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Review up at anymoon.com... check it!

Huh... kinda has a Porsche Panamera (or whatever it's called) rear to it.

I really don't think loosening the hinges helps all that much. People got V2s with broken hinges in the box, before any transformation. So while some people may be speeding the process up via transformation, and loosening the hinges may prevent this speed up, the real problem is still the metal rod inside and whether or not it is creating too much pressure on the plastic around it.

I wouldn't say it's lame that this toy has no decal sheets (I hate decal sheets). Instead I'd say it's lame that Bandai stopped just a tiny bit short on an otherwise superb tampo job.

That toy is sexy... can't wait to get one! I think your mind has blunted how horrific the V1 head really is to help you overcome the trauma from having seen it.

They are neither. In battroid mode they're like 1/52, in fighter they're not close to 1/48 or 1/55.

For every improvement Aoshima added there's just as likely to be an added QC item they missed. The Aoshima quality control was HORRID (they let Toynami arrange the manufacturing and Toynami clearly didn't give a crap about Aoshima). So, I'd say the Aoshima and Toynami are completely on par with each other although the Aoshima has a slightly better design.

You gotta consider that the DX toys sold pretty well though. Supply and demand.

For a brief moment I convinced myself my next car would be American. Recently, with the dollar tanking in value, it seems like American cars ought to become a lot more competitive. Unfortunately, I just can't find an American car I really want. MOPAR is dead to me... every time I've been in one recently its felt like a cheap and bloated automobile. If I wanted a cheap commuter I'd look long and hard at Fords offerings. The only Chevy I'd want to test drive is the Volt and that's out of curiosity more than anything else. I think the only American car I'd really consider is a Cadillac CTS and I'm kinda "meh" on it. The CTS-V sounds nice though but I'm trying to keep myself away from gratuitous power. It's been a while since I looked at a Lincoln but I hear they're being revamped and have a ton of nice features but still dressed down in ultra conservative garb. Really though, I think a lot of manufacturers are heading in the right direction and I hope my current car lasts another three years as I suspect my choices are going to get better.

Very nice customs! Yamato should include a Gnu figure with every premium toy they sell... and in my magical fantasy world, not charge me any more for doing so

The head should also split from the radar array. So new main guns, new head, new shoulders, and obviously the Daedalus and Prometheus. FYI - giving this thing a Prometheus and Daedalus with a TV paint scheme was the rumor I mentioned earlier

I know I'm forever late to this party but I finally got a post up about the VF-19Kai stand (includes video review):

If it's optimized for battroid then I'm hoping there's a way to get that chest down better... maybe they just aren't doing it because it's a resin prototype. It's good to see Yamato bringing everything back out to a show as I'm looking forward to all of these releases... even the Zent uniform

Yes... they're pointing out that the tiny bits that would break super easily are going to be made out of rubbery PVC so you don't have to worry about them.

I think no fast packs is probably a good thing... you don't have to have them shipped twice and don't have to buy them if you don't want them (if it was a regular release I'd like to see them bundled). The good news about getting all three at the same time is you can probably pay a smaller finders fee and less for shipping. I'm thrilled I don't collect DYRL specific paint schemes

580 GTX is out... looks like you can find it for $500 at Newegg. Sounds like a sweet card, more powerful, cooler, and much quieter than the 480GTX... but also more expensive than two AMD 6870s with AMD's new high end card right around the corner. My guess is AMD's next release won't be quite as powerful as the 580GTX but won't be too far off and will be $100 cheaper... still very eager to see. BTW - I have been monitor shopping for a while and the monitor market sucks. LG is supposed to be releasing a sweet IPS screen in late December but I can't believe how few monitors include display port. I might keep my dinky monitor for another year and hope HP or Dell can release a smaller IPS monitor (24" max) with improved response time and no tinting issues.

I was looking to buy a computer recently but decided to take my time and buy all the parts and put it together myself. I'm just waiting on AMD at this point to see what the 6900 series video cards look like. I hear they're due out this month. If they are more enticing to me than the 6870 I may upgrade which might have an affect on what power supply I go with.. Here's my current build wish list . This is going to be a gaming rig that will also be used for photo editing. I won't be overclocking initially but I'm leaving the door open to doing so later (and adding a second video card for crossfire) as ways to keep the computer super fast. I also won't be using Eyefinity initially but am leaving that door open also.- Cooler Master 690II Advanced Gigabyte X58A-UD5 OCZ Platinum 1600 DR3 6GB Intel I7 950 Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler Crucial C300 128GB Hard drive (for games and OS) SATAII 1TB Hard drive DVD Read/Write (probably Lite-on) Internal Memory Card reader (probably Sony) HP LA2405wg Monitor (1900x1200 with DisplayPort) Still considering: Corsair Silent Pro 750W PSU (may get the 1000W Rosewill lightning if the next wave of graphics cards look power hungry AND if I get a side panel for my 690II) AMD 6870

Sadly, too rich for my blood, but I hope it happens so I have pics to oogle over as others complete them.

The lack of interest is related to (compounded by) the economy. The barometer for interest would be the expected sales figures. In an environment of a strengthening Yen export heavy businesses get more conservative so expected sales figures are immediately reduced. So, you would say expected sales were X, now they're 80% of X, and Y is the minimum number of sales to warrant mass release, the chances of X exceeding Y are slimmer. When you add in how limited the Macross audience already is then yep, lots of exclusives. Naughty girl statuettes > than Macross in terms of profitability any day.

It's not even the Internet, I think I stoked both rumors out of my abundance of gloom. In my defense though, my gloom comes on breezes from the Far East... via the Internet. It's all just rumors but I've heard Yamato is hurting and prospects of the Hi-Metal line expanding to MacPlus are slim. These rumors always heat up when the Yen kicks butt. EDIT - PUD, I'm pretty sure ff95 is imputing in the extra costs foreigners would have to pay to get the item shipped twice and have to pay a service charge to someone for getting the exclusive.

With the $ being what it is right now everything is like 20% more expensive than it was two years ago . Bad economy = more exclusives... from both Bandai and Yamato (and just about everyone else). I honestly wouldn't be the least bit surprised if Yamato shutters its doors before the VF-19Kai is released... then when Bandai is the only show left we'll really get to hear the wail of fans trying to get exclusives. Obviously I hope I'm wrong.

Maybe next year anymoon.com can switch from an epic toy website to a build of a 1/32 Legioss...

Other than clear plastic being used for the window, that's probably how you should WANT the bridge to look. If they include little frail bits of hard plastic instead of gummy PVC we'll all end up breaking things off.

It gets prettier every time I look at the pics.

I'm kind of a huge Legioss fan. I remember before I ever signed up as a member coming to this site and eyeballing the early pics.