat it Theoretically, using the HD-DVD add on drive should make your 360 get even hotter since it draws its power from the 360 and not some other power outlet. Plus, it's not a small drive so you won't be saving much shelf space either, might as well get a dedicated $100 HD-DVD player. The only reason I'd consider getting the 360 HD-DVD drive would be to connect it to my pc, but right now I don't have any reason too.

I can't believe you're actually thinking about buying these. I wouldn't recommend them, even as a cheap impulse buy. It won't be long before you realize that these things are just cluttering up your desk/display stand, and if you try to sell them to get your money back don't be surprised if you can't find any buyers. Though, these may make good toys for an infants or as a chew toy for billy goats. edit: After thinking it over, the morphers aren't good toys for infants as the FP armor can detach and is small enough to be swallowed. They're just good chew toys for billy goats then.

I remember when Rob Liefeld used to brag that he had no formal training. Ya think?

Holy crap, that's the first time I've heard of that one!