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  1. jenius
    Seriously guys... the name is irrelevant (although, to be fair, this whole conversation is also irrelevant). It's not called a Mustang 'cause it looks like a horse. It's not a Messiah 'cause it looks like a king with a fiery sword. It's just a cool sounding name... sure, all of them are appropriate in their own way but you're stretching it to say that Kawamori wanted us to view the battroid as a big boobied Norse woman with a shield, flowing golden hair, and wings. I think it was more the whole "winged warrior" thing (or, if you go into the mythology, there are even cooler things you could read into it). That said, if you see the shape of the VF-1 in battroid mode an you think "that looks feminine to me" then more power to you... Lord knows women (like men) come in all shapes and sizes anyway. I still think the VF-25 looks frail and spindly. I don't hate the design by any means, just not my favorite.
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    You should steer clear of it. You're not going to like it. Eugimon also. If you've been burned by the other DX toys and hate them then this thing might "suck less" to you if you're lucky but I find it highly unlikely you're going to be stoked on that big a purchase. It looks like it has lots of improvements but I'd bet dollars it's going to feel very familiar in your hands. If that familiarity makes your recall your contempt then it will be a very short-lived honeymoon.
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    Pure awesome. I laughed a bit harder than I should at work.
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    The saddle bags ALWAYS fly off during transformation... 'cause even if they could stay on, they'd look hideous.
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    You know, when they did the "name the VF-25" competition. I was like, "Why bother? That thing is a dead ringer for Jesus. They should either call it the VF-25 Jesus or the VF-25 Messiah. It came as no surprise when "Messiah" won.
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    Perhaps you are thinking of the dimensions of the VF-1 Yamato V2 toy rather than the line art. Think of the hands from the cartoon... those girl hands to you?
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    SV-51s could do similar magic right out of the box.
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    It depends on how faithful to the source material you wanted to be. If you were going to reuse all the names and mechanical designs and try to show the film internationally and produce merchandise for it it'd be a nightmare where all three could potentially be involved (HG/BW/Tatsunoko).
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    The fun is posing the toys. You can have more fun posing a Macross Quarter in battroid than you can an SDF-1. Similarly, you can have more fun wooshing around an SDF-1 than you can a Macross Quarter (which is essentially useless off the stand as pointed out earlier). I did no whining about the SDF-1's poseability, in fact I thought I displayed a pretty decent pic of the SDF-1 in action.
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    The SDF-1 is more solid in cruiser mode but the Mac Quarter is more fun in battroid mode. I don't think I've been unclear about this? Where am I losing you?
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    What's your point? I say "The Mac Quarter is more fun to pose in battroid." You say "The SDF-1 isn't meant to be fun!" We haven't disagreed... but you've managed to get testy about it.
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    See which one poses better in battroid mode though... Bandai could have done better with cruiser mode but having it be designed to be a flying "X" meant they had a lot more work cut out for them. I wish the Quarter was more of a flying brick like the original SDF-1 as that is how I think a cruiser should look... and ought to make for more stable toys.
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    I was going to buy a Hikaru VF-1J GN-U (for reference pictures) but I couldn't find it... I'm guessing it must be sold out. EDIT - I don't think $150 is ideal for the VF-11, I think it's "fair." An ideal price for it would be about $100 shipped. It's a nice toy but it just doesn't blow me away as being anything nearly as expensive
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    This is a way better scheme than Yamato's 25th anniversary schemes... and a very impressive job with the model.
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    Same thing happened to me. I bought a weathering Khaki Defender, Volumes 3 and 4 of the 1/250 series and chose SAL but got EMS. I'm guessing they either have a threshold package size or dollar value and if you exceed that you have to use EMS or FedEX. EDIT - Seems Raptormesh knows the haps -
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    The VF-11 toy is good but the bang for the buck is light. I'd say $150 shipped for a VF-11 is a fair price. It's a cool toy, no doubt, but is it THAT much cooler than a 1/60 V2 VF-1 toy? No, not really. The VF-22 toys offer more bang for the buck and they're going for less (although I prefer the YF-21).
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    I've been avoiding purchasing any modern toys while I wait for the YF-29, VF-19K, and 1/3000 SDF-1 kit (which I'm hoping shows up on HLJ) but I had to break down and buy a couple things. I was tempted to get the VF-11C also but opted out, after shipping it's still beyond what I think that toy should cost.
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    You're thinking in too much of a bubble. Macek had big dreams for Robotech that essentially were killed by the economic realities of the late 80s. In the late 90s nostalgia mixed with an economic bubble enough to create a golden opportunity for just about all marketable 80s properties. The HG staff, as we know it, represents a half-hearted attempt by HG to cash in. It wasn't their primary business model, they didn't know how to handle it, so they fumbled through it. You can be a glass is half full guy and say "but Robotech had an OVA (ignoring the quality) and some new merchandise" but the truth is that a better funded, more experienced team might have had a real chance at getting something lasting done. That said, if WB were to make a LAM, HG will be geniuses for doing just barely enough to revive the franchise (but that still won't make any of the staff there talented story-tellers or promoters).
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    Yeah, that was my immediate thought. Not sure why we'd use spoilers when discussing possible plots of an unreleased movie based on tidbits from a movie released a couple years ago
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    Just being able to stand on one foot is impressive. Very nice articulation on this one.
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    For my part, I wish the VF-25 was a chunkier looking bird (in animation). It seems almost feminine (or maybe insect) looking to me. Of all the DX toys issues, looking a bit more chunky than the animation wouldn't be a major fault for me. I think that's why I'm a fan of the Legioss. The battroid mode looks solid (albeit tiny in comparison to Macross vehicles). EDIT - I do realize that the Legioss doesn't look worthy of flight in fighter mode so yeah, there's some give with the take.
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    In the TV show she definitely says "My black-haired Busey" (not sure on the name). She specifically calls him a "black-haired" child. That's what made me initially say "hmmm... don't remember that."
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    Okay, on the literary inaccuracy watch, does televesion Cersei have a child (that died of fever) that literary Cersei never had? I don't remember there being a blacked haired Cersei baby that died in the books. It really doesn't matter, I imagine they're doing that to frame the later reveal about the King's family, but I was just curious if I've forgotten that story or if it's something new.
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    I think this was on the USA channel at 7AM when I was a freshman in high school. I used to watch it every morning while I got ready for school.
  25. jenius
    I definitely wish the Quarter were as sturdy as the SDF-1... that would have been pretty amazing. To be fair though, the SDF-1 is a flying brick. The Quarter is a flying X with WAY more articulation than the SDF-1. Bandai had a bit more of a challenge on their hands. On the flip side, outside of cruiser mode, the Quarter is a heck of a lot more fun with its quasi-Daedalus attack, faux aircraft elevators, spinning gun turrets, and insane articulation. It's no where near as iconic though... gotta love how that SDF-1 looks in the background of a good display.
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