jenius

I think you need to replace "fan" with "completist" in that sentence. The average fan wouldn't bother and would probably be happy not to have to pay for the extras.

If you can find it at a steep discount it's an alright toy.

Glow in the dark exclusives!!! Amen on the exchange rate. I don't even bother looking at Japanese stores right now.

You sir must have never eaten a banana! I'm not trying to derail this conversation but you shouldn't go calling people 'ignorant' when the experts disagree with you. I see no reason to be at all scared of ordering toys from Japan.

My friend in Japan was very skeptical that Yamato was going to hit a June release date well before their current disasters (which is fine by me... so many other things going on right now). I think, like the V2 VF-1, I will be very impressed by this toy but find a few things I wish they did differently.

Okay, mine was defaulting to "help Files" so if I didn't change that it looked for my search there. I just checked and like you said, it's now 'forums'. My search also found a ton of results.

Here's what I found, the search function defaults to members (or something other than forum posts) instead of posts. There are different tabs and after it says "no results" in the original section, you have to click the forums icon and you'll get the results you expected.

MSNBC has an interesting story on hoarders. Apparently someone in China informed the people on their East Coast that Iodized Salt will protect the thyroid so now they're having runs on iodized salt. Of course, that's not correct, and the radiation isn't at all coming their way... just goes to show you how scared people are about radiation and why Nuclear power never has many proponents. I am kind of a pro nuke guy but there's no denying the strength of people's fears of it.

With the use of super dimensional mecha I'm sure this disaster will be resolved in no time.

I like the interior but the exterior is a bit busy for my tastes (and the tail is a tad generic). I'll bet I'd like it a lot more in person.

Does anyone know how much radiation a banana gives off? Is that just an old wive's tail?

I wish they would send me free toys to review!

Well we got to See Corg throughout the series well before he got transmorgified... maybe they'll retcon Sera to have a purple eye so we can tell which scout she was early on.

My macroeconomic theory is a bit rusty but I think the idea is that the banks aren't selling Yen to foreign governments right now, they're instead distributing it to Japanese businesses in an effort to give the economy a life line. They made the Yen very cheap domestically which reduces the supply and strengthens it. That should be a short-term situation though... if the money is spent it will go back into the banks which will bring supply back around. Then if the economy is slow foreign investors won't sink as much money into the Yen and you'll start to see the Yen weaken. Of course, Japan thrives off exports so a weaker Yen then helps the economy a lot, the economy heats back up, governments invest in the Yen, the Yen strengthens, exports cool... and on and on.

I don't think it should be considered a bad thing if people want to leave Japan temporarily or cancel trips there. When any place has its infrastructure jolted it shouldn't be considered a bad thing to relieve the infrastructure's need of one more person. Obviously you hope the people come back and the tourism resumes once the infrastructure is healed. It might be a bad time for a sales pitch but Japan is an absolutely amazing place to visit. Once they're back on their feet I highly recommend people try to get out there. Maybe you can help stimulate the economy with some of your tourism dollars as well as treat yourself to a traveler friendly country that has so much to offer.

I have my doubts as to seeing more VF-0 re-releases... if you're a big fan of the design that's a hard price to pass on.

For the life of me, I just can't decide... right now I'm leaning: 1) Bandai 1/100 Hi-Metal VF-1 1) Yamato 1/48 VF-1 1) Takatoku 1/3000 SDF-1 1) Yamato 1/60 SV-51 1) Bandai DX VF-27 I might say a completely different 5 next week Non-Macross toy: Beagle 1/10 Ride Armor... I love that thing.

I was told that it came with the super parts and there'd be no need to worry about Tamashii exclusive extras... I hope that hasn't changed.

That looks like a cool video game or a crappy cartoon.

RT.com is a lost cause with fewer and fewer visitors every month. McKeever banned me from the site when I reported that Tommy said at Comic-Con that Shadow Rising would be released after WB got the Robotech name out there more. Tommy Yune was perfectly reasonable about the whole thing at Comic-Con with a "Look, we could do it now with limited resources or we could wait for WB to really put Robotech out there which would allow us to put out a better product with more support." Unfortunately, while that might be a reasonable thing to discuss at convention stops it's absolutely not something HG allows on their website. So, if you want to post on Robotech.com any more you should probably just leave Kevin alone, he is apt to just decide you're opinions are valid but not something he wants others to hear and delete your account. I guess the real question is, why would you need to post on Robotech.com? It's not like the site provides a wealth of information on anything. -

That little "I told ya!" was just directed at the thread in general. I guess we all know now why the sound booster is being sold separately.

I hate to say "i told ya so"... but I told ya!

I think "unavoidable" is too strong a word. Like so many other things, it's a compromise. The upper plate could have come down at more of an angle or some trick could have been used to reduce it at some greater expense. I've ordered one so you're right, not a deal breaker.

It does show off the big gap on top of the nose cone :/

If it's just a painted statue they should start including figures with the release of other toys. Each new Phalanx toy will come with a Britai Sofubi. Each Gladiator (or is it Spartan?) will come with Exedol. Each new Glaug will come with a Kamjin. Each new Regult will come with a Boldoza. I guess the problem with that plan is that none of those things seem likely to ever be made