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Update: Currently having the following installed: Infinity Kappa Five channel amp Boston Accoustics SC55 & SC50 speakers (components front, two ways back doors) Boston Accoustics G12 sub. If this doesn't fix my audio problem I'm going to burn the car. Of course, my real hope is that not only does it fix the problem but vastly improves the audio. Car is in the shop now (did the head unit install... was willing to pay someone after that pain) so I'm hoping for the best tomorrow.

I think what I'm going to do is merge all my 1/100 VF-1 reviews into one post and update the content (with some updated comparisons and larger pics). I haven't decided if this updated post will include series 4... I wasn't too impressed with the selection.

I think most people would love Bandai and Toynami to work out a distribution deal but Bandai's Macross license from Big West forbids distribution outside of Japan... those waters were tested before when Bandai tried to release the chunkies through Toynami.

Better late than never... full review up on anymoon.com

We're also going to have the DX Monster coming out later this year. I vote for split threads.

That is actually asking quite a bit danth unless you want the gun to look pretty wonky. You're essentially saying you want the 1/60 V2 style gun (it appeared on later versions of the V1 also) which would be pretty tricky to make durable in this tiny scale. The other option is a gun with a fixed handle like Takatoku and Banpresto did... but then you're stuck with huge impressions in the arms for fighter mode and the gun still won't sit as tight.

I remember I once put a comment in one of these HG threads saying that HG had a reputation for killing Robotech related websites and fan projects from before my time (last few years) but I couldn't really remember what projects were killed. I'm glad to know that HG is busy providing me with fresh examples.

So it's displaying the armored Ozma in fighter mode that's causing the breaks? Interesting... Eugimon, are you saying the joints on your toy just became loose on their own while sitting on display? Is it stuff that could be fixed with a turn of a screw or two?

I'm not a big fan of this design in general, the concept is a bit silly but they did a good job with it in Frontier. Anyway, I'm surprised by the negative comments. The comparison of the line art to the shuttle shows a lot of promise. The line art is angled slightly more but otherwise the proportions are really close. If the final toy snaps together tightly and eliminates all those seams and performs well as a toy then I'd say the very slight liberties were all easily forgiveable. Anyone looking for this thing to have a fun or sexy battroid mode are in for a major let-down... I refuse to believe that's possible from any manufacturer... I blame Shoji.

Here's how I would presume the whole BW suing Tatsunoko thing happened: 1) Yamato licenses the rights to make some Macross toy. License allows sublicensing without restrictions. 2) Yamato and Toycom start fabbing up toys with plans to release under Toycom banner pretty much everywhere 3) HG presents C&D to Toycom 4) Toycom goest to Yamato and says WTF? 5) Yamato goes to BW and says WTF? 6) BW goes to Tats and says WTF? 7) Tats says, "Yeah, we own the merchandising rights for Macross and gave them to HG, we get a cut of all Macross products domestically and HG gets a cut internationally." BW says "I sue youzz!" 9) Court says "Sorry BW, Tats does own merchandising rights and rights to the original animation for the original Macross series." 10) Tats says "HAHAHA, We own Macross!!!" 11) BW says "I sue youzz!!!" 12) Court says "BW gets IP rights since they designed the series before Tats involvement, Tats gets merchandising and film rights." 13) Tats says "That's cool." 14) BW says "Die in a plane crash." Then sets about writing every Macross license so that toy distribution to the states is never allowed.

Cheesiest moment of the entire last episode, Richard, Hurley, and Isabella share their moment, then the camera pans away and Locke looks sinisterly at the camera.... WTF was that? I actually LOLed after what had been a pretty touching moment.

Okay, so the boat Richard was on was lifted into the air, smashed a statue, and ended up in pretty decent shape in the middle of a jungle? That doesn't sound right. A wood boat flying out of the water and hitting a statue sounds like it should have been splintered into oblivion.

They've shown interior cockpit detail with a little Hikaru pilot at the helm... it seems very unlikely they'll put a fogged canopy on the toy after going through that trouble.

Yes, I'm curious if the alternate timeline just somehow funnels everyone back onto the island anyway or if it goes the other route and shows you that they all just lived normal lives... taking their knocks at times and having good moments at others. Of course the "gateway between hell and the rest of the world" explanation leaves plenty of holes... but now we have something.

I think I see a hole in the forearm, and it looks like the slots on the backpack and legs that hold fighter mode tightly together could also double for super parts attachments. Swappable parts looks extremely similar to the Toynami toy.

It will tower over the Robot Spirits VF-25 toys... there's a picture there that shows them together. It looks like it will be approximately the same size as a VF-25 toy otherwise... although I'd bet the cannons will make it taller in battroid.

I think the main point that the toy doesn't really work in cruiser mode is a totally valid and fair criticism. It's true, you do have to leave it on the cradle from the stand to really get anything out of that mode which is lame. If I bought the thing thinking I could woosh it around in cruiser mode I'd have been super sad (and it sounds like that's what the reviewer did). Perhaps I was a bit easier on the toy because I blamed some of that weakness on Kawamori's design of cruiser mode which has the vehicle splayed totally out... it seems Bandai would have had to (and perhaps should have) included some joint supports that wouldn't have been anime accurate to help that mode out. I'm happy to see someone out there putting up a review that is disimilar to mine so people can see two sides to the coin. I still love my DX Quarter, the finish on mine is great, I think I spent like $175... and I've never even come close to hurting myself on it.

If the crotch on a DX toy is loose that can be fixed with a piece of paper or any one of a number of simple household remedies. All you need to do is stiffen up a connection. If the shoulder explodes on Your Yammie you're stuck with an armless battroid.

Bandai should just make that thing out of Vinyl!

Damn those fast packs look hideous.

head tucks in super tight... very nice. The hand content is way up over the VF-19K which is also nice. The feet look like they do collapse in on the lower left picture but they're definitely extend out in the fighter pictures so I'm not sure what's up with that. The feet definitely look like they have articulation which is AWESOME if it's true.

That was really cool... I imagine that took a lot of time and effort.

I vote this thread get renamed to include the forthcoming Blazer Valk. Did I see pop out missiles in the legs? Maybe not as sought after as landing gears but that's pretty sweet!

Got my first Robot Spirits review up at anymoon.com. I had been trying to get it up earlier but other toys kept bumping it back. I should get the VF-25 review up somewhat soon but I think the VF-19Kai Hi Metal and Toynami Battlepod might bump it.

I'm pretty sure mine just came in. Thanks Graham! I can't wait until I have some free time to perform my first shoulder replacement surgery.