TheLoneWolf

Or seperate themselves into two camps; The "have's" and the "have nots." So far everything' smooth sailing, but we've all seen how MW members can become catty. Btw vinnie, your title is AWESOME!

I'm a total geek, 28.99408% It was that damn Willow question!

I've seen a lot of good reasons why the Q-rau could cost so much, but I think the only legitimate one was put by Omni: PREROGATIVE The Q-rau is the first of its kind, Yamato has absolutely no competition with the one, local or abroad. Yamato has seen that we* have no problems shelling out $120+ for repainted VF-1's, so we obviously have the fervor and the fundage. With a toy Q-rau being so highly sought after by Macross and Robotech fans, there's no reason why they should cut us a break. Now, a lot have mentioned production costs as a factor. I've always believed that the R&D teams are the unsung heroes of the toy market, with all the glory going to the company name instead. Can anyone even tell me who sculpted the original "chunky munky"? But I digress. R&D is large portion of the final cost. But I believe that cost is tantamount to how complex the toy is. Anyone who has ever taken apart a 1/60 or 1/48 can tell you about the copious amounts of small parts and joints involved. From the pics posted, the Q-rau appears to have fewer individual pieces than any other Yamato toy to date. The only complicated parts seem to be the hands and opening cockpit. While it is an overall beautiful piece, I do not see it's tooling cost exceeding or even matching that of the VF-1. Which brings me to my next point. sf648, you've posted an excellent piece on how Yamato was able to amortize the VF-1 line through repaints et al. This makes a lot of sense to me, but if we were to apply the same rubric to all of Yamato's releases, then the VF-11B and YF-21 should have cost a lot more than their MSRP. Both toys involved tremendous tooling, numerous pieces, die-cast, and smaller runs (they got only 1 to 2 variants), yet their MSRP is significantly less than the Q-rau's. I think Yamato's pricing scheme has more to do with what they think fans will pay, and that's smart business. However, speaking for myself, I'm going to pass. * "we" reffering to MW and other fanatical American fans. Got no clue on sales and demand in Japan.

It contained needless religious references and pictures. <_< This is a pretty fun thread and I'd hate to see it get locked.

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On the old forums, I posted a comic I recieved at Otakon 97'. I've been following the U.S. Macross 7 debate for the past ten years, and it's scary just how accurate this old strip is. I didn't create this strip, nor do I know who did. The last panel was edited in compliance with MW rules.

Mine would've been a year old too, but I sold it last summer along with the rest of my 1/48's. Never had any breakages or QC problems, I just didn't like the arms and backpack.

The Q-rau looks absolutely stunning. But I cannot justify spending $120 on a non-transforming toy. All this time we rationalized the high cost of the 1/48's by noting that transforming toys are extremely complex (well, in Yamato's case anyways). Now, we have a non-transforming toy at the same cost. Yamato's definitely playing up their "exclusive" card this time. Good job on the detail, I love it. I just can't say the same about the price. I hadn't noticed that either. This brings back bad memories of the 1/72 YF-21. :shudder:

Just to note, there have been unsubstantiated reports that it does wear out the motor. As of yet, I haven't seen anyone flat out say "I wore out my motor." It's more like "a friend of a friend wore out his motor" or "it should wear out your motor." Caveat emptor.

Ugh, HK DVD's. I bought some and the subs are horrible. The video transfer is also weak, but you won't notice it unless you've got an HDTV. Also, while it's advertised as Dolby Digital, it's really Dolby Digital 2.0, which sucks donkey nads. Thanks goodness one of our members here put together a sweet DVD with excellent video and subs. And, Dolby Digital 5.1 to boot.

Phantasy Star Online is great...for ripping GC games. On it's own, it's still a decent game. I just prefer the old PS games.

While playing the emu, try hitting F9. If that doesn't work, edit the pce.ini file so that sound is enabled. [sound] ; ; sound ; -- ; y -> enabled [default] ; n -> disabled ; sound=y Have it so that sound is set to "y." From the pce.ini file, you can configure everything for Magic Engine. If the above tips don't work, a little trial & error with the .ini file is your best bet.

While playing the emu, try hitting F9. If that doesn't work, edit the pce.ini file so that sound is enabled. [sound] ; ; sound ; -- ; y -> enabled [default] ; n -> disabled ; sound=y Have it so that sound is set to "y." From the pce.ini file, you can configure everything for Magic Engine. If the above tips don't work, a little trial & error with the .ini file is your best bet.

You know Andy, it's schedule to snow tonight and the rest of the weekend here in MD. I say, don't shovel your front door and leave through the rear, that way you'll see their footprints and where they run off too. Or, you can throw a bunch of water in front of the door and let it freeze overnight. When you hear a scream followed by a big thump, you've got your secret elf. Honestly, I think your wife and another accomplice are involved.

Looks like someone made an emoticon for the Robotech and HG License Thread: This is where I keep my stash, help yourselves for now. http://tiger.towson.edu/~kmudd2/macross/smilies

Awesome! It doesn't look like he swallowed an egg anymore.

That's definitely Mimsy. Although it's been a while since I've seen the Japanese language version, I believe her name was pronounced as "Mim-shee."

Lynx7725's post is right on the money with Yamato's SDF-1. Toynami said that they won't make an SDF-1 since they won't be able to sell variants of it.

Amazing! How about some pics of the other modes?

You just did.

Tatu will do anything for money. Their agents are definitely doing their homework.

I don't think this will affect any possible Macross games in the future. IIRC, Bandai commissioned Sega/AM2 to do Macross. If Bandai is willing to foot the bill, I don't see why Sammy would refuse. Everyone loves money. Or, Bandai could find another company willing to make a Macross sequel. Worst case scenario, if Sega is relegated to arcades strictly, wouldn't it be nice to see a new Macross arcade game.

I agree. Irvin Kershner's directing and Leigh Brackett's script made this movie stand out, IMO, from the rest of the films. Unfortunately, Kershner never directed another SW film and Brackett died by the time her script was approx. 90% complete. Lawrence Kasdan was called in to finish it up and went on to script Jedi, which explains it's weak script. All Empire's weak lines I'll attribute to Kasdan.

Anyone got any pics of the Castlevania: Lament of Innocence calendar?

The problem may be that you haven't configured your ini file. In your Magic Engine directory, look for a file called "Pce.ini" Open it up and scroll to the CD ROM settings. It should look like this: # ---- # CD-ROM settings # ---- [cdrom] ; ; CD-ROM drive ; -- ; 0 -> first CD-ROM drive [default] ; 1 -> second CD-ROM drive ; ... ; drive=1 ; ; CD-ROM drive letter ; -- ; (Windows 2000/XP only) ; ; D: ; E: ; ... ; drive_letter=E Make sure the drive and drive letter are properly set. For example, on my pc, I want to use my second CD drive (E), so I set drive to "1" and drive_letter to "E." Hope this helps.