jenius

I know what I'm asking for for Christmas

A couple thoughts on the weathering (and I've never been so brave so you can dismiss them as coming from someone with no experience): 1) The brownish color seems wrong, that makes me think it's a rusty/dirty plane rather than a worn one. 2) Should missiles be weathered? Wouldn't they be added on and removed for every mission (and probably with a fairly short lifespan).

Fuke (Foo-Kay) is how the name Houquet (Hoo-Kay) in Mospeada was originally romanized by Mospeada's merchandisers. Many merchandisers today still retain the less than perfect romanization. Houquet is Robotech the New Generation's Rook. There are many mis-romanizations that have come from Mospeada like Ray to Ley and Brough Superior to Blow Superior.

Not very exciting after my deluxe Beagle "Ley" review but I just updated my post on the MH Black Ride armors to include the Black VR-41 released earlier this year.

Funny point, check out the image you attached and where the nose is in relation to the knees

Uh... I believe Blacklotus has forgotten about the Version 1 of the 1/60 which obviously used quite a different mold, included diecast, and used partsforming. The truth is that all the VF-1 toys take some liberties. The 1/48 has its head in the right spot so if battroid is a big deal for you that's something to consider (but it also has slightly thin arms, a chest that's a bit large, and a nosecone that comes down too low).

All you people with standard Detolf set ups will be soooo screwed. You'll have to remove a shelf and display in storm attacker mode. I love the sound of this bohemith but practically I agree with Graham. I'll get one and cherish it either way but I can only imagine the look my girlfriend (potentially wife by then) will say when I take it home and it towers over the shitzus.

I'll bet the next round of Roy arms will have the better pin so think of this as a blessing in disguise.

I've never sold toys, and I don't ask the guys who sell me toys, but I know from other retail experience for luxury or not everyday goods that 100% is a pretty common mark-up.

Maybe what I thought was the early Toynami was actually an early Beagle sculpt... that'd make sense since I thought it was bad. Either way, I'm not so keen on the Fuke pictures you have there but they certainly are no where near a deal-breaker. Looks like Fuke may also be the first to finally come with a headless helmet huh? That'd be cool. Yes Agent GHQ, there will definitely be a Bartley type Beagle released. I do think the Mega House line is dead... and I have no complaints about that. The more I compare them to the CMs or Beagle lines the less I like them. They are a heck of a lot better at being "toys" than the CMs things are (CMs toys can be soooo irritating) but they're fugly in bike mode and misproportioned as armor... and the rider figures are hideous (although the face sculpt on "Ley" was a lot better than CMs).

The head sculpts on the Beagle/Toynami MPC Fuke/Rook look TERRIBLE in my estimation so far. The Beagle version looks like a Dr Seuss character of some sort and the Toynami version looks like something I, having no sculpting experience, would create.

I love these Beagle toys.

This doesn't apply to Eugimon but I feel like I should do a PSA after having implemented a credit card/merchant system: If you ever attempt a transaction, either online or in person, with your credit card and you get either an error message during processing that forces you to resubmit your data or have the person say "Hmm, your card didn't go through, let's try it again" then chances are your credit card's Internet reporting will show TWO transactions. Do NOT panic, this is just something credit card companies do to be conservative (although it sucks because while you are showing two transactions your credit limit is reduced by the amount of a transaction that does not exist). Credit cards show authorization attempts online, not actual sales. It can take up to a week for them to clear authorization attempts that never became sales from your online reporting (although they'll almost always do a check before sending you your legitimate statement). So, if you ever see a double transaction on your Internet reporting, and you remember a failed authorization attempt, wait a week before calling the vendor to find out if they need to refund you money. In most cases, in that span you're waiting to call and complain, the charge you would complain about magically disappears because it never received authorization. Over the last two years I've had to tell countless people "We only charged the cardholder once, tell them to call back next week if they're still showing two charges" and I don't think I've ever had a single person call back the next week.

Finally updated that Ley post, twice the picture-y goodness for you now.

Locks for the tail fins to hold them in place and a 1/48 style hip connection area, fantastic! The hip connection wasn't so bad once you got the hang of it but the new one does look more user friendly.

Um, is it the $112 that's bothering you? Let's say OD was a charitable case and didn't charge for services, your total would still be $187 each!

Interesting, was the "GBP" ever called the "GBP" in the original series?

Yes, the Ozma with the GBP set will be different, at the very least it will come with the neck extension but it looks like it might also have a new head sculpt.

Did we have a dedicated Comic-con thread on these boards yet? I'm going, it'll be my first, even bringing the girlfriend along. She loves watching me be nerdy. Ah, anyway, as to the topic of this thread, i would love to offer my assistance here but having never been to one of these I have no idea how hard it'd be to get this toy or if I'd be in a good situation for you. If no one else comes forward though shoot me a PM. I'm there for the whole darn thing so I imagine I'll have some spare time for toy questing.

Um, get the 11 a year from now when it's marked way down. Right now I'd buy the 21... that's my favorite of the Mac Plus toys and it comes with more goodies than you can shake a valk at.

You should go by what the design crew did for the models, not the animation, for the markings. Obviously things were kept pretty plain for the animation. All military bikes would have some emblems, numbers, warnings on them.

Can't help on 1 but if Overdrive-inc has any they're guaranteed to be second edition since they sold out of the first edition instantly. 2) Ozma with GBP is either a late August or September release, it will not be an exclusive and should be readily available 3 and 4) the accessory packs are sold separately as exclusives, there have been no announcements they will ever be sold with the toys as a bundle set. This means you have to buy the toys and then find a way to buy the accessories (Luca's Ghost, Micheal's fold drive) separately.

A visor? I don't follow.

You pull off the sides of the backpack revealing a big hole. The missle booms in the fast pack set comes with new sides to the backpack. I can't remember if there's any way to hold them in place as to not have to worry about the backpack falling back. If you haven't seen my review on anymoon.com, I'd check that out.

It definitely does vary but GCM wasn't very detailed to begin with... not many cartoons were back in those days. I think the best indicator of what should be painted on comes in the form of the sticker sheet provided. I suppose the argument could be that Beagle left it as bare as possible for those folks who really wanted a cartoony look but I think a super realistic model/toy should come with super realistic tagging.