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What's a minimac?

The destroid mode can be posed walking... it's just not perfect. You can bring one knee forward a notch(kind of like GERWALK) and bring the other knee back and it looks like it's walking. No, it's no where near what you can do with a VF-1 toy but you can make it look like there's some action going on.

Nah, I can deal with some fantastical elements but they had crap like people escaping on flying rocks and sometimes SILLY concepts wedged in. Luke used the force to lift an X-wing out of the swamp and it was seemingly magical but not silly. The flying rocks seemed silly to me. I'm not saying flying rocks have no place in the Macross universe I'm just saying the writing was poor.

From a real top view, Macross 7 is the most direct sequel to SDF:M and is a running leap away from a serious story to a much more fantastic Macross universe. MacZero is actually a lot easier to stomach if you can get all the way through Mac7 (no small feat... it's got a completely different tone from SDF:M) but there's no arguing that MacZero had a lot of people scratching their heads. From a universe perspective, everything makes sense but at times you'll definitely feel like different shows were meant to appeal to different audiences (as one would hopefully expect considering the time lag between them). MacZero also suffers from some really odd story-telling... it kind of feels like an episode got lost in there toward the end.

Ever heard of Mosler Auto? When I was into Corvettes I used to dream of this thing (or something like it):

The Bandai DX Konig Monster is NOT 1/100 scale... it's a non-scale toy which is why it's badged as also being part of the Robot Spirits line and why it's NOT billed as part of the Hi-Metal line. I did the math and if the Konig is supposed to be 41meters tall (I don't know if that's correct) then the DX is 1/117. In shuttle mode the toy is about 1/107.

Okay, I've taken the pictures of my DX Monster and filmed a video review but I still have a lot of work left. In the meantime I've updated my Yamato Monster review on anymoon.com to get the ball rolling... if you haven't seen it before, go check it out. If you have seen it before, I completely reworked the pictures so they're now big enough where you can actually see the toy.

I heard from a friend in Japan that there was still some interest in making Mospeada models... I thought he was just talking garage kits so this is really good to see.

You're not differing so much as amending. Differing would be insisting that all Hikarus with GBPs were safe and you're simply adding that there is a second run that is safe... sadly I don't believe you can tell if it's a first or second edition by the packaging.

I've been hearing very interesting rumors about this toy... but most the rumors can go either way so I won't start spilling dirt. I do have one on preorder though and am hoping to do a quicker review of this toy than I do most.

Logos is close on the V2 VF-1 toys but not quite. The VF-1J Hikaru that came with the GBP was old stock so it's not safe. The VT-1, for whatever reason, also has the old shoulder hinges so it is also not safe.

love the look... will there be a monkey and boy hiding in one of the trunks?

HG has the rights to Macross outside of Japan. Since they made Robotech that's how they prefer to badge things but lately Macross has proven more marketable than Robotech so they're starting to release things as Macross products.

Macross should take a dump on Robotech's chest now by doing essentially a parody of The Robotech Masters. Wow... I started thinking about how Macross would do that and as I typed it up I realized I was re-writing Macross II. Never mind... I think Macross has already been where I was going.

If EXO's figure doesn't fit... you can blame EXO.

I just got my sexy girly version of the Monster with a bunch of other toys... I'm going to be a very busy bee for a while.

1) DX Koenig is probably more like 1/120 scale than 1/100 and that's why it's not part of the Hi-Metal line but rather the Robot Spirits line 2) It's very silly to say "This company should make all the toys that aren't proven money makers since we already own the toys that are." If they're proven money-makers they're going to get made first. 3) Yamato and Bandai pull from the same statistics on toy sales and probably very similar market research to decide what gets made. If Bandai makes all the same toys as Yamato it's because that's what the market indicates people will buy, not because Bandai is copying Yamato.

I find it a little hard to believe that the three could have any interactions what-so-ever if Guld had actually gone through with raping Myung but the first couple times I watched Mac+ I was pretty sure that's where they were going with it. I mean, doesn't Myung actually hook up with Guld at one point after they're reunited? (been a long time since I watched M+). We know that Guld is the type of guy to "blow a fuse" so I like to believe he walked in and saw the girl he liked with his best friend so he assaulted his best friend and basically did the "you're a slurm" thing to Myung and treated her like trash and tore her top off and left it at that.

are the side view mirrors on all the Lotii cameras?

I've always been fond of the mid-60s Corvettes (and even the first few StingRays). Sometimes I still day dream about buying a big block 69 Corvette or, when I'm feeling a bit more tasteful, a 64ish. I think what has happened to the Corvette is one of the automobile industry's more sad stories (although they sell like hell so the world disagrees with me). I wish the Corvette was smaller and lighter and made some effort to get back to its original lines... to me that car looks like it's never fully recovered from its 1984 makeover. Full disclosure - I owned an 80s Vette in the 90s.

So, before Frontier came out who guessed the next Macross would: "Feature a man who looks like a woman, have a high school setting, and the bad guy will be space bugs!"

I also love the mystery of the Protoculture. I don't think my idea that they tell the distant history of the Protoculture that got this ball rolling would ruin the mystery. As long as the show ends with the hint that some Protoculture survived and may still be out there then all the better. It's a double-whammy of excellence because you could include the ProtoDevlin (hopefully toning down their ridiculousness) and show the creation of the Supervision Army, Inspection whatevers, blah blah blahs. Heck, you could even then set up a future Macross installment by showing a UN workshop that is trying to create the ultimate weapon based on Vajra technology and we can see the parallels to Protoculture and their creation of the ProtoDevlin.

It's been a long time since I've seen Macross7 but isn't the Varuta army the second-coming of the Supervision Army? I think we don't hear about the Supervision Army in its original form any more because the Zentraedi were going around stomping its remnants out of existence.

I wish mine had been shipped already... I'd definitely have done a full review by now. Instead I'm working on consolidating old posts into mega reviews.

They are definitely Gallardo-like but you have to remember that ever increasing safety standards are leading to heavier cars. By comparison, some of those are fairly light. Lamborghini's newest test project weighted in at 2500LBs and they did everything they could to make that light.