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I updated the list found here on MW with some additional information. Since I don't own all variants of the V2 I was thinking there might be some flaws in it. If anyone sees any, please let me know -

You guys talking about the categories? They're broken (see second post). The website had some major problems that are still being fixed. Anymoon.com gets worked on with all volunteer time and me and my cohort haven't had time to straighten that out. It's really odd because if I go into the admin center it tells me just how many posts relate to the categories but if I then choose a category it tells me something like "There are no results". Bizarre. I'm afraid the only ways to sort right now are using the month links on the right (which sucks 'cause who knows when I posted what) or by using the "next page" link at the bottom.

Since this is the only active 1/60 VF-1 post I see on here, I ask you all a favor. Can you please check out my all encompassing 1/60 V2 review on anymoon.com and tell me what I screwed up or forgot? It got massive so I'm sure I missed some stuff in my efforts to streamline it. Check it out and let me know -

Seriously though, I do have a blue MPC Alpha listed for trade right now if anyone here is really pining for one. Take a look!

Watched it tonight and loved it. I was a little iffy on Jaime's casting at first but by the end of the episode I was on board. It was a little tricky for me to tell who was who as they're all a bunch of white kids with varying hairdos who otherwise look similar and aren't referenced by name very often. You only know Theon is Theon because he refers to the Starks in a way that doesn't include himself. The one thing I found peculiar was the changing of the opening scene. It starts off very like the book but as I recall the scout climbs a tree and watches everyone get slaughtered. Instead, in the show, he inexplicably survives despite being knelt down right in front of an "other." One other slight change was Daenarys (sp?) relationship with Khal Drogo. IIRC, in the book the Khal is super respectful of Daen and she eventually mounts him and there is love born out of this mutual respect. I suppose that would have taken a little too long to convey through the TV medium so instead they sort of mimic the scene before the Khal pushes her down and takes her from behind. Other little tweaks I understood better. Tyrion is having his love of hookers emphasized to sex things up a bit, they're drumming up the fear of "the death walkers" (or ice walkers, I forget what they're called) for a bit of suspense. All things considered, so far it's very faithful and very well done. I'm definitely going to keep watching. I'm only part way through the third book but I do hope we see some follow up seasons and the author wraps the series up.

It kills me that so many MWers have grown to like their toys dull. Models are dull and realistic. Toys are shiny. Imagine if Optimus Prime were dull gray and black... (instead of purple* and pink*) he'd be a lame Ultra Magnus knock-off. * as per Low_Alt's vision Can someone spell out for me what's different about the hip and the knife in those photos? I don't have my DX-25 out so I can't immediately see what improvements have been made. EDIT - "kills" is waayyyy too strong a word.

Yes, the sound booster is to be sold about two months after the YF-19 separately (for about the same price as a V2 VF-1 if I'm not mistaken).

The whole reason HG thinks they can make a Macross Saga movie is because enough of the Macross Saga plot is generic. Just don't call your fanfic/fanpic ROBOTECH or MACROSS and instead call it something else (heck, thinly veil it). You can still have big mechs that transform fighting big invading aliens. You know BigWest isn't going to come after you so feel free to leave the names unique to Macross characters in there.

That's why Bandai Hi-Metal series is there. Less than $100 and still sweet. We still have choices. -

So HG is aware the work they do isn't better than fan fiction? Awesome.

Why would you choose 1/60 scale? Wouldn't 1/48 be a better choice since it would roughly go with Toynami's Alpha/Beta (or the CMs Legioss).

Ooooooooookay... but the lips don't move right? What purpose would that serve?

I don't care about the optional leg pieces but I also wish the neck cover was integrated. I look forward to owning the toy and finding out why that would have been so hard to pull off and why the toy MUST have a big gap on the front of the chest. What's the Macross universe reason for the Kai having two different faces?

Max is probably more popular and/or there are less of him in stock. If 60% isn't enough of a discount then maybe you just don't find the toy all that compelling and maybe that's a sign you should pass. I was tempted to buy both but then I realized I didn't care about either and I'm happy with my Gamlin (which I think has a cooler color scheme anyway).

What's your price range going to be on the graphics card?

Word on the street is: no bells and whistles for the sound booster to be sold separately but Yamato thinks it's a pretty big step forward from Bandai's offering (at twice the size, one would hope).

Last time I checked their website looked like it hadn't been updated in a really long time so I took their link down from my site's recommended stores. I contacted a friend who told me they were definitely still in business but it seems like they are focused on things other than their web store right now. - EDIT - I should have said that the guy who used to run the web store focuses now on other things, I have no idea where the company as a whole's focus is. I assume they have someone else running the web store.

because toys are supposed to be made of glossy plastic

That doesn't make a whole lot of sense unless you just want to OWN a 'street legal' division of some sort. Why bother with smog equipment and I'm assuming 91 Octane fuel for the small pittance of not having to trailer an automobile?

If I owned my own race track... that car would be fun but who else would it appeal to? Sunday drivers who like to tear around hilly back roads? Maybe... but a one person car seems like an idiot's motorcycle.

Well, let's just assume that magically shrinking plastic is a reasonable hypothesis; would you think that all plastic would magically shrink? Why would your plastic magically shrink but not mine? I'm not discounting that there are problems with the DX toys... I just think jumping to the conclusion that the plastic is shrinking seems like a big jump. Going to the Yamato V2 example. The shoulders on my V2 toy cracked. The shoulders on other V2 toys also cracked. People don't say "Don't buy V2 valks because the plastic is incredibly fragile." No, the more common theory is that it has something to do with the metal rod used in production. Maybe on the DX toys there's some other variable beside the plastic that causes some joints to fail. I don't think you've done enough research to deduce that it must be shrinking plastic that caused your toys to get floppy.

Considering how popular the toy is there aren't nearly enough complaints to indict the plastic.

Mine didn't have that happen. Is mine made of different plastic or must there be at least one other variable?

I haven't noticed any diminishing in volume plastic on my DX toys. I think someone would have to do a bit more research before deducing the plastic is changing size... seems like there are more likely problems like flash on some peoples toys joints helped make those joints stiff and once the flash wore off the joint was left loose.

I would think the barrier for English subtitles has less to do with the expense of the subtitles and more to do with the distribution of the product. Since Bandai wouldn't be able to distribute the BDs to HG's territory (even if the BDs work in that territory) the incentive to do English subtitles is dramatically reduced. Bandai would only be able to sell these BDs to the same distributors they already do so they don't see a dramatic increase in market. If they could get Macross Frontier into Best Buy you would see an English subtitle version. If you would still have to go through HLJ (or a Japanese DVD/book store) or some similar store then sales aren't going to shift up much.