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Watched this film yesterday and thought it was so-so. I did think the actor that played Thor did a wonderful job. Here are a smattering of observations: 1) I didn't like how the very first time you see Loki on screen it's obvious he's going to be the bad guy. A blonde-haired kid standing next to a brown-haired kid... yep, the brown-haired kid is gonna be evil. 2) I didn't like how obvious Loki's machinations were. It seemed like there was some opportunity here to make him a tricky mastermind type... instead his actions at times felt incongruent... somewhere between diabolical and misunderstood. Meh. I felt the same way about his relationships. It would have been better if he didn't seem so sleazy right off the bat and the movie developed a close and trusting relationship with his friends before he turned. 3) In a very bad moment, when Thor's friends on Earth were looking for him in New Mexico... I had a feeling I was watching an old He-Man movie.... yuck. 4) Speaking of those friends, one or two of them REALLY should have died. If the Peter Pan guy had died in the first attack it would have been a nice start to getting Thor to develop into a better leader. If the dwarf-looking guy died in New Mexico it could have been that final push that made Thor into who he needed to be. Their failure to die also greatly reduced the tension in battle sequences... after the dwarf-looking guy lived it was pretty clear the good guys were invulnerable. 5) On a similar token, I thought the change in Thor felt abrupt. I think the deaths above would have eliminated this criticism. So, overall I'd say it was an average film but it was much better than I expected so in that regard, I enjoyed it. A previous poster said "I need a horse!" was the best line. I liked the line following, after the store clerk says something like "We have cats, dogs and birds" when he responds "then give me one of those big enough to ride."

LOL, I was kind of expecting Kawamori to give Yamato the go ahead to retcon the VF-17 gun into a big pistol. I kinda think that's how Yamato should have gone though. They should have made one very small gun that fit in one leg and featured some fold out mechanism and then they should have given us one much bigger gun that looked like the gun does in the show when the battroid is holding it. They did that for the VF-19Kai's shield, seems like a better solution here.

Yep, that's the one.

No, that's definitely not the NEXT thing you're going to see. I see this thread has come full circle. Yes! Meh! PANIC!!! Meh! Yes! Meh! If you say Meh one more time I'll cut you! Release.

Oh God, I hope that COPO never sees production. Camaros and Mustangs are everywhere right now... and usually driven by the type of people who still ought to be cutting their teeth on 6 cylinder vehicles.

Did you guys see the MSNBC.com cover story the other day about unique snow men? One was a VF-1S Focker.

I don't think he means 'consistent' in the same way you do. He's still arguing about gaps but he means gaps at the shoulders in particular. You can draw a relatively straight line from the wingtip of the 11 to the wingroot and then another to the nose cone, no gaps, very consistent lines from fighter to GERWALK. On the 25 you can't do this and there are gaps around the shoulder, on the 17 those gaps are bigger. I think the 17 deserves an asterisk though as it has that funky quasi-GERWALK mode that I believe is the actual official GERWALK mode.

Are you not locking the leg swing bar in place on you 22S? There's an audible click when you get there. Edit - if anyone is considering the 22S i just did a huge review with a video review on anymoon.com.

Fire valkyrie on clearance already? That's not a particularly good sign.

Finally updated my Yamato 1/60 YF-21 and VF-22S reviews... here's one of my fav pics:

There needs to be a price available for the people who wouldn't buy it so they can place their vote. You need a "Maybe if it were free" option or something.

Hey, I'm playing with my Kai in GERWALK mode at the moment and I have a hint I think might help some others. There are two joints within the ankle, an upper joint which lets you move the whole foot toward the outside of the toy or toward the inside of the toy and then an ball joint lower serving as the ankle in the foot. Move that upper joint so that the foot is as tight against the inside of the toy as possible. You can now use the inside of the bell bottom to give you a little more friction and keep the toy from leaning forward (you can even wedge the point of the bell bottom between the front of the foot and back). I did this with my Kai and GERWALK is now it's stable enough to stand without fear of collapse.. although it's still a far cry from being as stable as some other GERWALK toys out there.

I've been preaching the 1/72 scale for a while... it's a scale with a lot of promise making things like enemy mecha a little cheaper and easier to pull off while still providing enough size for things like integrated heatshields and landing gears.

alto was on sale at 15% off when I preordered ozma. Edit : yes, it was in stock.

I wouldn't worry too much, they still have Alto's version for sale so they'll probably get plenty of stock when it is released.

I highly suspect that we're going to see a lot of Yamato reissues for the 30th anniversary. I suspect we'll have members stocking up on Elintseekers, Super-Os, Maxes and Milias. That's my guess. I just scanned this thread and here are some other notes: oynami has had international merchandising rights for Do You Remember Love for eons now. I believe they celebrated getting those rights by releasing a Hikaru VF-1S Super Poseable way back in the day. Prototypes have painted canopies... production toys do not.

Man, I was going to wait until the inevitable Armor pack giftset... but with how hot these things sale I don't want to find myself missing out down the road. Ha, I thought I was being so smart... Edit - apparently I was the straw that broke the camel's back... now back to order stop.

I suspect ur ankles will never be the same... That pose seems to be what everyone says makes the ankles weak.

I think it's sad people are assuming responsibility for ruining the ankles on their toys because they tried to get the ankle into a position it looks like it should be able to achieve. That sounds like yamato should share some blame there.

Someone post a pic of battroid mode in a stiff position and then ask why people try to get the legs spread apart or move the arms out in battroid. I think the GERWALK issues have officially been blown out of proportion. The mode works 99% of the time... it just could be better... especially in respect to how good the other modes are.

I just had fun fixing the the GERWALK joint on my VF-19Kai. I'd have to take a closer look but it seems like Bandai did way better with that GERWALK joint on their toys, there's a much larger range of motion. I'm sure there's other reasons why the Yamato couldn't get there's that one more click that most other valkyries have and I think would have really helped out their 19'S G-mode.

I couldn't disagree more. It's sold separately at a steep price. It wil be reviewed on it's own and in conjunction of how it interacts with the 19.

I have a review of the booster i'm working on... So far i'm fairly unimpressed but it's still early.

Gol' darnit, I knew I forgot something! I'm missing my bottom pic in the review too. Sigh... Oh well, I'll do an edit tomorrow.

My review is up, not quite as many pics as Swoosh provided -