Roy Focker

That original Queen Score is awesome. First Movie is awesome too. Yes it is so dated! You can't escape 1985-86 in that movie. The Movie could have been made in any year and still work if some really high quality people are behind it. I seriously doubt the Fast & Furious gang are capable of the that. This movie will look (ten years later) just a dated but totally sucking for all time.

Aren't 3 3/4 action figures in general suppose to be 1/18 scale?

I really don't follow the Super or more Vocal Robotech fan. Click on that youtube link and decided to listen to this Doug Bendo. Like wow! I see why you guy think he's an idiot. He think Wikipedia is a legitimate source. He raves about how inferior the Macross Universe is. How more dynamic the Robotech Mecha and story are. Preferences of taste aside if we judge Macross or Robotech based on its sequels and spin offs. Robotech is "dead". It had the 1985 series, a couple failed pilots and a DVD movie from a couple of years ago. Macross over the last twenty years had a couple of feature film, a few OVA and two full sequel series. Someone with money to invest thinks Macross has been worth while to go beyond a single pilot episode or movie. No one has invested the money yet to pay for a complete Robotech sequel. The Shadow Chronicles came close but it has been 4 years where is part two of the Shadow Chronicles? There's a Live Action Movie but its progress is so slow it is likely in and out of development hell from one month to the next. Worst is the guys irrational hate of Macross. Most Macross fans don't hate Robotech that much. Does he really hate Macross fans that much?

Maybe I'm unfair to the Q-Rau buy comparing it to Princess Leia. How about Scarlett instead. If you Have Duke or Snake Eyes you are more prone to buying Scarlett. Like wise if you have Max you're more likely to buy Milia. They are just natural parings. The basic Regult is perfect partner for any VF-1. I keep hearing that Bad Guys don't sell. Where is the proof in this? I know it's what people say but is there data to back it up? Bad Guy action figures sell good. If we look at Macross Toy alone is there really enough Bad Guy released to show they don't sell well? Q-Rau one red and one blue. Can you judge it all based on just them? How can a Regult toy at the 1/60 scale be too price prohibitive? What advanced toy engineering design would be required? What would be so complex to make it price prohibitive. You don't have to spend time and money figuring out how to store the right leg underneath the Regult in fighter mode because the dang thing doesn't transform. It has just mode. That's it. You aren't trying to figure out how to make three different toys out of one unit. It would be a large hollow piece of plastic with some movable parts. What is their logic? Yamato CEO: How about a 1/60 Regult Toy to go along with the 1/60 VF-1 line. Yamato Toy Designers: We can do it for $150. Yamato CEO: $150? Thats about the same price for a VF-1 with them funky fast packs and armor. That toy also transforms. Can't you do better? Yamato Toy Designers: We'll if we don't assemble or paint the toy, use some modeling material we can market it as an exclusive model and charge $400 for it. Yamato CEO: Brilliant!

I bought a used one last year. Didn't have the money during the first release. I would bought it then if I did have the money. I can afford one of these Regult Kits but not gonna buy it. I collect Toys. I lack the skills and time to do models. I like Yamato cause they made really neat looking toys to display. I want to open the box and have a fully assembled toy. I don't believe in putting in the hard work to build and paint something myself. Especial not for $400. If I pay that much it better be built for me and filled with Cavier inside. For the Q-Rau not being a big seller well. Who really wanted that? Come on its a girl's Mecha. Back in the day there was only Princess Leia and couple of Gijoes. Little boys wanted the male hero and those army builders. The Regult is the Cobra Viper and Storm Trooper. The Q-Rau is Princess Leia that not in a dress with a extra blaster. Only collectors who collect them all would seek the Q-Rau. Every Macross Yamato Collector who owned a Valk would by at least one Regult. Doesn't matter if you preferred the VF-1S over VF-1J over the VF-1A. If you only bought one VF-1 you would have wanted at least one common enemy mecha to go along with it. Instead they are going to sell what? 200 or so expensive kits to some serious model collectors?

It is lame. I liked Yamati when they made Over Priced Collector Friendly Toys and not Really Over Price Deluxe Model Kits. A Regultl toy gotta be the easist thing to make. No transforming parts to worry about in the design. Just scale up the Revoltech Regult and add enough weight to the feet to keep it from falling over. The end.

So this is a $400 do it yourself model kit instead of a $150 painted Toy with Pilot and interchangeable missile carrier options?

Just got back from seeing it. Was a fun movie but the two Iron-Men seemed kinda silly power range type stuff to me. Too many mini-plots in the movie that had nothing to do with the story as they had to do with promote other future Marvel Movies. Thor, Captain America and the Avengers. I do have one major complaint! When ever the actors were wearing the Iron-Men suits they looked about 7 feet tall. Yet in the end Tony is just tall enough to kiss Pepper.

Last night's episode was the first episode of the series I watched. I don't get it.

I transformed it to fighter mode after starting this post. Holds together much better, looks better but takes up more space. In my opinion the Mass Production Type VF-1A is worth it.

Check out the smoking Nun.

A Topic like this is just asking for trolls to bash toys. Please try to keep it under control I started to rearrange my display cabinets. Some of the stuff I barely touch or play with that much. My newest Toys take center stage. Older or just the biggest ones get pushed to the back. During this time I get to handle them again and look at them up close. Unless it breaks right out of the box I rarely have buyer's remorse over pricey toys. These kind of purchases are thought out. Even if I start having doubts on the first day I push those doubts back. If I paid about $100 and there if nothing seriously wrong with the toy I'm gonna make myself love it. No going back now. Maybe after a while it will grow on me. Thought Yamato's VF-1 1/60 V1 were kinda cool at the time. Only got 2 of them. Was really disappointed by the battroid mode. Keep them in Fighter only. Got the 1/48 and really liked them but their size made shipping too pricey for me to collect them all. Saw no reason to get the V2 of the 1/60 VF-1. Starting seeing they were the current focus of Yamato and collectors here. Looked at my V1 VF-1s and thought they do look pathetic in every mode but fighter. I got my large ones. Lets get rid of these V1 and buy just one of these V2. I've since bought several. I am very much aware that some are disappointed with Yamato for the V2. I have had none one those problems yet. All I know is that they still look nice in the cabinets and they are still in good shape after my seasonal play time with them. I know some are hopeful for the new Bandai 1/100 line. I doubt that even they can meet all of our expectations. Time to get to my current years after I purchased them Buyer's Remorse. I'm looking at you Mister YF-19 1/60. Was this the first of Yamato's second attempts? I'm mostly a Macross TV & DYRL fan. The Macross Plus mecha designs are really cool looking high tech Valks but nothing beats the VF-1. I like the VF-11 only because it looks like a upgraded VF-1A with a bayonet. The YF-19 is goofy looking but it great to see it animated. I think I transformed it about 5 times in the first month of owning it and maybe just few times since them. I was handling it again. Besides looking more Toy like in appearance compared to my other Valks the thing is a floppy mess. If I pretend it is taking off flying in battroid mode it is pretty loud on its own without me making sound effects. I don't even have to lift it upside down to have part sliding to undesirable position. When I do turn it upside down it starts transforming on its own. Unlike my current VF-1 1/60 V2 I think I will welcome a new replacement for the YF-19. I'm gonna have to see if I can tighten the joints on ragity Ann-Valyrie.

Am I suppose to have knowledge of boats? This is Macross World there hasn't been a VF-Diggy yet.

My Max TV is my least favorite of my VF-1 Valks. Don't know why. Maybe the blue is a little too dark.

Cool we're offline. Any one's head exploding yet?

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I first discovered DYRL? through one of the film books. It was the same year Robotech the Movie was suppose to come out. Thought for that year the two were connected. A year later rented a copy of Clash of the Bionoids from 7-11. Changed my life. You think I'd be a life time customer after that. Haven't walked a 7-11 in 7 years.

Is that from Clash when the Meltrandi invade britai's ship? Been a while since I watched it on VHS. I need to get it on dvd.

It is rather impressive but I just starting buying the 1/60 about a year ago. I picked up 5 VF-1 so far and have 1 on pre-order. Maybe down the road I will pick up one but not going to collect them all. For a new toy line to win me over they gotta do something incredible. Like having an awesome villian mecha to go along with awesome hero mecha. How many scales do I need the VF-1 in.

Correction the English dub of DYRL? or Clash of the Bionoids is the best.

Thats because they had a few native English speaker among the DYRL? cast.

I think my post vanished from earlier. Quick Summary: Did they change the Angels? In their first appearance they didn't kill. They sent people to different times. Second they had to cover their faces because they couldn't look at eachother. In the newest episodes they killed and I'm pretty sure they were in view of eachother.

Downloading Anime just makes good sense for the outside of Japan Anime consumer. If you can't watch it on TV is it worth buying episode after episode? Pretend we are talking about Macross 7 getting a US Release. Some like it and some hate it. Those that like it say it gets good after episode 15 (or about there). Do you really want to keep buying until a show is suppose to get good. Only to find out it completely sucks? Anime can be a huge investment.

Wait do you mean he got them already? Got my request in months ago.

Forget what I said. I'm ordering one. I got enough points saved on Hobby Search that it make it a really good price for me.